Memorials of Christie's : a record of art sales from 1766 to 1896 . nt work of Berghem,Peasants with Cattle fording a river, a fineautumnal morning scene, 26 x 31, signed, and dated1680, realized 400 guineas—at the sale of in 1787, this work realized ^332 ; it wasacquired at the Wilkins sale in 1830 for 750guineas by the late Mr. Richard Foster, of ClewerManor, from whose possession it passed privatelyinto the late owners collection ; it is described bySmith, No. 90. The several examples by (or attributed to)Cuyp included a Landscape with a Cavalier in ared jacket and a hat with a fe
Memorials of Christie's : a record of art sales from 1766 to 1896 . nt work of Berghem,Peasants with Cattle fording a river, a fineautumnal morning scene, 26 x 31, signed, and dated1680, realized 400 guineas—at the sale of in 1787, this work realized ^332 ; it wasacquired at the Wilkins sale in 1830 for 750guineas by the late Mr. Richard Foster, of ClewerManor, from whose possession it passed privatelyinto the late owners collection ; it is described bySmith, No. 90. The several examples by (or attributed to)Cuyp included a Landscape with a Cavalier in ared jacket and a hat with a feather, on a whitehorse, the cavalier conversing with a boy, withother figures, and a round tower beyond, signed, SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, KITTY FISCHER,DAUGHTER OF A GERMAN STAYMAKER, Was celebrated for her wit and beauty. In 1766 she married JohnMorris, Esq., and died before September. 1771, a victim to cos-metics. Between 1759 and 1767 she sat many times for her portraitto Reynolds. From the collection or Kirkman D. Hodgson, Esq., ; JamesPrice sale (p. 257).. THE DEAN PAUL COLLECTION. 9 X I if, 400 guineas ; and a scene of travellershalting to refresh their steeds, painted in the artistsearly time, on copper, 8^ x 11|—135 guineas(Smith, No. 16S),—at the Morant sale in 1832 itsold for 62 guineas. One of several examples ofF. Mieris, A Boy at a Window, blowing bubbles,and a woman with a dog in her arms in the back-ground, dated 1663, on copper, 10^ x 7f, archedtop, 225 guineas (Smith, No. 6)—at Lord Rendle-shams sale in 1809 this picture sold for ^131. Avery good example of A. Van der Neer, a F rozenRiver Scene, with numerous figures skating andplaying golf, a group of trees and some felledtimber in the foreground, signed, 21 x 25, 1,170guineas; and a Coast Scene, with windmills,figures, and boats, 12 x 17, 280 guineas; , a Woody Landscape, with a streamextending along the foreground, in which isreflected a cluster of trees, evening effect, signed,26 X 21, 50
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