Dobson, William, 1611-1646: 'Papers'

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 3010 ONM/2/38
  • Dates of Creation
      [1950s-2000s]
  • Language of Material
      English
  • Physical Description
      1 file (56 letters; 1 postcard; 1 telegram; 2 memoradums; 1 handlist; 3 notes; 1 typescript; 1 bundle newspaper cuttings)

Scope and Content

Contains correspondence relating to the exhibition: William Dobson, 1611-1646: an Exhibition of Paintings, 12 October-11 November 1951, Tate Gallery, London

Includes:

-copies of letters from Oliver Millar to various correspondees below, July-November 1951

-letter from Mary Edmond, London, dated 2 August 1988, concerning the second marriage of Dobson

-letter from Thomas Cottrell-Dormer, dated 25 August 1951, concerning miniatures

-letter from Bill (?), Christie's, dated 23 August 1951, concerning a portrait of Sir Charles Lucas by Dobson

-letter from F.M. Mason, Knole, dated 27 August 1951, concerning a painting

-postcard from E. (?), National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, dated 30 August 1951, concerning photography for the Worcester exhibition

-letter from Sandy S., Himbleton Manor, 31 August 1951, concerning a picture

-letter from the Duke of Montrose, Brodick Castle, dated 7 September 1951, concerning an exhibition at the Tate Gallery, London

-letter from the Duke of Portland, Langwell, dated 9 September 1951, concerning a picture

-two letters from the Marquess of Northampton, Castle Ashby, dated August-September 1951, concerning a portrait and the exhibition at Worcester

-two letters from Mary C. Annesley, Pencombe, dated September 1951, concerning a picture

-letter from Archibald S.B. Russell, College of Arms, London, dated 17 October 1951, concerning a portrait

-letter from Hugh Williams, Hedsor Priory, dated 13 October 1951, concerning a portrait

-letter from Audrey Griffin, Oxford, dated 3 November 1951, concerning a portrait

-letter from Orovida C. Pissarro, Redcliffe Gardens, London, dated 9 November 1951, concerning an exhibition at the Tate Gallery, London

-letter from (?) Stopford Sackville, Drayton House, dated 23 August 1951, concerning a picture

-letter from Philip Tilden, Dunsland House, 30 October 1951, concerning a painting

-letter from L.J. Wilkes, Brook House, Suffolk, dated 2 October 1951, concerning a portrait

-letter from Michael Culme-Seymour, Rockingham Castle, Northamptonshire, dated 5 September 1951, concerning the loan of a picture

-letter from E.A.F. Keen, Librarian and Curator, Worcester Museum and Art Gallery, dated 28 August 1951, concerning a painting of Lady Rockingham

-telegram from Helen Northumberland, dated 17 September 1951, concerning a picture

-four letters from J. Holland-Hibbert, Munden, dated October-November 1951, concerning paintings

-two letters from John Rothenstein, Director, Tate Gallery, London, dated November 1951, concerning an an exhibition at the Tate Gallery, London and an attribution

-letter from G.N.W. Boyer, Wadhurst, dated 3 November 1951, concerning a painting on wood

-letter from Cara Bell, Assistant Librarian, Courtauld Institute, dated 5 November 1951, concerning a list of Dutch pictures in the Royal Collection

-letter from Ernest I. Musgrave, Director, Temple Newsam House, Leeds, West Yorkshire, dated 10 November 1951, concerning a painting of Mrs Scarbrough

-letter from Gabriel White, Assistant Art Director, Arts Council, dated 30 August 1951, concerning the loan of a painting

-two letters from Paul Gell, Assistant Regional Director, Arts Council, dated August-September 1951, concerning hanging of the Worcester exhibition and an exhibition at the Tate Gallery, London

-letter from Trenchard Cox, City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, dated 24 September 1951, concerning a painting by Dobson

-two memorandums from the Lord Chamberlain's Office, London, dated August-September 1951, concerning the loan of a painting from Windsor Castle

-two letters from John R. Coote, Monkton House, dated October-November 1951, concerning a portrait

-three letters from Peter Young, Hindford, dated December 1963-October 1964, concerning a painting

-two letters from M.E.I. Waterman, Ministry of Works, dated August-September 1951, concerning a portrait of Inigo Jones

-letter from Earl of Dartmouth, Patshull House, dated 6 September 1951, concerning the loan of pictures to the Tate Gallery, London

-two letters from N. Lucas, Woodyates Manor, Salisbury, dated August 1950-September 1951, concerning a portraits

-handlist of an exhibition at the Tate Gallery, London with annotations

-note on Dobson paintings

-bundle of newspaper cuttings of reviews of the exhibition at the Tate Gallery, London, 1951

-note on Colonel Richard Neville

-note on eight paintings

-typescript on William Dobson

-two letters from John Pope-Hennessy, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, dated November 1951, concerning an attribution

-five letters from Lord Methuen, Corsham Court, dated October-November 1951, concerning an attribution

-six letters from Philip James, Director of Art, dated July-November 1951, concerning an exhibition at the Tate Gallery, London and an attribution

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