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Creator Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803

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1. A catalogue of a most capital collection of Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch Pictures, by the most esteemed Masters, in the highest state of preservation : also a valuable selection of capital high-finished drawings, remarkable fine prints, books of prints and bronzes : small but well-chosen library of books in elegant and uniform bindings : a number of fine casts in plaster from the rarest subjects of the antique : capital models, a great variety of drawing implements : mathematical and musical instruments : a quantity of choice music : also all the elegant household furniture : fine china : a fine-toned piano forte by Longman and Broderip : a modern chaise and harness : and a great variety of curious and valuable effects : the property of John Alexander Gress, Esq. deceased, eminently and most deservedly distinguished for his knowledge in the fine arts, at his late house, No. 24, on the west side of Tottenham Court Road, nearly opposite Tavistock Street, Bedford Square : which will be sold by auction (by order of the executor) by Mr. Christie, on the premises, on Monday, April 7th, 1794, and five following days, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed Frida and Saturday preceding the sale.--catalogues may be had on the premises : at the Rainbow Coffee House : and in Pall Mall : also, at one o'clock, on the first day's sale, will be sold, the valuable lease of the premises--particulars may be had : N.B. the first and second days sale, will consist of prints, books of prints, &c. : third and fourth days, the drawings, drawing implements, models, &c. : fifth day, the capital collection of pictures, and library of books : sixth day, all the houshold furniture, china, musical instruments, &c.

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Creator:
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:
[1794]
Physical Description:
30 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. A catalogue of a capital and valuable collection of highly finished modern drawings, elegantly framed and glazed : a few pleasing pictures : remarkably-fine proof prints : beautiful miniature drawings of English birds : views of Pompeii, &c. &c. &c. : a beautiful statue of a Shifting Venus, small whole length : a most superb and extensive table, desert, tea and coffee service, of beautiful Dresden porcelain : a collection of fine old colored and Blue Japan : a valuable gold repeating watch by Vulliamy : and several rare and curious articles : the property of the Rev. W. Stevens, D. D. deceased, eminently distinguished for his refined taste in the polite arts : the drawings consist of chef d'oeuvres of the following esteemed and admired Masters, viz. : Zuccarelli, M. Ricci, Goupy, Rosalby, Pococke, Clerisseau, Cipriani, Bartolozzi, Barnett, P. Sandby, Wilson, Cozens, Taverner, &c. : also three capital drawings, in bistre, fancy subjects, by Mr. West : which (by order of the executrix) will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, November 28th, 1800, at one o'clock : may be viewed two days preceding the sale, when catalogues may be had.

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Creator:
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:
1800
Physical Description:
7, [2] pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. A catalogue of the capital, and singularly valuable collection of antique marbles, statures, bustos, &c. at the distinguished villa of the late Rt. Hon. Lord Mendip, deceased, at Twickenham, Middlesex : among which are particularly fine and valuable: an Egyptian figure of the scarce granite, five feet high : a capital bas-relief, engraved by Bartoli : a fine bust of M. Aurelius, and a ditto of a child, in excellent preservation : a curious fount, and a pair of mosaic slabs, from the Bath of Titus : a most noble antique Oriental alabaster, vase, of large dimensions : and a pair of beautiful columns of the Verd Anique : also a few pictures : which will be sole b auction, by Mr. Christie, on the premises, on Monday, Ma the 17th, 1802, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:
[1802]
Physical Description:
6 pages ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. A catalogue of a select part of the capital, valuable, and genuine collection of pictures, the property of the Rt. Hon. Sir W. Hamilton, K.B. : purchased by him with great taste and at liberal expence, from several distinguished Cabinets in this country, and during thirty-seven years' residence as Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Naples : consisting of the works of the great and admired masters in the Italian, Spanish, French, Flemish and Dutch schools, viz. Leon. da Vinci, Parmigiano, Polidoro, Garofalo, Titian, Giogione, P. Veronese, Tintoretto, Schiavoni, Carracci, Schidoni, Guido, Cagnacci, L. Giordano, Velaquez, S. Rosa, Vernet, Rubens, V. Dyck, Jordaens, Teniers, Berghem, V. de Velde, Wouvermans : particularly a small portrait, an exquisite cabinet pictue, by Leon. da Vinci, formerly in the collection of the Earl of Arundel, and Lady E. Germaine : a Madona and Child, by Parmegiano : and St. Sebastian, a noble composition, by V. Dyck : also, a small, but most capital assemblage of antique bustos, bas-reliefs, and other valuable marbles, particularly a bust of Nero, in Porphyry : an exquisite bas-relief of Bacchus, and the Godess Meta : and an Egyptian Lion in Basalt : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, March 27th, 1801, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:
[1801]
Physical Description:
16 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. A catalogue of a genuine capital and valuable collection of pictures, late the property of Isaac Jemineau, Esq; deceased : eminently distinguished for his refined taste in the polite arts, and selected during his long residence as British Consul, at Naples : comprising the works of the following great and admired masters, viz : Raphael, Guido, Solimeni, P. Veronses, Paffinelli, Van Uden, Carracci, Claude, Titian, Borgognione, P. Brill, Palma, Poussin, F. Penna, S. Rosa, Canneletti, Tintorett, P. Cortona, Perugino, Guerchino, Occhiali, Bassan, C. Cignani, Polenborgh : N.B. The whole of the collection remains exactly in the state as left by the late possessor : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his great room in Pall Mall, on Friday the 26th of February 1790, and following day, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed two days preceding the sale, when catalogues may be had at the Rainbow Coffee House, Cornhill, and in Pall Mall.

