Increase of the National Gallery: from the foundation in 1824 until 1833 inclusive

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List of numbers of pictures purchased, presented and bequeathed to the National Gallery from 1824-33, 1834-43, 1844-53 and 1853-56.

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Ralph Nicholson Wornum PapersNGA2

Travel PapersNGA2/1

Ralph N Wornum's PublicationsNGA2/2

National Gallery Correspondence and PapersNGA2/3

General Gallery PapersNGA2/3/1

Turner Bequest and Wornum's Work DiariesNGA2/3/2

Copy of The Schedule of Pictures and Drawings [by J M W Turner] mentioned or referred to in an agreement bearing the date 21 June 1854 between Turner's executors and the Trustees of the National Gallery.NGA2/3/2/1

Proofs for 'Turner: A Biographical Sketch', a section from: 'The Turner Gallery: A series of Sixty Engravings from the Principal Works of J.M.W. Turner. With a Memoir and Illustrative Text' by R.N. WornumNGA2/3/2/2

Notes and research material for 'The Turner Gallery'NGA2/3/2/3

National Gallery. Return to and Order of the House of Lords, dated 30 May 1856NGA2/3/2/4

Bills Appointed and Notices [House of Lords]NGA2/3/2/5

Return to the House of Lords containing copies of the will and codicil of Turner, the Decree of Vice Chancellor Kindersley and the decisions recorded in the Minutes of the National Gallery Board of Trustees (8 July 1861) relating to the Turner bequest.NGA2/3/2/6

Copy of the will and four codicils of the late J M W Turner. Esq., R.A. and a copy of a cancelled codicilNGA2/3/2/7

Lists of drawings by J M W TurnerNGA2/3/2/8

Letters from James Virtue to Ralph N WornumNGA2/3/2/9

Copy of a letter from R N Wornum to J S VirtueNGA2/3/2/10

Printed letter written by J D [John Davies?]NGA2/3/2/11

Letters to the National Gallery from owners of works by J M W TurnerNGA2/3/2/12

Ralph Nicholson Wornum's DiaryNGA2/3/2/13

Gallery papers found in Ralph Nicholson Wornum's DiaryNGA2/3/2/14

Manuscript of an article by Wornum on Sir Joshua ReynoldsNGA2/3/2/14/1

Prospectus and hand bill for Wornum's lectures on The History of Ornamental ArtNGA2/3/2/14/2

Syllabus on Three Lectures on Oriental Art given by WornumNGA2/3/2/14/3

Copy of a letter of condolence to Mrs Robert Wornum from Charles Barnes and C Petrie and a copy of Ralph N Wornum's reply, on behalf of the family.NGA2/3/2/14/4

Copy of a Treasury Warrant appointing Ralph Nicholson Wornum Keeper and Secretary of the National Gallery of Pictures in London.NGA2/3/2/14/5

Conditions under which Casts may be obtained from the Department of Science and Art by National and other public schools, mechanics institutions etc.NGA2/3/2/14/6

Increase of the National Gallery: from the foundation in 1824 until 1833 inclusiveNGA2/3/2/14/7

Draft of a letter from Ralph N Wornum to Lord ElchoNGA2/3/2/14/8

Letter from W. M. Rosetti to Ralph N WornumNGA2/3/2/14/9

Descriptive catalogue of William Bell Scott's eight pictures illustrative of the history of the English border, painted for Sir W. C. Trevelyan at Wallington.NGA2/3/2/14/10

Letter from Chapman (publisher) to Ralph N WornumNGA2/3/2/14/11

Receipt from the Science and Art Department for returns relative to the National Gallery.NGA2/3/2/14/12

Annual Report of the Director of the National Gallery to the Lords of the Treasury.NGA2/3/2/14/13

National Gallery (Flooring)NGA2/3/2/14/14

Invoice and receipt from Mitchell & Hughes, Printers, Bookbinders & LithographersNGA2/3/2/14/15

Letter from William Bell Scott to Harriet Agnes WornumNGA2/3/2/14/16

Valentine to 'Helen'NGA2/3/2/14/17

A Description of Jesus ChristNGA2/3/2/14/18

Page from The Artist. Letters on Ruskinism I by 'Philocritos'NGA2/3/2/14/19

Reprinted copy of 'The Newes' from 6 July 1665NGA2/3/2/14/20

Appeal for subscribers for the re-issue of the plates devoted to costume, in Burgess' 'Architectural Drawings'.NGA2/3/2/14/21

Proof of Wornum's text for 'Landscape, with the Death of Procris' by Claude (NG55 now Studio of Claude)NGA2/3/2/14/22

Copy of Ralph Nicholson Wornum's birth certificateNGA2/3/2/14/23

Draft of a letter [by Wornum] possibly to the editor of a newspaperNGA2/3/2/14/24

Draft of a letter from Wornum to Sir Charles [Eastlake]NGA2/3/2/14/25

List of Pictures belonging to the Trustees of the British Museum deposited in the National Gallery and at South Kensington MuseumNGA2/3/2/14/26

Copy of a letter from Wornum to an unknown personNGA2/3/2/14/27

Draft of a letter from Wornum to Lord [Longford?]NGA2/3/2/14/28

Letter from George [Rupell?], Office of Works, to WornumNGA2/3/2/14/29

Letter from Wornum to an unidentified personNGA2/3/2/14/30

Draft of a letter from Wornum to an unidentified personNGA2/3/2/14/31

Copy of a document regarding the duties and role of the Keeper of the National GalleryNGA2/3/2/14/32

List of 'Pictures in the Board Room not inserted in the Catalogue'NGA2/3/2/14/33

Letter from Fred W Burton, Director of the National Gallery, to the Editor of The TimesNGA2/3/2/14/34

Correspondence between Sir Charles Eastlake and Ralph N WornumNGA2/3/3

Letters from Otto Mündler to Ralph N WornumNGA2/3/4

Letters from Sir William Boxall to Ralph N WornumNGA2/3/5

Letters from Sir Frederick Burton, to Ralph N Wornum and other members of the Wornum FamilyNGA2/3/6

Press cuttingsNGA2/3/7

Personal CorrespondenceNGA2/4

Works of Art and Associated MaterialsNGA2/5

Financial and Legal PapersNGA2/6

Wornum and Nicholson Family correspondence and papersNGA2/7

PhotographsNGA2/8