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Creator:
Phillips, H., -1840
Date:
[1830]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

113. A catalogue of a small but highly valuable assortment of original pictures, by the old masters of the most approved schools, selected by a gentleman whose taste and judgment in works of art and vertu are particularly esteemed : the collection embraces a splendid finished portrait of "Francis de Moncade, Marquis of Antrome" (Ambassador to Holland from the King of Spain) by Rembrandt, in his best time : a very valuable painting by Albano, "St. John preaching in the wilderness", in which are introduced, portraits of "Albano, his two wives and children" : "The Death of Queen Miriam", a highly finished painting by De Witt : ... views of Naples and florence, by the late John Smith : "Goats fighting", by Raphael : a very fine painting, "Shipping", by Vandevelde : a head of "Rubens", by Vandyke : portraits of "Queen Elizabeth" by Federigo Zucchero : "Earl of Essex" by Sir Antonio More : "Henrietta Maria" by Sir Peter Lely : "Napoleon", when first consul, by David ... : "Prince Charles Edward" by Vandermene : the "Wife of Berghem" : Nell Gwynn; Princess Clementina Maria, Wife of the chevalier St. George; and the poet "Goldsmith" - masters unknown : a pair of exquisitely finished "sea pieces", and others, by N. Poussin, Sir Peter Lely, Domenichino, and Wouvermans : which will be sold by auction, by Stevens and Brenchley, at the spacious room of the British coffee-house, Cockspur Street : on Friday, the 12th of August, 1831, at tweove o' clock, by order of the assignees of Messrs. Macdonald and Campbell : may be viewed on the Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, preceding the sale, and quarto catalogues had at the British Coffee-House, Cockspur Street : of Messrs. KJarslake and Crealock, solicitors, Carlton Chambers, Regent Street, and of Stevens and Brenchley, 36, Old Jewry.

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Creator:
Stevens and Brenchley
Date:
[1831]
Physical Description:
4 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

147. A catalogue of a valuable and interesting collection of high-finished modern pictures and drawings, framed and glazed : being the genuine and entire stock of an eminent publisher, retiring from business : among the paintings, are The Lord of the Vineyard, and Death of Sapphira, by Opie : original finished studies of wild animals by Northcote : an exquisite small modem of the Storming of Seringapaam, and a ditto the Death of Abercrombie, by R. K. Porter : Howard visiting the Prison, by Wheatley : and various historical, popular and fancy subjects, by Angelica, Wheatley, Morland, Fuseli, Tresham, Stothard, Cosway, Singleton, Benwell, Bigg, Naysmith, Schweickhardt, Jones, Farrington, Marlow, Hodges : the drawings are chiefly by Cipriani, Bartolozzi, Zuccarelli, Hamilton, Stothard, Wheatley, Ker Porter, Loutherbourg, Girtin, Hearne, Sandby, La Porte, Walmsley, Payne, Pocock : also, a small assemblage of architectural and other drawings, framed and glazed : loose prints and books of ditto : a choice collection of plaister casts and busts, from the antique, brought from Rome by an artist : mathematical instruments : skins of vellum for drawing : drawing implements, &c. : a small collection of pictures by Old Masters : and without reserve, sixty copper plates, never published, designed as a supplement to the Vitruvius Britannicus, being elevations of buildings executed by eminent architects : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, 24th February, 1809, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1809]
Physical Description:
14, [2] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Creator:
Edward Foster (Firm)
Date:
[1832]
Physical Description:
11 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Creator:
Peter Coxe, Burrell, and Foster (London, England)
Date:
[1798]
Physical Description:
24 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

184. A catalogue of all the remaining property hitherto unoffered for sale, belonging to that very ingenious and celebrated artist, Guy Head, Esq. Deceased : consisting of a variety of original works and admirable copies from the Old Masters by his own hand : particularly of the celebrated Danæ by Titian, in the Capo Di Monte Gallery ... and other works : two small landscapes by Wilson : an extensive collection of original drawings, by Head, Ducrous, Kniep, Keiserman, and other Masters : which embrace the most beautiful scenery in and about Rome, Tivoli, and the environs, Naples, Sicily, and the Mediterranean : valuable prints ... : a set of twenty-four interior views of the Museo Clementino by Feoli : engravings by Cardon, Dunego, Morghen, &c. : capital books of prints including Albinus's Anatomical Tables, 1 vol. : Anatomia del disegno, 1 vol. : Le 'Antichita romane D'Albano, del Campo Marzio, &c. D'Piranesi, 4 vols : Il Museu Pio Clementino, 3 vols. : Les Ruines des Monuments de la Grece, 2 vols : Hamilton's Vases by Tischbein, 3 vols. : di Museo Capitolino, 3 vols : Mosaize Hisoire der Hebreeuwse Kerke, 4 vols. : Galleria Farnese di Annibale Caracci, 1 vol. : ... copy of Raphael's Bible : 1 Costumi Antichi Egiziani, &c. 1 vol. ... Costumes les Theatres Anciennes que Modernes, 2 vols. ... : and other scarce and valuable works : cork models of the Coloseum & Temples of Vesta & Minerva Medico : casts of medals and gems : a pair of black Etruscan vases : and a Patera : bronze heads : upwards of ninety lots of ultramarine : near twenty lots of Chinese Vermillion and other colours : drawing paper, drawing boards, port folios, and various other articles : which will be sold by auction, by Peter Coxe, at the auction mart, near the Bank of England, on Wednesday, the 11th of April, 1810, and two following days, at one o'clock, precisely, (by order of the administratrix.)

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Creator:
Coxe, Peter, -1844
Date:
[1810]
Physical Description:
22 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1807]
Physical Description:
33, [1] pages ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Creator:
De Ville, James, 1776–1846
Date:
1834
Physical Description:
30, [2] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts