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titleP & D Colnaghi Ltd, 1800-2000
repositoryWaddesdon Archive at Windmill Hill
descriptionWaddesdon 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.

extentTBD
formatsBusiness Papers Financial Records Correspondence Printed Materials Exhibition Catalogs
accessThe collections are available for researchers to use by appointment. Our opening hours are Monday-Friday 10am to 5pm.
record sourcehttps://waddesdon.org.uk/the-collection/about-the-collection-and-archives/waddesdon-archive/
contact informationContact Donald Garstan , librarian and archivist. Contact Stephen Ongpin for information on drawings.
finding aidThis collection is catalogued although it has not been fully indexed and can't be searched on the website.
updated03/16/2023 10:29:44
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titleColnaghi records, 1894-1959 [microform].
repositoryThe Getty Research Institute
descriptionPrivate 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.

extentca. 30 lin. ft.; 544 fiche: positive Use copy; 544 fiche: negative Master copy.
formatsMicrofilm Correspondence Journals Financial Papers Photographs
accessOpen for use by qualified researchers.
record linkhttp://hdl.handle.net/10020/cat611496
record sourcehttp://library.getty.edu/vwebv/searchBasic
contact informationPROVENANCE INDEX FILES : CONTACT REFERENCE
acquisition informationOriginal records remain with Colnaghi.
updated02/19/2015 12:44:34
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titleP. & D. Colnaghi & Co. letters received, 1802-1851.
repositoryThe Getty Research Institute
descriptionLetter 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
extent11 items.
formatsCorrespondence
accessOpen for use by qualified researchers.
record linkn/a
record sourcehttps://primo.getty.edu/permalink/f/19q6gmb/GETTY_ALMA21126982330001551
updated07/28/2023 16:33:47
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titleDavid Roberts Correspondence, 1837-1864.
repositoryThe Getty Research Institute
descriptionLetters 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.
extent36 items.
formatsCorrespondence Sketches
accessOpen for use by qualified researchers.
record linkn/a
record sourcehttps://primo.getty.edu/permalink/f/19q6gmb/GETTY_ALMA21140742490001551
updated07/28/2023 16:33:44
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titleDealer Photo Archives: Colnaghi
repositoryNational Gallery of Art, Image Collection
descriptionDealer's Archives, Image Collections: Photographs
British gallery of old master paintings, drawings, and prints (6,000 photographs)
extent6,000 photographs
formatsPhotographs
accessContact repository for restrictions and policies.
record sourcehttp://www.nga.gov/resources/dpadealers.shtm
updated11/12/2014 11:29:55
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titleHeim Gallery records, 1965-1990.
repositoryThe Getty Research Institute
descriptionThe 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.
extent120 lin. ft. (271 boxes)
formatsCorrespondence Financial Records Photographs Clippings Inventories
accessOpen for use by qualified researchers.
record linkhttp://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa910004
record sourcehttps://primo.getty.edu/permalink/f/19q6gmb/GETTY_ALMA21123769530001551
finding aidOnline and in repository.
updated07/28/2023 16:33:45
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titleSamuel Putnam Avery Diaries, 1871-1882
repositoryThe Metropolitan Museum of Art
descriptionDiaries, 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
extent5 v. : bound in leather ; 18 cm
formatsDiaries
accessContact repository for restrictions
record sourcehttp://library.metmuseum.org/record=b1296285~S1
updated11/12/2014 11:30:00
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titleMorgan Collections Correspondence, 1887-1948
repositoryPierpont Morgan Library Archives
descriptionBills 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
extent6 items
formatsCorrespondence
accessContact repository for restrictions and policies.
record sourcehttp://corsair.themorgan.org/
acquisition informationAccession Number: MA Unassigned
updated11/12/2014 11:30:00
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titleLiterary and Historical Manuscripts (LHMS)
repositoryPierpont Morgan Library Archives
descriptionAli 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
extentSee repository
formatsCorrespondence
accessContact repository for restrictions and policies.
record sourcehttp://corsair.themorgan.org/
updated11/12/2014 11:30:00
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titlePhotographs of European drawings sold at Colnaghi’s / John R. Freeman.
repositoryThe Getty Research Institute
descriptionStudy 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.
extent7 boxes (ca. 2,350 photographic prints): b&w; 27 cm.
formatsPhotographs
accesscontact repository for information regarding access.
record linkhttp://hdl.handle.net/10020/cat388672
record sourcehttp://library.getty.edu/vwebv/searchBasic
finding aidUnprocessed collection
acquisition informationPhotographs of paintings and prints that were acquired together with this collection have been dispersed in the repository's core collections.
updated11/12/2014 11:30:00
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titleReference Collection--Auction & Dealer Catalogs
repositoryPierpont Morgan Library Archives
descriptionCall No.: Colnaghi
extentSee Repository
formatsCatalogs
accessContact repository for restrictions and policies.
record sourcehttp://corsair.themorgan.org/
updated11/12/2014 11:30:03
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titleRecords of the Director's Office: Frederic Allen Whiting, 1913-1930
repositoryThe Cleveland Museum of Art
descriptionThe 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].
extent22.6 cubic feet, 72 boxes
formatsAdministrative Records Writings Correspondence Notes
accessAt the end of the restricted period, the records will still be subject to the review of the archivist before access is granted.
record linkhttp://library.clevelandart.org/museum_archives/finding_aids/whiting/index.php
record sourcehttp://library.clevelandart.org/museum_archives/finding_aids/
updated11/12/2014 11:30:11
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titleRosenberg & Stiebel Archive - Subject Files
repositoryThe Frick Collection and Frick Art Research Library
descriptionSubject file from the Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc. records. Files may include correspondence, invoices, statements, agreements, photographs, and printed material.
accessSubject file from the Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc. records. Files may include correspondence, invoices, statements, agreements, photographs, and printed material.
updated10/28/2024 10:34:54
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