Material concerning the sale of paintings belonging to the Earl of Cranbrook

Scope and Content

Includes:

-three newspaper cuttings concerning the sale of pictures belonging to the Earl of Cranbrook, sold at auction 21 June 1912, including The Red Boy by Sir Thomas Lawrence

-newspaper cutting concerning the portrait of Mrs Balfour of Pilrig by Sir Henry Raeburn, lot 102 in the auction held on 21 June 1912

-telegraph from Knight, Frank & Rutley, [June 1912?], concerning paintings by Lawrence, Shayer, Wheatley and Lucas de Hare [sic], in the sale of Lord Cranbrook's pictures

1 item removed and 4 items pasted into: Knight, Frank & Rutley (1912) Paintings, drawings, mezzotint portrait engravings. [Auction catalogue] London: Knight, Frank & Rutley

[Available in the Paul Mellon Centre's Library, see URL below]

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