Paintings for Beckford's Sanctuary: four lunettes commissioned by William Beckford at the end of his life for the Sanctuary in Lansdown Tower in Bath recently came to light in a Shropshire parish church. Nicholas Carter and Kathryn Turpin explain the significance of the paintings, which have been purchased by the Beckford Tower Trust for display at Lansdown Tower.

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In 1822, after the sale of Fonthill Abbey, William Beckford (1760-1844) moved to Bath, where he acquired 20 Lansdown Crescent. He also purchased land behind the house from which he was able to create a mile-long ride to the summit of Lansdown Hill, where in 1826 he began Lansdown Tower as a place of retreat. Described by Henry Venn Lansdown in a letter to his daughter Charlotte of 1838 as 'a succession of lovely scenes ... on our walk to the tower ... each totally distinct from the others ... yet united by some harmonious link', (1) Beckford's Ride culminated at the one ...

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