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Archives related to: P. & D. Colnaghi & Co.
| title | P & D Colnaghi Ltd, 1800-2000 | repository | Waddesdon Archive at Windmill Hill |
| description | Waddesdon houses the business records of P&D Colnaghi Ltd, a London art dealer based in St James’ dealing in paintings, prints and drawings. The records we hold consist of stock books, correspondence, exhibition catalogues, financial records and catalogues published by Colnaghi and others. Although the business dates to the 18th century, there are significant gaps in the archive. The main series of correspondence and financial records do not start until 1894 and the stock records start in 1911. This collection is catalogued although it has not been fully indexed and, at this time, can't be searched on the website. |
| extent | TBD |
| formats | Business Papers Financial Records Correspondence Printed Materials Exhibition Catalogs |
| access | The collections are available for researchers to use by appointment. Our opening hours are Monday-Friday 10am to 5pm. |
| record source | https://waddesdon.org.uk/the-collection/about-the-collection-and-archives/waddesdon-archive/ |
| contact information | Contact Donald Garstan , librarian and archivist. Contact Stephen Ongpin for information on drawings. |
| finding aid | This collection is catalogued although it has not been fully indexed and can't be searched on the website. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:44 |
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| title | Colnaghi records, 1894-1959 [microform]. | repository | The Getty Research Institute |
| description | Private journals are arranged chronologically by date for all transactions; the private ledgers, trade ledgers and general ledgers contain alphabetical listing of accounts. Card files contain 4 sections: old master paintings and drawings stock and old master drawings sold (all arranged by artist), and past clients pre-war drawings (arranged by client). Picture stock books and Drawing stock books are arranged by inventory number. The waste books are daily accounts by buyer’s name, with artist, title and prices. Arrangement: Organized in 8 series: Private journals, 1894-1908; Private ledgers, 1894-1939; Trade ledgers, 1926-1958; General ledgers, 1920-1959; Card files (n.d.); Picture stock books, 1894-1950; Drawing stock books, 1911-1950; Waste books, 1911-1951. |
| extent | ca. 30 lin. ft.; 544 fiche: positive Use copy; 544 fiche: negative Master copy. |
| formats | Microfilm Correspondence Journals Financial Papers Photographs |
| access | Open for use by qualified researchers. |
| record link | http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cat611496 |
| record source | http://library.getty.edu/vwebv/searchBasic |
| contact information | PROVENANCE INDEX FILES : CONTACT REFERENCE |
| acquisition information | Original records remain with Colnaghi. |
| updated | 02/19/2015 12:44:34 |
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| title | P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. letters received, 1802-1851. | repository | The Getty Research Institute |
| description | Letter from the artists William Watts, Pierre Tardieu, Nicolas Willemin, Paul Henri Marron, John Frederick Lewis, Charles Eastlake, James Stephanoff and others, primarily to Dominic Colnaghi. Letters discuss work in progress and other matters, and include requests to borrrow tools and prints from the dealers. With one letter from Ralph Bernal, a collector, mentioning several items he would like Colnaghi to find for him and two letters from Sidney T. Whiteford. Language: French |
| extent | 11 items. |
| formats | Correspondence |
| access | Open for use by qualified researchers. |
| record link | http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cat76403 |
| record source | http://library.getty.edu/vwebv/searchBasic |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:53 |
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| title | David Roberts Correspondence, 1837-1864. | repository | The Getty Research Institute |
| description | Letters received include two from Edward Utterson (1841) thanking him for some drawings and congratulating Roberts on his election to the Royal Academy; two from a Col. Muir (1853); and a letter in verse from Roberts’ future biographer James Ballantine (1856). With a sheet containing sketches of human figures and architectural details, and an engraving of Roberts’ "The Ruins of the Convent of the Carmelites, at Burgos." Collection includes twenty-eight letters by Roberts to various correspondents concerning his work and Royal Academy matters. Included is one to the publishers Smith & Elder offering sketches for publication (1837); a letter from 1840 to Allan Cunningham saying that Turner is coming to dine and to look at drawings; letters from 1854, one to a Mr. Wethered concerning a painting by Etty, another to S.C. Hall providing detailed information on his painting "The Bridge of Toledo;" a letter dated 1856 April 6 to the Colnaghis in which Roberts seeks sponsorship for a pictorial history of the Crimean War; a letter from 1862 regarding the Belgian painter Gallett; and one from 1864 to W. Hepworth Dixon concerning a new Shakespeare monument in London. Among a group of undated letters is one describing the town of Abbeville in Picardy; a letter to J.B. Papworth enclosing tickets for an exhibition at the gallery of Francis Moon the printseller; and a letter to Ernest Gambart concerning paintings he is completing for the art dealer. Other correspondents include Dominic Colnaghi, Martin Archer Shee, Henry S. Bicknell, Lady Eastlake, E.W. Cooke and H.W. Pickersgill. Author(s): Roberts, David, 1796-1864. Ballantine, James,; 1808-1877. Gambart, Ernest,; 1814-1902. Hall, S. C.; 1800-1889. ; (Samuel Carter), Utterson, Edward Vernon,; 1776?-1856. Cooke, Edward William,; 1811-1880. Dixon, William Hepworth,; 1821-1879. Cunningham, Allan,; 1784-1842. P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Bio/History: British painter. |
