Manuscripts

H.O. Watson & Co. invoice for Henry E. Huntington

Description: Photocopy. Subjects: Marble well head.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1911 December 1
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.

Tiffany & Co. invoices for Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

One is photocopy; original in HEH Art Gallery archives.

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P.W. French & Co. letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Also: invoices, piece list of lengths of velvet, printed description of Lydig collection of Italian Renaissance furniture, and photocopy of letter, original in Art Gallery Archives, from Batterson & Eisele to P.W. French & Co, 1915 July 27, related to marble fountain; copies of letters from Charles E. Graham to P.W. French & Co., 1921 January 8 and December 13; copy of letter from Huntington to P.W. French & Co., 1923 March 28; 1925 June 10; 1926 April 20; statements of account. Subjects: Italian Renaissance fountain, garden statues, Roman sarcophagus, 17th century Italian temple.

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Salviati & Co. invoice for Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Subjects: Venetian glassware.

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Seligmann & Co. letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Some items are photocopies; originals in Art Gallery Archives. Also: invoices for items purchased by Huntington, 1911-1920; letter from Arthur Bloche to Seligmann & Co., in French, with English translation, describing and authenticating Boucher tapestries. Subjects: Francois Boucher tapestries, Savonnerie screens, bronze statues, Chinese porcelain, marble vases, Clodion firedogs.

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M. Knoedler & Co. letters to Henry E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Also: photocopy of letter from Josef Israels to M. Knoedler & Co. related to painting "The Sleeping Baby," 1907 October 10; receipt to Huntington, 1909 February 10; letter from Anderson Auction Co. to Huntington, 1903 March 3; description of portrait of Benjamin Franklin by Mason Chamberlin. Subjects: Charles Wilson Peale's "Portrait of Thomas Jefferson."

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Henry E. Huntington letters to Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery

Manuscripts

Note: One letter is a photocopy. Subjects: Sterne bust, Huntington's gift of shares of stock of Hammond Lumber Company for $276,665.90 to the Library.

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H.O. Watson & Co. invoice for Henry E. Huntington

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