Andrea Casali & his work for Alderman Beckford
Queen Square or Online 16 Queen Square, BathJoin us for our FREE Heritage Open Days talk! Alderman William Beckford was a key patron of the eighteenth century Italian painter Andrea Casali, and filled his mansion at Fonthill in Wiltshire with the artist’s work, funded through the profits of transatlantic slavery. Beckford’s son, William, builder of the tower above Bath, demolished the house and sold the paintings. At least eleven of them...