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Percy Matthew Dove

Also known as: Percy Matthew Dove; primary name: Dove, Percy Matthew
Details: individual; British; Male
Life dates: 1803-1868
Address: Castleden Lodge, Claughton
Biography: Print collector. An actuary, founder and manager of Royal Insurance Company Ltd, Liverpool. He built up its annual revenue to £800,000 (The Sheffield Daily Post 25 August 1868). Lived at Castleden Lodge, Claughton on the Wirral. Provided a complete exhibition of French etchings and engravings to the Free Library, Liverpool in 1865, reviewed in 'The Builder' 16 September 1865, pp. 657-8. It was most unusual to find a review of a print collection exhibition in the provinces in 'The Builder'. Dove died aged 65 in 1868, and was buried in the abandoned churchyard of St Mary's Birkenhead. Obituaries appeared in the Liverpool Daily Post, Liverpool Mail, Irish Times, Dublin Evening Mail and The Scotsman. His Sotheby's sale catalogue [marked] is in the Prints and Drawings library [Lugt 31334] 28 May - 5 June 1869 [1530 prints 45 drawings]. [Information from Martin Hopkinson by email, October 2016].
Bibliography: Posthumous sale Sotheby's 28 May 1869 and the seven following days [1530 prints 45 drawings].

269 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1867,0511.425 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 17thC

print

Title: Eight scenes from the life of the brothers de Witt |
Museum number: 1869,0612.352 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gaspar BouttatsPublished by:Gaspar Bouttats |
Production date: 1672-1695 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print

Museum number: 1869,0612.376 |
Producer name: BIOG49634 Print made by:Jan Cornelisz. Vermeyen |
Production date: 1545

print

Museum number: 1869,0612.538 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1650-1700

print

Title: The Death of Archbishop Sharp |
Museum number: 1869,0612.522 |
Producer name: Print made by:James StewartAfter:Sir William Allan |
Production date: 1824 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Albertus Thomae Ecclesiastes Groninganus |
Museum number: 1869,0612.467 |
Producer name: BIOG218491 Print made by:Baltzar Lolinck |
Production date: 1650

print

Title: Marcus Antonius Memus ... |
Museum number: 1869,0612.437 |
Producer name: Print made by:Odoardo FialettiPublished by:Pietro Stefanoni |
Production date: 1612

print

Museum number: 1869,0612.492 |
Producer name: BIOG20134 Print made by:Giulio Bonasone |
Production date: 1531-1576

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1869,0612.327-328 |
Producer name: BIOG41925 Print made by:Bernard Picart |
Production date: 1723

print

Title: Fridericus D.G. BohemRex, Com Pal. SRI Prin. Elect. Dux Boiar. March Mor Dux Lusat etc. Aetat 23 AC |
Museum number: 1869,0612.387 |
Producer name: BIOG32660 Print made by:Peter Isselburg |
Production date: 1619

print

Title: L'Innocence |
Museum number: 1869,0612.310 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles Clément BervicAfter:Louis Jean François Merimée |
Production date: 1798

print

Museum number: 1869,0612.468 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis van Dalen IAfter:Jan van Teylingen |
Production date: 1650

print

Title: Vincenzo Dandini Pit: / Fior: Serie degli Uomini i più illustri nella pittura, s |
Museum number: 1869,0612.400 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni Battista BettiIntermediary draughtsman:Ignazio Enrico Hugford |
Production date: 1769-1775

print

Title: Jesus appelant à lui les enfants Galerie du Musée Napoléon |
Museum number: 1869,0612.345 |
Producer name: After:Sébastien BourdonPrint made by:Antoine Claude François Villerey |
Production date: 1804-1815

print

Title: Story of the father, son and donkey |
Museum number: 1869,0612.552 |
Producer name: Print made by:Paul van Somer IIAfter:Jan Griffier |
Production date: 1675-1694 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1869,0612.484 |
Producer name: Print made by:Allaert Claesz.After:Antonio Pollaiuolo |
Production date: 1520-1530

print

Title: Marc Antoine Raimondi |
Museum number: 1869,0612.312 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolas Auguste LeisnierAfter:Raphael |
Production date: 1838 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Museum number: 1869,0612.332 |
Producer name: BIOG27662 Print made by:Daniel Fournier |
Production date: 1710-1766

print

Museum number: 1869,0612.560 |
Producer name: Print made by:John TobinAfter:Samuel Hieronymus Grimm |
Production date: 1771

