A catalogue of the very choice collection of modern pictures, which have constituted the very distinguished and universally admired gallery of that accomplished and truly spirited patron of the arts, the Rt. Hon. Lord de Tabley, deceased, at No. 24, Hill Street, Berkely Square : formed by his Lordship ... They comprise favourite and very popular specimens of Wilson, Gainsborough, Loutherbourg, Sir J. Reynolds, Romney, Hoppner, Northcote, Fuseli, West, Opie, Shee, Owen, Thomson, Howard, Hilton, Ward, Turner, Collins, Callcott, Landseer, Pether, Barker, Atkinson, Devis, Leslie and Russell : also, the state chair of Sir Joshua Reynolds's studio, which was bequeathed by him to Barry ; a fine marble bust of the late president West, by Behnes ; and a cast from the hand of the president West, by Behnes ; which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, on the premises, No. 24, Hill Street, Berkeley Square, on Saturday, July 7, 1827.
RA Collection: Book
Record number
14/3317
Author
Imprint
[London]: [s.n.], 1827
Physical Description
[6], 4-14 p. : 25 cm.
General Note
Title from cover
Provenance
With a letter [from Sir Walter Lamb] loosely inserted which reads: Sale catalogue, Christie’s, 1827, showing prices given for works by Reynolds, Gainsborough, Turner, etc. Presented by the President, July 1923.
Copy Note
With buyer's names and the prices fetched inserted in MS.
Binding Note
Misbound with an imperfect copy of the catalogue of the first 'Exhibition of Pictures by Living British Artists' held in the gallery of the Royal Manchester Institution (1827).
Name as Subject
Contributors
Sir Aston Webb PRA, donor