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Preisdatenbank abonnierenAn early 20th century Continental carved alabaster head and shoulders portrait bust of a young lady, height 16cm, width 16cm, together with another similar bust of a young girl, bearing incised signature 'C. Braun', height 15.5cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A collection of glass photographic negative slides, including topographical, portrait and Americana, 12cm x 16.4cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A 20th century Continental carved white marble head and shoulders portrait bust of a maiden, height 30cm, together with a marble bust of a man, a carved stone bust of 'Mary Mother of God' and two plaster masks.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Various authors - A collection of Art reference books to include 'Goya - The Witches and The Old women Album', Courthauld Gallery Press, 'Picasso - Portrait of Picasso as a Young Man', Norman Mailer, 'The Real Van Gogh - The Artist and His Letters', Royal Academy of Arts Press, 'Joan Miro', Walter Erben, 'Paul Cezanne', Isabelle Cahn, 'Vincent By Himself', Bruce Bernard, 'Le Morte D'Arthur', Sir Thomas Malory, illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley, 'Secret Knowledge', David Hockney, 'A History pf Pictures', David Hockney and Martin Gayford, 'Art Nouveau 1890-1914', V&A Press, and 'Cinecitta', Fellini. (11)
[Ava Gardner interest] A silver rectangular double pack of playing cards case, Chester 1912, plain and engraved with facsimile handwriting of Gardner 'Nahid' and 'Win! Damn it!', 9.7cm (3 3/4in) high, 173g (5.55 oz); together with a black and white portrait photograph, signed in black ink to Nahid 'with much love Ava' Ava Lavinia Gardner (1922-1990) was an American actress and singer.
Y A collection of silver and silver mounted flatware, to include: a George III silver stilton scoop William Eley & William Fearn, London 1801, with an ivory pommel handle, 23cm (9in) long; another ivory handled stilton scoop; a Victorian silver butter knife by George Unite, Birmingham 1852, with a mother of pearl handle, 18cm (7in) long; a German silver tea strainer, Hanau, B. Neresheimer & Sohne, with a female portrait handle, engraved Louise, 17.5cm (7in) long (damaged); together with other silver and silver coloured items of flatware, 579g (18.6 oz) gross weighable Condition Report: There is no condition report available for this lot and is sold as seen Condition Report Disclaimer
Pair: R. G. Brundrit, British Red Cross and Order of St John, a noted artist and founder of the Wharfdale Group British War and Victory Medals (R. G. Brundrit. B.R.C. & St. J.J.) together with Serbian Red Cross Society of London, silver medal for service to Serbia during war 1914-1918, unnamed, good very fine (3) £200-£300 --- Reginald Grange Brundrit was born in Toxteth Park, Liverpool on 13 May 1883. Educated in Skipton, then at Bradford Grammar School, Reginald went on to study art at Bradford School of Art, before moving to London to study at the Slade School. Reginald also studied as a private pupil with John Swan, RA. Reginald was predominantly a landscape and portrait painter. He exhibited around two hundred of his paintings between 1906 and 1960, both at Royal Academy art exhibitions and at international exhibitions in Pittsburgh, USA, Rome and Venice in Italy and Paris in France. During the First World War, Reginald volunteered with the Red Cross and served as an ambulance driver on the Italian Front with the Third Red Cross Ambulance Unit of The British Red Cross Society and Order Of St John Of Jerusalem. Reginald was the founder member of the Wharfedale Group and was Vice President of The Yorkshire Union of Artists. He was a successful artist during the 1920’s, establishing a reputation as one of the leading landscape artists of North Yorkshire. The National Gallery of New South Wales purchased his painting of ‘A Northern Winter.’ Reginald Brundrit died on 27 November 1960, at his home in Masham, Yorkshire.
