Vicomte Gilbert de Rorthays, alias ''

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'', was a French

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, and the Paris correspondent for ''The Burlington Magazine''.

Career

In Paris, De Rorthays was the correspondent for ''

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'' for which he filed regular reports on the Paris art scene with the magazine. From 1911, he dealt from

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''The Burlington Magazine'', Vol. 155, July 2013, pp. 471-479. In 1912, de Rothrays was one of the committee that organised a display of English eighteenth century art at the offices of ''

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'' in aid of the survivors from the explosion of the French battleship the '' Liberté''."Art in France", R.E.D., ''The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs'', Vol. 20, No. 106, January 1912, pp. 247-248.

Selected publications

*''La loi du 16 Avril 1895, considérations pratiques''. Paris, Poussielgue, 1895.

References

External links

The Sackville Gallery – Old Masters and Avant-Garde in London.
''The Burlington Magazine'' Index Blog. French art critics French art dealers French nobility French male writers Year of birth missing Year of death missing 20th-century deaths {{France-noble-stub