A catalogue of a most superb, valuable and matchless collection of antient stained glass : comprising the most masterly drawn and vividly coloured specimens ever exhibited : among which will be found about thirty pieces, which, from then size and richness, are well adapted for the centres of gothic windows, and some smaller highly finished : the whole recently imported from the continent, to be sold by auction, (without reserve) by Mr. Farebrother, at Mess. Blades and Hermon's Great Roon, no. 25, Conduit Street, Bond Street, on Saturday, the 22d of May, 1802, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed one day preceding : catalogues had at the place of sale : and at Mr. Farebrother's office, no. 5, College Street, Westminster.
Rare Books and ManuscriptsN8640 .N6+v.6,no.47 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Date of sale: May 22, 1802Place of sale: London.BAC: British Art Center copy is not annotated. Number 47 of 53 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, 1819.
Subject Terms:
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. | Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. | Decorative arts -- Catalogs. | Stained glass windows -- Catalogs. | Glass painting and staining -- Catalogs. | Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate. | Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph. | London Institution -- Ownership.