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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 Miss Theodosia Magill, later Countess Clanwilliam, standing, three-quarter length, in a blue dress and holding a rose, a park landscape beyond. 11/17/1989 Christie's C 11-1989 #54
Portrait of Mrs. Drummond (1756-1788). Three quarter length, seated, wearing a pale mauve dress and gauze scarf, holding a sketch in her right hand, to her left a table with two clay models of children's heads. 11/16/1988 Sotheby's S 11-1988 #57
Sight. (Part of a set of engravings entitled "The Five Senses".) 7/14/1999 Sotheby's S 7-1999 #40
Portrait of a Lady, head and shoulders, in profile, wearing a white hat. 3/31/1999 Sotheby's S 3-1999 #64
Portrait of a lady, seated, half length, in a white lace dress and bonnet, holding a book. 4/10/1992 Christie's (British Pictures) C 4-1992 #109
Portrait of a Lady, Said to Be Lady Digby. Three-quarter length, standing, wearing white satin dress with blue ribbon. 4/3/1996 Sotheby's S 4-1996 #50
Portrait of Susanna Barnes half-length, wearing a silver silk dress. 7/14/1999 Sotheby's S 7-1999 #100
The Farmer's Wife: Portrait of Mrs. Elizabeth Somerville (1721-1801), three-quarter-length, seated in a black dress and white apron and spotted shawl, her right arm resting on a table, her left hand holding a shell. 10/28/1999 Christie's C 10-1999 #52
Portrait of Lettice Leighton three-quarter length, seated, wearing a fine white satin and lace dress, with blue ribbon and robes. 7/14/1999 Sotheby's S 7-1999 #75
Portrait of Ann Leighton three-quarter length, seated, wearing an exceptionally fine blue silk dress embroidered with silver flowers and leaves, and holding her fan. 6/8/1999 Sotheby's S 6-1999 #11
Portrait of a Lady, probably Elizabeth Morice, Mrs. Humphry Hale, three-quarter length, in an oyster-satin dress and a blue cloak. 6/11/1999 Christie's C 6-1999 #39
Portrait of Ann Witham, Mrs. Philip Howard (1733-1794). Half length, wearing a white dress with a white lace rufflet, a white feather in her hair, a pink shawl, with pearls and roses, a landscape beyond. 11/16/1988 Sotheby's S 11-1988 #43
Portrait of Mrs. Mathew (1746-1781). Full length, standing, wearing a shot silk dress with a string of pearls, her spaniel in the foreground, a landscape beyond. 11/16/1988 Sotheby's S 11-1988 #61
Portrait of Lady Huntley, half-length, in a blue dress and red ermine-trimmed shawl, a crucifix on a silver chain around her neck. 3/11/1999 Christie's C 3-1999 #43
Portrait of a Lady. Half length, wearing a red dress decorated with pearls. 4/3/1996 Sotheby's S 4-1996 #51
Portrait of Caroline Sackville, Three-quarter length, seated in a landscape, wearing a white dress with blue sash and long yellow gloves. 4/3/1996 Sotheby's S 4-1996 #55
Portrait of General Francis Leighton (1696-1773) three-quarter length, easter, wearing uniform and a gorgette, his tricorn hat under his arm, his left hand clasping the hilt of his sword. 7/14/1999 Sotheby's S 7-1999 #74
Portrait of Thomas Richmond Gale Braddyll (1776-1862), of Highhead Castle, Cumberland, and Conishead Priory, Lancashire half length, wearing uniform. 11/25/1998 Sotheby's S 11-1998 #47
Portrait of a Young Man. Full length, seated in a landscape, wearing a red coat and blue waistcoat and breeches, and holding a gun, his dog at his feet and his hat beside him. 11/13/1996 Sotheby's S 11-1996 #65
Portrait of a gentleman, said to be David Garrick, and his wife and child three-quarter length, seated, he wearing a brown coat and holding a book, she wearing a red ermine lined robe, her child asleep in her lap. 11/25/1998 Sotheby's S 11-1998 #42
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