print

Title: Josephus Justus Scaliger |
Museum number: 1869,0612.461 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan de LeeuwPublished by:François Halma |
Production date: 1680-1700

print

Museum number: 1869,0612.502 |
Producer name: BIOG70295 Print made by:Giorgio Ghisi |
Production date: 1543

print; book-illustration

Title: Girl and chickens |
Museum number: 1869,0612.523 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WalkerAfter:Antonio Mercurio Amorosi |
Production date: 1769 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Story of the father, son and donkey |
Museum number: 1869,0612.304 |
Producer name: Print made by:Paul van Somer IIAfter:Jan Griffier |
Production date: 1675-1694 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1869,0612.483 |
Producer name: BIOG22906 Print made by:Allaert Claesz. |
Production date: 1520-1530

print

Title: Guido de Seve de Rochechouart Episcopus Attrebatensis |
Museum number: 1869,0612.458 |
Producer name: Print made by:Étienne BaudetAfter:Paul Mignard |
Production date: 1670-1711

print

Title: Wouter P. Crabeht Dirck P. Crabeht |
Museum number: 1869,0612.398 |
Producer name: Print made by:Reinier van PersynAfter:Dirk Pietersz Crabeth |
Production date: 1660-1668

print

Title: Diversae Avium Species studiosissime ad vitam delineatae ... |
Museum number: 1869,0612.538.+ |
Producer name: Attributed to:Richard GaywoodAfter:Francis Barlow |
Production date: 1658

print

Museum number: 1869,0612.406 |
Producer name: BIOG44512 Print made by:Jacopo Ruphon |
Production date: 1665-1680

print

Title: Impostures Innocentes |
Museum number: 1869,0612.343 |
Producer name: Print made by:Bernard PicartAfter:Eustache Le Sueur |
Production date: 1725-1733

print

Title: Sébastien Leclerc |
Museum number: 1869,0612.394 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolas de LaunayAfter:Donat Nonnotte |
Production date: 1789

print

Museum number: 1869,0612.364 |
Producer name: BIOG37677 Print made by:Theodor Matham |
Production date: 1620-1676

print

Title: Petrus de Maridat in magno Regis christianissimi consilio Senator |
Museum number: 1869,0612.434 |
Producer name: BIOG39849 Print made by:Robert Nanteuil |
Production date: 1650-1655

print; book-illustration

Title: Cornelle Cort Image de divers hommes (1649) |
Museum number: 1869,0612.397 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frans van der SteenPublished by:Jan Meyssens |
Production date: 1649

print

Museum number: 1869,0612.337 |
Producer name: After:Claude Louis ChâteletPrint made by:Carl Guttenberg |
Production date: 1770-1790

print; frontispiece

Title: Achilles Pedroccha Jurisconsultus Brixiensis Anno Aetatis Suae XXXI |
Museum number: 1869,0612.447 |
Producer name: BIOG27795 Print made by:Giacomo Franco |
Production date: 1586

print

Museum number: 1867,0511.426 |
Producer name: BIOG41533 Print made by:Georg Pencz |
Production date: 1546

print

Museum number: 1869,0612.413 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis van Dalen IAfter:Cornelis Dusart |
Production date: 1649-1665

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Resurrection |
Museum number: 1869,0612.536 |
Producer name: After:John MartinPrint made by:Robert William Wallis |
Production date: 1831 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1869,0612.507 |
Producer name: BIOG37102 After:Andrea Mantegna |
Production date: 1490-1520

print

Museum number: 1869,0612.374 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis VermeulenAfter:Nicolas de Largillière |
Production date: 1693 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Gerard Honthorst Image de divers hommes (1649) |
Museum number: 1869,0612.423 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter de Jode IIAfter:Gerard van Honthorst |
Production date: 1649

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1869,0612.323-324 |
Producer name: BIOG41925 Print made by:Bernard Picart |
Production date: 1725

print

Title: Daniel Wittius Goudanus |
Museum number: 1869,0612.481 |
Producer name: Print made by:Reinier van PersynAfter:Govert Flinck |
Production date: 1647

print

Title: The Efigies of the right Honnorable Mildmay Earl of Westmorland Baron LeDespencer & Burghersh and Kn |
Museum number: 1869,0612.308 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peter WilliamsonAfter:J B N |
Production date: 1662

print

Museum number: 1869,0612.362 |
Producer name: Print made by:Theodor MathamPrint made by:Willem van der Laegh |
Production date: 1661

print

Title: Ioannes Banning Wuytiers |
Museum number: 1869,0612.365 |
Producer name: Print made by:Theodor MathamAfter:Jacob Backer |
Production date: 1660

