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Miscellaneous E (Eaton-Evelyn)

Catalogue reference: FHS/4/1/63

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This record is a file about the Miscellaneous E (Eaton-Evelyn) dating from 1941-[c1970s].

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Reference
FHS/4/1/63
Title
Miscellaneous E (Eaton-Evelyn)
Date
1941-[c1970s]
Description

Includes:

-handwritten list of pictures at Eaton Hall, undated (2pp)

-two letters from Victor Emanuel and Vicars Brothers, dated 23 and 25 February 1929, concerning pictures in Emanuel's collection at Rockingham Castle

-six letters exchanged between Knoedler's London office, Sir Arthur Knapp, and Lydia Emmet, dated 5 August-11 September 1934, concerning a picture in her collection of Warren Hastings

-annotated catalogue of 'English and French furniture, old panelling, statuary, marble mantelpieces, Persian rugs & carpets, pictures & ornamental items by order of a Lady...to be sold by auction by Messrs. Knight, Frank & Rutley...on Friday, the 20th June, 1941'. The information includes details of bronzes by Herbert Haseltine, in the collection of Mrs Robert Emmett.

-photocopies of annotated pages from a catalogue of the sale of pictures on 3 November 1972 from the collection of J.H.C. Evelyn (6pp)

Held by
Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Language
English
Physical description
1 file
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FHS/4/1

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Miscellaneous E (Eaton-Evelyn)