MILLAR BEQUEST. Vol. XXI. Miniatures by Caleb W. Wing; circa 1855. From a series of nine miniatures added by Wing to a Flemish Book of Hours owned by John Boykett Jarman. J. M. Backhouse, 'Forgeries', BMQ, xxxiii, p. 40; J. M. Backhouse, 'A Victorian Connoisseur and his Manuscripts. The Tale of Mr. Jarman and Mr. Wing', BMQ, xxxii (1968), pp. 76-92. Jarman sale, Sotheby's, 13 June 1864, lot 72. The MS. was purchased by Henry Hucks Gibbs, 1st Baron Aldenham (1896) from Lilly in 1866, and incl...
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Caleb W. Wing, artist: Forgeries: Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Miniatures by Caleb W. Wing: circa 1855.