frm 
 
 
 ■ 
 
 
 i m 
 
 mmi 
 
 
 
 
 
THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM LIBRARY 
 
 
 
 

 
 iMjai^^sE^jl^giK^ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ^KT 1 Jr- 
 
 
 
 
 
 PI|[h| 
 
 
 
 
 
 Wmmt^ 
 
 siMmkl 
 
 
 Pr^g^B^H 
 
 
 
 |^Krv^H| 
 
 j- »I^B 
 
 
 
 
 BSf 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 iHt^H 
 
 uH^^v JUH 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
J 
 
 / 
 
 /' 
 
 ■f 
 
 ^ ^ 7 . 
 
 ^ /^J 2 rp 
 
 :f y^y/^i //vr _;'^‘ 
 
 // / '^ ' 
 
 ^ /" 
 
 a.'/- O^ ^£r-c'' ^ S^ 
 
 X ^ v^*^ /t 3 - -r tr c'^ /y^^/ - 3 f . 
 
 ^^cy 3 Wy ^Z' / 3 z^d^ t;,^ / 3 c^-^ c r/^Xy^ 3^3 
 
 f 33 ^ ^ ^ £/ y^ , ^ ^ y> / 
 
 /// ^^’ y 3 /^ f.‘ 3 ^ /y^t'/,^^ J 2.3 , / cf^^ — ^y 
 
 A y^^/t -e ^ — y^y y 3^'2 
 
 ^ ; zf yf. ’ ^ /^/^ - ^y 
 
 _ y/ / 
 
 /yy^^:^t, xxy ^z^z>y'3 ^ yi-^yz^y • X^ Xf — X/ 
 
 X yy3 /y^yy^y^/y !^ X ^ /yZ>^^'^ * // zt,y 3 y — y ^y 3 — 
 
 
 /- 
 
 ■W yi 
 
 /i^f 
 
 y 
 
 /X <y^ ^///r<-^ jc.y , — y y/ - yX^ 
 
 f'~ y 3 y^ Z-yyv'' — y^t} 
 
 yccy yyy^ ^‘''?y ^ yt^y y3^- z^z^y^y^ »<' z^Zi-^y /S ' . yj'/r - /rx 
 
 Z ' / / ~ 
 
 X X X xK't^y^^ziy 
 
 ,y-y/- y^ z-y^A^ , y?^yj3/ // - //// - /f/“ 
 
 . /» 
 / 
 
 \ AAlyf-^ ytAzt^ ^^ A/ . X/‘< — ^/5> 
 
 Y AX ^ ^^AyA< 3 A . /s^y - 2 yy 
 
 / / ' ^ 
 
 , yt^ yXz 3 :x/y^y,Xz-T.x^^ - y^^-;?/ - /-Jo 
 
 z^zt-Azy^ t ^^//'>- X^t-t ^Ayy^ Azi-z^<y ^ 3 /^ >> - ^// / 
 
rY /YYt^Y^ -/^2-'& 
 
 /' ^ ^ 
 
 Z/? 
 
 iy ^ — 
 
 ^/>,.'^C^ /6 g ^ ^ ^ r /^YT^ , S • y^/'Z 
 
 /f - /S^Z^ ^ Z^/ 
 
 ^yZ-p-Y Y^Zy^~ ^ - ^iT 
 
 Jy 
 
 </// 
 
 X(2-£:y . l,i-</ , YC;>^^,. ^ <p/^t-^^ , y - -' /S^Z-^ - 
 
 /yyr' . 
 
 y • / 
 
 <. ^ y^Z'^ ^Zy ^ 
 
 y 
 
 
 y^y X 
 
 
 
 yx yT^ XPy 
 
 Jy 
 
 yy^ 
 
 -Jf/ 
 
Digitized by the Internet Archive 
 in 2017 with funding from 
 Getty Research Institute 
 
 https://archive.org/details/catalogueofveryvOOchri 
 

 A CATALOGUE 
 
 OP 
 
 THE VERY VALUABLE AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT COLLECTION 
 
