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Los 3223
19TH CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL; portrait study believed to be Mrs Henry Wilson, holding a pen in her right hand, with landscape beyond, 75 x 62cm, framed.Additional InformationThe canvas has been relined. The frame with general wear and lacking one of the corner mounts. Canvas has a repaired tear to the top left, also to the shoulder of the sitter and other scratches and scuffs. Small paint loss in the drill of the dress, Craqueleur to the paint throughout and lightly grubby. Post code to the top right corner. Both top corners with some wear. From a private south Manchester collection.
Los 3224
18TH CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL; oval oil now laid on board, portrait study of a young woman wearing blue dress, unsigned, 75 x 60cm, framed.Additional InformationThe canvas has been laid on hardboard, the canvas around the top rim is bubbling/lifting, there is a large old repair to the bottom left on her dress, there are numerous smaller repairs throughout the canvas, the frame is af with large areas of damage, splits, craquelure and losses, we have not removed the painting from the frame and will not be doing so, the internal measurements are approx. 79 x 59cm, overall 98x84cm, the canvas bears a UK postal code to the right of the canvas, which can only be seen with a UV light.
Los 3239
ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCIS COTES (1726-1770); 'Sir Edward Dering' and 'Lady Mary Dering', a pair of portrait studies, 74.5 x 61cm, both framed.Footnote: The portrait of Lady Mary bears a label verso inscribed 'Thomas Phillips, R.A. (1770-1845), portrait stated to be one of the two daughters of the 13th Earl of Westmorland'.Additional InformationBoth paintings have been cleaned, relined and revarnished. Both with craqueleur to paint throughout. Mary with Four small spits to the hair and the left of the hair where there may be old paint re-touches and to eight small areas at the bodice and table in front of the bodice. Some light rubbing to surface at the top of the head / hair. Francis with a repair to the paint to the top right corner, possible two small paint re-touches to the space behind the sitter on the top left. Overall appearance ok and bright.
Los 3240
CIRCLE OF SIR GODFREY KNELLER (1646-1723); a pair of large oil on canvas, 'James I' and 'Elizabeth of Bohemia', portrait studies, unsigned, 102.5 x 77cm, framed, both bearing Lane Fine Art Ltd of London labels verso.Additional InformationBoth have been relined, heavily cleaned and re-varnished. James with visible old crack lines to the paint which are now flat. Both with areas around the edge where the paint seems to have been worn but is now varnished flat. Almost certainly there are paint repairs and re-touching to both portraits thorough out but because of the extent of the cleaning and restoration it is not clear to see what work has been completed. Overall appearance ok.
Los 3242
19TH CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL; oil on canvas, portrait study of a young woman wearing black dress with white lace trim, unsigned, 77 x 64cm, framed.Additional InformationPainting has been relined, cleaned and are-varnished. Old cracking to the paint which is now flat. Possible repair to the paint to the left side of the chin and to the red/black fold of the lace here. Small repair to paint at the top of the head and to the top right corner of the image.
Los 3244
FOLLOWER OF SIR PETER LELY; a large oil on canvas, portrait study of a young woman with landscape beyond, unsigned, 128 x 100cm, bears stencil verso 431BT, framed.Additional InformationPROVENANCE: from a large private country estate in Cheshire. CR: relined some time ago, thin paint in areas and repainting throughout, repair to several small areas including a tear to the right of her head, and a hole to the left of her head. Craqueleur to the paint throughout. Some light scuffs and general wear at the edge. It is possible that the top edge of the canvas has been damp (see extra images).
Los 3340
Two Victorian musical photograph albums, one example containing a selection of portrait photographs of children, gentlemen and ladies, the second example is empty (2).Additional InformationWe do not have a key to wind either example up, the larger example with repaired spine, the second example the spine is af, knocks, scuffs and losses, the example with a spine is af, we are unable to close the clip as it is slightly misshapen.
Los 201
ANDREW PLIMER (BRITISH, 1763-1837)Portrait miniature of a gentleman wearing a pale blue/green coat and white waistcoatwatercolour heightened with white6.5 x 5.3cmin a gilt metal frameCondition reportRetouching and some damage. A possible issue to the bottom edge but difficult to make out what exactly. Some paint loss to edges. The yellow marks appear to either be part of the retouching or dirt.Appears fairly flat and can't see any obvious cracks.The frame is rubbed and has minor scratches.
