Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730-1803
Title:
A catalogue of a valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch pictures, by the most esteemed ancient and modern masters : a capital large bronze figure of Neptune : a marble bust of the great Duke of Marlborough, &c. : the property of a Gentleman, gone to India : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room in Pall Mall, on Friday, December 8th, 1797, and following day, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed two days preceding the sale : and catalogues may be then had in Pall Mall, and at the Rainbow Coffee House.
Published / Created:
[London] : [Mr. Christie], [1797]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 19 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
N8640 .N6+ v. 2 no. 24 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Getty provenance index databases, sale catalog Br-A2263

Lugt, F. Répertoire des catalogues de ventes publiques, 5677

Date of sale: December 8th-9th, 1797.

Place of sale: London.

BAC: British Art Center copy is not annotated. Number 24 of 52 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 auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. | Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. | Painting, European -- Catalogs. | Prints, European -- Catalogs. | Sculpture, British -- Catalogs. | Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate. | Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph. | London Institution -- Ownership.
Form/Genre:
Auction catalogs.