A catalogue of the highly valuable collection of prints,. the property of Sir Mark Masterman Sykes, Bart. of Sledmere House and Settrington in the County of York. Part the first consisting of a series of portraits, from the Heptarchy to the end of the reign of William III. Comprising a capital assemblage of extremely rare and curious prints, including several unique; beautiful equestrian and historical engravings, by Delaram, Elstracke, Rogers, the Pass Family, &c. The principal works of W. Hollar; a matchless display of the productions of that celebrated artist W. Faithorne, many of them brilliant proofs, &c. &c. &c. Which will be sold by auction by Mr. Sotheby , at his rooms, No. 3, Wellington Street, Strand, on Monday, 29th of March, 1824, and eleven following days, Sunday excepted, at twelve o'clock.
Sotheby's
Category
Books
Date
1824
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3213252
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4],94,[4]p. ;. 4to., 286mm x 227mm. Former shelfmarks: CL.Chest; PAM/15/20. Provenance: MSS on front paper wrapper: To The Earl of Stamford &c &c &c with Mr Tatton's kind regards. [i.e.: George Harry Grey, 6th Earl of Stamford (1765-1845)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full buff paper; stab-stitched as issued.
Makers and roles
Sotheby's Sir Mark Masterman-Sykes, 3rd Bt, MP (1771-1823)