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DocumentSale Catalog Br-2460
Auction HouseChristie's -- from catalog: Mr. Christie
Sale LocationPall Mall, London, England, UK
Seller(s)from catalog: George Watson Taylor, Esq.
Lugt Number10479
No. of Painting Lots131
NotesRKDH IV has a review from "The Museum" pp.395-398 which gives the complete results. Must get this for reviewing the sale. There is also a nice paragraph about who attended. Also a review in Gentleman's Magazine for June, 1823, pp.546-548. Taylor's library was sold by Evans of Mar.20/26, 1823 (1st part) and Apr.14/22 (2nd part). CL II gives the totals as £ 24,832.12.
Catalog Location(s)CL I [annotations used in Sales Contents; photocopy in Provenance Index Sales Files] Auctioneer's copy, annot. with all buyers and prices.
CL II Annot. with some buyers and all prices. It does not belong to the auctioneer's set.
CL III [photocopy in Provenance Index Sales Files] Annot. by James Christie II with many notes that were apparently intended for his use when holding the sale. These are found on the first day only. The catalogue does not belong to the auctioneer's set.
NGL I Annot. with a few buyers and some prices. It belonged to Sir Nicholas William Ridley-Colborne and the annotations are presumably his.
NGL II Annot. in pencil with all prices and a note by lot 8 on the second day.
NGL III [photocopy in Provenance Index Sales Files] Annot. with all buyers and prices, also indicating which lots were sold and which bought in.
VAL Annot. with all buyers and prices.
RKDH I Annot. in ink and pencil with many buyers and most prices. It belonged to the dealer John Smith.
RKDH II Annot. with all buyers and prices.
RKDH III Annot. with all buyers and prices, with a note by James Christie, dated June 18, addressed to Mrs. Benjamin West. The annotations are not Christie's, however.
RKDH IV [photocopy in Provenance Index Sales Files] Annot. with all buyers and prices.
AAP Annot. in ink and pencil with most prices. It belonged to the dealer Wm. Smart.
MR
FLNY Annot. with all buyers and prices.
EBNP
PLDe I Annot. with some buyers and many prices. It belonged to Thos. Pares.
PLDe II Not annot. It belonged to Thos. Pares.
PLNY Not annot.
KNNY
MMNY Annot. with just two pencilled notes. The catalogue belonged to J.H. Anderdon and the notes may be his.
CIL [photocopy in Provenance Index Sales Files] Annot. with buyers and prices as well as the totals for each day.
BML Annot. with a few buyers and all prices in guineas. There are also modern notes giving later provenance.
JPGM [photocopy in Provenance Index Sales Files] Annot. with a few buyers and all prices. It belonged to the dealer Wm. Seguier and the annotations may be his.
BIB I [photocopy in Provenance Index Sales Files] Annot. on interleaved pages with all buyers and prices. It belonged to a certain Mitchell and later to Henry Edward Bunbury.
BIB II [photocopy in Provenance Index Sales Files] Annot. with all buyers and prices. This copy is among the uncatalogued items.
BMPL Annot. with all prices.
??? [photocopy in Provenance Index Sales Files] Annot. with some buyers and prices in guineas. JPGM copy of ?
SML Not annot.
YCNH Annot. in pencil with a few buyers and most prices in guineas on the second day only.
NLE Not annot.
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