Note on suggested portrait of Robert Burns by Walter Scott and of portrait of Walter Scott by James Saxon

This material is held atNational Gallery Research Centre

Reference
- GB 345 NG72/38
Dates of Creation
- 10 Feb 1935
Language of Material
- English
Physical Description
- 2 pages

Scope and Content

Writer desrcribes the two portraits and compares them. Associated book in Gallery Library, ID Number 113963.

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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