Five: Captain P. P. H. Ongley, General List, attached to the Psychological Warfare Branch, late Intelligence Corps 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, good very fine and better (5) £100-£140 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, 15 December 2011. M.I.D. London Gazette 23 May 1946: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Mediterranean Theatre.’ Philip Percy Henry Ongley was born in London on 24 November 1911. He enlisted into the Corps of Military Police (T.A.) on 16 May 1940 but was transferred to the Intelligence Corps in July 1940 and then to the Royal Army Service Corps in October 1940. On 26 November 1942 he was posted to the Psychological Warfare Branch, being appointed a Local Staff Sergeant in August 1943. This tiny unit was involved with propaganda amongst other things. On 15 September 1944 he was discharged to a commission, being appointed to an Emergency Commission into the General List as Second Lieutenant permanently attached to the Psychological Warfare Branch. Promoted to War Substantive Lieutenant in March 1945, Acting Captain in June 1945 and Temporary Captain in September 1945, he relinquished his commission on 17 June 1946, and was granted the honorary rank of Captain. Ongley served during the Second World War in North Africa, 26 November 1942-15 September 1944 and with the Central Mediterranean Force, 16 September 1944-12 March 1946. He later settled in Australia, employed as a Company Director and married in Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales. Latterly living at 14 Cliff Street, Watson’s Bay, N.S.W., he died on 30 September 1973. Sold with the recipient’s original M.I.D. certificate, War Office letter to accompany the M.I.D. emblem; War Office letter re relinquishing his commission; medal forwarding slip; Officers’ Release Book; portrait photograph; together with copied Marriage and Death Certificates and other research.
Four: Sergeant F. W. Machin, Royal Horse Artillery 1914 Star, with clasp (49139 A.Bmbr. F. W. Machin. R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals (49139 Cpl. F. W. Machin. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1025382 Sjt. F. W. Machin. R.A.) very fine (4) £140-£180 --- F. W. Machin attested for the Royal Horse Artillery and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 October 1914. Sold together with a small glazed pendant containing two photographs of the recipient, one in civilian dress, the other in uniform; and a large portrait of the recipient in uniform, mounted in a contemporary wooded glazed frame (total size 660mm x 560mm). Please note that the large portrait in this lot is not suitable for shipping, but can be hand delivered within mainland Britain by prior arrangement with Christopher Mellor-Hill.
A well documented State of New York Great War Campaign Pair attributed to First Lieutenant W. J. Goldsmith, Ordnance Department, United States Army, together with an associated Mexican Border Service and Great War group of seven miniatures United States of America, State of New York Great War Service Medal 1917-19; State of New York Medal for Faithful State Service in the Field During the World War 1917-1919, reverse impressed ‘4517’, very fine, together with a set of miniature awards: Mexican Border Service Medal 1918; Victory Medal 1914-18 with citation star; Army of Occupation of Germany Medal; State of New York 1916-17 Mexican Border Service Medal; State of New York Medal for Faithful State Service in the Field During the World War 1917-1919; State of New York Great War Service Medal 1917-19; American Legion Medal, mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (9) £140-£180 --- Walter Jordan Goldsmith was born on 23 April 1894 in New York City, United States of America. He qualified for the Mexican Border Service Medal for service in the period May 1916 to April 1917 and was enlisted for active service in the United States Army on 23 July 1917. Having been commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Army on 23 August 1917, he embarked for France from Hoboken, New Jersey on 26 November and served in France and Belgium during the Great War with the Ordnance Department, American Expeditionary Force. During his final eleven months of service overseas, Goldsmith served at the Main Supply Depot of the Motor Transport Corps. He was promoted First Lieutenant and was honourably discharged at Governor’s Island, New York on 30 August 1919. Goldsmith lived in England in later life and was admitted to the Osborne House King Edward VII’s Convalescent Home for Officers in 1971. He died in Wandsworth, London in 1984. Sold with a folder containing a quantity of photographs, documents and testimonies relating to the recipient’s military service, including a fine portrait photograph, 20cm x 26cm, of the recipient in uniform; the recipient’s original A.E.F. identity card with photograph; 20 loose photographs taken during the recipient’s service during and immediately after the Great War; a family photograph album also containing some family records; the recipient’s leather wallet embossed with his name and containing riband bar; Great War whistle with chain and hook; and other ephemera.
