Material concerning the sale paintings belonging to Henry North, 3rd Earl of Sheffield deceased, late of Sheffield Park, Sussex

Includes:

-three newspaper cuttings concerning the sale of the Sheffield family portraits

-newspaper cutting advertising a publication The girlhood of Maria Josepha Holroyd, by Maria Josepha Holroyd Stanley, 1897. Her portrait by Downman was lot 5 in the auction sale of 11 December 1909

-postcard to William Roberts from Frank Rinder, St John's Wood, dated 3 March 1921, concerning a portrait of a gentleman by Abraham De Vries, lot 141 in the auction sale of 11 December 1909

-newspaper cutting concerning the presentation of the Abraham de Vries portrait to the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

-newspaper cutting concerning changes at Sheffield Park since the death of the Earl of Sheffield

-letter/cable to William Roberts from James B Townsend, American Art News, dated 1 March 1915, concerning a picture 'sold in good faith'

-newspaper cutting, by Lionel Cust, concerning an 'expert' battle over a painting of The Young Samson attributed to Rembrandt

-two pages of notes

11 items pasted into: Christie, Manson & Woods (1909) Family portraits and works by old masters. [Auction catalogue] London: Christie, Manson & Woods

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