Los 203
CIRCLE OF GEORGE CHINNERY (BRITISH, 1774-1852)Portrait miniature of the Rev. Duke Yonge of Antony, Cornwall, wearing a brown coatinscribed, printed and dated '1804' (on the backing card)watercolour heightened with white6.5 x 5.2cmin a gilt metal frameProvenancePrivate collection, UKCondition reportA little undulation/unevenness to work.Under UV light areas of the collar fluoresce showing a little retouching to this area.We do not have an image of the backing card showing sitter's details but we are told it has been looked at in the past and it has been previously catalogued as such.
Los 204
JAMES REILY (IRISH, C. 1730-C. 1780/88)Portrait miniature of a lady wearing a purple dress and holding a dogsigned and dated 'J Reily 1764' (lower left)watercolour heightened with white4.5 x 3.8cmin a gilt metal frameProvenancePurchased from The City Antique Company on 1st April 1966 for £135Private collection, UKCondition reportA little minor rubbing and losses to the extreme edges.Surface appears fairly flat.The surround around the frame has a crack to upper left, minor abrasions and scratches and minor dinks to the back.Most likely painted on ivory.
Los 207
ANDREW PLIMER (BRITISH, 1763-1837)Portrait miniature of a boy wearing a blue coatwatercolour heightened with white7 x 5.8cmin gilt metal frame and with a red leather travelling caseProvenancePrivate collection, UKCondition reportCrack to lower left and upper right as seen in photo.Various dark marks mostly visible to background.Various areas of retouching, mostly to background.Surface appears a little bowed.Red travel case has various knocks, scratches and marks commensurate with age and use.
Los 213
HENRY JACOB BURCH (BRITISH, 1763-1834)Portrait miniature of a lady wearing a white dress and a pink ribbon in her hairwatercolour heightened with white7.3 x 5.7cmCondition reportSome retouching in places, mostly to dress.A few minor marks.Appears fairly flat.Frame has scratches and general wear commensurate with age and use.
Los 217
SAMUEL JOHN STUMP (BRITISH, 1779-1863)Portrait miniature of a lady in a wooded landscape, lying on a tiger skinbears label inscribed with artist's name and dated '1807' (verso)watercolour10.5 x 8.5cmProvenanceThe estate of the late Dame Diana Rigg, her sale Bonhams, Knightsbridge, London, 14th December 2021, part of lot 360Private collectionCondition reportCracked almost across whole width at bottom.Small horizontal scratch lower right.A little warped/bowed.
Los 218
ANDRE MARTIN (FRENCH, FL. 1806-1817)Portrait miniature of a lady in a pale dress with red beads in her hairsigned and inscribed 'par A.dre Martin Sourd-muet' (upper left)watercolour heightened with white6.5 x 6.5cmProvenanceThe estate of the late Dame Diana Rigg, her sale Bonhams, Knightsbridge, London, 14th December 2021, part of lot 360Private collection
Los 219
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY (4)Portrait miniature of a lady in a blue dress holding a portrait miniaturewatercolour8 x 6.4cmtogether with three other 19th century portrait miniatures of ladies(4)ProvenanceThe estate of the late Dame Diana Rigg, her sale Bonhams, Knightsbridge, London, 14th December 2021, part of lot 360Private collection
Los 381
ADOLF HELLER (GERMAN, 1874-1914)Portrait of ladysigned and dated 'AD HELLER99' (upper right)oil on canvas171 x 66cmProvenance19th Century Continental Pictures, Christie's, London, 20th March 1992, lot 16Private collection, UKCondition reportCraquelure.Various patches of old repair/restoration. Patches can also be seen on reverse of canvas where this has been carried out.Inspection under UV light reveals various areas of retouching.
Los 385
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURYHead and shoulder portrait of a young manoil on canvas36 x 31cmProvenancePrivate collection, UKCondition report:Craquelure visible throughout.Some surface dirt.Otherwise overall appearance is generally good.Inspection under UV light reveals some possible restoration to left side of face and to top left above head. Also top right above head and right side, to hair and around ear.
