A catalogue of the collection of pictures and drawings framed and glazed, and studies from nature by Mr. George Barrett, of Orchard Street, Portman Square : several of which are particular views in Scotland, England, and Wales ; which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Langford and Son, at their house in the Great Piazza, Covent Garden : on Thursday the 9th of this Instant May 1771 : the said Collection may be viewed on Tuesday the 7th, and till the Time of Sale, which will begin punctually at twelve o'clock.
Published / Created:
[London] : [Mr. Langford and Son], [1771]
Physical Description:
4 pages ; 28 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsN8640 .N6+ v.1, no. 14 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"The seller was the landscape painter George Barret, the elder, 1728/32-1784."--Getty provenance index databases.English short title catalogue, T150825Getty provenance index databases, sale catalog Br-A875Lugt, F. Répertoire des catalogues de ventes publiques, 1931Date of sale: May 9, 1771.Place of sale: London.BAC: British Art Center copy is not annotated. Number 14 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:
Barret, George, 1732–1784 -- Art collections -- Catalogs. | Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. | Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. | Painting, British -- Catalogs. | Drawing, British -- Catalogs. | Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate. | Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph. | London Institution -- Ownership.