The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-04-20 00:00:00

IMPORTANT SALE
OF A

MATCHLESS COLLECTION OF PROOF IMPRESSIONS
OF THE FINEST MODERN ENGRAVINGS,
'SPLENDID BOOKS, •
AND A
SELECTION OF CABINET PICTURES,
MANCHESTER.

li/FESSRS. 'THOS. WINSTANLEY and SONS, (of
LIVERPOOL,) most respectfully announce to the Admirers
of the Arts, that they have received directions to SELL
BY AUCTION;,..6n- WuDNEsnar, the 2d day of May, and the
following day,,at- Eleven o'clock, at t4ie LARGE Room, in the
-Exchange, Manchester, to which they are removed fur' the-
convenience of Sale, •
The Entire, Matchless. and Universally-admired COLLEC-
TION of the, finest PROOF ENGRAVINGS, principally
Framed; a splendid Copy of the 1,(17.ge, Kite's 'to Bo ydell' s mag-
nificent SHA KSPEA ItE, beautiful Proof Impressions; a unique
Copy of the First Folio Edition of LouGt's PORTRAITS, proofs;
a fine early Copy of Galignani's First Edition of - the MUSRE
VRANcAIS, in four \Tots ; with several other Popular Works,
enriched With'selected Proof Impressions of the PlateS, in rich
'substantial and eleganteßindings; and •
A Small COLLECTION of very. desirable, CABINET PIC-
TURES, by faViittrite MaSfers, The whole being the genuine
'Property ot; and collected with much taste and judgment, at a
very liberal outlay.,by
I. Gotnie WALKER,ESQ,

of Broom House. Levein,liulMe, near Manchester. who is giv-
ing up his establishment, and has ordered his valuable collection
to he sold without reservation.
This collection will he found to cotnpr'se very rare proofs of
the Phwton, the Solitude, and Cuero, at his Villa, after Wilson;
the Macbeth, after Zinarelli; the Jocund Peasant, and the Cot-
tage Door, after Dusart ; all before the letters and in a fine
and perfect state, by iVvollett. Of the Blind Fidler, the Cut
Finger, the Rat Hunters, the Rabbit on the Wall. the Penny
Wedding, and the Chelsea -Perisioners, after TVilkie's ; justly
celebrated Pictures, by Burnet, Raimback, and Stewart; most
of them before the Letters, on India Paper, and in a rare state ;
brilliant unlettered Profs of " Nature'," after Si* Thomas Law-
rence, by Doo ; May Day, after Leslie, by Watt; Lord William
Russell's Trial. after Hayden, by Bromley; Venice, after
Prout, by Le Keu ; the Dead Soldier and Fisherman, by
Heath; a splendid set of the Cartoons, by Holloway, after Ra-
phael; capital Portraits of George IV., by Fisdin, of the Dukes
of York and Wellington, Lord Byron, 'Sir -Robert Peel, Sir
Walter Scott, and other eminent Characters, by Doo, Robinson,
&C., choice and selected proofs.
The Transfiguration after Baflaelle, by Raphaeldtforig hen •
The Marriage of the Virgin, by Folo ; La Verge en has relief,
by Forster, after Da Vinci; Hagar. and Abraham, by Wille ;
all unlettered and matchless 'proofs, a' brilliant khcl-. early
lettered impression of the Last Supper, after L. Da Vinci, by.
Raphael Morghen, with other Engravings of great value and
interest to the judicious collector. 'These brilliant and select
specimens of modern engravings are . carefully placed,: with
broad 4ktrgins, in tasteful frames of burnished gold, with excel-
lent-pla e glass. '
The UNFRAMED PRINTS consist of 'rich and beautiful un-
lettered proofs of Bolton Abbey—The Maid of Saragossa—The
Red Riding Hood,. and the- Flower Girl,' with portraits of
Napoleon, of Mal bran, of Lady Selina Meade, and other
choice prints, all proofs.
" The PittriTrt6s comprise a View of the Bay of Naples' by
Moonlight, with Vesuvius in 'eruption by Wright of Derby.; a
Coast Scene and Land Storm,, by George Morland ; the cele-
brated Dray Horses,' by -R. Cooper, R.A. ; a Landscape, with
Cattle and a Fair, by T. S.' Cooper; "'Discussing a Knotty
Point," be Keeling; with other productions of the favourite
pencils of Charld Calvert, Towne, Hogg, Illthcrg, Bradley. Du-
- Fraz, Plourmen,
..and Burrii The. Angel delivering St. Peter,
by Salvator Rosa; Xnli me 'l'angere, by Raphael Mengs ; Christ
led to execution, by Bassano ; and' ther specimens of a desirable
cabinet size, and in fine preservation.
The whole may be viewed on MONDAY, the April, and
TUESDAY. the Ist May; but to prevent intrusion and injury to
so valuable a property, no person whatever will be admitted to
the View or Sale without a Catalogue, which may be had, price
one shilling, of Messrs. WINSTA N LEI% 'Paternoster-row, Lon-
don; of Mr. RonEnT \VINSTANLEY, Chapel-walks, Manches-
ter; and of Messrs. THOS. WINSTANLEY and SONS, Church-
street, LiVerpool.