Material concerning the sale of pictures and drawings sold at auction on 8 May 1925, including The Music Lesson by Lord Leighton

Includes:

-newspaper cutting concerning the prices of pictures and drawings sold at auction on 6 May 1925, including The Music Lesson by Lord Leighton

-newspaper cutting concerning the purchase of The Music Lesson, bought on behalf of Lord Bearsted who proposed to present it to the Guildhall Art Gallery

-newspaper cutting with an image of The Music Lesson

-newspaper cutting of Swinburne's championing of the art of Frederick Sandys

-newspaper cutting confirming Lord Bearsted's presentation of The Music Lesson to the Guildhall Art Gallery

5 items pasted into: Christie, Manson & Woods (1925) Modern pictures and drawings. [Auction catalogue] London: Christie, Manson & Woods

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