PHOTOGRAPHS: a group of fifteen items, including a small wedding photograph album, 1925. comprises: ALTON, PARIS: Sacheverell Sitwell and Georgia Doble's wedding photograph album, October 25, 1925. 8vo., (215 x 182mm), buff- coloured, decorative card covers, string ties, with the studio printed name and address lower right, Alton, 20 rue Gauthey, contains nine bromide prints (including oval inset image to front), mounted to single sides of eight brown card leaves, the images mostly 11 x 8cms, the album 21.5 x 18cm overall, with two small b/w. photographs of Reresby and Francis Sitwell loosely inserted, the images (Reresby), 15 x 19.3cm, (Francis), 19 x 6.5cm; A MODERN POET AND HIS BRIDE, The Sketch, 21 October, 1925. a reproduction b/w. photographic print, depicting Sacheverell Sitwell and his new bride Georgia Sitwell (nee Doble), in the doorway of St. George's Anglican Church, Paris, the image 23.5 x 18cm, printed label to verso,'The Illustrated London News Picture Library London, Ref. Sketch October 21st 1925'; FREDERICK. W. SCHMIDT. (German, active 1900s). Frederick Dawson, the Pianist, c.1930's. bromide print on photographer's grey card mount, manuscript title in pencil beneath, 'Frederick Dawson Esquire / the Pianist / (1868-1940)', further signed in pencil by the photographer lower right, 'F. W. Schmidt / Manchester', the image 23.8 x 18.8cm, within a paper folder with the studio printed stamp and address to front, F.W. Schmidt, 6 St. Ann's Square, Manchester, 43.5 x 27cm overall. Frederick Dawson, was a British pianist and teacher. Dawson was a child prodigy who by the age of ten could play the complete Bach 48 preludes and fugues. He studied with Anton Rubinstein, Halle and Dannreuther. Frederick Dawson pursued a successful career in his homeland and Europe, also touring with soprano Adelina Patti. He also taught at the Royal Manchester College of Music and at the Royal College of Music in London; EMIL OTTO HOPPE. (German, 1878 - 1972). Osbert Sitwell, 1918. bromide print part mounted on brown card, signed in black ink lower right, the image 19.3 x 14cm, numbered in pencil to verso of photograph 14697a / 2, photographer's printed label to verso of mount, titled and numbered in pencil '14697a Osbert Sitwell', with the studio address 7 Cromwell Place, South Kensington, 36 x 24.8cm overall. Emil Hoppé was the undisputed leader of pictorial portraiture in Europe, photographing many leading literary subjects and figures from the art world. In the early 1920s he was invited to photograph Queen Mary, King George, and members of the royal family. Emil Hoppe took on a lease in 1913 of 7 Cromwell Place, occupying all thirty-three rooms of the previous home of Sir John Everett Millais. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. 2.10; O.G. RYLANDER. Colonel Hon. Henry Hely Hutchinson, c. 1860s. two albumen prints mounted on card, one signed in pencil lower left, the images 19.5cm x 15cm, and 2.3 x 15cm, overall 48 x 355cm and 457 x 32.7cm. Colonel the Hon. Henry Hely Hutchinson (1790-1874) was the nephew of the celebrated General, Lord Hutchinson (later 2nd Earl of Donoughmore); ANON. Georgie Doble. ca. 1930s. two bromide prints, the first image - depicting the sitter in an evening dress wearing pearls, the image 30 x 24cm, (38.5 x 29.7cm overall within wood frame), the second image - pink-tinted, depicting Georgie wearing a scarf, the image 32.5 x 25cm., (45.5 x 37.8cm within a modern black frame) both framed and glazed; DR. GREGORY HARLIP. (Eastern European, active 1930s- 1950s). Lord Berners, c. 1940s. a black and white print, signed in the print lower right, 23.7 x 17.7cm, ink stamp to verso, 'Copyright by Harlip London'. Harlip was a photographic studio specialising in celebrity portraits, based at 161 New Bond Street, Mayfair, London, managed by Dr Gregory Harlip, and later his widow Madame Monte Harlip, both of Eastern European origin. Lord Berners (Sir Gerald Tyrwhitt Wilson, 14th Baron, 1883-1950), was a British composer, novelist, painter and aesthete. He established a close friendship with all three Sitwells. Lord Berners collaborated with Sacheverell in 1926, for the Diaghilev ballet, 'The Triumph of Neptune'. In 1931, Sacheverell dedicated his book 'Spanish Baroque Art' to Lord Berners; ANON. Pearl Argyle, c. 1935. a black and white photograph, depicting the young dancer with her arms behind her back, 21 x 15.9cm, framed and glazed. Pearl Argyle (1910-1947) was a dancer and actor. Her career included leading roles in productions for the Ballet Rambert and Vic-Wells Ballet (now the Royal Ballet). Frederick Ashton described her as 'the most beautiful woman of her generation'. Sacheverell Sitwell first met Pearl Argyle in 1933, and became infatuated by her beauty, and whilst aware he did not love her, Pearl relished in Sacheverell's sophistication and the influence he was able to wield in the ballet on her behalf. UNKNOWN. A Gentleman. bromide print, 'Clifford Coffin' in pencil to verso, 24.5 x 19.7cm; UNKNOWN: Jean Costa, c. 1940s. a black and white photograph, captioned in pencil to verso, 'M. Constantine Achillopoullo, Commonly known as A. Costa; or 'Soldat Jean Costa' of the Free French Army in Africa. Born (about) 1908. 22.2 x 19.5cm, within a clear protective sleeve, with NPG label; and a photographic print of a drawing of a lady by Augustus John, signed in the print, 24.5 x 17cm. (Qty. 15). Provenance: The Sitwell Family Collection, Weston Hall. Condition Report: Condition Report Disclaimer
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SITWELL FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS: a group of eight framed photographs, c. 1920s-1962. comprises: LENARE. (British, fl. 1924-1977). Two portrait photographs of Georgia Sitwell and Sacheverell Sitwell, c. 1920s. the first - depicting Georgia Sitwell wearing pearls, a bromide print, signed lower right, the image 24.4 x 32cm, with a later, smaller black and white photograph added within the frame, depicting Georgia with her husband, Sacheverell Sitwell, who is wearing the Home Guard uniform, ca. 1945, framed and glazed; the second - a portrait of Sacheverell Sitwell, a bromide print, signed in the margin lower right, a lion motif lower left, the image 31.5 x 24cm, framed and glazed. Leonard George Green (1883-1946), opened the Lenare Studio, 28 George Street, Hanover Square, London in 1924, the studio specialised in society portraits; UNKNOWN. Lady Ida Emily Augusta Sitwell, nee Denison. (1869 - 1937). a bromide print within circular card mount, depicting Lady Sitwell wearing a hat and tweed jacket, the image 27 22.5cm, framed. Lady Ida Sitwell was the wife of Sir George Sitwell, and the mother of Edith, Osbert, and Sacheverell; UNKNOWN. Georgia Sitwell, nee Doble. (1905 - 1980). two black and white photographs, the first - depicting Georgia seated wearing a tiara, the image 22.5 x 17cm, the smaller image - depicting Georgia standing and holding a book, the image 16.5 x 16.3cm, within mount, framed and glazed; UKNOWN. Col. Hon. Henry Hely-Hutchinson. (1790 - 1874). a black and white photograph within circular cream mount, the image 13 x 8.3cm, printed inset title beneath, framed and glazed. Henry Hely-Hutchinson was Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell's great grandfather; together with a black and white reprint of Cecil Beaton's 1962 photograph, depicting Edith Sitwell wearing an ostrich-feather hat, 19.5 x 14.3cm, and another photograph of Sacheverell Sitwell, 12.5 x 10cm, within cream mount, both framed and glazed. (Qty. 8).Provenance: The Sitwell Family collection.Condition Report: 1. LENARE - Georgia Sitwell portrait wearing pearls, 29.5 x 35cm. overall within a wood frame, the frame with a few marks,, the edges of the image slightly faded in raked light, a clean edge tear (approx. 