A Catalogue of the important Collection of Modern Pictures and Sculpture formed by the late Rt. Hon. Lord Cheylesmore. [ Christie, Manson & Woods, auction catalogue, sale date: 7 May 1892 ].

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Disbound from a collected volume (original wrappers - if any - not retained), top edge gilt, 8vo, 19 pp. 86 lots. Cheylesmore was a significant art collector, mainly of contemporary British painting. Some 31 of the 86 lots in the sale were by Sir Edwin Landseer, led by the vastly famous The Monarch of the Glen. Other artists with several works included William Powell Frith, lots 19-21, the Biblical Orientalist Frederick Goodall, lots 22-28, David Roberts, lots 71-73, and the American sculptor Hiram Powers, with three busts as lots 84-86. Other items mentioned in the advertisement for the sale were: "The Shrew Tamed, Flood in the Highlands, Lady Godiva's Prayer, Waiting for the Ferry, The High land Cabin, The Lion and the Lamb, On Trust, No More Hunting till the Weather Breaks, The Offering, The Trickster, The Sentinel, The Watch, Highland Lassie, several of which were bought direct from the painter, and others bought at the artist's sale-Sheep Gathering in Skye, and Travellers attacked by Wolves, by R. Ansdell. R.A - Cromer Sands, one of the first works of W. Collins. R A., from the Gillott Col lection-Sunday in the Back Woods, the celebrated engraved work of T. Faed. R.A.-Bedtime. The Model, and Black and Blue Eyes, by W P. Frith. R.A. - The Sphinx, Close of the Moslem s Day of Toil, The Bedouin's Evening Prayer. Rebecca at the Well, and three other fine Works of F. Goodall. R.A.-An Elegy, by Sir F Leighton, P.R.A. - The Earring, by E Long, R.A.-La siesta, by J. Phillip, R.A., and R. Ansdell, R.A.-Interiors of St Mark's. Venice, and St Jean. Caen, by D. Roberts. RA-St Michael s Mount, by C Stanfield. R A. - The Daughter of a King, by E. M. Ward, R.A.-A Present to the Lady of the Village, by T. Webster. R.A. Also the Execution of Lady Jane Grey, the celebrated chef-d'oeuvre of Paul de la Roche, engraved by Mercurj from the San Donato Collection. The Sculpture comprises a Vestal, by Canova-Innocence, by R Monti-A Child with Hen and Chickens, by Vela-Bust of Ceres, by Hiram Powers &c. Disbound from a collected volume. Neatly priced in ink. Good. N° de ref. del artículo ABE-58945

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