geboren: 1757
gestorben: 1837

Text Fagan Nr. 539:

William Esdaile. 1757-1837. Banker, Clapham Common. Sales, G. Jones’, Draw­ings, March 2nd, 1819, £ 326 8s. Christie’s, Library and Illuminated MSS., March 15th (3 days), £ 999 19s., and Engravings, Books of Prints, and Drawings, March 19th (3 days), 1838. Part I. Prints and Drawings, June 11th (5 days), £ 2,243 6s. 6d. Part II. Prints and Drawings, comprising the original drawings by Rembrandt from Sir Thomas Lawrence’s Collection, June 17th, 1840, £ 489 2s. 6d. (Mr. Esdaile paid Mr. Woodburn £ 1,500 for these drawings.) Part III. Draw­ings, Italian, German, &c., June 18th (6days), 1840. Part IV . Engravings, June 26th (3 days), 1840, £ 1,066 3s. Total amount of the two parts of prints £ 3,309 9s. 6d. (Mr. W . Smith had offered £ 4,200 for the prints, which offer Mr. Esdaile’s Trustees rejected by Mr. Woodburn’s advice.) Part V. Drawings by Claude and Titian, from Sir Thomas Lawrence’s Collection, June 30th, 1840, £ 975 6s. 6d. Nearly all the Drawings bought by
Hodgson in this part were for the Revd. H. Wellesley, and those bought by Smith for Mr. Beckford. (Mr. Woodburn received £ 2,000 from
Mr. Esdaile for these drawings.) The first mark is stamped on prints only, the others are written with pen and ink on drawings.

Literatur

Fagan, Luis: Collectors' Marks, London 1883

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