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| Document | Sale Catalog Br-1218 |
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| Auction House | Squibb (George) -- from catalog: Mr. Squibb |
| Sale Location | Premises, No.16 North Side of Bedford Square, London, England, UK |
| Seller(s) | from catalog: Sir Soulden Lawrence
from other sources: [Bisham Abbey] |
| Lugt Number | 8567 |
| No. of Painting Lots | 56 |
| Notes | Sir Soulden Lawrence was a prominent judge who died in July, 1814. His collection of predominantly British pictures were the contents of the present sale, but there were also a few lots of prints and drawings. A portrait by Holbein from Bisham Abbey was included by permission at the end of the sale. This picture was presumably the property of George Vansittart (1745-1825), the proprietor of Bisham Abbey. All but two of the lots -- one of them the Holbein portrait -- succeeded in finding buyers. The prices were somewhat above average and a few lots were knocked down for reasonably high amounts. Opie's Cottage Girl, which sold for £110.5, was by far the most expensive lot in the sale. Reynolds' Girl with a Lamb brought £52.10. (B. Fredericksen) |
| Catalog Location(s) | VAL [photocopy in Provenance Index Sales Files] Annot. in pencil by the dealer Woodin with the initials of a few buyers and all prices.
OGA [annotations used in Sales Contents; photocopy in Provenance Index Sales Files] Annot. with all prices, indicating which lots were sold and which bought in. The annotator was Geo. Watson who was working from a marked set of catalogues deposited by the auctioneers in the Excise Office.
RKDH [photocopy in Provenance Index Sales Files] Annot. by the dealer John Smith with the prices for lots 18-67. There is also a note about the signature of lot 47. |
| Photocopies | NGL and CIL (both of VAL) |
| See Also | Sale Contents |
| | Art Sales Catalogues Online |
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