| Description | Includes:
-five newspaper cuttings concerning the prices of pictures belonging to Sir William Bromley-Davenport, the late Sir Duncan Alexander Dundas Campbell Bt and other sellers, including a portait by Romney of Mrs Charlotte Davenport which sold for a record price of £58,000 guineas
-newspaper cutting concerning the prices of pictures belonging to the late W. A. Maconochie Esq, sold at the auction held on 28 & 29 June 1926
-newspaper cutting concerning a foiled burglary at the London home of Sir William Bromley-Davenport
-newspaper cutting concerning the estate of the late Sir Duncan Alexander Dundas Campbell Bt
-newspaper cutting concerning Romney's portrait of Mrs Charlotte Davenport
-newspaper cutting concerning Sir William Bromley-Davenport's sale of the family Romney portrait due to taxation and Sir Joseph Duveen's determination to buy the painting
10 items pasted into: Christie, Manson & Woods (1926) Early British portraits. [Auction catalogue] London: Christie, Manson & Woods
[Available in the Paul Mellon Centre's Library, see URL below] |