A catalogue of the remaining pictures and unfinished sketches of Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A., deceased : comprising among others the celebrated picture of Satan summoning his legions : a splendid original portrait of George the Fourth in his Coronation Robes : the original drawing of the Princess Charlotte, a miniature of the same : a portrait of George the Fourth, in oils, and another in chalk : George the Third and his Queen, early pictures : and numerous fancy subjects and portraits unfinished : excellent copies of the portraits of the Pope, and Cardinal Consalvi, and the Emperor of Austria, in the King's Collection : two of the Prophets, and two of the Sibyls, copies from those of M. Angelo in the Sistine Chapel, by Bewick, the size of the originals : Famine, a cartoon, in black chalk, by Overbecke, &c. &c. : also, the celebrated portrait of Sir Thomas Lawrence painted by himself : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie & Manson, at their great room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, June the 18th, 1831, precisely at one o'clock : may be viewed two days preceding, and catalogues had at Messrs. Christie & Manson's Office, King Street, St. James's Square.
Published / Created:
[London] : [Messrs. Christie & Manson], [1831]
Physical Description:
8, [1] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"Postponed from May 7. Some copies of the catalogue ... are printed with the original date, and some are changed. ... The two editions of the catalogue are different. The first has 151 lots, whereas the second has 152."--Getty provenance index.
Subject Terms:
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769–1830 -- Art collections -- Catalogs. | Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. | Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. | Painting, British -- Catalogs. | Portrait painting, English -- 19th century -- Catalogs. | Drawing, English -- 19th century -- Catalogs. | Painting, English -- 19th century -- Catalogs. | Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate. | Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph. | London Institution -- Ownership.