Catalogue of the collection of English portraits of James Bindley

This material is held atSociety of Antiquaries of London

  • Reference
    • GB 118 BIN
  • Former Reference
    • GB 118 SAL/MS/321
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1785
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • ff. v + 118. Quarto. Vellum binding. Unidentified bookplate of a member of the Spanish Order of Charles III, with motto 'Sub robore virtus' (see also MSS/0416), fol. iv. Lot 285 in an unidentified sale-catalogue (fragment of label, fol. ii).

Scope and Content

'Catalogue of Mr. Bindley's Collection of English Portraits - taken by Himself in February, 1785. And Continued to the Present Time' (fol. ii). Catalogue of the collection of James Bindley, FSA (1737-1818), arranged under the same classes, although not in the same order, as the list on fol. i. Memorandum by Bindley, 30 Dec. 1786, relating to his collections on back pastedown (fol. iii).

Bindley's library and collections were sold by R. H. Evans (see DNB; obituaries of Bindley, Gentleman's Magazine, 88, pt. 2, 280, 631-2).

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