Papers relating to British museums and art institutions, 1916-1990.

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Papers relating to British museums and art institutions, 1916-1990.

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These papers relating to several British museums and art institutions reflect Piper's tenure as director of the National Portrait Gallery (1964-1967), the Fitzwilliam Museum (1967-1973), and the Ashmolean Museum (1973-1985), as well as his position on various boards and institutions, such as the Royal Fine Art Commission and the Leeds Castle Foundation. The papers consist of letters, notes, essays, reports, clippings, and some single journal issues and promotional material concerning the arts in Britain. Incorporated are the miscellaneous papers of Isherwood Kay, Keeper at the National Gallery from 1933-1938. Dating mostly from 1924-1938, these papers include correspondence with members of the art world, including Collins Baker, Kenneth Clark, Charles Holmes, Ellis Waterhouse, Martin Davies, and others, as well as additional ephemera and a small collection of art postcards. Piper's literary manuscripts are not included.

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Baker, Collins.

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Clark, Kenneth, 1903-1983

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Kenneth Clark was an art historian and a patron of the arts. He was born in London, and educated at Winchester and Trinity College, Oxford, where he gained a second class in modern history. In the autumn of 1925, art historian Bernard Berenson asked him to assist him in the revision of his corpus of Florentine drawings. In 1929 he was offered the task of cataloguing Leonardo da Vinci's drawings held at Windsor Castle. In 1931 he was appointed keeper of the Department of Fine Art at the Ashmolean...

Victoria and Albert Museum

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Fitzwilliam Museum

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Fitzwilliam Museum, founded in 1816 with a bequest to the University of Cambridge of the library and art collection of Richard, VII Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion, along with funds to house them. The museum building, or the Founder's Building, opened to the public in 1848....

Waterhouse, Ellis Kirkham, 1905-

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British art historian and writer, museum director, editor, teacher, and connoisseur. Director, National Galleries of Scotland, 1947-1952, the Barber Institute, Birmingham, 1952-1970. Publications include: Painting in Britain, 1530-1790 (1953), Gainsborough (1953), Reynolds (1955), Italian Baroque Painting (1962), Baroque Painting in Rome (1937), and numerous articles and reviews. From the description of Notebooks and research files, 1801-1987 (bulk 1924-1979). (Getty Research Institu...

Davies, Martin, 1908-1975

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Kay, H. Isherwood.

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Leeds Castle Foundation

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Velázquez, Diego, 1599-1660

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Holmes, C. J. (Charles John), 1868-1936

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Piper, David.

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British museum director, art historian, and novelist (1918-1990). From the description of Papers relating to British museums and art institutions, 1916-1990. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 82092968 ...

Great Britain. Royal Fine Art Commission

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