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Trades Index to Auction Catalogs

"Search an online index (1983–1999) of drawings and paintings of 18th- and early 19th-century objects found in Sotheby's and Christie's catalogs. The objects may be of particular interest to Colonial Williamsburg's tradespeople.

Title Catalog Date Catalog Name Photocopy No.
A Still Life of Books, a Redware Chinese Teapot,a German Stoneware Jug, a Cup, and a Watch on a Draped Table 2/15/1989 Sotheby's S 2-1898 #114
Portrait of Mrs. White (nee Watford), full-length, in a white silk dress by a table, with an azurite vase and a red cloak 4/15/1994 Christie's C 4-1994 #33
Two Albums of Landscape and Figure Studies 7/10/1997 Sotheby's S 7-1997 #85
Group portrait of three men in an interior, one pointing to South America on a globe. 6/11/1999 Christie's C 6-1999 #55
A Cottage Interior with an elderly couple seated by a fire, a child and a dog beside them 7/12/1991 Christie's C 7-1991 #47
Portrait of James Ferguson (1710-1776), Astronomer. Full length, seated in his study, in a brown coat and green breeches. 11/13/1996 Sotheby's S 11-1996 #77
Portrait of the Children of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville. All full length, the Hon. Robert Dundas wearing a green suit entering the room, holding a book inscribed Ro. Dundas, two of his sisters looking at a globe with dividers resting on Scotland, 11/16/1988 Sotheby's S 11-1988 #47
Portrait of Sergeant Richard Leigh (d.1772), seated at a table, small full-length, wearing a grey jacket, a gold waistcoat, and black breeches, his right arm resting across an open book, in an interior. 11/15/1991 Christie's C 11-1991 #178
Portrait of a Gentleman, in a red coat, white waistcoat and stock, black breeches, seated by a table, in an interior 4/15/1994 Christie's C 4-1994 #102
Double Portrait of the Reverend John Cocks and James Cocks, both small full-length, the former in clerical dress seated on a blue and white upholstered chair, the latter in a blue coat and waistcoat leaning against a similar chair 4/15/1994 Christie's C 4-1994 #11
Double portrait of Robert Grimston of Neswick, Yorkshire, full-length, seated in a buff coat and breeches and his eldest daughter Lucy, in an interior. 11/12/1999 Christie's C 11-1999 #15
A group portrait of Sergeant-at-Arms Bonfoy, his son, and John Clementson, Sen. 11/17/1989 Christie's C 11-1989 #17
A scene from 'Love in a Village' by Isaac Bickerstaffe, Act 1, Scene 2, with Edward Shuter as Justice Woodcock, John Beard as Hawthorn, and John Dunstall as Hodge 11/17/1989 Christie's C 11-1989 #19
The Music Party 11/17/1989 Christie's C 11-1989 #132
Portrait of Miss Anne Montagu. Full length, standing by a table in an interior, wearing a white Van Dyck dress, holding a watercolour of a rose 11/10/1993 Sotheby's S 11-1993 #41
Portrait of William Trollop (1707-1749). Full length, standing in a library, wearing a brown coat with blue waistcoat, his arm resting on a chair. 11/10/1993 Sotheby's S 11-1993 #49
Portrait of Sir Robert Wigram, 1st BT. M.P. (1743-1830) full length, seated at his desk, wearing a black coat 7/15/1998 Sotheby's S 7-1998 #57
Portrait of a Family in an Interior 7/15/1992 Sotheby's S 7-1992 #33
Portrait of a family in an interior. 11/25/1998 Sotheby's S 11-1998 #38
Double portrait of William James (1743-1779), and his brother John James (1739-1830), both full -length, the former seated in a green coat and breeches, academic gown and mortar-board, holding an open book in his right hand, beside a table with books, 7/8/1998 Christie's C 7-1998 #46
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