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Acquisition file

20 Feb 1945-4 May 1954

Title

Acquisition file

Date

20 Feb 1945-4 May 1954

Archive reference number

NG14/116/1

Description

Correspondence with F.L. Ashcroft re his brother's bequest to the NG of a portrait of Mrs Williams by Hoppner and his sister-in-law's [Ashcroft's widow] relinquishment of her life interest in the picture, 1945; correspondence with Messrs Tamplin, Joseph and Flux, solicitors to the executors of Ashcroft's will re the bill to separate the Tate and NG and seeking the executors' permission for the Hoppner to pass to the Tate, 1954

Record type

File

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EDO 1945 Ashcroft Correspondence between Gibson and Estate Duty Office re pictures recommended for exemption from estate duty, 6-27 Feb 1945 [7 items]

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