| Admin/Biog History | After graduating from the Courtauld Institute of Art, Sewell joined Christie's, London, in 1958. He worked as a prints and drawings expert in the Old Masters Department until his resignation in 1967. |
| Description | Material includes:
-annotated copy of 'Christie's: The Oldest Fine Art Auctioneers in the World', nd
-Statement, written by Sewell, dated 3 July 1980, concerning a picture by Rubens
-seven letters between Sewell and Margery Green, dated 25 July 1981-22 August 1987, concerning Sewell's life, and a picture owned by Green titled Little Tobias by Adam Elsheimer. Also includes nine pages of Sewell's handwritten notes. |