Manuscripts

Duveen Brothers letters to George D. Hapgood

Description: Subjects: Henry E. Huntington's account, marble busts, Millet oil painting, miniature catalogue, shipping notices.
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.

Duveen Brothers letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Also: memo re: Huntington purchases of paintings (Gainsborough and Romney); list of Huntington pictures remaining at Duveen Brothers; various invoices and shipping notices; list of recipients of the Huntington Catalogue of English Pictures, and memo by Huntington; copy of letter from Huntington to Los Angeles Times, 1925 August 17; list of velvet sent to Huntington. Subjects: Huntington's account, Washington paintings by Stuart, Rembrandt Peale, and C. W. Peale; Birley's portraits of Huntington and Arabella Huntington; bust Mater Dolorosa, miniature collection of Collis P. Huntington, Gould miniatures, Romney portrait of Lady Hamilton, and Roger Van der Weyden's "Virgin and Child."

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Duveen Brothers letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

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.

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Duveen Brothers letters to William Hertrich

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Also: copy of acknowledgment of receipt of tapestry panels; shipping notice of 8 cases of garden ornaments; copy of acknowledgment of receipt of 4 tapestry frames; portrait by James Frothingham; frames for portraits by Birley; attached list of red velvet shipped to Huntington; shipping notices for lighting fixtures; copy of Hertrich's reply, 1927 March 26; copy of Hertrich's reply, 1927 June 18, and shipping notices. Subjects: Roger van der Weyden painting; "Pinkie," Duveen property in San Marino.

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George D. Hapgood letters to Sir Joseph Duveen

Manuscripts

Subjects: Huntington's return to California, his health, and family.

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Southern Pacific Company letter to George D. Hapgood

Manuscripts

Also: copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to Bruner Marble & Tile Co., 1927 February 4.

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Stevenson Scott letters to George D. Hapgood

Manuscripts

Also: copy of letter from Henry E. Huntington to Scott, 1925 January 17; photograph of painting of Alexander Pope by Joseph Highmore; copy of letter from Hapgood to Scott, 1925 March 14; two photographs of Houdon bust of Voltaire.

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Duveen Brothers letters to George D. Hapgood

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