print

Title: Ioost Hendrickzen, Dienaer Des Goddelicken Woorts In Christi gemeente tot Amsterdam |
Museum number: 1869,0612.417 |
Producer name: BIOG41262 Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the younger |
Production date: 1610 - 1670

print

Museum number: 1869,0612.453 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johannes VisscherAfter:Joan van Noort |
Production date: 1661

print

Title: El Serenissimo Principe di Venecia / Nicolo Donato |
Museum number: 1869,0612.404 |
Producer name: BIOG43126 Published by:Donato Rasciotti |
Production date: 1618

print

Museum number: 1869,0612.427 |
Producer name: BIOG37675 Print made by:Adriaen Matham |
Production date: 1644-1666

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1869,0612.511 |
Producer name: Print made by:Alessandro SpecchiAfter:Sebastiano Cipriani |
Production date: 1702

print

Title: Ioh. de Brune, Raed-Pensionaris vande edele, moghende Heeren Staten van Zeeland |
Museum number: 1869,0612.389 |
Producer name: Print made by:Theodor MathamAfter:Willem Eversdyck |
Production date: 1656

print

Title: Castle of Ischia |
Museum number: 1869,0612.537 |
Producer name: Print made by:James GandonAfter:Richard Wilson |
Production date: 1776 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1869,0612.546 |
Producer name: BIOG45618 Print made by:Cornelis Schut |
Production date: 1612-1655

print

Title: Eight scenes from the life of the brothers de Witt |
Museum number: 1869,0612.349 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gaspar BouttatsPublished by:Gaspar Bouttats |
Production date: 1672-1695 |
Production place: Workshop in:Antwerp (city)

print

Museum number: 1869,0612.513 |
Producer name: BIOG49245 Print made by:Wallerant Vaillant |
Production date: 1660-1675

print

Title: A Gale |
Museum number: 1869,0612.299 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre Charles CanotAfter:Willem van de Velde I |
Production date: 1773 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Hermannus Witsius |
Museum number: 1869,0612.480 |
Producer name: Print made by:Antonie van ZylveltIntermediary draughtsman:Michiel Gillig |
Production date: 1681

print

Title: Smelling |
Museum number: 1869,0612.573 |
Producer name: Print made by:Alexander van HaeckenAfter:Jacopo Amigoni |
Production date: 1735-1757 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1869,0612.491 |
Producer name: After:ParmigianinoPrint made by:Giulio Bonasone |
Production date: 1520-1574

print

Title: A View of Armathwaite Bay in Cumberland |
Museum number: 1869,0612.528 |
Producer name: After:William BellersPrint made by:William Henry Toms |
Production date: 1758-1765

print

Museum number: 1869,0612.390 |
Producer name: BIOG28097 Print made by:Sebastian Furck |
Production date: 1642

print

Title: Feeling |
Museum number: 1869,0612.571 |
Producer name: Print made by:Alexander van HaeckenAfter:Jacopo Amigoni |
Production date: 1735-1757 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Misithra olim Lacedimon |
Museum number: 1869,0612.334 |
Producer name: BIOG29824 Print made by:Jan Griffier |
Production date: 1687

print

Museum number: 1869,0612.410 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: late 16thC

print

Title: D. D. Pet. de Pardaillan de Gondrin d'Antin, episc. Lingon.sis Dux & Par. Fran. |
Museum number: 1869,0612.385 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre DrevetAfter:Jean Baptiste Van Loo |
Production date: 1725

print

Title: Effigies reverendi et clarissimi viri Dn. M. Iohannis Georgii Langii... |
Museum number: 1869,0612.428 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacob von SandrartAfter:Georg Christoph Eimmart I |
Production date: 1655

print

Title: Hercule qui tue l'Hydre. Hercules Hydram Conficiens |
Museum number: 1869,0612.331 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean Charles FlipartAfter:Guido Reni |
Production date: 1700-1750

print

Museum number: 1869,0612.317 |
Producer name: Print made by:Étienne PicartAfter:Louis Licherie |
Production date: 1655-1721

print

Museum number: 1869,0612.338 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michel LasneAfter:Abraham Bosse |
Production date: 1621-1667

print; title-page; frontispiece

Museum number: 1869,0612.388 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Theodor de BryPublished by:Johann Theodor de Bry |
Production date: 1615 1623 |
Production place: Published in:Frankfurt am Main

