| | | | | | | | Document | Sale Catalog Br-877 | |
| Auction House | Robins (Henry J. & George Henry) -- from catalog: Messrs. Robins | | Sale Location | Piazza, Covent Garden, London, England, UK | | Seller(s) | from catalog: Johan Zoffany, Esq. Decd. | | Lugt Number | 7989 | | No. of Painting Lots | 30 | | Notes | Johan Zoffany had died in November, 1810, and his effects were sold at this two-day sale held by Robins in Covent Garden. Besides paintings and drawings, most of which were by Zoffany himself, the sale included a variety of Oriental and Indian items, as well as shells, books and silver plate. All of the paintings were sold on the first day. Those attributed to other artists did poorly, indicating that they were probably misattributed, while those by Zoffany fared somewhat better. A number of unfinished pictures brought less than £5, but the completed pictures went higher. One lot, depicting Garrick as Sir John Brute in "The Provoked Wife", was purchased by Lord Mulgrave for £98.14 (now in the collection of Ld. Normanby, Mulgrave Castle, Yorks.). Farington (Diary, May 8, 1811) tells of going to view the contents of the sale, but makes no comment. (See also Wm. T. Whitley, Art in England, 1800-1820, 1928, pp.186-187.) (B. Fredericksen) | | Catalog Location(s) | JPGM [photocopy in Provenance Index Sales Files] Annot. with a few buyers and all prices for the paintings on the first day, also indicating which lots were sold and which bought in. The catalogue belonged to Wm. Seguier and perhaps earlier to his father David.
OGA [annotations used in Sales Contents; photocopy in Provenance Index Sales Files] Annot. with the buyer of one lot and all prices for the paintings on the first day, also indicating which lots were sold and which bought in. The annotator was Geo. Watson who was working from an annotated set of catalogues deposited by the auctioneers in the Excise Office.
MMNY Annot. with some prices on the first day only.
CIL [photocopy in Provenance Index Sales Files] Annot. in pencil by J. Galpine with notes giving the approximate dimensions for a few lots.
BIB Not annot.
VAL II Not annot.
YCNH [photocopy in Provenance Index Sales Files] Not annot.
VAL I Incomplete, lacking pp.5-8. Not annot. | | Photocopies | NGL and RKDH (both of CIL) and BMPL (of YCNH) | | See Also | Sale Contents | | | Art Sales Catalogues Online | | | |
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