Catalogue of Important Pictures of the Italian school Being the First Portion of the Collection of the late Sir George Lindsay Holford . removed from Dorchester House, Park Lane, W., and Westonbirt, Gloucestershire [ Christie, Manson & Woods, auction catalogue, sale date: 15 July 1927; cover title: Important Pictures by Italian Masters ].

Christie, Manson & Woods.

Published by Christie, Manson & Woods, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 15th July 1927, 1927

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Printed boards, 8vo, 54 pp, 25 plates. 132 lots. From the introductory note: "The pictures in this Sale comprise the first, or Italian, portion of the Collections in Dorchester House, Park Lane, and Westonbirt in Gloucestershire, the residences of the late Sir George Lindsay Holford, K.C.V.O. These Collections were formed mainly by his Father, Robert Holford, M.P., who lived for 84 years during the last Century, and are catalogued in three fully illustrated Volumes edited by Mr. Robert Benson - that on Westonbirt having been privately printed in 1924, and the two others on Dorchester House published this year by the Oxford University Press. Reference should be made to these Volumes. Like all the masterpieces of painting in the Holford Collections, those in the present section have been at one time or another lent on public view, namely, to the 1857 Exhibition of Art Treasures at Manchester, the Winter Exhibitions at the Royal Academy and New Gallery, and (after Mr. Holford's death) to the Burlington Fine Arts Club, of which both he and Sir George were members. In addition, most of them will be found commented on in the works of art-historians from Waagen to the present day. Upon all this material (including the Gazette des beaux Arts, Paris, January 1924) the auctioneers have drawn, recording in their Sale Catalogue facts and pedigrees as far back as ascertainable, and leaving questions of criticism and connoisseurship to European opinion." Boards browned, wear to spine which has a manuscript spine-title added, contents Good. Seller Inventory # ABE-51811

Bibliographic Details

Title: Catalogue of Important Pictures of the ...

Publisher: Christie, Manson & Woods, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 15th July 1927

Publication Date: 1927

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition