William Marsh – aged 64/65 – London (1755-1846)
Elizabeth Marsh (ne Tresilian) aged 50/51 – 3rd wife of William Marsh – London (1769-1838)
Arthur Cuthbert Marsh – aged 33/34 (1786-1849)
Amelia Marsh (Aunt Me) – aged 31/32 (1788-1861)
Madame Anne Gabiou (ne Marsh) aged 26/27 – Paris (1792-1870)
George Marsh – aged 29/30 (1790-1868)
William Marsh – aged 24/25 (1795-1824)
Mary Marsh – aged 21/22 (1798-1839)
Georgina Nelson Marsh – aged 18/19 (1801-1861)
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Wednesday 19 January 1820
Morning Chronicle
St.Marylebone, Jan.18 1820
Subscriptions to Afford Temporary Relief to the Destitute Poor of the Parish, at their Own Houses, during this inclement Season Viz. – – -At Messrs Marsh, Sibbald and Co.,
Joseph Hume -£1.1
William King – £1.1
James Heath -£1.1
Francis Freeling £10.0.0
Marsh and Co. £21.0.0
Mr M.K. Knight £1.1
Miss Knight £1.1
John Wilson Esq., £5.0.0
A.Redwood Esq., £1.1.0
Mrs Dickson £5.0
Mrs Deval £2.0.0
Mr.Ross £2.2.0
Mrs.Tottingham £4.0.0
Mrs.Pope £2.0.0
Mrs. Nash £2.2.0
Mr. Giani £1.0.0
John Burchall £1.0.0
William Vale £2.0.0 – – –
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Friday 21 January 1820
Morning Chronicle
Subscription to Afford Temporary Relief to the Destitute and Nightly Shelter to the Houseless, during the Present Inclement Season.
The Right Hon. Lord Mayor, President. At a meeting of the Committee of Management, the following Subscriptions were reported. – – – Subscriptions are received at – – -Marsh, Sibbald and Co., Bankers, Berner’s Street – – –
At Messrs Marsh, Sibbald and Co.’s
J Purssord £1.1.0
James Tilson £1.0.0
Mrs Hodson £1.1.0
William Sanderson £1.0.0
D. Faithorn £1.1.0
G.M. £1.0.0
John Gale £1.1.0
Mrs Sarah Noyes £5.0.0
Mrs Ann Noyes £5.0.0
Stephen Bertin £2.2.0
Major Rennell £5.0.0
By a Gentleman £1.0.0
Thomas Hardwick Esq. £2.2.0
Peter Free Esq. £5.5.0
Mark Pinaro Esq £1.0.0
Mrs S. Hamilton £2.2.0
Mr S. Townsend £1.1.0
Alex. Nowell Esq. £10.10.0
John Manning Esq. £1.0.0
J.E.Conant Esq. £2.2.0
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Wednesday 31 May 1820
New Times (London)
Queen Charlotte’s Lying-In Hospital, Manor House, Lisson Green, instituted 1752. President – His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex.
A Sermon for the Benefit of the above Hospital will be preached in Quebec Chapel, Quebec Street, St.Mary-le-Bone on Sunday, June 11, 1820, by the Right Reverend Father in God the Lord Bishop of Chester. Subscription, Gits &c., are received by – – -Messrs Marsh, Sibbald, Stracey and Fauntleroy, Berners Street. – –
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Sunday 28 October 1820
Sun (London)
Proposals for Erecting a Public Monument to the Memory of the late Venerable President of the Royal Academy, Benjamin West Esq., Historical Painter to the late King &c., &c., The Figure to be carved in White Marble as large as life by Charles Rossie R.A.
Mr Rossi hopes the Subscription will enable him to place the Figure upon a Pedestal, embellished with appropriate Attributes of Painting, in some public situation where the whole may not only be viewed by the Students of the Royal Academy, – – -The following Bankers have kindly undertaken to receive subscriptions. – – – – Marsh, Stracey, Fauntleroy and Graham, 6 Berners Street, – –
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1820
UCL.ac.uk./lbs
Woodlands estate, Jamaica. Registered to John Milbourne Marsh, Jamaica Almanac, 1821. Slaves 10.