A fine Boer War C.B., Great War C.M.G. group of seven awarded to Colonel H. J. W. Jerome, Royal Engineers The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, damage to a number of green wreath leaves on both obverse and reverse; The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, minor damage to white enamel, crown set at slight angle from star; Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Ahmed Khel (Lieut. H. J. W. Jerome. R.E.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg (Major. H. J. W. Jerome. R.E.); 1914-15 Star (Bt. Col. H. J. W. Jerome. C.B. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Bt. Col. H. J. W. Jerome.) very fine and better (7) £3,000-£4,000 --- C.B. London Gazette 27 September 1901. C.M.G. London Gazette 23 June 1915. M.I.D. London Gazettes 10 September 1901 (South Africa); 22 June 1915 (France) Henry Joseph Walker Jerome was born on 7 January 1855 in India, of half French and half Irish ancestry. His father was Major-General John Jerome of the 86th Foot. Jerome’s mother, a descendent of Sir Isaac Newton, was from the ancient Newton family of Shropshire. Brought to England at the age of five, he followed the family tradition and passed into Woolwich as a Gentleman Cadet in 1873 at the age of sixteen. He was commissioned Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 11 March 1874 and went out to India where he spent several years and served in the Afghan War (1878-80) for two years under Sir Donaldson Stewart being present at the actions of Ahmed Khel and Takht-i-Pul (medal with clasp). Returning to England, Jerome was appointed Instructor of Fortifications at Chatham which post he occupied for two years, and then was placed in command of a Railway Company in England, and later Adjutant of the Volunteer Engineers at Glasgow. Having been advanced Captain in 1885 and Major in 1893, he went out to South Africa, following the outbreak of war, in command of the 9th Field Company R.E. and served with Lord Roberts at Paardeberg and was present at the capture of Cronje. He marched with Lord Roberts from Paardeberg to Pretoria and returned with home with the Field Marshall at the end of 1900, receiving promotion to Lieutenant-Colonel shortly afterwards. For his services during the Boer War he was mentioned in despatches, created a C.B., and awarded the Q.S.A. with 4 clasps. Subsequently, for five years, Jerome was in command of the C.R.E.s at South Aldershot, receiving the Brevet of Colonel in 1904 and retiring in 1907 to Bilton Hall where he led the life of a gentleman farmer and enjoyed considerable success as a breeder and exhibitor of riding horses. On the outbreak of the Great War, Colonel Jerome volunteered his services once more and for four months was engaged in purchasing remounts in the West Riding of Yorkshire. He embarked for France with the C.R.E. Division in January 1915 and served at Ypres, claiming to be one of the first Englishmen to experience poison gas - at Zonnebeke. After five months in France, when his Division came out of the trenches, he returned home and was subsequently mentioned in despatches and created a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. In June 1915, he was sent to Newark with Colonel Schreiber to start the Royal Engineers Depot and when the latter left, he was given command. He reached the age limit in 1917 and retired once more to his country home. The Colonel died in Hampshire in 1943. Sold with the following: 12 good quality original photographs including a large group photograph of the R.E. and R.A. Gentleman Cadets (including the recipient) at Woolwich in 1872 with each individual named, a large good quality group portrait photograph of the nine Royal Engineers officers at Kandahar in 1879, each sitter named, including the recipient, large photograph of the British General and his Staff at Kandahar 1979, 2 group portrait photographs of the R.E. officers at Quetta, June 1884, each individual named; forwarding letter for the recipient’s C.B. King’s Sign Manual from Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood, dated 18 October 1904; letter written to the recipient from his wife Harriet Jerome, circa 1900; letter containing estimations as to the strength of the various British Army forces in South Africa, written circa 1899 to the recipient from