2.5cm) to lower margin2. LENARE - Sacheverell Sitwell portrait - 38 x 26.7cm. overall within black frame, the frame with a few marks and chips, the frame backing and stand detaching from the frame, slight fading to edges of the images in raked light.3. Lady Ida Sitwell - 44 x 39cm. overall within a black frame, unglazed, some marks to the frame, C. Roberson & Co. Ltd., 99 Long Acre, London, label to verso of frame, a few marks and small indentations to the image, foxing to the card mount.4. Georgia Sitwell seated, wearing a tiara - 27.7 x 23.8cm. overall within a wood frame, with R.S. Savage & Sons, Northampton, label to verso of frame, a few marks and scuffs to the frame, foxing and marks to the card mount, the image clean.5. Georgia Sitwell standing, holding a book - 36.2 x 30cm. overall within a gold coloured frame, the frame bright, with a few marks and scuffs, some very light marks to the cream mount, the image clean.6. UKNOWN. Col. Hon. Henry. Hely-Hutchinson - 27 x 21.8cm overall within a wood frame, very light marks to cream mount, the image clean.7. Reprint of Edith Sitwell by Cecil Beaton - 22 x 17cm overall within a black frame, both the frame and the image clean.8. Sacheverell Sitwell black and white photograph - 21.5 x 18cm overall within a black frame, the frame with chips and marks, a few light marks to the mount, the image clean. Condition Report Disclaimer
BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS: a folio of seven portrait photographs, 1920s-30s. comprises: HERBERT RICHARD LAMBERT. (British, 1882 - 1936). Violet Gordon-Woodhouse and Agustin Rubio, c. 1930s. two bromide prints on photographer's tissue mounted card, inscribed in pencil to tissue mount, 'Herbert Lambert / Elliot & Fry Studios', the images 15.2 x 20cm and 14.3 x 19.8cm, both with manuscript captions in pencil beneath, 'Violet Gordon Woodhouse, the musician with her master', and 'Violet Gordon Woodhouse', both numbered in pencil on versos of card, H5849J and H5849A, 31 x 26.5cm overall. Herbert Richard Lambert was a British portrait photographer known for his portrayals of professional musicians and composers including Gustav Holst. Lambert became managing director of the Elliott & Fry portrait studio in 1936. In addition to photography, Lambert was also an amateur maker of musical instruments, specialising in harpsichords and clavichords. Violet Kate Eglinton Gordon- Woodhouse (1872 - 1948), was a British harpsichordist, clavichordist, and pianist. Violet first met Osbert Sitwell at one of the Sunday afternoon recitals she gave at her home in Ovingdon Square, London, during the First World War. She became a close family friend, and all three Sitwells stayed with her at Nether Lypiatt, her home in Gloucestershire, and visited her in Mount Street, Mayfair. Violet later studied with Agustin Rubio, Spanish cellist and music teacher to Pablo Casals. Sacheverell and Osbert Sitwell both wrote that they had only known two women of genius, one was their sister Edith, the other was Violet Gordon-Woodhouse. Sacheverell, being the most musical of the Sitwell siblings, spent time with Violet discovering the keyboard sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti; PAUL LAIB. (German, 1869 - 1958). Viva King. c. 1930s. a photographic print of an original portrait painting, on card mount, manuscript caption in pencil beneath, 'Mrs. William King nee Viva Booth', photographer's printed stamp to verso of mount, the image 22 x 17cm, 39 x 30cm overall.Paul Laib made photographic records of paintings, drawings and sculpture for his artist clients. The majority of the photographs were taken whilst work was in the artists' possession. Laib photographed works of all the major artists working in Britain between 1898 and 1950s. Mrs. Viva King (1893-1978), was referred to by Osbert Sitwell as both 'the Queen of Bohemia' and 'the Scarlet Woman'. Her marriage to Willie King (British Museum curator and ceramics expert), was unconventional, (both were said to proposition young gay men). Viva became the hostess of a successful salon at Thurloe Square, London...' (Elizabeth Wilson, Bohemians: The Glamorous Outcasts, 2003). 'Queen of Bohemia'; HUGH CECIL. (British, 1889 - 1974). Hon. Desmond Parsons, c. 1920s. a bromide print on card mount, signed lower right, manuscript caption in pencil beneath, 'Hon. Desmond Parsons, brother of Michael Earl of Rosse', the image 23 x 18.6cm, photographer's printed label, green text, to verso of card mount, numbered 11099 A, 35.9 x 25.9cm overall. Hon. Desmond Edward Parsons, (1910-1937) was an aristocratic aesthete, regarded as 'one of the most magnetic men of his generation.' He had a passionate friendship with James Lees-Milne, the one true love of Harold Acton, and the unrequited love of Robert Byron. In 1934 they lived together in Peking, where Parsons developed Hodgkin's Disease. His brother, who was visiting him, managed to bring Desmond Parsons back to Europe where he died on 4 July 1937; MACADAMS (?possibly), MONTREAL. Elizabeth Le Mesurier. c. 1920s. a bromide print on card mount, signed in pencil lower right by the photographer, manuscript pencil caption above, 'Elizabeth le Mesurier, friend of Mrs S Sitwell', further inscribed by the sitter in pencil beneath, 'very best love / Betty', the image 22.5 x 17.2cm, 31.7 x 25.5cm overall; GREENS STUDIO, FLEMINGTON, N.J. Frances (Mufi) Engleman, c. 1920s. a bromide print on card mount, silver elastic mounts to corners, captioned in pencil beneath, 'Frances (Mufi) Engleman, 1st cousin of Mrs S Sitwell, (daughter of Frances Engleman - nee Hyde, maternal aunt of Mrs S Sitwell) (1902 - )', the image 23.5 x 17.5cm, studio printed stamp to verso of photograph, 34.5 x 25cm overall; PAUL TANQUERAY. (1905 - 1991). Georgia Sitwell, 1928. a bromide print mounted on card mount, signed and dated in pencil lower right, the image 29 x 23.7cm, photographer's printed label, red text to verso of card mount, the studio address 139, High Street Kensington. W., and numbered 697B, 42.5 x 32.5cm overall. Paul Tanqueray began his photographic career as a pupil of photographer Hugh Cecil. Tanqueray opened his first studio at 139, High Street, Kensington in 1925. Tanqueray, as London's youngest photographer of the day, documented an era that had become obsessed with youth and modernism. During this time he employed ex-Cambridge graduate, Cecil Beaton as his assistant; the photographs loosely inserted into a blue folio folder, with the Lenare portraiture studio's name and address in gilt to front. (Qty. 7).Provenance: The Sitwell Family collection.
