Report on the condition of works by Sir Joshua Reynolds and Gainsborough at the National Gallery, South Kensington

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Sir William Boxall PapersNGA1

William Boxall correspondenceNGA1/1

Charles Boxall Longland correspondenceNGA1/2

Draft correspondence from William Boxall in ItalyNGA1/3

William Boxall correspondenceNGA1/4

William Boxall correspondenceNGA1/5

Edwin Landseer correspondenceNGA1/6

William Boxall notes on collections and artistsNGA1/7

William Russell correspondenceNGA1/8

William Boxall office papersNGA1/9

William Boxall correspondenceNGA1/10

Letter from Frederick Leighton to William BoxallNGA1/10/1

Copy of inscription for Oliver Cromwell's proposed statue in Palace Yard.NGA1/10/2

Notes of a speech to the Royal Academy in C.L. Eastlake's absence.NGA1/10/3

William Boxall's notesNGA1/10/4

Notes on a vehicle used by Sir W. BeecheyNGA1/10/5

Note by Sacchi on Bellini 'St Jerome' in the collection of Signor Falzacappa in RomeNGA1/10/6

List of important collectionsNGA1/10/7

Notes by William Boxall on temperature and lightingNGA1/10/8

Letter from Rev. Alex Henry to Mr BowyerNGA1/10/9

Note by William Boxall about a copy of Sir Joshua Reynolds 'Mrs Fox'NGA1/10/10

Notes by William Boxall on Leonardo da VinciNGA1/10/11

Notes by William Boxall on the development of the GalleryNGA1/10/12

Part of William Boxall's Italian diaryNGA1/10/13

Two sketches of plans for hanging pictures in an unidentified galleryNGA1/10/14

Notes by William Boxall for a poem addressed to John RuskinNGA1/10/15

Note regarding an offer to C.L. Eastlake of a Cima painting of Tobias and the angel and two saintsNGA1/10/16

Notes on Pisanello and VelazquezNGA1/10/17

Letter from G. Marconati to William BoxallNGA1/10/18

Letter from William BoxallNGA1/10/19

Notes on the Mackintosh MadonnaNGA1/10/20

Notes on additions to the fourth volume of Cavalcaselle and Crowe's History of Painting in ItalyNGA1/10/21

Notes by William Boxall on the Entombment of Christ by Giorgione in TrevisoNGA1/10/22

Notes by William Boxall on GiottoNGA1/10/23

Letter from Ford Madox Brown to William BoxallNGA1/10/24

Letter from Ford Madox Brown to William BoxallNGA1/10/25

Notes on Albrecht DurerNGA1/10/26

Translated extracts from Goethe's 'Faust' regarding MargaretNGA1/10/27

Acrostic spelling out William Boxall and written by Charles de LormeNGA1/10/28

List of books offered for sale by Mr R.P.NGA1/10/29

Notes by William Boxall on a painting by StuerboutNGA1/10/30

List of queries re the organisation of the National GalleryNGA1/10/31

Chronological list of popes 1447-1644NGA1/10/32

Note by William Boxall on a painting by William EttyNGA1/10/33

List of paintings in the will of William Radclyffe 1732NGA1/10/34

Draft report by William Boxall of visits to Vicenza and LeghornNGA1/10/35

Notes on Pietro Vecchia and Piero della FrancescaNGA1/10/36

Memorandum of a catalogue for sale at Molini & Green of pictures in the Colonna CollectionNGA1/10/37

Eulogy on MoroniNGA1/10/38

Extract on Pellegrino from a guide to Udine by Fabio Maniago 1839NGA1/10/39

Draft letter from William BoxallNGA1/10/40

Note by William BoxallNGA1/10/41

Notes by William Boxall on frescoes attributed to Giotto in the refrectory of the convent of Pomposa near RavennaNGA1/10/42

Notes on Abraham BloemaertNGA1/10/43

Note regarding the display of the Turner drawingsNGA1/10/44

Letter from William BoxallNGA1/10/45

Report on the condition of works by Sir Joshua Reynolds and Gainsborough at the National Gallery, South KensingtonNGA1/10/46

