Claude Lorrain : the paintings.
Marcel G. Roethlisberger (b.1929)
Category
Books
Date
1961
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3101365
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. : ill. ; 28 cm. Ephemera: loosely inserted in v. 1: (1) typescript letter, 14 May 1959, from the author, Marcel Roethlisberger, to Lord Fairhaven [i.e. to Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)], asking permission to reproduce three paintings he owns in the book; (2) handwritten letter, 30 May 1959, from the author, Marcel Roethlisberger, to Lord Fairhaven [i.e. to Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)], thanking him for giving permission to reproduce three paintings he owns in the book; (3) handwritten letter, 4 July 1959, from the author, Marcel Roethlisberger, to Lord Fairhaven [i.e. to Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)], accepting the invitation to visit Anglesey Abbey to see the paintings and making arrangements for the visit. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (large variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century full publisher's green cloth; gilt lettered upper board and spine.
Makers and roles
Marcel G. Roethlisberger (b.1929), author