Los 745
Home (John) The History of the Rebellion in the Year 1745, 4to, quarter-calf and marbled boards, illus with four fold-out maps and engraved portrait of Charles Edward Stuart, 1802; and Forbes (Duncan George) Culloden Papers: an extensive and interesting correspondence... 1625-1748, 4to, half-calf and marbled boards, illus., 1815.
Los 516
A Doulton Lambeth Stoneware Boer War commemorative tyg circa 1900, of cylindrical form with three lug handles, inscribed 'IN COMMEMORATION OF THE HOISTING OF THE BRITISH FLAG AT PRETORIA GOD SAVE THE QUEEN' sprigged with the emblems of the union above an oval portrait of Queen Victorian flanked by the Union Flag and Royal Ensign Flag within beaded borders, impressed marks 'Doulton Lambeth England' impressed 22 and painted Ex 5616, 16.5cms high.
Los 3149
MILITARY. - H.W. GRAHAM. The Life of a Tunnelling Company, being an Intimate Story of the Life of the 185th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers, in France, during the Great War, 1914-1918. Hexham: J. Catherall & Co., 1927. 8vo (207 x 134mm.) Numerous portrait illustrations. (Mild toning.) Original blue cloth, Royal Engineers insignia in gilt to upper cover (light rubbing to extremities). Note: scarce. - And a further three volumes relating to the Royal Engineers (including W. Grant Grieve and Bernard Newman's 'Tunnellers', 1936, 8vo and volume 5 of 'The History of the Corps of Royal Engineers', 1952, 8vo) (4).Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.
Los 3058
TRAVEL. - Charles Nicholas Sigisbert SONNINI. Voyage dans la Haute et Basse Egypte, fait par Ordre de Louis XVI. Basle: chez Henricy, 1799. 'Atlas' volume only, 4to (268 x 199mm.) Engraved portrait frontispiece, 2pp. 'Table', 38 engraved plates, 2 folding. (Lacking the map, 30 of the plates with damp-staining, mostly marginal, stamp to title-page.) Contemporary blind-stamped calf (some surface loss, minor rubbing). - And a further nine travel-related volumes (including, in its original boards, Austen Henry Layard's 'Nineveh and Its Remains', 2 vols., 1849, 8vo) (10).Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.
Los 3094
TRAVEL. - A. Henry Savage LANDOR. In the Forbidden Land, an Account of a Journey in Tibet, Capture by the Tibetan Authorities, Imprisonment, Torture, and Ultimate Release. London: William Heinemann, 1898. 2 vols., first edition, 8vo (224 x 138mm.) Photogravure portrait frontispiece, 8 colour plates, numerous black and white plates, folding map. (Toning, lacking initial blanks.) Original pictorial cloth (some spine lean to volume 1, minor rubbing, marginal spotting to covers). - And a further seventeen related volumes (including Sven Hedin's 'Trans-Himalaya', 2 vols., 1910, 8vo) (19).Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.
![CHARLES I. - [John GAUDEN.] Eikon Basilike. The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in his Solitudes and Sufferings. [London](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1c4955ea-466f-4e7c-9a82-ae5800e37c13/a40de664-4841-4926-8b31-ae5c00caea61/468x382.jpg)
Los 3054
CHARLES I. - [John GAUDEN.] Eikon Basilike. The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in his Solitudes and Sufferings. [London: by Henry Hills], 1649. 12mo (138 x 78mm.) Double-paged engraved frontispiece of Charles I, folding plate 'The Explanation of the Emblem', with separate title for 'A Perfect Copy of the Prayers Used by His Majestie', near contemporary manuscript notes on rear blank. (Lacking portrait plate, browning, minor soiling, hinges reinforced.) Contemporary calf (rebacked, rubbed). Note: the manuscript notes at rear concern authorship: ' [sic] affirmed in print that that this book was wholly compiled by Dr [?] Gauden'. Provenance: Edward Baddeley (stamp to front pastedown). [ESTC R221636.] - And a further seven volumes, six of which relate to Charles II (including Thomas Blount's 'Boscobel: or the Compleat History of His Sacred Majesties Most Miraculous Preservation After the Battle of Worcester' [lacking 2 folding maps], 1662, 8vo) (8).Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.
