Manuscripts

Henry E. Huntington letters to William Hertrich

Description: Note: 1913 letters are facsimiles. Also: facsimiles of newspaper clippings about Huntington's purchases. Subjects: Shakespeare portrait, Arabella Huntington's death and burial, Gutenberg Bible, Duveen Bros., "Blue Boy," Huntington's collections coming to San Marino.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1911-1924
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.

Ladies' Home Journal letter to Henry E. Huntington

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Also: copy of letter from Huntington to Ladies' Home Journal, 1921 December 7; letter from Duveen Bros. to Hapgood, 1921 December 13. Subjects: "Blue Boy."

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Archer Huntington letters to Henry E. Huntington

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Subjects: Blue Boy, Duveen, Birley portraits, Old Mill, San Marino, Huntington Library.

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Sir Joseph Duveen letters to Henry E. Huntington

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Also: London Times article "The Taste for Dirt;" copy of announcement of exhibition of painting of Emma, Lady Hamilton, by Romney, Spring 1900; copy of telegram from Huntington to Duveen, 1924 November 10; copy of telegram from Duveen to Huntington, 1911. Subjects: Brockwell, Library walls, Birley's portraits of Henry E. Huntington and Arabella D. Huntington, Huntington's health, Mrs. Charles A. Painter, Ralph W. Booth, Detroit Institute of Arts, Blue Boy, Loudoun collection, Louis XVI temple, Perseus statue by Antonio Canova, and Duveen exhibition.

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Henry E. Huntington letters to Sir Joseph Duveen

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Note: some are photocopies; originals in HEH Art Gallery archive. Also: copy of telegram from Huntington to Charles E. Graham, 1915 March 5; drafts of notes in Huntington's hand; two letters from Duveen Bros, Inc., to Charles E. Graham, 1923 August 28, 30. Subjects: gates for San Marino Ranch, Charles Willson Peale portrait of George Washington, Arabella Huntington's health, tapestries, Chelsea vases, California weather, Huntington's account, exhibition of "Blue Boy" in New York, "Strawberry Girl," "Mrs. Bedford & son," "The Beckford Children," "Mrs. Munroe," William R. Hearst, stone and bronze statues, "Marriage of the Adriatic" (Grand Canal), four bronze statues at the front of the library, Chateau Beauregard, burlap for walls of library exhibition rooms, portraits of the Huntingtons by Oswald Birley.

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Sir Joseph Duveen letters to Henry E. Huntington

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Also: list of articles sent for approval; list of objects sent on approval; copy of telegram from Huntington to Duveen; black-and-white photograph of Turner's "The Marriage of the Adriatic." Subjects: Drouais' Bouchet family, Houdon bronze, Boucher tapestries, Guedalla and Lewis & Simmons case, Lawrence painting of Mrs. Peel, Washington portrait, death of Henry Duveen, Huntington's trip to Paris, Huntington's degree from NYU, Blue Boy purchase, Chelsea vases, Reynolds' "Strawberry Girl," Raeburn portrait of Sir Walter Scott, William Randolph Hearst, Maurice W. Brockwell, British parliamentary elections, Solomon collection, and James B. Ballard.

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Sir Joseph Duveen letters to Arabella D. Huntington and Henry E. Huntington

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Subjects: Duveen Brothers exhibition, Romney's "Mrs. Lee Acton," Lawrence's "Mrs. Stratton," Blue Boy, and Alice De La Mar.

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Henry E. Huntington letters to William Hertrich

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