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Dr John Percy

Also known as: Dr John Percy; primary name: Percy, John
Details: individual; collector; British; Male
Life dates: 1817-1889
Biography: FRS. Collector of drawings and prints, member of the Burlington Fine Arts Club; letters from him to Reid are on House of Commons notepaper. His collection of British drawings was considered by Colvin to be 'the most complete ever formed for the illustration of the history of British art, especially English watercolour painting'. In 1880 (report dated 8 March) Reid informed the Trustees that Dr Percy had bequeathed his collection to the BM. This did not happen, but the BM bought much at the sale held by Christie's on 15-18, 22-24.iv and 12.v.1890 (see Colvin's report dated 3 May 1890). Included in the lots purchased was his annotated copy of the 1871 BFAC exhibition catalogue of watercolours; this contains the catalogue of his own collection of watercolours and much other material (see P&D library NNN.5.21, register number 1890,0512.154). He also had a large collection of prints after Jean Baptiste Greuze (q.v.) which the BM acquired in 1877.
Bibliography: Lugt 1504 For his annotated copy of the catalogue of his collection, see biography below.

302 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.129 |
Producer name: BIOG42532 Drawn by:Joseph Powell |
Production date: 1796-1829

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.89 |
Producer name: BIOG28952 Drawn by:John Alexander Gilfillan |
Production date: 1793-1864

drawing

Museum number: 1956,0714.58 |
Producer name: BIOG51107 Drawn by:Rev Joseph Wilkinson |
Production date: 1810

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.21 |
Producer name: BIOG22139 Drawn by:Joseph Cartwright |
Production date: 1821

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.147 |
Producer name: BIOG50273 Drawn by:Thomas Walmsley |
Production date: 1763-1806

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.110 |
Producer name: BIOG33477 Drawn by:W F Kangiesser |
Production date: 1810-1820

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.111 |
Producer name: BIOG33861 Drawn by:William Burke Kirwan |
Production date: 1850

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.76 |
Producer name: BIOG27191 Drawn by:Thales Fielding |
Production date: 1793-1837

drawing

Museum number: 1910,0218.44 |
Producer name: BIOG34874 Drawn by:Marcellus Laroon III |
Production date: 1740

drawing

Museum number: 1938,0709.12 |
Producer name: BIOG47520 Drawn by:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1755-1834

drawing

Museum number: 1884,1011.215 |
Producer name: BIOG28672 Drawn by:Abraham Genoels |
Production date: 1655-1723

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.127 |
Producer name: BIOG41746 Drawn by:George Petrie |
Production date: 1822

drawing

Museum number: 1956,0714.59 |
Producer name: BIOG51107 Drawn by:Rev Joseph Wilkinson |
Production date: 1810

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.86 |
Producer name: BIOG28875 Drawn by:James Gibbs |
Production date: 1682-1754

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.126 |
Producer name: BIOG41433 Drawn by:William Pearson |
Production date: 1802

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.65 |
Producer name: BIOG31289 Drawn by:Antoine Etienne d' Herbelot |
Production date: 1770-1800

drawing

Museum number: 1938,0709.14 |
Producer name: BIOG47520 Drawn by:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1755-1834

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.149 |
Producer name: BIOG50573 Drawn by:George Webster |
Production date: 1797-1832

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.47 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Thomas DaniellFormerly attributed to:William Daniell |
Production date: 1749-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.113 |
Producer name: BIOG34710 Drawn by:Thomas Landseer |
Production date: 1810-1880

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.143 |
Producer name: BIOG49848 Drawn by:Pierre Violet |
Production date: 1749-1819

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.9 |
Producer name: BIOG18552 Drawn by:Joseph Charles Barrow |
Production date: 1789-1797

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.12 |
Producer name: BIOG20612 Drawn by:John Boyne |
Production date: 1750-1810

drawing

Museum number: 1884,1011.210 |
Producer name: BIOG28672 Drawn by:Abraham Genoels |
Production date: 1655-1723

drawing

Museum number: 1910,0212.269 |
Producer name: BIOG47520 Drawn by:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1755-1834

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.62 |
Producer name: BIOG52233 Drawn by:Peter De Wint |
Production date: 1784-1849