 OF 
 
 ANCIENT AND MODERN 
 
 OP THE 
 
 DOWAGER MARCHIONESS OF THOMOND, 
 
 DECEASED: 
 
 COHPBISING, BESIDES TARIOVS SPECIMENS OF SOME OF THE CBEATEST MASTER* 
 
 •’ IN THE 
 
 3talta«, ftenc^j ftemisi^ ana jDutci^ ^^oolss, , 
 
 A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF THE FINEST WORKS 
 
 OF THE EATS 
 
 PARTICULARElf ’ 
 
 ELEVEN COMPARTMENTS OF THOSE GRAND PRODUCTION'S OF HIS PEJVCIL, 
 
 THE ORIGINAL DESIGNS 
 
 FOR THE WINDOW OF NEW COLLEGE, OXFORD; 
 
 The very nofele Portrait of the Admiral Lord RODNEY ; a Ditto of the late Duchess of MARLBOROUGH ; 
 
 ASD 
 
 PORTRAITS OF SIR JOSHUA, by himself ; 
 
 ALSO, 
 
 SEVERAL HISTORICAL ANP FANCY SUBJECTS, 
 
 Which have been known and admired throughout Europe, by the Engravings made from them; 
 
 A CAPITAL BUST, 
 
 «RIGINAL PORTRAIT OF SIR J. REYNOLDS BY AN ITALIAN ARTIST; AND SOME FINE BRONZES. 
 
 WHICH WILL BE SOLD BY AUCTION, 
 
 By Mb. CHRISTIE, 
 
 ' AT HIS GREAT ROOM, PALL MALL, 
 
 On FRIDAY, MAY 1 8, 1821, AND FOLLOWING DAY, 
 
 AT ONE o’clock precisely. 
 
 A ! 
 
 L 
 
 MAY BS VIEWED TWO DAYS PRECEDING THE SALE, AND CATALOQUES HAD. 
 
Conditions of Sale* 
 
 I. The highest Bidder to be the Bayer, 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 Is.— Above Five Pounds, 2s. 6d. 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 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, at the Buyer’s Expence, within Two Days 
 
 from the Sale. 
 
 V. TO PREVENT INACCURACY IN DELIVERY, AND INCONVENIENCE IX THE 
 
 SETTLEMENT OF THE PURCHASES, NO LOT CAN, ON ANY ACCOUNT, BE 
 REMOVED DURING THE TIME OF SALE ; AND THE MONEY MUST ABSO- 
 LUTELY 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. 
 
laag’JS ^ale, 
 
 FRIDAY, MAY the I8th, 1821, 
 
 AT ONE O’CLOCK PBECISELT. 
 
 ^,;.^DeWitt 
 
 
 
 o' Rosa 
 
 r^^Verelst 
 
 ^ 
 
 S. C. 
 
 Jp /f ^Ditto 
 
 ^ Ditto 
 
 «{?. /S- ^ Ditto 
 
 '■z-Z 
 
 \/y ^ Sir J. Reynolds. 
 
 ^ V.Dyck 
 
 ^ ^ Lotens 
 
 PICTURES. 
 
 1 WT^HE Finding of Moses ; small 
 f A small upright Landscape, with Huntsmen 
 
 3 Head of an Apostle 
 
 4 A group of Flowers 
 
 5 The Admission of Pyche, into Heaven (a print coloured) 
 
 after Raphael 
 
 6 Head of St. Peter 
 
 7 Study for a Landscape, and Dancing Figures: from 
 
 Milton’s Allegro ' 
 
 8 A Prophet 
 
 9 Portrait of H. R. H. the late Duke of Gloucester 
 
 10 Study of an Old Head 
 
 1 1 Portrait of Dr. Samuel Johnson from the original by Sir 
 
 J. Reynolds, at Knowle in Kent 
 
 12 Portrait of Mrs. Hartley the Actress, as Jane Shore 
 
 13 Portrait of Clara Eugenia 
 
 14 A Romantic View of Alpine Scenery, with Figures 
 
 crossing a Bridge thrown over a Ravine 
 
3i. /2. 2> 
 a 
 
 J/./^?. & 
 
 J. 7. 4 
 20. 4. ^ 
 
 ./A -4 
 
 - 3 - f 
 //. o. ^ 
 
 32. /4. ^ 
 
 /;■. 2. ^ 
 
 22 //. 4 
 /3.Z. ^ 
 
 2^ .f. Of 
 
 //. //. 
 
