Sothebys: The Browning Collections. CATALOGUE OF OIL PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS & PRINTS; AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND MANUSCRIPTS; BOOKS; STATUARY, FURNITURE, TAPESTRIES, AND WORKS OF ART; THE PROPERTY OF R. W. BARRETT BROWNING, ESQ. (DECEASED), of Asolo, Veneto, and La Tor, May011913,

Auction Details

Auction Date
May 01, 1913 - May 01, 1913
Page Size: 1415 items in 15 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 MURILLO TWO CHILDREN, OUR SAVIOUR AND ST. JOHN, WITH A LAMB

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2 R. BARRETT BROWNING YOUTHFUL SKETCH OF WARWICK CRESCENT CLARA MONTALBA, AND OTHERS

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3 CLARA MONTALBA; AND OTHERS VENICE; CHUUCH OF THE SALUTE, GRAND CANAL, VENICE; and ARTIST IN HIS STUDIO

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4 UNKNOWN OVAL PORTRAIT OF MISS SARIANNA BROWNING

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5 UNKNOWN PORTRAIT OF MRS. BROWNING

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6 LEIGHTON (LORD) HEAD OF R. W. B. (" PEN ") BROWNING Drawing in chalk on grey paper

July 1863

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7 MONCLAR (COMTE AMEDEE DE RIPERT) PENCIL DRAWING OF ROBERT BROWNING

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8 LEIGHTON (LORD) Two PENCIL DRAWINGS " Florence"

"Octr. 1st, 1854 "

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9 MURRAY (C. FAIRFAX) ANDREA DEL SARTO AND HIS WIFE Pencil drawing after the picture at Florence which suggested Browning's poem

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10 HAYTER (CHARLES) PORTRAIT OF MRS. BROWNING AS A CHILD

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11 ROSSETTI (D. G.) PORTRAIT OF TENNYSON READING "MAUD" Drawing in pen and ink

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12 HAWORTH (Miss FANNY) PORTRAIT OF R. W. B. ("PEN ") BROWNING

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13 TITIAN THE CORNAKO FAMILY Drawing in coloured chalk; from the Reynolds and Richardson collections

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14 UNKNOWN SALON AT CASA GUIDI

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15 HAWORTH (Miss FANNY) PORTRAIT OF R. W. B. ("PEN ") BROWNING PLAYING THE PIANO

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16 EARLY ENGLISH. A PAIR OF PORTRAITS--Man in flowing hair and brown coat, holding sketch of lady's head in right hand

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17 T. HEYERMANS (Antwerp) INTERIOR OF A ROOM

1874

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18 T. HEYERMANS (Anttverp) INTERIOR OF A ROOM with an artist

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19 R. BARRETT BROWNING, 1882 BUST PORTRAIT OF J. MIDSAND

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20 R. B. BROWNING, 1878 "THE UNANSWERED QUESTION," representing a Saint in a Desert at Manchester, and at Melbourne

1879; 1880

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21 R. B. BROWNING RIVERSIDE, DINANT: "End of the Day's Work "

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22 R. B. BROWNING, 1886 "WAITING FOR THE GONDOLA" at the Salon

1887, 1888

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23 R. B. BROWNING, 1881 " HERESY" Manchester

1881

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24 R. B. BROWNING, 1880 STILL LIFE, DINANT, 1880 Manchester

1881

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25 R. B. BROWNING, 1880 "DISTURBED LIFE" Manchester

1881

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26 R. B. BROWNING A TAN-YARD, DINANT, BELGIUM Liverpool

1880

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27 R. B. BROWNING " SOLITUDE, LATE TWILIGHT, DINANT, ON THE MEUSE "

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28 R. B. BROWNING CHURCH AND CLIFF AT DINANT

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29 R. B. BROWNING, 1887 " AFTER THE BATH" Paris

1889

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30 R. B. BROWNING LANDSCAPE

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31 R. B. BROWNING BED OF A RIVER, PHIMIERO, AUSTRIAN TYROL

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32 R. B. BROWNING DINANT ON THE MEUSIS, LANDSCAPE WITH RIVER AND BOAT IN FOREGROUND

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33 R. B. BROWNING, Dinant, 1880 "THE TANNER'S GARDEN" Manchester

1881

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34 R. B. BROWNING, 1884 A FAUN PLAYING THE PIPE TO TWO NYMPHS BY A RIVER (nude figures)

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35 R. B. BROWNING SEAPIECE WITH WAVES BREAKING ON THE BEACH

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36 R. B. BROWNING, 1887 LANDSCAPE WITH FIR TREES AND WATER

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37 R. B. BROWNING, 1899 " DIANA," NUDE FEMALE FIGURE

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38 R. B. BROWNING FULL-LENGTH PORTRAIT OF A LADY

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39 UNKNOWN SMALL COAST SCENE WITH CROSS

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40 R. B. BROWNING THREE WOMEN'S HEADS

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41 DUTCH SCHOOL. Two FIGURE SUBJECTS

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42 UNKNOWN SEVEN SMALL OIL PAINTINGS

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43 R. DEL GHIRLANDAIO, 1483-1561 ALTAR PIECE REPRESENTING GOD THE FATHER AS CENTRE, WITH AN ANGEL ON EACH SIDE

