Memorials of Christie's : a record of art sales from 1766 to 1896 . Steen, The Skittle - Players, 660guineas ; and a pair by Teniers, The Guard Room,1,400 guineas, and Playing La Morra, 700guineas. A number—about one - half—of thepictures in this sale were bought in. In some respects the remarkable collection ofdrawings formed by Fawkes, ofFarnley Hall, Otley,Yorkshire, was the mostnoteworthy sale of theyear, inasmuch as itcontained no fewer thansixty-two lots cataloguedunder Turners Fawkes—appar-ently the grandfather ofthe present vendor—was one of Turners in-timate frien
Memorials of Christie's : a record of art sales from 1766 to 1896 . Steen, The Skittle - Players, 660guineas ; and a pair by Teniers, The Guard Room,1,400 guineas, and Playing La Morra, 700guineas. A number—about one - half—of thepictures in this sale were bought in. In some respects the remarkable collection ofdrawings formed by Fawkes, ofFarnley Hall, Otley,Yorkshire, was the mostnoteworthy sale of theyear, inasmuch as itcontained no fewer thansixty-two lots cataloguedunder Turners Fawkes—appar-ently the grandfather ofthe present vendor—was one of Turners in-timate friends, a warmand sympathizing ad-mirer of his genius, anda generous patron. Itwas whilst on a visit to Mr. Fawkes at Farnley ^ Sketch of , in 1805 1806, that a fellow-visitor took a sketch of the artist—it shows us a little Jewish-nosed man in an ill-cutcoat, striped waistcoat, and enormous frilled shirt,with feet and hands notably small. This sketch,here reproduced, was first published in Willis sC2ir7ent Notes, ]7iwu2iry, 1852. The Rhine draw-. 152 MR. FAWKESS TURNERS. ings, of which there were thirty-five in this sale,were made during a tour up the Rhine in 1819; purchased these drawings, which had forover seventy years been kept in a special were exhibited at Burlington House in sale took place on June 27th, and the entirecollection realized ^21,736, the Turner drawingsincluding: Mayence, 8f x 13^, 410 guineas;Palace of Beibrich, 8 x 13I-, 260 guineas;Rudesheim, looking to Bingenklopp, S^x 13!^, 200guineas; Oberwesel, 7f x 12, 310 guineas;Cologne, 7f X 12, 280 guineas; View from Fawkess house, at 45, Grosvenor Place,9t X i5f» 250 guineas; Windermere, 11^ x 15^^,1,200 guineas ; Ulleswater, 11 x 15!^, 305 guineas ;High Force, fall of the Tees, 11 x i^^, 210guineas; Loch Tyne, signed in full, 11 x 15J, 690guineas; Vevey, lake of Geneva, 11 x 15|-, 950guineas ; Sallenches, 11 x 15I-, 400 guineas ; Valleyof Chamouni, 12 x
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