 4 . //,. ^ 
 
 /. C’ 
 / /^. o 
 //./z.o 
 
 5. i: o 
 
 Titian »••« I ..••••• t • t 15 Portrait of a Knight of Malta 
 Sir-J. Reynolds ....... 16 A Lady’s Portrait 
 
 Ditto........ 17 Infant St. John with a Lamb 
 
 Sir A. Hume. « ........ 18 A Landscape, View from Nature; and Figures 
 
 Sir J. Reynolds. . ...... 19 Study of a Head of an aged Character; the Captive 
 
 LeNain. 20 A Musical Conversation, interior 
 
 F. Hals. ............. 21 Portrait of a Lady 
 
 Rembrandt. 22 The Conversion of St. Paul ^ « 
 
 Sir J. Reynolds ........ 23 Portrait of Sir J. Reynolds, with a 
 
 Ditto 24 A Baccante with a Young Satyr at her Back 
 
 Ditto........ 25 Portrait of a Nobleman, with a distant View of the 
 
 Escurial 
 
 Lotens 26 A gtand Wood Scene opening to a Vale, Shepherds 
 
 reposing in the center; to the right a Man with a 
 Wooden Leg and other Figures passing oyer a 
 ^ Bridge 
 
 Sir J. Reynolds 27 A Female Portrait, an early performance, painted by 
 
 Sir Joshua when at Rome 
 
 Ditto 28 The Bard, a large sketch 
 
 — 29 Maxentius swimming his Horse across the Tiber; study 
 
 from the original by G. Romano, at Rome 
 
 Hudspn.. 30 A pair of whole length Portraits of King Geo. II. and 
 
 < Queen Caroline 
 
 ■ 31 The Four Seasons, a Gallery Picture 
 
 BRONZES, &c. 
 
 32 Three oval Bas Reliefs in bronze, the Fall of the Titans, the Story of the Children of 
 
 Niobe, and a Bacchanalian subject 
 
 33 Three small Figures. Antinous ; Venus after Bathing; and one other 
 
 34 Venus at the Bath, small bronze; and Model of a Monument in Ivory 
 
 35 A Figure of the Apollo of the Belvedere, 19 inches high 
 
 36 A hue Tazza of the scarce Raphael’s Ware, painted with the Story of Dsedalus and 
 
 Icarus 
 
 
! 
 
 ItJ 
 
 
 ^ ^ ^ Sir J. Reynolds 
 
 W/ ^ 
 
 / 
 
 p. /: ^ Ditto... 
 
 i 
 
 V,/ 2 .0 V.Dyck 
 
 37 
 
 38 
 
 39 
 
 40 
 
 ^ ^ M.Carre 41 
 
 42 
 
 ^7 Snyders 
 
 ^ ^ ^ Collett • • 43 
 
 i 
 
 ! 
 
 \ /y . ^ Sir J. Reynolds 44 
 
 ^2. Ditto 
 
 ^ Ditto 
 
 7. /^. ^ Dido 
 
 i?. f. Ditto 
 
 45 
 
 46 
 
 47 
 
 48 
 
 49 
 
 50 
 
 ^ ^ ^ Fr. Bolognese ...... 
 
 ^ y S. Rosa 
 
 [/. ^ Poassin 51 
 
 ^ ^ ^ Rembrandt 52 
 
 Borgognone .......... 53 
 
 \2 ^ Bassano... 54 
 
 4-'^- ^ Castiglione 55 
 
 ( 5 ) 
 
 PICTURES. 
 
