Material concerning the pictures sold at auction on 12 July 1912, including portraits by Raeburn and Rembrandt

Scope and Content

Includes:

-three newspaper cuttings concerning the prices of pictures sold at auction on 12 July 1912, including portraits by Raeburn and a work by Rembrandt

-newspaper cutting concerning a request for information about a Mrs Beckett, whose portrait was painted by Mosnier

-newspaper cutting concerning the portrait of Adriaen, the artist's brother, by Rembrandt and a Portrait of a Lady by Gabriel Metsu, lots 88 and 90 in the auction held on 12 July 1912

-image of The Adoration of the Magi by Rubens, possibly lot 70 in the sale of 12 July 1912

6 items pasted into: Christie, Manson & Woods (1912) Portraits of the early British school and pictures by old masters. [Auction catalogue] London: Christie, Manson & Woods

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

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