A catalogue of the extensive and choice collection of prints, formed by the late Robert Morse, Esq. of Clarges Street, Piccadilly : in this valuable collection is comprised the most estimable productions of every engraver of distinguished talents, from the origin of the art to the present time : and including some of the rarest and finest specimens of the ancient German artists, also an extensive and very choice collection of etchings, by the most eminent Flemish painters; and nearly the entire works of Hogarth, Hollar, Bartozolli, Woollett, Sir Robert Strange, Cornelius Vischer, Jonas Suyderhoef, Gerard Edlinck, Nantuieul, Masson, Mellan, Drevet, &c. &c. : and a matchless collection of the works of John George Wille, in proofs and variations : a very valuable and extensive collection of British Portraits, commencing with the reign of Alfred the Great, and continuing in progression to the great Epoch : comprising the rarest portraits by Faithorne, Glover, Hollar, Loggan, Marshall, Passe, Vandrebanc, &c. : also, a large portion in the present reign from the paintings of Sir Joshua Reynolds &c. : together with a collection of prints from the paintings of Vandycke, in proofs and variations, in four imperial volumes : Strutt's Dictionary of Engravers, illustrated by upwards of 2820 specimens, many of extraordinary curiosity and rarity : a few books connected with the fine arts : splendid gallery works & books of prints, and several superb portfolios with leaves : which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Thomas Dodd, at no. 42, Old Bond Street, (four doors from Piccadilly,) on Wednesday, May 15, 1816, & twenty-seven following days (Sundays excepted), at twelve o'clock each day.
Published / Created:
[London] : [Thomas Dodd], [1816]London : Smith & Davy
Physical Description:
191, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
3602 lots.
Subject Terms:
Morse, Robert, -1806 -- Art collections -- Catalogs. | Banck, Pieter van der, 1649–1697. | Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815. | Drevet, Claude, 1697–1781. | Edelinck, Gérard, 1640–1707. | Faithorne, William, 1616–1691. | Hogarth, William, 1697–1764. | Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607–1677. | Mellan, Claude, 1598–1688. | Nanteuil, Robert, 1623–1678. | Passe, Crispijn van de, approximately 1565–1637. | Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792. | Strange, Robert, Sir, 1721–1792. | Suyderhoef, Jonas, approximately 1610–1686. | Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599–1641. | Visscher, Cornelis, 1629–1658. | Wille, Johann Georg, 1715–1808. | Woollett, William, 1735–1785. | Prints -- Catalogs. | Engraving -- Catalogs. | Etching -- Catalogs. | Portraits, British -- Catalogs. | Art -- Bibliography -- Catalogs. | Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. | Cameron, Katharine -- Bookplate. | Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate. | Kay, Arthur, 1861–1939 -- Bookplate.