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Kedleston Hall; Viscount Scarsdale; and Curzon, Sir Nathaniel

Catalogue reference: FHS/4/1/95

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This record is a file about the Kedleston Hall; Viscount Scarsdale; and Curzon, Sir Nathaniel dating from 1953-[c1970s].

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Reference
FHS/4/1/95
Title
Kedleston Hall; Viscount Scarsdale; and Curzon, Sir Nathaniel
Date
1953-[c1970s]
Description

Includes:

-two letters exchanged between Simpson and Robert Cary, Carlton Club, dated 15 December 1952 and 2 March 1953, concerning a picture by Cuyp in the collection of Viscount Scarsdale

-two letters exchanged between Simpson and Viscount Scarsdale, dated 5 and 9 June 1958, concerning pictures at Kedleston Hall purchased by Sir Nathaniel Curzon between 1741-1758

-letter from Cecil Farthing, Director, The National Buildings Record, to Simpson, dated 24 June 1958, forwarding seven black and white photographs of works of art at Kedleston Hall

-handwritten list of pictures lent by Lord Scarsdale, undated (2pp)

-handwritten notes relating to the collection, undated (6pp)

-photocopy of a handwritten list of pictures and statues at Kedleston Hall in 1861, undated (7pp)

-annotated page from a Sotheby's catalogue for the sale of pictures by Joseph Wright of Derby on 18 June 1960

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Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Language
English
Physical description
1 file
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FHS/4/1

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Kedleston Hall; Viscount Scarsdale; and Curzon, Sir Nathaniel