Auctioneer

S. Leigh Sotheby

fl. 1848 · United Kingdom

British auctioneer, active in 1848. Worked with John Wilkinson.

Life and work

20 July 1848
With John Wilkinson sold in London the antiquities of 'M. B*** D***, consigned from Paris' (catalogue p. 4, lot 22 included a marble head of Venus said to be from Kition, formerly Benjamin Delessert's). The annotated British Library copy records the buyer as 'Rutter', not further identified; the head has not been relocated.
LondonMerrillees 2016

Connections

2 people

Colleagues & contacts

Connected with François Benjamin Marie Delessertprobably1848
Worked with John Wilkinson1848

Objects

Marble head of Venus ('belle tête de Vénus en marbre de Paros'), said to be from Kition; lot 22
From Kition (said)20 July 1848Merrillees 2016

Sources

1.Robert Stuart Merrillees (2016). “Studies on the provenances of the stele of Sargon II from Larnaca (Kition) and the two so-called Dhali (Idalion) silver bowls in the Louvre”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 46, 349-386. Online