Dear blog reader.
Here is the twelfth part of the series on the sale of the contents of Shandon House, also known as the Shandon collection.
This blog post (and the previous) describe the second portion of Robert Napier’s painting collection which were sold on the 4th day of the sale of the contents of Shandon House.
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GLASGOW HERALD, MONDAY 16TH APRIL 1877
THE SHANDON SALE IN LONDON
The other sales of interest were: A Naismith, portrait of Burns, presented by the poet to Mr W Tytler (522), 16 guineas, bought by Mr Cox; Sir Henry Raeburn, portrait of Niel Gow (528), 45 guineas; Sir J Reynolds, Mrs Hartley and child (546), 66 guineas; Sir D Macver, portrait of C Stanfield, RA (557), ? guineas; T Creswick, RA, view on the coast of England (559), 170 guineas; E Verboeckhoven, Scotch sheep and collie dogs (569), 365 guineas, bought by Mr Smith; E Verboeckhoven, peasants of Chamounix (570), 170 guineas; H Koekkoek, a sea piece (573), 450 guineas; Metza, an interval (587), 80 guineas; Gasper Crayer, the infant Saviour, with St John and the lamb (558), 38 guineas; Van der Helst, portrait of Adam Ruyter (601), 131 guineas; W Mieris, interior of a kitchen (603), 75 guineas; W Mieris, interior of a grocer’s shop (604), 90 guineas; W Mieis, interior of a eating house (605), 205 guineas; Van der Capella, Dutch winter scene (611), 50 guineas; P de Koenig, wooded landscape (612), 56 guineas; A Cuyp, sea piece off Dutch coast (614), 50 guineas; Paul Potter, bull and two cows in a landscape (618), 110 guineas; Paul Potter, landscape with cattle, sheep and horses (619), 300 guineas; Jan Steen, the challenge (626), 135 guineas; Jan Steen, an interior and a girl seated (627 and 628), 96 guineas; Salomon Ruysdael, a mountainous landscape with waterfall (629), 240 guineas; N Berghella, a frozen canal scene (634), 96 guineas; D Teniers, the smoker (636), 118 guineas; D Teniers, the card players (639), 200 guineas, bought by Mr Cox; Jan de Mabuse, a triptych (648), 495 guineas.
The silver and silver-gilt part of the collection will be sold today (Monday).
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Dear blog reader
I thought you might actually like to see 2 paintings from Robert Napier’s collection.
Niel Gow by Sir Henry Raeburn:
https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/2585/niel-gow-1727-1807-violinist-and-composer
The card players by David Teniers:
Shandon People and History 