| | | | | | | | Document | Sale Catalog Br-A524 | |
| Auction House | Langford -- from catalog: Langford | | Sale Location | Great Piazza, Covent Garden, London, England, UK | | Seller(s) | Batt, Christopher
from catalog: Christopher Batt | | Lugt Number | 919 | | No. of Painting Lots | 138 | | Notes | There are slight differences between prices in PKA catalogue and Houlditch. Houlditch ms is source of prices for all lots except lot 54 on the first day, for which PKA is the source.
From catalogue: "A Catalogue of the genuine, entire, and capital Collection of Pictures, of Christopher Batt, Esq; Of Kensington, Lately deceased; Amongst which are several Valuable Paintings, by Masters of the Greatest Eminence. As also of his Curious Collection of Mathematical Instruments; All which, (by Order of the Executor) Will be sold by Auction, By Mr. Langford, At his House in the Great Piazza, Covent Garden, On Wednesday and Thursday, the 14th and 15th of this Instant April 1756." | | Catalog Location(s) | CIL [photocopy in Provenance Index Sales Files] typescript copy from Houlditch
PKA [photocopy in Provenance Index Sales Files] Annot. with all prices.
VAL [annotations used in Sales Contents; photocopy in Provenance Index Sales Files] Houlditch manuscript. Includes many buyers and all prices except lots 35-40a [Mathematical Instruments] and lot 54 [Two Basso Relievo's] on the first day; and lots 35-41 [Different Curiosities] on the second day, which he has omitted | | See Also | Sale Contents | | | Art Sales Catalogues Online | | | |
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