 Head of an Old Man — ' 
 
 Portrait of Mrs. Siddons, the Bast only, first Study 
 for the large Picture of Mrs. Siddons as the 
 Tragic Muse 
 
 Head of a Satyr, and Bacchanalian Nymph, after 
 Ruhens 
 
 Small whole length Portrait of a Nobleman, of the 
 time of Charles I. copy hy Sir J. Reynolds , 
 
 Cattle in a Landscape 
 
 A pair; Study of a Monkey on a Tree, and of a 
 Spoonbill 
 
 A View in St. James’s Park, before Buckingham 
 House, with Portraits of Lady Coventry, Lady 
 Greenwich, and other known Characters, in the 
 year 1738; engraved 
 Portrait of an Officer 
 Ditto of the Hon. Mrs. Stanhope 
 St. Peter, unfinished 
 Portrait of a Gentleman, in an oval 
 A Woody Landscape one of the few performamts of 
 Sir Joshua Reynolds in this line 
 A Landscape and Figures with Buildings and Water 
 An Incantation, upright 
 A Landscape with Mercury and Argus 
 The Lion and disobedient Prophet 
 The March of an Army 
 
 The Good Samaritan, clear and richly coloured 
 A Satyr and Bacchanalian Nymph in a Landscape ; 
 Utensils and Still Life in the Front-ground 
 
 
( 6 ) 
 
 // a. I’ Guido 
 ^ 
 
 Hii J. Reynolds. 
 
 /S. ^ Ditto 
 
 / 3 /- Ditto 
 
 Ditto 
 
 /^S ■ /^itlo 
 
 ^ Ditto 
 
 
 /^S. / i^Ditto 
 
 ,/s D''*° 
 ^S/ /■ ^DMo 
 
 Ma.o Ditto 
 
 SG 
 
 57 
 
 58 
 
 59 
 GO 
 
 Gl 
 
 A Madona, after 
 Portrait of Raphael 
 A Girl’s Head, small 
 
 Portrait of Mrs Rainsford, in a Hat and White Feather 
 An elderly Man seated in a Chair, called “ Resig- 
 nation’’ the idea from Goldsmith’s Deserted 
 Village 
 
 Portrait of Lady Hamilton, the Countenance turned 
 
 towards the Shoulder^.^^^,^^yji,(i;;^^>^-^,. 
 
 Portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds in Spectacles 
 
 A View from Richmond Hill, in the rich and bold 
 
 manner of Rembrandt^ the happiest of the produce 
 
 tions of Sir Joshua Reynolds in this line/^l. ^ s' 
 
 // 
 
 A Girl seated on her Heels erabragin^ a favorite 
 Kitten; a charming func^ subject^ 
 
 Portrait of the Hon. Mrs. Stanhope, in a pensive Atti- 
 tude, rich Moon Light Scene, and Water in the 
 Back-ground 
 
 Portrait of a Female drawing; companion to the Girl 
 with a Kitten 
 
 Ditto of Mrs. Hartley as a ^accante with an Infant on 
 her Shoulder^^j^i.'^ 
 
 Portrait of a young Girl with a Scarlet Muff; a rich 
 Landscape back-ground^^i>^,^'^;j^ji^:^^f^r^ 
 The Gypsy Fortune Teller : the principal Figures are 
 a thoughtless Girl who is amused by the Prediction 
 of her future Advancement, and a more credulous 
 Young Female friend supporting her. This ad- 
 mired subject has been finely engraved by Sherwin. 
 
 3 feet 8 high by 4 feet 7f 
 70 The Piping Shepherd Boy with his Dog, in the distance 
 a clear illumined Landscape with a Flock of Sheep 
 
 62 
 
 63 
 
 64 
 
 65 
 
 66 
 
 §7 
 
 68 
 
 69 
 
 
^ C*- 
 
 /?Sir J. Reynoldsi 
 ittOt •.• ... • . 
 
