Exhibitions: Museums and Galleries, Art Dealers, Auction Houses

Pictures by Ancient and Modern Masters, and Water-Colour Drawings of the English School, Being the First Portion of the Collection of Works of Art Formed During a Series of Years by That Well-Known Connoisseur Charles Sackville Bale, Esq.

Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods

Reference: Christie’s, 13 May 1881

The sale took place over four days, 13–16 May 1881

Lugt, Catalogues, no.41099

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

Day 1

  • 82 – ‘Jedburgh Abbey and Village’, 9 ¼ × 20 in (23.5 × 50.8 cm). Bought by ‘Palser’ for £42 (TG1229)
  • 83 – ‘A Grand Mountainous Landscape’, 23 ½ × 35 ¾ in (59.7 × 90.8 cm). Bought by ‘Doulton’ for £136 10s (TG1322)
  • 84 – ‘A Sandpit near Bromley, Kent’, 11 × 16 in (27.9 × 40.6 cm). Bought by ‘Palser’ for £21 (TG1421)
  • 85 – ‘Hereford Cathedral’, 15 × 19 ¾ in (38.1 × 50.2 cm). Bought by ‘Norris’ for £110 5s (TG1364)
  • 86 – ‘View on the Exe, near Exeter’, 11 ¾ × 20 ½ in (29.9 × 52.1 cm). Bought by ‘Palser’ for £31 10s (TG1261)
  • 87 – ‘Near Lyme Regis’, 9 ¾ × 20 ½ in (24.8 × 52.1 cm). Bought by ‘Palser’ for £23 2s (TG1254)
  • 88 – ‘Morpeth Bridge’, 12 ½ × 20 ¾ in (31.8 × 52.7 cm). ‘From the Redleaf Collection, The last drawing made by the artist’. Bought by ‘Palser’ for £115 10s (TG1709)
  • 89 – ‘Plymouth Harbour, Signed’, 6 ¼ × 10 in (15.9 × 25.4 cm). Bought by ‘Doulton’ for £40 19s (TG1274)
  • 90 – ‘Windsor Castle and Park’, 8 × 10 ½ in (20.3 × 26.7 cm). Bought by ‘Palser’ for £25 4s (TG0907)
  • 91 – ‘A River Scene’, 7 ½ × 13 ¾ in (19.1 × 34.9 cm). Bought by ‘Thompson’ for £24 3s (TG1763)
  • 92 – ‘The River Exe, near Exmouth … Signed, Girtin, 1800 … Engraved in the “Gems of Art”’, 12 ¼ × 20 in (31.1 × 50.8 cm). Bought by ‘Palser’ for £161 14s (TG1730)
  • 93 – ‘Snowdon Range’, 5 ½ × 32 ½ in (14 × 82.6 cm). Bought by ‘White’ for £25 4s
  • 94 – ‘Durham … From Lord Wharncliffe’s Collection’, 10 ¼ × 14 ¼ in (26 × 36.2 cm). Bought by ‘Norris’ for £141 15s (TG1078)
  • 95 – ‘Old Bridge and Houses, with a waterfall on the right’, 14 ¼ × 12 ½ in (36.2 × 31.8 cm). Bought by ‘Agnew’ for £54 12s (TG1693)
  • 96 – ‘An Overshot Water-Mill in Devonshire … From the Woodburn collection’, 8 ½ × 11 ½ in (21.6 × 29.2 cm). Bought by ‘Palser’ for £34 13s (TG1427)
  • 97 – ‘A Rocky Landscape, with waterfall’, 20 ¼ × 17 ½ in (51.4 × 44.5 cm). Bought by ‘Palser’ for £60 18s (TG1330)
  • 98 – ‘Caernarvon Castle … From the Redleaf Collection’, 11 ½ × 17 ¼ in (29.2 × 43.8 cm). Bought by ‘Palser’ for £98 14s (TG1309)

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