\ ^- > OF H Collection of ENGRAVINGS, CHIEFLY OF THE OLD FRENCH SCHOOL, THE PKOPERTY OF CHRISTOPHEK SYKES, ESQ. DECEASED ENGRAVINGS OF THE EARLY ENGLISH SCHOOL, Including PORTRAITS, after Sir J. Reynolds; MEZZOTINTS and ENGRAVINGS in COLOURS, after Morland, Hamilton. J. R. Smith, &c. &c. ; FROM VARIOUS PRIVATE SOURCES: WHICH Will ist »olis b5 J^uttton bjt L .5144'^ Messrs. CHRISTIE, MANSON & WOODS, AT TKIIE GEBAT E©@MS, 8 KING STREET, ST. JAMES'S SQUARE, On MONDAY, JULY 17, 18 9 9, AT ONE o'clock PRECISELY, May be viewed Friday and Saturday preceding, and Catalogues had, at Messrs. Christie, Manson and Woods' Offices, 8 King Street, St. Jd/iirs's Square, S.IF. CONDITIONS OF SALE. I. THE highest Bidder to be the Buyer ; and if any dispute ariso between two or more Bidders, the Lot so in dispute shall bo immediately put up again and re-sold. IT. 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. lY. 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. V. 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. V (L Upai 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-Bale fshall be made good by the Defaulter at this Sale. CATALOGUE. On MONDAY, JULY 17, 1899, AT ONE O CLOCK PRECISELY. The Property of CHRISTOPHER SYKES, Esq., deceased. Framed. 1 Bacchantes Endormies, after Boucher, by Gaillard ; and two x^^ others 3 /g ' 2 ha, Fecondite ; and Les Sabots, after Boucher, by Gaillard — a /L/^^'-'^-t^t pair ; and Le Panier Misterieux, after ditto 3 A^ ' 3 Le Gouter de I'Automne ; Le Mouton Favori ; and L'agreable ^;iCa Legon, after ditto, by ditto 3 * /— -_ r 4: Les Baigneuses, after Vanloo, by Lempereur — proof, with arms . ^ 5 Camp Volant, after Watteau ; La Fille confuse, after Greuze ; ^^^ and one other 3 6 Sacrifice to Pan, after Pierre, by Lempereur ; and one, after Deshayes 2 7 Serment d' Amour, after Fragonard; and Un Tendre Engagement, after Charlier 2 B 2 _ ^ 8 Poetry ; Theology ; Justice ; aud PLilosopliy, after Kaphael, by ^^^.t,,,,,-^,, R. Morghen — set of four 4 . /2_ ' 9 The Holy Family and St. Johu, after Kaphael, by Loriehou- proof '2- 10 piaisirs de la Jeunesse, fifter Pater, by Filloeul — a set of four 4 yl-^^^^,^^^ J ' 11 Piaisirs de la Chasse, after Boucher; Bonhenr de Menage, after ^^ Le Prince ; and Le Villageois Friaiid 3 — /^ 12 Incidents of the French lievolution, after Monuet, by Helman— ^^^^^^^^ .^^^e__ a pair . ■ 6 ' 13 Sacrament of Louis XVI., by Moreau Ic Jeune ; and one, flfter ^ j^^^-c^y^^^si^- Van der Meulen 2 ^ " 14 Four Views, by Piranesi -^^^^^.^^^C^y^ / ' '^ 1.5 Arundel Society Publication — coloured, framed as a tripiych V^^ /^ _ 6' ' 16 Knjnl rhilrlrrn, nftnr Pi 'ir i f i '^ >p4 ViiTnrnrHr-;--ftMT^ Louis XIV. > and the Swiss Ambassadors f "^ "^^^ r^ ■ lf~ ' n Louis XIV., after H. Rigaud, by Drevet ; and Portrait of ^^^^,^^^^^1^1^ Louis XV. — proof 2 ^18 Comte de St. Florentine, after Tocquc, by Wille; and one other /^^-<^^,> '31 St. Catherine, after Eaphael, by Desnoyers ; Titian's Flora, by A.^-tt^/yj. Eivera '>* (p . /^ ' 32 Greenwich, by Sir F. Seymour Haden — signed . .^^.<::^tf-i«-<^^^y — /3 ' 33 The Eeading Magdalen, after Correggio, by Longhi y' ^«.-»^^!^.