Los 3125
COOKERY. - Elizabeth RAFFALD. The Experienced English Housekeeper, for the Use and Ease of Ladies, Housekeepers, Cooks, &c. London: for the Booksellers, 1789. New edition, 8vo (204 x 119mm.) 3 engraved folding plates, recipe notes in contemporary manuscript to front and rear blanks, 14pp. index to rear. (Browning, marginal paper-repair to A2, lacking engraved portrait, occasional spotting, a tear with loss to text of Gg2.) Contemporary calf, red morocco lettering piece to the spine (rubbing to extremities). Note: first edition was published in 1769. Provenance: 'Mrs. Leighton' (name inscribed to front pastedown). - And a further three related volumes (including the tenth edition of John Farley's 'The London Art of Cookery, and Housekeeper's Complete Assistant', 1804, 8vo) (4).Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.
![CONFECTIONERY. - George BURTON. Chocolates and Bon-Bons. [Blackpool: N.p.:] 1924. 4to (240 x 175mm.) Portrait frontispiece, 1](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1c4955ea-466f-4e7c-9a82-ae5800e37c13/bb02ac2e-f1bc-490f-bc86-ae5c00cb0b1d/468x382.jpg)
Los 3072
CONFECTIONERY. - George BURTON. Chocolates and Bon-Bons. [Blackpool: N.p.:] 1924. 4to (240 x 175mm.) Portrait frontispiece, 10 colour plates, 2 black and white plates, 2pp. advertisements to rear. (Toning, slight corner creasing, browning to front-free endpaper.) Original pictorial brown cloth (minor rubbing). Provenance: G. Roberts (name inscribed to front blank). - And a further nineteen volumes relating to confectionery and baking (including W.C. Butler's 'The Modern Cook', 1894, 8vo, and A.C. Skeats' 'Commercial Confectionery', 2 vols., 1937, 4to, and John Kirkland's 'The Modern Baker, Confectioner and Caterer', 4 vols., 1931, 4to) (20).Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.
Los 3152
BINDING. - John KEATS. The Poetical Works and Other Writings… edited with notes and appendices by H. Buxton Forman. London: Reeves & Turner, 1889. 4 vols., third edition, 8vo (219 x 130mm.) Engraved portrait frontispiece with tissue-guard to volume 1, 8 plates, including a silhouette of Fanny Brawne, 2 folding facsimiles from Benjamin Robert Haydon's journal. (Mild toning, light browning to preliminaries.) Near contemporary maroon morocco bound by Henry Sotherans, elaborate gilt turn-ins, t.e.g. (sunning to spines and to lower cover of volume 1). Provenance: Marcus Henry Milner (bookplates to the front pastedowns) (4).Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.
![BINDING. - Winston CHURCHILL. The Great War. London: George Newnes, [1933.] 3 vols., first edition, 8vo (237 x 163mm.) Portra](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1c4955ea-466f-4e7c-9a82-ae5800e37c13/007439c8-00fa-46c1-ac83-ae5c00cb8730/468x382.jpg)
Los 3134
BINDING. - Winston CHURCHILL. The Great War. London: George Newnes, [1933.] 3 vols., first edition, 8vo (237 x 163mm.) Portrait frontispieces, numerous illustrations. (Toning.) 21st century burgundy half morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, two black morocco lettering pieces to the spines, t.e.g., cloth-covered slipcase. Note: this is the illustrated and abridged edition of what was the six volume 'The World Crisis' (3).Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.
Los 3031
CHISWICK PRESS. - Vera SALOMONS. Charles Eisen. London: John and Edward Bumpus Ltd., 1914. Limited edition, this being number 2 of 100 copies on large paper, 8vo (222 x 138mm.) Portrait frontispiece and additional title dated 1917, 39 photogravures after illustrations by Eisen, each with a captioned leaf, preface by Emile Bertaux. (Browning to front-free endpapers, offsetting of frontispiece.) Original red patterned paper-covered boards, gilt ruled with fleur-de-lys to upper cover, t.e.g. Note: a bound-in leaf from the author explaining that the war delayed publication of this volume, and another leaf explaining that the war- a 'grim abyss'- has also taken Emile Bertaux, who wrote the preface. The book was eventually released in 1921. - And a further volume published by the Chiswick Press ('Shakespeare's Jest Books', 1814-1815, 8vo) (2).Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.
