Buchanan, William: Memoirs of painting: with a chronological history of the importation of pictures by the great masters into England since the French Revolution (Band 2) (London: Ackermann, 1824)

196 MR. WILSON’S COLLECTION.
cleaning, and that but very few of them remained
in an entire state.
Besides the pictures of the Balbi, Mr. Wilson
likewise procured some from other palaces. On
transmitting them to Mr. Campbell a few were
sold by private contract, in particular to Lord
Radstock, who purchased a fine small picture of
a Holy Family by Julio Romano, a fine picture
by Albano, and a portrait by Vandyck. The late
Walsh Porter also was a purchaser of several pic-
tures of consequence; in particular of the Ru-
bens, known by the name of the Family of Rubens,
and of a fine Guido. A few others were like-
wise disposed of by private contract; and the re-
mainder were sold at public sale, by Mr. Peter
Coxe, in 1807, and consisted of the following
pictures.
The preface to the catalogue, as written by Mr.
Coxe, proceeds.

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