The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

FRANK SIMPSON ARCHIVE (Ref FHS)

This archive collection has not yet been catalogued and is divided into two sections:

 Section one is comprised of material which was left by Frank Simpson at the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art at the end of his employment. This includes research notes, correspondence, black and white photographs (some of which are annotated with details regarding artist, title and Knoedler’s stock number), published and unpublished material and has been preliminarily sorted. File titles and box numbers (where applicable) have been allocated by the Centre.  Section two is comprised of material acquired from the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, the University of Birmingham, in April 2013. This material comprises correspondence, images, articles, research notes, photocopies of published and unpublished material. The material remains unsorted and in its original order. File titles given are those assigned by Simpson and box numbers have been allocated by the Centre.

If you wish to consult any material from this collection, please specify the box number and file title (where applicable). Please note that it is only possible to request 10 files/items per retrieval. Access will be provided in accordance with the Data Protection Act, 1998. Full details relating to access to the Centre’s collections can be found here: http://www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/150/

Section One – material left at the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

Box number File or volume title Description of material Extent Covering Dates (if applicable). Sequence 1: Courtauld Institute of Art Bibliographies and Syllabuses. These were prepared by lecturers at the Courtauld Institute of Art and were probably collected by Simpson in his role in the library. They also include notes and supporting material for lectures written by lecturers, including Anthony Blunt, Nikolaus Pevsner, Herbert Read, Byam Shaw and Ellis Waterhouse. 1 -Bibliographies of the History of Art Volume 1 4 files 1934-1935 -Bibliographies of the History of Art Volume 2 1934-1935 -Bibliographies, Syllabuses and Notes (Part 1) 1932-1935 -Bibliographies, Syllabuses and Notes (Part 2) 1932-1936 Sequence 2: Correspondence of Charles Stewart Carstairs, Director of the London office of M. Knoedler and Company. This is comprised of letters written to Carstairs and his colleagues. It also includes some telegrams, newspaper and catalogue cuttings. 1 continued -1921-1922 9 files -1923-1924 -1925 -1926 -1927 (Part 1) Jan-Apr 1927 -1927 (Part 2) May-Jun 1927 -1927 (Part 3) Aug-Dec 1927 -1928 -1929-1931 Sequence 3: Correspondence and research of Letitia Simpson. Letitia Simpson was Simpson’s aunt and worked as Librarian at M. Knoedler and Company, London, from the 1920s until the late 1950s. This material is comprised of correspondence and research notes produced in relation to reproduction requests and general enquiries. 1 continued -1942-1946 2 files -1952-1957 Sequence 4: Knoedler’s Photographs. This material is comprised of black and white photographs of paintings that passed through M. Knoedler and Company. They are arranged alphabetically by artist and are annotated with artist name, title of the painting and Knoedler’s stock number. 2 -A – E 26 files [c.1910-1940]

3 -F – J 21 files 4 -J – P 24 files 5 -R – S 14 files 6 -S – W 22 files 7 -W - Z 11 files -Andrew Mellon, paintings of interest 1931 -Frans Xavier Winterhalter exhibition Sequence 5: General research. This material was compiled by Simpson on various subjects. 7 continued -Correspondence 1950-1955 1959-1982 -Research notes -Birmingham Art Gallery loan exhibitions -‘London Town’ television script -Soho Fair Exhibition Catalogue Sequence 6: Unsorted and miscellaneous material. Includes black and white photographs, images and published material 8 -loose material 9 -loose material Sequence 7: Large (outsize) black and white photographs of paintings that have passed through M. Knoedler and Company. Please note that this material requires conservation and may not be available for consultation. n/a 6 boxes

Section Two – material acquired from the Barber Institute of Fine Arts

Box number File or volume title Description of material Extent Covering Dates (if applicable). Sequence 1: Newspaper cuttings on a variety of art related subjects 1 -Untitled Volume I 1 volume 1902-1910 2 -Untitled Volume 2 1 volume 1909-1912

3 -Untitled 2 volumes 1925 -Untitled 1929 4 -Untitled 2 volumes -1929-1934 -Untitled -1930-1936

