Egerton (Francis Charles Granville, 3rd Earl of E) Catalogue of the

Egerton (Francis Charles Granville, 3rd Earl of Ellesmere) Catalogue of the Bridgewater and Ellesmere Collections of Pictures and Statuary at Bridgewater House, Cleveland Square, St.James's, London, inscribed "Victoria Sackville-West 24 July 1903" on front free endpaper, with correction slip pasted over item no.238, armorial bookplate of Charles Sebag-Montefiore, free endpapers browned, original green cloth, upper cover titled in gilt, very slightly rubbed at edges but a fine copy, 8vo, [Manchester, Charles Sever], 1900. *** Very rare catalogue of the art collection housed in the Italianate palazzo designed by Sir Charles Barry for the 1st Earl of Ellesmere. It included three paintings by Raphael, five Titians, eight Poussins, and many more Old Masters, many of which are now in the National Gallery and the National Gallery of Scotland. Library Hub records only 2 copies (BL and National Portrait Gallery). Victoria Sackville-West (1862-1936), mother of the writer and garden designer Vita Sackville-West (1892-62), chatelaine of Knole in Kent, and lover of Sir John Murray Scott, founder of the Wallace Collection, and the architect Sir Edwin Lutyens.

Estimate:£500

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