A catalogue of the
Drawings and sketches
by Sir David Wilkie
The property of Benjamin Godfrey Windus, Esq
of Tottenham
 
Wednesday 1 June 1842

Sir David Wilkie’s Sketches

1 Academy study, from a cast
2 Ditto, whole length
3 Ditto, from a cast
4 Ditto, from life
5 Ditto, from a cast
6 Ditto, from live
7 Study from nature, blue paper
8 Mother and child, pen and ink
9 HRH Duke of York; study of the whole subject in chalk, and some in colours, very fine
10 Study of a young man’s head; chalked at the back, portrait of B West
11 View of Chelsea, colours
12 Seven studies of cats, &c very spirited
13 Six ditto of dogs, pen and ink, ditto
 
14 Meg Dod’s house, St Ronan’s Well
15 A Scotch interior and figures; two studies, grave digger, &c, pen and ink
16 Penny wedding; five studies for pen and ink, and chalk
16* Ditto, four ditto
17 Penny wedding, three fine sketches in chalk, autograph at the back
17* A group of the same
18 Chelsea pensioners, six sketches; and one, girl kissing a child; autograph on back, pen and ink
19 Chelsea pensioner, three fine sketches, pen and ink
20 Peep O’Day Boys; view in Scotland; two studies sepia, whole-length portrait, fine
20* A sketch at Subiaco, in bistre
21 Sick lady; head of the physician; mother and daughter
22 Five chalk sketches, fine; dogs and peacocks; girl seated on ground, &c &c &c
23 Five various sketches, fine; pen and ink, and chalk
23* Four ditto
24 Eight ditto, Cults; the house Sir David was born, and his father’s kirk &c
24* The arrival of a rich relation &c six
25 The Highlander’s return, three sketches, pen and ink
26 Entrance of George IV, at Holyrood, two sketches, very spirited, pen and ink
27 Chelsea pensioners, two pen and ink sketches
28 Six studies of hands, &c; Duncan Gray, &c &c
29 Chelsea pensioners, four pen and ink studies
30 The gardener; and four other sketches, pen and ink, and chalk
31 The school, five sketches, pen and ink
32 Two studies of men reading
 
33 Five studies, letter of introduction
34 Escape of Mary, Queen of Scots, very fine sketch, in colours
35 Sir David Baird finding the body of Tippoo, very fine sketch, in colours
36 Four studies, interceding for charity school interest, pen and ink, and pencil
37 Penny wedding, five studies, chalk
38 Five slight studies
39 The whiskey still; and three others, pen and ink
40 The invalid’s first walk, very fine; the bad egg; and two others, pencil, and pen and ink
41 Six pen and ink sketches, women being bled in the arm, &c &c
42 Duncan Gray, the whole subject, most beautiful drawing, in colours
43 The parish beadle, most highly finished drawings, in colour; ditto, pen and ink; variation, and two others
44 The gentle shepherd, three fine pen and ink sketches
45 Baptism in the Kirk, pen and ink
45* Woman receiving oatmeal in charity; and one other, in pen
46 Entry of George IV into Holyrood, three studies, one in colours
46* Two ditto
47 Five studies, welcoming the Howdie, pen and ink
48 Columbus; two fine studies, one in colours; hand in chalk, holding the compasses
49 Four various studies, Sancho Panza in the days of his youth, &c &c fine
49* Four ditto
50 Sketch of a horse, in colours, fine; ditto, of a donkey; Morland’s horses, three studies
51 The Duke of Argyll, for the Holyrood picture, full-length, in coloured chalk
52 Repose - head of a young man sleeping, fine, in chalk; group of Scotch characters, 13 figures; and three others, fine
 