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44 R. B. BROWNING WATER LILIES AND KINGFISHER

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45 ITALIAN SCHOOL. FULL-LENGTH FIGURE OF A SAINT STANDING

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46 R. B. BROWNING EARLY STUDIES: MAN READING A BOOK

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47 R. B. BROWNING "JOE, JIM AND MADEMOISELLE SOPHIA "

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48 ITALIAN SCHOOL. POPE CLEMENT XIII in scarlet robes

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49 R. B. BROWNING AGED WOMAN AT DEVOTIONS; and THE COBBLER

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50 R. B. BROWNING FLAT LANDSCAPE

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51 R. B. BROWNING "WATCHING THE SKITTLE PLAYERS" and at Liverpool

1880

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52 R. B. BROWNING OWL ON A PERCH; and EXTERIOR OF COTTAGES

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53 R. B. BROWNING, 1882 PORTRAIT OF HONORS OIIARBONIER

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54 ENGLISH SCHOOL. "HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX"

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55 VENETIAN SCHOOL. PORTRAIT OF CATERINA CORNARO, QUEEN OF CYPRUS AND LADY OF ASOLO

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56 DUTCH SCHOOL. INTERIOR OF A CAVE

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57 WILLIAM PAGE, 1854 PORTRAIT OF ROBERT BROWNING

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58 ITALIAN SCHOOL. Tun MADONNA

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59 GORDIGIANI PORTRAIT OF ROBERT BROWNING...

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60 W. FISHER, 1854 PORTRAIT OF ROBERT BROWNIM

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61 R. B. BROWNING PORTRAIT OF ROBERT BROWNING

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62 R. B. BROWNING PORTRAIT OF ROBERT BROWNING

1889

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63 WRIGHT (OF DERBY) PORTRAIT OF MRS. BROWNING, THE POET'S GRANDMOTHER

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64 TUSCAN SCHOOL. CENTRE OF TRIPTYCH: CRUCIFIXION

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65 ANTONIO POLLAIUOLO, 1429-1498 CHRIST AT THE COLUMN

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66 TUSCAN SCHOOL. FULL-LENGTH FIGURE OF ST. JEROME

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67 R. B. BROWNING THE LAGOONS, VENICE

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68 HAMILTON WILD R. W. B. BROWNING AS A BOY ON HORSEBACK

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69 R. B. BROWNING, 1889 PORTRAIT OF MISS BROWNING

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70 R. B. BROWNING THREE RIVER AND SEASCAPES

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71 R. B. BROWNING "THE REAPER"

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72 R. B. BROWNING LANDSCAPE, LOW COUNTRIES

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73 R. B. BROWNING Two LARGE UNFINISHED SKETCHES

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74 R. B. BROWNING "DOLCI FAR NIENTE"

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75 R. B. BROWNING "A STALL IN THE FISH MARKET, ANTWERP" at Liverpool, and at Melbourne (Gold Medal)

1879; 1880, 1879

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76 Portfolios, containing Sketches, Drawings, Line Engravings, Aquatints, soft ground Etchings, etc.

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77 Similar Portfolios, containing engraved Portraits in line

1870

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78 Similar Portfolios, containing some Mezzotint Portraits

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79 An Album of Water-colour Sketches

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80 Portfolio, containing Prints in mezzotint and line

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81 Similar Portfolios

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82 UNKNOWN PORTRAIT OF AURELIUS REZZOKICO (CLEMENT XIII)

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83 UNKNOWN An Album containing Sketches by R. W. B. B, etc.

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84 UNKNOWN Portfolios, containing Photograph Portraits...

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85 UNKNOWN Large Portfolios, containing Prints by R. Earlom, J. R. Smith, V. Green and W. Ward

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86 UNKNOWN Largo Portfolios, containing a similar collection of Mezzotints

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87 FRAMED. Legros. La Source aux Masques

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88 FRAMED. Legros. Landscape

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89 FRAMED. Audran, after N. Poussin

Nov. 18, 1835

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90 FRAMED. Sketch of Robert Browning's Father

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91 FRAMED. Portrait of Mrs. Browning, inscribed "From R. & E. B. B., Bome May, 1859 "

May, 1859

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92 FRAMED. Photograph of Elizabeth Barrett Browning and her Brother

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93 FRAMED. Photograph of Robert Browning

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94 FRAMED. Playbill of Macready in "Strafford"

May 1, 1837

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95 FRAMED. Browning, Miss. Crayon Portrait of Robert Browning

c. 1865

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95 FRAMED. Browning, Miss. Crayon Portrait of her Father

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96 ACTORS, MUSICIANS, ETC.

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97 ALLINGHAM (W.) Twenty-five A. L. s. 62 pp. 8vo and 4to, 1853-89, delightful and entertaining letters, the early ones being full of good-natured gossip of the many famous artists and authors who were friends both of the writer and of the Brownings

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98 AMERICANS, including C. E. Norton, Bret Harte, Paul Hamilton Hayne and Hatty Hosmer

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99 ARNOLD (Matthew) Fourteen A. L. s. 1861-77, referring to "The Ring and the Book," Agamemnon"

1861-77

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