A catalogue of all that valuable and magnificent collection of Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch pictures, selected with singular taste and admitted judgement, the property of Mr. Bryan : and comprising the original works and great performances of the following masters: Rubens, Vandyke, Titian ... &c. : which will be sold by auction by Peter Coxe, Burrell, and Foster, at Mr. Bryan's celebrated gallery in Pall Mall, where they are displayed, on Thursday, May 17, 1798 and two following days at twelve o'clock
An 1798 London auction catalogue by the auctioneers Peter Coxe, Burrell, and Foster, offering the collection of picture dealer Michael Bryan at his Pall Mall gallery to prospective buyers of European paintings. The single picture is a small black-and-white typographic headpiece of stylised scrolling foliage, a central urn or vessel, and small figures or putti arranged in a horizontal band, suited to a designer seeking a classical ornamental divider or border motif.
