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| Auction House | Greenwood -- from catalog: Mr. Greenwood | | Sale Location | At his Room, in Leicester Square, London, England, UK | | Seller(s) | Gulston, Joseph
from catalog: [None]
from other sources: [Gulston] | | Lugt Number | 3975 | | Notes | "Gulston" has been added by hand to several copies of the catalogue, including the RKDH and VAL II copies. The seller is Joseph Gulston, 1744/45-1786, the book and print collector, who was forced by financial problems to sell his library in 1784 and the rest of his collection in this sale, a few months before his death. Sale totals: The DNB mentions that this 38-day sale (last night in the catalogue is actually "fortieth night") brought £7000.
"A catalogue of the most remarkable collection of prints ever offered to the public; being matchless both for number, variety, and scarcity; consisting of all the great massters in Europe, and their disciples in every school. The topography of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, which comprehends the geography, churches, monuments, views, plans and elevations of the different seats, &c. heraldry and other antiquities in each country; likewise a wonderful collection both of English and foreign portraits; in the former is found almost every print that has been engraved from the earliest to the present time. Which will be sold by Mr. Greenwood, at his room in Leicester Square, on Monday the 16th day of January, 1786, and the following days, (Sundays excepted)." | | Catalog Location(s) | AMO Part two only.
BML Part two only. Annot. with prices.
BMPL Annot. with prices and names.
EBNP Annot. with prices.
FLNY ?
JHU Part two only.
KKB Annot. with prices and buyers.
KKD Annot. with prices and buyers.
LCW Part two only.
RKDH Annot. with prices and buyers.
UC Annot. with prices.
VAL I Annot. with most prices and many buyers.
VAL II [annotations used in Sales Contents; photocopy in Provenance Index Sales Files] Annot. with all prices and buyers. | | Photocopies | RKDH (of FLNY) | | See Also | Sale Contents | | | Art Sales Catalogues Online | | | |
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