| Admin/Biog History | In 1901 P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd. employed Charles Carstairs of Knoedler's to sell works of art they sourced in Europe to wealthy collectors in the United States. The close relationship between the two firms eventually led to them sharing a premises during the Second World War at 14 Old Bond Street. |
| Description | Includes:
-letter from Otto Gutekunst to Charles Carstairs, dated 5 May 1911, concerning various pictures bought jointly with Knoedler's
-typed notes concerning pictures by Masolino, Lorenzo Lotto, and Master of the Death of the Virgin, received on approval from Colnaghi's, 18 May 1922 (2pp)
-letter from Pierre [?] to Carstairs, dated 9 February 1925, concerning a picture by Raeburn in the collection of Sir Archibald Sinclair at Thurso Castle, and the possible purchase of a picture by Crivelli
-copy invoice and notes from Knoedler's London office, dated 13 March 1929, detailing pictures bought jointly with Colnaghi (4pp)
-letter from Peter [?] to Charles Carstairs, dated 28 October 1929, concerning the possible sale of various pictures
-three letters exchanged between M. Konody, Librarian at Colnaghi's, and Letitia Simpson, dated 11 June 1937-11 June 1938, concerning photographs of pictures received from Knoedler's New York office
-three letters exchanged between Letitia Simpson and J. Byam Shaw, P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd., dated 25-31 March 1958, concerning writing of a history of the firm |