Portraits, india drawings, &c. : a catalogue of a genuine and valuable collection of English and foreign portraits, india drawings, &c. : comprising the choicest works of Bartolozzi, Blooteling, Delaram, Drevet, Elstrack, Faithorne, Hogarth, Hellar, Loggan, Lombart, Masson Nantuiel, the Passes, Sherwin, Smith, Vertue, Vandtycke, &c. &c. : including several rare and curious of Charles the First and Second, Cromwells, the Orange and Palatine Families, &c. : among the foreigners are many relating to English History : particularly those mentioned by Burnet, Clarendon, Grange, &c. : the collection in general is in perfect preservation, and the finest impressions : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Richardson, at his house, no. 31, the corner of Villers-Street, in the Strand, on Monday, February 18, 1799, and the eighteen following days, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:: Richardson, William, active 1778-1815
Title(s):: Portraits, india drawings, &c. : a catalogue of a genuine and valuable collection of English and foreign portraits, india drawings, &c. : comprising the choicest works of Bartolozzi, Blooteling, Delaram, Drevet, Elstrack, Faithorne, Hogarth, Hellar, Loggan, Lombart, Masson Nantuiel, the Passes, Sherwin, Smith, Vertue, Vandtycke, &c. &c. : including several rare and curious of Charles the First and Second, Cromwells, the Orange and Palatine Families, &c. : among the foreigners are many relating to English History : particularly those mentioned by Burnet, Clarendon, Grange, &c. : the collection in general is in perfect preservation, and the finest impressions : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Richardson, at his house, no. 31, the corner of Villers-Street, in the Strand, on Monday, February 18, 1799, and the eighteen following days, at twelve o'clock.
Additional Title(s):: Catalogue of a genuine and valuable collection of English and foreign portraits, india drawings, &c.
Published/Created:: [London] : [Mr. Richardson], [1799]
[London] : Printed by T. Burton, Gate-Street, Lincoln's-Inn Fields,
Physical Description:: [2], ii, [170] pages 22 cm
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
N8640 .N6 v. 19
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/8817962
Classification:: Books
Notes:: Signatures: [A]² B-Y⁴ [Z]²(-[Z]2).
Final page blank.
Lugt identifies the collector as Sterne Tighe.
Getty provenance index databases, sale catalog Br-A2385
English short title catalogue, T13081
Lugt, F. Répertoire des catalogues de ventes publiques, 5870
Date of sale: February 18-March 11, 1799.
Place of sale: London.
BAC: British Art Center copy is annoted in ink with sale prices and buyers' names for some lots. The volume bound in contemporary half calf. Armorial bookplate of Baron Northwick. MS inscription on title page: The property of Mr. Tighe.
Subject Terms:: Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs.
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs.
Brit tracts -- 1799.
Drawing, British -- Catalogs.
Drawing, European -- Catalogs.
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770-1859 -- Bookplate.
Portrait prints -- Catalogs.
Prints, British -- Catalogs.
Prints, European -- Catalogs.
Tighe, Sterne -- Art collections -- Catalogs.
Form/Genre:: Auction catalogs.
Auction catalogs -- England -- London -- 1799.
Prices (Provenance)
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