February 1911: D. Y. Cameron Etchings at George Davidson Ltd., 123 Sauchiehall Street

An advertisement on page eight of The Glasgow Herald, on Wednesday the 8th of February, 1911, reads:

 

“D. Y. CAMERON ETCHINGS.

 

A LARGE SELECTION (including BELGIAN, LONDON and PARIS SETS) of the Important American

Collection dispersed in Christie’s on Tuesday 7th inst. is now offered at ten per cent. ON COST FOR

CASH FOR ONE WEEK ONLY.

 

GEORGE DAVIDSON, LIMITED.

123 SAUCHIEHALL STREET.”

 

 

The collection belonged to Mr A. J. Parsons, director of the print-room, Library of Congress, Washington DC.

An article by the Herald’s London correspondent is on the same page as the advertisement, and provides

more information about the sale and the buyers.

 

 

George Fairfull-Smith, August 2022.