λ JOHN PIPER (BRITISH 1903-1992)TWO SCENES OF THE TOWER OF LONDONOil on linen with scratching out laid down to board, a pairBoth signed (along lower edge)Each 14.5 x 19.5cm (5½ x 7½ in.)Together with another similar view of London, signed (lower right), 19.5 x 14.5cm (3)Provenance:Sir Osbert Sitwell (1892-1969), at 2 Carlyle Square, London, and thence by descent at Weston Hall. Catalogue Note:Osbert Sitwell (1892-1969) 'discovered' the neo-Romantic artist John Piper (1903-92) when he reviewed Piper's Brighton Aquatints (1939) in The Listener. In 1942, Piper was commissioned to design a curtain backdrop for Façade, a theatrical production based on Edith's poetry, music by the Sitwell's composer protégé, William Walton, with Osbert and Sacheverell as organizers and impresarios (The Sitwells and the Arts of the 1920s and 1930s, National Portrait Gallery, 14 October 1994 to 22 January 1995, Exhibition Catalogue, London, 1994, pp. 78-79, 93, no. 3-15). The same year, Piper was invited by Osbert to stay at Renishaw Hall, Yorkshire, the principal Sitwell seat, with a view to commissioning illustrations of Renishaw, other Sitwell domains and neighbouring estates for Osbert's autobiography. By 1943, Piper had produced more than fifty watercolours and oil paintings in his favoured picturesque style. As these were intended for the book and would be reproduced in monochrome, many were done in grisaille. Furthermore, they were painted in the winter of 1942-43, in overcast conditions, portraying the house in a romantic and atmospheric manner. Most of these artworks were shown in The Sitwell Country exhibition at the Leicester Galleries, London. Piper was to be instrumental 'for preserving a record, parallel to the autobiography, of the association between patron and artist' (ibid., p. 186). He also painted Weston Hall in gouache in this period (ibid., pp. 210-211, no. 6.18). Piper became devoted to Osbert, referring to him in the 1960s as: 'the most generous person I've ever known' (D. Seward, Renishaw Hall: The Story of the Sitwells, London, 2015, p. 207).Condition Report: All glazed and unexamined out of frames. In general, the three works are in good condition with no notable condition issues. 'Tower of London with Tower Bridge' would benefit from reframing due to dirt and thunderbugs behind the glass.Condition Report Disclaimer
ÆŸ SITWELL, Osbert. (1892 - 1969). Two Works: Presentation copies to Edith and Sacheverell Sitwell, 1923 -1939. comprises: Out of the Flame. Presentation to Sacheverell Sitwell, London: Grant Richards Ltd., 1923. first edition, 8vo., (215 x 150mm), original smooth olive green cloth, florescent orange paper label pasted to spine, lettered in black, pictorial dustwrapper, unclipped, inscribed and dated by Osbert in pencil to front free e/p., 'To / Dearest Sachi / from Osbert / 14.6.23', half- title, frontispiece tipped in, 95pp., NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. c45 / 3.69; Escape with Me! An Oriental Sketch-Book. Presentation to Edith Sitwell, London: Macmillan, 1939. first edition, 8vo., (225 x 150mm), original publisher's emerald green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, red bird illustrated e/ps., inscribed and dated by the author in black ink to front blank, 'For / darling Edith / from her / devoted brother / Osbert / November -3-1939', NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. e64 / 5.50c. Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall.Condition Report: 1. Out of the Flame. - clean, bright cloth and label to spine, corners and spine a little bumped, dustwrapper marked, with some edge nicks and two neat tape repairs to inside top of wrapper, o/w. clean internally.2. Escape with Me! An Oriental Sketch-Book - clean, bright cloth, corners a little scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper with signs of wear and edge nicks, especially to top of spine, a tape repair lower l.h of front of wrapper, toning to e/ps., o/w. a clean copy internally.Condition Report Disclaimer
ÆŸ SITWELL, Osbert. (1892 - 1969). Five Works: Four Author's Presentations to Sacheverell and Georgia Sitwell, and one other, 1952-1962. comprises: Wrack at Tidesend: A Book of Balnearics. Author's Presentation, London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1952. first edition, 8vo., (223 x 150mm), publisher's smooth orange buckram, gilt lettering to black panel on spine, black top, pictorial dustwrapper unclipped, inscribed by the author and dated in blue ink to front free e/p., 'For / darling Sachie and Georgia / with love / from Osbert / May.5.1952', 94pp., The second volume of 'England Reclaimed', NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. e66 / 5.50e; Collected Short Stories. Author's Presentation, London: 1953, Duckworth & Co. Ltd., Macmillan & Co. Ltd. first edition, 8vo. (225 x 150mm), publisher's smooth orange buckram, both gilt publisher's credits and gilt titles to black panel on spine, black top, pictorial dustwrapper unclipped, , inscribed by the author and dated in blue ink to front free e/p., 'For / dearest Sachie and Georgia / from Osbert / April:14:'53', 540pp, NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. e67 / 5.50f: The Four Continents, Being More Discursions on Travel, Art and Life. Author's Presentation, London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1954. first edition, 8vo., (150 x 225mm), publisher's smooth orange buckram, gilt lettering to black panel on spine, black top, pictorial dustwrapper, design by H. Cowdell, unclipped, inscribed and dated by the author in black ink to front free e/p., , 'For / dearest Sachie and Georgia / with love / from Osbert / ?July. 2. 1954', 24 b/w. photo. illustrated plates, 282pp. Osbert Sitwell's handwriting noticeably shakier due to his Parkinsons disease which was diagnosed in the mid 1950s, NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. e68 / 5.50g; On the Continent. A Book of Inquilinics. Author's Presentation, London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1958. first edition, 8vo., (221 x 145mm), publisher's smooth orange buckram, black top, gilt lettering to black panel on spine, dustwrapper unclipped, shakily inscribed and dated by the author in black ink to front free e/p., 'to / dearest Sachie and Georgia / with best love / from / Osbert / March.7.1958',. 109pp., NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. e69 / 5.50h; Tales My Father Taught Me. An Evocation of Extravagant Episodes. Hutchinson of London, 1962. first edition, publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering to blue panel on spine, blue top, dustwrapper unclipped, design by H. Cowdell, grey e/ps., 15 b/w. photo. illustrated plates, including frontispiece, 207pp., NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. e70 / 5.50i.Provenance: From the Sitwell Family Library.(Qty. 5)Condition Report: 1. Wrack at Tideside: A Book of Balnearics - clean bright cloth with a few minor marks, dustwrapper with light marks and edge nicks, o/w. a clean copy.2. Collected Short Stories - bright clean cloth, lower spine a little bumped, dustwrapper with light foxing, o/w. a clean copy.3. The Four Continents - clean bright cloth, spine marginally bumped head/tail, clean dustwrapper save a few marks to lower wrapper, a clean copy.4. On the Continent. A Book of Inquilinics - clean bright cloth, front top corner dented, a few light marks to the otherwise clean bright dustwrapper, a clean copy.5. Tales My Father Taught Me. An Evocation of Extravagant Episodes - clean bright cloth, spine bumped at tail, clean bright dustwrapper with a few minor marks, a clean copy.Condition Report Disclaimer
