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An Elegant and Valuable Assemblage of Capital Modern Drawings and Fine Prints … the Property of a Gentleman

Mr. Christie

Reference: Christie's, 10 May 1806

Lugt, Catalogues, no.7091

Copy consulted: Archive of Christie’s, London

The catalogue notes that the works were consigned by Dr Thomas Monro (1759–1833).

‘Girtin’

‘FRAMED and GLAZED’

  • 72 – ‘A Lime Kiln, and a Study from Nature’. Sold for £1
  • 73 – ‘Cottages in Ashtead Park, Surry, a pair’. Bought by ‘Lith’ for 13s
  • 80 – ‘Carnarvon Castle, and a Mill in Wales’. Bought by ‘Pearce’ for £1 5s
  • 83 – ‘The Inside of a Church, very fine’. Bought by ‘Colnaghi’ for £2 5s
  • 88 – ‘River’s Abbey, Yorkshire, capital’. Sold for £6 15s

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

'PRINTS AND DRAWINGS'

  • 37 – ‘A pair of Views near Dover and the South Foreland’. Sold for £1 1s
  • 38 – 'Ruins, and a pair of high-finished Views'. Bought by 'Silken' for £1 11s 6d
  • 45 – 'Twenty, Turner, Gainsborough, &c'. Sold for £2
  • 54 – 'Four Landscapes'. Bought by 'Callendar' for 10s 6d

‘FRAMED and GLAZED’

  • 81 – ‘A Boat Builder’s Yard’. Bought by ‘Colnaghi’ for £1 15s
  • 94 – 'A Pair of Pleasing Drawings'. Bought by 'Litten' for £1 2s
  • 97 – 'A beautiful high-finished Drawing, View at Canterbury, one of his best performances'. Bought by 'Colnaghi' for £10 10s

'E Dayes' (Edward Dayes, 1763–1804)

'PRINTS AND DRAWINGS'

  • 43 – 'Fifteen Landscapes, Dayes &c'. Sold for £1 1s
  • 49 – 'Two Views in Westmoreland, framed and glazed'. Sold for £1 11s 6d
  • 50 – 'A View of an Abbey, and 2 landscapes'. Sold for 13s

‘Cozens’ (John Robert Cozens (1752–97)

‘FRAMED and GLAZED’

  • 77 – 'View on the Lakes, capital' (probably not consigned by Monro)
  • 101 – ‘A View of the Compagna, a very beautiful drawing’. Bought by ‘Pearce’ for £5 5s