Material concerning the sale of pictures belonging to the late Sir Archibald Buchan-Hepburn Bt and G Gray Esq, sold at auction on 31 July 1929

This material is held atPaul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

  • Reference
    • GB 3010 WR/1073
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1929
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 3 newspaper cuttings; 1 letter; 1 photograph

Scope and Content

Includes:

-newspaper cutting concerning the last auctions of the 1928 Summer season to be held at Puttick & Simpson and Chistie's

-newspaper cutting concerning a portrait of Dr Richard Price by Benjamin West bought for the National Museum of Wales at the auction held on 31 July 1929

-newspaper cutting advertising the forthcoming Puttick & Simpson sale with an image of The Entombment by Mantegna

-letter from Puttick & Simpson, dated 25 July 1929, concerning various lots of paintings by Mantegna, Crivelli, Rubens and Benjamin West included in the forthcoming auction to be held on 31 July 1929

-photograph probably of The Triumph of Bacchus by Rubens, lot 144 in the auction sale held on 31 July 1929

5 items pasted into: Puttick & Simpson (1929) Pictures by old masters and modern pictures and drawings. [Auction catalogue] London: Puttick & Simpson

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