Catalogue of Paintings: chiefly by James Ward Esq., R.A. his Splendid Picture of Cattle, Large as Life; in Imitation of the Grand Paul Potter; The Finest Picture in the Buonaparte Louvre...
New York: Spear & Nesbitt, 1831. ORIGINAL EDITION, NOT A REPRINT. Pamphlet. Ivory wraps; black lettering. 16 pp. with no illustrations. Binding is sewn at middle of left edge only. No covers, likely as issued. Good- with foxing but no extraneous marks. Front page/cover is loose but not yet detached. Item #161494
The title continues ..".also, by Mr. Ward, An Englilsh Race Horse, An Arabian H orse, and Three Other Pictures, with some fine specimens of painting by [12 additional artists], etc., etc., etc. and some curious castings in iron, carvings in ivory of public characters, and sixteen colored drawings of beautiful women, in the costume of their country, &c. &c." Considering the size of this catalogue and the number of works, there is a lot of information in this small package. The 12 works by Ward are well-annotated, and the others more briefly. Not found in Worldcat.
Price: $225.00