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MR. MENZIES' COLLECTION,

PRIVATE COLLECTION,

SOLI) BT ORDER OF

JOHN D. TOWNSEND, Esq.

TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVG'S., APRIL 18&19.

The Messrs. LEAVITT, Auctioneers.

1876.

CATALOGUE OF A COLLECTION OF

FINE MODERN PAINTINGS, BY

«£clebroteb American aiib foreign Artists, BELONGING TO

WILLIAM MENZIES, ESQ.

PRIVATE COLLECTION, SOLD BY ORDER

JOHN D. TOWNSEND, ESQ., ATTORNEY.

THE W H O L E NOW ON EXHIBITION

AT THE

ART ROOMS, 817 BROADWAY, To I>e Sold, Without Reserve,

Tuesday and Wednesday Eve'gs, April 18 and 19,

Commencing at Eight o'clock.

The Messrs. LEAVITT, Auctioneers.

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

I. The highest Bidder to be the Buyer, and if any dispute arise be­

tween two or more Bidders, the Lot so in dispute shall be immediately

put up again and re-sold,

1. The Purchasers to give their names and addresses, and to pay

down twenty-five per cent, on the dollar in part payment, or the whole

of the Purchase-money, if required, in default of which the Lot or Lots

so purchased to be immediately put up again and re-sold.

3. The Lots to be taken away at the Buyer's Expense and Risk

within three days from the conclusion of the Sale, and the remainder

of the Purchase-money to be absolutely paid, or otherwise settled for to

the satisfaction of the Vendors, on or before delivery: in default of

which Messrs. G E O . A. LEAVITT & Co. will not hold themselves re­

sponsible, if the Lots be lost, stolen, damaged, or destroyed, but they

will be left at the sole risk of the Purchaser.

4. The Sale of afiy Painting, Engraving, Print, Furniture, Works

of Art, or any other article, is not to be set aside on account of aiiy

error in the description. All articles are exposed for P2iblic Exhibition

one or more days, and are sold just as they are without recourse.

5. To prevent inaccuracy in delivery and inconvenience in the settle­

ment of the Purchases, no Lot can, on any account, be removed during

the Sale.

6. Upon failure of complying with the above conditions, the money de­

posited i?i jiart payment shall be forfeited; all Lots uncleared within

the time aforesaid shall be re-sold by public or private Sale, without

further notice, and the deficiency (if any) attending such re-sale, shall

be made good by the Defaulter at this Sale, together with all charges

attending the same. This Condition is without prejudice to the right

of the Auctioneers to enforce the contract made at this Sale, without

such re-sale, if they think fit.

GEO. A. LEAVITT &* CO.

f>a!a!ogu,0.

FIRST EVENING'S SALE.

T. C. FA REAR, ) , / New York

/ /j i View on Lake Luzerne, 'Switz­

erland. 0

JESSIE TAIBOT,

2 Passaic Falls, N. J.

W. W. WITHERSPOON,

New York

London

i (f 3 The Trosachs, Loch I atrine.

THOMAS HICKS,

4 Zouave Encampment.

C.J. TAYLOR.

/ ( 5 The Village Justice.

DR. RUGGLES (deceased),

6 Landscape.

/

5

New York

.New York

-

New York

//

UNKNOWN.

2 Portrait of General Washington— //j half-length, in unifoprr? Cm tem­

porary. -^%

Si S. P. HOD GDON

8 Emerald Pool—Peabod^sRiver, N. H. ^

/o J CALLOW, . London

9 Gravesend on the Thames.

/ CALLOW.

' io Off the Isle of Wight.

VINCENT COLYER,

i i Head of a Child.

London '

New York

New York J. F. CROPSEY,

/i2 Catskill Mountains and Moun^iny^

lf%'!%^ Home.

GEO. H. EHNINGER,

/T//i3 Female Head. (w York

ii

W W. WITHERSPOON, London

14 Edinburgh Castle, from the Ven-

nell. 6 ' J

W. W. WITHERSPOON, '- ' London

15 John Knox's Home—Canongate, Edinburgh.

J. FAIRMAN, New York

16 Autumn in Maine—Locks Lake.

MISS ANDERSON, London

^I'/^^l "Isn't it pretty?" *

MERINI, „ X JRome 7 fft 18 Man Reading.

