Mellon, Andrew William, 1855-1937

Includes:

-letter from Mellon, dated 6 September 1923, confirming his arrangements to pay for Lord Glenconner's pictures

-typed file note by Letitia Simpson, dated 1932, explaining the process of creating lists of engraved pictures in Mellon's collection

-letter from Letitia Simpson to Miss Lett, secretary to Mellon, dated 28 July 1932, forwarding the lists

-letter from Letitia Simpson to Mellon, dated 28 January 1933, forwarding a copy of 'Apollo', May 1928

-typed summary of a letter from Knoedler's New York office to Mr Henschel, Knoedler's Paris office, dated 17 August 1934, concerning a newspaper report about Mellon's purchase of Raphael's 'Madonna of Alba', and a news cutting of the article from The New York Herald, dated 16 August 1934

-four letters and two postcards exchanged between Letitia Simpson, and Herbert Furst, Apollo, dated 7 January-9 February 1937, concerning an article about the Mellon collection

-six lists of pictures, dated 1932-1935 (18pp). Information given on some lists includes Knoedler's stock numbers and prices.

-typed notes and pedigree documents relating to various works of art, created by Knoedler's London office for Mellon, dated 1930-1932 (21pp)

-fifteen black and white photographs of works of art, some with annotations on the reverse giving information about artist and title

-four newscuttings concerning Mellon and his art collection, dated 1931-1932

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