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List of Pictures bought at Duchess of Kingston’s sale, of Mrs Turner, Parnham, and at different places and sales! – between 1788, and 1820
- A Large Picture of Vanderveldes
First Cost – £21.0.0 - Ditto by Picart
First Cost – £21.0.0 - Ditto by Rembrant
First Cost – £4.4.0 - Ditto Two Fryers Heads
First Cost – £2.2.0 - Ditto a small Moonlight
First Cost – £1.1.0 - Ditto a Small Picture of a Waterfall by Murcheron
First Cost – £7.7.0
Repairs – £1.1.0 - A Storm the Shipwreck of Sn Cloudy Shovel V-Velde
First Cost – £7.7.0
Repairs – £1.1.0 - A small Picture Sheep du Jardens
First Cost – £1.11.6 - Rysdalls Ferry Boat Small
Frist Cost – £10.18.0 - A Droll Picture, Valentine…
First Cost – £7/18/0
Repairs – £3.3.0 - A Small Landscape Begayn
First Cost – £7.18.0 - A Large Landscape – Foquire
First Cost – £21.0.0 - A Domestic of Rubens at Work
First Cost – £6.6.0 - A Picture of Goats & Sheep byu Rosa (D’Tevely?)
First Cost – £5.5.0 - Large Landscape by Faqueer
Repairs – £4.4.0 - A Large Picture “Fortune Teller.”
First Cost – £42.0.0
- Total Cost – £42.0.0
- A View of Holland
First Cost – £7.7.0
Repairs – £2.2.0 - Tilburge
Reparis – £2.2.0 - Small Head Ostade
First Cost – £3.3.0 - A Flower Piece by Verelst.
Repairs – £1.1.0 - A Lady’s Head on Copper
First Cost – £3.3.0 - A small Droll by Dusk Hals.
First Cost – £4.4.0 - A small Vangoyen, Smugglers…
First Cost – £4.4.0
Repairs – £2.2.0 - Two Landscapes, Swaniveld…. Paid a Man for Procuring them.
First Cost – £42.0.0.
Repairs – £10.10.0 - An Upright Landscape – Nimugen
First Cost – £10.10.0 - A Landscape by Davd Teniers
First Cost – £12.12.0 - Sophonesba
First Cost – £31.0.0
Repairs – £6.6.0 - A Mountebank, Hemskirk
First Cost – £5.5.0 - A Landscape (Utenix….?)
First Cost – £12.12.0
Repairs – £5.5.0 - A small Picture of Cattle
First Cost – £4.4.0 - A Small Picture on Copper, Frost.
First Cost – £4.4.0
Repairs – £2.2.0 - Picture, Fruit
First Cost – £21.0.0.
Repairs – £1.1.0 - & 34. Two Small Pictures, Mariasky…
First Cost – £10.10.0
Repairs – £1.1.0 - Large Landscape, Both.
First Cost – £12.12.0
Repairs – £5.5.0 - Small Garden Conversation
First Cost – £7.7.0
Repairs – £1.1.0 - Buildings & Figures Linlibeck
First Cost – £2.2.0 - Large Landscape on a Pannel Rysdale ferry Boat
First Cost – £11.11.0
Repairs – £10.10.0 - A Large Picture by (Murcheson)?
First Cost – £15.15.0 - A Sea Piece a Chace
First Cost – £9.9.0
Repairs – £3.3.0 - A Picture of a Distressed Boy piper
First Cost – £10.10.0 - Smoaking Figures by Terniers
First Cost – £10.10.0 - A Fine Drawing by Phillipo Laura
First Cost – £5.5.0 - A Bridge Warm Picture by Both
First Cost – £2.15.0
Repairs – £2.2.0 - Two Heads Teniers, Man & Woman
First Cost – £5.5.0
Repairs – £3.3.0 - Vangoyen with Gothic Castle
First Cost – £10.10.0
Repairs – £3.3.0 - A man Sleeping
First Cost – £3.3.0
Repairs – £1.1.0 - A Man and Woman Flemish
First Cost – £-
Repairs – £2.2.0 - A Landbank by Rysdall
First Cost – £10.10.0
Repairs – £2.2.0 - Moonlight by Vendermear
First Cost – £10.10.0
Repairs £2.2.0 - Battle Piece
First Cost – £12.12.0
Repairs £2.2.0 - Garden of Love
Repairs 21.0.0 - Vangoyen Without Water
Repairs – 1.1.0 - Large Vangoyen
Repairs – £10.10.0 - Tobias L’Angel by Moucheron
First Cost – £12.15.0