ÆŸ SITWELL, Osbert. (1892 - 1969). Six Works: Two Author's Presentation copies and four others, 1926-1944. comprises: The Man who lost Himself. Presentation copy to Sacheverell and Georgia Sitwell, Duckworth, London, 1929. first edition, 8vo., (195 x 140mm), original publisher's orange decorated paper boards, black cloth spine, dustwrapper, unclipped, inscribed in pencil by the author to his younger brother and sister-in-law to front free e/p., 'For dearest Sachie + Georgia, / or Georgia + Sachie / from Osbert Sitwell', half-title, 288pp., NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. e03 / 5.8; Before the Bombardment. Duckworth, London, 1926. first edition of the author's first novel, 8vo. (192 x 145mm), publisher's smooth orange cloth, blue lettering to spine, dustwrapper, unclipped, blue top, others untrimmed, 320pp., NPG. label loosely inserted. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. e61 / 5.50a; Sing Hi! Sing Low!. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1944. first edition, 8vo.,(220 x 1405mm), publisher's rust-red cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, half-title, 188pp., NPG tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. e65 / 5.50d; A Letter to My Son. Home & Van Thal Ltd., 1944. first edition, 8vo., (190 x 130mm), dark blue cloth, gilt lettering to front, dustwrapper unclipped, 32pp, NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. e41 / 5.44: MINNEY, R.J. (1895 - 1979). and SITWELL, Osbert. (1892 - 1969). Gentle Caesar. A Play in Three Acts, Presentation copy to Sacheverell and Georgia Sitwell. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1942. first edition, 8vo., (190 x 130mm), publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, inscribed by Osbert Sitwell in blue ink to front free e/p., ' For / darling Georgia / and Sachie / with best love / from / Osbert / March. 1943'. half-title, 129pp.; SITWELL, Osbert. Winters of Content. More Discursions on Travel, Art, and Life. Duckworth, 1932. second impression, 8vo., (225 x 150mm), woodcut title page from a wood block by Eric Ravilious, 291pp. Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall. Condition Report: 1. The Man who lost Himself - clean bright boards, corners a little scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper marked and worn, torn (with loss) head and tail of spine, foxing to lower edge with further intermittent light foxing internally, joint splitting p.168-169.2. Before the Bombardment - clean, bright cloth, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper marked, clean edge tears and edge nicks, torn (with loss) top r.h. corner of front, and top/tail of spine, edges foxed with further intermittent foxing throughout, some heavier in places.3. Sing Hi! Sing Low! - a few marks to the bright cloth, dustwrapper marked and foxed to inside of wrapper, light foxing to e/ps., o/w. clean internally.4. A Letter to My Son - clean bright cloth, a few minor marks, dustwrapper marked, foxing to top and lower edges, o/w. a clean copy.5. Gentle Caesar - cloth very lightly marked, spine a little scuffed head/tail, dustwrapper marked and spine a little grubby, ome toning internally, o/w. clean. 6. Winters of Content - publisher's orange cloth, gilt lettering to spine, ownership signature to front free e/p., 16 b/w. photo. plates (including frontispiece); cloth marked with some white marks, corners scuffed, spine faded, marked and bumped head/tail, light foxing to edges and e/ps., some toning internally, o/w. clean.Condition Report Disclaimer
OSBERT SITWELL. (1892 - 1969). Autograph Letter to Edith Sitwell, Montegufoni, (c. 1949). An Autograph Letter from Osbert Sitwell to his sister Edith. 2pp., 25 lines written on both sides of a single leaf in blue ink, from Castello di Montegufoni, undated, (c. 1949). Osbert congratulates and highly praises Edith on the publication of her book, 'The Canticle of the Rose', 'Darling, . . . The Canticle of the Rose, with me out here, and have been through it from beginning to end . . . I think it is so important that you have bought all the flowers of your poetry together in this way . . . And then, suddenly, with Gold Coast Customs, you sail into your own with the full splendour of the technique you have achieved . . . No other living poet is worth a tenth of what you have . . . You must be a very proud woman, as I am a proud man being your brother. Osbert', within a clear protective sleeve, NPG. printed label to front. The National Portrait Gallery Exhibition, The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Edith Sitwell's book, 'The Canticle of the Rose', first US. edition was published in 1949. Castello di Montegufoni, near Florence, Italy, was purchased by Sir George Sitwell in 1909 and inherited by Osbert on his father's death in 1943. Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall. Condition Report: clean and unfolded.Condition Report Disclaimer
EDITH SITWEL A WHITE OSTRICH FEATHER WIDE HAT With a black feather crown; together with a glasses case, a pair of long silk gloves and a pair of short silk glovesProvenance Dame Edith Sitwell DBE (1887-1964)Catalogue Note: The present lot was most famously worn by Dame Edith Sitwell in her iconic portrait by Sir Cecil Beaton taken in 1962, a copy of which is included with this lot
A CARVED FLUORITE DRESS RINGThe carved and polished fluorite mythical beasts, on a later silver coloured wired frame, to tapering shankFinger size J, 38.5g grossProvenance:Dame Edith Sitwell DBE (1887-1964)Exhibited: National Portrait Gallery, London, 1994, The Sitwells and the Arts of the 1920'S and 1930's, p. 151, 4.40 where suggested 'The fluorite ring, carved in the shape of two bears, is nineteenth-century Chinese workmanship, and was also in Edith's possession by 1950.'Condition Report: The two mythical beasts were once joined, they are now broken apart into the two sections as they are now set, chips to ears and further places, and some fractures to stones, the setting has some wear commensurate with age and use, tarnishing.Condition Report Disclaimer
EIGHT VARIOUS CHINESE GILT-COPPER MOUNTED SEMI-PRECIOUS STONE AND JADEITE BUCKLES/BROOCHESQING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURYComprising: six brooches converted from buckles, set with various polished precious and semi precious gem stones, with foiled or coloured backs, including jadeite, tourmaline, amethyst, rock crystal, in gilt metal settings, some with polished serpentine backings, together with a further brooch set with a polished amethyst on a blue ground, and a buckle set with a stained polished quartz, in a fitted padded caseProvenance:Dame Edith Sitwell DBE (1887-1964).Exhibited: National Portrait Gallery, London, 1994, The Sitwells and the Arts of the 1920's and 1930's, p. 151, 4.40Catalogue Note:The present lot was more famously worn in her portrait by Horst P. Horst in 1948. It has been suggested the 'semi-precious brooches may have been a gift brought back from China by Osbert in 1934' others suggest that Edith bought them in Cameo Corner, the place she bought much of her other jewellery. Condition Report: All but one of the buckles are now converted to brooches, some of the gilding has been rubbed, varying levels of gilding remain on the brooches, one brooch attachment has broken off to the example that has blue and pink foiled stones. Marks to the reverses where original attachments have been removed. one of the serpentine backings has been broken. A beaded section is missing from the buckle. The case has signs of wear and use, splitting along the hingeCondition Report Disclaimer
