Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Skinner and Co. (London, England)
Title:
A catalogue of the Portland Museum : lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Skinner and Co. on Monday the 24th of April, 1786 ...
Published / Created:
[London] : Catalogues may now be had on the premises, and of Mr. Skinner and Co ..., [1786]
Physical Description:
viii, [1], 4-194 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 28 cm. (4vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Nancy H. Bartels
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BEIN X348 S620 1786/4/24 Copy 1: With the "No." on t.p., left blank. Inscribed: Georgina Mary Anne Port. Windsor April 1786. Copy 2: With the "No." on t.p., with "1006" in ms. Bound with: Skinner and Co. A marked catalogue containing the lots, what each respectively sold for, and the names of the purchasers. London : Printed for Kearsley ... Walker ... Sewell ... Flexney ... Robson ... and Egerton ..., 1786.
Subject Terms:
Wildgoose, Jane, associated name. | Portland, Margaret Cavendish Holles Harley Bentinck, Duchess of, 1715–1785 -- Library -- Catalogs. | Auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs -- Early works to 1800. | Portland Museum -- Catalogs -- Early works to 1800. | Natural history -- Catalogs and collections -- Early works to 1800. | Zoological specimens -- Catalogs and collections -- Catalogs -- Early works to 1800. | Art objects -- Catalogs -- Early works to 1800. | Shells -- Catalogs and collections -- Early works to 1800. | Booksellers' catalogs -- England -- London -- Early works to 1800. | Portland, Georgina Mary Anne -- Autograph, 1786. | Mr. Skinner and Co. -- Publisher. | Higgs, Wm. Simonds -- Bookplate. | Northwick, Baron -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Auction catalogues -- England -- London -- 1786. | Engravings -- 1786. | Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1786. | Armorial bookplates (Provenance)
Contributors:
Grignion, Charles, 1721–1810, engraver. | Burney, Edward Francis, 1760–1848, illustrator.