Exhibitions: Museums and Galleries, Art Dealers, Auction Houses

The Very Choice Collection of Works of Art of Francis Broderip, Esq.

Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods

Reference: Christie’s, 6–14 February 1872

The sale took place over eight days, 6–14 February 1872

Lugt, Catalogues, no.32896

Copy consulted: Netherlands Institute for Art History, The Hague, online at Art Sales Catalogues Online

Day 4 (9 February)

  • 453 – ‘A Garden Terrace’ (TG0908)

Day 7

  • 1040 – ‘Tintern’. Bought by ‘Colnaghi’ for £35 10s
  • 1041 – ‘Interior of Tintern’. Bought by ‘Colnaghi’ for 34 guineas
  • 1042 – ‘Old Bridge, Gloucester – in sepia’. Sold for £21 (noted as a ‘dud’ in the copy of the catalogue in the Girtin Archive (Girtin.41))

Day 9

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851)

  • 1376 – 'Portico Before St. Peter's', described as 'very early' in a manuscript note (see TG0567 figure 1)

Identified Exhibits

  • Thomas Girtin, Unknown Artist

    A Grand Garden Terrace

    Victoria and Albert Museum, London

    A Grand Garden Terrace