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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773-1831
Title(s):

A catalogue of a capital and valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures : a few fine antique gems, and musical instruments : the property of the late Sir James Wright, Bart. Dec. : well known for his judgment in the fine arts : many of the pictures in this collection were purchased during his long residence in Italy : among them will be found the works of the following celebrated Masters, viz. : Cimabue, Giotto, M. Angelo, Titian, Giorgione, P. Veronese, Tintoretto, Carracci, Guido, Domenichino, Lanfranco, Albano, P. da Cartona, C. Cignani, C. Marratti, Rubens, V. Dyck, V. Harp, Ruysdael, Ostade : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, June 8, 1804, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

Published/Created:
[London] : Mr. Christie, [1804]
[London] : J. Smeeton, Printer, 148, St. Martin's Lane,
Physical Description:
10 pages ; 26 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
N8640 .N6+ v. 3 no.44 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Getty provenance index databases, sale catalog Br-278
Lugt, F. Répertoire des catalogues de ventes publiques, 6824
Date of sale: June 8th-9th, 1804.
Place of sale: London.
BAC: British Art Center copy is not annotated. Number 44 of 47 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.
Subject Terms:
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs.
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs.
Gems -- Catalogs.
London Institution -- Ownership.
Musical instruments -- Catalogs.
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770-1859 -- Bookplate.
Painting, European -- Catalogs.
Upcott, William, 1779-1845 -- Autograph.
Wright, James, 1755-1804 -- Art collections -- Catalogs.
Form/Genre:
Auction catalogs.
Contributors:
Smeeton, Joseph, printer.
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