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1. The Burning of the Houses of Parliament

The Burning of the Houses of Parliament
Creator:
unknown artist, nineteenth century
Date:
ca. 1834
Medium:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
5 1/2 × 7 1/2 inches (14 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Catalogue of the select and valuable classical library of the late Rev. Abel Wainewright, LL. B. of Trinity College, Cambridge : to which is added, the classical library of a clergyman, deceased : including Novum Testamentum Græcum, Westeni : Buck's Views of Castles, &c. in England and Wales ... : Piranesi Opere Varie ... : Stephani Thesaurus Linguæ Graæcæ, cum Scotti Appendice ... : Lyson's Roman Antiquities discovered at Woodchester : Acts of the Parliament of Scotland ... : Reports of the Public Records ... : Ciceronis Opera Oliveti ... : Lodge's Portraits of Illustrious Personages ... : Ovidii Opera, Burmanni ... : Vrgilii Opera, Burmanni ... : Livius, Drakenborchii ... : Dibdin's Bibliographical and Antiquarian Tour ... : Hearne's Works ... : English Historical Works ... : Epistolæ Selectiores Illustr. Vivorum ... : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Sotheby and Son, Wellington Street, Strand, on Thursday, June 18th, 1829, and four following days ... at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Sotheby and Son
Date:
[1829]
Physical Description:
39, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. A Catalogue of a valuable and highly interesting collection of pictures by favourite English artists, consisting of a very choice and fine assemblage of the works of that admired landscape painter Gainsborough, both paintings and drawings, framed and glazed : the property of the late S. Kilderbee, Esq., of Suffolk : who was the particular friend of Gainsborough, and for whom a few of these were painted expressly by the artist : also a capital landscpe by Wilson, and a few other pictures, the property of the Rev. W. Rose, of Cashalton, deceased : the chief of which was painted expressly for Mr. Rose by Wilson : an original portrait of Joseph Sharpe, Esq. by Sir Joshua Reynolds : a sea-scape by Calcott : the detected correspondence, and a portrait of his late mother, by Opie : and various by A. Kauffman, West, Stothard, Wheatley, Ward, Glover, Barker, Westall, Morland, Arnold, and some fine drawings in water colours by Glover, Turner, Copley Fielding, Reinagle, Robson, Nicholson, Munn, and P. Sandby : which will by sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his great room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, May the 30th, 1829, precisely at one o'clock : may be viewed two days preceding, and catalogues had at Mr. Christie's office, King Street, St. James's Square.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773-1831
Date:
[1829]
Physical Description:
10 pages ; 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. A catalogue of the collection of pictures of that eminent connoisseur and collector the late Richard Mortimer, Esq. : in this small collection are seven of the highest class of art : a magnificent Rembrandt ... : a splendid Cuyp, with a portrait of Maurice Prince of Orange, supposed ot have been painted for the Stadholder : ... landscape by Decker & I. Ostade : also the genuine work of Claude, Velasquex, W. Vandevelde, Hobbima, J. Osade, L. Da Vinci, Titian, Giorgione, A. Carracci, P. Veronese, Jan Stein, Wynants, Vernet, Zuccarelli, R. Wilson, &c. &c. : which may be viewed at No. 4 Percy Street, Bedford Square, the residence of the late proprietor, until Monday the 27th of April, when they wil be removed and sold by Mr. Ed. Foster at his Great Room

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Creator:
Edward Foster (Firm)
Date:
[1829]
Physical Description:
13, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Descriptive account of a series of pictures : representing some of the most important battles fought by the French armies, in Egypt, Italy, Germany, and Spain, between the years 1792 and 1812 : painted by General Baron Le Jeune ... now exhibiting at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly.

