The James Watt sale : art & science : the property of the late Lord Gibson-Watt and members of the Gibson-Watt family
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Type of record: Book
Title: The James Watt sale : art & science : the property of the late Lord Gibson-Watt and members of the Gibson-Watt family
Classmark: Bedford Collection J333
Additional creator(s): Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) (Former owner); Sotheby's (Firm) (Issuing body)
Related people: Watt, James, 1736-1819; Gibson-Watt family; Watt, James, 1736-1819
Publisher: Sotheby
Publication city: London
Date(s): [2003]
Language: English
Size and medium: 299 pages
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/748241
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991020081388205181
Description
Sale code: L03500 STEAM.
Illustrations on inside covers.
"This sale reflects the achievements of two men, father and son - the famous inventor, scientist and engeneer James Watt, who made his fortune from steam engine development, and his son James Watt Junior, a successful businessman, antiquarian and connoisseur and the patron of some of the leading designers of the early nineteenth century": page 7.
Date of sale: March 20, 2003.
Place of sale: London.
Features
Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection J333: Contains four loose items: bidding list; two auction reviews ; clipping from Antigues Magazine, issue 958, 12th April-2nd May, 2003.
Provenance
Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection J333: From the John Evan Bedford Library, gifted in 2019. Twenty-first-century pictorial bookplate on title page: John Evan Bedford. Former reference: CTC/89.
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