Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-30 00:00:00

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Brilliant-toned Grand Cottage .PIANO-FORTE, Four Large
PLATES of SILVERED GLASS, &c., Grifilths's (late Win-
stanley's) Rooms, 44, Church-street.
MR. J. F. GRIFFITHS (successor to the late firm
of Messrs. Thomai Winstanley and Sons) has ON SALE
by. PRIVATE CONTRACT, an extremely powerful and bril-
liant-toned 7-octave Grand PIANO-FORTE, in a magmficent
rosewood case, Volgelsang's celebrated make; large and ele-
gantly-designed timepiece, of the time of Louis Qnatorze,
decorated with figures and foliage, in a marble case; four
large plates of slivered glass, about 11 feet by 6 each, in 11128-
sire and richly ornamental gilt frames; Marqucterie commode,
ormolu mounted, with handsomely-formed handles, and a few
other articles of foreign production. 1

GRIFFITHS' (LATE WINSTANLEVS) PICTURE GALLERY;
44, Church-street, LiVerpool.
Highly-important Private Collection of high-class Continental
PAINTINGS.

AR. J. F. GRIFFITHS respectfully announces that
I the Proprietor of the above valuable Collection has
abandoned the intention of, selling the same by Auction, but
will continue the EXHIBITION and SALE of PAINTINGS by
PRIVATE CONTRACT, for a very limited period.
This valuable COLLECTION of 113 fine modern Flem'sh and
other PAINTINGS, the whole of which are the property of a
Belgian private gentleman, selected by him with great taste
an 4 ,judgment, at a considerable cost, whilst residing on the
Continent, and who, having determined to fix his residence in
England, intends offering h's property for Private Sale, being"
desirous of declining the further pursuit of a collector.

Amongst the following names of artists and subjects may be
recognised the greater portion of the favourite masters of the
modern Flemish and other schoals. A warianty will be given
with every picture disposed of, and the public may confidently
be assured of no work included in this collection being other
than the genuine production of the painter whose name is
attached to it in the catalogue :---
The Collection contains a remarkably fine " Candlelight "
and " Clair de Lune," by Vanschendel ; " L'Heures Famine"
and " Sheep," a pair, by Eugene Verboeckhoven, the first-
named picture his masterpiece; " Les Politiques Villageoises,"
by Col; "Le Depart des Huguenots," by Roofer; several
Marine subjects and Landscapes, by Koeckoeck ; the " Tasso,"
by Aaron Wappers ; an "Officer Lighting his Pipe* '" an " Old
Woman," by Verivee Fili ; a pair, " Winter and Summer ;"
pair, of Landscapes, by Verivee, sen. ; and a Landscape by
ditto, with Animals by Verboeckoven ; " Flemish Fête, '
"Going to Market," "Interior," and the "Rat," by Vander
Rycken ; pair of small Landscapes, by Naumcs ; "A Lady
Thinking," ' and "Putting on the Stocking," by F. W. Willems ;
" The Letter," by Henry Decoen ' • "Lady Writing," by S.
Lyon; "The Jew Jeweller," by J. Van Oudenkoven ; "Tints
de China" (landscape), by A. Skelfowt ; an "Interior," by H.
de Brekeleer; "Le Mauyais Riche," by Linnig ; "L'Orpheline,"
by Van Hove ; " Coup de Braise," by Constantin Bonn ;"
"Tete Fantasie," by Le Clerk; 4!Le .Retour de la Prairie," by
Zavier de Cock ; " Boys plaYing," "Le Tisseraud 13 Sck,"
and -an "Interior," by Linnig; " Voluptueuse," Boucher;
" Interior," by Eckout; Winter," by Khruseman ; Landscape,
by Coene and. Robbe ; "Fruit and Bird," by Charles Jacob;
" Pendant du Bucheroz," by Horgines ; Marine Views, by
Redig and A. Gudin ; " Sheep," by Vandeverdonck ; " The
Fortune Teller," by Tobar ; "Le Benedicite du Pere," and
"The Ita ian Boy Playing a Hurdy-gurdy at a Farmer's
Window," by F. de Brakeleer ; and a fine painting by the
same artist, copied by Stevens by royal permission from the
Bruxelles Museum, the only 'copy existing, cons dered better
finished and more correct than -the original ; and another, by
Van Eyken, copied by Stevens, under the same auspices as the
"Christmas' Morning" (by royal permission) ; also several
other fine specimens of the works of A. Gudin, Coomans, Orl-
mans, Van Hamme, &c.; a "Girl and; Boy. Playing a Duet,"
by De la Tour, portrait painter to the King of the Belgians ;
" Sheep," by Ommeganck ; " Shipwreck near Leasowe Light-
house, Liverpool;" Musin, &c., &c.
A valuable and highly-finished. Portrait of .Leopold 1., King
of the Belgians, will also be exhibited on the view days, pre-_
viously to its being presented to her Majesty Queen Victo M.
Tickets to view the collection may be had at Mr. J. F. Grif-
fiths' Office, No. 44, Chureh-street, without which no one can
be adin i t tc( 1