Material concerning the pictures sold at auction, 8 May 1897

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

  • Reference
    • GB 3010 WR/39
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1787-26 Aug 1899
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 5 newspaper cuttings; 1 portrait image; 1 note

Scope and Content

Includes:

-newspaper cutting concerning Lady Normanby's Ball at the British Embassy, Paris

-photocopy of a portrait image of lot 45: 'Anne Kershaw'

-newspaper cutting concerning the death of Charles Frederick Abel, related to lot 78: Portrait of Charles Frederick Abel, dated 1787

-two newspaper cuttings concerning the Three Portraits from Mulgrave Castle: Queen Victoria by David Wilkie, Charles I by Daniel Mytens and lot 90A: Queen Henrietta Maria by Anthony Van Dyke, dated 26 Aug 1899 and 12 July 1899

-newspaper cutting concerning the possible sale of a picture by David Wilkie of Her Majesty the Queen from the Marquis of Normanby to the National Portrait Gallery, dated 29 July 1899

-note concerning the origin of a painting from Mulgrave Castle and referencing Lord Mulgrave's letter to the Times of 19 August 1895

6 items pasted into and 1 item removed from: Christie, Manson & Woods (1897) Highly Important Early English Pictures from the Collections of Earl Sondes...Marquis of Normanby...the Late William Sharpe Esq...[Auction catalogue]. London: Christie, Manson & Woods

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