his cousin Lucien Jerome on British Consulate-General, Havana headed paper; letters written by the recipient to his uncle, Major-General H. E. Jerome V.C., (2), the first sent from Camp Paardeberg on the Modder River, dated 2 March 1900 containing descriptions of actions and a sketch of the Paardeberg battlefield, the letter opens ‘My Dear Uncle Henry, Here we are bivouacked leading the toughest and hardest of lives, wild stormy cold wet weather alternating with very hot sunny days and blinding dust storms and some lively fighting thrown in, but we succeeded in capturing or helping to capture Mr Cronje and some 4000 of his followers’, the second letter sent from Pretoria, dated 8 July 1900, contains descriptions of incidents and actions on the subsequent march north to Pretoria. For the recipient’s nephew’s medals, see Lot 21
Three: Stoker First Class J. Hunter, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (SS.116788, J. Hunter, Sto. 2., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (SS.116788 J. Hunter. Sto. 1 R.N.); Defence Medal, with portrait photograph believed to be of recipient in uniform, good very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (Payr. S. Lt. W. H. Brown. R.N.V.R.; 148344 W. Downer. Ch. Sto. R.N.) generally good very fine (5) £60-£80 --- John Hunter was born in Clackmannashire, Scotland in March 1892. He joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class in February 1915, and advanced to Stoker 1st Class in November 1916. Service included with H.M.S. Royal Sovereign (battleship), April - June 1916, and H.M.S. Renown (battlecruiser), 1916 - 1917. Hunter was ‘Invalided’ out of service, 6 July 1917.
A Great War ‘Gallipoli’ M.C. group of seven awarded to Captain (Quartermaster) W. Saunders, Hampshire Regiment, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse contemporarily engraved ‘Qr. Mr. & Lieut. W. J. Saunders. Hamps. R.’; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Johannesburg (3867 Sejt. W. Saunders, 2: Hampshire Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3867 Cr:-Serjt: W. Saunders. Hampshire Regt.); 1914-15 Star (Q.M. & Lieut. W. J. Saunders. Hamps. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Q.M. & Capt. W. J. Saunders.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (3867 S.Mjr: W. J. Saunders. Hants: Regt.) mounted as worn; together with the related miniature awards, these similarly mounted, and both housed in separate Spink, London, leather cases, the Boer War awards polished and somewhat worn, with edge bruise to QSA, therefore nearly very fine, the other awards nearly extremely fine (7) £1,200-£1,600 --- M.C. London Gazette 2 February 1916: ‘For services rendered in connection with military operations in the field.’ The original recommendation states: ‘Military Cross awarded for operations at ANZAC on 21 August 1915 under Brigadier-General Russell, General Officer Commanding New Zealand Mounted Brigade. When all other Officers of the 10th (Service) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment had become casualties, Captain Saunders took Command. He made all the preparations necessary within the Battalion for an attack on the Turkish Trenches, carried out a personal reconnaissance of the ground, obtaining valuable information, and led the Battalion into action.’ William John Saunders was born on 28 June 1874 and joined the Hampshire Regiment at the age of 18, serving with them throughout the Boer War. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 92 of April 1911, he was appointed Quartermaster of the 10th (Service) Battalion at the outbreak of the Great War, and served with them during the Great War at Gallipoli. Promoted Captain in 1917, for his services during the Great War he was twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 28 January 1916 and 30 January 1919), the first for services at Gallipoli, and the latter for services with the British Salonika Force. He retired from the Army in 1920, and in later life was a prominent member of the British Legion. He died at Hedge End, Hampshire, on 20 November 1943. Sold together with two portrait photographs of the recipient wearing his medals, both mounted in glazed display frames; original signed Recommendation for the Military Cross; various newspaper cuttings; and copied research.
