A manuscript invoice issued by Robert Sayer, a successful London print, map, and chart publisher, on 15 August 1772. The purchaser is one "Mr. Gordon" of "9 Bury Court, St. Mary Ave". The list is grouped by type, "10 historical prints", "72 prints of ladies, eminent men, humourous, etc.", "8 large landskips", and "12 views of Havannah", with details concerning framing, glass, cases, and shipping charges. On the verso, a docket title indicating a discount persumably because of the size of the order
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., In English., and For further information, consult library staff.
Portrait heads of fifty-five men, mostly in profile, identified elsewhere as portraits of various print sellers, collectors, artists, etc., sketched by Paul Sandby while attending print sales in London
Description:
Title etched below image., "The portrait heads are based on thumbnail drawings made by Paul Sandby in the margins of print sale catalogues of the 1780s, now in an album in the Royal Library. They are described by A.P. Oppé in "The Drawings of Paul and Thomas Sandby at Windsor Castle" (Phaidon, 1947), pp. 83-85"--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1876,1209.612., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Published Feby. the 1st, 1798, by Sylvester Harding, 127 Pall Mall
Subject (Geographic):
England, London, and London.
Subject (Topic):
Auctions, Print dealers, Prints, and Collectors and collecting
