Letter: 1856 Mar. 26, The Woodlands, Norwood, Surrey, to David Laing / S. Leigh Sotheby. 1856.

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Letter: 1856 Mar. 26, The Woodlands, Norwood, Surrey, to David Laing / S. Leigh Sotheby. 1856.

Concern books to be auctioned at Sotheby's and inviting Laing to visit.

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Sotheby, Samuel Leigh, 1805-1861

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Samuel Leigh Sotheby, younger son of auctioneer Samuel Sotheby, was operating his auction house in the Strand, London as Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge in 1844. John Rushout, second Baron Northwick, collected pictures, manuscripts, books and objets de virtu. He maintained his collections at Northwick Park, Middlesex and at Thirlestane House in Cheltenham; after his death in 1859, his heir sold the latter residence to the collector Sir Thomas Phillipps. From the description of ALS: Ha...