 
 C 7 ] 
 
 71 Whole length Portrait of Mrs. Mathews, with a Spaniel 
 
 in a Landscape 
 
 72 Portrait of Lady llchester sitting between her two 
 
 Children, size of life 
 
 JEJwrf of the First Day's Sale* 
 
 
 
 itJ ^ ^ 
 
 I 
 
Ib^contr Sale, 
 
 SATURDAY, MAY th^ 19th, 1821, 
 
 AT ONE O’CLOCK PRECISELY. 
 
 
 
 — Giorgione. 
 
 
 
 
 --- Cuyp.. 
 
 
 
 
 ... Watteau • . , 
 
 
 
 ■ 
 
 — Sir J. Reynolds . • . . 
 
 
 y 
 
 
 ^ Sir J. Reynolds, • , , • 
 
 
 
 y 
 
 — Ditto 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 — Mompert 
 
 
 r 
 
 
 — Ditto 
 
 
 
 
 ^V. Dyck 
 
 
 
 
 4^ Caravaggio 
 
 
 
 
 Artois. 
 
 
 
 
 Tift Siiftiir 
 
 .. . 12 
 
 
 
 Carracci 
 
 
 
 
 Vivwno 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4^ y 
 
 
 - Sir J. Reynolds . • . . 
 
 
 (T y. 
 
 yy^ ■ 
 
 Ditto 
 
 
 >*' 
 
 ^ y " 
 
 
 Ditto 
 
 
 PICTURES. 
 
 SMALL Head 
 
 A youiig Slie^berd 
 A conversation Charapetre — small sketch 
 Cupid ; an elegant copy 
 A piping Satyr, after Jordaens 
 Portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds, when young 
 A Landscape 
 The companion 
 A Portrait of Henrietta Maria 
 Study of an old Head 
 A woody Landscape and figures 
 A Legendary Subject ; a sketch 
 A Landscape with fishermen 
 Architecture and figures 
 A Farm Yard and figures 
 
 Portrait of a Lady with a Hat and Feather ; unfinished 
 Portrait of Lady Spencer 
 
 Portrait of the Earl of SheKbume, afterwards Marquk 
 of Lansdown 
 
 
 

 '-jL. 
 
 ( 9 ) 
 
 r. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 '■ — Sir J. Reynolds. ...»•.. 
 
 Bout and Bodwyns • . . .• 
 
 — C. Schut 
 
 ^"r .. ^ Carpioni 
 
 *y 
 
 — Sir J. Reynolds 
 
 ^ Raphael • • • 
 
 ^ .. — Parocel 
 
 -- -‘S^'loitto 
 
 ^-Sir J. Reynolds ...... 
 
 ^'"D. Feti 
 
 ,, — Ditto • 
 
 — - Old F ranks 
 
 19 The admired original Picture; Hope nursing Love; 
 
 ensfated 
 
 20 A large Italian Landscape with Buildings, a Bridge 
 
 and Figures near the Gate of a Town 
 
 21 Venus and Adonis; and a Landscape with a Convent 
 
 near a Waterfall, V. Diest, small 
 
 22 A pair, oval. Pan and Syrinx, and Ixion embracing a 
 
 Cloud 
 
 23 A bold Landscape and Figures, in the style of S. Rosa 
 
 24 Study of a Female Head; after 
 
 25 A Battle Piece with distant V iew of a fortified town, 
 
 spirited 
 
 26 The Day after a Battle ; the companion 
 
 27 Study for King Lear, the bust only 
 
 28 The Parable of the Sower 
 
 29 The Return of the Prodigal Son; companion to th* 
 
 former 
 
 30 Neptune with Venus and Cupid in a Car, surrounded 
 
 by Nermds and Tritons 
 
 BRONZES. 
 
 -^ 31 A recumbent Figure of a sleeping Satyr^ on a black and gilt carved pedestal 
 I' ^ 52 A bronze group of Hercules and Antaeus, 25 inches high 
 
 - 33 The Rape of Proserpine; the companion " 
 
 — 34 , A fine Equestrian Figure of Marcus Aurelius on a pedestal of statuary 
 
 - — 35 A noble group of Nessus and Deianira, about 2 ft. 7 inches high 
 
 Sir J. Reynolds 
 
 Ditto........ 
 