Letter from Augusta Stanley to William BoxallNGA1/10/47

Draft letter from William Boxall to Richard C. Trench?NGA1/10/48

Letter of introduction for William Boxall by Edouard Weber to the Comtesse de BailletNGA1/10/49

Letter from J.B. Rowbotham to Sir Walter JamesNGA1/10/50

Memorandum regarding a painting by Canaletto at Baslini'sNGA1/10/51

Letter from F. Grant to William BoxallNGA1/10/52

Letter from Lord Overstone to William BoxallNGA1/10/53

Letter from Thomas Baring to William BoxallNGA1/10/54

Letter from Thomas Baring to William BoxallNGA1/10/55

Letter from Lansdowne to William BoxallNGA1/10/56

Letter from Thomas Baring to William BoxallNGA1/10/57

Letter from Hardwick to ColeridgeNGA1/10/58

Letter from William Boxall to Mr GibbonsNGA1/10/59

Receipt from Pietro Dovizielli for six large photographs of Melozzo da ForliNGA1/10/60

Letter from William Boxall to the Royal AcademyNGA1/10/61

Letter from Tom Taylor, Local Government Act Office, to William BoxallNGA1/10/62

Letter from Di Longland to William BoxallNGA1/10/63

Letter from William Boxall to Miss HornerNGA1/10/64

Letter from Henry Bull to William BoxallNGA1/10/65

Letter from Eliza to William BoxallNGA1/10/66

Letter from Samuel Courtauld to William BoxallNGA1/10/67

Letter from LyndhurstNGA1/10/68

Letter from H.L. Clarke to William BoxallNGA1/10/69

Letter from Rev. M. Miles to William BoxallNGA1/10/70

Letter from Thomas Landseer to William BoxallNGA1/10/71

Letter from Rose Crawshay to William BoxallNGA1/10/72

Letter from Mary Codrington to William BoxallNGA1/10/73

Notes by William Boxall on the design and lighting of the extension to the National GalleryNGA1/10/74

Letter from J.M. Whistler to William BoxallNGA1/10/75

Letter from George Bricknell to William BoxallNGA1/10/76

Letter from Daniel Moore to William BoxallNGA1/10/77

Letter from A.H. Layard to William BoxallNGA1/10/78

Letter from Thomas Baring to William BoxallNGA1/10/79

Letter from W.H. Gregory to William BoxallNGA1/10/80

Notes by William Boxall for a speech at the Royal AcademyNGA1/10/81

Draft letter from William Boxall to Mr GibbsNGA1/10/82

Letter to Mr SmirkeNGA1/10/83

Letter from Charles Landseer to William BoxallNGA1/10/84

Letter from L.C.H. Rawlinson to William BoxallNGA1/10/85

Translation of a poem from the Italian by SoutheyNGA1/10/86

Letter from Thomas Landseer to William BoxallNGA1/10/87

Letter from John Gibson to William BoxallNGA1/10/88

Letter from John Gibson to William BoxallNGA1/10/89

Letter from William Boxall to Miss AtkinsonNGA1/10/90

Letter from William Boxall to Mr CarlyleNGA1/10/91

Letter from Lady Astley to William BoxallNGA1/10/92

Letter from Lady Astley to William BoxallNGA1/10/93

Letter from Lord Midleton to William BoxallNGA1/10/94

Poem by Mary Spencer entitled 'The Human Picture'NGA1/10/95

Poem entitled 'Rockingham Castle'NGA1/10/96

Memorandum on Altobello Melone and Lippo di DalmasioNGA1/10/97

Note by Boxall regarding a letter from Mr JonesNGA1/10/98

Notes on works sold at auction in 1813NGA1/10/99

Notes on Moretto da Brescia and Giovanni BelliniNGA1/10/100

Notes on a painting by Durer formerly in the Church of St Bartholomew, VeniceNGA1/10/101

Poem by Colin Rae Brown entitled 'The caged lark'NGA1/10/102

Notes on ChaucerNGA1/10/103

Copy by William Boxall of poems entitled 'Complaint' and 'Reproof' from Coleridge's 'Sybilline Leaves'NGA1/10/104

