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CATALOGUE
OF THE
Euttl), ^lerniuf)* JFvent'b, anU ISnglief) iJoi tton
OF
THE VERY IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF
PICTURES,
OF
SIR THOMAS BARING, Bart.,
DECEASED, Removed from Stratton Park and Devorahi/e Place:
which (by directions of the will)
%&iU be £rot& fi!> auction, t)j> Messrs. CHRISTIE and MANSON,
AT THEIR GREAT B.OOM,
8, KING STREET, ST. JAMES'S SQUARE,
On FRIDAY, JUNE the 2nd, 1848, AND FOLLOWING DAY,
AT ONE O'CLOCK PRECISELY.
May be viewed Two days preceding, and Catalogues had, at Messrs Christie and Manson's Offices, 8, King Street, St. James's Square.
CONDITIONS OF SALE.
I. TH E highest Bidder to be the Buyer ; and if any dispute arise between two or more Bidders, the Lot so in dispute shall be immediately put up again and re-sold.
II. No person to advance less than 1*.; above Five Pounds, 5*.; and so on in proportion.
III. The Purchasers to give in their Names and Places of Abode, and |to
pay down 5s. in the Pound, in part of payment, or the whole of the Purchase-Money, if required ; in default of which, the Lot or Lots so purchased to be immediately put up again and re-sold.
IV. The Lots to be taken away, with all faults and errors of description, at
the Buyer's expense and risk, within One Day from the Sale ; Messrs. Christie and Manson not considering themselves answerable for the correct description or authenticity of any Lot.
V. To prevent inaccuracy in delivery, and inconvenience in the settlement of the Purchases, no Lot can on any account be removed during the time of Sale ; and the remainder of the Purchase-Money must absolutely be paid on the delivery.
VI. Upon failure of complying with the above Conditions, the Money deposited in part of payment shall be forfeited; all Lots uncleared within the time aforesaid shall be re-sold by public or private Sale, and the deficiency (if any) attending such re-sale shall be made good by the Defaulter at this Sale.
CATALOGUE.
First Day's Sale. On FRIDAY, JUNE the 2nd, 1848,
AT ONE O'CLOCK PRECISELY.
1
ENGLISH PICTURES.
MODERN.
1 The Infant Christ, after Raffaelle
REDFORD.
2 Roman Peasants Playing at the Mora
LEE, R.A.
3 A Rocky Scene — a study
WILKIN.
4 The Holy Family, after Raffaelle
SIR A. CALLCOTT.
5 A Study of Rocks and Water, with a heron in the
foreground
JONES, R.A.
6 One of Napoleon's Battles — a finished study
WILKIN.
7 The Holy Family, after Raffaelle
LEE, R.A.
8 A Waterfall, with woody banks
LESLIE, R.A.
9 Head of a Lady in a red Dress and high Collar
SIR A. CALLCOTT.
10 A Hay Waggon, drawn by two Oxen, and a Horse at a
shallow Stream, with figures
LEE, R.A.
11 A woody Scene, with a bridge over a stream, and two
figures
LESLIE.
12 Charles II. at Tljllietudlam
JONES, R.A.
13 One of the Duke of Wellington's Battles in Spain
REDFORD.
14 A Roman Peasant Woman seated
JONES, R.A.
5 The Battle of Waterloo — a small study
LEE, R.A.
16 A pair of Landscapes
WILKIN.
17 Christ bearing his Cross, after C. Dolce
SCHELFHOUT.
18 A Frozen River, with a windmill, and figures skaiting
KOCKKOCK.
19 A Dutch Galleot in a strong Breeze, and boats
making for a harbour
HOGARTH.
20 The Family of Sir James Thornhill
CONSTABLE.
21 The Embarkation of George IV. from Whitehall,
to the Opening of Waterloo Bridge
LEAKIE.
22 The Marvellous Story
BONE.
23 Christ disputing with the Doctors— a beautiful enamel
of the largest size, after the celebrated picture
E. W. COOKE.
24 Trading Vessels lying on a Shore
JOSEPH.
25 The Death of Hector
WEST.
