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Gilpin, Sawrey, 1733-1803

Catalogue reference: FHS/3/1/154

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This record is a file about the Gilpin, Sawrey, 1733-1803 dating from [c1930s].

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Reference
FHS/3/1/154
Title
Gilpin, Sawrey, 1733-1803
Date
[c1930s]
Description

Includes information relating to the sale & purchase of, as well as general research about, the following works of art:

-'Hugh Bisshopp, Esq., with his Spanish horse Velasco', stock number A2870

-'Lord Bentinck, with groom, in landscape', stock numbers 6526, 14839, 17002

-'Two hounds, in a l'scape', stock number A2697

-'Violet' and 'Quetlavaea'

Also includes five letters between Letitia Simpson and A.C. Sewter, City of Leicester Museum and Art Gallery, dated 22 August 1938-14 March 1939, concerning various works of art by Gilpin, including 'Gulliver with the Horses', and 'Gulliver describing fortifications to the horses'.

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Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Language
English
Physical description
1 file
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FHS/3/1

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Gilpin, Sawrey, 1733-1803