Exhibitions: Museums and Galleries, Art Dealers, Auction Houses

The Collection of Ancient and Modern Pictures & Drawings of Sir James Knowles

Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods

Reference: Christie’s, 27–29 May 1908

The sale took place over three days, 27–29 May 1908

Lugt, Catalogues, no.66613

Copy consulted: Library of the Paul Mellon Centre, London

Day 2

Thomas Girtin

  • 262 – ‘Landscape Studies (5)’. Bought by ‘Palser’ for £16 (TG1094; TG1529; TG1714; TG1720)
  • 306 – ‘Porte St. Denis … From the Collection of Dr Percy’, 15 ½ × 19 ¼ in (39.4 × 48.9 cm). Bought by ‘Carfax’ for £120 15s (TG1891)

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851)

  • 366 – ‘Geneva’, 9 × 14 ½ in (22.9 × 36.8 cm). Bought by ‘Agnew’ for £23 2s
  • 367 – ‘The Lake of Como’, 9 ½ × 14 ¾ in (24.1 × 37.5 cm). Bought by ‘Sampson’ for £13 13s
  • 368 – ‘Bridge near the Rhone at St. Maurice’, 9 ⅜ × 14 ½ in (23.9 × 36.8 cm). Bought by ‘Sampson’ for £8 8s
  • 369 – ‘Lake of Lucerne, with the Swiss capital of the Canton’, 9 ⅜ × 14 ½ in (23.9 × 36.8 cm). Bought by ‘Colnaghi’ for £16 16
  • 370 – ‘A Swiss Lake Scene’, 9 ½ × 14 ½ in (24.1 × 36.8 cm). Bought by ‘Sampson’ for £9 9s

Identified Exhibits