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The Very Extensive and Valuable Collection of Water-Colour Drawings … Formed During the Last Fifty Years by That Well-Known Connoisseur, William Leaf, Esq., Deceased

Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods

Reference: Christie’s, 6–8 May 1875

The sale took place on three days, 6–8 May 1875

Lugt, Catalogues, no.35642

Copy consulted: Netherlands Institute for Art History, The Hague, online at Art Sales Catalogues Online

Day 2

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851)

  • 374 – ‘In the Campagna … early’, 9 ½ × 14 ½ in (24.1 × 36.8 cm). Bought by ‘Cox’ for 17 guineas
  • 375 – ‘The Walls of Rome … early’, 9 × 10 ¾ in (22.9 × 27.3 cm). Bought by ‘Agnew’ for 21 guineas
  • 379 – ‘Tivoli … early’, 16 ½ × 21 in (41.9 × 53.3 cm). Bought by ‘Agnew’ for 39 guineas (TG0578)

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