Catalogue of the well-known and valuable collection of plumbago, pen and ink, and coloured pencil, drawings and miniatures, also a comprehensive series of prints and autograph letters relating to Richard Cosway, R.A., the property of Francis Wellesley, Esq. ...
This is a 1920 auction catalogue issued in London by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge for the sale of Francis Wellesley's collection of drawings, miniatures and prints, much of it by Richard Cosway. The plates are numbered, and each faces a single page of text, so the catalogue serves collectors and dealers. The pictures are grey halftone reproductions of pencil and chalk portrait drawings of heads and busts in period dress, with light, loose shading that a designer could use as a reference for expressive portrait line work.
