Catalogue of an important selection of
English Paintings and Drawings of the Highest Class
from the very choice Collection of that well-known Amateur,
BENJAMIN GODFREY WINDUS Esq of Tottenham
English Paintings and Drawings of the Highest Class
from the very choice Collection of that well-known Amateur,
BENJAMIN GODFREY WINDUS Esq of Tottenham
26 March 1859
Drawings Framed and Glazed
1 De Wint A small landscape
2 Bonnington A French girl, in a landscape
3 Westall RA Il Penserosa A fine drawing
4 De Wint A landscape, with sheep on a road
5 G Barrett A small upright landscape, with gipsies From the Bernal Collection
6 Edridge Mrs Crewe, in a landscape A capital copy from Sir J Reynolds
7 Rosetti Lovers Very richly coloured
8 Sir D Wilkie RA 1823 Lefevre and Uncle Toby A finished sketch, in pen
9 Newton RA 1823 A mother and child A beautiful drawing, with autograph, presented to T J Swift Esq
10 Sir D Wilkie The artist’s sister a sketch
11JMW Turner RA The Bridge of Sighs A beautiful vignette, engraved in Byron’s Works
12 Sir D Wilkie RA 1833 A fine study for the picture of ‘The First Earring’
13 JD Harding Naples and St Elmo A very important and beautiful work. From the Bernal Collection
14 JF Lewis ARA Harem Life One of the finest works of the Artist. Exhibited at the Society of Painters in Water Colours, 1857 and very highly praised by Mr Ruskin in his notes of that year
15 JD Harding The Val D’Aosta A very fine early drawing, retouched by the Artist in 1858
16 JMW Turner RA The Lake of Zug This very important and beautiful work has not been engraved
17 JMW Turner RA Bellinzona Very fine - not engraved
PICTURES
18 Stothard RA A vignette illustration to Milton
19 Sir A Callcott RA A beautiful small upright cabinet landscape
20 T Webster RA An illustration to Crabbe’s “Miller’s Maid”
21 WJ Grant Hotspur’s dream Exhibited at the Royal Academy
22 Stothard RA A vignette illustration to Milton
23 W Cave Thomas King Alfred visiting the churches at early morn
24 WJ Webbe Twilight: a beautiful study from nature, near the Artist’s residence, Niton, Isle of Wight
25 Stothard RA A scene from a novel - the gamester reclaimed
26 Stothard RA A scene from a novel; a shepherd piping - the companion
27 JE Millais A beautiful head of a female
28 F Leighton A finished sketch for the picture of the death of Juliet Exhibited at the Royal Academy
29 A Johnstone Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville A beautiful sketch for the large picture exhibited at the Royal Academy, in 1853. From the Collection of JH Turner Esq
30 F Leighton A finished sketch for the picture of Romeo and Juliet Exhibited at the Royal Academy
31 Stothard RA Lear and Cordelia
32 WP Frith RA A lady seated on a bank
33 JE Millais ARA Head of a lady, cutting of a lock of hair
34 F Leighton Head of an Asiatic Very powerfully painted
35 WJ Grant The Princess Elizabeth in the Tower A beautiful finished sketch for the large picture exhibited at the Royal Academy
36 Ford Madox Brown A fine study of a head From the picture of Chaucer reading his poem
37 F Leighton Samson, blind A fine sketch for the large picture in progress
38 Ford Madox Brown Wycliffe reading his translation of the scriptures to John of Gaunt, and his wife A very important and capital work, with the copyright
39 W Etty RA The prodigal son A very fine finished study for the celebrated work formerly in the Beckford Collection
40 W Cave Thomas The death of Marmion A very highly finished work. Exhibited at the Royal Academy
41 Sir A Callcott RA Portrait of himself Very powerfully painted in emulation of Titian. Supposed to be the only portrait of the great painter
42 C Stanfield RA Pic du Midi A very beautiful finished sketch
43 A Johnstone 1853 Genevra “Through thy long dark lashes low depending, The soul of melancholy gentleness” Byron Finely drawn and coloured. From the Collection of JH Turner Esq
44 W Holman Hunt 1848 The Eve of Saint Agnes From Keats’s Poems Retouched by the Artist in 1858. This picture is unnerved, and is sold with the valuable copyright
45 Ford Madox Brown The last of England This fine picture has not been engraved, and will be sold with the valuable copyright
46 Sir Edwin Landseer RA A river scene - view at Endsleigh A very fine work. Painted for the last Duchess of Bedford, and purchased at the sale of her effects
47 JE Millais Pot Pourri This beautiful work has not been exhibited
48 Sir J Reynolds PRA Penelope Boothby, seated in a landscape One of the Artist’s most fascinating works, in a very pure state
The valuable copyright is to be sold with the two following pictures. JMW Turner RA
Dawn of Christianity: Flight into Egypt “That star has risen” Rev T Gisborne’s Works in a Forest. Exhibited in the Royal Academy, 1841 No 532
Glaucus and Scylla - “Ovid’s Metamorphoses” - painted on panel. Exhibited in the Royal Academy, 1841 No 542
1 De Wint A small landscape
2 Bonnington A French girl, in a landscape
3 Westall RA Il Penserosa A fine drawing
4 De Wint A landscape, with sheep on a road
5 G Barrett A small upright landscape, with gipsies From the Bernal Collection
6 Edridge Mrs Crewe, in a landscape A capital copy from Sir J Reynolds
7 Rosetti Lovers Very richly coloured
8 Sir D Wilkie RA 1823 Lefevre and Uncle Toby A finished sketch, in pen
9 Newton RA 1823 A mother and child A beautiful drawing, with autograph, presented to T J Swift Esq
10 Sir D Wilkie The artist’s sister a sketch
11JMW Turner RA The Bridge of Sighs A beautiful vignette, engraved in Byron’s Works
12 Sir D Wilkie RA 1833 A fine study for the picture of ‘The First Earring’
13 JD Harding Naples and St Elmo A very important and beautiful work. From the Bernal Collection
14 JF Lewis ARA Harem Life One of the finest works of the Artist. Exhibited at the Society of Painters in Water Colours, 1857 and very highly praised by Mr Ruskin in his notes of that year
15 JD Harding The Val D’Aosta A very fine early drawing, retouched by the Artist in 1858
16 JMW Turner RA The Lake of Zug This very important and beautiful work has not been engraved
17 JMW Turner RA Bellinzona Very fine - not engraved
PICTURES
18 Stothard RA A vignette illustration to Milton
19 Sir A Callcott RA A beautiful small upright cabinet landscape
20 T Webster RA An illustration to Crabbe’s “Miller’s Maid”
21 WJ Grant Hotspur’s dream Exhibited at the Royal Academy
22 Stothard RA A vignette illustration to Milton
23 W Cave Thomas King Alfred visiting the churches at early morn
24 WJ Webbe Twilight: a beautiful study from nature, near the Artist’s residence, Niton, Isle of Wight
25 Stothard RA A scene from a novel - the gamester reclaimed
26 Stothard RA A scene from a novel; a shepherd piping - the companion
27 JE Millais A beautiful head of a female
28 F Leighton A finished sketch for the picture of the death of Juliet Exhibited at the Royal Academy
29 A Johnstone Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville A beautiful sketch for the large picture exhibited at the Royal Academy, in 1853. From the Collection of JH Turner Esq
30 F Leighton A finished sketch for the picture of Romeo and Juliet Exhibited at the Royal Academy
31 Stothard RA Lear and Cordelia
32 WP Frith RA A lady seated on a bank
33 JE Millais ARA Head of a lady, cutting of a lock of hair
34 F Leighton Head of an Asiatic Very powerfully painted
35 WJ Grant The Princess Elizabeth in the Tower A beautiful finished sketch for the large picture exhibited at the Royal Academy
36 Ford Madox Brown A fine study of a head From the picture of Chaucer reading his poem
37 F Leighton Samson, blind A fine sketch for the large picture in progress
38 Ford Madox Brown Wycliffe reading his translation of the scriptures to John of Gaunt, and his wife A very important and capital work, with the copyright
39 W Etty RA The prodigal son A very fine finished study for the celebrated work formerly in the Beckford Collection
40 W Cave Thomas The death of Marmion A very highly finished work. Exhibited at the Royal Academy
41 Sir A Callcott RA Portrait of himself Very powerfully painted in emulation of Titian. Supposed to be the only portrait of the great painter
42 C Stanfield RA Pic du Midi A very beautiful finished sketch
43 A Johnstone 1853 Genevra “Through thy long dark lashes low depending, The soul of melancholy gentleness” Byron Finely drawn and coloured. From the Collection of JH Turner Esq
44 W Holman Hunt 1848 The Eve of Saint Agnes From Keats’s Poems Retouched by the Artist in 1858. This picture is unnerved, and is sold with the valuable copyright
45 Ford Madox Brown The last of England This fine picture has not been engraved, and will be sold with the valuable copyright
46 Sir Edwin Landseer RA A river scene - view at Endsleigh A very fine work. Painted for the last Duchess of Bedford, and purchased at the sale of her effects
47 JE Millais Pot Pourri This beautiful work has not been exhibited
48 Sir J Reynolds PRA Penelope Boothby, seated in a landscape One of the Artist’s most fascinating works, in a very pure state
The valuable copyright is to be sold with the two following pictures. JMW Turner RA
Dawn of Christianity: Flight into Egypt “That star has risen” Rev T Gisborne’s Works in a Forest. Exhibited in the Royal Academy, 1841 No 532
Glaucus and Scylla - “Ovid’s Metamorphoses” - painted on panel. Exhibited in the Royal Academy, 1841 No 542
