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Maurice de Sausmarez Archive14
Brotherton Collection2
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection2

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exhibitions8
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finance4
wages4
income tax3
insurance3
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paintings3
portraits3
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Archive Art Item

Miniature portrait of a young Charles Cowden Clarke

c. 1810

Miniature glazed and framed portrait of a young Charles Cowden Clarke. Undated and by an unknown artist. The portrait appears to have been painted in tempera. The frame is rectangular and painted blac...

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Archive Item

Insurance policy for a travelling exhibition

1940-1941

Insurance policy from Lloyd's for an Artists' International Exhibition travelling exhibition, covering 96 pictures and frames.

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John Tanous to Maurice de Sausmarez

c. 1951

Typewritten letter from the frame maker John Tanous to Maurice de Sausmarez, drawing attention to the shortage of materials and labour and advising artists to plan ahead if they would like to order fr...

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Archive Object Item

Carte de visite of Stephen Heller

c. 1860

Framed and glazed carte de visite of the Hungarian pianist, teacher and composer Stephen Heller, inscribed on the reverse to (Mary) Sabilla Novello.

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Robert Savage Ltd. to Maurice de Sausmarez

30 March 1966

Printed and typewritten invoice from Robert Savage Ltd. to Maurice de Sausmarez, for four frames with details of their mouldings, with a handwritten note confirming receipt of payment.

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W.J. Spiller & Sons trade card

c. 1950

Two copies of an undated printed trade card for W.J. Spiller & Sons, picture frame makers, carvers and gilders at 28 Litchfield Street, London, both with notes in pencil on the reverse in the hand of ...

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Archive File

1967

1967

Handwritten notes on income and expenses, receipts for car repairs and insurance, picture framing, art equipment and materials, invoices for photography, bills for ground rent, payments from the Unive...

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Ruskin Spear to Maurice de Sausmarez

28 May 1946

Handwritten letter from the artist Ruskin Spear to Maurice de Sausmarez, confirming that the picture he is sending to the Artists' International Association exhibition 'Painters To-day' is called 'Cor...

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John S. Vlassopulos to Maurice de Sausmarez

14 Oct 1964

Handwritten letter from John S. Vlassopulos to Maurice de Sausmarez, thanking de Sausmarez for delivering the painting 'Sienese Landscape' (No. 166), which he had purchased from the Royal Academy of A...

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Letter from David Wolfers to Maurice de Sausmarez

19 Dec 1968

Typewritten letter from David Wolfers, Director of the New Grafton Gallery, to Maurice de Sausmarez, discussing correspondence with B.J. Myers, who had purchased two paintings by de Sausmarez. Wolfers...

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John S. Vlassopulos to Maurice de Sausmarez

4 Aug 1964

Handwritten letter from John S. Vlassopulos to Maurice de Sausmarez, noting that he had purchased de Sausmarez's painting 'Sienese Landscape' (No. 166) from the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition...

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Archive File

1949

1949

Documents relating to Maurice de Sausmarez's payment of income tax and national insurance, letters concerning the resolution of his tax code, payments for domestic services, water rates, telephone ser...

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