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Autograph letters signed (3) : London, to Lord Lee, 1931 Apr. 6 and 13 and May 2.

Record ID: 
193838
Accession number: 
MA 4951 (1-3)
Author: 
Popham, A. E. (Arthur Ewart), 1889-1970.
Credit: 
Gift; Lord Clark of Saltwood; 1981.
Description: 
3 items (3 p.) ; 18.2 cm.
Notes: 

Removed from Catalogue of the works of art in the possession of Sir Peter Paul Rubens, at the time of his decease (Yarmouth: Sloman, 1839), PML 77191.

Summary: 

About the provenance of Bruegel's painting "The Death of the Virgin" (no. 193 in the catalogue), and the engraving after the painting, in Lee's collection; and mentioning an unknown obituary on Bruegel which he has found in Ortelius Album Amicorum.

Provenance: 
Kennth Clark, Lord Saltwood.
Catalog Link: 
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Department: 
Literary and Historical Manuscripts