Notes by William Boxall on LockeNGA1/10/105

Quotation from Andrew MarvellNGA1/10/106

Notes on poetryNGA1/10/107

Poem written in William Boxall's handNGA1/10/108

Poem written in an unknown handNGA1/10/109

Poem entitled 'The skylark and his master'NGA1/10/110

Poem entitled 'To a painter (Miss M. Gillies)NGA1/10/111

Poem entitled 'Impromptu'NGA1/10/112

Notes by William Boxall on the unsuccessful request for pictures from the Royal Collection at Hampton Court and the future of the purchase grantNGA1/10/113

Letter to William BoxallNGA1/10/114

Letter from William Russell to William BoxallNGA1/10/115

Letter from William Russell to William BoxallNGA1/10/116

Letter from William Russell to William BoxallNGA1/10/117

Notes for a speech at the Royal Academy with annotations by William BoxallNGA1/10/118

Notes by William Boxall regarding Gallery architectureNGA1/10/119

Notes by William Boxall on European royal collectionsNGA1/10/120

Notes by William Boxall on Melozzo da ForliNGA1/10/121

Letter from A.H. Layard to William BoxallNGA1/10/122

List of pictures by Italian artistsNGA1/10/123

Notes on works in the Prince Elector's collection at CassellNGA1/10/124

Notes by William Boxall on Italian artistsNGA1/10/125

Draft letter from William BoxallNGA1/10/126

Notes by Lady Eastlake on various artists and worksNGA1/10/127

Sketch map of northern FranceNGA1/10/128

Letter from the Treasury to William BoxallNGA1/10/129

Testimony by Professor Rider regarding a Madonna by MurilloNGA1/10/130

Notes by William Boxall on exhibitions and the contemporary nature of artNGA1/10/131

Copy of an inscription over a doorway leading to St Martin in the Fields Public Baths and Laundries, in Duke's Court at the back of the East Wing of the National GalleryNGA1/10/132

Letter from J.D. ColeridgeNGA1/10/133

Letter from Fred Sacchi to William BoxallNGA1/10/134

Letter from Fred Sacchi to William BoxallNGA1/10/135

Letter from Thomas Baring to William BoxallNGA1/10/136

Letter from Mr Taylor, Office of Works, to William BoxallNGA1/10/137

Draft letter from William Boxall to A.H. LayardNGA1/10/138

Sketch of a tour of the continentNGA1/10/139

Letter from Mrs Houstoun to William BoxallNGA1/10/140

Draft letter from William BoxallNGA1/10/141

Notes by William Boxall on Marco del Moro 'The circumcision'NGA1/10/142

Notes on a work by MemlingNGA1/10/143

Print of two works by Claude LorrainNGA1/10/144

Notes on works by Bergognone, Reynolds, Turner and Lorenzo CostaNGA1/10/145

Sketch of an unidentified coat of armsNGA1/10/146

List of various artists and paintingsNGA1/10/147

Memorandum on two Titians in the Royal Gallery, MadridNGA1/10/148

Photograph of relief of ApolloNGA1/10/149

Note of Matthew Lowes, an English painter living in Bologna c1650NGA1/10/150

Notes by William Boxall on Boccaccio Boccaccino and Altobello MeloneNGA1/10/151

Extract copied by William Boxall on logic, including Aristotle's OrganonNGA1/10/152

Notes by William Boxall regarding a poisonous plant on Mount Helicon and criticsNGA1/10/153

Notes by William Boxall on the scarcity of fine pictures still available for saleNGA1/10/154

Scrap of note regarding unidentifeid paintingsNGA1/10/155

List of paintingsNGA1/10/156

Notes on paintings of the Madonna and saints in PerugiaNGA1/10/157

Letter from Raffaelle Pinti to William BoxallNGA1/10/158

Notes on the role of the Royal AcademyNGA1/10/159

Notes re encaustic paintingNGA1/10/160

Poem entitled 'Engima'NGA1/10/161

Envelope addressed to the Conservator of the Royal Museum, Trafalgar SquareNGA1/10/162

