B.F. Stevens & Brown letters to Henry E. Huntington
Description
Also: photograph of painting of Robert Burns; copy of letter from Huntington to B.F. Stevens & Brown, 1922 March 7; printed announcement of sale of painting of Oscar Wilde by Harper Pennington; invoice for portrait of John Milton (photocopy; original in HEH Art Gallery Archives); photograph and brief description of painting "The Last Muster," by Sir Hubert Herkomer; photograph of bust of Alexander Von Humboldt and printed item. Subjects: Sarah Siddons, "The Tragic Muse," by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
gift of Edwards H. Metcalf, Collis H. Holladay, Jr., November 1981.
Gift of Southern California Transit District, December 1981.
gift of Alta California, January 1982.
Purchased from Frances Russell, March 1982.
Provenance unknown. In library as of January 1986.
gift of Collis H. Holladay, Jr., February 1992.
transferred from Ephemera, September 1992.
Gift of March 2001.
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Also: promissory notes from Huntington to the Duveens, 1916-1918. Subjects: Huntington's account, Arabella Huntington's health, "The Tragic Muse," "Duchess of Devonshire," "Mrs. Burton," Gould miniatures.
The collection consists of the personal and business papers of Henry E. Huntington. There is material related to the Huntington, Holladay (Henry E. Huntington's sister Caroline married Edmund Burke Holladay), and Metcalf families, but most of the collection deals with Huntington's business interests in Southern California, railways, real estate, and industry. There is a series about Henry E. Huntington and his family that includes biographical information, newspaper clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, ephemera, and physical objects. There is material related to the Huntington Land and Improvement Company, Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, and the Pacific Electric Railway Company as well as other businesses in Los Angeles County, Orange County, and San Gabriel Valley, California. This material includes business records, account books, annual reports, correspondence, maps, tracts, balance sheets, and others. There is also material related to the founding of the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens including auction catalogs, invoices, receipts, and bills for art and rare books, and information regarding a lawsuit about Huntington's estate tax after his death, and the passing of Proposition 15, in 1930, which exempted The Huntington from paying California property tax. There is also material related to Collis P. Huntington and his business interests and Arabella Huntington. The largest series contains over 22,000 pieces of personal and business correspondence spanning approximately 1790 to 1950. The physical objects include Henry E. Huntington's lunch box, razors, traveling trunk, and other items.
Also: shipping receipt for painting by Raeburn painting; photocopy of invoice for John Hoppner portrait "Marchioness of Worcester," 1911 November 13; photocopy of insurance policy covering shipment (originals in Art Gallery Archives).
Also: newspaper clipping about Will Rogers; copy of letter from Miller to James Van Inwagen, 1925 June 9, and photograph of portrait of Sir Patrick Blake by Sir Joshua Reynolds; copy of article "Princeton University Dept. of Art & Archaeology including the School of Architecture."
Also: copies of four letters from Huntington to MacLaughlin, 1923 September-November; copy of four letters from Duveen Bros. to MacLaughlin, 1923 September 9-25. Subjects: a Lady Hamilton painting by Joshua Reynolds and a painting by J.M.W. Turner.