DAME EDITH LOUISA SITWELL D.B.E. (1887 - 1964). 'THIS IS YOUR LIFE', 1962A small group of 6 items. Edith Sitwell's Personal memorabilia presented to her by the BBC. television series. comprises. 'The Big Red Book', oblong folio., (260 x 32.5mm), red cloth, gilt lettering to front and spine, 'This is Your Life, Dame Edith Sitwell, D.B.E.', 85 thick grey card pages, including 6pp. of programme maker's credits, a 1pp. 'Thank you' to Francis Sitwell and Elizabeth Salter, 1pp. list of the guests, (including George Cukor, who could not attend and pre-recorded his tribute on film), 27 black and white photographs pasted down, depicting Edith receiving her guests during the broadcast, 20 x 15cm, with 3 black and white B.B.C. Television Service stills photographs loosely inserted, blue printed captions, numbered 31-33, and dated 6.11.62 to versos, 6 x 21cm; together with a framed pair of photographs, within white card mounts, depicting Edith Sitwell with her friends and relatives on the set of 'This is Your Life', by John S. Sherman for the BBC., the top image from left to right, Sir Cecil Beaton, Baroness Bosmelet, Anthony Bernard, Tom Driberg, Sacheverell Sitwell, Osbert Sitwell (seated), Marjorie Proops, Georgia Sitwell, Veronica Gilliat, Francis Sitwell, Velma LeRoy, John Robbins, Edith Sitwell (seated), and Reresby Sitwell, the lower image, depicting Dame Edith with her family and Eamonn Andrews, the host of the show, both images 14.5 x 20cm, N.P.G. blue and white printed label to verso of frame, framed and glazed; with a loosely inserted typed letter, dated 28 May, 1994, from the National Portrait Gallery to Francis Sitwell, asking for his assistance in identifying some of the guests who had appeared on the programme; National Portrait Gallery Exhibition, The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95, Catalogue Nos. d76 / 4.51a and d75 / 4.51b; with a framed artwork of a Programme cover, designed for a concert held in celebration of Dame Edith Sitwell's 75th Birthday, Royal Festival Hall, 9 October, 1962', 23.5 x 17.5cm, framed and glazed.Edith Sitwell featured on the 200th programme in the series 'This is Your Life', broadcast 6 November, 1962, one of many events arranged to mark her 75th birthday. The usual format of surprising the subject was waived owing to Edith's state of health. Edith Sitwell submitted to the ordeal only when she heard that her elderly maid, Velma Leroy, was making the journey from California for the occasion. Provenance: Dame Edith Sitwell DBE (1887-1964). Condition Report: 1. . 'The Big Red Book' - red cloth binding worn and scuffed, title page with water stain? and a few holes to top and the l.h. side of the page, a few minor marks to some of the grey card pages, the photographs clean and bright.2. Framed photographs of Edith Sitwell with her friends and relatives on the set of 'This is Your Life', by John S. Sherman for the BBC - 48 x 38cm overall in a modern black frame, a few marks to the frame, the photographs and mount clean and bright.3. 4. 5. Three loose black and white B.B.B. Service stills photographs - clean and bright.6. National Portrait Gallery letter - clean.7.. Dame Edith Sitwell 75th Birthday artwork - 33 x 17cm overall within a modern black frame, the printed stamp of Bicket & Fitzroy, Northampton, to verso of frame. the artwork clean and bright.Condition Report Disclaimer
DAME EDITH INTERESTA CELADON GREEN SILK AND GILT METAL BROCADE FULL LENGTH EVENING CAPEFIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY Custom made with furnishing fabricWith stand up collar to shaped and piped and shaped yoke padded welt to shoulder line, pleated detail to back, with interior retaining shoulder straps, with neck and waist hook and eye closing147cm longProvenance: Dame Edith Sitwell DBE (1887-1964)Exhibited:National Portrait Gallery Exhibition, The Sitwells: 14/10/1994 - 22/01/1995. Literature:V. Glendinning, Edith Sitwell A Unicorn Among Lions, published 1981, page 296'My Clothes and I', Observer, 10/05/1959, page 19Catalogue Note: The present lot was worn by Dame Edith during her photo shoot with George Platt Lynes in 1950. Edith was photographed in various outfits during her session. As with many of Edith's other clothes, the cloak was make out of furnishing fabric and aptly illustrates Stella Bowen's description of Edith being like 'a high altar on the move'. 'I couldn't possibly wear tweeds'. Edith told the Observer. 'It would be like dressing a lion in rabbit's clothes. People would follow me on bicycles if i did, I'd look so extraordinary. Tchelitchew designed 'Plantagenet' dresses for Edith in Paris in the early 1930s, but in later years she either designed her own or went to Madam Astier in the Kings Road, Chelsea. The brocade cloak went with her to America in 1950. Condition Report: Faded overallFaint bleeding of green from interior silk on yoke onto top area of cloakStain to back pleated area 8cm acrossBleeding through to the frontOdd small marks to frontSome darker shading to the yoke and collar and odd patches to bodyPlease refer to the additional images for visual reference to the condition Condition Report Disclaimer
ÆŸ SITWELL, Edith. (1887 - 1964). Facade. Author's Presentation to her mother, signed and inscribed Limited edition, Privately Printed for the author. The Favill Press, Kensington, 1922. single volume, second edition, 8vo., (187 x 132mm), signed by Edith Sitwell, number 92 of 150 copies, original orange paper boards with brick pattern, white paper label, printed in black, pasted to front, foredge untrimmed, further inscribed by the author to her mother in black ink on front free e/p., 'Darling Mother / with Ediths very best love', half-title, colour frontispiece by Gino Severini tipped in, Compositor: Zina Drummond. Pressmen: Crosby Oakes, Kathleen Nutting, 27pp. 150 copies privately printed in February 1922. (Five extra un-numbered copies printed for printer's file and copyright purposes). NPG. tissue wrapping with printed label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. c18 / 3.10. The first performance of Facade was held at Carlyle Square on 22 January, 1922, before an invited audience of the Sitwell's friends. They were each given typewritten programmes which preceded this first official edition.Lady Ida Emily Augusta Denison was Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell's mother, married Sir George Sitwell on November 26, 1886; within a few days of the wedding she ran home to her parents, but was firmly sent back to her husband. Lady Ida Sitwell, developing a taste for champagne and whiskey, had a difficult relationship with Sir George and her three children. In 1915, she was taken to court over another monetary scandal and was sentenced to three months in Holloway for fraud. Edith wrote, 'In later years after she had fallen amongst thieves, her appearance still retained the vestiges of that summer beauty, but as though a black veil had been thrown over it'.Provenance: From the Library of Dame Edith Sitwell.Condition Report: boards bright but worn, front board splitting but attached, corners scuffed, spine split with loss to brick pattern, front free e/ps. with finger mark smudges, joints splitting p.16-17, o/w. clean internally.Condition Report Disclaimer
ÆŸ SATURDAY REVIEW, 1953. / NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE, BOOK REVIEW, 1949, reproduction photographic print. (2) comprises: SATURDAY REVIEW, December 19, 1953. 4to., (280 x 205mm), illustrated paper wrappers with Dr. Edith Sitwell and her two brothers. Sir Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell to the front cover, pp.11- 15 features T.W. Scott's article about the Sitwells, titled 'The Sitwells, A Three Headed Basilisk', b/w. photo illustrated in-text, advertisements, 50pp, within clear protective sleeve with NPG. printed label, National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/ 94 - 22/1/95, Catalogue No. d65 / 4.71; together with NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE, BOOK REVIEW, Section 7, Sunday, December 18, 1949. a reproduction print of the original font page, featuring a photo. illustrated article, titled 'Edith Sitwell's Steady Growth to Great Poetic Art, a review of Edith's publication 'The Canticle of the Rose, 1917-1949' by Katherine Anne Porter, 50.7cm x 41cm.Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library.
