| Description | Includes:
-letter from Peter [?], National Portrait Gallery, to Simpson, dated 13 April 1960, forwarding a black and white photograph of a picture sold from the Wharton collection in 1948
-handwritten notes concerning pictures by Anthony van Dyck in the Wharton collection, undated (6pp)
-two black and white photographs of pictures by van Dyck, and one black and white image of a picture by Rembrandt, annotated with information concerning sitters and owners
-three news cuttings concerning works of art in the collection, dated 6 March 1934-26 October 1984
-photocopy of an annotated Sotheby's sale catalogue titled 'Catalogue of royal and family portraits...day of sale: Wednesday, 17 November, 1948...the property of the Rt. Hon. Lord Wharton...' |