Benson (Robert, editor) The Holford Collection; Dorchester House, 2 vol., number xlviii of 400 copies signed by the editor, plates printed by Emery Walker original half vellum, red roan labels, t.e.g., others uncut, rubbed and stained, Oxford, 1927 § Holford (Sir George Lindsay [Sale Catalogues] Catalogue of Important Pictures..., 2 vol., plates, original boards, spines browned, Christie's, 1927-28 § Benson (Robert & Evelyn) Catalogue of Italian Pictures..., original wrappers, uncut, spine torn at head, privately printed at the Chiswick Press, 1914, all a little rubbed or soiled, 4to & 8vo (5) ⁂ Robert Holford (1808-92) was an art collector and landscape gardening enthusiast who created Westonbirt Arboretum in Gloucestershire. His fine art collection, bought principally through William Buchanan, was split between Westonbirt and Dorchester House, London. It was inherited by his son Sir George Lindsay Holford (1860-1926) and dispersed at auction following his death in two sales: one of Italian paintings, the other of remaining old Masters, particularly Dutch and including 4 Rembrandt portraits. His daughter, Evelyn, married the banker and collector Robert Benson who edited the first item.
Benson (Robert, editor) The Holford Collection; Dorchester House, 2 vol., number xlviii of 400 copies signed by the editor, plates printed by Emery Walker original half vellum, red roan labels, t.e.g., others uncut, rubbed and stained, Oxford, 1927 § Holford (Sir George Lindsay [Sale Catalogues] Catalogue of Important Pictures..., 2 vol., plates, original boards, spines browned, Christie's, 1927-28 § Benson (Robert & Evelyn) Catalogue of Italian Pictures..., original wrappers, uncut, spine torn at head, privately printed at the Chiswick Press, 1914, all a little rubbed or soiled, 4to & 8vo (5) ⁂ Robert Holford (1808-92) was an art collector and landscape gardening enthusiast who created Westonbirt Arboretum in Gloucestershire. His fine art collection, bought principally through William Buchanan, was split between Westonbirt and Dorchester House, London. It was inherited by his son Sir George Lindsay Holford (1860-1926) and dispersed at auction following his death in two sales: one of Italian paintings, the other of remaining old Masters, particularly Dutch and including 4 Rembrandt portraits. His daughter, Evelyn, married the banker and collector Robert Benson who edited the first item.
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