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Creator:
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:
[1790]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. A catalogue of a capital and valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures : valuable antique marbles in groupes, statues, bustoes, basso relievos, fine bronzes : particularly a fine antique statue of Leda : a ditto of Hercules : and a small draped ditto of Minerva : the property of the late Duke of St. Albans, dec., brought from his Grace's late residence in Mansfield Street, Portland Place : which (by order of the sole executrix) will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, March the 27th, 1802, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:
[1802]
Physical Description:
7, [1] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. A catalogue of a superb and capital collection of pictures : comprising works of the most distinguished Masters of the Italian, French, Flemish, Venetian and Dutch Schools : the greater part of the Imperial Exhibition, and to the many capital pictures still remaining are added : The Virgin and Child by Corregio : a fine warm coloured Landscape by Both : the Inside of a Room, clear and Transparent, by Teniers : and a beautiful Cabinet Picture by Vernet, &c, &c. &c : also, an elaborate model of the celebrated Voltaire, a very striking Similitude : likewise a collection of scarce and curious exotic insects, containing specimens of most of the different genera, among which are Scarabeus Atlas male and female : Papilio Priam : some curious Mantes, and others equally rare : selected by a Gentleman in Holland, and other natural curiosities : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, King Street, St. James's Square, on Friday, May the 23d, 1788, and the following day : to be publickly viewed two days preceding the sale, which will begin each day at twelve o'clock : catalogues may be had as above, and at Mr. Christie's : N.B. The insects, shells, minerals, &c. will be sold on the Monday following

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Creator:
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:
[1788]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. A catalogue of a most valuable, curious and highly interesting collection of Etruscan or Greek vases and antique bronzes, formed at infinite expence, and with indefatigable research, during a course of thirty years, by the late Mr. James Clark, Antiquary of Naples, Dec. : well known for his superior intelligence in the various branches of the antique : in this collection, are some vases of Nola, particularly valuable from their size, variety and curious painting : a few Sicilian and other, of the most beautiful and elegant designs : and many pieces truly deserving the attention of the learned antiquary and curious collector : among the bronzes, are two antique figures in the Egyptian style : particularly fine and well preserved : an antique Balance, and other rare articles : which will be sold by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Wednesday, June the 9th, 1802, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:
1802
Physical Description:
12 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. A catalogue of eight capital and valuable marble statues : which were taken in a French Prize, near Malaga, by an armed vessel, in the Mediterranean, and which were consigned from Italy to Cadiz : and as appeared from the paper on board, were destined as a present to the King of Spain from the French Committee appointed to select works of art in Italy : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room (late the Royal Academy) no., 118, Pall Mall, on Friday, January 31, 1800 : may be viewed until the sale.

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Creator:
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:
[1800]
Physical Description:
[2] pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. A catalogue of a most capital and truly valuable collection : consisting of about fifty well-known pictures, of the highest class and consequence, which have graced some of the first palaces in Florence, Rome, and Naples : the many judges who have visited Ital, and examined the justly celebrated works in the fine arts, in that country will recognize these pictures : which are in the same pure and perfect state as when they were first transferred from the easels of the immortal artists who painted them, to the apartments in the several distinguished palaces they adorned : they consist of the works of Raffael, Polidore, Titian, Parmegiano, L. Carracci, A. Carracci, Guido, Domenichino, Baroccio, Guercino, Schidoni, Albano, Bronzino, Velasquez, Claude Lorraine, N. Poussin, Caravagio, P. Brill, and various other great and esteemed masters : which will be sold by auction (without the least reserve,) by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, April the 25th, 1800, at twelve o'clock : to be publickly viewed two days preceding the sale with catalogues only to be had in Pall Mall.

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Creator:
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:
[1800]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. A catalogue of the capital, well-known, and truly valuable collection of antique statues, bustos, Ægyptian, and other vases, bas-reliefs, &c. : (including a few capital pictures reserved from the late valuable collection), the property of a Noble Earl, deceased : (not less distinguished for his exquisite taste and judgement in the Fine Arts, than for his liberality in collecting) : this valuable assemblage, a great part of which was formed during his travels and residence in Italy, comprises : a torso of a Venus, of exquisite antique sculpture, from the celebrated collection of Baron Storch : a curious statue of the Diana of Ephesus, (mentioned by Montfaucon) : a capital group of Pan and Apollo, size of life : a curious and beautiful, cumbent figure of a sleeping hermaphrodite : an elegant copy of the Apollo of the Belvidere, and the Venus de Medicis, by Mr. Wilton : an Ægyptian vase of Porphyry : a ditto of granite, from the Bath of Augustus : a mummy, in fine preservation : and numerous rare and curious articles : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at Roehampton, on Tuesday, April the 7th, 1801, at twelve o'clock : may be viewed ten days preceding the sale, with tickets only, to had of Mr. Christie, in Pall Mall.

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Creator:
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:
[1801]
Physical Description:
8 26 cmpages ; cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts