Christie, James, A catalogue of an interesting assemblage of original studies, chalk and tinted drawings and a few finished in oils : chiefly wild and domestic animals, deer and subjects relating to the Chace : also a fine copy of he celebrated Windmill by Rembrandt, executed by E. A. Spilsbury, Esq. : together with a few Dutch etchings and prints of animals by Ridinger, Woollett, &c. : this pleasing assemblage is offered to sale merely to lessen the collection of an amateur artist, whose professional studies and knowledge of anatomy have directed him to this line of amusement : it is presumed they will be found well worthy the attention of the public : they will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Wednesday, July the 15th, 1807, [1807]
- Title(s):
- A catalogue of an interesting assemblage of original studies, chalk and tinted drawings and a few finished in oils : chiefly wild and domestic animals, deer and subjects relating to the Chace : also a fine copy of he celebrated Windmill by Rembrandt, executed by E. A. Spilsbury, Esq. : together with a few Dutch etchings and prints of animals by Ridinger, Woollett, &c. : this pleasing assemblage is offered to sale merely to lessen the collection of an amateur artist, whose professional studies and knowledge of anatomy have directed him to this line of amusement : it is presumed they will be found well worthy the attention of the public : they will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Wednesday, July the 15th, 1807.
- Published/Created:
- [London] : Mr. Christie, [1807]
London : J. Smeeton, Printer, 148, St. Martin's Lane, - Physical Description:
- 6 pages ; 26 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsN8640 .N6+ v. 4 no.38 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/13509493
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Getty provenance index databases, sale catalog Br-523
Lugt, F. Répertoire des catalogues de ventes publiques, 7282
Date of sale: July 15th, 1807.
Place of sale: London.
BAC: British Art Center copy is not annotated. Number 38 of 38 auction catalogs bound together. The volume bound in contemporary half calf; with the armorial bookplate of Baron Northwick; signed in manuscript: William Upcott, London Institution, 1823. - Subject Terms:
- Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs.Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs.Drawing, British -- Catalogs.London Institution -- Ownership.Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770-1859 -- Bookplate.Painting, British -- Catalogs.Spilsbury, Edgar Ashe, active 1800-1828 -- Art collections -- Catalogs.Upcott, William, 1779-1845 -- Autograph.
- Form/Genre:
- Auction catalogs.
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