Repairs – £2.2.0 - Flyght into Egypt by Van Balen
First Cost – £5.5.0 - Droll Picture – Hams Kirk
First Cost – £5.5.0
Repairs – £1.1.0 - Droll Man & Woman Sporting
First Cost – £- - Landscape Waterloo
First Cost – £12.12.0
Repairs – £3.3.0 - Cattler with a White Horse
First Cost – £7.7.0
Repairs – £1.1.0 - Calm by Brooking
First Cost – £6.16.0
Repairs – £2.2.0 - An Old Man Lighting his Pipe
First Cost – £- - Pitching about by Moonlight
First Cost – £6.6.0 - Landscape by Roland Savoy
First Cost – £5.5.0 - Five small Landscape by Wilson
First Cost – £8.8.0
66. One Large Bacchanal
- One Ditto Ditto
Repairs – £10.10.0 - A Droll Fellow Huggin a Pitcher
First Cost – £3.3.0 - Landscape by Wilson
First Cost – £14.14.0 - A Man playing on Music by Oslade
First Cost – £7.13.0 - A Cavern by D Teniers, Style of Rubens
First Cost – £12.12.0
Repairs – £2.2.0 - A Sea Fight by Van Deist
Repairs – £2.2.0 - Venetian Regally
First Cost – £12.12.0 - Picture of Dead Game with a Frame
First Cost – £20.9.8 - A Head by Ostade
First Cost – £3.13.6 - Flemish Wake
First Cost – £21.0.0
- Mans Head by Fran. Hals
First Cost – £2.2.0
Repairs – £1.1.0 - Large Picture – Dead Game
First Cost – £15.4.0
Repairs – £12.12.0
Framing – £21.0.0 - A Small Landscape of Brugall..
First Cost – £3.3.0
Repairs – £1.1.0 - Holy Family
First Cost – £3.13.6
Repairs – £1.1.0 - Bears Drinking
First Cost – £3.3.0
Repairs – £2.2.0 - Madona an Infant
First Cost – £13.13.0
Repairs – £3.3.0 - An Old Woman HEad and (Fleco?) Piece
First Cost – £5.5.0
Repairs – £2.2.0 - Shepherds Addoration
First Cost – £4.14.6
Repairs – £1.1.0
- A Pleasant Landscape with the Ruins by Vangoyen
First Cost – £10.10.0
Repairs – £2.2.0
5 Pictures purchased by Walken of (Crossley, Gressley?)
One Historical – £14.14.0
One Sea Piece – £10.10.0
One Fruit Piece – £8.8.0
A School by Ostabe(?) – £6.6.0. Repairing £2.2.0
One Head – £4.4.0. Repairing £2.2.0
2 Sketches Rhuebens – Garden of Love
2 Flemish by Vanderbank
A View of Dort by Cuyp Senr – repairing – £4.4.0
A View in Italy by Wilson
A Large Picture – Beast.
The Visitation of the Virgin
Fine Evening View by Brugall – repairing – £10.10.0
Pair of Sea Pieces by Brooking
A Landscape by Gasper Pouschin – repairing – £4.4.0
The Adoration of the Shepherds by Bramer
A Small Storm by Vandervelde – repairing – £2.2.0
A Small Frost by Edemia
An Incantation of Witches by D. Teniers – repairing – £2.2.0
Town on Fire – by Vandervheel(?)
A Frost Picec – Vannden – repairing – £3.3.0
An Italian Sea Port
A Landscape by Van Balen
Jupiter & Io
Two Views in Holand by Mauns(?)
An Italian View by Swanevelt
Two Italian Pictures by Lucatele – repairing – £6.6.0
Totals £153.3.0 – Repairing 26.5.0
4th October 1787 – Bill of Expenses to Franham – £5.13.0
November 1787 – Bill Delivery for Fine Perfumes to Farnham – £12.15.0
December 1787 – A Set of Burches Views in England – £0.5.0
2nd April 1789 – A Set of Ditto – – Ditto – £0.5.0
Three Brushes for Pictures & Frames – £0.8.0
Paid a Man for not bidding against me at the Dutchess of Kingstons Sale – £2.2.0
Miniature Picture & Frame of Mr Marsh Sen. –
Fine Coach Hire & Portnage: –
Set of Burchs Views in England – £0.5.0
1790 – Gardner &c – – -Cleaning &c – £1.1.0
5th April 1790 – Paid for Three (Uprite?) Landscapes – £65.12.6
10th May 1791 – A kitcat Landscape by Artois – £21.0.0.