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Date:
1829
Physical Description:
28 p. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Catalogue of a valuable collection of prints and drawings : consisting of an extensive series of British portraits & topography, illustrative of the history and antiquities of the county of Shropshite : and including several of great rarity, by Pass, Faithorne, White, Sherwin, &c. : collected by a gentleman of much research in the history of that county : to which is added the collection of prints & drawings, of the late Mrs. Martyn, widow of the Rev. Tho. Martyn, Professor of Botany at Cambridge : embracing specimens of the early Italian, German and French Schools : Dutch etchings, by Waterloo, Swaneveldt, Both, Ostade, &c. &c. : miscellaneous British and foreign portraits : fine modern engravings, including the Last Supper by Rap. Morghen : ancient and modern drawings, &c. : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Sotheby and Son, at their house, Wellington Street, Strand, on Friday, 27th, Saturday, 28th, & Monday, 30th of November, 1829, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Sotheby and Son
Date:
[1829]
Physical Description:
30, [4] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. A catalogue of the splended library of a gentleman, removed from the west of England ... : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Wheatley and Adlard, at their Great Room, 191, Piccadilly, on Wednesday, December 9, 1829, and two following days, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Messrs. Wheatley and Adlard
Date:
[1829]
Physical Description:
26 pages ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. A catalogue of a small assemblage of capital and very valuable Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch pictures : being the served part of the well-known and fine collection Lord Viscount Ranelagh, deceased : they comprise a grand landscape, with cattle and figures by Cuyp, a noble chef d'oeuvre, and an evening scene, the companion : the Battle of Maxentius, a most spirited cabinet pictures : and Constantine surveying the plan of Constantinople, by Rubens : the Piping Boy, by Rembrandt : the Gazette, by Teniers : an Evening Scene, Vander Neer, (the five last from the Orleans Gallery) : the Solitude, and one other charming landscape. by Gaspar Poussin : Holy Families, by Bonifaccio, Garofalo, and Parmegiano : and others, by Titian, Mols, S. Rosa, Teniers, Brauwer, Berkheyde, W. Van de Velde, Mommers, and Zuccarelli : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, May the 16th, 1829, at half-past two o'clock : may be viewed two days preceding, and catalogues had at Mr. Christie's Office, King Street, St. James's Square.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773-1831
Date:
[1829]
Physical Description:
4 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. A catalogue of the collection of engravings, etchings, and original drawings, and books of prints, of Christian Josi, Esq. Deceased : who was long distinguished for his accurate knowledge of prints, and for his judgment in collection : they comprise ... specimens of M. Antonio : Italian etchings ... of R. Morghen : ... impressions by Audran, Edlinck, and the great French engravers : rarieties by M. Schoen, J. V. Mecheln, the Hopfers, A. Durer, and Penz : the works of Rubens, and V. Dyck : Rembrandt's works .... : ... collection of the works of Hollar ... : Dutch etchings, including Ostade's Concert ... and Backhuysen's large sea-piece : Houbraken's heads, proofs : Ploos Van Amstel's works ... : books of prints : picturesque tours : the Musée Franc̜ois : Mor. Bartsch's Work, L. P. : and among the drawings a most rare subject by P. Potter, &c. &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room in King Street, St. James's Square.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773-1831
Date:
[1829]
Physical Description:
66 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. A catalogue of the valuable and very select collection of Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch pictures : the genuine property of the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, deceased : brought from His Lordship's late residence at Coombe Wood, near Kingston, Surrey, and from Fife House, Whitehall : among these are particularly deserving notice, The Virgin and Child reading ... by Lod. Carracci : a pair, Historical, by N. Poussin : two ... historical sketches, and one other by Rubens : ... Landscape and figures by Cuyp, which was selected and purchased for the Earl of Liverpool by Captain Baillie : ... marine view by Jacob Ruysdael : ... Calm, with yachts, by Wm. V. de Velde ... : three cabinet pictures by Wouvermans : a chef-d'oeuvre by Berghem, and one by Asselyn : and various by P. Veronese, Bassano, Baroccio, Guercino, Caravaggio, Lanfranco, Sasso Ferrato, C. Marratti, Mola, Tiepolo, Murillo, Seb. Bourdon, G. Poussin, P. Brill, P. Neefs, Rotenhaemer, V. Der Meulen, Poelemborg, De Heusch, Backhuysen, De Vlieger, Terborg, Swaneveldt, Gainsborough : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Monday, May the 25th, 1829, at one o'clock precisely : may be viewed on Friday and Saturday preceding, and catalogues had at Mr. Christie's Office, King Street, St. James's Square.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773-1831
Date:
[1829]
Physical Description:
9, [1] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. A catalogue of a small but valuable collection of Italian, Flemish, and Dutch pictures : chiefly the property of a Gentleman of Fine Taste, lately retired from his residence in London : they comprise St. Christopher, a Carton, by the early master Cimabue : an elegant composition by Titian : a ditto, by P. Veronese : a Pieta by Guido, in his very fine manner : a poetical subject, by S. Rosa : a whole length portrait, and two other fine gallery specimens by Van Dyck : the original landscape, with fighting bulls, by R. di Tivoli, engraved in Boydell's Gallery : a grand landscape, by Rembrandt, with the figures by Teniers, from the Radstock Collection : a beautiful interior by Terberg, and others by Schiavone, Pordenone, Novellara, Carracci, Domenichino, Guercino, Albano, Mola, S. Rosa, Velasquez. G. Poussin, Rubens, Roterhaemer, Van Harp, Teniers, De Nain, Ruysdael, Stoop : also, a few cabinet pictures of the late Hon. Lord Gwydir, which were omitted in the recent sale of the collection from Grimsthorpe Castle : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, No. 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, May the16th, 1829, at one o'clock precisely : may be viewed two days preceding, and catalogues had at Mr. Christie's Office, King Street, St. James's Square.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773-1831
Date:
[1829]
Physical Description:
7, [1] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. [Catalogue of pictures by Italian, Spanish, Flemish, Dutch, and English masters : with which the proprietors have favoured the Institution, June, 1829.]

