| Description | Consists of records created and accumulated by Scharf as a result of his work for the National Portrait Gallery; first as the Secretary and Keeper and later as Director.
Scharf's duties comprised:
-administration of the Gallery
-acquisition of portraits (including extensive preparatory picture research, which enabled the Gallery to secure the best and most important portraits for the nation)
-management of the Collection (including preparing catalogues, displaying and conserving portraits)
Includes the following types of records:
-Secretary's journals
-Secretary's account books
-correspondence
-lists of portraits in the Gallery's Collection
-drafts and proofs of the Gallery catalogues
-lists of and notes on portraits in various collections
-sketchbooks (Trustees' sketchbooks)
-tracings
-research notes |