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Date:
1820
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

603. A catalogue of the extensive and choice collection of prints, formed by the late Robert Morse, Esq. of Clarges Street, Piccadilly : in this valuable collection is comprised the most estimable productions of every engraver of distinguished talents, from the origin of the art to the present time : and including some of the rarest and finest specimens of the ancient German artists, also an extensive and very choice collection of etchings, by the most eminent Flemish painters; and nearly the entire works of Hogarth, Hollar, Bartozolli, Woollett, Sir Robert Strange, Cornelius Vischer, Jonas Suyderhoef, Gerard Edlinck, Nantuieul, Masson, Mellan, Drevet, &c. &c. : and a matchless collection of the works of John George Wille, in proofs and variations : a very valuable and extensive collection of British Portraits, commencing with the reign of Alfred the Great, and continuing in progression to the great Epoch : comprising the rarest portraits by Faithorne, Glover, Hollar, Loggan, Marshall, Passe, Vandrebanc, &c. : also, a large portion in the present reign from the paintings of Sir Joshua Reynolds &c. : together with a collection of prints from the paintings of Vandycke, in proofs and variations, in four imperial volumes : Strutt's Dictionary of Engravers, illustrated by upwards of 2820 specimens, many of extraordinary curiosity and rarity : a few books connected with the fine arts : splendid gallery works & books of prints, and several superb portfolios with leaves : which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Thomas Dodd, at no. 42, Old Bond Street, (four doors from Piccadilly,) on Wednesday, May 15, 1816, & twenty-seven following days (Sundays excepted), at twelve o'clock each day.

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Creator:
Dodd, Thomas, 1771–1850
Date:
[1816]
Physical Description:
191, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Creator:
Christie & Manson
Date:
[1833]
Physical Description:
10 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Creator:
Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857
Date:
[1829]
Physical Description:
38 pages ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

658. A catalogue of a most superb, capital, and valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures : the property of a Gentleman, highly distinguished for his taste in the arts : the whole selected with unbounded liberality, and now brought from his seat at Fonthill, in Wiltshire : consisting of inestimable works of the following great masters, viz : Spagnoletto, A. Durer, Sa. Rosa, Guido, Murillo, D. Feti, C. Lorrain, Seb. Bourdon, Canaletti, Zuccarelli, Rembrandt, Ostade, Wouvermans, Both, V. Der Heyde, C. du Jardin, Ruysdael, Wynants, De Vlieger, Polemborgh, Teniers, V. der Meulen, Webber, Loutherbeourg : among the celebrated pictures in this collection, are the following distinguished and capital : the Rape of Deianira, by Paduanino, one of the noblest efforts of genius in the Venetian School, both for colouring and design : the Holy Family, by Murillo, a very elegant composition, full of grace and simplicity : the Death of Socrates, by S. Rosa : a Landscape with St. Francis preaching : and a sea port by ditto : and Lucretia, by Guido, very capital : amongst the moderns, are eight capital and much distinguished pictures of the Rake's Progress, by the immoral Hogarth, esteemed the finest of his works : a pair of elegant and splendid cabinets, with the subjects of Cupid and Psyche, painted by Smirke : also four tripods, or exquisite workmanship : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, February the 27th 1802, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:
[1802]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

676. A catalogue of the important & most valuable portion of the collection of ancient pictures, the property of the late Allan Gilmore, Esq. of Portland Place : formed more than twenty years ago ... for the purpose of Sale ... from the collections of Lucien Buonaparte, Lord Radstock, Sirs W. Drummond and T. Lawrence, Messrs. Hibbert Webb & Turner and many other distinguished collections distributed about that period : amongst those may be mentioned in particular a ... Picture of the Beatification of the Virgin with the twelve apostles, by Raffaelle, for many years in the possession of John Symmons, Esq : Salvator Munci, a ... work by C. Dolci : the Passion of Christ, by Sebastian Del Piombo ... : the Feast at Cana, by P. Veronese : an Italian sea port, and a Pastoral Landscape by Claude : two bacchanalian subjects, by Nicholas Poussin : the Judgement Hall, by Ferrara ... : the Holy Family, treated by Titian, A. Del Sarto & Raffaelle : The Virgin and Child, by Carracci : The Entombment by Vandyck : two pastoral landscapes by Swaneveldt : and many other equally valuable works : besides valuable examples of the Dutch and Flemish Schools, particularly an Interior and Exterior by Jan Steen : Sea Piece by Backhuysen : Landscapes by Cuyp, Berchem, Wynants, and others ... by Wouvermans, Netscher, Vander Werf, De Hoogem Cuyp, S. De Vos, De Hont, P. Neefs, Van Tol, Greuze, Boucher, G. Douw, &c. : portraits by Titian, Giorgione, G. Douw, Velasquez, and Vanderhelst : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Phillips, at his Great Rooms, 73, New Bond Street, on Tuesday, 31st May, & Wednesday, 1st June, 1842 at two precisely each day by order of the executors, without reserve.

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Creator:
Phillips, Mr.
Date:
[1842]
Physical Description:
19, [1] pages ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Creator:
Phillips, H., -1840
Date:
[1834]
Physical Description:
21, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts