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 COLLECTION OF DRAWINGS 
 
 CATALOGUE 
 
 OF A 
 
 Illustrating a ^rnturg anti a Half of 
 (Bnglislj Htnnornus Jlrt, 
 
 RECENTLY EXHIBITED AT THE GALLERY OF THE FINE ART. SOCIETY; 
 
 A VALUABLE COLLECTION OP 
 
 Water-colour Drawings by T. Rowlandson, 
 
 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN; 
 
 AND 
 
 Sold by Order of the Executors of A LADY, deceased: 
 
 WHICH 
 
 ffltHUl he ^oUi to Auction hp 
 
 Messrs. CHRISTIE, MANSON & WOODS, 
 
 AT 'mEXE QEEAT ROOMS, 
 
 8 KING STREET, ST. JAMES’S SQUARE, 
 
 On TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1897, 
 
 AT ONE O’CLOCK PRECISELY 
 
 May be viewed Saturday and Monday preceding, and Catalogues 
 had, at Messrs. Christie, Manson and Woods’ Offices, 8 King Street, 
 St. James’s Square, S. TV. 
 
CONDITIONS OF SALE. 
 
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 I. THE highest Bidder to be the Buyer; and if aDy 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 Is.; above Five Pounds, 5s.; 
 and so on in proportion. 
 
 III. In the case of Lots upon which there is a reserve, the Auctioneer 
 shall have the right to bid on behalf of the Seller. 
 
 IY. The Purchasers to give in their Names and Places of Abode, 
 and to pay down 5s. in the Pound, or more, 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. 
 
 Y. The Lots to be taken away and paid for, whether genuine and 
 authentic or not, with all faults and errors of description, at 
 the Buyer’s expense and risk, within Two days from the Sale; 
 Messrs. Christie, Manson and Woods not being responsible 
 for the correct description, genuineness, or authenticity of, 
 or any fault or defect in, any Lot; and making no warranty 
 whatever. 
 
 VI. 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. 
 
 VII. Upon failure of complying with the above Conditions, the Money 
 deposited in part of payment shall be forfeited; all Lots un¬ 
 cleared 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. 
 
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 CATALOGUE. 
 
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 On TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1897, 
 
 AT ONE O’CLOCK PRECISELY. 
 
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 The following are Sold by Order of the Executors of 
 A LAD Y, deceased. 
 
 ENGRAVINGS, Etc.— in the Folio. 
 
 1 Outlines to ‘ The Tempest ’; &c. 5 
 
 2 Nine Tickets of Admission to the Abbey, on the occasion of 
 
 the Coronation of George IV. ; and four Tickets for the Pro¬ 
 cession 13 
 
 3 Engravings: Caricatures, &c. 
 
 4 MROi"§iDDMic',' J qftoinianiilton ■■ &er - 3£ 
 
 6 Book Plates, after Stothard; &c. 
 
 6 Etchings, by Rembrandt; &c. 13 
 
 7 Two Mulready Envelopes ; and three Covers —printed in blade 5 ^ 
 
 • Miss Spencer, after G. H. Harlow, by W. Say 
 
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 9 H. Bright : A charcoal sketch ; &c. 
 
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 110 J. B. Burgess, R.A.: A Watermill; dm,— pencil 2 
 
 111 Sir A. W. Calt.cott, R.A.: Shipping at Scheveningen; &c.— 
 
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 From the Artists’ Sale 
 
 ( 12 Sir A. W. Callcott, R.A.: A Classical Landscape ; &c .—pencil 
 
 From the Artists’ Sale 5 ^tx-ud 
 
 \13 A. Chalon, R.A. : Portrait of Sir J. South, F.R.S., the 
 Astronomer— pencil 
 
 14 D. Cos: The Tower of London; &c. 
 
 15 D. Cox : The Tower ; and St. Paul’s 
 ,16 D. Cox : A Wharf; and A River Scene 
 (17 D. Cox : River Scenes, with figures 
 18 D. Cox: A River Scene, with castle ; &c. 
 
 19 D. Cox : A Landscape, with cottage and children ; &c. 
 
 4W W. Turner : A Landscape, with figures on a road 
 j2 1 J. Yarley: Landscapes; &c.— pen and inlc 
 Ij 22 J. Yarley : A Castle : Moonlight; &c. 
 
 23 J. Yarley: A Landscape, with shepherd and sheep; dc. 
 
 24 J. Varley : A River Scene; and two Landscapes 
 
 25 Sir D. Wileie, R.A. : The Court at Edinburgh ; &c .—pen andj2c*u&t 
 
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 26 W. Wright: The Exciseman; &c. 8 sdcdh 
 
 27 W. Wright: Musicians; &c. bJFcvU 
 
 28 W. Wright : The Three Blind Beggars of Compicgne —a pair 2/3A/> 
 
 29 W. Wright: A Scene from ‘ The Merchant of Venice ’; &c. 2^°^ 
 
 30 W. Wright: Tam-o’-Shanter; &c. %/Qc**' 
 
 31 W. Wright : A subject from the ‘ Decameron ’ 
 
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 32 W. Wright : Tam-o’-Shanter 
 
 33 W. Wright : Death of the Baronne cle Virgis and Agolan 
 
 34 W. Wright: Act 1, Scene 4, of ‘ Eichard III.’ 
 
 
 ANOTHER PROPERTY. 
 
 A COLLECTION OF DRAWINGS 
 
 Illustrating a century and a half of English Humorous Art. 
 JOHN COLLET. 
 
 35 The Vanities of Life, kept out of the Church 
 
 36 The Wolf and the Lamb 
 
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 W, H. BUNBUEY. 
 
 37 A Eiding House— coloured engraving 
 
 38 The Village Ale-House —engraving by J. Grozer 
 
 
 JAMES GILEAY. 
 
 39 Portrait of James Gilray, after a miniature by himseU — S ^ A^E 
 
 mezzotint by C. Turner 
 
 40 Phantasmagora : The Shade of Alexander (Buonaparte) Looking 
 
 out for New Worlds to Conquer 
 
 41 Buonaparte Leaving Egypt HxxTfc . ^ 
 
 42 The Duke of York on Parade : Campaign in Flanders 
 
 THOMAS EOWLANDSON. 
 
 43 Lord Clermont giving his Instructions to his Jockey at 
 
 Newmarket, 1786 
 
 44 The Wooden Walls of Old England : Portsmouth 
 
 45 Diana in the Straw 
 
 
 
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 46 A Wandering Queen (Caroline of Brunswick) 
 
 courteous Ambassador 
 
 47 A Good Match 
 
 48 Shooting a Cargo 
 
 49 Fisher Folk of Holland 
 60 A Tender Declaration 
 
 51 Green and Large Cucumbers 
 
 52 The Guards on the March for the Duke of 
 
 paign in Flanders 
 
 and a Dis-^^ 
 
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 53 Market Place, Kingston-on-Thames 
 
 54 Striking a Hard Bargain 
 
 55 Travelling in Germany 
 
 56 A Reach of the Thames —signed and dated 
 
 
 
 
 57 Catching a Porpoise 
 
 58 Dissolution of Partnership—Striking a Balance 
 
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 ISAAC CRUIKSHANK. 
 
 59 Rural Jealousy 
 
 GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. 
 
 60 Opening of Waterloo Bridge, 18 June, 1817 
 
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 61 Songhead : “ To Rotten Row ”—a brace of exquisites ot either sex 
 
 J. R. CRUIKSHANK. 
 
 Court, stealing* 6 ^ 1 
 
 62 The Famous Pickpocket, Barrington, at 
 
 jewelled Orders ; and Barrington arrested on the Race Course 
 by Townshend, the Bow Street Runner —two in one frame 
 
 63 A Satanic Fare : Songhead—“ The Hackney Coachman and the 
 D—1 ” 
 
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 THOMAS STOTHARD, R.A. 
 
 64 “ The Temple of Mirth ” — frontispiece to ‘ The Wit’s Magazine ’ 
 and the Engraving, by William Blake 2 
 
 
 ROBERT DIGHTON. 
 
 |^65 Postillon Fran^ais— The other side of Dover 
 ^ 66 A Draught of Delight 
 
 67 The Specious Orator : Mr. Christie, founder of the famous firm 
 
 of Auctioneers —coloured engraving 
 
 68 The Humours of a Race Course : Captain O’Kelly, the owner 
 
 of the famous racehorse “ Eclipse,” with his jockey 
 
 69 The Famous Irish Giant O’Brien 
 
 70 Devilish Cold! and D - d Hot —a pair 2 
 
 ROBERT SMIRKE, R.A. 
 
 71 Illustrations to the ‘ Arabian Nights ’: “ The Barber’s . 
 
 Brother’s Story—The Hunchback ”— a set of four, in oils 4 
 
 72 Misadventure of Dr. Slop: Sterne’s‘Tristam Shandy’ 
 
 73 Petruchio : ‘-Taming the Shrew ’ 
 
 J. M. WRIGHT. 
 
 74 Bar Parlour Veterans 
 
 
 
 75 Tom Joses giving the Tutor a Lesson: Fielding’s ‘Tom Jones’ 
 
 76 The Schoolmaster, Partridge, his Irascible Wife and the 
 
 Mai d— ditto 
 
 77 Captain Wattle and Miss Rowe 
 
 78 “ The Confessional ” : From ‘ Boccaccio ’ 
 
 
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 79 Dogs and Bitches v. Pops; and Dogs and Bitches v. Police and 
 
 others —a pair 2 
 
 80 Slightly Mistaken '/&JU 
 
 81 Adventures of Mr. John Jorrooks as a Cockney SpoiiTSMANi^^^^ 
 
 — four, in two frames 
 82 Country Evenings —a pair, in one frame 
 
 
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 83 A Bad Fit : “ This is not my hat.” 
 
 
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 84 “ Boz ” and “ Bumble ” — sketches 
 
 
 85 Croquis at Hastings : Archery ; and The Ride —a pair 
 
 86 Sykes ; The Cardinal’s Fool ; and two others— four, 
 
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 87 Some Heads of the People —sketches 
 
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 88 Postboys Refreshing 
 
 
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 89 A Coucou 
 
 
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 90 Spanish Teamsters 
 
 
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 91 A Postillion 
 
 
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 92 Scavengers 
 
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 93 A Frontier Post 
 
 
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 94 The Guard of the Diligence 
 
 
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 95 A Coknee at Billingsgate Makket 
 
 96 Spoeting Chaeaotees : “A good nose for game;” and “Wait 
 
 till I get a little closer ”—a pair 2 
 
 JOHN PARRY. 
 
 97 A few Heads of the People 
 
 
 H. K. BROWNE (Phiz). 
 
 98 Original drawings to ‘Highland Rambles’— four,in two frames 
 
 99 The Good St. Patbiok’s Triumphal Pbogeess d t - ■ 
 
 100 Obiginal Deawings to ‘Solomon Seesaw’ —set of eight, 
 four frames 
 
 
 101 Economy in Deess 
 
 102 The Teavelling Clockmakeb c$J*u?G 
 
 103 Obiginal Deawings to Fielding’s ‘Histoey of Jonathan <i ' • 
 
 Wild ’ — four in one frame 
 
 104 Ups and Downs— a pair 
 
 105 Thkowing Off 
 
 RANDOLPH CALDECOTT. 
 
 106 We take a Country House /dda/o 
 
 107 A Hunting Scene, time of Rowlandson diLyr oJ 
 
 108 Oyee a Bit of Mooe 
 
 109 A Hunting Scene : Cleaking the Beook— a panel, in oils c j2o(..*i 
 
 F. BARNARD. 
 
 110 Public Inquiry Office, Leicester Square 
 
 111 A Mudlark and a Tip-Cat— in oils 
 
 
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 112 The Old Admiral at Home— in oils 
 
 
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 113 Bobert Macaire and Bertrand— in oils 
 
 
 JOHN LEECH. 
 
 114 Bosa at Mayfield— Illustration to ‘Plain or Binglets' 
 
 
 FINCH MASON. 
 
 115 A Hurdle Eace— in oils 
 
 
 EENEST GEISET. 
 
 116 
 
 “ Baron Stork in a waltz was allowed to excel 
 With his beautiful partner, the fair Demoiselle.” 
 
 
 OHAELES GBEEN, EX 
 
 Six of the Original Drawings for Dickens' * Old Curiosity Shop ’ 
 
 117 Quilp and Mrs. Quilp at the Wharf: “Halloa!” 
 
 118 Mrs. Jarley’s Waxworks 
 
 “ And in this state and ceremony rode solemnly through the town 
 
 every morning. 
 
 119 Kit and Nell: The Writing Lesson 
 
 “When be did sit down, he tucked up his sleeves and squared his 
 
 elbows and put his face close to the copy book.” 
 
 120 Dick Swiyeller and the Little Marchioness 
 
 “ ‘ Then, Marchioness,’ said Mr. Swiveller, ‘ fire away 1 ’ ” 
 
 121 Dick Swiveller and the Little Marchioness 
 
 “ The Marchioness jumped up quickly and clapped her hands.” 
 
 122 Jerry’s Troup of Performing Dogs 
 “‘Now, gentlemen,’ said Jerry, looking at them attentively, ‘the dog 
 
 
 whose name’s called, eats.’ ” 
 

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 ANOTHER PROPERTY. 
 WATER-COLOUR DRAWINGS 
 
 By T. ROWLANDSON. 
 
 In the Folio. 
 
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 123 Brigands attacking a Farm 
 
 
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 124 A Stable Scene 
 
 
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 125 Poll op Plymouth ; and The Quarrel 
 
 
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 126 A Street Stall; and Supper 
 
 
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 127 Congregation Leaving a Chapel ; and A Cavalry 
 
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 128 Visitors to Westminster Abbey ; and The Call 
 
 
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 129 Feeding the Hungry 
 
 
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 130 “ Here ’s Success to the Orange Party ” 
 
 
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 131 Children Relieving a Blind Beggar 
 
 
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 132 Brewer’s Dray at a Village Inn 
 
 
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 133 The Man in Possession 
 
 
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 134 Clearing the Premises without Consulting your Landlord— 
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 135 A Winter Scene : Figures skating 
 
 
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 136 Soldiers Carousing 
 
 
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 The Property of A GENTLEMAN. 
 
 WATER-COLOUR DRAWINGS 
 
 By T. ROWLANDSON. 
 
 In the Folio. 
 
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 137 The Soldier’s Departure 
 
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 138 The Landlady’s Bill 
 
 139 At the Side of the Coffin 
 
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 140 A Nymph Bathing 
 
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 141 Waggon at the Woolpack Inn 
 
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 142 A Street Singer 
 
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 143 Yeomanry Preparing 
 
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 144 A Coast Scene : Selling fish 
 
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 145 A Harbour Scene 
 
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 146 A Fishing Village 
 
 147 A Sea Trip ; and A Mountainous Landscape 
 
 148 A Country Village, with waggon and sportsmen 
 
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 149 A Small Curacy 
 
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 150 ‘ Giblet,’ Poulterer, Leadenhall Market 
 
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 151 A Village Merrymaking 
 
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 152 An Evening Party : Youth and Age 
 
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 153 Country Girls and Waggoner —signed 
 
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 154 Rural Felicity 
 
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 155 Fruit Woman at Salisbury 
 
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 156 An Awkward Predicament 
 
 157 The Tax Collectors 
 
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 158 Behind the Hat Kick 
 
 159 A Village Fair— signed , and dated 1820 
 
 160 Cattle Drover’s Departure 
 
 161 Humours of the Race Course 
 
 162 Quarter Day : Evicted 
 
 163 Importunate Beggars 
 
 164 Piping Swains— signed and dated 
 
 165 ‘Dove in Webster’ 
 
 166 The Park Gate : Youth and Age— signed and dated 
 
 167 The Fish Market 
 
 168 A Village Scene; and Watering Cattle 
 
 169 The Blacksmith ; and Men’s Heads 
 
 170 A Regatta ; and A Coast Scene, with boats 
 
 171 A Nightmare ; and Ladies, with negro attendant 
 
 172 Measuring the Recruit; and The Carrier 
 
 173 An Unwelcome Visitor 
 
 174 Villagers Merrymaking 
 
 175 A Hunting Accident ; and A Child’s Funeral 
 
 176 The Cathedral Guide; and The College Cloisters 
 
 177 Ante-Room to the Presence Chamber; and Bringing in tho^"*"' <• 
 
 Boar’s Head 2 
 
 178 The Elopement; and Country Folk and Foreigners 2 
 
 179 Painting the Portrait; and The Breakfast Table 
 
 180 The Skeleton in the Cupboard; and A Village Funeral 2^<< & 
 
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 FINIS. 
 
 London: Printed by William Clowes & Sons, Limited, Stamford Street 
 
 and Charing Cross.