Western Gazette: Friday 31st March 1939

Rare Pictures: A Somerset Sale: L.925 For Fra. Angelico’s “The Annunciation”: Pictures believed to have been formerly in the well-known Albertini and Peto collections were included in the sale of the contents of Burton Pynsent, Curry Rivel, Somerset, which was conducted last week by Messrs. Woolley & Wallis, in association with Messrs. Rawlence & Squarey, the agents for the estate, under instructions from the executors of the late Mrs. S. M. Crossley. Mrs. Crossley was a sister of the late Mr. H. A. Peto, the well-known collector …  (list of paintings and furniture sold – no sign of Sir William Pynsent’s portrait – RHP)


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