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Sir Charles Rugge Price

Also known as: Sir Charles Rugge Price; primary name: Price, Charles Rugge
Details: individual; collector; British; Male
Life dates: 1801-1866
Biography: Banker, and collector of china and prints. His remarkable collection of prints, including many portraits and book illustrations, was sold at Sotheby's 21.ii.1867, where the BM bought many items (see 1867,0309.1143 to 1711). Lot 395, Rembrandt's Hundred Guilder print advertised as the finest known impression, fetched a world record price of 1,180 guineas, and remained a record for a print until 1883. Price marked many (how many is not certain) of his prints in the bottom right corner of the sheets (sometimes backing sheets) in manuscript with his initials C.R.P. Some of these were acquired by the BM before 1867, showing that he was selling at an earlier date. Five volumes assembled by Price, each with a printed title page dated 1865, and containing biographical articles, newspaper cuttings, engraved portraits and miscellaneous printed items are in the Bodleian Library (MSS. Don. d. 156-60).

758 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1867,0309.1147 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: early 19th century

drawing

Museum number: 1867,0309.1146 |
Producer name: BIOG25288 Drawn by:Richard Dighton |
Production date: 1795-1880

drawing

Museum number: 1867,0309.1175 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 18thC(mid)-18thC(late)

drawing

Museum number: 1867,0309.1668 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1834

drawing

Museum number: 1867,0309.1686 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1743-1770

drawing

Museum number: 1867,0309.1687 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1743-1770

drawing

Museum number: 1867,0309.1669 |
Producer name: BIOG32915 Drawn by:H Jarvis |
Production date: 1834

drawing

Museum number: 1867,0309.1706 |
Producer name: BIOG37430 Drawn by:John Martin |
Production date: 1820

drawing

Museum number: 1867,0309.1707 |
Producer name: BIOG37430 Drawn by:John Martin |
Production date: 1820

print; book-illustration; title-page

Title: British Classics |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3190 |
Producer name: Print made by:James NeagleAfter:Henry Singleton |
Production date: 1804

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0309.1472 |
Producer name: After:Samuel WalePrint made by:William Walker |
Production date: 1778

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0309.1478 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles GrignionAfter:Samuel Wale |
Production date: 1732-1810

print

Title: Musical monster Fifteen etchings dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Museum number: 1867,0309.1523 |
Producer name: BIOG39523 Print made by:John Hamilton Mortimer |
Production date: 1778

print; book-illustration; frontispiece

Museum number: 1867,0309.1474 |
Producer name: After:Samuel WalePrint made by:Charles Grignion |
Production date: 1770s

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0309.1477 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles GrignionAfter:Samuel Wale |
Production date: 1732-1810

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0309.1476 |
Producer name: After:Samuel WalePrint made by:Charles Grignion |
Production date: 1762

print; book-illustration

Title: Idler. / Vol.I. No.8. British Classics |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3242 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cosmo ArmstrongAfter:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1809

print; ornament print

Museum number: 1867,0309.1598 |
Producer name: BIOG44867 Print made by:Jacques François Joseph Saly |
Production date: 1746

print; ornament print

Museum number: 1867,0309.1600 |
Producer name: BIOG44867 Print made by:Jacques François Joseph Saly |
Production date: 1746

print; ornament print

Museum number: 1867,0309.1601 |
Producer name: BIOG44867 Print made by:Jacques François Joseph Saly |
Production date: 1746

print; ornament print

Museum number: 1867,0309.1597 |
Producer name: BIOG44867 Print made by:Jacques François Joseph Saly |
Production date: 1746

print; ornament print

Museum number: 1867,0309.1593 |
Producer name: BIOG44867 Print made by:Jacques François Joseph Saly |
Production date: 1746

print; book-illustration

Title: British Classics |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3615 |
Producer name: Print made by:Niccolo SchiavonettiAfter:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1807

print; satirical print

Title: A bon fire for the poor or the shame of Albion exposed |
Museum number: 1867,0309.1649 |
Producer name: BIOG27543 Published by:S W Fores |
Production date: 1791