Italian States, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, Order of St Januarius, an extremely rare breast star attributed to Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Martin, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., the fine pierced silver, silver-gilt and enamel star by Wm. Gray, 14 New Bond St., 75mm, with ‘sew-on’ gold eyelets at its eight principal points, one eyelet lacking, otherwise good very fine and an extremely rare London-made piece of insignia £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: Christie’s, March 1989, when sold with a damaged gold badge and contemporary leather case with note stating: ‘Admiral Sir George Martin, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., K.St.J., Admiral of the Fleet and Vice Admiral of the United Kingdom. died July 28th 1847. aged 83 - In 1811 he received the Order of St Januarius from the King of Naples as a mark of His Majesty’s approbation of the essential and zealous services rendered by him to that Kingdom and which was subsequently sanctioned by his own Sovereign.’ Sir George Martin received the Naval Gold Medal for the battle of St Vincent at which he was Captain of H.M.S. Irresistible and to which ship Commodore Nelson transferred his flag immediately following the battle, his own ship being badly damaged. Martin’s sword is held by the National Maritime Museum as is also a half-length portrait [a copy by Charles Landseer after the original by Sir Thomas Lawrence] showing Martin in admiral’s full dress uniform of the 1812-25 pattern, wearing the star and ribbon of the G.C.B., the St Vincent medal and the star of the Neopolitan Order of St Januarius. Sir George Martin was the son of Captain William Martin, R.N., and his wife Arabella, the daughter of Admiral Sir William Rowley. He appears to have first gone to sea in the Monarch in December 1776 as a servant to his uncle, Captain Joshua Rowley. He was at the action off Ushant on 27 July 1778, and followed Rowley to the Suffolk, which saw action in the battle of Grenada, 6 July 1779, and off Martinique in April and May the following year. He was promoted Lieutenant in the Russell on 16 July 1780, and later joined his uncle again in the Princess Royal at Jamaica. Promoted to command the sloop Tobago on 9 March 1780, Martin was then posted to the Preston 50, on 17 March 1783, and returned home in 1784. From 1789-92 Martin commanded the Porcupine 24, off the coast of Ireland and was in the Magicienne 32, in the West Indies in 1793. He was appointed to the Irresistible 74, in 1795, seeing action in the battle of Cape St Vincent. He was appointed to tge 74-gun Northumberland in July 1798 and was in charge of the blockade of Malta from May 1800, receiving the surrender of Valetta on 5 September that year. In 1801 he was under Lord Keith off Egypt. He commanded the Colossus in the Channel in 1803, the Glory in 1804 and in November of that year was appointed to the Barfleur, seeing action off Cape Finisterre on 22 July 1805. Martin was promoted rear-admiral on 9 November 1805, and became second-in-command of Portsmouth in 1806. The following year he was engaged in the blockade of Cadiz and spent time in the Mediterranean under Lord Collingwood. He was promoted vice-admiral on 31 July 1810. From 1812-14 he was commander-in-chief in the Tagus, and was knighted in 1814 when the Prince Regent visited the fleet at Spithead in 1814. He was made admiral on 19 July 1821, and was commander-in-chief at Portsmouth, 1824-27, with his flag in the Victory. In retirement he eventually attained the rank of admiral of the fleet. He died on 28 July 1847, at his house in Berkeley Square, London. Nicholas Carlisle, in his Foreign Orders of Knighthood, London 1839, records just nine British recipients of this rare order, the second of whom, after the Duke of Wellington, was ‘George Martin, Esq, Vice-Admiral of the Blue Squadron of His Majesty’s Fleet, and Commanding Officer of His Majesty’s Ships and Vessels on the coast of Sicily, G.C.B., “as a testimony of the sense which His Sicilian Majesty entertains of his Services,” for which Royal Licence was granted on 6 July 1811.
