Manuscripts

Selma Lewisohn letter to Sir Joseph Duveen

Description: Enclosed in: letter from Duveen to Henry E. Huntington, 1925 May 25? Also: typewritten copy of letter.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1925
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.

LaSalle C. Pickett letters to Selma Lewisohn

Manuscripts

Enclosed in: both letters were in letter from Joseph Duveen to Henry E. Huntington, 1925 May 25.

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Walter L. Ehrich letter to Sir Joseph Duveen

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Enclosed in: Sir Joseph Duveen letter to Henry E. Huntington, 1922 May 8. Subjects: Stuart's full length portrait of Washington.

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Lovell W. Vicars letter to Sir Joseph Duveen

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Enclosed in: letter from Duveen to Henry E. Huntington, 1921 November 15. Subjects: "Blue Boy," engraver Sydney E. Wilson.

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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: 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 Charles E. Graham

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Also: copy of interest statement to Henry E. Huntington, 1916 May 31; memos re: status of Duveen notes, 1917 March 16, April 10. Subjects: Henry E. Huntington's notes for Duveen and his account, invoice for Blue Boy.

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Selma Lewisohn letter to Sir Joseph Duveen

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