Catalogue of Italian Pictures at 16, South Street, Park Lane, London and Buckhurst in Sussex...
xxvi, 229 pp. Large 4to, orig. grey cloth (corners bruised), gilt title on spine, t.e.g. London: Chiswick Press, 1914.
Presentation copy of this catalogue of a collection described as having “a comprehensiveness that would have done credit to a professional curator.” Benson (1850-1929), with his wife Evelyn, daughter of Robert Holford, “formed an important specialist collection. The senior partner of his eponymous bank, Benson was a member of the Burlington Fine Arts Club, a trustee of the National Gallery, and the editor of a number of catalogues of paintings, including that of his father-in-law’s collection. The Bensons’ taste was à... More