A catalogue of a small but capital collection of pictures : the works of Sir Francis Bourgeois, Kt. R.A., painter to His Majesty, the King of Poland : together with a few first-rate pictures of the old schools presented to Sir Francis by that distinguished connoisseur Mons. Decalonne, late Minister of France, removed from his house in Portland Road : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie at his Great room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, May 3d, 1794 at twelve o'clock : to be viewed wo days preceding the sale : when catalogues may be had at the Rainbow Coffee House, Cornhill : and in Pall Mall.
Published / Created:
[London] : [Mr. Christie], [1794]
Physical Description:
4 pages ; 28 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsN8640 .N6+ v. 1 no.59 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"The title page claims that some of the pictures came from the collection of Calonne; also, not all of the pictures for sale belonged to Bourgeois. Desenfans is given as a buying in name."--Getty provenance index databases.Getty provenance index databases, sale catalog Br-A2040Lugt, F. Répertoire des catalogues de ventes publiques, 5199Date of sale: May 3rd, 1794.Place of sale: London.BAC: British Art Center copy is not annotated. Number 59 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:
Calonne, Charles Alexandre de, 1734–1802 -- Art collections -- Catalogs. | Bourgeois, Peter Francis, Sir, 1756–1811 -- Art collections -- Catalogs. | Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. | Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. | Painting, European -- Catalogs. | Painting, British -- Catalogs. | Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate. | Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph. | London Institution -- Ownership.