A catalogue of the valuable effects of the late B. R. Haydon, Esq., historical painter : comprising a noble gallery painting of Alfred and the First British Jury, being one of the series of six paintings originally intended for the House of Lords ... a select colection of casts and busts ... 400 volumes of books, many of which are considered rare, and generally interspersed with his MS. remarks, contents of the lamented artist's studio ... also the whole of the household furniture ... which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Nutter, on the premises, 14, Burwood Place, Norfolk Crescent, Hyde Park, on Wednesday, 8th August, and following day, at 12.
A catalogue of the sale from Benjamin Robert Haydon's effects in August 1846. At the bottom of the last page of the catalogue is the notice of the printer, Steam-press of W. H. Cox, 5 Great Queen-street.'
Provenance
Inscribed in pencil 'J. H. Smith - 1846' at the top of the title-page and with his manuscript notes in ink on the prices achieved throughout the catalogue of 346 items. Also on the interior of the back cover are his manuscript notes on five particular paintings.
Bequeathed by Gilbert Bakewell Stretton, 1949.
Binding Note
The catalogue is bound in a marbled paper cover with a printed label on the front cover, 'A Catalogue / of the / Valuable Effects / of the late / B. R. Haydon, Esq., Historical Painter, / which will be sold by auction, / On Wednesday, the 5th day of August, and Following Day, / 1846 [in ink.] / At Twelve O'clock.' Also bound with the catalogue is an invitation card for a private view of the effects printed for the auctioneer with J. H. Smith Esq. written on it.
Subject
Haydon, Benjamin Robert 1786 - 1846 Library ; Catalogs - Auctions England London ; Catalogs