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Correspondence of James P. Orde

Description

This collection contains 86 items, housed in two boxes. The collection is arranged chronologically. It covers George Perfect Haring and his commission for copying portraits in English country houses; and information of the location of many pictures in private ownership during the early 19th century.

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1740-1842
Call number
mssHM 67960-68045
Creator
Orde, James P(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Purchased from Winnifred Myers, 1972.
Associated people
Harding, G. P. (1780-1853,)
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