53 Columbus, one of the monks seated by his side, fine, in chalk
54 Alfred in the neat-herd’s cottage, three highly finished studies, in chalk
55 Sketch for the Spanish mother
55* Study of Father Eustace, and Hawarden; and two others, fine, in bistre
56 Reading the will, seven sketches
57 Quentin Durward, the breakfast scene, fine finished sketch, in bistre
58 A mother, and child learning to walk, very fine
58* Three principal figures in the bridal morn; and three others, fine
59 Seven fine pen and ink sketches for the Chelsea pensioners
60 Breakfast table, sketch of the whole subject; study for part of the china closet
61 Rent day, five fine sketches, in pencil
62 The pedlar, fine sketch
62* The Abbotsford family, Mrs Lockhart, various
63 Eight studies of heads
64 Reading of a will, finished pen and ink sketch of the whole subject; and three others
64* One coloured chalk for ditto, fine; and one other
65 A Highland shooting-scene; and Scotch reapers, the women reaping, the men binding, fine
66 King George IV at Holyrood, five studies
67 Duke of York, the whole subject; and three variations for ditto
68 Fish in a net, highly finished; Sancho, in the days of his youth; and five others
69 Lady playing on a harp; girl’s hand holding grapes, fine pen and ink sketch; and the drummers; sketch of William IV, at the back
70 Quadrille party; very fine and spirited sketch, pen and ink
71 William IV, fine, whole-length, in bistre; the pump
 
71a* A lady seated, very fine
72 Picture of a miser
73 Five studies of still-life
74 Gentle shepherd, three studies
75 The card players, study for the picture; sketch at the back
76 Village politicians, four studies
77 Studies of hands, from casts
77* Four others, pen
78 Entrance of George IV at Holyrood; four sketches
78* Six other sketches
79 The tax-gatherer, sketch for effect; and three others
80 Portrait of Buonaparte; lady reclining, and child, fine, two sketches
80* Buonaparte casting into the fire the evidence of the conspiracy against him; and Mary Queen of Scots, and her sone
81 Six studies for the clubbists
82 Blindman’s buff, beautiful pen and ink study
82* Princess Doria washing the pilgrims’ feet, fine; guess my name; and four others
83 Four sketches for the arms of the Earl of Mulgrave, for the dedication of the rent day
84 Four studies for the blink fiddler
85 Three studies of hands &c
86 James V and the miller of Cramond Brigg, two studies
86* One from the same
87 Bacchanalian boys, two studies, very fine, one in coloured chalk
87* Two ditto
88 Sir D Baird finding the body of Tippoo, three fine studies; companion to the parish beadle, two studies; and two others
 
89 Portrait of Mulready; ditto of three young ladies; ditto heads &c
90 Interior of a Highland cottage, fine; ditto another; study of hands, fine
91 Plymstock, origin of design; landscape; two studies of figures
92 Reading of a will; woman and child, very fine
92* Pedlar, general pen and ink sketch of whole subject, very fine
93 Sir D Baird finding the body of Tippoo, two in colours, fine, one pen and ink
94 The accusation in the Kirk, the whole subject, fine, in chalk
95 Five studies of lions, tigers, &c, pen and ink, very fine and spirited
96 Portraits of two blind brothers, very fine, in chalk
97 Distraining for rent, three studies, fine
 
End of First Day’s Sale
 
Second Day’s Sale
Thursday June 2, 1842
 
97*The broken jar, whole subject, fine, in pen and ink; the dorly bairn, ditto; Old Mortality, scene in Milnewood’s house, ditto, fine
98* Two studies; five female heads, in chalk, fine
99 Sir D Wilkie in a Spanish dress, fine, in colours; two studies
100 The bridal morning, one of the principal figures, fine, in coloured chalk
101 Distraining for rent, two studies containing the whole subject
102 Six sketches, in pen and ink, various
102* Three ditto
103 The first earring; and a dog
103* Benvenuto Cellini and the Pope; and Shakespeare’s first age, in colours, fine
104 House in Cato Street, Thistlewood’s conspiracy, five sketches in one
104* A Scotch mill, belonging to the grandfather of Sir D Wilkie, fine and curious, in pen and ink
105 John Knox preaching, three studies
106 Two studies of hands, fine
107 The sick lady; physician, mother and daughter
108 Chelsea pensioners, eight studies, pen and ink
 
