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1. Engravings, to be sold by auction, by Mr. Gaskill : on the premises adjoining the College Gate, High Street, Rochester, on Thursday March 27, and following evenings.

Engravings, to be sold by auction, by Mr. Gaskill : on the premises adjoining the College Gate, High Street, Rochester, on Thursday March 27, and following evenings.

Date:: [approximately 1825]
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ; 14 x 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. A catalogue of that magnificent and truly valuable collection of pictures, the production of the great artists of the British School, known as the collection of the Shakspeare Gallery : formed under the spirited directions, and with the unbounded expence, by those distinguished promoters of the fine arts, the Messrs. Boydell's : these justly-admired pictures, in which the poetry of our Great Bard has furnished occasion for a proud display of national talent, comprises many of the happiest efforts of such deceased artists as the immortal Sir Joshua Reynolds, Wright of Derby, Hodges, Romney, Hamilton, Wheatley, Kirk, Ramberg, and others, the rarity as well as the excellence of whose works, must insure them a distinguished place in the collection of the connoisseur : among the spirited performances of living genius, are the King Lear, by Mr. West : and various by Barry, Northcote, Opie, Tesham, Fuseli, Hoppner, Smirke, Stothard, Peters, Rigaud, Westall, Boydell, A. Kauffman : and that admirable set of cabinet pictures by Mr. Smirke : basso relievos, by the Hon. Mrs. Damer : and the Grand Alto Relievo, the Apotheosis of Shakspeare, by the late Thomas Banks, Esq. R.A. : many of the above pictures are of the cabinet size, and the remainder will be found worthy objects for the late saloons of the nobility and Gentry, or the Halls of Incorporate Bodies, or for Exhibitions in distant parts of the kingdom : the whole will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, on the premises, on Friday, May 17, 1805, and two following days, (Sunday excepted), at twelve o'clock, by order of the proprietor, without reserve.

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Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1805]
Physical Description:: 12 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. A catalogue of that magnificent and truly valuable collection of pictures, the productions of the great artists of the British school, known as the collection of the Shakspeare Gallery, formed under the spirited directions, and with unbounded expence, by those distinguished promoters of the fine arts, the Messrs. Boydell's : these justly-admired pictures, in which the poetry of our great bard has furnished occasion for a proud display of national talent, comprise many of the happiest efforts of such deceased artists as the immortal Sir Joshua Reynolds, Wright of Derby, Hodges, Romney, Hamilton, Wheatley, Kirk, Ramberg, and others, the rarity as well as the excellence of whose works, must insure them a distinguished place in the collection of the connoisseur : among the spirited performances of living genius, are the King Lear, by Mr. West, and various by Barry, Northcote, Opie, Tresham, Fuseli, Hoppner, Smirke, Stothard, Peters, Rigaud, Westall, Boydell, A. Kauffman : and that admirable set of cabinet pictures, the Seven ages by Mr. Smirke : basso relievos, by the Hon. Mrs. Damer : and the grand alto relievo, the Apotheosis of Shakspeare, by the late Thomas Banks, Esq. R.A. : many of the above pictures are of the cabinet size, and the remainder will be found worthy objects for the large saloons of the nobility and gentry, or the halls of incorporate bodies, or for exhibition in distant parts of the Kingdom.

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Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1805]
Physical Description:: 15, [1] pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. John Boydell account book : autograph manuscript, fragment.

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Creator:: Boydell, John, 1720–1804
Date:: 1752
Physical Description:: 2 leaves ; 37 x 15 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Arthur Weyhe

5. John Boydell, 1719-1804 : a study of art patronage and publishing in Georgian London / Sven H.A. Bruntjen.

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Creator:: Bruntjen, Sven H. A
Date:: 1974
Physical Description:: 291 leaves : ill.
Collection:: Reference Library

6. Exhibiting Englishness : John Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery and the formation of a national aesthetic / Rosie Dias.

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Creator:: Dias, Rosie, 1975–
Date:: [2013]
Physical Description:: viii, 274 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Collection:: Reference Library

7. John Boydell, 1719-1804 : a study of art patronage and publishing in Georgian London / Sven H.A. Bruntjen.

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Creator:: Bruntjen, Sven H. A.
Date:: 1985
Physical Description:: 14 unnumbered pages, 291 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations, facsimiles ; 24 cm
Collection:: Reference Library