Catalogue of a valuable collection of prints and drawings : consisting of an extensive series of British portraits & topography, illustrative of the history and antiquities of the county of Shropshite : and including several of great rarity, by Pass, Faithorne, White, Sherwin, &c. : collected by a gentleman of much research in the history of that county : to which is added the collection of prints & drawings, of the late Mrs. Martyn, widow of the Rev. Tho. Martyn, Professor of Botany at Cambridge : embracing specimens of the early Italian, German and French Schools : Dutch etchings, by Waterloo, Swaneveldt, Both, Ostade, &c. &c. : miscellaneous British and foreign portraits : fine modern engravings, including the Last Supper by Rap. Morghen : ancient and modern drawings, &c. : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Sotheby and Son, at their house, Wellington Street, Strand, on Friday, 27th, Saturday, 28th, & Monday, 30th of November, 1829, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:: Sotheby and Son
Title(s):: Catalogue of a valuable collection of prints and drawings : consisting of an extensive series of British portraits & topography, illustrative of the history and antiquities of the county of Shropshite : and including several of great rarity, by Pass, Faithorne, White, Sherwin, &c. : collected by a gentleman of much research in the history of that county : to which is added the collection of prints & drawings, of the late Mrs. Martyn, widow of the Rev. Tho. Martyn, Professor of Botany at Cambridge : embracing specimens of the early Italian, German and French Schools : Dutch etchings, by Waterloo, Swaneveldt, Both, Ostade, &c. &c. : miscellaneous British and foreign portraits : fine modern engravings, including the Last Supper by Rap. Morghen : ancient and modern drawings, &c. : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Sotheby and Son, at their house, Wellington Street, Strand, on Friday, 27th, Saturday, 28th, & Monday, 30th of November, 1829, at twelve o'clock.
Published/Created:: [London] : [Sotheby and Son], [1829]
[London] : Printed by J. Davy
Physical Description:: 30, [4] pages ; 23 cm
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
N8640 .N6+ v. 14 no. 8 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/14118383
Classification:: Books
Notes:: Lugt, F. Répertoire des catalogues de ventes publiques, 12170
Date of sale: November 27-30, 1829.
Place of sale: London.
BAC: British Art Center copy is annotated in ink sale prices for some lots. Number 8 of 14 auction catalogs bound together. The volume bound in contemporary half calf, with binder's ticket of T. Armstrong (the Strand). Armorial bookplate of Baron Northwick.
Subject Terms:: Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs.
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs.
Both, Jan, 1618?-1652.
Decorative arts -- Catalogs.
Drawing, British -- Catalogs.
Drawing, European -- Catalogs.
Engraving, British -- Catalogs.
Engraving, European -- Catalogs.
Faithorne, William, 1616–1691.
Martyn, Martha Elliston, -1829 -- Art collections -- Catalogs.
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate.
Ostade, Adriaen van, 1610–1685.
Pass, Simon van de, 1595?-1647.
Raphael, 1483–1520.
Sherwin, William, active 1670–1710.
Swanevelt, Herman van, 1603–1655.
Waterloo, Anthonie, 1610–1690.
White, Robert, 1645–1704.
Form/Genre:: Auction catalogs.
Contributors:: Davy, John (Printer), printer.
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