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Reynolds, Joshua, 1723-1792; Portraits A

Catalogue reference: EKW/1/304

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EKW/1/304
Title
Reynolds, Joshua, 1723-1792; Portraits A
Date
[1920s-1985]
Description

Includes:

-letter from The Edinburgh College of Art, dated 10 January 1962, concerning a portrait of Earl Spencer

-letter from A.S. Ciechanowiecki, Heim Old Master Paintings, dated 7 April 1978, concerning a portrait of Miss Ansure in the Dixon-Hartland family collection

-copy of a letter from Waterhouse to Mr Johnson, dated 14 February 1962, concerning the identity of the sitter in a portrait shown at the Royal Academy in 1910 as the 5th Duke of Argyll

-letter from John Potter, University of Oxford, dated 20 September 1976, concerning as portrait of Dr John Armstrong. Includes a copy of a letter to Pamela Tonkin from Paula Lake, Art Gallery of South Australia, dated 15 May 1976, concerning the same portrait

-letter from Kevin Consey, San Antonio Museum Association, dated 1 December 1980, concerning a portrait of Lady Arundell. Also includes the copy of a letter from Spencer A. Samuels & Company, detailing the provenance of the painting and relevant bibliographic information; and a copy of the entry for number 14., a portrait of Mary, Viscountess Dudley and Ward, in the catalogue for an exhibition held at Agnew's, 3 June -1 August 1980, entitled 'The Portrait Surveyed, British Portraiture, 1670-1870'

-photocopies of two invoices for the sale of, and a document containing provenance information about, a portrait of Lady Theodora Ashburton

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Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Language
English
Physical description
1 file (70 images; 7 letters; 1 copy of a page from an exhibition catalogue; 2 photocopied invoices; 1 photocopied document with provenance information)
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Reynolds, Joshua, 1723-1792; Portraits A