 PICTURES. 
 
 36 Head of an old’ Man 
 
 37 A young Shepherdess, with Lambs 
 
 B 
 
 

 / 
 
 i) 
 
 ( 10 ) 
 
 
 
 i-r 
 
 38 
 
 
 
 — Sir J. Reynolds . ... . 
 
 
 
 
 — Ditto . . 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 P. deLaer. 
 
 
 
 - ^ 
 
 — Watteau ......... 
 
 
 
 
 " Sir J. Reynolds 
 
 
 
 
 
 . .. 44 
 
 
 " Ditto 
 
 . .. 45 
 
 38 Porlrait of his late Majesty Geo. III. robed— the busi 
 only 
 
 
 
 
 ' Ditto 
 
 46 
 
 
 
 
 ■ — Ditto 
 
 47 
 
 
 '' 
 
 
 ■^Ditto 
 
 48 
 
 
 
 
 
 49 
 
 
 
 
 
 50 
 
 iX^ 
 
 - 
 
 
 " — F. Lauri 
 
 51 
 
 
 - 
 
 
 ' ' — — A • V « (Ic V cldc 
 
 52 
 
 
 
 
 '^Wynants 
 
 53 
 
 
 /V 
 
 
 J. Steen 
 
 54 
 
 Ligoniei* 
 
 Raphael, 27 inches by 5 ft. 6 inches 
 o Italian Couriers setting off at speed from an Italian 
 Post House 
 
 ^cene from Moliere’s Comedie Ballet of M. de 
 Pourceaugnac 
 
 John within an oval, 29 by 24 inches 
 early Portrait of Sir J. Reynolds sitting, with a 
 paper in his hand 
 
 iteraplation:— -a Female in white drapery in a pen- 
 sive attitude, painted with fine Rembrandt like 
 efifect : a bold distant landscape 
 vhole length Portrait of the Earl of Dunmore in a 
 highland dress 
 
 drl’s Head with a string of pearls interwoven in her 
 hair 
 
 Door Pieces in body colours, after : glazed 
 mail high finished Landscape, with a group of Catt 
 reposing 
 
 mall upright Landscape with Pigs 
 apatra dissolving the Pearl — an uncommon effort ( 
 the master— of cabinet size / very highly finished 
 
 

 
 
 ( 11 ) 
 
 
 C. Marratti. •••!•*>. ,. 55 Time’s Boat — Time at the Helm — The four Seasons 
 
 rowing and a Cavalier asleep on Ihe bow — in the 
 distance Death is seen raising a grave stone. It is 
 ' painted on copper, and served originally for the dial 
 
 ■ plate of a c\ock.~from Bishop Newton’s collection 
 V -i^Mola . 56 A Magdalen and Angels in an upright Landscape 
 
 ^ — P- TENIERS 57 The ENCHANTRESS entering the Infernal Regions, 
 
 and clearing her way amidst various spirits, grotes- 
 quely designed — a celebrated picture ; from the 
 collection of Dr. Chauncey 
 
 — Guido 58 
 
 -CORREGIO 59 
 
 A Sleeping Cupid in a Landscape, — a sweet and nery 
 pure silvery gem 
 
 THE MARRIAGE OF St. CATHARINE-for a 
 full account of this beautiful cabinet Picture, see 
 the end of this catalogue 
 
 ■J 
 
 
 
 '' 
 
 The following are the original Designs for. the compartments of the Window 
 of New College Oxford, which were copied in stained Glass, by Jarvis. 
 
 ■ — 60 Portraits of Sir Joshua Reynolds and Jarvis, as Shepherds at the Nativity,— about 
 
 7 ft. high by 2 ft. 9 inches wide 
 
 61 A Peasant Girl and Children with a Torch ; the companion 
 — 62 A Shepherd Boy and Dog, with a ruined column in the front ground about the 
 same dimensions - — ^ 2 ^- a * 
 
 63 Young St. John and the Lamb; ditto 
 
 64 Charity ditto w 
 
 — 65 Faith ditto — ,, 
 
 — 66 Hope ditto .. i ■ .mi.. 
 
