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A catalogue of the remainder of the collection of prints, books of prints, and drawings of that late eminent and ingenious statuary, Mr Michael Rysbrack, deceased which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction by Mr Langford and Son at their house in the Great Piazza, Covent Garden, on Wednesday the 28th of this instant March 1770.: PB 19-2019.1

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

A catalogue of the remainder of the collection of prints, books of prints, and drawings of that late eminent and ingenious statuary, Mr Michael Rysbrack, deceased which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction by Mr Langford and Son at their house in the Great Piazza, Covent Garden, on Wednesday the 28th of this instant March 1770.

Maker(s)

Auctioneer: Langford and Son
Auctioneer: Langford, Abraham
Illustrator: Banck, Jan van der
Chambars, Thomas

Categories

Description

Bound with other catalogues mainly relating to Rysbrack. Typescript list of other sales inserted.
Manuscript note on front free e.p.: NB only item 2 is to be found in Lugt, Répertoire

Pages mounted and bound
Engraving of Rysbrack inserted.
Manuscript note in pencil on rear paste-down

4 pages ; 31 cm.

Place(s) associated

  • London ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2019) by Minns, Ellis H.

Dating

Production date: AD 1770

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Print

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 19-2019.1
Primary reference Number: 98890
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 20 December 2019 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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