Material concerning the auction sale held at Gopsall, Leicestershire, in October 1918

This material is held atPaul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

  • Reference
    • GB 3010 WR/591
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1909-1919
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 7 newspaper cuttings; 2 postcards; 1 research note; 1 typed article

Scope and Content

Includes:

-newspaper cutting concerning a portrait of Handel at Gopsall Hall

-two newspaper cuttings concerning Dr Johnson and Charles Jennens

-newspaper cutting concerning the confirmation of the Gopsall sale

-newspaper cutting concerning Samuel James Waring, the new owner of Gopsall

-newspaper cutting concerning a painting of Tobias Curing his Father's Eyes by School of Rembrandt in the Gopsall sale

-newspaper cutting concerning the dispersal of the Gopsall library

-postcard from C. Hofstede de Groot, The Hague, postmarked 9 November or December [?] 1918, concerning the prices of pictures sold at the Gopsall sale

-postcard from C. Hofstede de Groot, The Hague, postmarked 1 December 1918, concerning Robert's article on Van der Puyl's picture and concerning paintings by Rembrandt at Gopsall

-handwritten note concerning School of Rembrandt painting of Tobias curing his Father's Eyes, lot 1226 in the auction sale

-typed article of eight pages by William Roberts on Tobias Curing his Father's Blindness attibuted to Rembrandt

2 items removed and 9 items pasted into: Messrs Trollope (1918) Gopsall, Leicestershire : ... antique and modern furniture in the mansion. [Auction catalogue] London: Messrs Trollope.

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