Catalogue of the very important collection of pictures, the property of Edmund Higginson, Esq.., of Saltmarshe, Herefordshire : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Thursday, June the 4th, 1846 and two following days, at one o'clock precisely.
Published / Created:
[London] : [Messrs. Christie & Manson], [1846]
Physical Description:
33, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsN8640 .N6+ v. 12a no.30 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionRare Books and ManuscriptsN8640 .N6+ v. 12b no.8 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Artists included in the collection are Patrick Nasmyth, Thomas Gainsborough, John Constable, Westall, George Morland, James Ward, and Richard Wilson, among others.Getty provenance index databases, sale catalog Br-5774Lugt, F. Répertoire des catalogues de ventes publiques, 18225Date of sale: June 4-6, 1846.Place of auction: London.BAC: British Art Center copy 1 is annotated in ink with sale prices and buyers' names for all lots. Number 30 of 37 auction catalogs bound together. The volume bound in contemporary half calf; with the armorial bookplate of Baron Northwick.BAC: British Art Center copy 2 is annotated in ink with sale prices and buyers' names for some lots. Number 8 of 42 auction catalogs bound together. The volume bound in contemporary half calf, with binder's ticket of T. Armstrong (the Strand); with the armorial bookplate of Baron Northwick.
Subject Terms:
Higginson, Edmund, approximately 1803–1871 -- Art Collection -- Catalogs. | Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. | Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. | Painting, European -- Catalogs. | Painting, British -- Catalogs. | Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate.