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Sir Henry William Beechey (Burford, 1753 – 1839) was an English portrait-painter.
Between 1815 and 1822, Beechey traveled through Egypt with William John Bankes and associates, like Henry Salt, Giovanni Finati, Giovanni Belzoni, and Louis Maurice-Adolphe Linant de Bellefonds. Beechey was Giovanni Belzoni's secretary in this journey. They left an important Egyptologist collection and legacy (Some at the British Museum).
Seti I, the British Museum.
Beechey painted the portraits of George III, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York, and other members of the English royal family, and of many of the most famous persons of the time, like Horatio Nelson.
External links
- BEECHEY, SIR WILLIAM. 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
- Travelers in Egypt. Bankes’ Relationship to Other Travelers.