A catalogue of the entire collection of English and foreign portraits, extensive assemblage of English topography, prints, books of prints and copper plates, the property of Mr. Collins, of Exchange Alley, lately deceased : In the prints are many valuable and scarce: among the plates is the hundred guilder, by Worlidge, with about ninety impressions in the finest condition possible; with a number of curious articles to engage the attention of the connoisseur. Which will be sold by auction, by Mr. King, at his great room, King-Street, Covent-Garden, on Friday, March 4, 1803, and ten following days, (Sundays excepted) at twelve o'clock ...

By: King, Mr. (Thomas) [auctioneer.]
Contributor(s): Collins, William, -1801
Publisher: [London] : printed by Barker and Son, [1803].Description: 66 p. ; 22 cm.Subject(s): Collins, William, -1801 -- Art collections -- Catalogs | Prints -- Catalogs | Portrait prints -- Catalogs | Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs
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Book Book British Museum Prints and Drawings Shelves Sc.B.1.28* (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available PD10017995
Book Book British Museum Prints and Drawings Shelves Sc.B.1.28 (6) (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 323574-2001
Book Book British Museum Prints and Drawings Shelves Sc.B.1.18 (8) (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 323574-1001
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Sc.B.1.18 (5) A catalogue (part the second) containing the library of books, collection of pictures, miniatures, drawings, framed and glazed : antique bronzes, carvings in ivory, painted glass, Raphael's ware, Roman earthen ware, curious guns, pistols, and daggers, gold, silver, and copper coins, shells, minerals, &c. The property of Leonard Pickard, Esq. of York, (lately deceased) which, by order of the executors, will be sold by auction, by Mr. King, at his great room, King-Street, Covent-Garden, on Monday, May 24, 1802, and eight following days, at twelve o'clock ... Sc.B.1.18 (6) A catalogue of an excellent assemblage of prints, chiefly purchased from the sale of Mr. Pickard's curious collection, late of York, deceased : together with a few drawings and prints, in colours; the Gallerie Le Brun, two vol. russia, gilt leaves; the Bible, as published by Macklin, seventy-two nos. compleat, very fine impressions, &c. &c. Which will be sold by auction, by Mr. King, at his great room, King Street, Covent Garden, on Tuesday, February 1, 1803, and following day, at 12 o'clock ... Sc.B.1.18 (7) A catalogue of a choice assemblage of prints, including a fine collection of Woollett's works, many of them proofs and etchings : among them are the Death of Wolfe, a proof, superlatively fine; battles of the Hogue and Boyne ... a few copper plates, particularly the Niobe, with 210 impressions, in the finest condition possible, &c. The property of Mr. Samuel Smith, lately deceased. Which, by order of the executors, will be sold by auction, by Mr. King, at his great room, King Street, Covent Garden, on Thursday, February 3, 1803, and two following days, at twelve o'clock ... Sc.B.1.18 (8) A catalogue of the entire collection of English and foreign portraits, extensive assemblage of English topography, prints, books of prints and copper plates, the property of Mr. Collins, of Exchange Alley, lately deceased : In the prints are many valuable and scarce: among the plates is the hundred guilder, by Worlidge, with about ninety impressions in the finest condition possible; with a number of curious articles to engage the attention of the connoisseur. Which will be sold by auction, by Mr. King, at his great room, King-Street, Covent-Garden, on Friday, March 4, 1803, and ten following days, (Sundays excepted) at twelve o'clock ... Sc.B.1.18 (9) English and foreign portraits, drawings of English portraits, &c. : A catalogue of the valuable and extensive collection of English and foreign portraits, consisting of royal families, peers, gentry, clergy, army and navy, literary persons, artists, &c. those relative to the Civil Wars and Protectorate, of the choicest impressions, many of them extremely rare, some unique, by the most esteemed engravers, viz. Faithorne, Hollar, Elstracke, Loggan, Crispin and Simon Pass, White, Smith, &c. the whole in fine condition, together with an excellent mahogany press, and a Pembroke table, with 6 drawers, adapted for prints, the property of Mr. Robert Grave, late of Catherine Street (deceased): which will be sold by auction, by Mr. King, at his great room, King Street, Covent Garden, on Monday, April 25, 1803, and 12 following days, at 12 o'clock ... Sc.B.1.19 (1) A catalogue of the choice and valuable collection of antient and modern prints, the property of John Woodhouse, Esq. : Selected with the highest taste from all the collections at home and abroad, at a liberal expense: consisting of specimens of Albert Durer, Lucas van Leyden, and other antient masters. The Dutch school comprises nearly the works of Rembrandt, Rubens, Jordaens, Vandyke, Berghem, the Visschers, Hollar, &c. &c. And nearly the entire works of the English school--viz. Bartolozzi, Woollett, Earlom, and Sir Robert Strange. Proof impressions; which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his great room, Pall-Mall, Thursday, the 22d of January, 1801, and following days, at twelve o'clock ... Sc.B.1.19 (2) A catalogue of the well-known and truly valuable collection of cabinet pictures, in the highest preservation, the property of John Woodhouse, Esq. : comprising specimens of the following much esteemed masters of the Flemish schools: Berghem, Both, Dusart, Du Jardin, Hondius, Mieris, J. Miel, Lingleback, Potter, Pynacker, Rembrandt, Rusdael, J. Steen, Slingeland, Swaneveldt, and Vanderwerf ... To which are added, a few select drawings of the Flemish school: which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his great-room, Pall-Mall, on Saturday, February 14, 1801, at one o'clock ...

PD copy 2 is annotated with prices, and names of buyers; copy 3 is partly annotated.