A Landscape by Gasper Poussin Mr Davis – £42.0.0
(different – finer handwriting after blank page)
25 January 1787 – Received at three Payments – £101.6
24 July 1787 – Rec. . . . .£100.0.0
4 October 1787 – Rec…..£20.0.0
25 October 1787 – Rec….£42.0.0
26 October 1787 – Rec…£50.0.0
15 November 1787 – Rec…£50.0.0
Holburn Received Money for 3 Old Pictures – £8.8.0
4 December 1787 – Rec… £96.0.0
2 January – Rec – £50.0.0
Received 7 Picture … £10.10.0
(Crossed out – Mr. Marsh paid Mr. — for Mr (Walker?) £2.2.0)
This is charged against over-leaf last.
2 August 1788 – Received to purchase 7 pictures £49.9.0
+3 October 1788 – Mr Marsh for Mrs Elmer for Mr Walker + £17.17.0
8 November 1788 – Received …£50.0.0
5 December 1788 – To Purchase 27 Pictures – £50.0.0.
27 December 1788 – Received…. £100.0.0
Received by Draft to purchase pictures by Dusarat – £21.0.0
22 May 1789 – Rec…. £66.4.0
3 July 1789 – Received by Draft …. £100.0.0
3 October 1789 – Received Bank Note – £15.0.0
28 January 1790 – Received Draught of £30.0.0 – carried over – £887.14.0
Omitted – 3 October 1788 – Received £57.57.0 (? crossed out)
ditto – Received – £900.6.0
£101.6.0
£1001.12.0
18th March 1790 – Received on account – £100.0.0
29th May 1790 – Received by Draught – £42.0.0
6th November 1790 – Received by Ditto from Willey – £50.0.0
10th January 1791 – Received a draught for £31.10.0
23rd April 1791 – cash – £3.3.0
10th May 1791 – Received by Two Draughts – £63.0.0
Printed Catalogue
A Catalogue of Art the Rich Household Furniture, Pier Glasses of Distinguished Magnitude, Collection of Pictures, Sideboard of PLATE, China, Linen, Fire Arms, Damask Hangings, and other valuable Effects, Late the Property of Her Grace The Duchess of Kingston, Deceased, At her Grace’s Mansion, situate between Knightsbridge and Kensington which will be sold by Auction, by Mr.Christie, (by Order of the Administrators) on the Premises, on Wednesday, May 20th, 1789, and Three Following Days.
N.B. The Collection of Pictures comprises the Fourth Day’s Sale, Saturday the 23rd.
The Whole to be Viewed on Monday and Tuesday preceding the sale, which will begin each – o’Clock
Catalogue may be had on the (rip in page) Mall, at One Shilling each. (rip in page) Purchasers.
page 2
Conditions of Sale
page 3
A CATALOGUE
FIrst Day’s Sale,
Wednesday May 20th 1789
No. 1 – The Venetian Room
- A Large double headed couch fitted to the room, covered with green mixed damask and squab to ditto.
- Five large feather bolsters in green mixed damask
- A feather bed, bolster, pillow, a matress and blankets.
- A small Smyrna carpet, a Wilton carpet planned and 2 gilt flower branches.
One Pair Landing.
- A gilt chandelier
No. 11 Large Front Room, One Pair.
- A large square steel stove, pierced engraved fender and fire irons.
- A chimney glass 31 inches square, as fixed.
- Two green mixed damask festoon window curtains lined.
- The green mixed damask hangings in the room
- A large pier glass in 2 plates, bottom plate 28 in. by 39, with top plate and glass border.
- A pair of square mahogany card tables and one-flap breakfast table.
- An elegant cabinet comprised of ebony, curiously inlaid with brass on a rich carved gilt frame.
- An old Japan cabinet on a frame and a 4 leaved India paper screen.
- A Turkey carpet 9ft. by 10ft,6 and a red japanned stool
- A cut glass 9 brank chandelier and a pair of metal branches, with hooks and shades.
No.III Drassing Room Ground Floor
etc.
Page 23
Fourth Day’s Sale
Saturday the 23rd of May, 1789
No. XXXIX PICTURES.
In the Hall- Four landscapes, a study of the prodigal son, and a musician.
- Two large historical
- One after Pannini, ruins and figures.
- Thirteen small figures, habits and dresses of different nations.,
- Thirteen drawings framed and glazed, from antique statues, &c.
- The portrait of the late King of Prussia.
- A portrait of a horse with a groom
- Teh wisemans offering, painted on marble.
- Two deceptions, and 5 prints framed and glazed.
(page 24)
Servants Rooms- A small picture of a public house.
- Three. A print in colors, and 2 grooms with horses.
