A catalogue of original finished paintings in portraits, sketches and landscapes, by Sir Joshua Reynolds : copies after him : and original performances by Mr. Joseph Marchi : various drawings, loose prints, mezzotinto engravings and etchings : easels, lay figure and colors : with a few pictures of the Old Masters, &c. &c. : the property of the late Mr. Joseph Marchi : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Squibb, at his Great Room, Saville Passage, Saville Row, on Thursday, the 30th day of June, 1808, at 12 o'clock, by order of the executors : to be viewed two days preceding the sale and catalogues had at the Room.

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Getty provenance index databases, sale catalog Br-608
Lugt, F. Répertoire des catalogues de ventes publiques, 7442
Date of sale: June 30, 1808.
Place of sale: London.
BAC: British Art Center copy is not annotated. Number 22 of 53 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, 1819. Biographical paragraph tipped in before catalogue. MS inscription on verso: Presented to me by the author Mr. Geo. Barker of St Pauls Ch:yard who had it inserted in the Gentlemans Magazine as a tribute of respect to an old acquaintance & an amicable man. The portrait of himself mentioned as in a Levant dress was purchased at the sale of his effects by H.ry [illegible] who conjointly with my other friends Messrs. Hearne & Barker were his executors & [illegible] In token of his regard he bequested to me, (amongst others) a [?]pay of £20. Wm. Alexander.