Thornhill, Sir James, 1675-1734

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  • Reference
      GB 3010 ONM/2/295
  • Dates of Creation
      [1950s-2000s]
  • Language of Material
      English
  • Physical Description
      1 file (111 images; 1 offprint; 1 journal article; 7 letters; 1 catalogue; 3 documents)

Scope and Content

Includes:

-offprint: Knox, George (1993), Sir James Thornhill's Portrait of Stephen Duck (1731), English Architecture Public and Private: Essays for Kerry Downes, London, 1993

-journal article: Isaacs, J. (1950), Thornhill and the Baroque Age, The Listener, 27 April 1950

-letter from June Cray, the United Parish of Chinnor with Emmington and Sydenham, dated 18 June 1990, concerning attribution of a painting by Thornhill

-catalogue: Greenwich Palace Hospital and College

-photocopies of documents concerning fundraising to restore paintings owned by the United Parish of Chinnor with Emmington and Sydenham

-three letters from John Chenevix Trench, Amersham, dated August-December 1989, concerning paintings by Thornhill; and Elmodesham House, Amersham, Buckinghamshire

-letter from Adrian Eeles, Director, Artemis Fine Arts Limited, London, dated 27 January 1987, concerning the Eeles of Amersham and a copy of Millar's reply

-copy of uncorrected proof of article: Chenevix Trench, John and Fenley, Pauline (1996), Elmodesham House - an Amersham landmark for three centuries

-copy of Eeles family records with some account of allied families by Henry Swanston Eeles

-letter from A.W. Smith, Development Manager, Harman (Chesham) Limited, dated 13 April 1987, concerning paintings at Elmodesham House, Amersham, Buckinghamshire

-letter from Andrew S. Harman, Harman (Chesham) Limited, dated 6 February 1987, concerning paintings at Elmodesham House, Amersham, Buckinghamshire

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