| Description | Includes:
-letter from J. Leger & Son, Fine Art Dealers, dated 5 August 1926 concerning a portrait of Sir John Durbin of Walton by Gainsborough, lot 49 in the auction held on 9 July 1926. The painting was acquired by Leger at the auction and they ask Roberts to write a resumé for them
-letter from [?] Simpson, M. Knoedler & Co, dated 10 April 1931, concerning the disputed attribution of a painting of William Pulteney Johnstone to Raeburn, probably lot 153 in the auction held on 9 July 1926, and concerning Mr Davenport, probably the owner of the picture. Knoedler requests information on the picture from Roberts
-handwritten draft of response to Mr Simpson, dated 11 April 1931, concerning the Raeburn portrait of Sir William Putleney
3 items pasted into: Christie, Manson & Woods (1926) Old pictures and drawings. [Auction catalogue] London: Christie, Manson & Woods
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