| Description | Includes:
-newspaper cutting concerning the drowning in 1776 of Albany Charles Wallis, son of Albany Wallis
-two newspaper cuttings concerning Albany Wallis, friend of David Garrick
-newspaper cutting concerning Garrick's Friends and the family portraits belonging to Lt B A Wallis Wilson, sold at auction 7 July 1916
-three newspaper cuttings concerning the finding of the manuscript of a lost comedy by Henry Fielding
-newspaper cutting advertising the sale of the residence and contents of Durfield Lodge, Old Windsor, by the executors of the late Lt-Col Sir William Carington
-newspaper cutting announcing the death of Second Lt Belford Alexander Wallis Wilson, son of the late R B Wallis Wilson
-four newspaper cuttings concerning Lt Col Lewis (Bayly) Wallis
-newspaper cutting annoucing the death of the wife of Lt Col Bayley [sic] Wallis, the sister of Sir Robert Wilson
-cutting from a booksellers catalogue concerning publications on David Garrick
-letter from A H Stennings, dated 14 October 1931, concerning Albany Charles Wallis
-letter from Austin Smyth, Librarian, House of Commons, dated 14 January 1922, concerning a speech by Harrison [?]
-handwritten research note concerning Col Belford Wilson and Bayly Wallis [?]
-handwritten research note concerning lot 136, Portrait of a Boy said to be Baillie Wallis, sold at auction 7 July 1916
4 items removed and 15 items pasted into: Christie, Manson & Woods (1916) Theatrical portraits. [Auction catalogue] London: Christie, Manson & Woods
[Available in the Paul Mellon Centre's Library, see URL below] |