Stafford Gallery.- Ottley (William Young) & Peltro William T...

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£50 - £70

Stafford Gallery.- Ottley (William Young) & Peltro William Tomkins: 'Engravings of the Most Noble The Marquis of Stafford's Collection of Pictures in London', London, Printed by Bensley and Son for Longman et al, 1818, volumes 3 & 4 only (of 4 volumes), volume 3, 36 engraved plates complete as list, engravings of pictures by Albrecht Durer, Frans Hals, P.P. Rubens, Rembrandt and others, volume 4, 34 engraved plates complete as list, of pictures by Rembrandt, Sir Peter Lely, J.M.W. Turner, Gainsborough and others, folio (43 x 33cm), original quarter calf very worn, boards near detached or loose. The gallery at Cleveland house was built by the Duke of Bridgewater in 1797 to house his purchase of part of the famous Orléans Collection, and on his death his superb art collection was inherited by his nephew, George Leverson-Gower, who became the 2nd Marquess of Stafford in 1803 and the 1st Duke of Sutherland in 1833. Stafford was the wealthiest man in England for much of his life and he greatly extended the collection, adding another picture gallery by C.H.Tatham in 1805-06 which became known as the Stafford Gallery. (2)