5 -Library Vol VI 3 volumes Jun 1920-Jun1921 -Untitled 1927 -Library Vol.4 1913-1916 6 -1937-1938 4 volumes 1937 -Private Collections 1926-1928 -Forgeries 1928-1931 -Prints of Rubens and Jordeans Artist Jordeans also spelt as Jordaens undated 7 -untitled 2 volumes 1906-1919 -Vol 3 1913-1915 8 -Library Vol 5 2 volumes 1917-1919 -untitled 1921-1923 9 -Untitled 2 volumes and 1 clutch 1922-1924 file -Untitled Volume of print cuttings by various undated artists -Untitled Press cutting bundles containing 1925-1935 Fowler of Concise Oxford Dictionary, Notes and Queries Journal Index to Vols 1925, British Family Histories and three misc letters. Sequence 2: Rolls 10 -Selby Hollis family tree 2 rolls undated -Untitled Copy of a catalogue of some marbles held at the Hyde – now Disney

collection Sequence 3: Knoedler Catalogues 11 -The Annunciation, by Gerard David 30 catalogues -A View on the Banks of the Maas, by Aelbert Cuyp -Landscape with a Horseman, by Aelbert Cuyp -Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, by Honore Daumier -Portrait of Lieut-Conlonel the Hon. Edmund Nugent, by Thomas Gainsborough, painted at Bath in 1764 -Portrait of Don Vicente Osorio, Count of Trastamara, by Francesco Goya -St Martin and the Beggar, by El Greco, painted between 1604-1614 -Portrait of Elizbeth, Countess de Hornes, by Frans Hal -Portrait of a Man, by Frans Hal -Portrait of a Man, by Hans Holbein the Younger -The Hamlet in the Wood, by Meindert Hobbema -A Landscape with a Broad Road and a Sportsman, by Meindert Hobbema -Landscape with Footbridge Over a Stream, by Meindert Hobbema -Lady with a Servant Girl, by Pieter de Hoogh -Portrait of Miss Emma Laura Whitbread, by John Hoppner -Miss Arabella Wilmot, by John Hoppner -Portrait of Capt. Charles Hope, by John Hoppner -The Braddyll Children, by John Hoppner -Miss Elizabeth Beresford, by John Hoppner -Portrait of a Young Girl Carrying a Casket of Fruit, by Ferdinand Bol -Rinaldo and Armida, by Anthony Van Dyck -Major-General Sir William Draper, by Thomas Gainsborough

-The Hon Mrs Austin of Kilspindie, by Sir Henry Raeburn -General James Drummond, by Sir Henry Raeburn -Portrait of Sir Andrew Agnew, 7th Bart of Lochnaw --Portrait of Miss Ellen Cochrane, by Sir Henry Raeburn -Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Short Sword, by Rembrandt -Portrait of the Artist, by Rembrandt -Portrait of Maurits Huygens, by Rembrandt -Portrait of a Young Lady with a Fan, by Rembrandt 12 -A Young Officer probably Francois Copal, by Rembrandt 31 catalogues Harmensz van Rijn -Portrait of a Gentleman Bearing a Red Doublet, by Petrus C Bristus -Hugh Hope, by Raeburn -General the Hon. Sir Charles Colville, by Sir Henry Raeburn

-Virgin and Child Enthroned, with Six Saints, by Pesellino -Portrait of Master William Cavendish, by Sir Joshua Reynolds -Portrait of William, Viscount Pulteney, by Sir Joshua Reynolds -Portraits of Mrs Morris and child, by George Romney

-Portrait of the Artist, by Cosimo Rosselli -Portrait of Helena Fourment, Second Wife of the Artist, by Sir Peter Paul Rubens -Portrait of Prince, after Cardinal, Gian Carlo Dei Medici, by Justus Susterman -Portrait of Lady Hamilton, by George Romney -Lady Prescott and her Children, by George Romney -Portrait of the Beautiful Emily Pott, by George Romney (two

copies) -Portrait of Lady Sullivan, by George Romney -Portrait of Lady Betty Compton, by Sir Joshua Reynolds -Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Somerset, by Joshua Reynolds -Portrait of Mary Isabella, Duchess of Rutland, by Sir Joshua Reynolds -Portrait of Doge Pietro Loredano, by Il Tintoretto -The Card Party, by Gerard Terburg -The Coronation of the Virgin, by Maestro -Paolo de Venezia and his son Giovanni L’Attente, by Jean Francois Millet -Portrait of a Man with an Arrow, by Hans Memling -Portrait of a Donor, a Knight of the Order of Calatrava, by Master Michael -Portrait of a Lady, by Bastino Mainardi da san Gimignano -‘Juno’ or the Listener, by Nicolaes Maes -Portrait of David of Burgundy, Bishop of Utrecht, by Mabuse -Portrait of Madame Grant afterward Princesse de Talleyrand, by Louise Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun -Portrait of Lady Julia Peel, by Sir Thomas Lawrence -Portraits of the Misses Anguish, by John Hoppner Sequence 4: Correspondence on Artists, from staff at Knoedler, including Carstairs. Also includes newspaper cuttings, photographs, publications, publications lists, sale catalogues, collection descriptions and notes on artists and individual works 13 -Abbott 1 Bundle (6 files); 1 file [1913-1961] -Arts Council of Great Britain -Alken -Apollo (empty file) -Auctioneers and auctions etc -Agnew-Aston -Ba-Bo [1925-1965] 14 -Bonnard 3 Bundles (12 files) [1917-1969]

