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Christie, James, 1773–1831

A catalogue of a valuable assemblage of pictures, drawings and studies by that ingenious and very admired artist, R. Freebairn, Esq. Dec. : consisting of two grand landscapes, composed in fine classic taste, sundry sketch books, copper plate and impressions, &c. : also a few high finished drawings and pictures, of R. Cleveley, Esq. Dec. : the valuable collection of crayon paintings, miniatures, pictures in oil, &c. of Ozias Humphreys, Esq. R.A. Dec. : among the pictures are an original picture, Head of Christ, by Fra: Bartolomeo : a portrait of Pope Paul the IIId by Titian : and several copies of celebrated pictures made by Mr. Humphreys during the course of his studies in Italy : also a few valuable reserved sketches and finished pictures, by that much admired artist, George Romney, Esq. Dec. : among the finished pictures are, Sir Isaac Newton contemplating the Phenomena of the Prism : Ophelia : Titania : and Dying Damsel : and a few fine Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, June 2th, 1810, at one o'clock precisely.

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A catalogue of a valuable assemblage of pictures, drawings and studies by that ingenious and very admired artist, R. Freebairn, Esq. Dec. : consisting of two grand landscapes, composed in fine classic taste, sundry sketch books, copper plate and impressions, &c. : also a few high finished drawings and pictures, of R. Cleveley, Esq. Dec. : the valuable collection of crayon paintings, miniatures, pictures in oil, &c. of Ozias Humphreys, Esq. R.A. Dec. : among the pictures are an original picture, Head of Christ, by Fra: Bartolomeo : a portrait of Pope Paul the IIId by Titian : and several copies of celebrated pictures made by Mr. Humphreys during the course of his studies in Italy : also a few valuable reserved sketches and finished pictures, by that much admired artist, George Romney, Esq. Dec. : among the finished pictures are, Sir Isaac Newton contemplating the Phenomena of the Prism : Ophelia : Titania : and Dying Damsel : and a few fine Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, June 2th, 1810, at one o'clock precisely, [London] : Mr. Christie, [1810], Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.
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  • Creator

    Christie, James, 1773–1831

  • Title(s)

    A catalogue of a valuable assemblage of pictures, drawings and studies by that ingenious and very admired artist, R. Freebairn, Esq. Dec. : consisting of two grand landscapes, composed in fine classic taste, sundry sketch books, copper plate and impressions, &c. : also a few high finished drawings and pictures, of R. Cleveley, Esq. Dec. : the valuable collection of crayon paintings, miniatures, pictures in oil, &c. of Ozias Humphreys, Esq. R.A. Dec. : among the pictures are an original picture, Head of Christ, by Fra: Bartolomeo : a portrait of Pope Paul the IIId by Titian : and several copies of celebrated pictures made by Mr. Humphreys during the course of his studies in Italy : also a few valuable reserved sketches and finished pictures, by that much admired artist, George Romney, Esq. Dec. : among the finished pictures are, Sir Isaac Newton contemplating the Phenomena of the Prism : Ophelia : Titania : and Dying Damsel : and a few fine Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, June 2th, 1810, at one o'clock precisely.

  • Published/Created

    [London] : Mr. Christie, [1810]
    London : G. Smeeton, Printer, 17, St. Martin's Lane,

  • Physical Description

    11, [1] pages ; 28 cm

  • Holdings

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    N8640 .N6+ v. 5 no.34 Copy 1 Oversize
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    N8640 .N6+ v. 6 no.25 copy 2 Oversize
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Copyright Status

    Copyright Not Evaluated

  • Full YALE Library Record

    https://search.library.yale.edu/catalog/99135364393408651

  • Classification

    Books

  • Notes

    Getty provenance index databases, sale catalog Br-791
    Lugt, F. Répertoire des catalogues de ventes publiques, 7823
    Date of sale: June 29th, 1810.
    Place of sale: London.
    BAC: British Art Center copy 1 is annotated with sale prices for some lots. Number 34 of 42 auction catalogs bound together. The volume bound in contemporary half calf; with the armorial bookplate of Baron Northwick; signed in manuscript: William Upcott, London Institution, 1823.
    BAC: British Art Center copy 2 is not annotated. Number 24 of 42 auction catalogs bound together. The volume bound in contemporary half calf; with the armorial bookplate of Baron Northwick; signed in manuscript: William Upcott, London Institution, 1823. MS page in black ink tipped in between pages 6-7: Ozias Humphrey Esq dec. sold at Christies. 1810. Sale prices for lots 1-58 totalling £70 /9/8/ Commission: £5 /5/9 . Duty: £3/0/6

  • Subject Terms

    Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. |
    Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. |
    Drawing, British -- Catalogs. |
    Drawing, European -- Catalogs. |
    Humphrey, Ozias, 1742–1810 -- Art collections -- Catalogs. |
    London Institution -- Ownership. |
    Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate. |
    Painting, British -- Catalogs. |
    Painting, European -- Catalogs. |
    Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph.

  • Form/Genre

    Auction catalogs.

  • Contributors

    Smeeton, George, active 1800–1828, printer.

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