AR134: Catalogue: Catherine Cussans sale
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| Museum number | AR134 |
| Title | Catalogue: Catherine Cussans sale |
| Object type | In category: Library and Archive » Book » Printed |
| Date | 1835 |
| Place of origin | Europe » Northern Europe » British Isles » Great Britain » England » London |
| Condition |
Fair |
| Dimensions |
14.5 cm width Whole 23.0 cm height Whole |
| Materials & techniques |
In categories: Book/Document » Leaves » Paper Book/Document » Medium » Ink Pictures: Medium » Ink Pictures: Support » Paper |
| Description | Sale catalogue of the collection of Catherine Cussans (1753-1834), sold by Messers Christie & Mason in their Great Room, King Street, London, 9-11 March 1834. | ||||||
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| Notes | William Holburne’s aunt, Catherine Cussans (1753-1834) may have influenced his interest in art, for she had a small collection of antiquities, Meissen and Sèvres porcelain in her house in Hill Street, London. After her death in 1834 Holburne benefited from her legacies. This is Holburne's own copy of the sale catalogue of her effects. It is annotated by him with the prices of pieces purchased by him at the sale. He purchased five lots in all: Lot 7. Three dozens of [Madeira] (£4 16s.) Lot 21. Hoppner – A portrait of a lady, seated, in a landscape (£4 10s.) Lot 53. A square tazza of giallo antico (£1 10s.) Lot 54. A pair of storks, of bronze, on marble plinths, and two pairs of marble paper-weights (£1 3s.) Lot 56. A sarcophagus of porphyry, and a tray of the same (£1 14s) |
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| Muse theme | The Art of Collecting |
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| Muse chapter |
The History of the Holburne Collection » Sir William Holburne and his Collection » Building the Collection
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| Method of acquisition | Bequest | ||||||
| Provenance | Sir T. W. Holburne (1793-1874); by whom bequeathed to Mary Anne Barbara Holburne (1802-1882); by whom bequeathed to the Museum |