-Baptiste -Burlington Magazine (empty file) -Br-Bu -Bronzino -Brabazon -Boudin -Boucher -Botticelli -Canaletto -J V D Capella[Cappelle] -Cezanne -Mr Charles Carstairs 15 -Christies 3 bundles (11 files) [1909-1959] -Cotes -Co-Cu Part II -Cranach -Crivelli -Crome -Cuyp -Untitled [Barraud] -Untitled [Beechey] -Untitled [Beckett] -RSV Barber Correspondence 16 -Christus Petrus 2 bundles (10 files) [1900-1969] -Carrier -Claude -Coello -Copley -Cordrey -Corot

-Costa -Weeded (empty file) -Ca-Cl 17 -Downman 2 bundles (7 files) [1922-1970] -D -Daumier -Degas -Untitled -Untitled [Derain] -Untitled [Devis 18 -Van Dyck 1 file; 1 bundle (2 files) [1914-1964] -E [1920-1967] -Van Eyck 19 -Export 1 file; 1 bundle (2 files) [1943-1955] -Fantin-Latour [1911-1970] -F 20 -Forain 1 bundle (3 files); 1 [1927-1952] bundle (2 files) -Frith -Ferneley -G (General) [1921-1970] -Gauguin 21 -Gainsborough 6 files [1909-1969] -Van Gogh -Goya -Van Goyen -El Greco -Guardi 22 -H 5 files [1909-1970] -Hals

-Hayman -Mr Henschel -Hermitage Pictures 23 -Herring 8 files [1909-1967] -Hobbema -Highmore -Hoogh -Hone -Holbein -Hogarth -Huysum 24 -Hoppner 1 bundle (2 files); 1 [1908-1985] bundle (3 files); 2 files -Untitled [Homer] -I -Ingres -Untitled [Isenbrandt] -J -Knoedler’s Contains images of the exhibition ‘Belles of the Victorian era’, held at Knoedler’s in the 1930s 25 -K 1 bundle (2 files); 1 [1912-1967] bundle (5 files) -Coleman Pigg[?] (Strangeways) -Lely -Le Nain -Longhi -Lugt -Lawrence 26 -Lepine 1 bundle (3 files); 1 [1922-1973]

bundle (5 files) -Lautrec -L -Untitled [Maes] [1924-1962] -Untitled [McEvoy] -Untitled [Matisse] -Untitled [Manet] -Masters of Archives 27 -Ma 4 files [1910-1969] -Marlow -Marshall -Me-My 28 -Untitled [Memling] 1 bundle (6 Files); 1 file; [1919-1965] 1 bundle (3 files) -Murillo -Moro -Untitled [Monet] -Modigliani -M [1923-1964] -N -Untitled [Owen] -Untitled [Orders] -Untitled [O] [1918-1966] 29 -Pa-Ph 10 files [1913-1958] -Pi-Py -Pultizer Gallery -A van de Put -Poussin -Untitled [Pollard] -Untitled [Pissaro]

-Picasso -Untitled [Paul] -Pannini 30 -Untitled [Quirizio] 1 file; 1 bundle (3 files) undated -Raeburn [1909-1958] -Renoir -Rembrandt 31 -Raeburn I A-L 10 files [1922-1967] -Rodin -R -Untitled [Russell] -Untitled [Ruysdael] -Untitled [Rousseau] -Untitled [Alex Reid & Lefevre Ltd] -Untitled [Reinagle] -Redon -Untitled [Ramsay] 32 -Romney 3 files [1917-1965] -Untitled Untitled [Reubens] 33 -Reynolds 2 files [1918-1967] -Untitled [Misc S] 34 -Untitled [Samson] 10 files [1924-1970] -Untitled [Sargent] - Sartorius - Untitled [Steen] -Scott -Untitled [Segonzac] -Untitled [Seurat] - Untitled [Seymour]

-Sisley -Sotheby 35 -Stuarts 6 files [1919-1970] -Stubbs -T [misc artists] -Terburg -Tiepolo -Tintoretto 36 -Titan 11 files [1923-1961] -Towne -Turner, J. M. W. -Untitled [U misc] -Unknown -Utrillo -V [misc artists] -Velasquez -Velde -Vermeer -Vuillard 37 -W 1 [misc artists] 12 files [1923-1969] -W 2 [misc artists] -Ward -Watteau -Weitzner -West -Wheatley -Wilson -Winterhalter -Wootton -Wouverman

