A catalogue of a truly capital & highly valuable assemblage chiefly of distinguished Italian, and a few Spanish, French, Flemish, and Dutch pictures of the finest class
Subtitle: the genuine and entire collection of William Young Ottley, Esq. ... : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie at his great room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, the 25th of May, 1811 ...
Publisher: Catalogues may be had at Mr. Christie's office
Published: 1811
Place of publication: London]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 19
Subjects: Art collections; Catalogs
Other titles: Catalogue of pictures, 1810 to 1827
Notes: "This collection, partly purchased on the Continent from the Borghese, Colonna, Albani, and other palaces, and partly selected from celebrated cabinets in this country, ... comprises some one pure and first-rate specimen of almost every distinguished master in the Florentine, Roman, Venetian, Lombard, and Bolognese schools ..."

Lugt, 8005.

Getty Provenance Index Databases, viewed July 24, 2012, Description of sale catalog Br-889.

Date of sale: May 25, 1811.

Place of sale: London.

Library's copy 1 annotated in brown ink with all prices, indicating which lots were sold and which bought in, as well as the buyer of lot 89 and a few notes. Library's copy 1 bound with:  Christie, James. A catalogue of a valuable assemblage of pictures, sold by order of the assignees of Mr. Michael Bryan. [London] : Mr.Christie, [1810] (id: 2989-926).  This is the 17th catalog bound in a volume of 36 catalogs.  In ms. in brown ink on verso of front free endpaper: From the collection of William Seguier Esq. decd. 1844.  Gilt binder's title on spine: Catalogue of pictures, 1810 to 1827.

Library's copy 2 annotated in brown ink with most prices; a few notes in pencil.