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Hermitage Museum
Catalogue reference: FHS/4/1/83
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This record is a file about the Hermitage Museum dating from 1930-1931.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FHS/4/1/83
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Title (The name of the record)
- Hermitage Museum
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1930-1931
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Description (What the record is about)
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Includes:
-five letters from Knoedler's London office to Charles Henschel and Carman Messmore, Knoedler's New York office, dated 15 April 1930-10 February 1931, concerning the sale of works of art from the Hermitage Collection
-typed draft press release announcing the purchase by M. Knoedler and Co. of twenty-four works of art from the collection, undated
-three typed lists created by Knoedler's giving provenance information about the pictures, dated 1930 (18pp, 9pp, and 8pp)
-typed list of pedigrees created by Knoedler's of the Hermitage pictures, undated (1p)
-handwritten list of pedigrees sent to the New York office, dated 1931 (2pp)
-typed list of eighty-four photographs taken of pictures in the Imperial Gallery, St. Petersburg, undated (4pp)
-typed list of pictures belonging to the Russian Goverment to be seen in Berlin, undated (1p)
-two news cuttings concerning the sale of Soviet works of art, dated [c1931]
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 file
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/0ad42a4f-bf04-454d-a647-1eb4ead32523/
Series information
FHS/4/1
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Frank H. Simpson Archive
Within the sub-fonds: FHS/4
Paul Mellon Centre
Within the series: FHS/4/1
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Hermitage Museum