There are, first, all the varieties of the same print[437] to be considered!—whether it have the name of the character, or artist, omitted or subjoined: whether the head of the print be without the body, or the body without the head—and whether this latter be finished, or in the outline, or ghostly white! Then you must go to the dress of this supposed portrait:—whether full or plain; court or country-fashioned: whether it have a hat, or no hat; feather, or no feather; gloves, or no gloves; sword, or no sword; and many other such momentous points.
[437] The reader, by means of the preceding note, having been put in possession of some of the principal works from which information, relating to Print-Collecting may be successfully gleaned, it remains for me—who have been described as sitting in a corner to compile notes for Lysander's text-discourse—to add something by way of illustration to the above sweeping satire. One or the other of the points touched upon in the text will be found here more particularly elucidated.
Catalogue of Barnard's Prints; 1798, 8vo.
7th Day's Sale.
| NO. | £ | s. | d. | |
| 47. | Sir Thos. Isham de Lamport, by Loggan and Valck; before the names of the artists, very fine. | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 68. | King Charles I. on horseback, with the page, by Lombard; very fine and scarce. | 1 | 14 | 0 |
| 69. | The same plate; with Cromwell's head substituted for the King's—variation in the drapery. | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 70. | The same: a curious proof—the face blank and no inscription at bottom—drapery of the page different—and other variations. | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 90. | Catharine, queen of K. Charles II.; in the dress in which she arrived: very scarce. By Faithorne. | 4 | 16 | 0 |
| 97. | Queen Elizabeth; habited in the superb court dress in which she went to St. Paul's to return thanks for the defeat of the Spanish Armada—by Passe; from a painting of Isaac Oliver. | 6 | 12 | 6 |
| [I have known from 14l. to 20l. given for a fine impression of this curious print: but I am as well pleased with Mr. Turner's recently published, and admirably executed, facsimile mezzotint engraving of it; a proof of which costs 1l. 1s. Every member of the two Houses—and every land and sea Captain—ought to hang up this print in his sitting-room.] |
Eighth day's Sale.
| 6. | Esther before Ahasuerus: engraved by Hollar; first impression; with the portraits at top; curious and extremely rare. | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 199. | Jo. Banfi Hunniades; proof; very fine and rare. By the same. | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 200. | The same print, with variations. By the same. | 3 | 15 | 0 |
| 202. | The Stone-eater; with his history below. By the same. Very rare. | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 248. | Sir Thomas Chaloner; by the same. A proof impression. One of the scarcest prints in existence. | 59 | 17 | 0 |
| [A similar print has been since sold for 74l.; which is in the collection of Mr. John Townley; whose Hollars are unrivalled!] | ||||
| 256. | Herbert, Earl of Pembroke; before the alteration. By the same. | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| 257. | Devereux, Earl of Essex; on horseback. By the same. | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 258. | Devereux, Earl of Essex: standing on foot; whole length. By the same. | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 259. | Algernon, Earl of Northumberland; on horseback. By the same. | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 266. | Lady Elizabeth Shirley; an unfinished proof, the chaplet round her head being only traced; curious and extremely rare. By the same. | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 267. | A reverse of the proof; very fine. By the same. | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Catalogue of Sir William Musgrave's Prints.
Third Day's Sale.
| 29. | George, Earl of Berkeley; oval, in his robes, 1679; extra fie and rare. | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| 45. | George, Duke of Buckingham; oval; cloak over his left arm, hand on sword, nine lines expressive of his titles, &c. Sold by P. Stent: fine and extra rare. | 4 | 12 | 0 |
| 109. | George, Earl of Cumberland; whole length, dressed for a tournament. By R. White. | 11 | 0 | 0 |