Material concerning the Sale of the Shipley Pictures sold at auction in May 1914

Scope and Content

Includes:

-two newspaper cuttings concerning Newcastle Town Council's decision to decline the bequest of the Shipley Pictures

-newspaper cutting concerning the acceptance of the Shipley Pictures by Gateshead Borough Council

-newspaper cutting concerning a High Court case regarding the Shipley bequest and Gateshead Borough Council

-two newspaper cuttings giving notice of the sale of pictures from the Shipley Collection in May 1914

-newspaper cutting concerning the Shipley Collection

-three newspaper cuttings concerning the prices of pictures from the Shipley Collection sold at auction in May 1914

10 items pasted into: Mr Charles A Joel (1914) The sale of the Shipley pictures : ... oil paintings, water colour drawings, engravings. [Auction catalogue] Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Mr Charles A Joel

[Available in the Paul Mellon Centre's Library, see URL below]

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