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| Auction House | Squibb (George) -- from catalog: Mr. Squibb | | Sale Location | Premises, Streatham Park, Surrey, London, England, UK | | Seller(s) | from catalog: Mrs. Piozzi | | Lugt Number | 8885 | | No. of Painting Lots | 26 | | Notes | The proprietress was Hester Lynch Piozzi, formerly the wife of Henry Thrale, a rich brewer, and in her own right a well-known writer and social commentator. She and her second husband, Gabriel Piozzi, an Italian musician, had left their residence at Streatham Park to live in Wales and at Bath. The present sale was devoted to the contents of the Streatham Park mansion, including a large library, an amount of furniture and china, and most notably a gallery of pictures. The latter consisted of a series of 13 portraits of eminent writers and cultural figures painted by Joshua Reynolds for Henry Thrale, which hung in the library. In addition, there were some lesser items, mostly landscapes, which were kept in the dining parlor. The portraits by Reynolds were the most notable objects in the house and many were sold for significant prices. That of Samuel Johnson, who earlier had been a close friend of Mrs. Piozzi and whose letters she published, was bought by George Watson Taylor for £378. (It is now in the Tate Gallery, London.) The portrait of Edmund Burke was bought by Richard Sharp for £252. (Now in a private collection, England.) Some versions of the catalogue lack the first two days with the books. (B. Fredericksen) | | Catalog Location(s) | UCLA Annot. in pencil with buyers for three lots of paintings, as well as many prices for the second and third days of the sale.
YBNH Annot. on an interleaved page with some buyers and prices for lots 56-68 on the third day.
PGL [annotations used in Sales Contents; photocopy in Provenance Index Sales Files] The paintings are annot. with all prices in guineas, but the other portions are not annot.
RKDH [annotations used in Sales Contents; photocopy in Provenance Index Sales Files] Incomplete, lacking the first and second days. Annot. with most prices for the paintings only.
Redford [photocopy in Provenance Index Sales Files] Gives the buyers and prices for all but one of the pictures by Reynolds.
Gent. Mag. [photocopy in Provenance Index Sales Files] Vol.153, May, 1833, p.418, gives the buyer of lot 64. | | See Also | Sale Contents | | | Art Sales Catalogues Online | | | |
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