Six letters between Leggatt Brothers of London and John Burnaby from 1922, two letters from C. Gerald Agnew to A. S. F. Gow dated 1926, a report to Council from Gow dated May 25, 1929 enclosing letters from Morland Agnew, C. Gerald Agnew, A. Dyer of William Dyer & Sons, and R. Langton Douglas, with two further letters from Morland Agnew and A. Daniel dated July 1929. Accompanied by a sheet of information about the portrait.
Trinity College Memorials CommitteeRelating to the bequest of Princess Sophia Matilda, a portrait of the late Duke of Gloucester, and a box of his letters
Leaving the painting by Joshua Reynolds of her late brother William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, as a boy to Trinity College. Signed and certified as a true copy by Alicia Gordon, Charlotte Cotes, Henry Legge and George Bankes.
Forwards a copy of a codicil to the will of Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester, leaving the Reynolds painting of her late brother William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, as a boy to Trinity College, and asks how the Executors should proceed.
The Joshua Reynolds painting of William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, left in a codicil to the will of Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester, to Trinity College, has been carefully packed and will leave London this day for Cambridge 'by Swan's Waggon'. Also being sent to Trinity is a 'Tin Box containing Papers & Correspondence of the late Duke of Gloucester & Edinburgh...'.
Expresses the desire of the Executors that the Joshua Reynolds painting of William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester bequeathed to Trinity in a codicil to the will of Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester should hang in the Hall of the college, as Princess Sophia Matilda wished.
Brougham and James Smith both writing against Monk , Duke and Duchess of Gloucester visiting Trinity for the Commencement
Quotes from the will of Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester in which she bequeaths the portrait of her brother Prince William Frederick by Sir Joshua Reynolds to be hung in the Hall. Also makes a reference to the portrait of Coke being held by Rowe until orders were given regarding it.