Envelope addressed to William Boxall, 14 Welbeck StreetNGA1/10/163

Notes on paintings of the four evangelists in German galleriesNGA1/10/164

Notes on chuches and paintings in SienaNGA1/10/165

Note re a tool for writing invented at the Crystal PalaceNGA1/10/166

Limerick [?about William BoxallNGA1/10/167

Notes on ageingNGA1/10/168

Note of Mr Dyer's address, Picture Restorer and Cleaner, recommended by Mr Richmond RANGA1/10/169

Draft notes by Charles Lyell rejecting Darwin's theory of evolutionNGA1/10/170

Notes from William Boxall to a friend [unidentified]NGA1/10/171

Note by William Boxall on the appointment and residence of the keeperNGA1/10/172

Draft letter from William Boxall to a friend [unidentified]NGA1/10/173

Notes by William Boxall on the organisation of the National GalleryNGA1/10/174

Notes by William Boxall on Italian artistsNGA1/10/175

Note on Ennio Quirino Visconti, 'Iconographia Greca e Romana'NGA1/10/176

Copy of a letter from J.W. Wheelwright [in Boxall's hand]NGA1/10/177

Note on the provenance of the Ter Borch 'The Ratification of the Treaty of Munster'NGA1/10/178

Note on the disposition of the Kruger CollectionNGA1/10/179

Note on CrivelliNGA1/10/180

Note on the poet Jacobus Sannazarius [Actius Sincerus] and the possibility that his portrait was painted by GiorgioneNGA1/10/181

Note of numbers of unidentified portfoliosNGA1/10/182

Note of paintings located in different rooms in an unidentified houseNGA1/10/183

Description of the painting 'The cock fighters'NGA1/10/184

Note of the size of Mr Moore's picturesNGA1/10/185

Note of a loan of photographs of the Sistine Chapel to Mr FergussonNGA1/10/186

Note on authorities on PisanoNGA1/10/187

Draft report to the Trustees by William Boxall on his journey to the continentNGA1/10/188

Note on a portrait by Melozzo di Forli in the Vatican collectionNGA1/10/189

Note on Raphael and Piero della FrancescaNGA1/10/190

Note re loan of superfluous picturesNGA1/10/191

Letter from J. WilliamsNGA1/10/192

Note re discussionsNGA1/10/193

Note warning against "ostentatious liberality"NGA1/10/194

Extracts from Bacon on poetry and paintingNGA1/10/195

Note by William Boxall on feelingsNGA1/10/196

Notice re the Act to Regulate the Employment of Children in Agriculture, 5 August 1873NGA1/10/197

Note re possible gifts or bequestsNGA1/10/198

List of paintings and pricesNGA1/10/199

Note re William RadleyNGA1/10/200

Notes on the correlation between poetry and paintingNGA1/10/201

Notes on the effect of heat on surfacesNGA1/10/202

Note by Merritt on a half length portrait attributed to Cornelius JanssenNGA1/10/203

Note on a painting of the Madonna and Child by RaphaelNGA1/10/204

Note on man's self-interestNGA1/10/205

Notes on Michelangelo's lettersNGA1/10/206

Notes by William Boxall on metaphysical researchNGA1/10/207

Notes by William Boxall on Albrecht DurerNGA1/10/208

Notes by William Boxall on a Madonna and Child by Marco MarzialeNGA1/10/209

Notes by William Boxall on the display of the history of art at the National Gallery and in regional galleriesNGA1/10/210

Notes by William Boxall on the ventilation and heating of the galleriesNGA1/10/211

Letter from William BoxallNGA1/10/212

PoemsNGA1/10/213

PoemsNGA1/10/214

PoemsNGA1/10/215

PoemsNGA1/10/216

Letter from William Russell to William BoxallNGA1/10/217

Note regarding allegations about C.L. Eastlake's intentions in an unidentified matterNGA1/10/218