--7 / . / ' 34 The Virgin, after G. Dolci, by E. Mandel — remarque proof , signet y^^^^j^^^^my .t , / f ' 35 The Assumption of the Virgin, after Murillo, by Lefevre — - ' artist's -^roof -^^^S2<^<*6.i, / • f^ ' 36 The Ansidei Madonna, after Eaflfaelle, by Gruner— jproo/ ^^-^^-^^-^^^ 37 The Transfiguration, after ditto, by E. Morghen i-i-v ^ 38 The Aldobrandini Virgin and Child, with St. John — proof hefore any letters $ ^ ' ff ' 39 Miss Mart Palmer, after Sir J, Eeynolds, by W. Doughty—^ first state Ci^-'^^'—^'-^f^ J • «/ - 40 Miss Nelly O'Brien, after ditto, by C. Phillips — second state / * ^ — ' 41 A Pair of Fan Mounts, painted with the Colisseum and a cascade .«,^!^.^^L>^^_^ /^ VARIOUS PROPERTIES. In the Polio. /42 Doublures of Characters : Caricature, by J, Gilray ; and others ^^^ y ^43 York Beauties, by and after Bate — in colours ; and two others 4 44 Caricatures, by Woodward, Rowlaiidson ; &c. — in colours 1 p^Li^j^-^^ 45 The Married Man, after Wigstead ; and one, after Rowlandson-;::^^:^^^^^^^^^ in colours 2 / 46 The Dead Alive, by H. Wigstead — a pair, in colours 2 r^-c^-*-^^--^^^ ^ 47 Transplanting of Teeth, after Rowlandson — in colours 48 Two heads, pencil drawings, by Cosway ; and cue other 3 (/^r- ^^-^^ 49 Mrs. Payne Galway ; and Miss Polly Kennedy, after Reynolfls — /^ sketches in oils 2 50 Robert Evelyn ; and other small portraits ^^ 51 Right Hon. William Pitt, after Owen, by Brome— jproo/s 5 c^^-^^-*-^ 52 John Gore, after Romney, by ditto — proof and print 2 ///st-*— -tA 53 Rev. R. Underwood, after Oliver, by C. Turner — proof /J^^z'^^e^/^ 51 The Same — proof; Lieut.-Colonel Sendamore, after ditto, by Say^,^^ t^t^-^ — proofs 2 /O ' 55 Charles Morris, after ditto, by Hodgetts ; Sir Berkeley Guise ; ^^^^^^-^ and three others 5 ■ /t> ' 56 A Bacchante, after Downman, by Legoux ; and two others 3 {f^pc.^ i^Ce^ 57 A Lady as a Gipsy, after Cosway, by Agar — proof hefore any '/^^.^^t^-, letters 58 Lady Heathcote, after ditto, by ditto — proof, with arms o^"^^^^^^^' 59 George, Duke of Marlborough, after ditto, by ditto — proof *^^ .^t^-t.^^^^^ 60 Miss Mellon, by and after S. J. Stump — printed in colours ^^..^-tfcC^-^-^^^ 61 Miss Bloomfield, after Adam Buck, by Oheesman — ^nn^eci in '^i-<^'t^ colours t' " '^ 62 Lady Hamilton as "Ariadne," after Roraney, by Brome -proof /^ ^*^^^ <^ ■^ ' '^^ ' 63 The Same — proof before any letters, framed ^^:^ ' ■ ^2— 64 Returning from School, after Hamilton — printed in colours - — ■ /^ ^ 65 Dancing Girl, after Countess Spencer — proof , in brown * ' ' ' 66 Setters, after Morland, by S. W. Reynolds — printed in colours ■^ /^ ' 67 The Ballad Seller, after H. Morland, by Watson— jjroo/ ^^^ y ■ /"y ' ^ ^^ Lord Nelson, after D. Orme, by Bartolozzi — printed in colours {^^^^^c-^l^^l^,^ .^ ^ - -^ ^ 69 Lord Nelson, after L. F. Abbott, by W. Barnard ^^^J^-^^-t^Zi ).//)■ 70 The Infant Academy, after Sir J. Reynolds— proo/ before «W2/ v^^^^^__ letters t^ b ' 71 Master Bunbury, after ditto, by F. Haward ^ • 3 ' 72 Miss Mellon, after Masquerier, by W. Say— jsroo/ ^^^ ' 73 Dorothea, after T. Clark, by W. Say— proo/ ^ . (H . 74 The Good Samaritan, by Rembrandt— ffc^in^ ^ - 75 Bacchanals, after Lady D. Beauclerc, by Bartolozzi; and The -p'^ y£^_ ' Faggot-Gatherer, by Tomkins — bolli printed in colours 2 ^- '^^ '• 76 Cupids, after Cipriani, by Bartolozzi— a pair of ovals, printed n* ^^/^^^ colours 2 J ■ /^ * b 77 Whip-Top ; Shuttle-Cock ; Feeding Rabbits ; and Feeding ^^^ -f^^^^^ Pigeons, after Hamilton, by Barney — a set of four, printed in colours 4 2- '/ ' 78 Just Breeched ; The First Bite ; Morning Lesson ; and Evening ^^W^^t ^ Prayer, after ?tothard— a «e< o//oMr,^rm 1 ^ r r-^ ' 8 / ' 84 Age and lufancy, after Opie ; and Playing Chess, after Buubury j:^/^,.