Men of Kent and Kentishmen/Isaac Beckett
Isaac Beckett,
Engraver,
Was born in Kent in 1653, but at what place does not appear. He was first apprenticed to a calico printer, but becoming acquainted with Lutterel, an engraver in mezzotinto, he became desirous of learning the art. He applied first to one John Lloyd for instruction, but subsequently became associated with Lutterel, many of whose plates he finished. He married a lady of fortune, by whose means he entered into business on his own account, but still assisted by Lutterel. He executed numerous portraits of the most celebrated characters of the time after the paintings of Kneller, Lely, Wissing, Riley, etc., and some subject plates. He died in 1719.
[See "Strut's Dictionary," and "Walpole's Anecdotes of Painting," where there is a portrait.]