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Studies in British Art. On taking up the post he brought with him his extensive archive of annotated photographs and associated documentation of British art which were formally donated to the Centre on Waterhouse's death in 1985. The material includes a series of general English sale catalogues
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In recalling his friendship of over 40 years with Ellis
Waterhouse, Cecil Gould stated that he was 'a most remarkable man, with a ringing, sardonic, slightly nasal voice, with a mischievous glint behind the spectacles, exquisite handwriting, underlying kindness, accessibility to young scholars and
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Monuments Men to investigate Holland, inspecting churches, museums and monuments. While looking at the restitution of stolen painting, he realised that a painting acquired by the Boymans Museum in Rotterdam –
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running from 1896 to 1940 (formerly belonging to
William Roberts); Waterhouse's annotated copy of Graves and Cronin's catalogue of Reynolds paintings and a large collection of annotated photographs of British paintings.
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and began his academic career at
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We was holidaying in Athens when WWII broke out. He stayed in Greece, working as a cartographer for the
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