| Description | Includes information relating to the sale & purchase of, as well as general research about, the following works of art:
-'Sc. at Melton Mowbray', stock number 983 -'Pt. of Capt. Joseph Smijth-Windham, M.F.H., of Waghen Hall, Hull', stock number A1567 -'The Squire with the Quorn, 1827', stock number A2267. Material includes correspondence, images and pedigree information. -'Robert, Viscount Tamworth, mounted, with horses and groom in landscape outside his house' -'Three Hunters, with two dogs, in a landscape/The Favourite Hunters of Sir Francis Burdett'', stock number 8306 -'A View of Melton Mowbray', stock number A1397 -'Mr Money Wigram' -'Wycombe Abbey, with pts. of Johnny Wilmer, John Cross, and the first Lady Carrington's favourite hack; a groom on a white horse in the background', stock number 447
Also includes twenty letters between Letitia Simpson and Frederick C. Norton, dated 19 August 1931-11 February 1932, and eleven letters between Letitia Simpson and Edgar Backus, Dealer in Books, dated 3 October 1931-21 April 1932, all concerning images of works of art for: Paget, Guy. (1931). The Melton Mowbray of John Ferneley, 1782-1860. Leicester: Backus. |