print; satirical print

Title: [A French Postillion walking away, whip in hand] |
Museum number: 1867,0309.1664 |
Producer name: BIOG21334 Print made by:Henry William Bunbury |
Production date: 1767-1769

print

Title: N E view of Fort Louis in the Island of Martinique West Indies Views |
Museum number: 1867,0309.1606 |
Producer name: BIOG141119 Print made by:Samuel Alken |
Production date: 1796

print; satirical print

Title: [A French Postillion with a Whip in one hand, the other in Pocket, Birds, Horses and a Barn behind] |
Museum number: 1867,0309.1663 |
Producer name: BIOG21334 Print made by:Henry William Bunbury |
Production date: 1767-1769

print; title-page

Museum number: 1867,0309.1556 |
Producer name: BIOG45721 Print made by:John Scott

print

Museum number: 1867,0822.1296 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1820-1867

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0309.1401 |
Producer name: After:Francis HaymanPrint made by:Gravelot |
Production date: 1732-1745 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: British Classics |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3128 |
Producer name: Print made by:James ParkerAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1804 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The lottery office keeper's prayer!! |
Museum number: 1867,0309.1650 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas RowlandsonAfter:George Moutard Woodward |
Production date: 1801 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Prince Amgiad and Prince Assad |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3664 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham RaimbachAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1802 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: [Brook Watson] |
Museum number: 1867,0309.1195 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert Dighton (Junior)Published by:Robert Dighton (Junior) |
Production date: 1803 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Title: British Classics |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3225 |
Producer name: Print made by:James MitanAfter:Richard Westall |
Production date: 1807 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Travelling in Spanish America. |
Museum number: 1867,0309.1670 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward FindenAfter:Maria, Lady Callcott |
Production date: 1806-1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: View if the temporary bridge of London on fire ...1758 |
Museum number: 1867,0309.1612 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles GrignionAfter:Samuel Wale |
Production date: 1770

print; admission-ticket

Title: Chapel Royal Whitehall |
Museum number: 1867,0309.1466 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel AgarAfter:John Thurston |
Production date: 1814

print; book-illustration

Title: British Classics |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3091 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham RaimbachAfter:Henry Tresham |
Production date: 1803 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Alnaschar's vision |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3718 |
Producer name: Print made by:James ParkerAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1802 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0309.1322 |
Producer name: After:Edward Francis BurneyPrint made by:W Archibald |
Production date: 1797 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1867,0309.1227 |
Producer name: BIOG84323 Published by:John Bell, the publisher |
Production date: 1776 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Temple of Minerva Rome |
Museum number: 1867,0309.1362 |
Producer name: After:William HavellPrint made by:John Brain |
Production date: 1831-1850

print; book-illustration

Title: British Classics |
Museum number: 1867,0309.1491 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:Richard Westall |
Production date: 1805 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: British Classics |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3137 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:Richard Westall |
Production date: 1803 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0309.1323 |
Producer name: After:Edward Francis BurneyPrint made by:Charles Warren |
Production date: 1797 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: British Classics |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3260 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham RaimbachAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1809 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0309.1329 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francis EngleheartAfter:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1808 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: British Classics |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3209 |
Producer name: Print made by:William BromleyAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1804 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0309.1375 |
Producer name: After:Francis HaymanPrint made by:Charles Grignion |
Production date: 1752 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The old man of the sea |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3661 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles WarrenAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1802 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Hope told a flattering tale |
Museum number: 1867,0309.1652 |
Producer name: Print made by:William HeathPublished by:Thomas McLean |
Production date: 1825-1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A Dutch Drummer Boy Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: 1867,0309.1581 |
Producer name: After:Eglon Hendrik van der NeerPrint made by:John Romney |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration; frontispiece

