Ventes d'œuvres le 1764.03.07

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  • 1764.03.07/ maison de ventes : Bristow. Vente de l'œuvre décrite comme [[The House of Parliament curiously enameled upon Gold, Thomas Lord Fairfax the General of their Forces, upon Chestnut his Charging-Horse, with distant Prospects of Armies, Gladiators, &c. and in a Scroll, Sic radiant Fideles: Upon the other Side is the fatal Battle at Naseby. All three are expressed with so much Art, that the Metal, though Gold, is but as Dross compared with the Workmanship; in a Scroll is Writ non nobis. The Whole comprised in an Inch and Half Diameter, yet so exquisitely performed, that the Countenances of particular Persons may be discovered. It was a Present from the Parliament to the General, and was purchased by Mr. Thoresby's Father, with his noble Collection of Medals. Materiam superabat opus, vide D. L. P. 495 (artiste anonyme)|The House of Parliament curiously enameled upon Gold, Thomas Lord Fairfax the General of their Forces, upon Chestnut his Charging-Horse, with distant Prospects of Armies, Gladiators, &c. and in a Scroll, Sic radiant Fideles: Upon the other Side is the fatal Battle at Naseby. All three are expressed with so much Art, that the Metal, though Gold, is but as Dross compared with the Workmanship; in a Scroll is Writ non nobis. The Whole comprised in an Inch and Half Diameter, yet so exquisitely performed, that the Countenances of particular Persons may be discovered. It was a Present from the Parliament to the General, and was purchased by Mr. Thoresby's Father, with his noble Collection of Medals. Materiam superabat opus, vide D. L. P. 495]] réalisée par un.e artiste anonyme, vendue par Ralph Thoresby. [96]