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The Very Capital Collection of Drawings, of that Well-Known and Intelligent Collector, Dr. Monro, deceased; Comprising Most Capital and Interesting Specimens of the Principal Artists in the Modern English School

Messrs. Christie & Manson

Reference: Christie's, 1 July 1833

The sale took place over five days, 26–28 June and 1–2 July 1833

Lugt, Catalogues, no.13354

Copies consulted: Archive of Christie’s, London; Frick Art Reference Library, New York, online at Art Sales Catalogues Online

Day 4

‘DRAWINGS – VARIOUS’

  • 10 – ‘A pair of Italian landscapes, by Girtin, after Cozens 2’. Bought by ‘Palser’ for 10s

‘TURNER, R. A.’

  • 59 – ‘Views of Dover, Indian ink and blue 6’. Bought by ‘Moon’ for £3 3s
  • 60 – ‘Architectural ditto 5’. Bought by ‘Rogers’ for £5 10s
  • 61 – ‘Britton ferry, &c. Ditto 7’. Bought by ‘Boys’ for £5 15s 6d
  • 62 – ‘Views in Italy, ditto 7’. Bought by ‘Molteno’ for £5 5s
  • 63 – ‘Views in Wales, &c., ditto 7’. Bought by ‘Boys’ for £4
  • 64 – ‘The gateway at Exeter, Dover Priory, &c. Ditto 6’. Bought by ‘Boys’ for £3 15s
  • 65 – ‘Sketches from nature, one in the manner of Loutherbourg, colours 3’. Bought by ‘Roberts’ for £4 4s
  • 66 – ‘View of Malmesbury abbey, and a water-mill 2’. Bought by ‘A Monro’ for £8 18s 6d
  • 67 – ‘Sketches from nature, Dover, &c. 3’. Bought by ‘Colnaghi’ for £5 5s
  • 68 – ‘Langdale, Bedkellert, &c. Wales, in Indian ink 4’. Bought by ‘Boys’ for £5 18s (TG0776)
  • 69 – ‘Views in Cumberland, &c., ditto 4’. Bought by ‘Hixon’ for £8 7s 6d
  • 70 – ‘Views on the Thames 3’. Bought by ‘Melville’ for £4 4s
  • 71 – ‘Views of St. Alban’s abbey 2’. Bought by ‘Boys’ for £2 15s
  • 72 – ‘Richmond, &c., Indian ink 8’. Bought by ‘Boys’ for £3 15s
  • 73 – ‘Views in North Wales, ditto 9’. Bought by ‘Boys’ for £4 4s
  • 74 – ‘Vale Crucis abbey, Dover priory, &c., ditto 8’. Bought by ‘Boys’ for £4 10s
  • 75 – ‘Views of Dartmouth, Lancaster, &c., ditto 8’. Bought by ‘Boys’ for £4 4s
  • 76 – ‘Dover harbour, ditto 9’. Bought by ‘Boys’ for £4 14s 6d
  • 77 – ‘Views in Cumberland, &c., ditto 8’. Bought by ‘Boys’ for £5 10s

‘WATER COLOURS’

