William Miller
Print
1826 (made)
1826 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Lithograph portrait of the publisher William Miller, seated and holding a pair of spectacles.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | William Miller (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Print |
| Brief description | Portrait of William Richard Beckford Miller (1769-1844) from a collection of 14 lithographed and engraved portraits depicting notable people from the 16th to the 19th centuries. |
| Physical description | Lithograph portrait of the publisher William Miller, seated and holding a pair of spectacles. |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by John Forster |
| Subject depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | The following reference is from the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography:
'Miller, William Richard Beckford (1769–1844), publisher, was born on 25 March 1769 at Bungay, Suffolk, the only son of Thomas Miller (1731–1804), bookseller, and his wife, Sarah.
At eighteen he left for London when his considerable promise as an artist was recognized by Sir Joshua Reynolds who advised him to enrol as a student at the Royal Academy. His stay at the academy was short-lived, however, for in 1787, presumably after family pressure, Miller was placed in Hookham's publishing house. He soon mastered the trade and started his own publishing business at 5 Old Bond Street, London, in 1790. Here he built up both his business and his reputation as a publisher of high quality books. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | F.114:11 |
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| Record created | March 16, 2020 |
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