REVEREND DR. NOTT'S SALE AT WINCHESTER.
[FROM A CORRESPONDENT.]
On Monday and Tuesday last, the 24th and 25th, this vast and splendid -collection was finally brought to the hammer. These days were the most inte- resting to the amateur, as they comprized all the Reverend Doctor's fine paint- ings, engravings, bronzes, and curiosities. The rooms were thrown open at an early hour for the inspection of visiters from a distance : indeed, it is only doing a bare act of justice to the executors and to the auctioneer, Mr. Godwin, to say that during the unexampled length of this sale, (at least at Win- chester,) thirteen days, they did every thing in their power to accommo- date and please the public, which in many cases was very difficult, almost impossible, owing to the variety of tastes to be consulted. We frequently saw during the sale one gentleman asking for a book, another for a bronze , figure, another for a print, another for an Etruscan vase at the same moment, and all angry if their wishes were not instantly complied with. Among the most remarkable lots were the following, which brought the prices annexed to them. Egyptian Bacchus, in red marble, 5/. 7s. 6d -Mr. Swabey. Set of Henning's casts from the Parthenon, 71. 78.-Mr. C. Halse. Campo Santo di Pisa, 5/. 10s.-The Dean. Sette Colli di Roma, 71. 153.-1 Hughes, Esq. Rossini's Contorni di Roma, e Cotta di Latro, 9/. 5s.-The same. Marmom Oxoniensia, 21. 16s.-Reverend Mr. Mackie. Pientnres de Polygnote, 2/. 18g.- Earl of Northesk. Columns Tregona, 11. 4s.-Reverend Mr. Salter. The Bayeux Tapestry, 51. 15s.-Reverend Dr. blaberley. Pysche borne up to Heaven by Angels, from Raphael, the landscape by Kock, 9L-Mr. Bunsen, for his father, the Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Minister. Original Portrait of Lord Surrey, A.D. 1546, 8/. 15s.-Mr. Graves of Pall Mall. Portrait of La Vicenza, by Eastlake, 42 guineas-C. Harris, Esq. Flora di Titiano, a beau- tiful copy by La Mudd, 131.-Charles Dorrien, Esq. The young Shepherd and Gipsy, very spirited, Barker, 12/. 12s.-Reverend William Vans.
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