A catalogue of the reserved collection of statues, busts, vases, urns, sarcophagi, &c. and other select and valuable pieces of antiquity : also sundry modern busts of exquisite sculpture, and highly finished, comprising a bust of Venus de Medicis, Shakespear, Stern, Cato the Censor, Scipio Africano, and other renowned and admired characters : several elegant statuary marble chimney pieces, and curious and scarce marble slabs, the property of Lyde Brown, Esq. : removed from his late residence in the city : also a small collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures, prints, drawings, &c. and a capital set of Brussels tapestry from Teniers, in excellent preservation : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, in Pall Mall, on Friday, May 30, 1788, and following day.
Published / Created:
[London] : [James Christie], [1788]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 28 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsN8640 .N6+ v. 1 no. 40 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
English short title catalogue, T11403Getty provenance index databases, sale catalog Br-A1648Lugt, F. Répertoire des catalogues de ventes publiques, 4323Date of sale: May 30-31, 1788.Place of sale: London.BAC: British Art Center copy is selectively annotated in ink with prices and names of buyers. Number 40 of 61 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:
Lyde-Brown, John, -1787 -- Art collections -- Catalogs. | Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. | Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. | Ceramics -- Catalogs. | Decorative arts -- Catalogs. | Drawing, European -- Catalogs. | Drawing, British -- Catalogs. | Jewelry -- Catalogs. | Painting, European -- Catalogs. | Painting, British -- Catalogs. | Sculpture -- Catalogs. | Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate. | Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph. | London Institution -- Ownership.