Los 3025
BIBLE, In English. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church. Oxford: by the University, 1705. 12mo (122 x 60mm.) Portrait frontispiece of Queen Anne, 47 engraved plates, with the Psalms of David. (Ten plates loose, toning, corner creases.) Early 18th century black morocco, elaborate gilt to spine, g.e. (light rubbing). Provenance: R. Harris (name inscribed on initial blank). - And a further four religious volumes (5).Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.
Los 121
Fath 'Ali Shah Qajar (reg. 1798-1834) Persia, second half of the 19th Centuryoil on canvas 69 x 49.5 cm.Footnotes:The painting appears to be one of the numerous copies, in various media, of the original life-size wall paintings of Fath 'Ali Shah and his court in the Negarestan palace near Tehran (1812-13), for one of which (and for general discussion) see L. Diba (ed.), Royal Persian Paintings: the Qajar Epoch 1785-1925, Brooklyn 1998, pp. 174-175, no. 34. Our work was either painted as a stand-alone portrait of the Shah, or it was cut down from a larger work incorporating several, even dozens of figures. (See, for example, a similar composition depicting one of the Shah's sons, Christie's, Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, 8th April 2008, lot 232).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: RR This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Los 122
A drawing of a Qajar prince, standing in a forest, attributed to Mirza Abu'l Hasan Ghaffari, Sani al-Mulk Persia, dated AH 1260/AD 1844-45pencil on paper, signed and dated lower left in nasta'liq script 433 x 317 mm.Footnotes:The signature reads: 'The work of Mirza Abu'l-Hasan Ghaffari, the year 1260/1844-45'.Abu'l-Hasan Khan Ghaffari, Sani' al-Mulk (1814-66) studied in Italy and was appointed the Chief Painter (naqqash-bashi) in AH 1267/AD 1850 and titled Sani' al-Mulk in AH 1277/AD 1860-61. He is most celebrated as a painter for his work and supervision of the production of the One Thousand and One Nights manuscript in the Gulistan Palace Library and the murals of the Nizamieh Palace. He was also involved with the College of Arts (dar al-funun) in Tehran and with the illustrations of the official newspaper of the time, in which he did the portraits of many high officials which were produced in lithograph forms. His recorded work is dated between AH 1258/AD 1842 and 1278/1862. (For more on him and his works, see: B. W. Robinson, N. D. Khalili, T. Stanley, Lacquer of the Islamic World: Part II, London 1997,p. 154; and M. A. Karimzadeh-Tabrizi, The Lives & Art of Old Painters of Iran, Vol. I, London 1985, pp. 23-34; and the article by B. W. Robinson in Encyclopaedia Iranica.The figure has not been securely identified, but one possible candidate is Dust 'Ali Khan, Mu'ayyir al-Mamalik (1819-73), a prominent courtier and Court Treasurer, who appears in a fine portrait in watercolour by Ghaffari, dated to 1845-55 (see Christie's South Kensington, The Saeed Motamed Collection, Part I, 22nd April 2013, lot 248; a portrait of him dated 1846 by Mirza Baba al-Isfahani al-Imami is illustrated and discussed in L. Diba (ed.), Royal Persian Paintings: the Qajar Epoch 1785-1925, Brooklyn 1999, pp. 226-227, no. 68.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: RR This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Los 123
Nasr al-Din Shah Qajar (reg. 1848-96), by Mirza Hasan Khan Qajar Persia, circa 1890oil on canvas, in a painted oval, signed in nasta'liq script at lower left 50 x 40 cm.Footnotes:The signature reads: 'The smallest [of servants], Mirza Hasan Khan'.The signature of a Mirza Hasan Khan is on a portrait of the Crown Prince Muzaffar al-Din, circa 1870-80, for which see J. Raby, Qajar Portraits, London 1999, pp. 68-69, no. 125 (in the collection of M. Metghalchi). As Raby notes, the artist is 'not readily identifiable', though he may be the same person as a Muhammad Hasan Khan, who was awarded the title naqqash-bashi by the Crown Prince in AH 1291/AD 1874. Karimzadeh also lists a Muhammad Hasan Isfahani whose three recorded works are in lacquer and depict the younger Nasir al-Din Shah, and are signed: 'Made in the workshop of Mirza Muhammad Hasan, the painter'. From the appearance of the Shah in the present painting, and comparing it with photographs, a date of circa 1890 seems likely.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: RR This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Los 124
