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| Auction House | Sotheby's -- from catalog: Mr. Sotheby | | Sale Location | No.3 Wellington St., Strand, London, England, UK | | Seller(s) | from catalog: The Late James Bindley, Esq. F.A.S. of Somerset Place | | Lugt Number | 9636 | | No. of Painting Lots | 6 | | Notes | James Bindley's official position was commissioner of the stamp duties, a job he held for 53 years, but he was better known as a book collector and antiquarian. He died in September, 1818, and his collections were sold in a series of large auctions held by two different auctioneers. The books were offered at five sales organized by Evans on Dec.7, 1818; Jan.11 and Feb.16, 1819; Aug.20, 1820; and Jan.16 & ff., 1821. His works of art were sold by Sotheby's at three large sales: Mar.3/10, 1819, contained his medals; the second on May 5/13, 1819, included his portraits; and the third, containing prints, drawings and a few pictures was the present sale. His pictures, however, consisted only of a few portraits, the best of which was a Portrait of George Steevens, the Shakespeare editor, by Zoffany. The collector George Watson Taylor paid £17.17 for this. (It is now lost.) (B. Fredericksen) | | Catalog Location(s) | BML [photocopy in Provenance Index Sales Files] Auctioneer's copy, annot. with all buyers and prices.
BMPL Annot. in pencil with all buyers and prices.
COL Annot. with all buyers and prices.
FLNY Annot. with all buyers and prices.
RKDH [annotations used in Sales Contents; photocopy in Provenance Index Sales Files] Annot. with all buyers and prices.
UCLA Annot. with all buyers and prices.
VAL [annotations used in Sales Contents] Annot. with all buyers and prices.
AAP [photocopy in Provenance Index Sales Files] Annot. with all buyers and prices.
RMA Lugt lists a copy at this location (PKA) but it cannot be located and the reference appears to be erroneous.
SRP Present location unknown. According to Lugt it was annot. with buyers and prices.
BLO Not annot. | | See Also | Sale Contents | | | Art Sales Catalogues Online | | | Digitized Catalog - Frick | | | |
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