^^ in colours 2 85 Louis XVI. in the Temple, after Benazeck, by Schiavonetti -;^^^. -^^cl_ 86 Captain Thomas Coram, after Hogarth; and three others, after ^ . ditto ^C^^^n^'t:- 87 Eight Hon. C. J. Fox, after Koynolds, by J. Jones 88 Mrs. Parkyns, after Hoppner — printed in colours ""^^ 89 Setting out for the Fair ; and The Fairings, after Wheatley— -^^,^^^^^ a pair, in colours 90 Fancy Subject — oval, in bistre 91 Girl in a Landscape — oval, in histre ; and two others ^ ■ i^ ' G 92 A Vase of Flowers, after Van Huysum— proo/, wii}i arms 93 Vegetable Market, Amsterdam, after Metsu, by David 94 Arethusa, after Eussell, by S. R. Smith ; and A Family Piece, /^^ after Bunbury 2 95 Ideas, after H. Aiken — a set of tliirty, in colours 30 '^^^-^ 96 Spring; Autumn; and '^'iniQV— circles, printed in colours 3 //t^?v^^ 97 Voyager of tbc K\^&—iirinted in colours; and Helena Forman, ^ /^ after Vaudyck — coloured 2 •-'^t-'^-^-v - 98 The Woodman, after Barker— fZ«7fo ^-^a^'i^^<£^ 99 A Girl, with dog, in a landscape — printed in colours (^^^'^x ""7 • gy 100 A Shepherdess — prinled in colours ; and Venus, with doves — ditto f^ ' 101 Schoolboys and Blind Man, after Bigg, by J. E. Smith— V^^*^ proof ^ ' 102 The Eockiug-Horse, by and after J. Ward— ^^roo/ ^j^^^^d^^ /2L- ' 103 The Death of ^el&on— mezzotint i:^c--n--K.A^ 104 Vale of Clwdd, after D. Cox, by Debaines — artist's proof "y^L-a-^ 3 " 105 Soiree des Tuileries ; and Le Carquois Epuise, after Baudouiu 2 '^^^Uf^*^ l^ ' 106 Venus aud Adonis, after Cosway, by Bartolozzi ; and two others ,,^^^^^. — in red 3 17- - r f ^ / Id If - / / / //f p le r ' /2^ — /^ r - '/p //> / /(, 15*-^^^ 9 1 - IP h ir ' - 10 ' 7 ' ' / /- r ■ 7 ^, i - /.//•/ '/ 11 ■ 't . ^ 1 1 07 Nest of Cupids, by ditto ; and one other, by ditto — in red 08 Patience, after Kauifman, by W, Eyland — 'proof in red 09 Autumn and Winter, by Bartolozzi — oval, in red 2-/S ^ 2 0^^^^ 10 Abelard and Heloise, after Cipriani, by ditto ; and two others — Z^^^^/t/ circles, in red 3 11 My Dear Little Shock, after Adam Buck, by Agar and Bluck — y^^ lA^v printed in colours ; and one other, after ditto — ditto 2 12 Friendship and Harmony, after Morlaud, by Adam — a pair, — -«^^-<^-i-. ^ unframcd 2 13 Girl at a Tomb, after Morland — in bistre; and one, after ^X/C .-txi Bunbury — in red, unframed 2 13a La Surprise, after Dubuffe, by Cousins; and one other — un- ^pCt? framed 2 14 Day ; and Night, after Harper, by Dawe — a pair, in colours 2 C/^oL.'t^^^i^M,.^ 15 CoNSTANTiA ; and Thk Cyprian Votaet — a pair, printed in ^ colours, oval 2 16 Girl with a basket, after Ramberg — oval, in bistre ^/^ ■ 17 The Last Litter; and The Hard Bargain, after Morland, by^V W. Ward— a jjaeV 2 18 A Visit to the Grandmother, after Northcote ; and A Visit to the ^^^ t^-^ ^^ Grandfather, after J. E. Smith — a pair, in colours 2 •'^H^^ -^-"f/- 7 19 Selling Eabbits, after J. Ward, by W. Ward 20 Eeaping, after ditto, by ditto — unframed <^ ^ ^ ^ -^^ 21 A Cottager Eeturned from Market, by and after J. Ward— jjroo/ ^^y^^^^^-^^ 22 The Angler's Eepast, after Morlaud, by W. Ward ^t.^ ^^ 23 Juvenile Navigatoes, after ditto, by ditto ^./'\' 'li' II . li ■r 131 The Schoolmistress; and The Deserted Village, after ^' ^^^ ^ F. - Wheatley, R. A. 2 ' '"^ 132 The Hard Bargain ; and The Last Litter, after Morland, by X