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Rushout (John, 2nd Baron Northwick) [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the late Lord Northwick's Extensive and Magnificent Collection of Ancient and Modern Pictures...at Thirlestane House, Cheltenham, tinted lithographed frontispiece (lightly foxed), some prices in manuscript, frontispiece and first few leaves loose, original cloth, spine faded and with nick to joint, [Lugt 25025], Phillips, 1859 § [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the Magnificent Contents of Alton Towers, the princely seat of the Earls of Shrewsbury, original cloth, rebacked preserving part of original spine, [Lugt 23727], Christie's, 1857 § Magniac (Hollingworth) [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the Renowned Collection of Works of Art..., original boards, [Lugt 50986], Christie's, 1892 § Taylor (John Edward) [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the Renowned Collection of Works of Art..., 2 vol., vol.1 with prices in manuscript, original boards, Christie's, 1912, plates, rubbed; and 10 other pre-First World War sale catalogues including John Watkins Brett, 1864; Robert Napier, 1877; Dr. John Percy, Part 1, 1890; Adrian Hope, 1894; Martin Heckscher, 1898, 4to & 8vo (15) ⁂ The Alton Towers sale last 30 days but only realised £42,198 16s. "Many of the pictures...were bought in Rome in 1829 in one lot from Madame Bonaparte, mother of Napoleon, by the Shrewsbury family". The English as Collectors, p.433 John Edward Taylor "was one of the proprietors of the Manchester Guardian, and the sale of his magnificent collection of every form of antique and pictures was one of the greatest before the beginning of the first world war. It raised a grand total of £385,500. A great deal of interest centred in Taylor's Turner drawings when, during a single day, Lockett Agnew bought 49 out of 61 items". The English as Collectors, p.436