 67 Temperance ditto " - - 
 
 — 68 Justice ditto — -■ — •< ’ 
 
 -—69 Fortitude ditto 
 
 70 Prudence ditto — — - 
 
 V.. ■' 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ( 12 ) 
 
 71 An Angel contemplating tbe Mystery of the Cross, being : 
 
 the top of the window— N.B. this last is a copy from 
 the original of Sir Joshua Reynolds 
 
 _ Sir Josl.ua Reynold 72 Dido on the Funeral Pile; a group of three figures 
 
 composed with the greatest elegance, the affliction of 
 the Sister mourning over the Queen is in particular 
 
 very nobly and pathetically expressed : engraved— 
 
 about 4 ft. 8 high by 7 ft 10 long 
 
 __ 73 Portrait of Admiral Lord Rodney, m naval uniform, his 
 
 Right Arm supported upon an Anchor,— poiwfecf 
 with admirable effect ^ «- 
 
 ___ 74 A Nymph and Cupid, the admired fancy Subject 
 
 ‘ usually termed the Snake in the Grass, with a rich 
 
 Landscape Back Ground :— about 4 ft. by 3 ft. 3 
 engraved 
 
 75 Whole length Portrait of the late Duchess of Marl- 
 borough, with a Landscape Back Grond— ver^ 
 
 capital Portrait is very richly and brilliantly coloured 
 
 y 
 
 — ,6 AfineoriginalburtofSir Jo.hunReynold.,inStatuary,and.vuodunt^inal pedeatal 
 
 to ditto 
 
 — 77 A fine plaisler bust of Dr. Johnson; and ditto pedestal . 
 
 78 A Bust in Plaister, of M. Angelo 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 , ::r' 
 
 
 a<=5- 
 
 
 
 
 < 2-^1 
 
 
 
 
 
( 13 ) 
 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Extract from the Catalogue of Ralph’s Exhibition of Pictures 
 
 THE MARRIAGE OF ST. CATHARINE; by CORREGIO. 
 
 Written oti the Back of the Board on which is painted the Marriage of Saint Catharine. 
 ' J.M.E. 
 
 I 
 
 Post vanos casus, vitae et discrimina, tandem 
 Regreditur nostras sacra tabella raanus. 
 
 Quas referam, Catharina, tibi, quas, Dia beatrix, 
 
 Quas referam grates, die Puelle, tibi ? 
 
 Vestro ego si nunqnam cariturus raunere, vos 6 
 (Res licet exigua est) Cor retinete meum. 
 
 Receptura Die 10““® 1636* D. G. 
 
 .i 
 
 TRANSLATION. 
 
 J.M.E. 
 
 , The sacred tablet, various hazards pastj 
 
 Comes, heaven -directed, to my hands at last! 
 
 All-gracious beings, that here pictured stand, 
 
 The wonders of divine Correggio’s hand ; 
 
 ’Till with this gift and life at once I part, 
 
 ' Accept the oflFering of a grateful heart. 
 
 Received the 10th Day of July, 1636. Godbe thanked. 
 
 Questo quadretto d’ Antonio da Correggio non possa mai per alcuna causa uscir di raia 
 casa ; et doppo me, andra al mio piu propinquo d’ eta maggiore, et doppo 
 quello, similm*f ad altro il piu prossimo— et sic deinceps. lo Lelio d’ Ippolito 
 Guidiecioni mea maiiu.— In Roma ii di Luglio. 
 
 Vota mea Domino reddam. 
 

 ( 14 . ) 
 
 TRANSLATION. 
 
 This little picture of Antonio da Correggio, shall never, on any account, go out of my 
 fai!)i!y. ilfter me, it shall go to the eldest of my next of kin, and afterwards, in 
 like manner to the next in succession, and so on, for ever. — I, Lelio, the son of 
 Ippolito Cruidiccioni, write this with my own hand, Juy 11, 1620. 
 
 1 will give thanks to thee., O Lord. 
 
