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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 Dr. Richard Warren (1731-1797). Three quarter length, standing beside a table, wearing a green coat. 7/11/1990 Sotheby's/British Paintings S 7-1990 #55
Portrait of a Gentleman. Half length, wearing a red coat and turban. 9/18/1997 Sotheby's S 9-1997 #18
Portrait of a Gentleman. Half length, wearing a red brocaded coat and a tricorn hat. 9/18/1997 Sotheby's S 9-1997 #14
Captain William Locker and Family 7/10/1996 Sotheby's S 7-1996 #33
Portrait of Christopher Fawcett (1713-1785) and His Wife Winifred and Son, John. All full length, seated by a table. 7/10/1996 Sotheby's S 7-1996 #32
Portrait of General George Washington (1732-1799) at the Battle of Trenton, full-length, in military uniform with a blue coat with a yellow waistcoat and breeches, a pair of seals hanging from his waist, his telescope in his right hand, his left hand .. 7/3/1996 Christie's C 7-1996 #122
Portrait of Edward Abney, seated three- quarter length, in a green coat, holding a letter against a red curtain 7/12/1996 Christie's C 7-1996 #15
The Laundry Maid signed with monogram on the nightshirt 11/12/1996 Christie's C 11-1996 #22
A Moments Reflection 6/10/1999 Christie's C 6-1999 #349
Portrait of a Lady. Half length, wearing a grey dress decorated with white lace and a white lace cap. 7/10/1996 Sotheby's S 7-1996 #44
Portrait of a Lady. Half length, wearing a blue dress. 7/10/1996 Sotheby's S 7-1996 #42
Portrait of Rebecca Tucker, half-length, in a blue dress embroidered with roses and lacework. 4/8/1997 Christie's C 11-1997 #16
Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Laura Waldegrave. Three-quarter length, seated in a landscape, wearing a blue and yellow dress and a feathered hat. 7/10/1997 Sotheby's S 7-1997 #55
Portrait of a Lady, half-length, wearing a blue and white dress 11/11/1997 Christie's C 11-1997 #13
Group Portrait of Dorothy Stables and her Daughters, Harriet and Maria, three-quarter-length, Mrs. Stables seated in a green dress with a pink wrap, embracing the younger child standing on a stone ledge, the elder child behind the ledge holding a basket-- 11/15/1996 Christie's C 11-1996 #29
Portrait of a Lady. Full length, standing wearing a white satin dress with red skirts and ribbons, her whippet by her side. 7/10/1996 Sotheby's S 7-1996 #47
Portrait of Mrs. John Drummond, nee Beauclerk. Three quarter length, seated, wearing a green dress and white bonnet. 7/11/1990 Sotheby's/British Paintings S 7-1990 #61
Portrait of Miss Jones. Half-length, wearing a blue and white dress and holding a bag. 11/14/1996 Sotheby's S 11-1996 #58
Portrait of Mrs. Abney, seated three quarter length, in a white muslin dress, spinning wool, a work-basket on a table 7/12/1996 Christie's C 7-1996 #16
Portrait of Mary Waring (1754-1843), half-length, seated in a red coat and white neckerchief, in a wooded landscape 11/15/1996 Christie's C 11-1996 #28
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