26 Belisarius
JONES, R.A.
27 The Grande Place, at Orleans
SIR J. REYNOLDS.
28 One of the Compartments of the New College
Window; a female with two boys, by torchlight — part of the subject of the adoration of the shepherds — bought of the By dele family, from Sir Thomas Lawrence's collection
SAIIRKE, R.A.
29 A Scene from Romeo and Juliet
SMIRKE, R.A.
30 Scene from Merry Wives of Windsor
SIR J. REYNOLDS.
31 A Nymph looking at a Basket of Grapes — after
Guido
HILTON.
32 Elijah and the Children
GAINSBOROUGH.
33 A woody Scene, with sheep and hilly distance
JONES, K.A.
34 The Battle of Waterloo — a brilliant sketch
EDMONSTON.
35 Savoyard Boys with Instruments — a beautiful study
BONNINGTON.
36 A View on the Grand Canal, at Venice
SIR D. WILKIE.
37 Alfred in the Neatherd's Cottage — the finished
sketch
After SIR J. REYNOLDS.
38 The Window of New College Chapel — a beautiful
finished sketch — from Sir Thomas Lawrence's collection
SIR T. LAWRENCE.
39 Head of a young lady
8
JONES, R.A.
40 A Street in Rome
LANCE.
41 A Group of Pines, Apples, Melons, Peaches, and
other Fruits on a Table
LINNELL.
42 A Landscape, with peasants playing at quoits, near a
dead tree
GOODALL.
43 A Cottage, with a man caressing a child,' and a woman
before a fireplace
T. S. COOPER.
44 A Group of two Cows, a Calf, Sheep and Goats, with
peasants in the Highlands
WILSON.
45 A View on the Dee, with extensive distant country,
lighted by a glaring evening sun : some peasants in the fore- ground
SIR T. LAWRENCE.
46 John Kemble as Hamlet — the .s mull picture
WILSON.
47 A View on a River in the Campagna, with a crucifix
on a height, and a group of figures in the foreground — -from the collection of Lady Ford
STANFIELD, K.A.
48 Hastings, with fishing boats and figures — the capital
upright picture
LOUTHERBOURG, 1797.
49 The Fire of London — groups of figures assembled under
the arch of a bridge — a wonderful effect of this vigorous painter
COLLINS, R.A.
50 Boulogne, with a fisherman and girls with muscles ; the
town and boats seen in the distance
SHAYER. 51 The Hampshire Farmer : Interior of a Cottage,
with a farmer and a butcher after killing a pig : a woman and children
COOKE. 52 A Scene on the Dutch Coast, with a fishing boat lying
in shallow water Inking in its nets from a waggon, u boy with three horses, ;uul numerous fishing boats ashore
10
LINNELL, 1840.
53 Philip baptizing the Eunuch: the subject is intro-
duced in a grand oriental scene, and a rich retinue of oriental figures are in attendance
LINNELL.
54 The Flight into Egypt
COLLINS, R A.
55 A Roman Woman seated at an Altar, while a monk
examines her two children — Scene in the Chapel of St. Onofrio, at Rome, the burial place of Tasso
PAT. NASMYTH, 1830.
56 A View in Hampshire, with cottages and trees, and
ducks in a pool of water
LEE, R.A.
57 A grand Landscape, with a river and cottage, and two
men with a drag net, a woman seated near a dead tree ; a group of three birch trees in the foreground
COLLINS, R.A.
58 Taking Sea Fowls' Eggs — the capital chef d'oeuvre- Painted in 1833
SIR D. WILKIE.
59 Sheep-washing
11
TURNER, R.A.
60 Sheerness, with the sun rising through a fog : a man-of-
war at anchor, and three fishermen in a boat, and two other boats in a breeze — the whole beautifully lighted up
GAINSBOROUGH.
61 A Lodge in Windsor Park, with royal children de-
scending some stone steps, an old grey horse, and a woman with cows
SIR D. WILKIE
62 Alfred in the Neatherd's Cottage.
WILSON.
63 The Meleager
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End of First Dai/s Sale.
Second Day's Sale.
— ♦—
On SATURDAY, JUNE the 3rd, 1848,
AT ONE O'CLOCK PRECISELY.
TERBURG.
64 Portrait of a Gentleman
GONZALES.
65 A Miniature Portrait of Van der Werff
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VAN EYCK.
66 St. Jerome seated in his Study, a peacock in the
foreground
VAN DYCK.
67 The Dead Christ and the Maries — en grisaille
REMBRANDT.
68 A Landscape, with a cottage
GUARDI.
69 The Rialto, with gondolas, and figures ; and St. Mark's
Place — a pair
13
LA1RRESSE.
70 Jacob and Laban, with Rebecca and Leah, other figures
watering sheep at a well
OSTADE.
71 A Dutch Merrymaking, with numerous figures dancing
before a cabaret
VAN DER NEER.
72 A Dutch Village on a River — moonlight
THOMAS WYCK.
73 A Woman and Child coming to consult a Physician,
who is seated in an apartment
SNYDERS.
74 Fighting Cats overturning a Basket of Fruit, with
rich sideboard plate on a table, and a group of vegetables
SCHALKEN.
75 An Old Woman and a Boy — candlelight ; the engraved
picture
BOUCHER.
76 Boys blowing Bubbles
TENIERS.
77 Gypsies and an old Peasant with a Dog having his
Fortune told ,
14
NETSCHER
78 Portrait of a Gentleman in a Silk Dress
MIERIS.
79 A Danish Nobleman in a Cuirass, leaning on his
helmet, standing at a sculptured arched window — there is an inscription on the back of the picture
NETSCHER.
80 Vertumnus and Pomona
RUBENS.
81 Lions
VAN BRUSSEL, 1792.
82 A Group of Fruits and Flowers
VAN BRUSSEL, 1792.
83 A Vase of Flowers, with a bird's nest — the companion
WATTEAU.
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84 A Concert Champetre, a lady holding a music book for
gentleman who is playing the flute, a young man lying at her feet ; and two other figures in the background
WATTEAU.
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85 A Masquerade Champetre — the companion
15
VAN DYCK.
86 The Martyrdom of a Saint — en grisaille
RUBENS.
87 Cadmus — a sketch — en grisaille
P. DE CHAMPAGNE.
88 Theseus discovering the Sword
ZUCCARELLI.
89 A Girl with a Greyhound
VAN DYCK.
90 Portrait of the Earl of Lichfield, in a white dress
VERNET.
91 A Rocky Scene on the Coast near Bale, with a circular
temple and a palace above ; figures with boats on the shore
VERNET.
92 A view on the Shore near Bai,e, with the Temple of
Venus, and nymphs bathing — the companion
VAN DYCK.
93 His own Portrait
CUYP.
94 Dutch boats under Sail in a River — small
16
CUYP.
95 A View on the Rhine, with boats — the companion
VAN DYCK.
96 The Virgin and Child, and St. Francis
PATEL.
97 A grand Italian Landscape, with Roman ruins : and
the flight into Egypt
REMBRANDT.
98 Abraham entertaining the Angels
VAN DER HEYDEN.
99 A Landscape, with a Convent on a rising ground, and
peasants keeping cattle and sheep
VAN DER HEYDEN.
100 Buildings, with figures in a wood — the companion
REMBRANDT.
101 A young Man, his hands clasped resting on a table
OSTADE.
102 An Exterior, with a cart and figures unloading peat,
which one is carrying up by a ladder-— a canal in the background — upright
17
BERGHEM.
103 Italian Peasants with Cows and Goats ; a woman
seated with a child on her lap, and goats
LE SUEUR
104 Figures burying two dead Bodies
After VAN DYCK.
105 The Virgin with the Infant in her Lap
RUBENS.
106 A grand Landscape, with a tempest, with Jupiter and
Mercury
ASSELYN.
107 An Italian Landscape, with Roman ruins and peasants
keeping cattle
CUYP.
108 David and Abigail
TENIERS.
109 Huntsmen preparing for the Chase, with a group of
numerous hounds for different sports in the foreground ; an attendant winding a horn, and other figures, in the background
BERGHEM.