Museum number: 1867,0309.1398 |
Producer name: After:Francis HaymanPrint made by:Charles Grignion |
Production date: 1753 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.4257 |
Producer name: Print made by:James HeathAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1817 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: British Classics |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3180 |
Producer name: Print made by:James ParkerAfter:Henry Thomson |
Production date: 1804 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Gardes à pied ordinaires du corps du Roi |
Museum number: 1867,0309.1696 |
Producer name: Print made by:Hippolyte BellangéPrinted by:Villain |
Production date: 1824 |
Production place: Printed in:Paris (France)Published in:Paris (France)

print; satirical print

Title: A new way of gaining admittance to a lady's chamber |
Museum number: 1867,0309.1656 |
Producer name: Print made by:William HeathPublished by:Thomas McLean |
Production date: 1825-1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; plan

Title: A plan of all the houses destroyed and damaged |
Museum number: 1867,0309.1614 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1765

print; advertisement

Title: The Last Lottery of All! |
Museum number: 1867,0309.1610 |
Production date: 1820 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: British Classics |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3210 |
Producer name: Print made by:William BromleyAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1804 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: British Classics |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3090 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles WarrenAfter:John Thurston |
Production date: 1803 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: British Classics |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3097 |
Producer name: Print made by:Anker SmithAfter:John Thurston |
Production date: 1803 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: British Classics |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3141 |
Producer name: Print made by:Anker SmithAfter:Richard Westall |
Production date: 1803 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: British Classics |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3089 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert Hartley CromekAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1803 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.3636 |
Producer name: BIOG31009 Print made by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 1810

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.3626 |
Producer name: Print made by:James NeagleAfter:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1809

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.3627 |
Producer name: Print made by:James MitanAfter:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1800-1822

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.3660 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham RaimbachAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1802

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.4260 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham RaimbachAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1817

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.4270 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham RaimbachAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1817

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.6865 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham RaimbachAfter:John Thurston |
Production date: 1791-1843

print; book-illustration

Title: British Classics |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3618 |
Producer name: Print made by:Anthony CardonAfter:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1807

print

Museum number: 1858,0417.1271 |
Producer name: BIOG39671 Print made by:Jan Harmensz. Muller |
Production date: 1624

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.3622 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathAfter:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1815

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.4259 |
Producer name: Print made by:James MitanAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1818

print; book-illustration

Title: Bell's British Theatre |
Museum number: 1853,1210.72 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardPrint made by:James Heath |
Production date: 1796

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.4282 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham RaimbachAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1817

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.3663 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles WarrenAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1802

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1853,1210.67 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardPrint made by:James Neagle |
Production date: 1798

print; book-illustration

Title: Bell's Shakespeare |
Museum number: 1868,0822.5542 |
Producer name: Print made by:James HeathAfter:Philip James de Loutherbourg |
Production date: 1785

print; book-illustration

Title: British Classics |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3166 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean Marie DelattreAfter:Henry Singleton |
Production date: 1804

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.3665 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham RaimbachAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1802

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.4249 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham RaimbachAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1817

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.3635 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathAfter:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1815

print; book-illustration

Title: British Classics |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3085 |
Producer name: Print made by:Luigi SchiavonettiAfter:Henry Tresham |
Production date: 1803

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.3692 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham RaimbachAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1802

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.4238 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles WarrenAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1818

print; book-illustration

Title: British Classics |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3164 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cosmo ArmstrongAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1804

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.3630 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francis EngleheartAfter:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1809

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1868,0822.4000 |
Producer name: Print made by:James HeathAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1780-1788

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1868,0822.3971 |
Producer name: Print made by:James HeathAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1782

print; book-illustration; frontispiece

Title: British Classics |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3158 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:John Opie |
Production date: 1803

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.5252 |
Producer name: Print made by:James NeagleAfter:John Thurston |
Production date: 1803

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0309.1540 |
Producer name: BIOG43899 Print made by:John Henry Robinson |
Production date: 1805-1835

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0309.1287 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 18th century

print

Title: B. Bergami. |
Museum number: 1867,0309.1211 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1820

print

Title: Le chien de l'hospice |
Museum number: 1867,0309.1585 |
Producer name: After:Pierre Antoine Augustin VafflardPrint made by:François Janet |
Production date: 1814-1843

print

Museum number: 1867,0309.1204 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: late 18th century

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0309.1264 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 18th century

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