Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Richardson, William, active 1778-1815
Title:
Portraits, india drawings, &c. : a catalogue of a genuine and valuable collection of English and foreign portraits, india drawings, &c. : comprising the choicest works of Bartolozzi, Blooteling, Delaram, Drevet, Elstrack, Faithorne, Hogarth, Hellar, Loggan, Lombart, Masson Nantuiel, the Passes, Sherwin, Smith, Vertue, Vandtycke, &c. &c. : including several rare and curious of Charles the First and Second, Cromwells, the Orange and Palatine Families, &c. : among the foreigners are many relating to English History : particularly those mentioned by Burnet, Clarendon, Grange, &c. : the collection in general is in perfect preservation, and the finest impressions : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Richardson, at his house, no. 31, the corner of Villers-Street, in the Strand, on Monday, February 18, 1799, and the eighteen following days, at twelve o'clock.
Alternate Title(s):
Catalogue of a genuine and valuable collection of English and foreign portraits, india drawings, &c.
Published / Created:
[London] : [Mr. Richardson], [1799]

[London] : Printed by T. Burton, Gate-Street, Lincoln's-Inn Fields,
Physical Description:
[2], ii, [170] pages 22 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
N8640 .N6 v. 19
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Signatures: [A]² B-Y⁴ [Z]²(-[Z]2).

Final page blank.

Lugt identifies the collector as Sterne Tighe.

Getty provenance index databases, sale catalog Br-A2385

English short title catalogue, T13081

Lugt, F. Répertoire des catalogues de ventes publiques, 5870

Date of sale: February 18-March 11, 1799.

Place of sale: London.

BAC: British Art Center copy is annoted in ink with sale prices and buyers' names for some lots. The volume bound in contemporary half calf. Armorial bookplate of Baron Northwick. MS inscription on title page: The property of Mr. Tighe.
Subject Terms:
Tighe, Sterne -- Art collections -- Catalogs. | Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. | Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. | Drawing, European -- Catalogs. | Drawing, British -- Catalogs. | Prints, European -- Catalogs. | Prints, British -- Catalogs. | Portrait prints -- Catalogs. | Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate. | Brit tracts -- 1799.
Form/Genre:
Auction catalogs. | Auction catalogs -- England -- London -- 1799. | Prices (Provenance)