Material concerning the sale of prints, drawings, pictures and armour from the historical collections at Wilton House, Salisbury

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

  • Reference
    • GB 3010 WR/556
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1917-1919
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 9 newspaper cuttings; 1 journal cutting; 1 list

Scope and Content

Includes:

-newspaper cutting concerning the price of pictures sold at the Wilton House sale and the Wilton armour remaining unsold

-newspaper cutting concerning part of the Pembroke collection being sold in time of war

-two newspaper cuttings concerning an exhibition of drawings from the Pembroke sale, Wilton House, on show at the Metropolitan Musem of Art, New York

-three newspaper cuttings concerning the Wilton armourr

-two newspaper cuttings concerning Mantegna's Judith with the Head of Holofernes, known as the Pembroke Mantegna

-journal cutting from Museum of Fine Arts Bulletin, Boston, December 1917 concerning accessions from the Wilton House sale

-list with lot numbers, buyers' names and sale prices relating to Sotheby's auction sale held on 5-5 & 9-10 July 1917

2 items removed and 9 items pasted into: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge (1917) Prints, drawings, pictures and armour from the historical collections at Wilton House, Salisbury. [Auction catalogue] London: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge

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