Manuscripts

Sir Joseph Duveen letters to Henry E. Huntington

Description: 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.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1923-1924
Call number: mssHEH
Creator: Huntington, Henry Edwards (1850-1927)(Opens in new tab)

Henry E. Huntington letters to Sir Joseph Duveen

Manuscripts

Note: the original of the 1927 April 13 letter is cataloged as mssHM 7812. Also: copy of letter relative to biographical sketch, 1925 January 20; copy of telegram from Huntington to LaSalle Corbell Pickett; draft of telegram in Huntington's hand. Subjects: Arabella Huntington's health, death, estate, and memorial, Henry E. Huntington's health, portraits of the Huntingtons by Oswald Birley, "Benjamin Franklin before Privy Council," portrait of Rev. Joshua Huntington, "Lady Hamilton" by George Romney, "Blue Boy," Kahn collection, miniature collection, "Duchess of Devonshire," architect for Greek temple, John Russell Pope, Andrew Mellon, Duveen property in California, Shillman collection, Rockefeller visit, Crown Prince and Princess of Sweden's visit, "Pinkie," Mischelman sale, the library.

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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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Henry E. Huntington letters to Sir Joseph Duveen

Manuscripts

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

Manuscripts

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

Manuscripts

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

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Sir Joseph Duveen letters to Henry E. Huntington

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