  • 78 – ‘Malvern church’. Bought by ‘A Monro’ for £14 3s 6d
  • 79 – ‘Hereford cross and Saltwood castle 2’. Bought by ‘Rogers’ for £4 4s
  • 80 – ‘Hadley church and Marlow church 2’. Bought by ‘Boys’ for £2 5s
  • 81 – ‘A view in Norbury park, with cows watering; and Brunley castle 2’. Bought by ‘Sherlock’ for £12 12s
  • 82 – ‘Gateway at Wells, &c. 2’. Bought by ‘Boys’ for £5 5s
  • 83 – ‘The ruins of the Savoy palace, a pair 2’. Bought by ‘Boys’ for £3 7s
  • 84 – ‘Norbury park and Boxhill, a pair 2’. Bought by ‘Boys’ for £7 7s
  • 85 – ‘Views in Norbury park 2’. Bought by ‘Allnutt’ for £5
  • 86 – ‘A river scene with a bridge, &c. 2’. Bought by ‘Colnaghi’ for £11
  • 87 – ‘A view at Leatherhead’. Bought by ‘Houghton’ for £6
  • 88 – ‘View in the street of Dartford, Indian ink’. Bought by ‘Tiffin’ for £2 2s
  • 89 – ‘Sketches from nature, unfinished 3’. Bought by ‘Molteno’ for £4 8s
  • 90 – ‘Ditto 4’. Bought by ‘Colnaghi’ for £4 10s
  • 91 – ‘Sketches from nature, unfinished 4’. Bought by ‘Colnaghi’ for £9
  • 92 – ‘St. Alban’s abbey and Dover harbour 2’. Bought by ‘Colnaghi’ for £5 10s
  • 93 – ‘Thee small views at Norbury park 3’. Bought by ‘Boys’ for £13 13s
  • 94 – ‘Views of the West Cliff, Brighton; and Rotingdean, a pair 2’. Bought by ‘Thane’ for £19 19s 6d
  • 95 – ‘A pair of views of Brighton 2’. Bought by ‘Thane’ for £14 14s
  • 96 – ‘Views of Tivoli, a pair 2’. Bought by ‘Boys’ for £4

‘GIRTIN’

  • 97 – ‘Various pencil sketches’. Bought by ‘Colnaghi’ for £4 12s
  • 98 – ‘Very early sketches 4’. Withdrawn from the sale
  • 99 – ‘Sketches, chiefly at York, in pencil’. Bought by ‘Hibbert’ for £3 10s
  • 100 – ‘Sketches, unfinished, in pencil 12’. Bought by ‘Colnaghi’ for 9s
  • 101 – ‘Unfinished sketches 9’. Bought by ‘Thane’ for £3 3s
  • 102 – ‘Windsor Castle, &c. 4’. Bought by ‘Shirley’ for £3
  • 103 – ‘Foreign views 5’. Bought by ‘Shirley’ for £2 12s 6d
  • 104 – ‘Landscapes 5’. Bought by ‘Colnaghi’ for £3 12s
  • 105 – ‘A pair of Italian landscapes 2’. Bought by ‘Monro’ for £2 12s 6d (TG1916)
  • 106 – ‘Ditto 5’. Bought by ‘Molteno’ for £5
  • 107 – ‘Views 5’. Bought by ‘Hixon’ for £6 6s
  • 108 – ‘Cittoria [Cettora], after Cozens; and one in the manner of Barrett 2’. Bought by ‘Shirley’ for £1 1s
  • 109 – ‘Views, after Hearne 6’. Bought by ‘Hixon’ for £4
  • 110 – ‘View of a church; and one in pencil 2’. Bought by ‘A Monro’ for £3 10s (?TG1446)
  • 111 – ‘Monmouth bridge, &c 4’. Bought by ‘Tiffin’ for £5 10s
  • 112 – ‘Views in Surrey 2’. Bought by ‘Colnaghi’ for £5 15s 6d
  • 113 – ‘A view, after Hearne 3’. Bought by ‘Melville’ for £3
  • 114 – ‘Boxhill, and Norbury park 3’. Bought by ‘Lock’ for £10 10s
  • 115 – ‘Farm buildings and trees, unfinished’. Bought by ‘Colnaghi’ for £3 10s (TG0913)
  • 116 – ‘Two views of Effingham church’. Bought by ‘Maine’ for £13 13s (TG0345, TG1447)
  • 117 – ‘A landscape, with a cottage and farm-buildings’. Bought by ‘Roberts’ for £11 0s 6d
  • 118 – ‘York Minster’. Bought by ‘A Monro’ for £11 0s 6d
  • 119 – ‘Capel church, Surrey’. Bought by ‘Roberts’ for £5 12s (TG0857)

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