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Auction House | Cock -- from catalog: Cock | Sale Location | Premises, Buckingham-street, York-Buildings, London, England, UK | Seller(s) | Hewer, Hewer Edgeley from catalog: Hewer Edgeley Hewer, Esq. (deceas'd); [and others] | Lugt Number | 387 | No. of Painting Lots | 204 | Notes | The title page would suggest that most of the paintings were added and were not part of Hewer's collection. There is a section of paintings and several painting listed among the rooms of furniture. There is also an appendix at the end of the catalogue with additional lots that were supposed to have been added to each day of the sale. The appendix items appear to mainly be decorative items such as painted leather and fan mounts, gems, and other curiosities, though not all the descriptions are clear.
"A catalogue of all the houshold furniture and other valuable effects of Hewer Edgeley Hewer, Esq; (deceas'd.) Brought from his seat at Clapham, to his house in Buckingham-street, York-Buildings. Consisting of very rich beds, chairs, hangings [...] Which will be sold by auction at the place aforesaid on Tuesday the 6th of May 1729. To which is added, the famous picture of Tintoret, once belonging to Mr. Geminiani several Sea-Pieces of the best Vanderveld's, and many other paintings by several Italian and other Masters [...]" | Catalog Location(s) | BML [photocopy in Provenance Index Sales Files] Not annot. (department copy missing pages 10-11, which could have in-scope objects0 | See Also | Sale Contents | | Art Sales Catalogues Online | | |
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