A catalogue of a valuable series of engraved copper-plates, of the Royal family of England and of other illustrious personages : the whole engraved by Will. Skelton. Chiefly after the paintings of Sir William Beechey, with all the numerous remaining impressions. To which is added a small collection of very rare and curious early English portraits engraved by Pass, Faithorne, Hollar, Smith, Browne, White, Vertue, &c. Miscellaneous ancient and modern prints, drawings, &c. Which will be sold by auction by Mr. Wheatley, at his great room, 191, Piccadilly, on Saturday, the 3rd of May, 1834 ...

By: Wheatley, Benjamin [auctioneer.]
Publisher: [London : G. Norman, printer, 1834].Description: 15 p. ; 22 cm.Subject(s): Engraving -- Catalogs | Prints -- Catalogs | Portrait prints -- Catalogs | Drawing -- Catalogs | Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs
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Sc.B.2.16 (29) Catalogue of engravings : comprising fine proofs and choice impressions of the works of Wilkie, Heath, Sharpe, Raphael Morghen, Wille, Albert Durer, Strange, Raimbach, Pye, Martin, and other eminent English and foreign artists; particularly Blind fiddler, Rent day, Reading the will, Blind man's buff, Cut finger, Village politicians, Errand boy, Letter of introduction, Duncan Gray, Guess my name, etc. ... Which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Southgate, Son, & Grimston, at their rooms, 22, Fleet Street, on Wednesday, February 5th, 1834, and two following days, at twelve for half-past twelve o'clock precisely ... Sc.B.2.16 (3) A catalogue of a valuable collection of prints & drawings : consisting of an extensive series of British portraits, collected for the illustration of Granger's Biographical history of England, and including the portraits of the most eminent persons from the Conquest to the Revolution of 1688, embracing many of the works of Faithorne, Pass, Hollar, Loggan, White, Smith, &c. &c. Fine Italian engravings, by Raphael Morghen, &c. Specimens of modern distinguished engravers, a curious and interesting collection of topographical drawings, in England, by H. de Cort; numerous drawings, by Rowlandson; capital prints, framed and glazed, &c. &c. Which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Sotheby and Son, at their house, Wellington Street, Strand, on Friday, 18th of March, 1831, & following day, at twelve o'clock ... Sc.B.2.16 (30) Catalogue of engravings, water-colour drawings, (including the collection of the late Adam Buck, Esq.) books of prints, etc. : The engravings comprise specimens by Audouin, Bartolozzi, Bolswert, Bonato, Canot, Cooke, Desnoyers, Earlom .... Woollett, Ec. ... Which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Southgate, Son, & Grimston, at their rooms, 22, Fleet Street, on Tuesday, March 4th, 1834, and two following days, at half-past twelve o'clock precisely ... Sc.B.2.16 (31) A catalogue of a valuable series of engraved copper-plates, of the Royal family of England and of other illustrious personages : the whole engraved by Will. Skelton. Chiefly after the paintings of Sir William Beechey, with all the numerous remaining impressions. To which is added a small collection of very rare and curious early English portraits engraved by Pass, Faithorne, Hollar, Smith, Browne, White, Vertue, &c. Miscellaneous ancient and modern prints, drawings, &c. Which will be sold by auction by Mr. Wheatley, at his great room, 191, Piccadilly, on Saturday, the 3rd of May, 1834 ... Sc.B.2.16 (32) Catalogue of drawings and prints, in the portfolio : books of prints and illustrated books; maps, charts, and atlases; autograph letters of eminent literary persons; works relative to architecture, geography, natural history, and the arts and sciences in general: the property of the late Richard Heber, Esq. Which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Stanley, at his rooms, 21, Old Bond Street, on Thursday the 15th of May, 1834, and four following days, at twelve o'clock: by order of the executrix ... Sc.B.2.16 (33) Catalogue of engravings, paintings, framed and glazed prints, etc. etc. : particularly choice specimens after Wilkie, Blind fiddler, Chelsea Pensioners, Reading the will, Letter of introduction, Piper, etc., all fine proofs. Turner, Cologne, Temple of Jupiter, landscape composition, Yorkshire views, etc., all choice india proofs ... together with a large collection of drawings and sketches by the late Mr. Henry Wigstead ... Which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Southgate, Son, & Grimston, at their rooms, 22, Fleet Street, on Friday, May 23, 1834, and following day, at twelve for one o'clock precisely ... Sc.B.2.16 (34) Prints, drawings, books of prints, original paintings, &c. &c. : A catalogue of a highly valuable collection of prints, drawings, and books of prints, collected by George Baker, Esq. formerly of St. Paul's Church Yard. Presumed to be the finest and most extensive collection of the works of that eminent artist, Bartolozzi, ever offered for public sale; being in their choicest states, and the whole nearly fine proofs, many with the etchings, and several very rare and unique, with capital specimens by other esteemed artists ... Which will be sold by auction, (by order of the assignees of Messrs. Hemming and Monkhouse, of St. Paul's Church Yard,) by Mr. Hodgson, at his great room, the "Poet's Gallery, no. 192, Fleet St. on Monday, June 9, 1834, and two following days, at half-past twelve o'clock precisely ...

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