Material concerning the sale of portraits of Musical Celebrities belonging to Dr W H Cummings deceased

Scope and Content

Includes:

-image of a portrait of George Frederick Handel by Dahl

-cutting from an auction sale catalogue concerning a portrait of George Frederick Handel by Dahl, as from the Collection of the late Dr W H Cummings

-newspaper cutting concerning the prices of pictures sold at the auction of the Cummings Collection, including a painting by Gainsborough

-cutting from an auction sale catalogue concerning a portrait of Charles Frederic Abel by Gainsborough

-image of a portrait of William Croft by Kneller

-cutting from an auction sale catalogue concerning a portrait of William Croft by School of Kneller, as from the Collection of the late Dr W H Cummings

-extract from a bookseller's Catalogue of Rare Books of and relating to Music, Ellis, New Bond Street, London, including an image of a portrait of George Frederick Handel by Thomas Hudson

7 items pasted into: Christie, Manson & Woods (1915) Portraits of musical celebrities and pictures and drawings. [Auction catalogue] London: Christie, Manson & Woods

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

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