# Sir William Beechey's contemporaries

Artist galleries · hang 750 · 8 works

A few works by Sir William Beechey, then their contemporaries: makers of the same nationality born within 25 years of them, then works from the same century and place.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## With their contemporaries

1. [Duke of Sussex](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/duke-of-sussex-si-saam-1956-11-10), Sir William Beechey, n.d.. Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-sir-william-beechey/duke-of-sussex-si-saam-1956-11-10?hang=750)
2. [Portrait of Colonel Charles Heathcote](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-colonel-charles-heathcote-cma-302209), Joseph Wright of Derby, c. 1771–72. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-sir-william-beechey/portrait-of-colonel-charles-heathcote-cma-302209?hang=750)
3. [Self-Portrait](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/self-portrait-aic-11706), John Flaxman, c. 1779. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-sir-william-beechey/self-portrait-aic-11706?hang=750)
4. [Athena and the Winds](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/athena-and-the-winds-aic-77249), John Flaxman, n.d.. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-sir-william-beechey/athena-and-the-winds-aic-77249?hang=750)

## Their contemporaries

5. [Hannah Presenting Samuel to Eli](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/hannah-presenting-samuel-to-eli-aic-270369), John Flaxman, c. 1783. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-sir-william-beechey/hannah-presenting-samuel-to-eli-aic-270369?hang=750)
6. [Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus Declaiming](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/virgil-s-tomb-by-moonlight-with-silius-italicus-declaiming-met-441769), Joseph Wright of Derby, 1779. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-sir-william-beechey/virgil-s-tomb-by-moonlight-with-silius-italicus-declaiming-met-441769?hang=750)

## Their contemporaries, second

7. [The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October 1834](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-burning-of-the-houses-of-lords-and-commons-16-october-18-cma-122351), Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1835. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-sir-william-beechey/the-burning-of-the-houses-of-lords-and-commons-16-october-18-cma-122351?hang=750)
8. [The Lake of Zug](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-lake-of-zug-met-337499), Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1843. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-sir-william-beechey/the-lake-of-zug-met-337499?hang=750)

## Doors

- [More Victorian art](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/victorian-art?hang=750&via=continue) (20 works)
- [19th-century Britain](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/19-britain?hang=750&via=continue) (40 works)