Bangs: CATALOGUE OF THE Library, Engravings, Oil paintings, AND MUSIGAL INSTRUMENTS. BELONGING TO THE ESTATE OF THE LATE, RICHARD GRANT WHITE Esq., OF NEW YORK. TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION, Monday, November 16th, and following days, 1885, BY BANGS & CO., 739-741 B, Nov161885,

Auction Details

Auction Date
November 16, 1885 - November 16, 1885
Page Size: 2057 items in 21 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2001 LARGE PORTFOLIO for Engravings

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2002 OIL PAINTING. An Old English Church

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2003 WATER COLOR DRAWING. Old English House

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2004 COLORED PHOTOGRAPH. English Town

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2005 2 COLORED PHOTOGRAPHS. English Landscapes

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2006 COLORED LITHOGRAPH. Cattle and Sheep, and Landscape

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2007 CRAYON DRAWING. Naval Combat

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2008 Boughton PHOTOGRAPH. Puritans going to Church

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2009 COLORED PHOTOGRAPH. The Bibliomaniacs

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2010 PORTRAIT of Duke of Wellington

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2011 PORTRAIT of Shakespeare

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2012 PORTRAIT of Shakespeare

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2013 PORTRAIT of Shakespeare

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2014 PORTRAIT of A. Tennyson

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2015 PORTRAIT of P. P. Rubens (sepia drawing). Gilt mat, passepartout

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2016 PORTRAIT of Snyders (sepia drawing). Gilt mat, passe-partout

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2017 3 PORTRAITS. Beethoven, Gluck and Mozart

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2018 3 PORTRAITS. Humboldt, Gaetana Agnesi, and Malibran

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2019 2 PORTRAITS. Webster and Jacob Barker

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2020 RAPHAEL'S Fornarina

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2021 MADONNA AND CHILD, and Infant St. John. Photo. Oak frame

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2022 WEDDING PROCESSION. Black walnut frame

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2023 THE HEART OF THE ANDES, after F. E. Church

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2024 RAPHAEL, S.S. Virgo Sixtina

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2025 RAPHAEL Die Heilige Familie. Gest. v. Richomme und Dieu

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2026 CORREGGIO "The Magdalen"

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2027 DA VINCI "The Last Supper"

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2028 MEYER (A.), Dusseldorf "The Happy Mother." Copy of Meyer von Breme

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2029 CARAVAGGIO Fine Oil Painting on copper

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2030 RHIN (W.) "Sir Walter Raleigh during his imprisonment in the Tower"

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2031 HENRY (E. L.), N.Y. "London Bridge." (From the Sanitary Fair, 1864)

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2032 HENNERT (FR.), Dusseldorf "Landscape"

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2033 Artist unknown. "Flight into Egypt"

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2034 WILLIS (H. P.), London "Faust"

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2035 EHNINGER (J. W.), N. Y. "The Cavalier"

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2036 HUNTINGTON (D.), N. Y. Full blown rose

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2037 LOOP (H. A.), N. Y. "Summer"

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2038 VAN BATESTEEN

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2039 GROVE (GEORGE), London "Beriot and his Aristocratic Relations"

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2040 BUTTERWORTH (J. E.) "Sloop-of-war scudding in a storm"

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2041 DELASARD (A.), N. Y. "The Last Gleam of Day"

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2042 VON SEBON, Munich "Feeding Ducks"

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2043 BEAULIEU (L. P.), Paris Landscape near Barbazion

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2044 Artist unknown. Flower girl

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2045 GRISWOLD (C. C.), N. Y. "Evening--Berkshire County, Mass."

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2046 DE BERGUE (TONY), Paris "The Page"

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2047 GRISWOLD (C. C.), N. Y. "Anthony's Nose, on Hudson River"

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2048 Artist unknown. Marine

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2049 Artist unknown. "The Fisherman"

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2050 HOLBEIN SCHOOL. "An English Gentleman"

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2051 VEYRASSAT (L.), Dusseldorf "Halt at the Inn"

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2052 BEAULIEU (L. P.), Paris "Landscape near Paris"

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2053 MASS (REINEIR) "Daughter of Hugo Grotius"

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2054 STROBEL (E.), Dusseldorf "Interior, with figures"

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2055 Artist unknown

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2056 BRUGIN (E.). "Landscape and figures"

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2057 Artist unknown. "Grand Duchess of Tuscany, niece of Louis XIV. and mother of Cosmo de Medici, last Duke of Florence"

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