109 Study of a hand holding a pen; ditto gathering a flower; man kneeling
109* Study, head of an old woman, fine; and another
110 Alfred in the neat-herd’s cottage; six studies of hands &c
111 Group of Scotch figures; head of a man looking down; two studies of dogs; a lamp in colours; girl and child, and a female figure, in colour
112 Carved canopy to the pulpit in Knox preaching, and popish priests
113 Finished study of a dog’s head, very fine
114 Penny wedding, bridesmaid stooping, eight studies; and the dance, nine groups, fine
115 The Duke of York, finished study in colours, very fine
116 The newsmonger, two studies of the whole subject, different designs
117 The school, five studies, pen and ink
118 Chelsea pensioners, five fine studies, pen and ink
119 Boys digging for rats; two studies of hands, very fine
120 Rabbit on the wall, four general sketches, fine; studies for the child, pen and ink
121 Chelsea pensioners; two groups in colours, fine; one soldier and child, variation
122 Three profiles of Lord Nelson; two others
123 Quadrille party, dancing figure; and sketch of a pantomime, spirited
124 The bridal morn, attiring the bride
125 The jew’s harp, original sketch; the cat, in colour, fine; cut finger; head of girl, fine
126 George IV and horse, five studies, pen and ink
127 Scotch woman driving a hen to nest; and two others
128 Sir D Baird finding the body of Tippoo; fine spirited sketch
129 Escape of Mary, Queen of Scots; Catherine Seyton, very fine and spirited
130 William IV, Queen Adelaide, two studies; Duke of Sussex
 
131 Swiss peasants, in colours
132 Woman and child, bistre, very fine
133 Portrait of a foreign gentleman
134 Traveller inspecting the inn larder; and five others
135 Scotch farm houses
136 Chelsea pensioners, six pen and ink sketches
137 Rent day, principal figures; and five studies for hands, in ditto
138 Penny wedding, five pen and ink sketches
138* Two ditto, one of the them on the outside of a letter
139 Two studies of trees; view at Newhaven; a watchman of the last century; and the horse-guards
140 Nymphs gathering grapes, finished pen and ink sketch; and two other sketches, various
140* The history of the Church of Scotland, &c &c
141 Village festival, six studies, fine
142 Eight studies for portraits, &c
143 Portrait of Sir D Wilkie, by Jackson
 
            Drawings, not mounted
144 Perth
145 A group at Antwerp
146 Ditto, Amsterdam
147 Ditto, Glasgow
148 Ditto, Hague
149 Ditto, Scotch figues
150 Sketch for the school
151 Distraining for rent, various
152 Sketch, whole-length
153 Study of hands, cut finger
154 Study of hands, letter of introduction
155 Two studies, Chelsea pensioners
156 Finding the body of Tippoo
157 The alchymist; Chelsea pensioner; George IV at Holyrood; and gentle shepherd, three small cottages
158 The Queen’s first council; the school; portrait of Lord Montague; and a portrait, in bistre
159 THE CLUBBISTS; the celebrated finished drawing from which the engraving was made
 
Total: £342.8.6
 

 

The sketches below,  from the Royal Academy collection, are of subjects listed in the Windus Sale.

37 Penny wedding, five studies, chalk

62 The pedlar, fine sketch

97*The broken jar, whole subject, fine, in pen and ink; the dorly bairn, ditto; Old Mortality,

103* Benvenuto Cellini and the Pope; and Shakespeare’s first age, in colours, fine

119 Boys digging for rats; two studies of hands, very fine

121 Chelsea pensioners; two groups in colours, fine; one soldier and child, variation

For more sketches by Sir David Wilkie in the Royal Academy collection    click here