Material concerning the sale of pictures belonging to the late Sir Walter Gilbey, Elsenham Hall, near Bishop's Stortford

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

  • Reference
    • GB 3010 WR/504
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1915-1918
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 4 newspaper cuttings; 1 magazine extract; 1 book plate; 1 sales catalogue cutting; 2 letters; 30 images

Scope and Content

Includes:

-newspaper cutting concerning the forthcoming sale of Sir Walter Gilbey's Collection

-three newspaper cuttings concerning the prices of pictures belonging to Sir Walter Gilbey, sold at auction on 11 June 1915, including sporting pictures by Morland

-extract from Baily's Magazine entitled Sir Walter Gilbey's Sporting Pictures by W Roberts, June 1915, p.257-264

-bookplate of Sir Walter Gilbey

-cutting from an auction sale catalogue concerning a portrait of Sir Walter Gilbey in his library at Elsenham by Burne-Jones

-letter to from Robert C Witt, dated 28 December 1918, concerning a picture from the Gilbey Collection and also containing information on the number of photographs in Witt's photographic collection in 1918. His collection included circa 7000 artists represented by circa 150,000 photographs

-letter from Tresham Gilbey, dated 22 May 1915, concerning the forthcoming sale of the Gilbey Collection and the illustrations for the article in Baily's Magazine

-thirty images of paintings in the Gilbey Sale with lot numbers indicated

1 item removed and 38 items pasted into: Christie, Manson & Woods (1915) Elsenham Hall, near Bishop's Stortford, Essex : ... sporting pictures and works by George Morland. [Auction catalogue] London: Christie, Manson & Woods

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