Leeds City Art Gallery: 'Treasures from Yorkshire collections', 1952-1959

Includes the following issues of 'Treasures from Yorkshire collections, second series', with annotations made in 1959:

-No. 1 1952: 'Christ at the column' by Antonio del Pollaiuolo from Harewood House

-No. 3 1953: 'Lady Amelia D'Arcy' by F.H. Drouais from Knedlington Manor

-No. 4 1953: 'Fell-hounds and a hare' by Leonard Knyff from Great Givendale House

-No. 6 1954: 'Sir Robert Vyner and family' by Michael Wright from Studley Royal

-No. 8 1954: 'Portrait of a man' by Nicolaes Maes from Brough Hall

-No. 10 1954: 'Powderham Castle' by Francis Towne from Garrowby Hall

-No. 14 1956: 'The hedger and his mate' by G.W. Mote from the collection of Tom Laughton

-No. 15 1956: 'A lady in black and gold' attributed to Mair of Landshut from the collection of Mr and Mrs W. Spooner

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Leeds City Art Gallery produced a series of small publications about famous individual pictures loaned from Yorkshire houses, which were shown for a period of a few weeks. This was a continuation of the Picture of the Month scheme, but operated less regularly. Starting in 1952, it was intended to provide the opportunity for the study of masterpieces not usually on public display. A black and white photograph of the relevant work of art appears in each publication, together with provenance information. It would appear that this material was acquired by Knoedler's London office, and Simpson used it for his research on collections.