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, 27 June 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 2
‘TURNER, R. A. – VIEWS IN ITALY’
- 76 – ‘Astroni, Radicofani, and Gaeta 3’. Bought by ‘Hixon’ for £8 8s (TG0639; TG0737)
- 77 – ‘Isola Borromeo, near Ambrogiana, &c. 3’. Bought by ‘Moon’ for £5 10s (TG0673)
- 78 – ‘Santa Giustina at Padua, Inspruck &c. 4’. Bought by ‘Linden’ for £5 10s (TG0700; TG0705a)
- 79 – ‘Château de Baiae, Sesti di Levante, &c. 3’. Bought by ‘Thane’ for £7 (TG0676)
- 80 – ‘Near Portici, &c. 3’. Bought by ‘Griffiths’ for £7
- 81 – ‘Rocca del Papa, Chartreuse, &c. 3’. Bought by ‘Hixon’ for £6 15 (TG0602; TG0760)
- 82 – ‘Isola Borromeo, &c. 3’. Bought by ‘Hixon’ for £5 10s
- 83 – ‘Vernazza, San Michele, Piedmont, and one near Lerici 3’. Bought by ‘Moon Boys’ for £6 6s (TG0677)
- 84 – ‘Lago di Guarda, &c. 3’. Bought by ‘Hixon’ for £5
- 85 – ‘Near Agnibella, Naples, &c.’ Bought by ‘Hixon’ for £7
- 86 – ‘Portici; near Florence, &c. 3’. Bought by ‘Griffiths’ for £6 15s
- 87 – ‘Chiaveri, and St. Pietro d’Arena 2’. Bought by ‘Moon’ for £6 10s
- 88 – ‘Porto Venereo, &c. 3’. Bought by ‘Moon’ for £6 10s
- 89 – ‘Tivoli &c. 3’. Bought by ‘Colnaghi’ for £5
- 90 – ‘Monte Circio, Romiglione, and the road to the Scuola di Virgilio 3’. Bought by ‘May’ for £6 6s (TG0620)
- 91 – ‘Views of Rome and Tivoli, sketches in blue and Indian ink’. Bought by ‘Colnaghi’ for £3 10s
- 92 – ‘The Corsini and Albani Palaces, &c., ditto 13’. Bought by ‘Molteno’ for £12 12s (TG0564)
- 93 – ‘The coliseum, the gate, and amphitheatre at Capua &c. ditto 12’. Bought by ‘Moon, Boys’ for £6 10s (TG0550; TG0668)
- 94 – ‘In the neighbourhood of Naples, &c. ditto 9’. Bought by ‘Turner’ for £7 7s
- 95 – ‘The villa Negroni, castle of St. Elmo, Naples, &c., ditto 10’. Bought by ‘Moon’ for £8 (TG0565)
- 96 – ‘The Lago Maggiore, Vatican, &c., ditto 10’. Bought by ‘Turner’ for £6 6s (TG0568)
- 97 – ‘Views in Italy, ditto 8’. Bought by ‘Turner’ for £7 10s
- 98 – ‘Ditto. 7’. Bought by ‘Griffiths’ for £5 15s
- 99 – ‘Views in Switzerland, ditto’. Bought by ‘Turner’ for £7
- 100 – ‘The castle of Chillon, views in Savoy, &c., 8’. Bought by ‘Moon Boys’ for £5
- 101 – ‘Tivoli and Naples, moonlight, colours 2’. Bought by ‘Moon Boys’ for £12 1s 6d
- 102 – ‘Gandolfo and Tivoli, a pair, colours. 2’. Bought by ‘Thane’ for £15 17s (TG0578; TG0617)
- 103 – ‘The cascade at Tivoli, Indian ink and blue, &c. 4’. Bought by ‘Boys’ for £3 3s
- 104 – ‘The portico before St. Peter’s, &c. ditto. 3’. Bought by ‘Linden’ for £4 4s
- 105 – ‘The Sibyl’s temple at Tivoli, &c. ditto. 4’. Bought by ‘Monro’ for £5 15s (TG0586)
- 106 – ‘Views at Tivoli, &c. 4’. Bought by ‘Moon, Boys’ for £5 10s
- 107 – ‘View of Rome &c. 4’. Bought by ‘Molteno’ for £7
- 108 – ‘The Bridge at Civignon [Avignon], in colours, and three in Indian ink; views in Rome. 4’. Bought by ‘F. Moon’ for £8 8s (TG0991)
Identified Exhibits
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Thomas Girtin, Joseph Mallord William Turner, John Robert Cozens
Rome: The Colosseum, from the Caelian Hill
Private Collection
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Thomas Girtin, Joseph Mallord William Turner, John Robert Cozens
Rome: The View from the Corsini Gardens
Private Collection
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Thomas Girtin, Joseph Mallord William Turner, John Robert Cozens
Rome: A Distant View of the Basilica of St John Lateran
The Whitworth, The University of Manchester
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Thomas Girtin, Joseph Mallord William Turner, John Robert Cozens
The Vatican: The Belvedere Viewed from the East beyond a High Wall
Tate, London
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Thomas Girtin, Joseph Mallord William Turner, John Robert Cozens
Tivoli: The ‘Temple of the Sibyl’ and the Cascades Seen from Below
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
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Thomas Girtin, Joseph Mallord William Turner, John Robert Cozens
Tivoli: 'The Temple of the Sibyl'
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
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Thomas Girtin, Joseph Mallord William Turner, John Robert Cozens
Lake Albano, from Palazzolo
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
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Thomas Girtin, Joseph Mallord William Turner, John Robert Cozens
A Distant View of Ronciglione, near Lake Vico
Private Collection
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Thomas Girtin, Joseph Mallord William Turner, John Robert Cozens
A Distant View of Radicofani in Tuscany
Private Collection
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Thomas Girtin, Joseph Mallord William Turner, John Robert Cozens
An Entrance to the Roman Amphitheatre at Capua
Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
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Thomas Girtin, Joseph Mallord William Turner, John Robert Cozens
Florence: The Arno, with the Ponte alla Carraia
Private Collection
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Thomas Girtin, Joseph Mallord William Turner, John Robert Cozens
The Arno, Seen from the Pisa to Florence Road
Tate, London
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Thomas Girtin, Joseph Mallord William Turner, Alexander Cozens
A Coastal View of Sestri Levante, near Genoa
Private Collection
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Thomas Girtin, Joseph Mallord William Turner, Alexander Cozens
Vernazza, on the Coast near La Spezia
Private Collection
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Unknown Artist, Thomas Girtin, Joseph Mallord William Turner, John Robert Cozens
Innsbruck: St Anna's Column on Maria-Theresien Street
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Unknown Artist, John Robert Cozens, Thomas Girtin, Joseph Mallord William Turner
The Abbey of Santa Giustina at Padua
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
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Thomas Girtin, Joseph Mallord William Turner, John Robert Cozens
The Royal Park at Astroni
Private Collection
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Thomas Girtin, Joseph Mallord William Turner, John Robert Cozens
A Distant View of the Grande Chartreuse
Private Collection
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Thomas Girtin, Joseph Mallord William Turner, Alexander Cozens
The Bridge at Avignon
Private Collection