A well documented Great War ‘1917’ D.S.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant Observer W. C. Argent, Royal Naval Air Service, later Royal Air Force who undertook 201 anti-U-boat air patrols in seaplanes with 214 Squadron during the Great War, being forced to ditch 8 times in all and on one occasion seeing his bomb score a direct hit on the deck of an enemy submarine: details of Argent’s life and service are preserved in a series of interviews he recorded with the Imperial War Museum in 1991 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (F.13496. W.C. Argent. LG. Mech. R.N.A.S. 1917); British War and Victory Medals (213496. Sgt. W. C. Argent. R.A.F.); Defence Medal; together with the recipient’s associated miniature awards, both groups mounted as worn, nearly very fine and better (4) £1,400-£1,800 --- D.S.M. London Gazette 1 May 1918: ‘For zeal and devotion to duty during the period from 1st July to 31st December 1917.’ William Charles Argent was born on 25 January 1899 at Codicote, Hertfordshire and was educated in London at Brixton and Bonner Hill School, Kingston. He enlisted on 27 April 1916 as a Boy Mechanic in the Royal Naval Air Service and underwent Wireless Telegraphy training at Cranwell (held against H.M.S. Daedulus) until February 1917 at which time he was advanced to Air Mechanic Class II. After a short spell at gunnery and bombing school at Eastchurch he was posted briefly to R.N.A.S. Calshot as an wireless operator/air gunner before moving on to R.N.A.S. Portland. From 12 April 1917, Argent undertook 201 air patrols from Portland hunting submarines over the English Channel as an Observer in Short Seaplanes of 241 Squadron. On 15 May 1917 he attacked a U-Boat at location 31R, his log book stating: ‘dropped bombs on submerged sub. 31R. damaged it. TB.81 finishing it off.’ Engine problems were a consistent theme throughout 1917 causing many aborted climbs and premature landings and ditchings at sea (8 in total), the following logbook entries being not atypical: ‘9 July 1917 - forced landing, 40D, smashed floats on landing picked up after about 5 hours by T.B. 81. m/c towed to Lyme Regis a hopeless wreck’ ‘7 Sept. 1917 - nearly nose dived in sea, almost crashed into fishing smack, horrible wind-up’ On patrol on 20 July 1917, he saw a torpedoed ship going under with survivors being picked out of the oil-slicked sea by a trawler. Six days later he attacked another U-boat: ‘26 July 1917 - sub dived leaving some crew in water’ He was promoted to Leading Mechanic on 1 November 1917 and was awarded the D.S.M. for zeal and devotion to duty as an Observer during the latter half of that year. On 25 March 1918, Argent’s log book records a flight with Pilot Ensign Ives: ‘Sub spotted. 31Q. Dropped bomb which fails to explode.’ The following related note is then pasted into the recipient’s logbook: ‘Portland - Seaplane 9856 (Pilot Ensign F. Ives, U.S.N.) left at 1205 to cover the Eastern and Southern patrols, and at 1335, when in position 31R, an enemy submarine was sighted, fully blown, on the surface about half a mile away on the starboard bow. The seaplane overtook the submarine, then turned into the wind and attacked, dropping two 100-lb bombs from 600 feet. One bomb fell 10 feet astern of the submarine the other 10 feet ahead. Turning again, the seaplane dropped another 100-lb bomb, which fell directly on the deck of the submarine. All the bombs failed to detonate. By this time the submarine had submerged, leaving no wake. The seaplane came down low to drop a calcium flare on the spot, and after circling round for some time returned to base.’ In an interview with the Imperial War Museum the recipient describes that on this occasion he believes he sunk the U-Boat but having dropped flares at the location a destroyer later arrived and also depth charged the U-boat. Transferred as Corporal Mechanic to the R.A.F. on its formation on 1 April 1918, he remained based at Portland and advanced to Sergeant Mechanic on 30 July 1918. In June 1919, Argent was posted to R.N.A.S. Fort Grange, Gosport and he was demobilized to the R.A.F. Reserve on 9 November 1919. He served as a fireman with the Auxiliary Fire Service in London 1938-41 before returning to his work as a quantity surveyor after the Second World War. Argent died in Crawley, Surrey in 1999. Note: The Imperial War Museum’s Oral History sound archive contains a highly informative 1 hour 40 minute interview with Argent recorded in 1991. The interview covers the entirety of his life with a large portion devoted to his Great War service. Sold with the following: (i) The recipient’s three Flying Log Books: (a) Royal Naval Air Service Pilot’s Flying Log Book, S. 1516 first version (the word ‘Pilot’s’ scored through and replaced with ‘Observer’s’). Covering the period 12 April 1917 to 11 November 1918. Copious remarks. (b) Royal Naval Air Service Pilot’s Flying Log Book, S 1516, September 1917 revised version, (the word ‘Pilot’s’ scored through and replaced with ‘Observer’s’, and ‘Royal Naval Air Service’ scored through and replaced with ‘Royal Air Force’). Covering the period 12 April 1917 to 11 November 1918, with one additional entry on 14 May 1919. Copious remarks. (c) Pilot’s Flying Log Book, Army Book 425. Covering the period 12 April 1917 to 2 July 1918. This log book gives the appearance of having been filled out retrospectively. Fewer, more cursory remarks. Note: The reason for existence of the three log books covering roughly the same period isn’t clear. All three log books are in the same hand and contain similar but notably non-identical remarks relating to patrols. (ii) The recipient’s signed ‘Signal Card 1903’ booklet. (Reprint 1915 edition); Certificate of Transfer to Reserve on Demobilization, Army Form Z.21; Certificate of Employment During the War, Form Z.518; Air Training Corps Morse Code Instruction Certificate, A.T.C. Form 8, dated 20 April 1944; Invitation to founder members of the R.A.F. to attend 50th Anniversary events, dated 1 April 1968. (iii) An album (14.5cm x 11cm) containing 72 photographs, the former property of ‘Miss A. Goodspeed, 35 Chalford Rd. W. Dulwich’. Subject matter almost entirely Great War naval subjects including R.N.A.S. seaplanes, naval images of Gallipoli and the Mediterranean e.g. Mytilene. Possibly a combination of the recipient’s photographs and those of another family member. Although pasted into album, the photographs are mostly captioned on reverse. Together with a group portrait of twelve R.N.A.S. N.C.O.s in uniform, 15cm x 10.8cm.
Miniature Portrait of an Unidentified British Guards Officer. A well executed early 19th Century miniature portrait of a Guards Officer, the subject shown in full dress uniform, most likely painted on ivory and contained in its original rectangular wooden frame, with an un-deciphered inscription on the reverse which may identify the sitter, the miniature measures 88mm x 74mm, very good condition £150-£200
ANGLO-DUTCH SCHOOL, 17th CENTURY PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN, POSSIBLY AN APOTHECARY Half length, wearing a buff coat with a red lining, his left hand upon a pestle and mortar, canisters and pots beyond, oil on canvas 70.5 x 53.5cm. * By descent in the family of a doctor, in whose surgery this picture was hung. ++ Patched repair verso upper centre; craquelure; retouching
FOLLOWER OF THOMAS HILL (1661-1734) PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN, PROBABLY EDWARD PETHERICK; and A PORTRAIT OF A LADY, MARY PETHERICK (nee MIDDLETON) OF ELY A pair, each quarter length, he wearing armour and a white neckscarf, she wearing a russet dress and blue mantle, oil on canvas, oval Each 73 x 61cm approx. (2) ++ Each with lining; each with craquelure and in need of a clean; period gilt frames
•SIR ALFRED JAMES MUNNINGS, PRA, RWS (1878-1959) THE WATERING POOL Signed A. J. Munnings, oil on canvas 48.5 x 59cm. Provenance: Phillips, London, November 15th 1988, lot 59, entitled 'The Grey Mare' (£31,900, incl. premium.) The catalogue entry stated: 'A portrait of the horse of the present owner's great-grandfather, who was a friend of the artist.' Purchased by the current owner. * Painted circa 1912. The work is refreshingly personal and direct, an informal study dependent on intense observation. Munnings had moved from near Norwich to Lamorna in Cornwall in 1910, where he remained until 1913. 'I painted…horses placed where I wanted them - in a pinewood, on a moor, by a wall. Such backgrounds made compositions and gave the will to work..'. (A.J.Munnings, An Artist's Life, 1950, p.273) ++ Good condition
