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Eight Days' Sale of highly interesting British Historical Portraits,
forming the second portion of the very important and valuable Stock of
Prints, the property of Messrs. W. and G. Smith, the long-established,
well-known, and eminent print-sellers of Lisle-street, having retired
from business.
MESSRS. S. LEIGH SOTHEBY and Co., auctioneers of literary property and
works illustrative of the fine arts will SELL by AUCTION, at their
House, 3. Wellington Street, Strand, on Monday, December 3. and seven
following days, (Sunday excepted), at 1 precisely each day, the second
portion of the important and valuable STOCK of PRINTS, the property of
Messrs. W. and G. Smith; comprising one of the most numerous and
interesting collections of British historical portaits ever offered for
sale, and containing a vast number of extremely rare prints by the most
eminent English engravers, generally in the finest condition, and a
large number of fine proofs and prints after the works of Sir Joshua
Reynolds. May be viewed four days prior to the sale, and catalogues had.
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