Album of materials relating to ‘The Hay Wain’ and other pictures by John Constable compiled by Henry Vaughan

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Reference
- GB 345 NG72/49
Former Reference
- GB 345 (O.S.) NH 695 CONSTABLE (J.) Vaughan
Dates of Creation
- 1886-1891
Language of Material
- English
Physical Description
- 1 volume

Scope and Content

Henry Vaughan (1809-1899) donated Constable’s ‘The Hay Wain’ (NG1207) to the National Gallery in 1886. This album, which Vaughan may have assembled as a personal souvenir, contains printed extracts along with transcriptions that he made from various periodicals, catalogues, newspapers, and published biographies and criticism; there are also engravings and a photograph of the painting, an autograph letter from M. Debaines to Henry Vaughan concerning Constable’s ‘Glebe Farm’ (Tate N01274), which he had lent to the Royal Academy’s Winter Exhibition in 1886, and a letter of gratitude from a member of the public. Includes index.

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Items transferred from the National Gallery LibraryNG72

List compiled by Sir Charles Lock Eastlake of classical paintings in the collection at the Galerie MadrazoNG72/1

Notes and research relating to the 1887 edition of The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche, translated by William Adlington with notes by Andrew LangNG72/2

Items relating to exhibitions and provenance of paintings by RembrandtNG72/3

Material for the Northumberland Catalogue by C.H. Collins BakerNG72/4

Book of hand-written copies of the letters and notes of George Augustus WallisNG72/5

Letter from John L. Worsfold to Kenneth ClarkNG72/6

Letter from Rubens Gallery, Brussels to National Gallery LondonNG72/7

Various documents concerning a member of the public’s claim to have found an original painting of Philippe Égalité by Sir Joshua ReynoldsNG72/8

Material relating to a list compiled by the Nazis of German artworks in British InstitutionsNG72/9

Copies of letters from J. M. W. Turner to S. DobreeNG72/10

Letter from Walter Shepherd to the Director of the National GalleryNG72/11

Letter from Edgar Preston Richardson, Detroit Institute of Arts, to Martin DaviesNG72/12

Letter and annotated catalogue sent from Patricia M. Butler, City Art Gallery, Bristol to Martin DaviesNG72/13

Letter from David Baxandall, National Gallery of Scotland, to Martin DaviesNG72/14

Letter from Daniel Vouga, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Neuchâtel, to Martin DaviesNG72/15

Extract from Victoria and Albert Acquisition ListNG72/16

Correspondence between Eric Goodliffe, Thaumaturgus, and the Director of the National GalleryNG72/17

Correspondence on the subject of excise stamps on English canvassesNG72/18

Correspondence between Martin Davies and G. E. Assinder, Barclays Bank, on the subject of the sale of the Orleans CollectionNG72/19

Copy of a list of letters written by Sir David Wilkie to Sir George and Lady BeaumontNG72/20

Letter from the secretary of S. E. Denman to Cecil Gould, Deputy KeeperNG72/21

Documents relating to research into J. M. W. Turner and his time spent at Farnley EstateNG72/22

Copies of letters from J. M. W. Turner to W Cook and Sir Charles EastlakeNG72/23

Copies of letters from John Constable to John Thomas Smith and John DunthorneNG72/24

Inventory of King Charles II's collectionNG72/25

Letter and notes concerning the Truman and Read familiesNG72/26

Copies of letters written to John ConstableNG72/27

Notes on Monte CarloNG72/28

Letter from Ellis K. Waterhouse to Martin DaviesNG72/29

5 Formation College, Luton Hoo: an informal guide to the picture collectionsNG72/30

Material and correspondence relating to the work of Martin PorkayNG72/31

Letter and research relating to claims that a painting by Vermeer has been misattributed to BrekelenkamNG72/32

Letter to Martin DaviesNG72/33

Letters from F. Gordon Roe to Martin DaviesNG72/34

Catalogues and list of items owned by the Ashburnham FamilyNG72/35

Frere letters and correspondenceNG72/36

List of Mr. Woodburn's collection of Italian picturesNG72/37

Note on suggested portrait of Robert Burns by Walter Scott and of portrait of Walter Scott by James SaxonNG72/38

Inventory of paitings, prints and statues of Count Bertolazone D'AracheNG72/39

Is the famous Raphael painting 'Madonna Tempi' in the Alten Pinakithek in Munich a fake? By Svend LundNG72/40

Correspondence from Maurice Perret-CarnotNG72/41

Lowther Castle SaleNG72/42

Catalogue of the paintings in Newbattle Abbey, 10th March 1798NG72/43

Inventories of pictures at Newbattle Abbey, LothianNG72/44

List of pictures extracted from the Kiveton inventory, 1727NG72/45

Werner van den Valckert Exhibition, 1936-1937NG72/46

Totteridge Park: PicturesNG72/47

Manfrin Collection: MSS & CataloguesNG72/48

Album of materials relating to ‘The Hay Wain’ and other pictures by John Constable compiled by Henry VaughanNG72/49

Montagu House, LondonNG72/50

Pollok House, GlasgowNG72/51

Great masters of the 14th to the 18th centuries, from the collection of N.V. Bachstitz, 's-GravenhageNG72/52

Papers relating to Picture No. 4488 in the National GalleryNG72/53

Inscriptions on pictures in the National Gallery copied by R.N. WornumNG72/54

List of pictures at Brook House, Park Lane, London, W., property of the Tweedmouth familyNG72/55

Vachell family picturesNG72/56