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A BRIEF LIST OF THE CHIEF PICTURES BY ANGELICA THAT
HAVE BEEN SOLD AT AUCTION
Every effort has been made by the authors to identify the pictures by
Angelica Kauffmann that have been sold by auction, but in a large number
of cases it has been quite impossible to do so, by reason of the fact that these
works of art have passed into the hands of dealers, who in their turn have
disposed of them to their customers, and who are not prepared to supply the
names of the customers in question. The following list includes a number of
such instances. In some cases, by the courtesy of the auctioneers, the authors
have been enabled to give information concerning the prices that the pictures
realised, and the names of the purchasers at the sale.
In some instances it has not been possible either to supply the name of the
purchaser or the amount realised, and in one case, that of the miniature of
the artist by herself, which belonged to Mr. Whitehead, and was exhibited by
him in 1891 at the Guelph Exhibition at the New Gallery, the authors have
been unable to find any information whatever concerning the present owner
or any sale of the portrait by auction. All they can say is that the miniature
was at one time in Mr. Jeffery Whitehead’s possession, and that at his decease
it was sold.
They are specially indebted to Messrs. Christie, Manson and Woods and
to Messrs. Agnew for information contained in this list.
1792. Venus and Adonis. Sold by H. Lyte to White for £74 1 is.
1795. Two Circles, Jupiter and Calisto, Orpheus and Eurydice. Sold by
Calonne for £70 7s.
1802. Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne. Oil. William Hamilton, R.A.
sale, also two allegorical subjects on gold grounds.
1825. Zadig. Sold by Sir T. Barnard to Gilmore for £113.
1830. Scene from Two Gentlemen of Verona. Sold by J. Green to Bone for
£52 IOS.
1859. Cephalus and Procriswith Cupid. Sold by Lord Northwick to G. R.
Smith for £64 is.
1869. Portrait of the Duchess of Devonshire in a White Dress and Straw Hat,
seated in a Landscape. Sold by Lord Howard de Walden to Wright
for £162 15s.1
1 Possibly the picture of Lady Elizabeth Foster (afterwards Duchess of Devonshire) now
at Ickworth.
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HAVE BEEN SOLD AT AUCTION
Every effort has been made by the authors to identify the pictures by
Angelica Kauffmann that have been sold by auction, but in a large number
of cases it has been quite impossible to do so, by reason of the fact that these
works of art have passed into the hands of dealers, who in their turn have
disposed of them to their customers, and who are not prepared to supply the
names of the customers in question. The following list includes a number of
such instances. In some cases, by the courtesy of the auctioneers, the authors
have been enabled to give information concerning the prices that the pictures
realised, and the names of the purchasers at the sale.
In some instances it has not been possible either to supply the name of the
purchaser or the amount realised, and in one case, that of the miniature of
the artist by herself, which belonged to Mr. Whitehead, and was exhibited by
him in 1891 at the Guelph Exhibition at the New Gallery, the authors have
been unable to find any information whatever concerning the present owner
or any sale of the portrait by auction. All they can say is that the miniature
was at one time in Mr. Jeffery Whitehead’s possession, and that at his decease
it was sold.
They are specially indebted to Messrs. Christie, Manson and Woods and
to Messrs. Agnew for information contained in this list.
1792. Venus and Adonis. Sold by H. Lyte to White for £74 1 is.
1795. Two Circles, Jupiter and Calisto, Orpheus and Eurydice. Sold by
Calonne for £70 7s.
1802. Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne. Oil. William Hamilton, R.A.
sale, also two allegorical subjects on gold grounds.
1825. Zadig. Sold by Sir T. Barnard to Gilmore for £113.
1830. Scene from Two Gentlemen of Verona. Sold by J. Green to Bone for
£52 IOS.
1859. Cephalus and Procriswith Cupid. Sold by Lord Northwick to G. R.
Smith for £64 is.
1869. Portrait of the Duchess of Devonshire in a White Dress and Straw Hat,
seated in a Landscape. Sold by Lord Howard de Walden to Wright
for £162 15s.1
1 Possibly the picture of Lady Elizabeth Foster (afterwards Duchess of Devonshire) now
at Ickworth.
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