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PHILLIPS,, Harry, auctioneer (d. 1840)
[Sale catalogue. 1807:08:17--24]
A catalogue of the magnificent and costly household furniture, noble French plate glasses, ... the superbe organ ... the celebrated statue of Bacchus, ... valuable original pictures, by N. Poussin, Leonardo da Vinci, ... &c. &c. ... collection of modern pictures and drawings, by Turner, Hamilton, Romney, Hodges, and others, ... all the beautiful mahogany doors, and other valuable and splendid effects, of Fonthill mansion, near Salisbury, Wilts: ... which will be sold by auction, by Mr. H. Phillips, on the premises, on Monday, August 17, 1807, and six following days, ...
London (Place), printed by J.and W. Smith, No. 6, King Street, Seven Dials,, [1807].
54 p. ; 28.9 cm. (4°)

Fredericksen, Index of paintings, II, pt. 1, p. 35, no. 530 (listing three other locations apart from this copy). Consigner: William Beckford.

Copy Notes Unannotated except for the word Soane inscribed in pencil against lot 605, a Canaletto 'from the Calonne collection', which Soane bought at this sale for £157. 10s. ('View of Venice' (1736); SM Inv. P66). Bound in a collection of sale catalogues, 1784--1823.

Binding Recent half goatskin, binder's cloth boards.

Reference Number 3016

Additional Names Beckford, William (1759--1844) - Art collections; Fonthill Abbey (Wiltshire, England) - Auctions; Smith, William James


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