A Catalogue Of The First Part Of The Valuable Collection Of Original Drawings, By Distinguished Modern Artists, The Property Of The Late Sir Thomas Lawrence, President of the Royal Academy, Deceased: Comprising Admirable Specimens by Gainsborough, Wilson, the celebrated Brown of Rome, Cipriani, Wheatley, Fuseli, Flaxman, Stothard, Cosway, William Locke, Esq., and others, also, by Sir Thomas Lawrence; and fine Chalk Drawings, From Antique Statues in the Louvre, by the most eminent French Artists, from which the Plates in the Musée Napoleon were engraved: Which (By Order Of The Executor) Will be Sold by Auction, By Mr. Christie, At His Great Room, King Street, St. James's Square, On Thursday and Friday, the 20th and 21st of May, 1830, At One O'Clock Precisely. - May be viewed two Days preceding, and Catalogues had (at 1s. each) at Mr. Christie's Office, 8, King Street, St. James's Square.
Interleaved throughout with ruled sheets, inscribed in ink with the price fetched by each item, the total fetched by each day's sale (£221.4.6, £368.2.0) and the name of each purchaser. The purchasers were Moseley, Strutt, Colnaghi, Cork, Molteno, Smeal(e)y, 'See private sale', Hutchins, Rice, Smith, Watts, Molteno for Lord Northwick, Stanley, Martin, Sir C Greville, Banting, Keen, Kennedy, Kennett, Hutchinson, Adams, Gott, Roberts, Norton, Money, Utterson, Maive, Rembrandt, Palser, Thomas, Trant, Rogers, Green, McDonald, Denham, Kiernan, Cook, Triphook, Durham, Cavendish, Smart, Clowes, Tiffin, 'Query', Westmacott.
Binding Note
19th-century calf; rebacked in 20th century retaining earlier spine-piece and red and green morocco spine labels lettered 'Lawrence's Pictures Drawings Prints Casts &c.' and '1830.' Bound with eight others.
Drawings, European - Europe - History
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