Christie, Mr. (James), 1730-1803, A catalogue of a capital and valuable collection of modern drawings , [1800]
- Title(s):
- A catalogue of a capital and valuable collection of modern drawings : framed and glazed, and in portfolios : modern prints :a few fine Dutch etchings : and some pictures : the property of the late Mr. T. Sheldrake, Senr.. (of the Strand) Deceased : the drawings comprise some of the finest ppecimens of the following celebrated and admired Masters, viz. : Cipriani, Bartolozzi, Mortimer, Worlidge, Benwell, Wheatly, Gainsborough, Barrett, Marlow, Gilpin, P. Sandby, Hearne, Meye, Greffe, Hills, Serres, Pillement, Chatelain, &c. &c. : also many fine iImpressions by Bartolozzi, Weston, Collier, Sharp, &c. : a number of fine etchings of cattle, &c. by V. de Velde, Potter, Jardin, Bergehm : a large collection of drawings by Hearnel : and a few fine pictures by Ruysdael, Lingelback, Wilson, Barrett, Morland, &c. : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, February 21, 1800, and following Day, at twelve o'clock : may be viewed two days preceding the sale, when catalogues may be had.
- Published/Created:
- [London] : [Mr. Christie], [1800]
- Physical Description:
- 8 pages ; cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsN8640 .N6+ v. 2 no.43 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsN8640 .N6+ v. 2 no.52 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/13373286
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- "The seller was Timothy Sheldrake (1729-1800), who was the son of the botanist Timothy Sheldrake (ca.1691-ca.1759) and the grandson of the saddler Timothy Sheldrake (d.1717); however, he was known as "the elder" because he and his son Timothy Sheldrake "the younger" (b.1759) were both truss makers."--Getty provenance index databases.
Getty provenance index databases, sale catalog Br-A2491
Lugt, F. Répertoire des catalogues de ventes publiques, 6022
Date of sale: February 21st-22nd, 1800.
Place of sale: London.
BAC: British Art Center has two copies. Both copies are annotated in ink with sale prices for some lots. Number 43 and 52 of 52 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.Drawing, British -- Catalogs.Drawing, European -- Catalogs.London Institution -- Ownership.Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate.Prints, British -- Catalogs.Prints, European -- Catalogs.Sheldrake, Timothy, 1729–1800 -- Art Collections -- Catalogs.Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph.
- Form/Genre:
- Auction catalogs.
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