Notes by William Boxall on the subject of a paintingNGA1/10/219

Quotation from Dr Johnson recorded by William BoxallNGA1/10/220

Notes by William Boxall on morality and Biblical charactersNGA1/10/221

Notes by William Boxall on poetry and paintingNGA1/10/222

Note of the Duc de Ripalda's address in ParisNGA1/10/223

Letter from the Office of the Public Prosecutor in Leghorn to William BoxallNGA1/10/224

Notes by William Boxall on the display of lesser artistsNGA1/10/225

Note regarding description of numbered picturesNGA1/10/226

Notes on Martino da Udine (Pellegrino da San Danielle) and Paolo MorandoNGA1/10/227

Note on BotticelliNGA1/10/228

List of dates of birth of 14th-15th century Italian artistsNGA1/10/229

Notes on Chaucer and list of artist contemporaries and near contemporaries of DanteNGA1/10/230

Notes on inaccuracies in Vasari regarding LippiNGA1/10/231

Notes on an unidentified painting of the crucifixionNGA1/10/232

Receipt from Rev. C. Longland for a portrait of Mr LeighNGA1/10/233

Shipping note for items to be dispatched to ItalyNGA1/10/234

Note regarding a portrait of Mary Stuart by Paris BordoneNGA1/10/235

Notes on Greek and Roman funeral practicesNGA1/10/236

Notes on William Boxall's papersNGA1/10/237

Translation of an inscription on an unidentified altarpieceNGA1/10/238

Address of a hotel in AssisiNGA1/10/239

Notes on a painting once owned by Prince TalleyrandNGA1/10/240

Notes by William Boxall on the history of the GalleryNGA1/10/241

Note by William Boxall re an account of the pictures belonging to Charles INGA1/10/242

Note by William Boxall regarding acquisitions fundingNGA1/10/243

Note on art collections in Germany and AustriaNGA1/10/244

Note by William Boxall on the onerous duties of officeNGA1/10/245

Note on the nature of critics and criticismNGA1/10/246

Note by William Boxall on the meeting between Alexander the Great and ApellesNGA1/10/247

Note by William Boxall on Joseph Henry Green, Professor of AnatomyNGA1/10/248

Note by William Boxall on the efficiency of large governing assembliesNGA1/10/249

Memorandum for Mr MündlerNGA1/10/250

Draft letter regarding the purchase of pictures unseenNGA1/10/251

Extracts from Smith's catalogue on pictures in the Hamburg GalleryNGA1/10/252

Notes of appointmentsNGA1/10/253

Notes on the history of the GalleryNGA1/10/254

Envelope originally used to hold series of Boxall's correspondenceNGA1/10/255

Envelope originally used to hold series of Boxall's correspondenceNGA1/10/256

Envelope originally used to hold series of Boxall's correspondenceNGA1/10/257

Envelope originally used to hold series of Boxall's correspondenceNGA1/10/258

Envelope originally used to hold series of Boxall's correspondenceNGA1/10/259

Envelope originally used to hold series of Boxall's correspondenceNGA1/10/260

Envelope originally used to hold series of Boxall's correspondenceNGA1/10/261

Envelope originally used to hold series of Boxall's correspondenceNGA1/10/262

Envelope originally used to hold series of Boxall's correspondenceNGA1/10/263

Envelope originally used to hold series of Boxall's correspondenceNGA1/10/264

Envelope originally used to hold series of Boxall's correspondenceNGA1/10/265

Scraps of letters containing sample signaturesNGA1/10/266

Einige wenige noch erhaltene Diplome aus der schonen Zeit der Basarkritter in Rome nebst der Einladung dahin NerlyNGA1/10/267

William Boxall photographsNGA1/11

William Boxall sketchesNGA1/12

William Boxall letterbooksNGA1/13

Notebooks and diariesNGA1/14

Acquisition of the Peel CollectionNGA1/15

William Gladstone correspondenceNGA1/16

William Boxall correspondenceNGA1/17

William Boxall personal itemsNGA1/18

PoetryNGA1/19

William Boxall financial and legal papersNGA1/20

George Hogarth Makins' estate papersNGA1/21

William Boxall correspondenceNGA1/22