| Description | The volume includes notations made by the artist William Beechey of 'common occurrences' in 1784, when he resided in Norwich; a list of miniatures completed by Lady Beechey 1795-1796; lists of payments received by Beechey 1789-1791, accounts of frames paid for in 1807-1808 and accounts of pictures paid for 1807-1813. It also includes a small selection of general notes relating to frames lent (c1808), addresses, packing and delivery of pictures (1807-1808).
A press-cutting dated either 29 Feb 1885 or 1888 taken from the 'Sydney Morning Herald' has been pasted into the front of the volume. This cutting relates to the contents of the volume and its being in the possession of Beechey's descendants.
The volume has been pagenated (not by Beechey). Entries have been entered into the voume from front to back, pp. 1-22, and also from back to front pp. 27-22v. For the purposes of cataloguing the volume will be described from front to back, i.e. from pp. 1-27. The page order for entries on pp. 27-22v may be rearranged within the desciption to retain the original order of entries recorded in lists.
As this volume has been described in page number order the term 'v' [verso] has been used to describe the reverse of a given page.
The descriptions are structured as follows:
- WB1/1 'Common Occurrences' 1784, pp. 1-5
- WB1/2 'List of Miniatures' 1795-1796, pp. 5v-6v
- WB1/3-WB1/4 'Payments Received for Frames' 1807-1808, pp. 6v-7v
- WB1/5-WB1/11 'Pictures Painted and Monies Received' 1807-1813, pp. 8-22
- WB1/12 'Payments Received' 1789,pp. 22v-23v
- WB1/13 'Notes on Packing and Delivery' 1807-1808, pp. 24-25
- WB1/14 'Payments received' 1791, p. 25v
- WB1/15 'Payments received' 1789-1790, pp. 26-26v
- WB1/16 'Memorandum of frames lent' [c 1808], p. 27
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