Material concerning the sale old master paintings sold at auction on 9 March 1923, including a portrait of Sir Thomas Gresham

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

  • Reference
    • GB 3010 WR/770
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1923-1924
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 4 newspaper cuttings

Scope and Content

Includes:

-two newspaper cuttings concerning the prices of pictures sold at auction on 9 March 1923 from the collections of Viscount Wimborne, the late Frederick Locker Lampson and the late Asher Wertheimer

-newspaper cutting concerning the estate of Mrs Flora Wertheimer, widow of Asher Wertheimer, who died on 5 December 1922

-newspaper cutting concerning two paintings bought by the Canadian Government on loan temporarily to the National Gallery, London. The pictures were a portrait of Sir Thomas Gresham by Antonis Mor and a Portrait of a Nobleman by Giovanni Battista Moroni, the latter from the collection of Lord Wimborne

4 items pasted into: Christie, Manson & Woods (1923) Pictures by old masters. [Auction catalogue] London: Christie, Manson & Woods

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