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The Elegant Household Furniture … and the Reserved Part of the Valuable Collection of Pictures and Drawings, the Property of the Late Dr Monro Deceased

Mr. Christie

Reference: Christie's, 19 December 1793

The sale took place over three days, 18–20 December 1793

Lugt, Catalogues, no.5139

Copy consulted: Archive of Christie’s, London

Day 2

‘Drawings Framed and Glazed’

‘Turner’ (Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851)

  • 9 – ‘A view of Shakespeare’s cliff, Dover’. Bought by ‘Clay’ for 17s
  • 19 – 'The devil's bridge, Cardigan'. Bought by 'Hogan' for £1 1s
  • 83 – 'A view of Tewkesbury abbey, fine'. Unsold at £1 11s 6d
  • 106 – 'A pair of views – Dovedale, Derbyshire, and Llan-y-Garrick church on the river Wye'

'Days' (Edward Dayes, 1763–1804)

  • 3 – 'Two views, Canterbury cathedral and Hadley church'. Bought by 'Clay' for 19s
  • 7 – 'Two views – Kirkstall priory, Yorkshire, and Christchurch college, Oxford'. Bought by 'Davis' for £1
  • 12 – 'The west gate of Winchester, Hants, and Canterbury cathedral'. Bought by 'Davis' for 19s
  • 17 – 'Two – St. Augustine's gate Canterbury, and college of Lincluden, Scotland'. Bought by 'North' for £1
  • 22 – 'Two – Abbotsbury abbey, Dorset, and a church in Hampshire'. Sold for £1 1s
  • 32 – 'Two – St. Augustine's monastery at Canterbury, and Winchester cathedral'. Bought by 'North' for 17s
  • 37 – 'Two – Norwich cathedral, and Fountains abbey'. Bought by 'North' for £1 2s
  • 41 – 'Two – Canterbury cathedral, and Kirkstall abbey'. Bought by 'North' for £1 1s
  • 87 – 'Two – Roche Abbey, Yorkshire, and the Gate at Winchelsea, Sussex'. Bought by 'Smith' for £3 13s 6d
  • 88 – 'Two – Windermere lake and Ullswater ditto, Cumberland'. Bought by 'Colnaghi' for £3
  • 105 – 'Two – the palace and abbey of Dumfermline, and Ethelbert's tower, Canterbury'. Bought by 'North' for £1 2s