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Anderson Galleries invoices for Henry E. Huntington

Description: Subject: Paintings - Alexander Pope, John Gay, Dean Swift, Esther Johnson, Jeremy Taylor, Portrait of Oliver Goldsmith; Busts - Houdon of Paul Jones, d'Angers of Washington; purchase of items from A.D.H. items. 5 pieces.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1920-1926
Call number: mssHEH
Creator: Huntington, Henry Edwards (1850-1927)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Edwin L. Lewis, November 1939.; Gift of Louise Ward Watkins, July 1946.; Gift of Collis Holladay, April 1967.; Gift of Mrs. Collis H. Holladay, 1977-1981.; Gift of Clifford Henry, May 1978.; Gift of Edwards H. Metcalf, 1978-1992.; Gift of Charles Apfelbaum, April 1981.; gift of Edwards H. Metcalf, Collis H. Holladay, Jr., November 1981.

Anderson Galleries letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Letters signed by Mitchell Kennerly. Also: photocopy of article relative to Lincoln bust and newspaper clippings re: Washington bust. Subject: Benjamin Franklin before the Privy Council, d'Angers bust of Washington, and Volk's bust of Lincoln.

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Henry E. Huntington letter to Anderson Galleries

Manuscripts

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.

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Edward Brandus Art Galleries invoice for Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Subjects: Juan Martinez Del Mazo "Infanta of Spain."

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Henry E. Huntington letters to Mitchell Kennerley

Manuscripts

Also: letter from Kennerly to Huntington, 1926 October 18; printed description of Elizabethan panels. Subjects: Anderson Galleries, Benjamin Franklin Before Privy Council, busts of Dante and Homer, rugs, sale of Arabella Huntington's furniture.'

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Boutivell Dunlap invoice for Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery

Manuscripts

Subjects: lithographs.

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Duveen Brothers invoices for Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery

Manuscripts

Also: interest statement. Subjects: Chelsea vases, Romney's "Mrs. Willett," Gainsborough's "The Cottage Door," Turner's "Grand Canal," Reynolds' "Lady Crosbie," and "Lord Henry Spencer & Lady Charlotte Spencer."

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Anderson Galleries invoices for Henry E. Huntington

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