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Subject Terms London Institution -- Ownership.

Associated People Porter, Walsh, -1809

1. A catalogue of a truly superb and valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch pictures, of the first class, and in the highest state of preservation : selected with very superior taste, and at a liberal expence, from several of the most distinguished cabinets on the Continent : the genuine property of Walsh Porter, Esq. going abroad : among numerous chef d'œuvres of the great and most celebrated masters in this collection are : the Virgin with the rabbit, by Corregio, from the collection of the King of Naples : Virgin and Child, Leon. da Vinci, truly capital : the Young card players, Carravagio, from the Aldobrandini palace : two brilliant landscapes, by Claude, from the Duke de Choiseuil's collection : the Tambour battant, Teniers, from the duc de Praslin's ditto : Le roi dépouillé, a surprising picture, by Schalken, formerly in the collection of the late King of France : various capital landscapes by S. Rosa, Cuyp, V. de Velde, C. du Jardin, and Pynaker : the celebrated Phaeton, by Wilson : and a landscape, by Gainsborough : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Tuesday, March the 22d, 1803, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1803]
Physical Description:: 10 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. A catalogue of twelve very capital and valuable Italian, Flemish and Dutch pictures : which were formerly a part of the well-known and superb collection of the late Walsh Porte, Esq. : comprising a Holy Family, by A. Del Sarto ... : The Family of Rubens, in which he has represented himself as St. George, and his three wives, presented to the Virgin, with St. Jerome by her side : a magnificent performance from the Balbi Palace at Genoa : a landscape, with historical figures, by Claude, from the Colonna Palace : two ... pictures by Titian : one by Giorgione, formerly in the Orleans Gallery : one by C. Bassano : ... gallery picture, by V. Dyck : and others by O. Veronses, Carracci, A. Ostade, and Hobbima : the above (by order of the Administrator, and under an oath obtained from the Court of Chancery,) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, No. 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, May the 6th, 1826, at two o'clock precisely : may be viewed two days preceding, when catalogues may be had of Mr. Christie, No. 8, King Street, St. James's Square.

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Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1826]
Physical Description:: 5, [1] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. A catalogue of the magnificent collection of Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch pictures : the genuine and sole property of the late Walsh Porter, Esq. Dec. : celebrated for his taste and spirit in collection : this superb assemblage, well known to the more distinguished Cognoscenti, but which has never been generally exhibited, will open a splendid treat to the lovers of fine arts, and the public : it comprises specimens of nearly all the great Masters of ever foreign school, scarcely to be equaled by even the finest that have been consigned to this country within the last ten years : the very renowned original picture, the Bacchus and Ariadne of Titian : and the celebrated galley picture of Rubens and his Family, as St. George and other Saints, from the Balbi Palace at Genoa, ... : the other leading chef d'oeuvres are two original specimens of Raphael : the Odeschalchi, Corregio : Holy Families by L. Da Vinci, Parmegiano, and Baroccio : ... cabinet picture by P. Veronese : one ditto, A. Caracci : St. Ceilia, Domenichino : two by Guido : one Guercino : three noble Landscapes, Claude : one S. Rosa, N. and G. Poussin, from the Borghese, Colonna, Lanzelotti, Balbi, Doria, Aldobrandini, and Ghigi Palaces, and from the Chauncey and Orleans Collections : three by Murillo, from the Capuchin Convent at Genoa of the Flemish and Dutch Schools : Pan and Syrinx, V. Der Meulen : and others by Rembrandt, G. Dow, Ostade, J. Steen, Metzu, Terburg, Wouvermans, Wynants, Ruysdael, and Van der Hyde : ... which will be peremptorily sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, April 14, 1810, punctually at one o'clock, without reserve.

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Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1810]
Physical Description:: 14 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts