After Beckford: an examination of the connections between James Morrison and Alfred Morrison, two collectors who once owned the Fonthill estate, and their infamous predecessor, William Beckford

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Dakers, Caroline (2013) After Beckford: an examination of the connections between James Morrison and Alfred Morrison, two collectors who once owned the Fonthill estate, and their infamous predecessor, William Beckford. The Beckford Journal, 19. pp. 5-33. ISSN 1359-8503

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Items from the Morrison collection displayed at Basildon House, photo from private collection c. 1909 (Dow ...

Type of Research:	Article
Creators:	Dakers, Caroline
Description:	This paper is based on an illustrated lecture given as The Beckford Society's Seventeenth Annual Lecture, delivered on Thursday 22 November 2012 at the Travellers Club, 106 Pall Mall, London SW1. It examines the connections between two generations of the Morrison family, James Morrison (1789-1857) and his second son Alfred (1821-1897) and William Beckford (1760-1844).
Keywords/subjects not otherwise listed:	wealth, taste, collecting, paintings, furniture, objects d'art
Publisher/Broadcaster/Company:	The Beckford Society
Your affiliations with UAL:	Colleges > Central Saint Martins
Date:	2013
Date Deposited:	26 Jun 2014 11:15
Last Modified:	19 Feb 2026 10:36
Item ID:	6665
URI:	https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/6665
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After Beckford: an examination of the connections between James Morrison and Alfred Morrison, two collectors who once owned the Fonthill estate, and their infamous predecessor, William Beckford