| extent | 36 items. |
| formats | Correspondence Sketches |
| access | Open for use by qualified researchers. |
| record link | http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cat104734 |
| record source | http://library.getty.edu/vwebv/searchBasic |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:53 |
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| title | Dealer Photo Archives: Colnaghi | repository | National Gallery of Art, Image Collection |
| description | Dealer's Archives, Image Collections: Photographs British gallery of old master paintings, drawings, and prints (6,000 photographs) |
| extent | 6,000 photographs |
| formats | Photographs |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.nga.gov/resources/dpadealers.shtm |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:55 |
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| title | Heim Gallery records, 1965-1990. | repository | The Getty Research Institute |
| description | The Heim Gallery records document the business of the gallery, its cultivation of clients in Europe and the United States, and the production of its scholarly exhibitions especially for the period between 1966 and 1988. The correspondence with museums, individual clients and suppliers and experts comprise the greater part of the collection. Photographs of art works, financial papers, research and publicity files, and Andrew Ciechanowiecki’s personal business files make up the rest of the archive. Photographs of art works are organized by medium: paintings, drawings, sculpture, furniture and decorative arts, and represent works sold, with additional images of items before restoration, and art works documented for research or commercial reasons. Research notes, printed brochures, and photographs illustrate the production of exhibitions at the Heim Gallery. Research files contain notes, numerous study photographs, and some printed matter, organized by artist, school or medium. Many research files represent works offered to the gallery but rejected. Financial records include stockbooks, ledgers and cash books, as well as invoices, paid bills, and documents related to shipping and taxes. Financial records do not appear to be complete. Gallery publicity is documented through clippings, guest books, and photographs that show members of royalty attending exhibits at the gallery. The correspondence series contains letters received and the gallery’s copies of letters sent. Letters reflect the gallery’s offers to museums and individual collectors, curators’ requests for works for their collections or for assistance in finding works needed for exhibitions. The letters also document business strategies and Ciechanowiecki’s collaborations with museums and his solid scholarly contributions to exhibitions. The letters also reveal his close personal association with Poland and its artistic patrimony. A separate group of correspondence concerns the sale of the Heim Gallery. There are no personal papers in the archive. Author(s): Bettagno, Alessandro. Briganti, Giuliano. Cannon-Brookes, P. Haskell, Francis,; 1928- Heim Gallery Held, Julius Samuel,; 1905- Honour, Hugh. Montagu, Jennifer. Old Masters (Painting and Sculptures) Ltd. P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Pope-Hennessy, John Wyndham,; Sir,; 1913-1994. Rosenblum, Robert. Swarzenski, Hanns,; 1903- Walsh, John,; 1937- Wittkower, Rudolf. Middeldorf, Ulrich Alexander,; 1901-1983. |
| extent | 120 lin. ft. (271 boxes) |
| formats | Correspondence Financial Records Photographs Clippings Inventories |
| access | Open for use by qualified researchers. |
| record link | http://archives2.getty.edu:8082/xtf/view?docId=ead/910004/910004.xml;query=;brand=default |
| record source | http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cat322246 |
| finding aid | Online and in repository. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:00 |
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| title | Samuel Putnam Avery Diaries, 1871-1882 | repository | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| description | Diaries, 1871-1882, document Avery's annual art-buying trips to Europe. They indicate purchases, commissions, sales and exchanges, including prices. Travel routes, ships, railroads, hotels and restaurants are noted, as are sights seen, chiefly art exhibitions, museums and art galleries. A running record of accounts is kept in the back of each volume, written back to front with the notebook held upside down. Among the contemporary artists, dealers, agents and collectors with whom Avery had contact are: William Agnew, W.A. Bouguereau, Colnaghi, R.W. De Forest, Durand-Ruel, Duveen Bros., J.L. Gérôme, Goupil & Co., J.T. Johnston, J.L.E. Meissonier, A.F.E. Menzel, J.P. Morgan, W.T. Richards, L.C. Tiffany, W.H. Vanderbilt, W.T. Walters, and J.A.M. Whistler. Note: Volumes cover years: 1. 1871-1872. 2. 1873-1874. 3. 1875-1876. 4. 1877-1879. 5. 1880-1882; Chronological arrangement. Part Of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1822-1904, Papers, [ca. 1850]-1905 LOCATION CALL NUMBER Watson Library Bookcage 201.9Av3 Av3 v.1 = 1871-1872 Watson Library Bookcage 201.9Av3 Av3 v.2 = 1873-1874 Watson Library Bookcage 201.9Av3 Av3 v.3 = 1875-1876 Watson Library Bookcage 201.9Av3 Av3 v.4 = 1877-1879 Watson Library Bookcage 201.9Av3 Av3 v.5 = 1880-1882 |
| extent | 5 v. : bound in leather ; 18 cm |
| formats | Diaries |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions |
| record source | http://library.metmuseum.org/record=b1296285~S1 |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:00 |
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| title | Morgan Collections Correspondence, 1887-1948 | repository | Pierpont Morgan Library Archives |
| description | Bills for paintings, miniatures, water-colors, and etchings, 1902. Call No.: C Misc Colnaghi, P. and D., & Co. print sellers, London 1902 Exchange of cables, 1912 July 29. Call No.: C Misc Colnaghi, P. and D., & Co. print sellers, London 1912 07 29 Receipt, 1915 May 7. Call No.: C Misc Colnaghi, P. and D., & Co. print sellers, London 1915 05 07 Receipt for $23,750 for Rembrandt etchings, 1915 Aug. 9. Call No.: C Misc Colnaghi, P. and D., & Co. print sellers, London 1915 08 09 Receipted bill for Durer drawing from Lanna sale, 1910 May. Call No.: C Misc Colnaghi, P. and D., & Co. print sellers, London 1910 05 00 Receipted bill, no details, 1912. Call No.: C Misc Colnaghi, P. and D., & Co. print sellers, London 1912 |
| extent | 6 items |
| formats | Correspondence |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://corsair.themorgan.org/ |
| acquisition information | Accession Number: MA Unassigned |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:00 |
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| title | Literary and Historical Manuscripts (LHMS) | repository | Pierpont Morgan Library Archives |
| description | Ali Pacha [print] / engraved by Robt. Havell & son. Call No.: Graphics Oversize Ali Pacha Autograph letter in third person : Holker Hall, Newton in Cartmel, to Messrs. Colnaghi, 1864 Aug. 5. Call No.: Misc English Autograph letter in third person, not signed : Great Marlborough St. [London], to Messrs. Colnaghi & Co., no year, "Saturday". Call No.: Misc Artists Autograph letter signed : n.p. [London], to D. Colnaghi, n.d. Call No.: Misc Artists |
| extent | See repository |
| formats | Correspondence |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://corsair.themorgan.org/ |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:00 |
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| title | Photographs of European drawings sold at Colnaghi’s / John R. Freeman. | repository | The Getty Research Institute |
| description | Study photographs reproduce European master drawings, chiefly of the 17th-19th centuries, that sold through the dealer P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, during the period 1952-1976. While almost all the photographs bear Freeman's label, almost none have identifying information, and the photos are not arranged by school or period. The majority of the photos measure 8" x 10". The collection also includes ca. 50 photographs of Italian, English, and other European paintings (all unidentified), and approximately 75 photographs of unidentified European prints. Biographical and Historical Note Commercial photographer. |
| extent | 7 boxes (ca. 2,350 photographic prints): b&w; 27 cm. |
| formats | Photographs |
| access | contact repository for information regarding access. |
| record link | http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cat388672 |
| record source | http://library.getty.edu/vwebv/searchBasic |
| finding aid | Unprocessed collection |
| acquisition information | Photographs of paintings and prints that were acquired together with this collection have been dispersed in the repository's core collections. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:00 |
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| title | Reference Collection--Auction & Dealer Catalogs | repository | Pierpont Morgan Library Archives |
| description | Call No.: Colnaghi |
| extent | See Repository |
| formats | Catalogs |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://corsair.themorgan.org/ |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:03 |
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| title | Records of the Director's Office: Frederic Allen Whiting, 1913-1930 | repository | The Cleveland Museum of Art |
| description | The records of the Director's Office are the primary source for understanding the decisions made and actions taken at the highest level of the museum's administration. In addition, the records constitute one of the most valuable, unified resources for researching the early history of the museum and its art collection; initial construction and expansion of the museum building; changes in the museum's administrative hierarchy; personalities and activities of individual staff members; artistic and social movements of the first half of the twentieth century; and the museum's relationship with civic, cultural, and educational institutions throughout the country and the world. The records from Frederic Allen Whiting's tenure as director are divided into four main series: I. Numbered Administrative Correspondence, II. Unnumbered Administrative Correspondence, III. Biographical Materials, and IV. Index to Numbered Administrative Correspondence. Citation: The Cleveland Museum of Art Archives, Records of the Director's Office: Frederic Allen Whiting, date and short description of document [e.g., letter from Whiting to Kent, 6 June 1916]. |
| extent | 22.6 cubic feet, 72 boxes |
| formats | Administrative Records Writings Correspondence Notes |
| access | At the end of the restricted period, the records will still be subject to the review of the archivist before access is granted. |
| record link | http://library.clevelandart.org/museum_archives/finding_aids/whiting/index.php |
| record source | http://library.clevelandart.org/museum_archives/finding_aids/ |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:11 |
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