-Wolstenholme 38 -Whistler 7 files (& 1 empty [1920-1969] folder) -X -Y -Z [misc artists] Sequence 4: Sales and exhibitions c1700 to 1900 - Includes photocopies of sale and exhibition catalogues relating to various collections and events. 38 -1741-1743 [1979-1984] (continued) -1744-1746 -1747-1748 1749-1750 [folder empty] 39 -1751-1753 15 files [nd] -1756 -1757 -1758-1759 39A nb this -Sales and exhibitions 12 files and loose [1700-1930s] box is filed material out of sequence. See box 39 for details. Sequence 5: Information about public and private collections. Includes correspondence, photocopies and cuttings of sale catalogues. 39 -A-G File of miscellaneous collections. [1923-1986] (continued) -Aalst [1959-1960] -Aders [1958] -Althorp -Amherst [1952-1968] -Antrobus, Edmund

-Argenville, D’ Contains letter from John Hayes with [1983] translation of a letter written by D’Argenville from his visit to England in 1728. -Ashburnham [1923] -Ashcroft -Atholl, Duke of Blair Castle -Audley End 40 -Bankes, Kingston Lacey 23 files [1986] -Barnard, John -Barrett of Lee Priory -Bedford, Duke of [2 files] [1947-1978] -Beaufort, Duke of -Beckford [1968-1977] -Berri, Duke de -Besborough, Earl of -Bicknell, Elhanan -Blackness -Blackwood, John -Bolton, Frederick Lord Hedsor -Borden, USA Copies of Borden’s letters [1910-1912] -Bradford, Earl of [1981-1986] -Bromley-Davenport, Sir William -Brownlow Catalogue of The Belton Estate, [c.1984] Lincolnshire -Browsholme Hall (Parker Family) -Buckingham, Duke of [1976] -Burlington, Earl of -Burrell, Sir Walter of Knepp Castle [1967] -Burton, Lady

-Byron, Lord 41 -Camden, Marquis of 14 files [1930-1986] -Carstairs, C. S. -Chequers [1965-1971] -Chesham, Lord [1927-1961] -Chiswick House Includes R. Walker’s catalogue -Cholmondeley, Lord [1973] -Clark, Frederick Ambrose – N.Y. -Cliveden -Coats, W. A. -Cook, Sir Francis -Coventry, Earl of – Croome Estates -Cowper, Earl of – Panshanger -Cox, Marco [1980] -Cumberland Gallery 42 -Davis, Edmund 19 files 1939 -Dennistoun -Derby, Lord [2 files] -Devonshire, Duke of [1947-1951] -Duncairn, Edmond Macrory -Duncombe Park -Dundas -Desenfans [1973] -Untitled [C-D] Contains correspondence, [1931-1964] newspaper clippings and sale catalogues of collections -Ednam, Viscount -Erskine, Sir James Torrie [1841-1846] -Untitled [Farrer & Fife, Duke of] [3 files] -Forman, William Henry

-Fraser, Sir William Contains rare volume ‘Pictures. The [1974] property of Sir W. A. Fraser’ 1887 and correspondence from Victoria & Albert Museum -Frederick, Prince of Wales -FyVie Castle -Knight Frank & Rutley property catalogue 43 -Galloway, Chas J of Ancoats -Gideon, Sir Sampson of Belverere House [1761] -Gilbey, Walter -Gildemeester, Jan -Untitled [Glenconner] Contains copy of The Connoisseur, [1936] issue Sep 1971 -Gordon, Mrs of Bully Hill, Rochester [1974] -Gosford, Countess of -Graham, William -Grey, Earl de -Hamilton, Sir William -Hamilton, Duke of -Harcourt, Viscount -Harris, Peter -Harley, Mrs A. M. P. of Rassall, Shrewsbury -Harrowby -Hart, Mrs Geoffrey [1956] -Hertford, Marguess of -Heveningham Hall -Heywood-Lonsdale -Hinchcliffe, Bishop of Peterborough -Hinchinbrooke -Hirsch