print

Museum number: 1869,0612.464 |
Producer name: Print made by:Georg Andreas WolfgangAfter:Benjamin von Block |
Production date: 1670-1680

print

Museum number: 1869,0612.503 |
Producer name: BIOG45759 Print made by:Adamo Scultori |
Production date: 1547-1587

print

Title: Armand Jean Boutillier de Rancé 1er abbé réformé de Labbaye de la Trappe |
Museum number: 1869,0612.456 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre GiffartPublished by:Joseph Limosin |
Production date: 1700-1723 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Museum number: 1869,0612.479 |
Producer name: Print made by:Bartholomäus Kilian IIAfter:Johann Ulrich Mayr |
Production date: 1653

print

Museum number: 1869,0612.439 |
Producer name: BIOG183182 Print made by:Philip Endlich |
Production date: 1736-1741

print

Title: Cesare Dandini Pitt: / Fiorentino Serie degli Uomini i più illustri nella pittura, s |
Museum number: 1869,0612.399 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni Battista CecchiIntermediary draughtsman:Ignazio Enrico Hugford |
Production date: 1769-1775

print

Title: Jean François de Troy |
Museum number: 1869,0612.311 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolas de LaunayAfter:Jacques André Joseph Camelot Aved |
Production date: 1789

print

Museum number: 1869,0612.551 |
Producer name: BIOG45618 Print made by:Cornelis Schut |
Production date: 1612-1655

print

Museum number: 1869,0612.359 |
Producer name: Print made by:Theodor MathamAfter:Johann Spilberg |
Production date: 1630-1676

print

Title: Ioannes de la Quintinye Regiorum Hortorum Culturae Praefectus |
Museum number: 1869,0612.455 |
Producer name: Print made by:William ElderAfter:Florent de Lamare-Richard |
Production date: 1680-1700

print

Title: St John, Apostle and Evangelist |
Museum number: 1869,0612.533 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Faber the YoungerAfter:Abraham van Diepenbeeck |
Production date: 1751 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Pieterus Geboren t' Amsteldam A. 1585 Roelof |
Museum number: 1869,0612.449 |
Producer name: Print made by:Harmen de MayerPublished by:Abraham Isackx Hopper |
Production date: 1660-1701

print

Title: Effigies R. P. Joannis Suffren e Societate Iesu... |
Museum number: 1869,0612.465 |
Producer name: BIOG50897 Published by:Herman Weyen |
Production date: 1641-1669

print

Museum number: 1869,0612.540 |
Producer name: BIOG200244 Print made by:William Cole |
Production date: 19thC(early)

print

Museum number: 1869,0612.473 |
Producer name: BIOG51031 Print made by:Johannes Wierix |
Production date: 1586

print

Title: Petrus Wassenburgius |
Museum number: 1869,0612.476 |
Producer name: BIOG219274 Print made by:Henrick Rochuszn van Dagen |
Production date: 1655-1664

print; book-illustration

Title: Laurentius Lippius Pictor, et Poeta Florentinus |
Museum number: 1869,0612.431 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco ZuccarelliAfter:Filippo Baldinucci |
Production date: 1731 |
Production place: Published in:Florence (city)

print

Museum number: 1869,0612.515 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wallerant VaillantPublished by:Frederick de Wit |
Production date: 1660-1675

print; title-page

Museum number: 1869,0612.498 |
Producer name: BIOG22346 Print made by:Thomas Cecill |
Production date: 1632 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Le caniche |
Museum number: 1869,0612.335 |
Producer name: After:Jean Baptiste OudryPrint made by:Jean Baptiste Guélard |
Production date: 1735 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1869,0612.554 |
Producer name: BIOG48528 Print made by:Domenico Tiepolo |
Production date: 1750-1780

print

Title: Innocentius XI Odescalchus |
Museum number: 1869,0612.425 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van der BruggenAfter:Ferdinand Voet |
Production date: 1776

print

Title: Marino Grimani Doge de Venetia |
Museum number: 1869,0612.412 |
Producer name: BIOG63675 Print made by:Giovanni Orlandi |
Production date: 1595-1605

print

Museum number: 1869,0612.436 |
Producer name: BIOG38080 Print made by:Claude Mellan |
Production date: 1635 |
Production place: Printed in:Rome (city)

print

Museum number: 1869,0612.547 |
Producer name: BIOG45618 Print made by:Cornelis Schut |
Production date: 1612-1655

print

Museum number: 1869,0612.450 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis van Dalen IAfter:Adriaen van Nieulandt |
Production date: 1649 - 1665

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