Wyndham (George, 1st Baron Leconfield) Catalogue of Pictures in Petworth House, Sussex, Woodfall and Kinder, 1856 & others, similar (3)

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Wyndham (George, 1st Baron Leconfield) Catalogue of Pictures in Petworth House, Sussex, a few corrections in contemporary ink manuscript, original limp cloth, spine torn and frayed with split to upper joint, Woodfall and Kinder, 1856 Rushout (George, 3rd Baron Northwick) A Catalogue of he Pictures, Works of Art, &c. at Northwick Park, enlarged edition, original blue cloth, gilt, very slight rubbing to spine ends and corners, 1908 Pleydell-Bouverie (Helen Matilda, Countess of Radnor, née Chaplin) Catalogue of the Earl of Radnor's Pictures, third edition, inscribed "Cynthia , 18th June 1955" at head of title, plans of Longford Castle, original printed wrappers, upper cover creased and chipped at lower outer corner, 1910, the first two with bookplate of Charles Sebag-Montefiore, 4to & 8vo (3) *** The first details the important collection of paintings at Petworth House including works by Titian, Van Dyck, William Blake, and most notably Turner who kept a studio at Petworth. Lord Northwick (1770-1859, 2nd Baron Northwick) was one of the greatest collectors of the first half of the nineteenth century. He acquired so many paintings he had to buy a second mansion, Thirlestane House in Cheltenham, to display them and when he died intestate in 1859 the contents were sold over 22 days. Many of the items were bought back by his nephew, George, as listed in the present catalogue. The final catalogue was compiled after the Countess of Radnor found several account books in the muniments ro

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