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Material concerning a version of The Death of Wolfe by Benjamin West sold at auction...

Catalogue reference: WR/696

What’s it about?

This record is a file about the Material concerning a version of The Death of Wolfe by Benjamin West sold at auction... dating from 1920-1921.

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Reference

WR/696

Title

Material concerning a version of The Death of Wolfe by Benjamin West sold at auction on 10 February 1921

Date

1920-1921

Description

Includes:

-image of a watercolour of The Death of Wolfe

-letter from Geoffrey D. Hobson (of Sotheby's), dated 22 December 1920, concerning the The Death of Wolfe by Benjamin West and the Monckton family

2 items pasted into: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge (1921) Autograph letters and historical documents. [Auction catalogue] London: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge

[Available in the Paul Mellon Centre's Library, see URL below]

Held by

Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

Language

English

Physical description

1 image; 1 letter

Access conditions

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Record URL

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