A catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased: Which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Skinner and Co. On Monday the 24th of April, 1786, and the thirty-seven following days, At twelve o'clock, Sundays, and the 5th of June, (the Day his Majesty's Birth-Day is kept) excepted; At her late dwelling-house, In Privy-Garden, Whitehall; By order of the acting executrix. To be viewed Ten Days preceding the Sale. Catlogues may now be had on the Premises, and of Mr. Skinner and Co, Aldersgate-Street, Price Five Shillings, which will admit the Bearer during the Time of Exhibition and Sale.
Skinner and Co.
Category
Books
Date
1786
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3249596
Summary
Bibliographic description
viii,[1],4-194p., plate ; 4to. With the "No." at the foot of the title page. Interleaved, with manuscript "The names of the purchasers of the Portland Museum and the sums for which each lot was sold". Pastedown pencil marking: Dup[?] Provenance: Lady Henrietta Cavendish Bentinck, Countess of Stamford (1737-1827), the daughter of the Duchess of Portland, Lady Mary Cavendish Harley Bentinck (1714-1785), and George Harry Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford & 1st Earl of Warrington (1737-1819), purchased various items at the auction. (See also notes on library copies.) This copy was likely twentieth-century acquisition. Binding: eighteenth-century green morocco, gilt hatched roll on board edges and turn-ins; gilt fillets and red title label on spine: Portland Museum. All edges gilt.
Makers and roles
Skinner and Co.