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.23 |
Producer name: BIOG23141 Drawn by:Maj-Gen James Pattison Cockburn |
Production date: 1779-1847

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.2 |
Producer name: BIOG16938 Drawn by:Augustine Aglio |
Production date: 1816-1885

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.54 |
Producer name: BIOG24760 Drawn by:F J Delacour |
Production date: 1830

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.153 |
Producer name: BIOG51712 Drawn by:John Masey Wright |
Production date: 1777-1866

drawing

Museum number: 1956,0714.57 |
Producer name: BIOG51237 Drawn by:George Willison |
Production date: 1767-1797

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.15 |
Producer name: BIOG21004 Drawn by:J Brooker & Co |
Production date: 1857

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.11 |
Producer name: BIOG19775 Drawn by:William James Blacklock |
Production date: 1842

drawing

Museum number: 1938,0709.16 |
Producer name: BIOG47520 Drawn by:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1755-1834

drawing

Museum number: 1881,0709.737 |
Producer name: BIOG22125 Drawn by:John Carter |
Production date: 1748-1917

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.93 |
Producer name: BIOG29832 Drawn by:Moses Griffith |
Production date: 1749-1819

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.82 |
Producer name: BIOG27758 Drawn by:François Louis Thomas Francia |
Production date: 1809

drawing

Museum number: 1938,0709.13 |
Producer name: BIOG47520 Drawn by:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1755-1834

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.114 |
Producer name: BIOG35903 Drawn by:John Linnell |
Production date: 1826

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.6 |
Producer name: BIOG17807 Drawn by:John Augustus Atkinson |
Production date: 1775-1831

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.52 |
Producer name: BIOG24778 Drawn by:William Wood Deane |
Production date: 1825-1873

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.74 |
Producer name: BIOG26663 Drawn by:William Evans of Bristol |
Production date: 1809-1859

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.13 |
Producer name: BIOG20612 Drawn by:John Boyne |
Production date: 1746-1800

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.91 |
Producer name: BIOG29656 Drawn by:Gravelot |
Production date: 1699-1773

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.20 |
Producer name: BIOG35091 Drawn by:John Le Capelain |
Production date: 1814-1848

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.28 |
Producer name: BIOG23544 Drawn by:Abraham Cooper |
Production date: 1787-1868

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.134 |
Producer name: BIOG43563 Drawn by:John Inigo Richards |
Production date: 1720-1810

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.121 |
Producer name: BIOG38609 Drawn by:Thomas Mitchell |
Production date: 1763-1789

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.92 |
Producer name: BIOG29783 Drawn by:John Alexander Gresse |
Production date: 1741-1794

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.10 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Lady Diana BeauclerkFormerly attributed to:J Walpole |
Production date: 1734-1808

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.46 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Samuel DaniellFormerly attributed to:William Daniell |
Production date: 1806-1807

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.146 |
Producer name: BIOG50218 Drawn by:John Rawson Walker |
Production date: 1817-1865

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.99 |
Producer name: BIOG30368 Drawn by:Joseph Halfpenny |
Production date: 1793

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.119 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Josef Frans NollekensFormerly attributed to:Philippe Mercier |
Production date: 1702-1748

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.98 |
Producer name: BIOG30382 Drawn by:George Lowthian Hall |
Production date: 1856-1878

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.36 |
Producer name: BIOG23883 Drawn by:David Cox Junior |
Production date: 1830

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.1 |
Producer name: BIOG16938 Drawn by:Augustine Aglio |
Production date: 1816-1885

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.108 |
Producer name: BIOG32511 Drawn by:Julius Caesar Ibbetson |
Production date: 1785-1786

drawing

Museum number: 1938,0709.15 |
Producer name: BIOG47520 Drawn by:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1755-1834

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.8 |
Producer name: BIOG18367 Drawn by:R Barber |
Production date: 1775

drawing

Museum number: 1884,1011.214 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: Late 17thC

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.81 |
Producer name: BIOG27584 Drawn by:Thomas Forster |
Production date: 1704

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.42 |
Producer name: BIOG24414 Drawn by:Francis Danby |
Production date: 1793-1861

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1890,0512.48 |
Producer name: BIOG24459 Drawn by:William Daniell |
Production date: 1769-1837