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ÆŸ [THE SITWELLS & OTHERS]. WHEELS. An Anthology of Verse. six vols, (1916-1928). comprises: Wheels: An Anthology of Verse, Oxford: B.H. Blackwell, (1916). original cloth-backed pictorial yellow boards, edges untrimmed, new e/ps., half-title with manuscript date '1916', written in pencil, circular diagrammatic title incorporating contributors, includes poems by Osbert and Edith Sitwell, Nancy Cunard, Iris Tree, Sacheverell Sitwell's first published poem, 'Li-Tai-Pe Drinks and Drowns', NPG. tissue wrapping with printed label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. b37 / 2.28a; Wheels: A Second Cycle, Oxford: B.H. Blackwell, (1917). original green and red cloth-backed boards, design C.W. Beaumont, edges untrimmed, new e/ps., contributors include Aldous Huxley, Sherard Vines, NPG. tissue wrapping with label. Wilfred Owen purchased this cycle when considering The Sitwell's request to publish his poems. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. b38 / 2.28b; Wheels: 1918: A Third Cycle, [editor, Edith Sitwell]. Oxford: B.H. Blackwell, (1918). original red and black cloth-backed boards, 'The Sky Pilot' design Laurence Atkinson, part label to spine, edges untrimmed, new e/ps., (thus lacking Guevara's original endpapers), includes Alvaro Guevara's translations of two Spanish poems, NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. b39 / 2.28c; Wheels: 1919: A Fourth Cycle, [editor, Edith Sitwell]. Oxford: B.H. Blackwell, 1919. original cloth-backed boards, 'Gun Drill' design William Roberts, part label to spine, new e/ps., (thus lacking Roberts' original endpapers), half-title, dedicated to the memory of Wilfred Owen and includes seven of his poems, NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. b40 / 2.28d; Wheels: 1920: Fifth Cycle. [editor, Edith Sitwell]. Duckworth. London, 1928. re-issue of 1920s first edition, original cloth-backed boards, design Gino Severini, paper label to spine, new e/ps., (thus lacking Severini's original endpapers), half-title, with manuscript date '5 1920', written in pencil, NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. b41 / 2.28e. Wheels: 1921: Sixth Cycle. [editor, Edith Sitwell]. London: C.W. Daniel Ltd., 1921. white cloth-backed boards, design William Roberts, white paper label to spine, new e/ps., further within paper wrappers. NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. b43 / 2.28f. Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall. Condition Report: 1. Wheels: An Anthology of Verse - yellow boards marked, corners stained, worn and scuffed, new endpapers, some toning o/w. clean internally.2. Wheels: A Second Cycle - green and red circular design boards marked and worn, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, new endpapers, some toning o/w. clean internally.3. Wheels: 1918: A Third Cycle - 'The Sky Pilot' red and black boards marked and worn, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, new endpapers, thus lacking Alvaro Guevara's original e/ps., part paper label to spine, some toning o/w. clean internally.4. Wheels: 1919: Fourth Cycle - 'Gun Drill' boards worn and marked, corners scuffed (with some loss), new endpapers, thus lacking William Roberts' original e/ps., some toning o/w. clean internally. Wifred Owen's seven poems include 'The Show', 'Strange Meeting', 'A Terre', 'The Sentry', 'Disabled', 'The Dead Beat' and 'The Chances'.5. Wheels: 1920: Fifth Cycle - boards marked and a little dented, corners scuffed, spine a little bumped head/tail, new endpapers,a small tear (with loss) to lower r.h. corner of p.9, 'Cornucopia' by Osbert Sitwell, some toning o/w. clean internally.6. Wheels: 1921: Sixth Cycle - boards with light marks, corners very slightly scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, a little toning, o/w. clean internally.Condition Report Disclaimer
ÆŸ SITWELL, Edith. (1887 - 1964). Facade. Dame Edith Sitwell's Personal copy, signed, limited edition, privately printed for the author. The Favill Press, Kensington, 1922. single volume, 8vo., (187 x 132mm), with the author's ownership signature 'Edith Sitwell' to front free e/p., un-numbered limited edition of 150 copies, original orange brick design boards, printed label to front, foredge untrimmed, half-title, colour frontispiece by Gino Severini, 27pp, NPG. tissue wrapping with printed label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. c17 / 3.10; together with - Sir William Walton, Facade / Facade 2. Vinyl L.P Album, stereo, Oxford University Press, 1980. recorded at The Maltings, Snape, the first recording of Facade 2, conducted by Steurt Bedford; gatefold sleeve, illustration by John Piper, OUP 201A / OUP 201B, inner paper sleeve, Facade Entertainment Text 6pp., including a complete facsimile of William Walton's manuscript score for Facade 2.Provenance: From the Library of Dame Edith Sitwell.(Qty 2.)
