Material concerning the prices of pictures sold at auction on 16 February 1934, including works by Gainsborough and Corneille de Lyon

Scope and Content

Includes:

-newspaper cutting concerning the prices of pictures sold at auction on 16 February 1934, including a portrait of Francis de Montmorency, Duke of Luxembourg by Corneille de Lyon

-newspaper cutting concerning a painting by Gainsborough of The Rock of Ages, Durrington Coombe, Somerset sold at auction on 16 February 1934

-newspaper cutting concerning the portrait by Corneille de Lyon and sugesting the identity of the sitter as Francois, Duc de Montmorency and not the Francoise, Duc de Luxembourg

3 items pasted into: Christie, Manson & Woods (1934) Pictures by old masters ... and ancient and modern pictures. [Auction catalogue] London: Christie, Manson & Woods

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

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