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1957,0705.54 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1770

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1890,0512.25 |
Producer name: BIOG23283 Drawn by:John Collet |
Production date: 1770

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.141 |
Producer name: BIOG48640 Drawn by:Peltro William Tomkins |
Production date: 1797

drawing

Museum number: 1938,0709.7 |
Producer name: BIOG47520 Drawn by:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1815

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.38 |
Producer name: BIOG23869 Drawn by:William Cowen |
Production date: 1822

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.50 |
Producer name: BIOG24665 Drawn by:George Dawe |
Production date: 1826

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.24 |
Producer name: Drawn by:John ColletFormerly attributed to:John Wootton |
Production date: 1770

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1890,0512.40 |
Producer name: BIOG24131 Drawn by:Isaac Robert Cruikshank |
Production date: 1831

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1858,0417.1565 |
Producer name: BIOG20962 Drawn by:Crispijn van den Broeck |
Production date: 1570

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1890,0512.58 |
Producer name: BIOG25169 Drawn by:Arthur William Devis |
Production date: 1763-1822

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.151 |
Producer name: BIOG51060 Drawn by:Charles Wild |
Production date: 1781-1835

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.139 |
Producer name: BIOG47439 Drawn by:Frederick Wilton Litchfield Stockdale |
Production date: 1848

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.134.+ |
Producer name: BIOG43563 Drawn by:John Inigo Richards |
Production date: 1720-1810

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.88 |
Producer name: BIOG30166 Drawn by:Edward Gyfford |
Production date: 1772-1834

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.49 |
Producer name: BIOG24458 Drawn by:Thomas Daniell |
Production date: 1792-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.152 |
Producer name: BIOG50966 Drawn by:Robert White |
Production date: 1680

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.56 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Arthur William DevisFormerly attributed to:Arthur Devis |
Production date: 1763-1822

drawing

Museum number: 1970,0916.1 |
Producer name: BIOG48640 Drawn by:Peltro William Tomkins |
Production date: 1759-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.79 |
Producer name: BIOG27226 Drawn by:Francis Oliver Finch |
Production date: 1802-1862

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.142 |
Producer name: BIOG49424 Drawn by:John Varley |
Production date: 1778-1842

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.78 |
Producer name: BIOG27226 Drawn by:Francis Oliver Finch |
Production date: 1802-1862

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.107 |
Producer name: BIOG31688 Drawn by:William Hodges |
Production date: 1773

drawing

Museum number: 1881,0709.736 |
Producer name: BIOG49995 Drawn by:Lucas Vorsterman I |
Production date: 1630-1639

drawing

Museum number: 1858,0417.1564 |
Producer name: BIOG20962 Drawn by:Crispijn van den Broeck |
Production date: 1570

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.39 |
Producer name: BIOG24104 Drawn by:William Crouch |
Production date: 1850

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.7 |
Producer name: BIOG18367 Drawn by:R Barber |
Production date: 1775

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.87 |
Producer name: BIOG28875 Drawn by:James Gibbs |
Production date: 1682-1754

drawing

Museum number: 1956,0714.2 |
Producer name: Drawn by:John ConeyFormerly attributed to:John Skinner Prout |
Production date: 1822

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.44 |
Producer name: BIOG24459 Drawn by:William Daniell |
Production date: 1794

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.120 |
Producer name: Manner/Style of:Caroline MetzManner/Style of:Conrad Martin Metz |
Production date: 1795

drawing

Museum number: 1962,0714.44 |
Producer name: BIOG36303 Drawn by:Mauritius Lowe |
Production date: 1746-1793

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.45 |
Producer name: BIOG24459 Drawn by:William Daniell |
Production date: 1794

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.63 |
Producer name: BIOG52233 Drawn by:Peter De Wint |
Production date: 1784-1849

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.133 |
Producer name: BIOG42815 Drawn by:William Purser |
Production date: 1820-1830

drawing

Museum number: 1938,0709.8 |
Producer name: BIOG47520 Drawn by:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1755-1834

drawing

Museum number: 1887,0122.1 |
Producer name: BIOG50273 Drawn by:Thomas Walmsley |
Production date: 1763-1806