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.

Christie's (London)

RA Collection: Book

Record number

14/3317

Author

Christie's (London)

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

John Fleming Leicester, 1st Baron de Tabley

Contributors

Sir Aston Webb PRA, donor

In line with government guidance, the Royal Academy of Arts is closed. We will reopen on 3 December. Please contact us with your ticket enquiries.