Identifier: memorialsofchris02robe (find matches)
Title: Memorials of Christie's : a record of art sales from 1766 to 1896
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Roberts, W. (William), 1862-1940 Christie, Manson & Woods
Subjects: Christie, Manson & Woods Art
Publisher: London : G. Bell and Sons
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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itehall, on the occasion of the opening ofWaterloo Bridge, June 18, 1817, large sketch forthe finished picture in the possession of Sir C.Tennant, 58 x 93, 2,000guineas ; J. M. W. Turner,Sea Piece, rough sea, with two boats in the fore-ground, and others, a squall coming up from theleft, 17 X 23, painted for the inimitable JackBanister, the comedian, from whose family it waspurchased by Mr. Gibbons, 2,050 guineas—thispicture realized 1,200 guineas in 1894; and Rocketsand Blue Lights to warn steamboats off shoalwater. Royal Academy, 1840, 35 x 47, 3,700guineas,—from the Hootan Hall collection, andthe MConnel sale of 1886; R. Cosway, three-quarter-length Portrait of Lady Carey, oval, 14 x 10,205 guineas ; Sir W. Beechey, three-quarter lengthPortrait of Frederica Charlotte Catherine, Duchessof York, wife of Frederick, Duke of York, 35 x 27, G. ROxMNEY,MRS. OLIVER (NEE MISS SHAKESPEARE). Painted in 1785 ; mentioned in Rew John Romney s Memoirsof his father ; Goldsrnid sale i p. 291 ).
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THE GOLDSMID COLLECTION. 291 presented to Mrs. Gwyn by her Royal Highness—1,400 guineas—from the Price sale, 1895 5 J-Hoppner, three-quarter Portrait of a Lady, seatedin landscape under tree, in low-necked, short-sleeved white dress, 45 x 34, 1,100 guineas. The five Romneys started with a half-lengthPortrait of James Oliver, in blue Windsor uniform,260 guineas ; Portrait of Mrs. Oliver (iiee Shake-speare), in brown dress, with baby asleep in herlap, 1785, 3, ICQ guineas (see full-page plate); LadyUrith Shore, three-quarter length, in white dressembroidered with gold flowers, 2,000 guineas;half-length Portrait of Miss Harriet Shore, seatedin a landscape, in a white dress and cap, anda blue sash, and loosely arranged hair, 2,750guineas, both from the J. Price sale; and a Por-trait of Lady Hamilton as Contemplation, halflength, in white dress, with a blue band at thewaist, 1,210 guineas—from the Carwardine saleof 1890. The first of the three Gainsboroughswas a Grand Landscape, a vi

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