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Beds for Fra. H. Newbery Esq., 1910. Pen and watercolor, 8 1/2 x 14" (sight); Inscr. above, Beds for Fra. H. Newbery Esq., 6 Buckingham St., Hillhead, and below, Notes + 2 beds wanted. Prices to be given for making in mahogany and in ash or birch / Staine; Part of the Dr. Thomas Howarth collection, sold at Christies, Feb. 17, 1994. "Thomas Howarth, professor, architectural historian, collector (b in England 1914, d at Toronto 21 July 2000). Howarth reawakened interest in the great Scottish architect, Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928), through articles, a comprehensive monograph, exhibitions, and lifelong advocacy and collecting. A prescient collector of Mackintosh's work, Howarth amassed a huge and varied collection." Source: Canadian Encyclopedia; http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/ (accessed 2/14/2008)