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Miscellaneous I-K (Ilchester-Kress)
Catalogue reference: FHS/4/1/91
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This record is a file about the Miscellaneous I-K (Ilchester-Kress) dating from 1931-[c1970s].
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FHS/4/1/91
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Title (The name of the record)
- Miscellaneous I-K (Ilchester-Kress)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1931-[c1970s]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Includes:
-annotated typed list of pictures from the Ilchester collection purchased by H. Fox and Fox, 1737/58, undated (2pp)
-letter from Simpson to Mr Musgrave, dated 15 July 1955, concerning purchases made by Lord Irwin in the 18th century; and photocopies of two handwritten documents recording picture purchases, undated
-annotated exhibition catalogue 'Old masters from the Edward James collection, July 16th to August 20th 1966, Worthing Art Gallery', interleaved with a handwritten note concerning the sale of pictures, undated (1p)
-letter from Letitia Simpson to Mrs Wentworth Chetwynd, dated 24 March 1948, and typed notes (1p), concerning the ownership of a portrait of Thomas Jefferson which belonged to John Jay
-six letters exchanged between Simpson and Nicholas Argenti, dated 12 February-11 August 1953, concerning pictures in the collection of Charles Jennens (1700-1773)
-typed 'List of pictures etc., belonging to Lord Jersey, stored at [the] depository of Messrs. le Gallas & Sons, St. Helier, destroyed by fire 30th September 1949', undated (4pp)
-annotated photocopy of a list of pictures for sale from the A.R. Johnson Will Trust, undated (7pp)
-letter from S.C. Kaines Smith, dated 16 September 1931, concerning pictures by Marcus Gheeraerts in his collection
-annotated photocopy of 'A catalogue of a genuine and highly select collection of sixteen pictures...collected by a nobleman...which will be sold by auction, by Mr H. Phillips...on Tuesday, the 21st of May, 1811'. The catalogue has been annotated to show the collection was owned by Lord Kinnaird
-letter from William Roberts, dated 6 November 1927, concerning an unidentified picture from the collection of John Lockwood King of Billingshurst, Sussex
-typed list of pictures in the collection of Leopold Koppel, Berlin (1843-1933), undated (1p)
-typed copy of a letter sent from the New York office of Knoedler's to the London office, dated 9 November 1950, concerning the Kress collection in Philadelphia
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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/7d35e48d-f2d9-4bf9-84ea-8b686c082663/
Series information
FHS/4/1
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Within the fonds: FHS
Frank H. Simpson Archive
Within the sub-fonds: FHS/4
Paul Mellon Centre
Within the series: FHS/4/1
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Miscellaneous I-K (Ilchester-Kress)