[Christie, Manson & Woods auction catalogue.] Catalogue of the Highly Important Collection of Modern Pictures, from the Aston Rowant Gallery, Nearly all of which were obtained direct from the Painters'.

20pp., 8vo. In lilac wraps, printed in black. Disbound from a collection of pamphlets, and with library stitching on spine. Aged and worn, with stamp of the Free Public Library, Wigan, to damaged front cover. (The collection had been amassed by the cotton manufacturer Thomas Taylor, Mayor of Wigan, 1854-55, and was housed in his country house at Aston Rowant.) Around half the 94 lots priced in guineas and pounds in red ink. Includes work by John Linnell, J. W. Waterhouse, Luke Fildes, Marcus Stone, W. P. Frith and G. F. Watts. The highest-selling item noted is 'Sympathy' by Briton Riviere, which went for 2500 guineas. For more information see 'The Aston Rowant Gallery of Thomas Taylor (1808-1892): the Collection and its Sale' by D.W. Budworth (2003). Uncommon: no copies on COPAC and only four (two in France and two in the United States) on OCLC WorldCat.