- Four. The judgement of Paris, David and Bathsheba, a landscape, and Marquis of Grandby. Small Nursery Room.
- Borgognione – A battle piece.
- Ditto – a Ditto
- Cuyp – The conversion of St. Paul
- Three portraits, the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, and Duke of Richmond.
- A waterfall.
- Backhuyfen – Two sea pieces, storms.
- Bredael – Going out a hawking.
- Four. A flower piece, 1 in cairo oscuro, a head in miniature, and a small landscape
- A landscape with ruins and a bridge, &c.
- F. Hals – Two. A man’s portrait, and a madona weeping, by Trevifani.
£2.2.0 - Two. A landscape, and a picture of dead poultry.
- School of Rubens – An historical sketch.
- Two portraits, the late Dutchess of Kingston and her mother, in crayons. The Bed Room below stairs.
- School of Rubens – The madona and infant Saviour.
(page 25)
The Hall and Lower Apartments.
- Tillemans – A park scene with the grandfather of the late Duke of Kingston going out a coursing.
- A mountebank, small.
Steward’s Room.
- Three portraits, 1 landscape, a bunch of grapes, and 2 landscapes
- Jordaens – Two. A sketch of a triumphal entry, and a horse and groom.
The Hall.
31, Three large pictures of fruit and dead game.
32., Rubens – Bacchanalians, school of..
- Six. Two dark landscapes, 2 portraits of children, 2 of fruit and dead game.
In the Nursery.
- Italian – A girl with grapes and other fruits
- Fyte – Dogs and dead game.
- – Ditto 0 A large picture with dogs and game, return from chace.
14.½ Guis – 15.4.6 - Roja Tivoli – A pair of cattle pieces
38 – Heemskirk – A Dutch village feast or merry-making, large.
- Italian – Venus drawing.
- Rubens – The Garden of Love – School of..
- A corps du gardes, after Teniers.
(page 26)
- Breughel – Two small landscapes
3 Guin – £3.3.0 - Vosterman – Three. A pair of landscapes, 1 ditto, moonlight.
- Huens – Two. A small Holy Family, and a peasant in a landcape, Angelis
3½ Guins – £3.13.6 - Heemskirk – Two. The sick chamber, and a flower piece.
- Breughel – Two. Small landscapes, and a frost piece.
- Sachteven – A landscape view of the Rhine, in stile of …
- Three. A fan mount, framed and glazed, a drawing of a landscape, and a sketch in oil.
- Boors drinking, stile of Brower
3 Guineas – £3.3.0 - A pair of Satyrs heads, highly finished, bronzes.
Attic Story.
- Cuyp – Horses and figures.
- Bout – A landscape with ruins and figures.
- Old Francks – The wise mens offering, a small basso relievo chafing, on coper.
- Five old portraits, and a sea piece.
Picture Gallery
- Both – A warm landscape and figures, capital
- C. Marratt – A madonna and child, highly finished.
12½ guineas – £13.13.0 - F. Laura – A madonna and Saints
- Baptist – A pair of flower pieces.
- Dabl – Coll. Chadleigh, original and copy, 2 portraits.
- Claude – A landscape, after –
- Three, An old woman’s head, a flower piece, and a print in colours.
5 Guineas – £5.5.0 - Rubens & Albans – Two. The wisemans offering, and Samaritan woman, after –
- Breughel – A pair of small landscapes.
£2.2.0 - Hondius – Two. A boar baiting, and a flower piece.
- Huens – The shepherds offering, small, on copper
4½ Guineas – £4.14.6 - Sneygers – A view of a village with figures.
- Dekoonink – A large picture of a dog, with variety of dead game.
- Porbus – S portriat of a nobleman.
- Dekoonink – A large and capital picture, a part scene with a variety of live poutry, &c.
- Italian – A pair of door pieces, landscapes.
- Beel – A large picture of fruit and flowers.
- Italian – A pair of landscapes.
- Breekelkamp – An old woman with fish, and 2 landscapes.
- Two flower pieces, and an old head.
- Van Keffel – A concert of birds, on copper.
- S. Rofa – A banditti, small.
- Furgason – A piece of ruins, in which is painted a reposo, by Huens.
- A pair of flower pieces.
- Italian – Two. St. Jerome, and a conversation, candlelight, stile of Schaiken
- Jan Liss – A small picture with nymphs, bathing, &c.
note – Murch for not bidding – £2.2.0
FINIS
note – Porters Coach hire &c
26 May – Received and bought for £66.4.0