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Collection Rare Books and Manuscripts

Period 19th century

Associated People Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769–1830

1. Edith C. Crafton science notebook, completed at South End House, Croydon.

Edith C. Crafton science notebook, completed at South End House, Croydon.

Creator:: Crafton, Edith Caroline, 1833–
Date:: ca.1850
Physical Description:: [41] leaves : illustrations ; 23 x 30 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. A catalogue of the first part of the very valuable and extensive collection of engravings, in the portfolio of Sir Thomas Lawrence, late President of the Royal Academy, deceased : comprising his rare and fine engravings by M. Antonio and the old Italian engravers : engravings by and after the great Italian painters : prints from the works of Rubens : his rare and valuable etchings by Rembrandt : many from the sale of Mr. Josi : the works of Sir Thomas Lawrence, all proofs : and prints by distinguished modern artists : also books of prints; among which are a fine and complete copy of the Pitture, &c. d'Ercolano / 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 Monday, May the 10th, 1830, and following days, at one o'clock precisely : may be viewed two days preceding, and catalogues had (at 1s. 6d each) at Mr. Christie's Office, 8, King Street, St. James's Square.

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Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1830]
Physical Description:: 40 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The lives of the most eminent British painters and sculptors. / By Allan Cunningham. ; In five volumes. Vol. IV[-V].

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Creator:: Cunningham, Allan, 1784–1842
Date:: 1841
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ports. ; 16 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971

4. The life and correspondence of Sir Thomas Lawrence, Kt. : President of the Royal Academy, LL.D. F.R.S. Knight of the Legion of Honor, &c. &c. &c. / by D.E. Williams, Esq. ; in two volumes.

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Creator:: Williams, D. E
Date:: 1831
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ports. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971

5. A catalogue of one hundred original drawings by Claude Lorraine and Nicholas Poussin, collected by Sir Thomas Lawrence, late President of the Royal Academy.

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Date:: 1835
Physical Description:: 24 pages ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. 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, Fuselli, 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 Musee 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.

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Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1830]
Physical Description:: 18, [2] pages. ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. A catalogue of the valuable collection of paintings, by ancient and modern masters, of Sir Thomas Lawrence, late President of the Royal Society, deceased : comprising ... specimens of the talent of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Wilson, Barrett, West, Fuseli, Opie, Cosway, Westall, Thomson, Owen, Howard, Sir George Beaumont, Jackson, Wilkie, Turner, Etty, Danby, Bonington, and Sir Thomas Lawrence : also of celebrated Italian, Flemish, and Dutch Masters : particularly a Pieta by Raffaelle, from the Orleans Gallery : a charity of the same, from the Borghese Palace : Christ driving the Money Changers out of the Temple by Marcella Venusta, also from the Borghese : a grand Bacchanalian Festival by Giorgione : a fresco and a fine cabinet specimen by P. Veronese : the Nativity by Parmegiano ... : the Wife of Potiphar accusing Joseph ... : and Bathsheba by Rembrandt ... : and various others : which (by order of the executor) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his great room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, May the 15th, 1830, at one precisely : may be viewed two days preceding, and catalogues had at Mr. Christie's Office, 8, King Street, St. James's Square.

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Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1830]
Physical Description:: 10 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Sir Thomas Lawrence's Cabinet of gems / with biographical & descriptive memorials by P.G. Patmore.

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Creator:: Patmore, P. G. (Peter George), 1786–1855
Date:: 1837
Physical Description:: ii, 30 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 35 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. A catalogue of the remaining pictures and unfinished sketches of Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A., deceased : comprising among others the celebrated picture of Satan summoning his legions : a splendid original portrait of George the Fourth in his Coronation Robes : the original drawing of the Princess Charlotte, a miniature of the same : a portrait of George the Fourth, in oils, and another in chalk : George the Third and his Queen, early pictures : and numerous fancy subjects and portraits unfinished : excellent copies of the portraits of the Pope, and Cardinal Consalvi, and the Emperor of Austria, in the King's Collection : two of the Prophets, and two of the Sibyls, copies from those of M. Angelo in the Sistine Chapel, by Bewick, the size of the originals : Famine, a cartoon, in black chalk, by Overbecke, &c. &c. : also, the celebrated portrait of Sir Thomas Lawrence painted by himself : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie & Manson, at their great room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, June the 18th, 1831, precisely at one o'clock : may be viewed two days preceding, and catalogues had at Messrs. Christie & Manson's Office, King Street, St. James's Square.

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Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1831]
Physical Description:: 8, [1] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. The Lawrence gallery. First [-Tenth] exhibition : a catalogue of one hundred original drawings ... / collected by Sir Thomas Lawrence ...

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Date:: 1835-1836
Physical Description:: 10 v. in 1 : facsims. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Mr. Bowyer's prospectus of a splendid national portrait of his Grace the Duke of Wellington, from an original picture painted by Thomas Lawrence ...

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Creator:: Bowyer, Robert, 1758–1834
Date:: 1814]
Physical Description:: 2 p. ; 26 cm. (in case 33 cm.)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. [Catalogue of a selection of works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Benjamin West ..., and Sir Thomas Lawrence : the last three presidents of the Royal Academy : with which the proprietors have favoured the Institution.]

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Creator:: British Institution
Date:: 1833
Physical Description:: 14 p. ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. A catalogue of the remaining part of the valuable collection of modern drawings : a few paintings, a set of cartoons by L. da Vinci, consisting of the original designs by that great master, for the heads in his picture of the Last Supper : ... models, in wax and terra cotta, by M. Angelo and G. di Bologna : a few bronzes and antique marble bustos : and an engraved copperplate portrait of the young Duke of Reichstadt, never published ; the property of Sir Thomas Lawrence ... deceased : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his great room, King Street, St. James's Square, on Thursday, the 17th of June, and two following days 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.

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Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1830]
Physical Description:: 28, [1] pages ; 29 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts