Sotheby, Samuel Leigh, 1805-1861

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Samuel Leigh Sotheby, younger son of auctioneer Samuel Sotheby, was operating his auction house in the Strand, London as Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge in 1844. John Rushout, second Baron Northwick, collected pictures, manuscripts, books and objets de virtu. He maintained his collections at Northwick Park, Middlesex and at Thirlestane House in Cheltenham; after his death in 1859, his heir sold the latter residence to the collector Sir Thomas Phillipps.

From the description of ALS: Hastings [Sussex, Eng.], to Lord Northwick, 1844 Dec. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145382393

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creatorOf Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883,. Autograph letters signed from John Payne Collier, Riverside, Maidenhead, to S. Leigh Sotheby [manuscript], 1859-1860. Folger Shakespeare Library
creatorOf Sotheby, Samuel Leigh, 1805-1861. Letter: 1856 Mar. 26, The Woodlands, Norwood, Surrey, to David Laing / S. Leigh Sotheby. University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library
referencedIn Sotheby, Samuel, 1771-1842. Extracts from various works on the origin of printing made by S. Sotheby during his researches for his intended work thereon : scrapbook, [18--]. University of Chicago Library
creatorOf Sotheby, Samuel Leigh, 1805-1861. Letter: 1856 Mar. 27, The Woodlands, Norwood, Surrey, to David Laing / S. Leigh Sotheby. University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library
creatorOf Sotheby, Samuel Leigh, 1805-1861. Autograph letters (4) signed : to the Emperor Napoleon III, the Duke of Malakoff, M. Mocquard, secretary (?) to Napoleon III, Acton Delesuerre, and J. G. Akerman, Secretary of the Antiquarian Society, 1858 May 1 to 1860 Feb. 4. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Mr. [Samuel Leigh] Sotheby, [ca. 1850]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Pseudo-Bonaventure. [Speculum beatae Mariae virginis]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Sotheby, Samuel Leigh, 1805-1861. ALS: Hastings [Sussex, Eng.], to Lord Northwick, 1844 Dec. Grolier Club
referencedIn Extracts from Various Works on the Origin of Printing Made by S. Sotheby During His Researches for His Intended Work Thereon, 19th century Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library,
creatorOf Sotheby, Samuel Leigh, 1805-1861,. Scrapbook concerning the Collier controversy [manuscript], 1859-1860. Folger Shakespeare Library
creatorOf Sotheby, Samuel Leigh, 1805-1861. Autograph letter signed : the Woodlands, Norwood, to Sir Frederic Madden, 1855 Nov. 5. Pierpont Morgan Library.
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associatedWith Akerman, J. G., person
associatedWith Bright, Benjamin Heywood person
correspondedWith Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883, person
associatedWith Delesuerre, Acton, person
associatedWith Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889. person
associatedWith Hamilton, N. E. S. A. (Nicholas Esterhazy Stephen Armytage), d. 1915. person
associatedWith Hardy, Thomas Duffus, Sir, 1804-1878. person
associatedWith Ingleby, C. M. (Clement Mansfield), 1823-1886. person
associatedWith Madden, Frederic, 1801-1873, person
associatedWith Mocquard, M., Duke of Malakoff, person
associatedWith Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873, person
associatedWith Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1769-1859, person
associatedWith Pseudo-Bonaventure. person
associatedWith Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. person
associatedWith Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822 person
associatedWith Sotheby, Samuel, 1771-1842. person
associatedWith Sotheby's (Firm) corporateBody
associatedWith Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. corporateBody
correspondedWith Wilkinson, John, 1803-1894 person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Great Britain
England--London
Great Britain
England
Subject
Auctions
Auctions
Book collecting
Occupation
Auctioneers
Book collectors
Compilers
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Person

Birth 1805-08-31

Death 1861-06-19

Britons

English

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