Material concerning the sale of the contents of Brandon House, Suffolk

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

  • Reference
    • GB 3010 WR/632
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1919-1932
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 2 newspaper cuttings; 1 cutting; 1 image; 3 letters; 1 typed note/certificate

Scope and Content

Includes:

-two newspaper cuttings concerning the country house sale at Brandon House, Suffolk, former home of Rev Jonathan Tyres Barrett

-cutting from a Sotheby's auction catalogue of 5 March 1925 showing lots 129 to 139 of minatures of members of the Tyers family

-photographic image of Brandon House[?]

-typed note/'certificate' by William Roberts, dated 2 October 1919, on the portrait of Isaac Barrett by Thomas Gainsborough

-letter from P[?] Luscombe Carroll, The Carroll Gallery, dated 2 September 1927, concerning a portrait of Isaac Barrett by Gainsborough and a 'certificate' written by William Roberts. Luscombe Carroll asks for a change to the wording of the 'certificate'

-letter from M Knoedler & Co, dated 7 June 1926, asking Roberts to give his opinion on a painting

-letter from Dudley Tooth, Arthur Tooth & Sons Ltd, dated 16 June 1932, concerning the amateur painter George Rogers

3 items removed and 5 items pasted into: Lacy Scott & Sons (1919) Brandon House : contents of the mansion. [Auction catalogue] Bury St Edmunds: Lacy Scott & Sons

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