A catalogue of the entire collection of sketches, drawings and paintings, executed by the late William Hamilton, Esq. R.A. : including a variety of beautiful sketches and drawings, by Zucchi, Clerisseau, and other eminent Masters : and a few drawing by Thomas Lawrence, Esq., R.A. : also a great numbers of capital historical and other prints, from ancient and modern Masters : a compleat copy of the Herculaneum, imp folio -- Crozat's collection -- the Venetian School -- Museum Florentinum -- the Vatican of Raffaelle -- Piraneli's etchings -- three perfect copies of (with proof impressions of the plates) of Thomson's Seasons, from designs by Mr. Hamilton, published by Mr. Tomkins -- the Sepulchral Monuments of Great Britain, and many other very valuable books of prints : the whole of the genuine collection, at once highly interesting to the connoisseur and artist, will be sold by auction, without reserve, by the authority of the executors, by Mr. Harry Phillips, at his Great Room, New Bond Street, on Monday, the 17th of May, 1802, and five following days, at twelve o'clock.

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Phillips, H., -1840, A catalogue of the entire collection of sketches, drawings and paintings, executed by the late William Hamilton, Esq. R.A. , [1802]

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Creator:: Phillips, H., -1840
Title(s):: A catalogue of the entire collection of sketches, drawings and paintings, executed by the late William Hamilton, Esq. R.A. : including a variety of beautiful sketches and drawings, by Zucchi, Clerisseau, and other eminent Masters : and a few drawing by Thomas Lawrence, Esq., R.A. : also a great numbers of capital historical and other prints, from ancient and modern Masters : a compleat copy of the Herculaneum, imp folio -- Crozat's collection -- the Venetian School -- Museum Florentinum -- the Vatican of Raffaelle -- Piraneli's etchings -- three perfect copies of (with proof impressions of the plates) of Thomson's Seasons, from designs by Mr. Hamilton, published by Mr. Tomkins -- the Sepulchral Monuments of Great Britain, and many other very valuable books of prints : the whole of the genuine collection, at once highly interesting to the connoisseur and artist, will be sold by auction, without reserve, by the authority of the executors, by Mr. Harry Phillips, at his Great Room, New Bond Street, on Monday, the 17th of May, 1802, and five following days, at twelve o'clock.
Published/Created:: [London] : Mr. Harry Phillips, [1802]
[London] : Printed by W. Smith, King Street, Seven Dials,
Physical Description:: 28 pages ; 25 cm
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
N8640 .N6+ v. 3 no.24 Oversize
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/13449784
Classification:: Books
Notes:: Getty provenance index databases, sale catalog Br-113
Lugt, F. Répertoire des catalogues de ventes publiques, 6434
Date of sale: May 17th-22nd, 1802.
Place of sale: London.
BAC: British Art Center copy is not annotated. Number 24 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.
Drawing, European -- Catalogs.
Hamilton, William, 1751–1801 -- Art collections -- Catalogs.
London Institution -- Ownership.
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate.
Prints -- Catalogs.
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph.
Form/Genre:: Auction catalogs.
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