Catalogue of the very important collection of pictures by the greatest English artists, formed by a Gentleman, deceased : comprising ... works of Etty, ... "The Graces", "The Coral Fishers", "To arms, ye brave," &c. &c. and ... specimens of the following esteemed painters : Briggs, Sir A. Callcott, R. A. Collins, T. Sidney Cooper, E. A. Goodall, F. Goodall, Hancock, Herring, E. Landseer, R.A., Linnell, Martin, Morland, Müller, R. Redgrave, Turner, R.A., Sir D. Wilkie, Witherington,R.A., Woolmer : also, some pictures by Old Masters, in the Italian and Dutch Schools : which (by order of the administrators) will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Friday, July 13, 1849, and following day, at one o'clock precisely.
Published / Created:
[London] : Printed by W. Clowes and Sons, [1849]
Physical Description:
27, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsN8640 .N4 v. 1 no.18Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Lugt identifies the seller as R. Nicholson.Lugt, F. Répertoire des catalogues de ventes publiques, 19455Date of sale: July 13-14, 1849.Place of sale: London.BAC: British Art Center copy is annotated in ink with sale prices for some lots. Number 18 of 34 auction catalogs bound together. The volume bound in contemporary quarter roan; with the armorial bookplates of the Earl of Normanton and Rupert Gunnis; with a manuscript index on the volume's catalogs on the front endpapers.
Subject Terms:
Nicholson, R. -- Art collections -- Catalogs. | Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. | Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. | Decorative arts -- Catalogs. | Drawing, European -- Catalogs. | Drawing, British -- Catalogs. | Painting, European -- Catalogs. | Painting, British -- Catalogs. | Sculpture, European -- Catalogs. | Sculpture, British -- Catalogs. | Briggs, artist. | Callcott, Augustus Wall, Sir, 1779–1844, artist. | Collins, Charles Allston, 1828–1873, artist. | Cooper, Thomas Sidney, 1803–1902, artist. | Etty, William, 1787–1849, artist. | Goodall, Edward A., artist. | Goodall, Frederick, 1822–1904, artist. | Hancock, artist. | Herring, artist. | Landseer, Edwin, Sir, 1802–1873, artist. | Linnell, Alfred, -1887, artist. | Martin, John, 1789–1854, artist. | Morland, George, 1763–1804, artist. | Müller, William James, 1812–1845, artist. | Redgrave, Richard, 1804–1888, artist. | Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851, artist. | Wilkie, David, Sir, 1785–1841, artist. | Witherington, William Frederick, 1785–1865, artist. | Woolmer, Alfred Joseph, 1805–1892, artist. | Agar, James Charles Herbert Welbore Ellis, Earl of Normanton, 1818–1896 -- Bookplate. | Gunnis, Rupert -- Bookplate.