A Qajar silk and metal thread brocade panel with painted details, depicting a Qajar official dressed partly in religious robes and carrying prayer beads Persia, late 19th Centuryrectangular, woven and embroidered with gold metal thread and polychrome silks, the beard, face and hat in polychrome paint, framed 108 x 53 cm.Footnotes:ProvenanceThe collection of Bryan Wilkins (1950-2021), son of Fraser Wilkins (1908-89), Inspector-General of the US Foreign Service 1964-71, US Ambassador to Cyprus 1960-64.Purchased in Baghdad, Iraq, in 1942 (where Bryan Wilkins was born).The identification of the official depicted here is uncertain. It is also peculiar that he wears on the one hand a plain robe associated with religious devotions, but retains the tall black hat so familiar from Qajar full-dress uniforms. The nature of the painting itself is also unusual, combining painted elements with brocade details. It is also possible that the painting is a fragment of a larger, multi-figure work.A possible candidate for its subject is Hajji Mirza Suleyman Khan, Rukn al-Mulk (1838-1912), Chief Secretary to Mas'ud Mirza, Zil al-Sultan, who later appointed him deputy governor of Isfahan. When Hajji Mirza died he was buried in a mosque in Isfahan which he himself had endowed, and portrait tiles were incorporated into its exterior decoration, based on a watercolour portrait by Abu Turab Ghaffari (executed circa 1880-89). For Hajji Mirza and the portrait, see L. Diba, Royal Persian Paintings: the Qajar Epoch 1785-1925, New York 1998, p. 254-55; also G. Fellinger et al, L'Empire des Roses: chefs d'oeuvre de l'art persan du XIXe siecle, Lens 2018, pp. 388-389, no. 389. The portrait combines the full beard, long robe (rather than tunic etc.), and tall hat.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * R* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.R This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Los 214
Six portraits of European officers and officials serving with the Sikhs Punjab, circa 1840-50gouache and gold on paper, each with white panel at top containing identifying inscription in Urdu in nasta'liq script, inner border with stylised intertwining motifs in gold on a dark blue ground, pink outer border with red margin rules, one inscribed Lawrence verso 240 x 153 mm. and slightly smaller(6)Footnotes:ProvenanceThe collection of Bryan Wilkins (1950-2021), son of Fraser Wilkins (1908-89), Inspector-General of the US Foreign Service 1964-71, US Ambassador to Cyprus 1960-64.The readings of the inscriptions, and hence the identifications of the sitters are not certain, given the difficulty of expressing unfamiliar European names in Urdu. The inscriptions (on five of the six) are as follows: A. shabih-i ajitan S-D-D-L sahib bahadur, 'Portrait of Adjutant [...] Sahib Bahadur'.B. shabih-i KH-S-B sahib bahadur, 'Portrait of Khosep [Joseph?] Sahib Bahadur'.A possible identification is Henri Joseph de Facieu, who is listed as the commander of a regiment in Ranjit Singh's army (see C. Grey, European Adventurers in Northern India, 1785 to 1849, Lahore 1929, p. 350). Jean-Louis Alexis de Facieu (1788-1843) was a French officer of cuirassiers who arrived in the Punjab in 1839 and enlisted in the service of the Lahore Durbar during the reign of Maharajah Kharak Singh. He held the rank of Colonel. (His son, Henry Joseph, served in the same regiment with the rank of Captain). He was accorded the honour of a full military funeral by the British authorities. His tomb still survives.C. shabih-i kaptan iklat sahib bahadur, 'Portrait of Captain Iklat [Quilette?] Sahib Bahadur'.This is probably a certain Quilette who is recorded as an instructor of Artillery in Ranjit Singh's army (see Grey, op. cit., pp. 350-351. D. shabih-i alaran sahib bahadur, Portrait of Alaran [Halloran] Sahib Bahadur'.This is probably the Irishman, Halloran, variations on whose name are found in records in connection with the army of Ranjit Singh (see Grey, p. 352). E. shabih-i dakthar sartand [?] sahib bahadur, 'Portrait of Dr. Sartand [Sergeant? Surgeon?] Sahib Bahadur.Three doctors are mentioned on the payroll of the Sikh army: the Transylvanian Johann Martin Honigberger, a Frenchman called Benet, and an