Memorials of Christie's : a record of art sales from 1766 to 1896 . olding apug dog, realized a sum much below its estimatedvalue, 480 guineas; and Mrs. Fielding, wife ofCaptain Fielding, in white dress and muslin tippet,30 X 25, 330 guineas ; G. Romney, Portrait of JaneViscountess Melville, daughter of the Earl ofHopetoun, in white dress and cap, with powderedhair, 28 x 24, 1,200 guineas ; J. Hoppner, Portraitof Mrs. Robinson as Perdita, in gray dress,seated in a landscape, 30x25, 900 guineas. Ofthe five pictures from the late Miss Romneys salein 1894, we may mention G. Romneys Portrait ofhis
Memorials of Christie's : a record of art sales from 1766 to 1896 . olding apug dog, realized a sum much below its estimatedvalue, 480 guineas; and Mrs. Fielding, wife ofCaptain Fielding, in white dress and muslin tippet,30 X 25, 330 guineas ; G. Romney, Portrait of JaneViscountess Melville, daughter of the Earl ofHopetoun, in white dress and cap, with powderedhair, 28 x 24, 1,200 guineas ; J. Hoppner, Portraitof Mrs. Robinson as Perdita, in gray dress,seated in a landscape, 30x25, 900 guineas. Ofthe five pictures from the late Miss Romneys salein 1894, we may mention G. Romneys Portrait ofhis brother. Colonel James Romney, in uniform,110 guineas ; and A Conversation, portraits ofthe artists brothers James and Peter, 200 guineas—at the 1894 sale these two pictures sold for 33guineas and 70 guineas respectively, but they havesince been cleaned and suitably framed; and twoPortraits by Sir H. Raeburn, Lord William Russell, J. HOPPNER, THE HURDY-GURDY PLAYER. Portrait of Miss Matilda Fielding, daughter of Captain Fielding, gth, 1896 (p. 282). V,. MR. JOHN MORLKys DRAWINGS. 283 grandson of the fourth Duke of Bedford, murderedin 1840 by his valet Courvoisier, 50x40, 280guineas ; and John, sixth Duke of Bedford, bornin 1766, died in 1839, in blue coat, 50x40, 130guineas. A few choice modern pictures and drawingswere included in the sale of May i6th, when theproperties of the late John Morley, of UpperClapton ; and the late Charles T. Lucas, of 9,Belgrave Square, and of Mr. W. Houldsworth weredispersed. The Morley property included thefollowing drawings :—Birket Foster, Holm WoodCommon, with sheep, ducks, and figures cartingbracken, 13x28, 300 guineas; and a view nearArundel, with children and a fiock of sheep,13 X 28, 2IO guineas ; six examples of W. Hunt,Plums and Apricots, 8^ x 12, 166 guineas; Blow-ing Bubbles, 1835, 11 x 7^, 128 guineas; Pink andWhite May Blossom, with Chaffinchs nest,9I-X14I-, 200 guineas; Grapes, Pear and HollyBerries, oval, 9 x 11^, 135
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