Art sales. A history of sales of pictures and other works of art. With notices of the collections sold, names of owners, titles of pictures, prices and purchasers, arranged under the artists of the different schools in order of date. Including the purchases and prices of pictures for the National Gallery. Illustrated with autotypes from small sketches of great pictures & water-colour drawings sold, portraits of eminent collectors and views of their residences, objects of ornamental art, &c., &c (1888)
Redford, George · London [Bradbury, Agnew, & co., printers, the "Whitefriars" press] · leaf 32
e great painter’s table. Although the old painting room has long been changed from its octagon shape, and expanded into the spacious apartment occupied as an auction room, the handsome entrance at the side shows the stately style in which the famous portrait painter received the illustrious and… … MESSRS. PTTTTICK & SIMPSON'S SALE ROOM. of the passage ; the pictures which he bought at sales. As he said, “ Instead of beginning to save money, I laid it out faster than I got it in purchasing the best examples of art that could be procured ; for I even borrowed money for this purpose. The…
Art · Art auctions · Collectors and collecting
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