 After the foregoing, the following words are added by Sir J. Reynolds, on the back 
 of the picture : 
 
 “ I so far subscribe to the above resolution of Sigr. Guidicciohi, that no money shall 
 ever tempt me to part with this picture. J. Reynolds, April 17, 
 
 The print engraved after this picture by Mercati, and dedicated to Lelio Guidiccioni, 
 
 { 
 
 bears the same date as the inscription behind^ the picture, by Lelio himself, viz. 
 1620, sixty-six years after Correggio’s death. Of the progress of the picture from 
 that time to the present, it is known only, that it was bought by Sir Joshua 
 Reynolds, at the sale of the cabinet of Dr. Newton, Bishop of Bristol, who 
 bought it of Dr. Bragg, and who it is said, went to Rome on purpose to buy it at 
 the sale of Cardinal Ottoboni. But, from Correggio to Lelio Guidiccioni, it may 
 be traced with some degree of probability. Sandrart says “ The Marriage of St. 
 “ Catharine, where the Infant Jesus is represented sitting on the Virgin’s lap, 
 “ and espousing St. Catharine with a ring, Correggio painted at Parma, and 
 “ gave it to a woman called Catharine, out of gratitude for her curing him of a 
 “ dangerous illness. That a certain Countess, whose name is not mentioned, 
 “ carried this picture to Rome, to compare it with the works of other great 
 “ masters, as of Raphael, Lucas of Leyden, Andrea del Sarto, and others, and 
 ‘‘ that it exeelled them all; so that Cardinal Scipio Borghese gave a great sum for 
 “ it. Sandrart saw it himself at Rome in 1634, when 6000 crowns were refused 
 for if.” No such picture we are sure is at present in .the cabinet of the Prince 
 Borghese, and we know likewise that this collection continues in same state 
 as when it was first made, except the addition of a few pictures, added to the 
 
i.5/ 
 
 ( la ) 
 
 colle^ilion by llie present Prince, It is fortunate that Lelio Guidiccioni is a 
 distinguislied literary character, whose life is written by Janus, in his Pinacolhcca 
 Iraagini’.m Illustriuni Virorum ; we are told that he was a dignitary in the churcli, 
 eminent both as a Latin and Italian poet, and an enthusiastic lover of painting. 
 That he was educated in the family of the Cardinal Borgliese, and remained 
 intimately connected with him during his whole life, and was the person chiellv 
 consulted in forming his superb collection of pictures. For the various services 
 which he did the Cardinal as a connoisseur; from his being of too high rank to 
 receive any pecuniary reward, it may be supposed that the Cardinal made him a 
 present of this picture, to which Lelio has expressed such enthusiastic devotion. 
 
 / 
 
 The word regreditur in the latin verses, probably alludes to its having passed through 
 his hands to the Cardinal’s, and now returned to him again, and not as it was at 
 first supposed, from its having been lost and recovered. 
 
 Lelio had himself a great collection of pictures. In his will he bequeathed a picture of 
 Raphael’s, to ornament the monument of Urban the Vlllth, as he bequeathed this 
 picture of Correggio to his own family, to remain in it for ever. The picture 
 at Capo di Monte, which is in all points exactly the same as this, cannot be that 
 picture mentioned by Sandrart; the former was removed from Parma to Naples 
 with the rest of the collection to which it belonged, whereas the original^ according 
 to Sandrart, was carried to Rome, and purchased by Cardinal Borghese. 
 
 The word receplutn in the inscription, clearly implies, that it was given, and not 
 purchased. Sandrart having been witness himself in 1634, of 6000 crowns being 
 refused for it, implies that it was no longer in the hands of the Prince Borghese ; 
 it was at this time, as appears by the dates, in the hands of Lelio Guidiccioni, 
 and had been so for 14 years. 
 
 FINIS. 
 
 . SmeetMo, Printer, St. Martin's Church Yard. 
 
K i 
 
 'IS 
 
 r . 
 
 t 
 
 
 ' * /■ 
 
 5' 7' , . -'/'S- 
 
 
 / 
 
 *■ oC