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, 14 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 2

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851)

  • 168 – ‘Near Chiavenna, Lago di Como’, 9 ¾ × 14 ¾ in (24.8 × 37.5 cm). Bought by ‘Agnew’ for £16 16s (TG0492)
  • 169 – ‘Lago di Como’, 9 ¾ × 15 in (24.8 × 38.1 cm). Bought by ‘Agnew’ for £15 15s (TG0503)
  • 170 – ‘Ditto’, 9 ¾ × 15 in (24.8 × 38.1 cm). Bought by ‘Agnew’ for £14 14s (TG0496)
  • 171 – ‘Convent near the Villa Giulia, Lago di Como’, 9 ¾ × 14 in (24.8 × 35.6 cm). Bought by ‘Agnew’ for £19 19s (TG0502)
  • 172 – ‘A River Scene’, 9 ¾ × 15 in (24.8 × 38.1 cm). Bought by ‘Agnew’ for £19 19s
  • 173 – ‘The Lake of Lucerne, near Altdorf’, 9 ¾ × 15 in (24.8 × 38.1 cm). Bought by ‘Agnew’ for £27 6s (TG0479)
  • 174 – ‘Tell’s Chapel’, 9 ¾ × 14 in (24.8 × 35.6 cm). Bought by ‘Agnew’ for £16 16s (TG0480)
  • 175 – ‘Lucerne’, 9 ¾ × 15 in (24.8 × 38.1 cm). Bought by ‘Agnew’ for £18 18s
  • 176 – ‘View near Sallenches, Mont Blanc in the Distance’, 9 ½ × 15 in (24.1 × 38.1 cm). Bought by ‘Agnew’ for £44 2s (TG0455)
  • 177 – ‘Convent of the Benedictines in the Vale of the Engelberg’, 9 ½ × 15 in (24.1 × 38.1 cm). Bought by ‘Agnew’ for £25 4s (TG0477)
  • 178 – ‘Part of the Lac de Joux’, 9 ¾ × 15 in (24.8 × 38.1 cm). Bought by ‘Agnew’ for £31 10s (TG0785)
  • 179 – ‘Lake of Wallenstadt’, 9 ¾ × 15 in (24.8 × 38.1 cm). Bought by ‘Agnew’ for £31 10s (TG0493)
  • 182 – ‘A River Scene, with a bridge and figures’, 9 ¾ × 14 ¾ in (24.8 × 37.5 cm). Bought by ‘Agnew’ for £56 14s
  • 183 – ‘The Bay of Baiae … From Esdaile’s collection’, 6 × 9 ¼ in (15.2 × 23.5 cm). Bought by ‘Butler’ for £35 14s
  • 184 – ‘A View from the Boboli Gardens’, 7 × 9 ¼ in (17.8 × 23.5 cm). Bought by ‘Noseda’ for £50 8s (TG0752a)

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