Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1913 - 1924 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 cm, 1 folder
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Material relating to the sale of the Hood Collection.
Includes:
-Letter to Lord George Carnavon relating to his purchase of items from the Hood collection, 30 August 1913, and response 1 September 1913
-Letter from Newberry to Mrs Hood regarding the sale and value of her collection, 6 September 1913, and draft of same
-Photographs and postcards of objects identified as being from the Hood collection
-Handwritten (not by Newberry) extracts from Mrs Frankland Hood's diary, 1858-9
-Cutting titled 'The Hood Collection of Egyptian Antiquities' by Newberry, 1924
-Three letters from Mrs Grace Hood relating to the sale of her collection including the items sold to Lord Carnavon, 11-28 September 1913
-Letter from Sotheby's to Newberry relating to the sale of the Hood collection with lot valuations and a list of items and their estimated value, 3 November 1924
-Notes on items in the Hood Collection and their value
-Letter from Newberry to Mrs Hood relating to the sale and value of her collection with list of approximate value of items, 13 October 1913