J. McENTEE, N&tTYork

p/y / 19 The Old Homestead, pf j/-

J. G. BROWN.

&~~ff/ 2o 1 he Tender Passion.

/ R. GIGNOUX, New York

~7) 2 1 Spring.

R. GIGNOUX, /'New, York

2^j 22 Summer. Cs

R.^GIGNOUX, \\ Wt& York

e r" 23 Autumn. ^-^^y^Qy

/. SHARPLESS, Philadelphia

, 24 Portrait of Washington. 5 "7 Colored Crayon. One of the three done at Mount Vernon,

I y "V' to Me order of Gen. Washington, and by him presented j I to Gen. McHenry.

/ D. SMILLIE, -

^7f} 25 View from Kauterskill Clove New York p /

J. F. KEN SETT (deceased), New York I

p-A 26 View on Lake George.

•

Prof. S. F. B. MORSE.

_v k7 Portrait of Lafavette.

IT -—*— C, H. MOORE,

2 A 28 The Spring. "^ Figures by J. G. Brown.

W. M. ODDIE (deceased),

\j? 0 29 Evening. CONSTANT MA YER,

/(FT) 3° Morning Prayer.

T. A. RICHARDS,

t) 31 The Picnic -a Scene in Virgint

New Yark

£*0 /

ATiw York

^f/-7-^~«rt^f~

S

New York

A. LAURIE,

iU New YorJi """>,

32 Pleasant Valley—Adirondack/ <yj

W. S. MOUNT (deceased),

If A. 33 The Herald in the Country, ^ With Portrait of the Artist.

New York

S. J. GUY,

j •,/>, 34 Youth and Age.

HO 8

/ HUYSYMANS,

y v 35 Street in Cairo.

L. DE BUEL,

ffl-A 36 The Pet Lamb.

WILLLAM HART,

37 Whale Cave.

R. W. HUBBARD,

S~3 3^ Summer Afternoon.

G. H. HALL,

frO 39 Dominie Sampson.

J. F. CROPS FY,

Paris

/Paris

•New York

New York

//

'Ot 40 The Mountain Glimpse

E. ZIMMERMANN,

41 The Jolly Cavalier.

THOMAS COLE (deceased),

j r" 42 Genevieve.

tc J. F. WEIR (deceased), New.-Yark

43 Interior—Weir's Studio. ', , /

E. MORAN, New York

f ~i </ 44 Scene on the North River.

A. D. SHATTUCK, New York

^^--45 Conway Valley, N. H. / 0 9

:

5. R. GIFFORD,

46 Conway Meadow^Xn ew York

ount

Washington.

H. McCORD,

f£ 6 47 Christmas Eve.

i THOA'LA S HOPE, London

48 The Blind Fiddler. (After

Wilkie

\ THOMAS HOPE, London

\ 49 The Village Politician. (After

Wilkie.)

lr /. JEFFRIES, New/'

tV,

/(TV

1/ 50 View in N e w Hampshire, fpr.

TILL Y M. SPENCER, Njw_Yfrjr^

5 1 Celebrating the Fourth of July

A. G END RON,

52 The Model.

fOHN CARLIN,

53 Little Mi-chief.

,; rr-

Ntff York '

o •

<s

KRUSEMAN VANELTEN, Neri York

54 Early Autumn in Berkshire,

Mass. 10

R. L. KENNEDY, London

\3 6 5 5 "Time and Tide - wait for no man." C_J^

II. C. BISPHAM, -^New York

/ QD 56. Early Morning. / W ^ A ^

L. M. WILES, New York

/ ^'57 Midsummer on the (Mohawk N Valley. --<'•

/ FAIRMAN, New Yor^r^y

Q-% 58 Coast Scene in Manchester, Ma^s,

S. 4. KILBOURNE, ^—v New York

^ S^ 59 Safely Landed. (^^'a^-^^-xA

H B. HALL,

, / 60 Portrait of Washington ' Copied from the Original Picture by Pyne, in the/p'oss'ession

of J-. Carson Brevoort, Esq. C^S

E. C. POST, New York

• ,--61 The Fawn's Leap—Kauterskill ^ J Clove. '^'

W. J. RANNEY, ^~Neyj/fork

62 The Virginia Wedding. /j/Cur^

C GULAGER, New York

,63 Yosemite Valley, Cathedral Rod

C. GULAGER, New York

1 n ,/ 64 Yosemite Valley, Wasriington

' T^ Town. -—^Otf .'' -U D. M. CARTER,

^ J 65 Triumphant New York

o

THOMAS COLE (deceased), New York

66 Mount Washington fronO' The, Glen,"N.H. i

R. W HUBBARD,

9* J 67 On the Housatonic

fo

1~ ARTHUR PARTON,

68 In the Adirondacks.

HOUBRAKEN,

69 Death of Lucretia.

I W.J. HOLBERTON.

b A 70 Still Life.

SPOHLER,

l/,<f~ 7 1 Winter Scene

H CLEAN WORTH,

/J" 72 View on the Saguenay River./ New York

i W. McILVAINE,

j3 Trenton Falls. 12

New York

cc£

C. PARSONS, / j New York / v/^-7 4 The Old Jersey Prison Ship, 1777

/ R. WATERSON, New York

_ 75 Scene on Catskill Creek. < //'

y. 7?. WATERSON, New York

76 Sabbath-day Point—Lake George^

^ / ^ T V / V Z X , yVra/ York

) 77 The Buttonwood Grove.

W. M. BROWN. /^Neh Yorh

t 1, 7^ Scene in the Tropics. (/^AA/^^C

/

C. H. MOORF,

'6 79 ^ n e Catskills in Winter.

UNKNO WN,

80 Portrait of Washington. (After;

Stuart.) C^U^6 Painted on Marble.

UNKNO WN.

J 81 Harrow on the Hill.

13

SECOND EVENING'S SALE.

GEORGE IN NESS. Rom \JTJJ; \-SJ-\- \JTJ-^ JIVJIJ^UU, Ul/Wt

> 7 /-V82 Morning on the Rhine.

EDWARD GAY, New Yogk

0,( 83 Evening Fishing on the Rhine

T. MORAN, New York

84 Canon of the Rio Virgera, South-6*4i TTf U /^ '- / > / '

ern Utah.

T. MORAN, New York

85 Upper Falls of Yellowstone River

, LAURA WOODWARD, New m^

Q 6 86 Twilight on Saranac Lake. "^,t.

F. MAES, /Brussels

fof 87 Sheep.

J. WADSWORTH THOMPSON, New York .

h / 88 A Pleasant Neighborhood.

LERCHE, Sf££Mdorf.

7\ <^- 89 Interior of a Church.

E. LEMMENS Paris

lJ: p«ltry- - r Qj

W. ROELOFS, Brussels

/ 91 View in Holland. v

GEO. H. BOUGHTON,

•-w- 92 Night after the Battle

_/. F. KENSEIT (deceased),

, -> 93 Newport Bay.

London

New York

JOHN WILLIAMSON,

j ,/ 94 Fruit.

Zf^iW? F PETERS GRA Y,

/ ? r 95 Normandy Girl.

JULES ROSIER,

,/ 97 Landscape Paris

fo HARVEY YOUNG,

98 Winter Scene.

CLINTON OGIL VIE,

J New York

7s

New York

f-^i /99 Summer Afternoon in Connecticut

) /yV " / '£. VON SEBEN, Paris

,/ if 100 Sketching by the Sea-side^/

7J Zf. E. REYNTJENS,

101 The Rehearsal. 15

1 Paris

London H. L. ROLFE,

£ (' 102 Fish from the 'River Severn,

England. O

A UFRA Y,

103 Winter Sports. Paris

/Lojjdon

'•

Ne&LYork

•gzv York J

New York

J. B. TOM,

/ jf '} 104 Landscape and Cattle.

CONSTANT MA YER,

/6<Tl°5 Rellgious Meditation. (J/^Uy

VIRGINIA CRANBERRY,

if-—106 Geraniums.

ARTHUR PARTON,

J J/--10J Kilchurn Castle.

/ E. CA STAN,

r\/ 108 Devotion.

JO 6 II. C. BISPIIAM,

*)j'~ 109 Sheep in a Storm.

A ROOSENBOOM,

/2 j 110 In the Study.

/ W. CASILEAR,

/ ill Moonlight.

no ^ %

Z6 K GIRARDET,

112 Lake of Geneva. Paris

H. D. ROZEZEWSKI.

/-^ 113 Relics in the British Museu

LEON Y. E SCO SURA,

/ > , k 14 Boldini Sketching.

s. j. GUY, 0

1

115 What's O'clock?

JAMES M. HART,

/+-> 116 Summer Afternoon

E.

11 7 Oh ! How Good. E. L0BR1CII0N

'/J WILLIAMS, Sr.,

1 18 Landscape and Cattle.

C. FEWER,

t) . 119 The Youtn of Tasso.

C. OTTO,

J\ 120 Noonday Rest

c

6 J

London

London

Dusseldorf

G. H. BOUGHTON,

121 View on Loch Lomond. 17 i*U

, P. SCHMALZI,

'^y> 122 The Politician.

H. L. ROLFE,

//•-)(. 123 Lake Trout.

KyBODNER,

/-J,/ 124 In the Woods.

/

?, E. V. LECOMPTE,

,5' 125 The Isle of Philoe

Munich

London

/7i Paris

Paris J

/^Paris

^ 126 The Little Nurse. P. SOYER,

ALFRED ORDWAY, London

127 The Old Farm Lane

G. H. WILLIAMS,

^ 128 Ruins of Medmenham Abbey. •, London

HENRY BACON,

Ini/ 129 I nstruction.

' T E. REYNTJENS,

1 30 First Born.

0. E. REYNTJENS,

131 Number Twelve

<7^-

Paris

Paris

18

ZERBURG,

7'A^ • 32 The Guard ROOITE

Z. STROEBEL.

^ J^ !33 Awaiting Orders

E. SCH0ENF1ELD,

/u 134 Swiss Scenery.

K.JGIRARDET,

X--y i 3 5 Landscape

A., J. BURGER.

ZUBER-B UHLER.

^ 136*My Pets

136 H o w do you Like

SCHELFHOUT,

f7'/i37 Winter Landscape.

E. DEBLOCK,

'_, / 138 Consolation.

I MIERES,

/ 139 The^Argument.

DONN,

Dusseldorf .

•n-ta-^C^CAJ

S7~±)usselderf

dusseldorf

s'/^/\

Brussels

<f 140 1 he Smoker.

Dusseldorf

^ ^ .

/

2: MARIS,

141 At the Fountain. 19

ANDREA DEL SARTO (After).

%^/j^ 142 Holy Family.

UNKNO WN.

'6 143 The Cavalier.

VIRGINIA GRANBERRY,

f A 144 Geraniums. New York

/*

J. CARLIN,

145 Richmond Bnds. New/York News.

C-/UJ' '

HARRY BROWN. New York

0 < // ,i46 Cape Elizabeth.

KENSETT (After)

i/T / H 7 Landscape.

C. LOVERIDGE,

1 i47*Sunset.

F. DE BRACKELEAR,

*2- 148 The Old Homestead.

New York

Antwerp

3

LEBRON,

149 Interior oi a Church.

F. DE BRACKELEAR,

1 50 Coast Scene. 20

Paris

Antwerp

/

: MOERENHONT.

/ *7 i 51 Dutch Scene. '>•

A?itwerp

D. B. 152 Dead Bird and Flowers.

F. DE BRACKELEAR,

v ; 153 TheReturn. / P. LANTERS,

J /) 154 Landscape

F DE BRACKELEAR,

2 //C 15 5 The Old Bridge.

F. DE BRACKELEAR,

C~ 156 The'Letter.

*

7 Antwerp f^/^yiJ )

Antwerp

A/itwsrp

Antwerp

J. B. DE JONGHE,

157 Landscape

H. LE BAS,

Paris

Paris

/ /158 Landscape and Figures.

^F. DE BRACKELEAR,

IO 1 cq The School.

C/

Antwerp

/6

59

A. MID Y (after Tozel),

160 At the Well. /4*1

21 ,

F. ZIMMERMAN, Paris

161 At the Shrine

F. S. COZZENS, New York

162 View off the Battery.

F. DE BRACKELEAR, Antwerp

163 The Old Mill.

F. DE BRACKELEAR, Antwerp

164 Entry of Spaniards in Antwerp,

F. S. COZZENS,

165 Stormy Weather.

F. DE BRACKELEAR,

166 Off the Coast.

F. DE BRACKELEAR,

167 The Recitation.

H. P. SMITH, .

168 Beach Scene.

New York

Antwerp

Antwerp

New York

STATUARY.

LA UNT THOMPSON,

169 Morning Glories.

E. D. PALMER,

170 The White Captive. 22

New York

Albany