Material concerning the Camperdown Sale, 21 February 1919

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

  • Reference
    • GB 3010 WR/604
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1918-1919
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 7 newspaper cuttings; 1 postcard; 2 letters; 1 transcription

Scope and Content

Includes:

-two newspaper cuttings concerning the will and estate of the Earl of Camperdown

-newspaper cutting concerning the Earl of Camperdown's brother, Hon George Haldane Duncan

-two newspaper cuttings concerning the prices of pictures sold at the Camperdown Sale on 21 February 1919, including pictures by Reynolds, Turner, Gainsborough and de Troy

-postcard to William Roberts from C. Hofstede de Groot, The Hague, postmarked 30 [?] 1919, concerning a painting by Paulus Potter sold at the Camperdown Sale

-newpaper cutting concerning a gavel made from a beech tree growing in the time of John Hampden, presented to a church association by the Earl of Camperdown's granddaughter

-newspaper cutting concerning a portrait of Sir Walter Scott by Sir John Watson Gordon, sold a that the Camperdown Sale

-handwritten transcription of letters between W. M. Rossetti and Richard Garnett, 1872, concerning a portrait of Shelley in Childhood possibly painted by Hoppner. Transcription probably by William Roberts

-two letters from J.A. Anderson, dated 24 July 1919 and 6 August 1919, concerning a portrait of Shelley by Hoppner, lot 45 in the Camperdown Sale

3 iitems removed and 8 items pasted into: Christie, Manson & Woods (1919) Pictures by old masters. [Auction catalogue] London: Christie, Manson & Woods

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