Material concerning the sale of items related to William Penn and his descendants from Pennsylvania Castle, Portland, sold at auction 10 July 1916

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 3010 WR/534
  • Dates of Creation
      1899-1927
  • Language of Material
      English
  • Physical Description
      8 newspaper cuttings; 4 cuttings; 1 message; 1 letter; 1 research note

Scope and Content

Includes:

-newspaper cutting concerning the forthcoming sale of Pennsylvania Castle, Portland

-newspaper cutting concerning items from the Penn Collection donated to the Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation

-newspaper cutting concerning the estate of Mrs Annabella Elizabeth Head, widow of Mr John Merrick Head, of Pennsylvania Castle, Portland

-newspaper cutting concerning works by Samuel Palmer gifted by the late Mrs J Merrick Head of Bath

-three newspaper cuttings concerning the sale of Penn portraits and relics from Pennsylvania Castle, Portland

-newspaper cutting concerning the Penn family papers

-cutting from Notes and Queries, April 1918, p.93 concerning a Penn Armorial Relic?

-two cuttings concerning Granville Penn and Lady Juliana Penn

-cutting from The Times Literary Supplement concerning The Peace of Europe, The Fruits of Solitude, and Other Writings by William Penn

-transcribed telephone message to Mr Roberts from Messrs John D Wood, dated 20 July 1927, concerning the sale of a marble bust of William Penn

-page of handwritten notes concerning a portrait of William Penn

-letter from J Merrick Head, concerning paintings by Romney hanging at his property, Pennsylvania Castle. He asks Roberts to include one of the paintings in his book on Romney

1 item removed and 14 items pasted into: Christie, Manson & Woods (1916) Family portraits ... relating to William Penn and his descendants. [Auction catalogue] London: Christie, Manson & Woods

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