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C S HolbertonThis is probably Campbell Scott Holberton (18671939), a London Stockbroker and memberof the Arts Club. He lived at 15 Talbot Square, Hyde Park, London and lent his collection ofsnuff bottles to the 1913 Manchester Exhibition of Chinese Applied Art. William Hesketh Leverbought 155 pieces from the 1918 sale, through Frank Partridge.Literature· The Times, ‘Obituaries’, 2 nd November, 1939, p.1.· City of Manchester Art Gallery, ‘Catalogue of an Exhibition of Chinese Applied Art,Bronzes, Pottery, Porcelains, Jades, Embroideries, Carpets, Enamels, Lacquer, etc’,Manchester, 1913.· Christie, Manson & Woods, 26 June 1918, Catalogue of the collection of Chinesesnuff bottles formed by C. S. Holberton, Esq.R H BensonRobert Henry Benson (18501929), senior partner of Robert Benson & Co., Ltd., merchantbankers, London, was a Trustee of the National Gallery from 1912 and a collector ofpaintings, mostly early Italian, early Chinese porcelain, and other works of art. His propertiesincluded Walpole House, Chiswick Mall, W4, though by 1924 he was living at 16 South Street,Park Lane. His country house was Buckhurst Park, Withyham, Sussex.He married Evelyn Holford (18571943) in 1887 and who was herself a collector of Chineseporcelain and was joint owner of the Benson collection of Renaissance paintings, sold toJoseph Duveen in 1927 for US$2.5 million and dispersed to collectors such as Kress, Frickand Rockefeller.
Robert Benson was a member of the Burlington Fine Arts Club and lent generously to publicmuseums, for instance to the City of Manchester Art Gallery 'Exhibition of Chinese AppliedArt', 1913, to the V&A prior to his major Chinese ceramics sale in 1924, and the BensonCollection of paintings loaned to Manchester in 1927, which was subsequently purchased byDuveen. The 1924 Christie’s sale catalogue, for which much of the information came from thecollector, has been cited by Oliver Impey (1992 p.231) as the first learned auction housecatalogue. The Christie's catalogue refers to a private catalogue produced by Rackham forR.H. Benson some years ago.Literature· Christie, Manson & Woods, 1 July 1924, Catalogue of a portion of the collection of earlyChinese porcelain and pottery formed by Robert H. Benson, Esq, now the property ofMajor Rex Benson, Guy Benson Esq. and Con Benson Esq.· Reitlinger, Gerald, ‘The Economics of Taste’ 2 volumes, London 1963, volume 2, p.252refers to record prices made at the 1924 Christie’s sale.· ‘Who Was Who’, Vol 3, 192940, 1967 p.97.· Oliver Impey, 'Lever as a collector of Chinese porcelain', in 'Art and Business inEdwardian England: The Making of the Lady Lever Art Gallery', Journal of the History ofCollections, Vol.4, No.2, 1992, pp.227238.· The Times, Obituary, April 8 1929, p.14.
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