A catalogue of the large and capital collection of pictures : by the most admired Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch masters : also prints and drawings, framed and glazed, of James West, Esq; of King Street, Covent Garden, deceased, late President of the Royal Society : which (by order of the administratrix,) will be sold by auction by Mess. Langford's at their house in the Great Piazza, Covent Garden : on Wednesday the 31st of this Instant March 1773, and the three following days : to be viewed on March the 27th, and till the time of sale, (Sunday excepted) which will begin each day punctually at twelve o'clock : catalogues may be then had gratis on Mess. Langford's aforesaid : condition of sale as usual.

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Creator:: Mr. Langford and Son
Title(s):: A catalogue of the large and capital collection of pictures : by the most admired Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch masters : also prints and drawings, framed and glazed, of James West, Esq; of King Street, Covent Garden, deceased, late President of the Royal Society : which (by order of the administratrix,) will be sold by auction by Mess. Langford's at their house in the Great Piazza, Covent Garden : on Wednesday the 31st of this Instant March 1773, and the three following days : to be viewed on March the 27th, and till the time of sale, (Sunday excepted) which will begin each day punctually at twelve o'clock : catalogues may be then had gratis on Mess. Langford's aforesaid : condition of sale as usual.
Published/Created:: [London] : [Mr. Langford and Son], [1773]
Physical Description:: 9, [1] pages ; 28 cm
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
N8640 .N6+ v.1 no. 16 Oversize
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Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1737446
Classification:: Books
Notes:: English short title catalogue, T3184
Getty provenance index databases, sale catalog Br-A944
Lugt, F. Répertoire des catalogues de ventes publiques, 2152
Hazen, A.T. Catalogue of Horace Walpole's library, no. 2050
Date of sale: March 31-April 3, 1773.
Place of sale: London.
BAC: British Art Center copy is annotated in graphite with sale prices for some lots. Number 16 of 61 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.
LWL 49 2050: Bound in with this: A catalogue of the large and valuable collection of Greek, Roman, British, Saxon, English and foreign medals ...
Subject Terms:: Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs.
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs.
Drawing, British -- Catalogs.
Drawing, European -- Catalogs.
London Institution -- Ownership.
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770-1859 -- Bookplate.
Painting, British -- Catalogs.
Painting, European -- Catalogs.
Upcott, William, 1779-1845 -- Autograph.
West, James, 1703-1772 -- Art collections -- Catalogs.
Form/Genre:: Auction catalogs.
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