Material concerning the sale of pictures belonging to The Earl of Northbrook and Mrs Virginia Purdy Bacon deceased

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

  • Reference
    • GB 3010 WR/644
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1915-1921
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 10 newspaper cuttings; 1 article/essay; 1 letter

Scope and Content

Includes:

-two newspaper cuttings concerning the prices of pictures sold at auction held on 12 December 1919, including works by Raeburn and Romney

-newspaper cutting of obituary of Mrs Virginia P. Bacon

-newspaper cutting concerning the possible sale of the Bacon collection following the death of Mrs Virginia Purdy Bacon

-newspaper cutting of obituary of Edward Rathbone Bacon

-newspaper cutting concerning the will of E. R. Bacon

-newspaper cutting concerning a memorial exhibition of the Bacon old master pictures in Buffalo, USA

-newspaper cutting concerning the E. R. Bacon pictures

-newspaper cutting concerning the E. R. Bacon Picture Catalog

-newspaper cutting listing the pictures sold on 12 December 1919, including artists, titles, buyers and prices

-typescript article/essay, possibly by William Roberts, on the painting of The Family of Bertrand de Molleville by Antoine Vestier, lot 45 in the auction sale of 12 December 1919

-letter from Percy Salter on behalf of D. Croal Thomson, dated 28 August 1920, concerning a picture by Raeburn, possibly lot 60 or lot 61

1 item removed and 11 items pasted into: Christie, Manson & Woods (1919) Pictures by old masters. [Auction catalogue] London: Christie, Manson & Woods

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