Alfred Edward Newton
Date of birth: 1864
Date of death: 1940
Category: collector
Date of death: 1940
Category: collector
Identity:
Alfred Edward Newton was a Philadelphia businessman, book collector, and popular writer of books on literature and book collecting. He lived in Philadelphia, PA.
Life:
In 1922 he bought La Mère Gérard (1) y026. His son, E. Swift Newton sold his library of over 10,000 books at Parke Bernet Galleries, 16-18 April 1941, and sold the Whistler painting in 1968.
Bibliography:
Notes For Bibliophiles, Blog of the Providence Public Library Special Collections, https://pplspcoll.wordpress.com/2009/03/27/fabulous-keepsake-of-the-newton-sale/ (acc. 2015.6)
J. B. Post, A. Edward Newton and Oak Knoll, http://www.tehistory.org/hqda/pdf/v42/Volume42_N1_027.pdf (acc. 2015.6)
