Material concerning the estate of the Earls of Essex

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

  • Reference
    • GB 3010 WR/6
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1893-1916
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 5 newspaper cuttings

Scope and Content

Includes two cuttings concerning the sale of an aquatint of Cassiobury, Hertfordshire (seat of the Earl of Essex) by R. Havell & Son, after J.M.W. Turner; and one cutting concerning an anecdote relating to the painting entitled 'Cat's-Paw', by Sir Edwin Landseer.

Also includes two cuttings concerning the death of the seventh Earl of Essex in 1916

Items pasted into: Christie, Manson & Woods (1893) Modern pictures [Auction catalogue]. London: Christie, Manson & Woods

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

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