| Description | Includes:
-two letters from J.J. Hadfield, dated 17 and 30 September 1924, offering pictures for sale from his collection
-letter from F. Hadfield, dated 12 December 1933, offering to sell a picture by John Hoppner, and another of Lord Nelson; and a typed list detailing pictures in his collection, undated (2pp)
-annotated photocopy of 'A catalogue of a well-known and approved collection of pictures,...which will be sold by auction, by Messrs Prestage and Hobbs,...on Friday and Saturday the 20th and 21st of February 1761'; and handwitten note describing the works of art sold from the collection of Mr Hamilton, undated (1p)
-handwritten note concerning inventories and pictures in the collection of the Duke of Hamilton, undated (1p)
-letter from Simpson to Sir Newman Flower, dated 25 October 1959, enquiring about the existence of a list of pictures in the collection of George Frederick Handel; handwritten note concerning: Newman Flower, W. (1959) George Frideric Handel: His personality and his times. London: Cassell; and an article: Deutsch, O.E 1942, 'Handel's will', The Antique Collector, Jan-Feb 1942, pp 9-12.
-typed list of pictures in the collection of J. Horace Harding, undated (2pp); and a letter from Simpson to M. Brockwell giving provenance information for two works of art by Sebastiano del Piombo titled 'Man with hour-glass' stock number 4604, and 'Man with book', stock number 4605
-handwritten note and list of pictures in the collection of Miss Harley, Rossal, Shrewsbury, 1925 (2pp)
-handwritten note concerning pictures in the collection of Sir Austin Harris, dated 8 December 1942 (1p)
-two letters from E.H.Harris to Knoedler's London office, dated 16 July 1923, concerning a picture painted on oak panel in his collection
-handwritten note concerning pictures in the collection of Miss Hartley, undated (1p)
-typed extract from 'Executors' Acts of Philip, Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, 1650-5 (Hatfield House, Private and Estate MSS, Accts., 168/2)', undated (5pp)
-letter from Millicent Hawes to Mr Carstairs, dated 10 November 1921, concerning the sale of pictures from her collection
-letter from M.P. Statham, County Archivist, Bury St. Edmunds and West Suffolk Records Office, to Simpson, dated 2 October 1961, concerning pictures in the collection at Hawstead House, owned by Colonel Booth
-typed note concerning a picture by Andrea del Sarto from the collection of J.P. Heseltine, undated (1p)
-four letters exchanged between Harold Hill and Letitia Simpson, dated 24 February-5 March 1936, concerning the possible sale of a portrait of Benjamin Franklin, and a pamphlet titled 'Americana books prints maps, No 92, 1937', with a portrait of Franklin on the back page
-typed list of pictures in the Hirsch collection, sold by Christie's on 11 May 1934, undated (3pp)
-two letters exchanged between Edward L. Holt and Simpson, dated 26 January and 15 February 1968, concerning a picture in his collection of Apollo and the Muses on Mount Olympus
-typed list of pictures in the collection of Frederick Jocelyn Hope, undated (4pp); and an invoice from Knoedler's to P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., for their sale, dated 13 March 1929
-typed extract of an article giving a list of pictures in Thomas Hope's collection from 'Annals of the Fine Arts for MDCCCXIX, Vol. IV, London 1820', pp 93-97
-two letters exchanged between D.F. Allen, Secretary, The British Academy, and Simpson, dated 27 May and 6 June 1972, and handwritten notes concerning pictures in the Howard collection, dated c1970s (3pp)
-three letters exchanged between Francis Howard and Simpson, dated 24-28 August 1951, concerning pictures bought in the Coombe Abbey Sale on 13 May 1923
-handwritten note concerning pictures in the collection of Lady Howe, Penn House, dated 6 November 1930 (1p)
-letter from Letitia Simpson to H.S. Hubbard, dated 15 June 1932, concerning a picture of Haydn in his collection
-letter from George Bernard Hughes, dated 10 June 1940, concerning the possible sale of pictures from his collection
-letter from Mary Hutchinson, dated 26 January 1943, concerning a picture by Monet in the collection of her son, J.N. Hutchinson
-four letters exchanged between Simpson and Robin Hutchison, dated 28 November 1959-5 April 1961, concerning a picture in his collection by John Smibert |