| Description | Set of entries titled '1810'. A title date of 1809 has been strcik through.
Each entry records client making the payment and/or sitter name and amount paid. There are columns for money in pounds [l]; shillings [s] and pence [d]. The running total for money is given at the bottom of each page and carried over to the next. In some instances Beechey has indicated the size of portrait paid for, e.g. half length, 3 quarter length.
Payments recorded on p. 14v, 1810:
10 Jan
-Of Mr R. Boulton for a copy of Mr Boulton for Mr J. Watt and also one of Do [ditto] for Miss Boulton;
17 Feb
-Of Mr Torin/Forin in full;
19 [Feb]
-Mr Hesketh 3 q[uarte]r;
23 [Feb]
-Of Mrs Loftus half 3 q[uarte]r
26 [Feb]
-Of Mr Cockraine;
10 Mar
-Lady de Clifford as part for Lady Albermarle [Albemarle];
15 [Mar]
-Mrs Loftie [Loftus?] in full, no frame;
21 [Mar]
-Of Mr Cockran for Mrs C {Cockran];
23 [Mar]
-Do [ditto]
-Mr Green for Mrs Dickens [text unclear, perhaps the title is Mr];
Payments recorded on p. 15, 1810:
4 May
-Of Mr Green for a study of a head and sold of the British Gallery
5 [May]
-Of Mr Hesketh for 2 portraits of Mr L and Miss H;
-Do [ditto] of Sir J. Leicester as half price for the Duke of Gloster [Gloucester];
11 [May]
-Of J. Coventry Esq[uire] for his own portrait;
7 Jun
-Of Sir J. Duckworth;
18 [Jun]
-Of Mr Egerton as half for a whole length. Himself.
19 [Jun]
-Of Mr Simmond as half for Mrs S [Simmond?] portrait 3 q[uarte]r with 1 hand;
8 Jul
-Of the Rev Dr Simmonds an old debt.
Payments recorded on p. 15v, 1810:
9 Jul
-Of Dr Burnaby for a half length portrait of Gen[eral] Paoli;
13 [Jul]
-Of Mr J. Simmonds [text struck through] for his own portrait;
25 [Jul]
-Mr Corkran;
3 Aug
-Of Mr Symmonds
7 [Aug]
-Of Sir J. Bernard for a picture of the recording angle [sic];
-Of Mr Astell for the portrait of the Persian ambassador [Mirza Abu'l (or Abul) Hassan Khan];
11 [Aug]
-Of Mr Symmonds 15 guineas to make up the 50 each for 2 3 q[uarte]rs and 20 for Rembrant [Rembrandt].
Payments recorded on p. 16, 1810:
Sep
-Of Mr Edgerton last half himself;
-Of Mr Coventry for a half length of his son. Prices raised.
Oct
-Of Mr Foster last half for Lady Tarrant and Dufferin;
24 Nov
-Of Mr Hall for a second picture of Mrs H [Hall];
26 [Nov]
-Of Major Aubrey's lady as first payment;
-Of the Dublin Society for a whole length of Mr Foster.
Payments recorded on p. 16v, 1810:
21 Dec
-Of Mr Barker first payment 3 q[uarte]r;
22 [Dec]
Sir A. Hume for a copy of Rembrant [Rembrandt].
There follows the usual total of the year's earnings (£2231and 12 shillings) |