Letter from Thos. Agnew & Sons to Reginald Young
7 Dec 1906
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Copy record of letter from Thos. Agnew & Sons to Reginald Young regarding an offer made [probably by George Salter] for the purchase from the firm of Agnew's of three paintings:
The Bent Tree, Evening Effect by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
The Environs de Douai by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
The Bord de la Riviere by Charles-François Daubigny
The offer price for the paintings is a combined cash sum plus a work by Rembrandt [cited in the accompanying note of sale as Portrait of Titus].
The Bent Tree, Evening Effect by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot was acquired by the National Gallery through the Salting Bequest in 1910, catalogued as The Leaning Tree Trunk, inventory number NG2625
Named persons featured:
Young, Reginald 1872-
Young, Alexander 1828-1907
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille 1796 -1875
Daubigny, Charles-François 1817-1878
Harmenszoon van Rijn, Rembrandt 1606-1669
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