Catalogue of the portraits & pictures in the different houses belonging to James, Earl of Fife /
Duff, James,2nd Earl of Fife.
Sharpe, Charles Kirkpatrick,1781-1851,former owner,StEdNL
Craig, James T. Gibson(James Thomson Gibson),1799-1886,former owner.StEdNL
Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose,Earl of,1847-1929,former owner.StEdNL
Barnbougle Castle.Library,former owner.StEdNL
[London],
1807.
Manuscript inscription on front pastedown "Chas. Kirkpatrick Sharpe." Armorial bookplate of the 5th Earl of Rosebery on the front pastedown. Manuscript inscriptions on the front flyleaf in Sharpe's hand "This Catalogue, from its variety [vanity?] and blunders[?] of all kinds, is a very great curiosity: it was compiled by James 2nd Earl of Fife, who died at his house, White hall, London, 28th Jany: 1809_ in his 80th year_ it is said in the north of Scotland that the first of his family was a cripple, carried through the country in a creal, or basket, as a show - he went by the name of Crealy Duff - his portrait, and the original creal w.d have made a great figure in this catalogue, had they been preserved by his noble descendants." Below, in a different hand, "JT Gibson Craig". Inkstamp on the title page "Barnbougle Castle Catalogue".