Englishman called Harvey (see Grey, pp. 334-345).Six paintings, almost certainly from the same series (with the Urdu inscriptions within a panel, the same types of chairs, the distinctive striped carpets, the plain coloured backgrounds, and the same borders, were sold at Christie's, Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, 7th October 2008, lot 244. Two paintings, in a very similar style (featuring the same chairs), but with different background features, dated circa 1845, were sold at Christie's, Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, 10th April 2014, lots 182 and 183.Finally, for slightly different but related portraits of Sir Henry Fane (British Commander in Chief) and Frederick Currie (agent to the Governor-General, Lord Hardinge, and later Resident at Lahore), significant figures in British involvement with the Punjab, see Sotheby's, Arts of the Islamic World, 7th October 2015, lot 286. The model for such individual portraits may be larger works featuring a number of figures, such as the depiction of the signing of the Treaty of Bhairowal in December 1846, by a Punjabi artist, circa 1846-47, which depicts four English officers alongside the Sikh contingent (British Museum, 1948.10-9.0109; illustrated in S. Stronge (ed.), The Arts of the Sikh Kingdoms, London 1999, pp. 24-25, fig. 18).Lahore was full of European servicemen and adventurers. Davinder Toor, discussing a tulwar which once belonged to Colonel Francis Henri Mouton, who served with the Sikhs and took part in the Anglo-Sikh Wars, comments as follows:Mouton was among the last of a bevy of foreign (firangi) mercenaries and adventurers who travelled to Lahore in search of fame and fortune in the service of the Sikhs. The French contingent was particularly well represented. Besides Mouton, its cavalry officers included General Allard, Commander de la Roche, Mr Garron (or Carron), Messrs de Facieu (father and son) and Captain Argoud. The infantry wing was served by Captain de la Font, Mr Amise, Mr Dubuignon, Mr de la Ust and Mr Gervais, while General Court oversaw artillery operations. Finally, Dr Benet served briefly as Maharajah Ranjit Singh's medical physician and the surgeon-general of the Sikh army.Every one of them had to agree to certain pre-conditions of employment, including the growing of their beards, abstaining from eating beef, marrying locally and promising to remain loyal to the Sikh court, even if it meant going to war against their countrymen. Besides adopting a blend of European and Punjabi dress, many of them also chose to wear Punjabi-made weapons.(Davinder Toor, In Pursuit of Empire: Treasures from the Toor Collection of Sikh Art, London 2018, pp. 194-195).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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Lady Login, Sir John Login and Duleep Singh, rare first (and only) edition, in original blue cloth embossed with the coat of arms of Maharajah Duleep Singh London, W. H. Allen & Co., 1890580 pp., lithographed frontispiece portrait of Sir John Login, introduction by Colonel G. B. Malleson CSI, blue cloth binding, embossed in gold, bookplate of George Whitley (pencil superscription of Gabriel Ludham), 230 x 160 mm.; and Original Papers of the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, including 'An Account of Blo' Norton Hall', by Prince Frederick Duleep Singh, inscribed by Prince Frederick for Herbert Hudson, 1925-26, Norwich 1914, the article on pp. 211-260, various plates and diagrams, paper covers 225 x 150 mm.(2)Footnotes:In 1909, after some years spent house-hunting, Prince Frederick (1868-1926), a younger son of Duleep Singh, bought the 16th Century moated house, Blo' Norton Hall, near Thetford in Norfolk. He was a keen antiquarian, having read History at Cambridge, and he was particularly interested in the Stuarts and Charles I. He was a member of numerous historical societies, but was most associated with the Norfolk & Norwich Archaeological Society, joining in 1897 and becoming its President in 1924.For a stand-alone, bound version of the same account of Blo' Norton Hall, and also inscribed to Herbert Hudson, see the sale in these rooms, Bonhams, Islamic and Indian Art, 30th March 2021, lot 137.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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