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The James Watt sale : art & science : the property of the late Lord Gibson-Watt and members of the Gibson-Watt family

Archive Print Item: Bedford Collection J333

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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

Level: Item

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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