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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 John Osborn (1743-1814), Envoy to the Court of Dresden, seated half-length, in a blue coat with gold embroidery and a cream waistcoat, holding a book 11/11/1994 Christie's C 11-1994 #8
Portrait of Christopher Griffith (1721-1776). Half length, wearing a blue coat and waistcoat with gold facings, his hat under his left arm. 7/15/1992 Sotheby's S 7-1992 #23
Portrait of Richard Crofts of West Harling, Norfolk. Three-quarter length, standing in a landscape, wearing a dark red coat and breeches, and striped waistcaot, his left hand resting on a plinth. 11/16/1988 Sotheby's S 111988 #69
The Old Thresher 6/10/1999 Christie's C 6-1999 #311
Portrait of Elizabeth, Countess of Ashburnham (d.1781). Three-quarter length, wearing a red dress with a white lace shawl. 11/13/1996 Sotheby's S 11-1996 #40
Portrait of Mrs. Harris. Three-quarter length, seated wearing a silver van Dyck dress. 11/13/1996 Sotheby's S 11-1996 #41
Portrait of Lady Sarah March (d.1826). Half length, seated, leaning on a table, wearing a pink dress decorated with lace and a black shawl 7/10/1991 Sotheby's S 7-1991 #24
Portrait of a Lady, Probably Miss Elizabeth Edgar (1733-1791). Half length, wearing a blue dress with a white muslin fichu, a blue ribbon around her neck, and in her hair 7/15/1992 Sotheby's S 7-1992 #27
Portrait of Elizabeth, Countess of Salisbury. Half length, wearing a blue dress decorated with white lace 7/10/1991 Sotheby's S 7-1991 #32
Portrait of a Lady, Probably Lady Sarah Bunbury (1745-1826). Three-quarter length, standing, wearing a pink dress with a black lace shawl. 7/15/1992 Sotheby's S 7-1992 #22
Portrait of Charlotte Walsingham (1723-1792). Half length, seated, wearing a white dress with a blue ermine trimmed cape, and a pearl necklace, a letter in her left hand. 7/15/1992 Sotheby's S 7-1992 #24
Portrait of Mrs. John Wilkes, Nee Mary Mead (1717-1784). Half length, wearing a blue dress decorated with pearls. 7/11/1990 Sotheby's/British Paintings S 7-1990 #48
Portrait of Thomas Davis with His Wife Elizabeth and Their Son William all full length seated by a table. 7/14/1999 Sotheby's S 7-1999 #101
Portrait of Mrs. Fitzherbert, small three-quarter-length, in a blue and white dress, playing a mandolin. 3/11/1999 Christie's C 3-1999 #52
Portrait of a Lady, Said to Be Sarah Bates 4/6/1993 Sotheby's S 4-1993 #46
Portrait of a Lady, full length, seated in a white satin dress, beside a table with a basket of flowers, a sprig of orange blossom in her right had, in an interior. 6/11/1999 Christie's C 6-1999 #36
Portrait of the Wallace Family 4/12/1995 Sotheby's S 4-1995 #62
A Group Portrait of Mary, Countess of Darnley and her Children, Lord Clifton and Lady Mary Bligh, all full-length: Lady Darnley seated a pink dress, her son in a striped yellow dress with green sash, her daughter in a white dress with blue sash. 6/8/1995 Christie's C 6-1995 #27
Group Portrait of Mary, Charlotte, Caroline and Eliza, daughters of Christopher and Anne Gullett 6/8/1995 Christie's C 6-1995 #30
Portrait of a Lady. Half-length, wearing a blue and gold dress with flowers in her hair. 4/12/1995 Sotheby's S 4-1995 #80
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