Catalogue of the Works of Antiquity and Art Collected by the Late William Henry Forman, Esq., Pippbrook House, Dorking, Surrey, and Removed in 1890 to Callaly Castle, Northumberland, by Major A. H. Brown.

4to (240 x 170 mm), [4], 209,[ 32]pp., 7 plates of outlines of Greek vases, section on Greek vases, Statuary, Bronze etc. and Hogarthís life and work, cont. full polished calf, five raised bands, spine gilt extra, contrasting red morocco label, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, light splash mark on upper cover otherwise an excellent copy. Thomas Seaton Forman (1791-1850) and his brother William Henry Forman (1794-1869), had a very successful career within the Welsh iron trade. ìHis wealth also allowed him to purchase Pippbrook House, Dorking, in 1849, and then to indulge fully in his hobby of collecting antiques and objets d'art. He died in 1850 at Pisa, while on a collecting trip to Italy.îó(Oxford DNB). The collection then past into the hands of William Henry who had a purpose built museum erected at Pippbrook to house it. ìUpon his death the ëLondon Illustrated Newsí informs us that the house was left to Thomas Seatonís widow Elizabeth, but that the residue of the estate, presumably including the contents of the museum were left to Williamís nephew, Alexander Henry Brown, the eldest son of his sister Helena, who had married a Major Arthur Henry Browne of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Before the removal of the contents of Pippbrook House a ëCatalogue of the Works of Antiquity and Art collected by the late William Henry Forman. and removed in 1890 to Callaly Castle, Northumberlandí was produced by Major Arthur Henry Browne and William Chaffers. Upon the death of Elizabeth, who had since remarried, the estate was bedevilled by family disputes; Pippbrook House was eventually sold up by order of the Court of Chancery, and the Forman Collection was dispersed at a sale by Sothebyís on 19th June 1899.îóAshton, Pictures in the Garrick Club. pp. 266-267. The Catalogue briefly listing over 4000 items and includes a 32 page glossary of terms used in ancient art. Provenance: From the library of Josceline Grove, with bookplate and their typed catalogue description pasted to front endpapers.