110 A Landscape, with a lady on a mule richly caparisoned,
followed by attendants, and a donkey laden with game : on a high ground are seen Roman ruins, and a beautiful diamine completes the composition
18
WOUVERMANS.
111 A Stag Hunt, on the Banks of a River near a chateau,
with hilly distance
W. VAN DE VELDE.
1 12 A Calm, with a man-of-war saluting officers in a tow boat
leaving the Admiral's ship, and a yacht and other vessels lying with their sails bent
REMBRANDT.
1 13 The Adoration of the Magi, who are attended by a
cavalcade of oriental figures with camels
WOUVERMANS
114 A dismounted Cavalier giving Alms to a Camp of
GyrsiES ; another gentleman with a gun is mounted on a bay horse : some smoke is seen behind a group of trees
WATTEAU.
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115 A Fete Chapetre, with a man in maquerade sitting at
the base of a terminal figure ; other figures reposing near him
TENIERS.
116 A Farm Yard, with a woman at a well, a man and
woman in conversation, and cattle and sheep
REMBRANDT.
117 A Landscape, with a village church on a hill, partly con-
cealed by trees, and peasants on a path
19
GREUZE.
118 A Girl caressing a Pigeon
K. DU JAKDIN.
119 Portrait of a Gentleman in a red Cloak, leaning on
a table
OSTADE.
120 A Man playing the Hurdy-gurdy to a Group of
Peasants and Children at a Cottage Door
RUBENS.
121 Abraham and Melchizedec
J. OSTADE.
122 A Landscape, with a cavalier on a white horse halting at
an inn door near a wood, another mounted traveller leaving
HOBBEMA.
123 A Landscape, with a water mill and figures on a road
through a wood ; a village church in the distance on the left, and a cottage on the right — lighted by a rich gleam of sunshine
ASSELYN.
124 An ItalianLandscape, with a bridge near a waterfall ;
cattle fording a river, and mountainous distance ; a peasant and sheep crossing the bridge
20
JAN STEEN.
125 Italian Peasants and Travellers reposing in the
Yard of an Inn
BACKHUYZEN.
126 Dutch Men-of-War lying to off the Coast ; a yacht
firing a salute, and men pulling off in a boat — stiff breeze
VAN DER NEER.
127 A Dutch Village, with a frozen river, and figures on the
ice ; a lady and two gentlemen standing in the foreground, and a wooden bridge on the right under, which a man is pushing a sledge
RUYSDAEL.
128 A grand woody Landscape, with a road, and a group of
charcoal burners on the left
HOBBEMA.
129 A woody Scene, with a piece of water, over which a
drooping tree is hanging — a charming composition
BACKHUYZEN.
130 A fresh Breeze, with men-of-war under sail, and a
yacht tacking against the wind ; figures in a fishing boat drawing a net — the distance lighted by sunshine not yet covered by a i-oming squall. From the collection of G. Hibbert, Esq.
21 P. POTTER, 1647.
131 A Bull, of brown Colour, standing near a Trek
beneath which are two sheep lying ; cattle seen in the pasture in the distance. From the collection of Mr. Gray
RUYSDAEL.
132 A grand Wood Scene, with a road, and a stream of
water falling over broken ground in front
WOUVERMANS.
133 A Stag hunt on the Bank of a River, the hunters and
hounds are closing in upon their game, a lady and others galloping up to the spot ; a noble group of trees, and mountainous distance
WYNANTS.
134 An open Landscape, with cows and sheep near a bank,
with fallen timber; a river in the background — warm afternoon sun
W. VAN DE VELDE.
135 A Sea Piece — calm, with vessels of war under sail, in a
genlle breeze ; a fishing boat, and porpoises sporting in the ripple
DE HOOGHE.
136 A lofty ApARTMENT,lighted by sunshine from a window
a lady seated reading a letter which a female attendant has brought her ; a cavalier standing at the door, through which a second and third apartment are seen ; on a table covered with a rich carpel, are fruits ami wine displayed
FINIS
LONDON:
Printed by W. Clowis and Sons, 14, Charing Cross.