44 -Hoare, Henry 10 Files -Hoare, Henry and Sir Richard Colt [1959] -Holkham Hall -Hollis, Thomas [1961-1970] -Hope, Thomas -Howard, Hugh (collection) [1972] -Hume, Sir A -Hunter, Dr William [1974] -Hyde, Mary -Ilchester -Irwin -Edward, James -Janssen, Baron [1948-1958] -Untitled [Jardin, David] [1886] -Jersey, Lord (Osterley Park) -Untitled [K-P] 45 -Kann, Maurice [18 files] -Kessler, Mrs A. F -Kedleston (Lord Scarsdale) -Kingston, Lacy (Banks) -Kinnaird, Lord -Kiplin, Yorks -Koch, Fred -Kress -Krusger (Master of Liesborn) -Lambton Castle -Lane, Sir Hugh -Lely -Leon, Sir George -Leslie, Sir John Shane

-Lichfield [1954-1962] -Lloyd-Baker, Miss Olive [1962] -Lonsdale, Lord -Lothian, Marquis of -Lumley Inventory, 1590 46 -MacSwiny, Owen -Mander and Mitchenson -Markham [1968] -Matthews Gallery, 1833 -A Painter’s Collection Royal Academy of Arts Publication, 1963. An Exhibition of paintings, drawings and sculpture from the collection of Edward Le Bas, RA. -Mead, Dr (Richard) -Mellon, Paul -Melfort, Lord -Mentmore Sale -Merton, Sir Thomas. Stubbings House, Maidenhead. -Metcalfe -MetHuen, Lord. Corsham Court -Meyer, James. Forty Hall -Miles, Sir Philip -Milltown, Earls of -Montacue, Lord Viscount -Montcalm -Monte del [1959] -Morgan, J. Pierpont -Morice, Sir William -James, Morrison -Mundy, Major Miller of Redrice

-M-Z File of various collections information 47 -Northfolk, Duke of -Northwick [2 files] -Nostell -Page, Sir Gregory [1956-1976] -Pelham, Henry -Penrhyn Castle -Peto, Mr and Mrs -Petworth [1922] -Pitt-Rivers -Poulett, Lord -Powis Castle -Orleans Collection -Orlebar, R (Hinwick Hall) -Raphael, E. G – Hill Street -Robarts, J (Hill Street and Tile House, Bucks) [1937-1938] -Robertson, home of Wedderburn and Paxton -Robinson, Sir Joseph -Rogers, Samuel -Roseberry, Earl of -Rousham (Thomas Cottell-Dormer) [1971] -Royal Collection 48 -St Leonards, Lord -Sciarra Contains glass negative -Schlesinger, Mrs -Scott, Sir David ( Boughton House) -Simon, Norton L. A. -Smith, Consul Joseph -Smith, William (MP for Norwich) [1938-1956]

-Smith, William and his son (MP for North Lonsdale – [1975] Newsham House, Broughton, Preston) -Solly, Edward -Standish, Frank Hall -Stanstead Hall (W. Fuller Maitland) -Stewart Barts of Grantully (Murthly and Kenmore) [1964] -Stonyhurst College -Stowe -Strange, John -Strange, Sir Robert [1967] -Stratfield Saye -Strutt, Joseph [1974] -Sutton Place -Swinton, Lord -Tarkington, Booth -Thompson, Henry Yates -Turner, P. M. (dealer) Contains prints of canvas backs only 49 -Waddeson Manor (National Trust) -Wade, Field Marshall -Thomas Walker -Wallraf, Paul -Walpole, Horace -Walpole, Sir Robert -Wanstead House -Ward, Dr -Warde (Squerries Court) [1975-1976] -Wardour Castle -Webb, Mrs -Wentworth Woodhouse -West, James

-Westminster, Duke of -Wharton, Philip Lord – Van dykes etc -Wied, Zu -Willett, Ralph -Williams-Wynne -Worsley Bart, Sir William -Letters to Sir Richard Worsley -Yale -Yarborough -Yester House (Peter W. Morris) Sequence 6: Miscellaneous and unsorted material. n/a -Miscellaneous material 6 boxes n/a -Unsorted material from filing cabinet 8 boxes n/a -Additional material found by Barber staff after acquisition 3 boxes Sequence 7: Catalogue card drawers. n/a -Great Britain A-Z 4 drawers n/a -Sales analysis Index of works sold at auction in the 2 drawers 1700s. Cards organised alphabetically by artist, with details of lot no., date of sale & purchaser n/a -WG C’s index William George Constable’s index of 4 drawers works in private collections. Cards organised alphabetically by artist, with details of picture and owner. Includes a section for ‘foreign’ collections n/a -untitled drawers Appears to be an index of collectors 4 drawers and collections. Cards organised alphabetically by name of collector/Collection. The

information on each card varies, but might include details of relevant literature, sale information etc.

JH. December 2013