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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.
Portrait of James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, full-length, in peer's robes 7/11/1997 Christie's C 7-1997 #7
The Princes in the Tower 12/15/1993 Christie's C 12-1993 #37
Portrait of Colonel William Forward, M.P., three-quarter length, in a red coat and waistcoat and white stock, by a stone archway, a landscape beyond 12/15/1993 Christie's C 12-1993 #11
Portrait of a Gentleman, previously identified as Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, three-quarter-length, in a white doublet, with a brown and gold embroidered jerkin and pantaloons, his left hand on his sword, beside a table 7/11/1997 Christie's C 7-1997 #1
Portrait of Captain, later Lieutenant Colonel, Henry Francis Mellish (1782-1817), full-length, in military uniform, a cavalry officer with a horse in a landscape beyond 7/11/1997 Christie's C 7-1997 #21
Portrait of an Officer, three-quarter length, in military uniform with the Order of Saint Maurice and Saint Lazarus, the Vatican Order of Saint Gregory and the Royal Order of Francis I, a red curtain and a column behind with a landscape beyond 12/15/1993 Christie's C 12-1993 #126
Portrait of Hon. John Spencer (1708-1746), full-length, in uniform, in a wooded landscape 7/11/1997 Christie's C 7-1997 #54
Portrait of Charles, 3rd Viscount Townsend, three-quarter length, in white satin Van Dyck costume and plumed hat, and a fur-lined red cloak, holding a sword, in a landscape 12/15/1993 Christie's C 12-1993 #17
Portrait of John Bristow, three-quarter length, in a brown velvet coat and a silver gold-embroidered waistcoat 12/15/1993 Christie's C 12-1993 #18
Portrait of a naval officer, three-quarter length, in a naval uniform, holding his sword in his right hand, a rock and the sea beyond 4/20/1990 Christie's C 4-1990 #45
Portrait of an Officer, three-quarter length, in uniform, leaning on a battlement, by a canon, a landscape beyond. 7/12/1996 Christie's C 7-1996 #18
Portrait of John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun (1705-1782), full-length, in the uniform of his regiment, known as Loudoun's Highlanders, his left hand resting on a sabre, his right hand on his hip holding a blue bonnet, in a mountainous landscape. 7/3/1996 Christie's C 7-1996 #120
Portrait of Richard Viscount Wenman (1573-1641). Three-quarter length, standing, wearing a cream tunic edged with gold, and a black hat, a cane in his right hand, his glove in his left. 7/10/1996 Sotheby's S 7-1996 #20
Portrait of Lord Henry Scott, Later Earl of Deloraine (1676-1730). Three-quarter length, wearing a brown coat, with a page and horse beyond. 7/10/1996 Sotheby's S 7-1996 #30
Portrait of George Montague Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax (1716-1771), three-quarter-length, in white satin Van Dyck costume and a plumed hat, holding a walking stick, in a landscape 11/11/1994 Christie's C 11-1994 #9
Portrait of James Stewart (1742-1821). Three-quarter length, standing, wearing uniform, his hat in his left hand, a bust of Minerva on a pedestal to his right 7/10/1991 Sotheby's S 7-1991 #40
Portrait of William Frederick, 2nd Duke of Gloucester (1776-1834). Three-quarter length, standing in a landscape, wearing the uniform of the Colonel of the 3rd Guards, and the Order of the Garter. 7/15/1992 Sotheby's S 7-1992 #48
Portrait of Admiral Phillips Cosby (c.1730-1800). Three-quarter length, standing, wearing naval uniform, pointing with his right hand to a chart, his ship Robuste beyond. 11/16/1988 Sotheby's S 11-1988 #65
Portrait of a Gentleman. Three-quarter length, standing, wearing a green coat with red robes. 11/10/1993 Sotheby's S 11-1993 #27
Portrait of Colonel Patrick Duff, half length, wearing the uniform of the Bengal Artillery, holding his sword 11/15/1991 Christie's c 11-1991 #29
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