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Creator:
British Institution
Date:
1829
Physical Description:
22 p. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. A catalogue of the genuine and valuable library of books of the Rt Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, deceased : brought from His Lordship's late residence, Coombe Wood, Surrey : comprising an excellent assemblage of history, English antiquities, Law, Divinity, General Science, Voyages and Travels, French and Italian Literature, Greek and Latin Classics, Lexicons, &c. ... : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, in King Street, St. James's Square, on Thursday, the 19th of November, 1829, and two following days, at one o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773-1831
Date:
[1829]
Physical Description:
36 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Entrance book.

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Creator:
Artists' and Amateurs' Conversazione (London, England)
Date:
1829 Nov. 4-1832 Oct. 17
Physical Description:
1 v. ([98] p.) : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Catalogue of an extensive and valuable collection of books ... : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Sotheby and Son, Wellington Street, Strand, on Thursday, November the 19th, and four following days (Sunday excepted), at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Sotheby and Son
Date:
[1829?]
Physical Description:
46, [1] pages ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Part II of the collection of engravings &c. of Christian Josi, Esq., deceased : consisting of the works of Hollar.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773-1831
Date:
[1829]
Physical Description:
33 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. A catalogue of the very valuable collection of Italian pictures of John Robert Udney, Esq. : partly selected from the celebrated Orleans Gallery and partly from the collection of the late John Udley, Esq. : well known from the distinguished works of art obtained by him during a long residence in Italy : among them will be found the Madonna, with the Columbine, by L. Da Vinci, from the Orleans Gallery : Noli me Tangere, by Corregia, and a Holy Family, by Parmegiano, from the same : the Martyrdom of St. Lawrence, from the original design by Baccio Bandinelli, which has been engraved by Marc Antonio : Cupid on a Lion, by Titian, from the Udney Collection : Ecce Homo, by Schiavone : the Assumption, by Campagnola : the Virgin and Child, by Lod. Carracci and cabinet specimens by Raffaelle, A. Del Sarto, Giorgione, Palma Vecchio, P. Bordone, Bassano, Cangiagio, A. Carracci, Guercino, Guido, Domenichino, Albano, L. Spada, Caravaggio, Sasso Ferrato, F. Lauri, Claude, Jordaens, G. Jansen, Zuccarelli : also, two old Italian copies, from the celebrated pictures of St. Jerome, and the Madonna della Scudella, by Corregio, at Parma, of gallery size : which will be sold by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Friday, May the 15th, 1829, at one o'clock precisely : may be viewed two days preceding, and catalogues had at Mr. Christie's office, King Street, St. James's Square.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773-1831
Date:
[1829]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. Catalogue of the collection of pictures, particurlarly several interesing marine subjects, the Battles of the Nile, Trafalgar, Algiers, &c. : a sea view, with the Royal Sovereign Yacht, and others from Vandevelde, &c. by Mr. Cartwright, who long enjoyed the patronage of His Royal HIghness the Duke of Clarence as a marine painter : also his series of drawings, taken whilst residing at the Ionian Islands : the plates and copyright of Views in the Ionian Islands, Costumes, Shipping, &c. : with a selection of original drawings and engravingss, by Old Masters : mahogany easels, dresses of Grecian costume, frames, canvass, and unfinished sketches : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Phillips, at his Great Room, no. 73, New Bond Street, on Thursday, the 28th of May, 1829, at one o'clock, by order of the administrator : may now be viewed, and catalogues had at Mr. Phillips's, 73, New Bond Street.

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Creator:
Phillips, H., -1840
Date:
[1829]
Physical Description:
10 pages ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. A catalogue of the very choice and highly valuable cabinet of Italian, Spanish, French, Flemish, and Dutch pictures : the genuine property of George Hibbert, Esq. who selected them with the best taste and at great expense, as pure and very distinguished specimens of the several great Masters, from many of the most celebrated collections which have been brought to sale on the continent and in this country in the course of the last thirty-five years, particularly from the Orleans Gallery, from the beautiful collection made by Monsieur Robit, and other celebrated cabinets : among the chef-d'oeuvres comprised in the above, may be particularly noticed a small Holy Family by Raffaelle ... : a ditto, by Parmegiano : ... group of infants by Annibale Carracci, from the Borghese Palace : the Marriage of Cana, by Murillo ... : a pair of youthful portraits, male and female, by Rembrandt : ... landscape by Cuyp ... : ... two ... landscapes by Berghem : and others by Hobbema, Both, Ruysdael, Wynants, Wouverman, and Brauwer : ... celebrated interior, well known as the Corset Bleu, by Metzy ... : and others by Teniers, Ostade, Dusart, and one by Terburg : also ... specimens of G. Romano, P. Veronese, Tintoretto, Bassano, Baroccio, Valentini, A. Carracci, Guido, Guercino, Albano, Mola, S. Rosa, Seb. Bourdon, Rubens, Van der Neer, De Koninch, V. Der Capalla, C. Bega, Le Nain, Greuze : also a fine landscape river scene, by Turner, R. A. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room in King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, June the 13th, 1829, precisely at one o'clock : the collection may be privately viewed every Saturday until the sale, between the hours of eleven and three, by cards only, to be had of Mr. Christie : and publicly, at Mr. Christie's Room, two days previous to the sale.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773-1831
Date:
[1829]
Physical Description:
11, [1] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. Catalogue of the highly estimable collection of Italian, Dutch, and Flemish pictures, particularly several rare and magnificent altar pieces : which formerly distinguished the churches in Italy : by Raphael, Primaticcio, Carlo Dolce, Tiepolo, Paul Veronese, Proccaccini, Alessandro Allori, Cigoli, Guercino, Lorenzo Lippi, Le Sueur, Canneletti, Greuze, David, Fugino, Giulio Romano, Schiavone, Schidone, Domenichino, Luini, Titian, Giorgione, Caracci, Garofolo, Carravaggio, Rembrandt, Bergham, Metzu, G. Dow, Fyt, Berkheyde, Velasquez : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Phillips, at his Great Rooms, 73, New Bond Street, on Wednesday, June 10, 1829, and following days, at one o'clock, and by order of the proprietor, J. Webb, Esq. without any reservation : may be viewed three days prior, and catalogues, at 1s. each, had at 73, Bond Street.

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Creator:
Phillips, H., -1840
Date:
[1829]
Physical Description:
34 pages ; 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. A catalogue of the third portion of the very valuable collection of engravings of Christian Josi, Esq., deceased : comprising his prints after Masters in the Flemish School : the early German engravers, Andrea Mantegna, M. Antonio, G. Bonasone, and Italian etchings by the great Bolognese Masters : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room in Pall Mall, on Tuesday, May the 26th, 1829, and two following days, at one o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773-1831
Date:
[1829]
Physical Description:
30 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. A catalogue of the collection of original and splendid Italian, Spanish, Dutch & Flemish paintings, the sole property of Thos. Emmerson, Esq. : by whom they have been selected from many distinguished cabinets in Holland France, Spain, and England ... : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Phillips, at his Great Rooms, 73, New Bond Street, without reserve, on Friday, the 1st of May, 1829, and following day, at one o'clock.

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Creator:
Phillips, H., -1840
Date:
[1829]
Physical Description:
29, [1] pages ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. A catalogue raisonné of the unequalled collection of historical pictures, and other admired compositions, the works of the revered and highly-gifted painter, the late Benjamin West, esq. president of the Royal Academy : comprising one hundred and eighty epic, classic, familiar, and landscape compositions, among which are many sublime efforts of his vast & comprehensive mind / which will be sold by auction by Mr. George Robins ... May 22d, 23d,& 25th, 1829.

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Creator:
Robins, George Henry, 1777-1847
Date:
[1829]
Physical Description:
53, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. A catalogue of the whole of the very beautiful and highly interesting collection of paintings, the original works of that greatly-admired artist James Ward, Esq. R. A. of no. 6, Nenman Street, about to retire to the country : comprising his very celebrated and admirable work, a group of cattle in a landscape, of the natural size, painted in emulation of the famous pictures of the bull, by P. Potter, in the Museum at Amsterdam : various portraits of horses, and of animals of distinguished beauty, or peculiar breeds : landscapes : subjects from domestic life and allegory, particularly the original finished sketch for an allegorical painting, commemorative of the Victory of Waterloo, and a whole-length portrait of the Duke of Wellington, painted from His Grace as a finished study for the large picture now in the Hall of Chelsea College : and a capital and greatly admired copy from the Marquess of Stafford's Bath of Diana, by Titian : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Friday, May 29th, 1829, precisely at one o'clock : may be viewed two days preceding : and catalogues had at Mr. Christie's office, King Street, St. James's Square.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773-1831
Date:
[London] :
Physical Description:
9, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. A catalogue raisonné of the unequalled collection of historical pictures, and other admired compositions, the works of the revered and highly-gifted painter, the late Benjamin West, Esq. president of the Royal Academy, : comprising one hundred and eighty epic, classic, familiar, and landscape compositions, among which are many sublime efforts of his vast & comprehensive mind; which will be sold by auction by Mr. George Robins in the splendid gallery, Newman Street, Oxford Street, London, at twelve o'clock, on Friday, Saturday, & Monday, May 22d, 23d, & 25th, 1829, in lots.

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Creator:
Robins, George Henry, 1777-1847
Date:
[1829]
Physical Description:
53, [1] p. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library