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INVENTORY OF THE ARTHUR TOOTH & SONS STOCK
INVENTORIES AND ACCOUNTS, 1871-1959
860679
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Title: Arthur Tooth & Sons
stock inventories and accounts.
Dates: 1871-1959
Collection number: 860679
Collector:
Arthur
Tooth & Sons
Extent:
36
volumes
Repository:
Getty Research Institute
Research Libary
Special Collections and Visual Resources
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688
Abstract: Art dealer, based in London. Records comprise
an incomplete series of stock inventories of the main London branch of the
firm, 1871-1941, and 2 volumes from the New York branch, 1906-1924.
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Arthur Tooth & Sons stock inventories and accounts,
1871-1959, Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Accession no.
860679.
Acquired in 1986.
Processed by J. Gibbs
Later Tooth stockbooks for the London office are in private hands, in
London.
Arthur Tooth, the son of a framer, made his fortune selling etchings to wealthy Victorian patrons. Arthur Tooth & Sons was
founded in London, in
1842, with galleries in Haymarket. In its first years, the firm dealt primarily in 18th and early 19th-
century British paintings and drawings. After circa 1880, contemporary
paintings and occasional old masters were increasingly added to stock.
Other works of art and artefacts, such as china, furniture, and books,
begin to be listed in the stock inventories after 1892. In the early 1900s, the
firm opened a subsidiary branch in New York and closed it in 1924.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Tooth records comprise a continuous and incomplete series of stock
inventories of the main London branch of the firm from 1871-1941. Inventories
include detailed listings of purchases made and sales completed. Paintings
sales are listed until 1945 and details of sales to 1957 are furnished in
annotations in the latest stock inventory. An associated series of
consignments, 1929-1959, provides information on works consigned to the firm by
practising artists, private owners, and commercial enterprises. The accounts of
the London branch for 1913-1937 and 1942-1945 are chronicled in a series of 9
ledgers. The collection includes records of the New York branch of the firm;
stock inventories, 1906-1912, and accounts, 1919-1924. There appears to have
been regular movement of paintings between the two branches until the New York
subsidiary closed in 1924. Records of a Paris subsidiary of the firm are not
represented in this collection.
Arrangement
Arranged in 4 series:
Series I. London branch stock inventories, 1871-1945,
1957
Series II. London branch consignments, 1928-1959
Series III. London branch accounts 1913-1937, 1942-1945
Series IV. New York branch, 1906-1912
Smith, Mathew,
1879-1959
Arthur Tooth &
Sons
Tooth Paintings,
London
Tooth Galleries,
London
Art—Collectors and
collecting
Art—Exhibitions
Art dealers—Great
Britain
Art dealers—United
States
Decorative
arts—Europe
Drawing—Europe
Painting—Europe
Account books
Merchandise
inventories