EDITH SITWELL. (1887 - 1964). EDITH SITWELL'S PERSONAL ADDRESS BOOK. An Alwych ruled, indexed address book, all-weather black covers, 8vo. (230 x 170mm), 143pp., approx. 388 manuscript entries by Edith Sitwell and others. Edith's personal address book reads like a 'Who's Who' from the world of music, theatre, publishing, film, ballet, and politics, her entries in blue and red ink include The Queen Mother Castle of May, Caithness, Allanah Statlender, Alberto (de Lacerda), Ava Waverley (Viscountess), Eamonn Andrews, Charlotte Bonham-Carter, Elizabeth Arden, Armando Dumas Child, M.D., OBE., Chelsea dressmaker, Madame Nina Astier, The Home Secretary, Rt. Honourable Henry Brooke, Stephen Spender, Robert Helpmann, George Cukor, Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh, Willie Walton, Cecil Day - Lewis, and Gore Vida to name a few. Aristocracy, celebrities, family members, International publishers and press contacts are mixed amongst Edith's practical and useful addresses, with little reminders to herself jotted in such as 'write to Lucia Davidova', 'Patches, black velvet beauty spots write to Fashion Daily Express', 'Poems for 9th October 1962'; bookcase suppliers and builders follow Cecil Beaton, Jean Cocteau, Noel Coward, Coutts Bank and 'Coroner, (murdered tramp), Southwark', with the New York Times and New Scotland Yard preceding the Noise Abatement Society; Edith's family related entries include 'Reresby & Penelope', 'The Palsied Osbert Time Magazine', 'Montegufoni wine', 'Sachie's suggestions for wine', and 'Osbert, from 25 March, 5 York House, Church St, W8'; Edith Sitwell's many personal and amusing comments are written in larger text within the addresses (not always in alphabetical index order), and include people she has been impressed by, 'Ian, charming American undergraduate to whom I must write', 'Well meaning American pest', 'BBC, young man (intelligent, wants to interview me)', 'little boy who wrote to me, I must send him Facade', plus many underlined entries with exclamation marks noting people who had annoyed her, 'Psychopath who insulted me after television', 'That Blasted Priest!',' The American who wants to bring his wife to tea',' Insolent women with the shrieking children!', ' Impertinent Catholic ass', 'Cat Torturers names withheld by the horrible woman magistrate', 'American woman who has copied my ring'; a loosely inserted Change of Address postcard from John Lehmann, inscribed, 'This is an update! - J'; tissue wrapping with NPG. label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition, The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. d94/4.73.Condition Report: some foxing and marks to the NPG. tissue paper wrapping and label, the address book's black covers with a few scuffs but clean, the alphabetical index curling a little at edges, some coffee? staining to pastedowns and to the tops of some pages, o/w. clean internally, the text easy to read.Condition Report Disclaimer
λ NINA HAMNETT (BRITISH 1890-1956)PORTRAIT OF EDITH SITWELLBlack crayon Signed with initials and dated 18 (lower right)38 x 24.5cm (14¾ x 9½ in.)Provenance:Roland, Browse & Delbanco, London Exhibited:London, Michael Parkin Gallery, Nina Hamnett and Her Circle, 1986, no. 39aCondition Report: Under glass and unexamined out of frame. Executed on buff coloured paper, a strip of bleaching to the left edge and other scattered spots of bleaching throughout the sheet. There is a small area of repair to the lower centre of the left hand edge and some other minor surface abrasions. Condition Report Disclaimer
Unframed Drawings A collection of seven horizontal format drawings in various media, including a mounted drawing incorporating a self-portrait of the artist and Rodney Walkerley, Sports Editor of The Motor, at Brooklands in 1938, signed Frederic Nevin lower right, image size 20 x 29cm. Good condition. Two other, mounted but unframed, drawings are of the 1930 RAC TT, including Alfas Nos. 9 (Campari) and 10 (Nuvolari), image size 22 x 29.5 cm, and an undated image of a scene from a Monaco Grand Prix, image size 36.5 x 43,5cm, the sheet with several crease marks. Four other drawings in large format are mounted on card, two of unidentified locations, the other a 1930s TT scene and a pen-and-ink drawing of a Bugatti in the 1925 Targa Florio, this signed Frederic Nevin lower right (the other three are unsigned). (7)
Bentley & Prince George Duke of Kent (1902-1942) The Duke of Kent (from 1934) owned a series of Bentley motor-cars from 1926 to include two 6½-liters and an 8-litre. This collection consists of 15 letters dating between 1926 and 1931 together with a signed photograph. N.B. There are 11 letters signed by ‘Prince George’. Historic Note: The subject matter of all these letters concerns Bentley motor-cars; indeed, in the period covered by this correspondence, the Prince owned a series of Bentley motor cars, including two Gurney Nutting Saloons ( Dec 1926 and April 1929), followed by a Windover-bodied 8 Litre from March 1931. All of the letters are addressed to Captain Rothschild, who evidently offered the Duke support with his insurance requirements and motoring activities: the earliest letter, sent on May 4th 1926, included the writer's musings on whether a partition should be incorporated into the six cylinder Weymann saloon that Gurney Nutting were preparing for him. By August of the same year, attention had turned to the upholstery, with the Duke intent on having leather for the seating rather than cloth which 'always get so dirty and wears out'. Records suggest that the Prince initially owned a three litre Bentley before the date of these letters. The 1927 car had chassis number FW 2619, and the 1929 car had chassis LB 2343 and the 8- litre, chassis YR 5087 and registered YR 11. The letters were sent from various places, including on board HMS Hawkins when serving in the Royal Navy, in 1926 when serving in the China Sea; one letter was signed by George on 'Windsor Castle notepaper; four letters were signed by George on 'Buckingham Palace' notepaper; one letter was signed by George on 'Balmoral Castle' notepaper; and another one signed by George on 'Sandringham' notepaper. In addition, there were two letters signed by Victoria Milford Haven - the grand-daughter of Queen Victoria, mother of Earl Mountbatten, on 'Kensington Palace' notepaper. The Duke of Kent was killed in a military air crash in August 1942. Accompanying the letters is a signed portrait of the Duke in 1926 and another small image of him in a makeshift swimming pool, on-board ship, with his brother the Prince of Wales. On the back of the photograph is written "Private, definitely not for publication", and signed by F. Lionel Rapson, well known for his design of car accessories, especially tyres, but he was also the engineer in charge of the royal cars at Kensington Palace until 1914.
Fanny Doetter Corbaux (British, 1812-1883), Portrait of two young sisters, half length, oval, pencil and charcoal, heightened with red chalk, bodycolour and wash on wove, signed and dated 1853 lower right, 14½ x 11¼in. (36.8 x 28.5cm.), later early 20th century gilt foliate frame. * Condition: Paper is toned across the sheet, with some streakiness to the upper area above the heads. This toning has excentuated the white heightening to the lace on the dresses and the highlight spotting to the girl's faces. A few minor fox marks.
A 19th century Bohemian overlaid and flash cut ruby glass portrait scent bottle, of hand bell form, with an applied miniature oval portrait of a young girl with silk dress and pink ribbon in hair within gilt borders, the stopper of elongated hexagonal tapering form, 9½in. (24.2cm.) high.* The hexagonal section of stopper with tiny nicks to three underside sections, can only be seen by lifting stopper, some gilt highlights with rubbing, overall very pleasing to the eye.
A 1920s-30s portrait miniature of a young girl, believed Vivien Mary Spence, signed 'Forward', watercolour on ivory, 3 5/8in. high, faded, in a gilt metal easel back frame. * Condition: Colors faded but otherwise good. Contact marks to margins from frame. Easel back to frame bent. ** Please note that this lot is subject to international CITES regulations. Ivory cannot be exported to the USA. It will be the buyer's responsibility to check that their country of residence will permit import with the correct documentation before bidding. It is also their responsibility to obtain a valid CITES import permit from their country of residence before the item can be released. Payment will still be required within our usual terms and all bids will be binding.
A pair of 19th century watercolour on paper portrait miniatures of John and Mary Windsor, John Windsor, Surgeon, Manchester (1787-1868) and Mary Windsor, née Tessimond (1798-1888), 5 x 4in., paper toned, in original gilt swept frames, both inscribed verso. (2) * Condition: Paper toned. Otherwise good, colours remain good. Not examined out of frames - dirt beneath glass to both. Frames VG overall with very minor losses.
