The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-30 00:00:00

SALES BY AUCTION.

THE RENOWNED COLLECTION OF RARE PRINTS,
AND ILLUSTRATED WORKS, REMOVED FROM
STRAWBERRY HILL FOR SALE IN LONDON.

MR. GEORGE ROBINS begs to announce
that he is directed to SELL by PUBLIC COMPETI-
TION, at his Rooms, in Covent Garden, on :::ONDAY, June 13.
and the Eleven' following days, (Sunday excepted), commencing at
One precisely, on each day, the

EXTENSIVE AND VERY INTERESTING COLLECTION
OF RARE PRINTS, DRAWINGS, AND ILLUSTRATED
WORKS FORMED BY THE LATE HORACE WALPOLE,
AND REMOVED FROM STRAWBERRY HILL;
comprising engraved Portraits of the most Illustrious and other
eminent

BRITISH CHARACTERS
that figure in the annals of history and biography, from the time
of Egbert the Great, in the eighth century, and progressively in
continuation to the termination of the eighteenth, containing in the
mass the inestimable and rare productions of Francis Hogenberg,
Win. Rogers, Reynold Etstracke, Francis Dalarum, Crispin, Wil-
liam and Simon Passe,ll. Vaughan, William Marshall, William Fal-
thorn, W. Hollar, Robert White, John Smith, and of others of equal
celebrity. A complete collection of nearly 600 productions of that
industrious and estimable artist, George Vertue, with numerous ex-
amples of his original drawings from the life, and from valuable
pictures preparative to his chalcographic operations, of which many
are proofs. Also, the whole of his valuable MSS., documents, and
memoranda, in 40 or more volumes, the persevering fruits of re.
search gathered during the period of nearly half a century, from
which the late Lord Orford compiled his " Anecdotes of Painting
and Engraving in England."

A MATCHLESS COLLECTION OF THE WORKS OF
WILLIAM HOGARTH.

including several original drawings, and his most early productions
in various curious essays, which at the present time are of the
utmost rarity. Also, numerous collections of a similar cast, by
Bur:bury and other artists of entertaining talent ; matchless collec-
tions of prints, from the paintings of Raffaelle, Titian, the Caracci,
Vandyke, Teniers, and others of the most celebrated Italian and
Flemish painters.
A selection of curious productions, by the earliest essayists id
chalcographic art in Italy, Germany, and Flanders. Valuable
collections of drawings in portfolios, which contains precious ex-
amples of the hands of Claude Lorraine, Rembrandt, Salvator
Rosa, Rubens, Cangiagio, and by others of equal celebrity, for-
merly col:ected by one of the Monarchs of Spain.
A number of interesting works, copiously illustrated with draw..
ings and prints by the late possessor. Grar.tl galleries of art and
other books of prints and portraits, history, topography, gems, and
antiquities of Great Britain and other European States. Nume-
rous manuscripts and books applying to the fine arts, &c., as ori-
ginally collected by Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford.

The whole will be open for inspection on Monday, May 30, and
during the week.
Complete Catalogues of the Twelve Days' Sale at 2s. each, at the
Mart, and in Covent-garden.

IN THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PART OF DEVONSHIRE.
BA RCOMBE HOUSE, a delightful abode, three mites distant

from Torquay, seated in Park Grounds of 15 Acres, and in the
midst of the most delightful Scenery in England.
Ah tions from the Proprietor to offer to PUBLIC COM-
PETITION, at the Auction Mart, on Triuttsokv, June 30, at
Twelve, BARCOMBE HOUSE, in the most esteemed part of
Devonshire, within three miles of the

FASHIONABLE TOWN OF TORQUAY,
which is accounted the most reherche amid the clustre of Devon's
attractive watering places.
THIS BEAUTIFUL ABODE
has just been completed at an enormous expense ; it is modelled

IN THE ITALIAN ORDER OF ARCHITECTURE,
is very consequential in its outward form, and combines within
every possible accommodation that a family of distinction can re.
quire ; In fact, it appears to approach as nearly as possible to
perfection.