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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 Sarah Hallowell, Mrs. Samuel Vaughn with Her Son Richard. Both three quarter length, she seated by a table with her sewing, wearing a blue dress, he standing, wearing a green coat and holding a book. 7/11/1990 Sotheby's/British Paintings S 7-1990 #38
A Group Portrait of the Craven Children, full-length, before an arch with a landscape beyond. 4/18/1996 Christie's C 4-1996 #13
Portrait of Sir Walter Vavasour, BT., when a young boy 3/12/1986 Sotheby's S 3-1986 #40
Portrait of Francis Warren 3/12/1986 Sotheby's S 3-1996 #50
The Upset Cart 4/3/1996 Sotheby's S 4-1996 #125
Portrait of Emily and Georgiana Mason. Both full length, in a landscape, one seated, wearing a pink and white dress and holding a lamb, the other standing beside her wearing a purple dress, a parrot beside her 4/3/1996 Sotheby's S 4-1996 #64
Portrait of the Lord Viscount Brome, Lady Mary Cornwallis and Miss Caroline Townshend as Children, with a spaniel in a wooded landscape. 4/7/1992 Christie's C 4-1992 #49
Portrait of Willielma Maxwell of Preston, later Viscountess Glenorchy (1741-1786), when a child. Half length, wearing a silver dress with gold brocade bodic decorated with lace 7/10/1991 Sotheby's S 7-1991 $37
Portrait of Mary Maxwell, later Countess of Sutherland, (d.1766) when a child. Half length, wearing a pink dress with silver brocade bodice, decorated with white lace 7/10/1991 Sotheby's S 7-1991 #36
The Flower Girl 7/11/1990 Sotheby's/Drawings & Watercolours S 7-1990 #105
Portrait of a Gentleman, three-quarter-length, in a blue coat and grey waistcoat, holding a glove and tricorn in his right hand, resting a gun on his left arm, in a coastal landscape. 11/12/1998 Christie's C 11-1998 #51
Portrait of Sampson Copestake of Kirk Langley; and of His Sister Elizabeth. Both half length, he wearing uniform, she standing in a landscape wearing a blue dress decorated with fine lace and pearls. 11/13/1996 Sotheby's S 11-1996 #51
Portrait of Mr. & Mrs. Dehany and their Daughter. Full length, he standing wearing a dark blue coat and a white stock, she seated wearing a pink satin dress and black lace fichu, their daughter wearing a white dress, blue sash and white cap. 11/16/1988 Sotheby's S 11-1988 #59
Portrait of a Lady, in a blue and white riding habit, seated side-saddle on her chestnut horse, her groom standing beside her amongst cattle and horses in a wooded landscape 4/10/1992 Christie's C 4-1992 #27
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Coltman about to set out on a ride, small full lengths; she is ready mounted in a red riding habit, her husband, dressed in a blue waistcoat and yellow breeches, waits beside her; while his horse is brought up by a groom 11/23/1984 Christie's C 11-1984 #94
Portrait of Charles Howard, 10th Duke of Norfolk (1720-1786), three-quarter-length, seated in a brown suit trimmed with gold braid, white shirt and stock, a pen in his right hand, his left arm placed on a desk with papers and books, a column behind. 4/18/1996 Christie's C 4-1996 #12
Portrait of Sir Henry Watkin Dashwood, 3rd. Bt., three-quarter length, wearing a blue jacket and waistcoat trimmed with silver braid, leaning his right arm on a ledge, holding a black tricorn hat. 11/17/1989 Christie's C 11-1989 #55
Portrait of a Gentleman, half length, wearing a blue coat and waistcoat trimmed with gold braid and a white lace stock. 7/12/1991 Christie's C 7-1991 #157
Portrait of Charles, Lord Hope (1740-1766) 7/15/1992 Sotheby's S 7-1992 #25
Portrait of Peter Delme (d. 1789), half-length, in a russet embroidered coat and waistcoat and white stock 11/11/1994 Christie's C 11-1994 #11
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