Two 19th century portrait miniatures of gentlemen, oval watercolour on ivory , one of James Hardie, son of William Hardie of Manchester, with short dark hair, wearing a black coat and white waistcoat and stock, 2¾in. high; the other signed 'Fortin 179(?)', of a gentleman with powdered hair, wearing a dark blue coat, cream waistcoat and white tied cravat, 2 5/8in. high, both in a rosewood box frame with inner gilded border and slip. (2) * Condition: - James Hardie: Some fading. Otherwise good. Frame VG. - Fortin: Colour to dark blue coat rubbed. No cracks or splits. Frame VG. ** Please note that this lot is subject to international CITES regulations. Ivory cannot be exported to the USA. It will be the buyer's responsibility to check that their country of residence will permit import with the correct documentation before bidding. It is also their responsibility to obtain a valid CITES import permit from their country of residence before the item can be released. Payment will still be required within our usual terms and all bids will be binding.
A porcelain portrait miniature of a young girl, late 19th century, oval, the young girl with black, windswept hair, open neck white shirt, gold pendant necklace and gold hoop earrings, 2¼ x 1¾in. (5.7 x 4.4cm.), in an ebonised frame with acorn mount. * Condition: Plaque good overall, with one horizontal scratch across the chin and another light scratch to hair. Frame good overall.
An 18th century oil on copper portrait miniature of a nobleman, probably Italian, turning right, his hair powdered and worn en queue, in a black robe with broad collar, white shirt and red and white lace cravat, the reverse with Royal armorial, the copper plaque with pierced border and hanger, 4 x 4 3/8in. (10.2 x 11.2cm.) overall. * Condition: Some small paint flakes and old small scratches beneath varnish to both sides. Heavily varnished all over and evidence of fairly recent cleaning and restoration, with some small retouches and strengthening visible under UV.
An Edwardian silver scent bottle case, M. Bros, Birm. 1901, the hinged two-part body of flask form with hinged cover and repoussé portrait of a flower maiden, 7.2cm. high; together with a miniature silver scent moon flask, Douglas Pell Silverware, London 1994 with matching funnel, 1995; another scent funnel; two modern silver overlaid glass scents; and a pewter overlaid red glass scent. (7)
Gilbert Holiday (British, 1879-1937), Portrait of a the actor Giovanni Grasso in pensive pose, charcoal, pencil and bodycolour, inscribed and dated 'London 11-3-1910' to centre right margin, further inscribed and signed with initials lower right in pencil, 16¼ x 11in. (41.25 x 28cm.), well framed.
A 19th century portrait miniature of a young gentleman, signed JT (possibly John Turmeau, Liverpool 1777-1846), oval watercolour on ivory, 3in. high, in a rosewood box frame with inner gilded border and slip. * Condition: The ivory has warped to the left side but shows no splits or cracks. Scratch to paint to left side of hair and ear beneath, two other scratches to blue background to right of head and some small nicks to paint to hair. Frame good.
A Regency watercolour portrait miniature of a gentleman, c.1815, oval watercolour on paper, in a black coat and waistcoat and white stock and bow tie, 3 3/8in. high, in an ebonised papier-mache frame, inscribed verso 'JL - C - May 1815, Died Feby 23/1826'. * Condition: Paper heavily toned and some fading. Frame lacks hanger and has chips to corners and edges.
A mid-19th century portrait miniature of a gentleman, oval, watercolour on ivory, wearing a black coat, waistcoat and stock and wing collar, 1¾ x 1 3/8in. (4.4 x 3.5cm.), in an ebonised papier mache frame with hinged metal door verso. * Condition: Miniature is not original to frame - it is held between the glass and door with 20th C card packing. Miniature in good condition - colours good, just two minute flakes from paint to lower edgeand tiny dirt spot to background to right of face. Frame good overall, but ebonised finish has matted. A few small chips to edges. ** Please note that this lot is subject to international CITES regulations. Ivory cannot be exported to the USA. It will be the buyer's responsibility to check that their country of residence will permit import with the correct documentation before bidding. It is also their responsibility to obtain a valid CITES import permit from their country of residence before the item can be released. Payment will still be required within our usual terms and all bids will be binding.
D. Mor (early 19th century), a portrait miniature of a young gentleman, oval, watercolour on ivory in blue and white tones, in the style of Delft or blue and white porcelain, wearing a black double breasted coat, white waistcoat, tied stock and frilled cravat, signed to left above shoulder, 2 1/8 x 1 5/8in. (5.4 x 4.2cm.), in an ebonised papier-mache frame. * Condition: Rubbing to paint to right hand side of background. Otherwise good. Ebonised finish slightly matted and a few chips to edge of frame. ** Please note that this lot is subject to international CITES regulations. Ivory cannot be exported to the USA. It will be the buyer's responsibility to check that their country of residence will permit import with the correct documentation before bidding. It is also their responsibility to obtain a valid CITES import permit from their country of residence before the item can be released. Payment will still be required within our usual terms and all bids will be binding.
A Victorian 14ct gold fox stick pin in the style of William Essex, possibly by his pupil William Bishop Ford, set with a finely painted circular portrait of a fox on porcelain, within a beaded border, terminal diameter 1.6cm.; together with a gold plated sheep stick pin. (2) * Condition: A few tiny scratches to the paint on the fox and a few tiny pinhead flaws to the porcelain around the eyes. Otherwise good. Plated pin good with rub to plating to front edge.
A 19th century English School portrait miniature of a gentleman, oval watercolour on ivory, his hair powdered, in a dark blue coat with black collar and brass buttons, white waistcoat and cravat, unsigned, 2 5/8in. high, in a rosewood box frame with inner gilded border and slip. * Condition: Very good with no faults. Frame also very good - not examined out of frame. ** Please note that this lot is subject to international CITES regulations. Ivory cannot be exported to the USA. It will be the buyer's responsibility to check that their country of residence will permit import with the correct documentation before bidding. It is also their responsibility to obtain a valid CITES import permit from their country of residence before the item can be released. Payment will still be required within our usual terms and all bids will be binding.
An extensive collection of Exeter postcards in eleven albums: sorted into locations and categories including 'Bridges, River & Canal', South Street, North Street, Queen Street, Bideford Street Paris Street and Sidwell Street', 'Blitz, Trams & Transport', 'Guildhall & High Street', 'Queen Street, Northenhay & Rougemont', also portrait cards of local theatre productions and personalities, and several other Devon topographical regions.*Notes - Formerly the collection of Peter Thomas, local historian and photographer.
White Label / Test Press LPs, thirteen White label Test Pressings comprising Mungo Jerry - Electronically Tested, 1910 Fruitgum Co - Simon Says (two Copies), Adriano Correia De Olibeira - Cantaremos (three copies), V/A - Festival of the Blues (Stereo), V/A - Rhythm and Blues All Stars (Stereo), V/A - Blues and Soul (Stereo), Petula Clarke - Portrait of Petula (two copies), Stan Reynolds - Tribute to James Last and Concert Pops Orchestra - Music From The Bullfight - all owned by an Ex Pye Employee - all mainly Excellent to EX+ condition
Elvis Presley Toy Guitar, a salmon pink and cream plastic Selcol four-string toy guitar, the headstock decorated with a photographic portrait of Presley and the body embossed with Presley's facsimile signature - comes in original Box with original Sticker - Box in good condition - guitar has one string missing, otherwise Guitar in very good condition
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