| Description | Includes:
-unsigned letter on Junior Carlton Club letterhead, dated 16 Jan 1952, concerning the ownership of a work by Hogarth, 'Garrickin the Farmer's Return' [this letter was removed from p.64 of Oppé's copy of his 1948 Hogath catalogue]
-letter from Frederick Antal, dated 11 Dec 1948, concerning his thanks for receiving a copy of Oppé's 1948 Hogarth catalogue
-letters from Carl P. Barbier, dated 2 May 1954, concerning a painting of 'Paul and Felix' in a chapel in Lincoln's Inn [this letter was removed from p.46 of Oppé's copy of his 1948 Hogath catalogue]
-eleven letters from R.B. Beckett, dated between 27 Jul 1947-21 Mar 1951, concerning his own work on Hogarth (see Beckett, R.B. (1949) Hogarth. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd. - Oppé's copy is available in the Paul Mellon Centre Library, see URL below) and various related research matters [the letter dated 21 Mar 1951 was removed from p.38 of Oppé's copy of his 1948 Hogath catalogue]
-letter from Charles F. Bell, Ashmolean Museum, dated 14 Jan 1944, concerning some original sources he has found which relate to Hogarth
-letter from Gertrud Bing, The Warburg Institute, dated 22 Dec 1947, concerning representations of 'Minerva and the giant'
-letter from Joseph Burke, University of Melbourne, dated 22 Aug 1950, concerning criticisms made by Oppé regarding an unnamed text by Burke regarding, at least in part, Hogarth
-three letters from the Marquess of Exeter, dated between 13 Jan 1944-15 Mar 1948, concerning works by Hogarth in his collection
-two letters from Ludwig Goldscheider, dated between 1 Mar-23 Oct 1948, concerning various research matters relating to Hogarth and Oppé's 1948 catalogue, including an extensive set of references from original and published sources
-letter from Jack W. Goodison, Fitzwilliam Museum, dated 26 Aug 1947, concerning a Hogarth drawing of the interior of the chapel at the Foundling Hospital
-letter from Lawrence Gowing, University of Durham, dated 16 May 1951, concerning the attribution of a work referred to as 'Fairies dancing', thought by Gowing to be by Hogarth
-letter from C.F. Hogbin, R.B. Fleming & Co. Ltd. (photographers), dated 17 Nov 1947, concerning a list of works by Hogarth at the British Museum
-letter from Gerald [Kelly?], Royal Academy of Arts, dated 15 Jun 1954, concerning the possibility of the work, 'The happy marriage' by Hogarth, being part of a 'pair' of similar works
-two letters from Owen Morshead to Oppé along with a further two letters from Morshead to Michael Ayrton and a reply from Ayrton, all dated between 1-14 April 1947, concerning the correspodence with Ayrton and his request for permission to reproduce Hogarth drawings in the Royal collection which have already been granted to Oppé
-letter from Karl Parker, Ashmolean Museum, [undated], concerning some discussion about working with the publishers, Phaidon Press
-letter from Robert Raines, dated 12 Jan 1951, concerning a work thought to be by Hogarth, entitled 'A duel with an apparition' [this letter was removed from p.32 of Oppé's copy of his 1948 Hogath catalogue]
-letter from H.J. Rengert, borough librarian, Central Library, Lewisham, dated 15 December 1950, concerning a tombstone Hogarth was thought to have designed (the letter is referened 'Re- George Taylor') [this letter was removed from pp. 48-49 of Oppé's copy of his 1948 Hogath catalogue]
-letter from Ernst Sklarz, dated 23 Jan 1949, concerning Oppé's 1948 Hogarth catalogue and Sklarz's own collection of works about Hogarth
-letter from Bernard Smith, Australian National University, dated 28 Nov 1955, concerning a drawing by Hogarth entitled, 'Time smoking a picture' [this letter was removed from p.34 of Oppé's copy of his 1948 Hogath catalogue]
-four letters from Felice Stampfle, the Pierpont Morgan Library, dated between 20 Jan-14 May 1948, concerning details about various works by Hogarth in their collection. Also includes two replies from Oppé and a further letter to Stampfle from Goldscheider, dated between 11-15 Apr 1948
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| Image Caption | Letter from Lawrence Gowing, dated 16 May 1951 |