•EMILY BEATRICE BLAND (1864-1951) RANUNCULUS Signed and dated (1931?), whitewashed portrait study verso, oil on canvas 39 x 31cm.; with another small still life, signed indistinctly, oil on canvas, 24.5 x 19cm. (2) Exhibited: (Bland) London, The Leicester Galleries, no.28 (no date) ++ Each in good condition
ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN SMART (1741-1811) PORTRAIT OF DODDA VIRA RAJA (or VIRA RAJENDRA WODEYAR), RULER OF COORG (1780-1809) Half length, wearing a white thobe and a conical hat, watercolour and pencil, unframed 10.5 x 8.7cm. Provenance: Collection of Niall Hobhouse * Smart, Ozias Humphry and Diana Hill all travelled separately to in India in 1785, but needed permission from the East India Company to practise in Madras and Calcutta in order to earn lucrative commissions from British merchants and Indian noblemen. Unfortunately, Humphry struggled to secure payment for his work and returned to England with large debts to pay but his own very similar image of this sitter is in the New Orleans Museum of Art. Dodda Vira Raja was the ruler of Coorg (Kodagu), a rural district in the southwest Indian state of Karnataka. ++ Some discolouration of pigments in the sky background (pale brown)
ATTRIBUTED TO HUGH CARTER (1837-1903) PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG LADY Standing in a woodland clearing, three quarter length, wearing an ivory satin dress with lavender lace and a black shawl, holding a hat, with monogram HC (entwined) and dated indistinctly 187.., indistinctly inscribed on a fragmented label on the stretcher, oil on canvas 140 x 99cm. * It is possible that the name on the worn label reads `de Grey`. It has been suggested that this may be a portrait of Augusta Selina Elizabeth (nee Locke), who married Thomas de Grey, Baron Walsingham, in March 1877 following the dissolution of her marriage to Luigi Caracciolo, Duc de Santo Teodoro in November 1876 ++ Lined; associated retouching
ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCIS ALLEYNE (1750-1815) PORTRAIT OF PHILIP FINNIMORE (1748-1829); and his wife ELIZABETH FINNIMORE (née KINGTON) (1754-1832) A pair, each seated half length, he wearing a dark coat and an ivory waistcoat, she wearing a pale grey dress, each holding a book, oil on canvas, mounted oval, in period gilt frames with sunburst gilt mounts Each 31.5 x 26.5cm. (2) Provenance: By descent in the family of the sitters ++ Lined; some associated retouching; each needs a light clean
JOHN SMITH (1652-1743), AFTER SIR GODFREY KNELLER (1646-1723) THO[MAS] TOMPION, AUTOMATOPAEUS Mezzotint, c.1697, a good impression of this famous print Plate 34 x 24.7cm.; sheet 36 x 26.5cm.; with Smith's portrait of Christopher Wren after Kneller, 1713, trimmed, sheet 34 x 25cm. (2) * Smith's engraved portrait of the celebrated horologist is one of his most sought after subjects. In pure mezzotint, Smith translates Kneller's portrait into an image that is both dignified but informal. Tompion's skills with craftsmanship and innovation were so impressive that he abandoned his early training as a blacksmith and made a watch for King Charles II in 1675, just four years after his apprenticeship. ++ Tompion a little creased and grubby, slight foxing; Wren damaged at right edge, pale stains, a richer impression
CIRCA 1900 ENGLISH SCHOOL "Robert Reeves (b 1840)", a head and shoulders portrait study photographic heightened with watercolour, housed in a gilt jesso frame and ebonised rosewood outer frame, approx 29.5 cmx 26 cm, together with CIRCA 1900 ENGLISH SCHOOL "Thomas Browning Reeves of County Kildare 1848-1910", study of a young man in black coat, a head and shoulders portrait study, watercolour, unsigned, housed in a gilt jesso frame and rosewood glazed outer frame, approx 29.5 cm x 25.5 cm
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