Dartmouth; Craven; Walpole; Stowe House

Contains information on the following:

-Earl of Dartmouth

-Earl of Craven

-Sir Robert Walpole

-Stowe House, Buckinghamshire

Includes:

-letter from Francis Russell, Christie's, dated 1 June 2000, concerning the following document: C112/186, an inventory of 'property of Philip Earl of Chesterfield now at Bradby Hall'

-letter from Francis Russell, Christie's, dated 10 May 2000, concerning Gerald Dartmouth's inventory

-letter from William, Earl of Dartmouth, London, dated 24 August 2000, concerning paintings and a visit

-letter from Tim Groom, Archivist, Staffordshire Record Office, dated 15 December 1999, concerning inventory in the Dartmouth papers

-two inventories of Dartmouth pictures in London with annotations

-conservation report for the Earl of Dartmouth's paintings

-family tree tracing lineage of Sir William Washington of Packington

-colour photograph of a painting formerly in the Dartmouth collection

-notes on a visit to Staffordshire Record Office

-notes on The History and Antiquities of Staffordshire

-notes on the Earl of Craven's accounts

-notes on the Houghton manuscript at Cambridge University Library

-letter from Ann Pegrum, County Archivist, Hertfordshire, dated 25 July 1991, concerning a manuscript inventory of the Walpole pictures at Houghton, 1744 and a visit

-letter from William Le Hardy, County Archivist, Hertfordshire, dated 2 January 1957, concerning a manuscript inventory of the Walpole pictures at Houghton

-inventory of the Walpole pictures at Houghton, 1744 [photocopy]

-notes on a visit to Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, USA

-letter from P. Day, Keeper of Collections, Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, dated 9 August 1994, concerning a group of three portraits

-copy of a letter from Colin Anson, London to Horst Vey, Karlsruhe, Germany dated 13 April 1998, concerning Stowe House

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