Bound volume. Large green ledger, known as a "bill book" in Huntington Art Division. Contains invoices for and newspaper articles about art acquired via dealers other than Duveen Brothers.
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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Bound volume. Large green ledger, known as "bill book" in Huntington Art Division. Compiled scrapbook-style, correspondence from Duveen Brothers. Contains invoices for and newspaper articles about art acquired via Duveen Brothers.
Bound volume. Photocopies of invoices in HEH 28/1. Large green ledger, known as "bill book" in Art Division. Compiled scrapbook-style, correspondence from Duveen Brothers. Contains invoices for and newspaper articles about art acquired via Duveen Brothers.
Also: pencil memo by Huntington; various invoices and shipping notices; telegram from A. G. Walker to Huntington, 1912 February 28; copy of letter from Duveen Brothers to Henry E. Huntington, 1913 April 7. Subjects: Kahn collection, San Marino house, Drouais painting - Bouchet family, Gainsborough, engravings of Romney painting, iron gates, Lord and Lady Decies, "Little Red Riding Hood" by Sir Thomas Lawrence, garden ornaments, and marble fountain. Note: some are photocopies from the Huntington Art Gallery.
The sub-series Book bills and lists contains items such as auction catalogs, invoices, receipts, documents, book lists, and correspondence that detail purchases by Henry E. Huntington of manuscripts, books, and art as well as listing books owned by him or others that may have been purchased, from 1892 to 1946. There are also two scrapbooks dealing with purchases from 1909 to 1927. One contains items purchased from Duveen and the other is filled with other dealers. Other dealers that are heavily represented in this series are: George D. Smith, Anderson Galleries, Maggs Bros., C. Gerhardt, Herschel V. Jones, and the Rosenbach Company. There is also material related to the Hoe Sale, Hugh Sale, and the Beverly Chew Library. There are also Blotter Books that list books that had been checked out and used and their date of return, from 1917 to 1921, as well as lists of books that had been sent for binding, and books shipped to Los Angeles, from 1900 to 1927.
