KASHGAR, WESTERN CHINA - PHOTOGRAPHY'Photographs taken during my journey from Srinagar to Kashgar from May 15th to June 10th 1908, and also photographs of Kashgar and surroundings 1909', album compiled by Brigadier A.R.B. Shuttleworth, whilst serving as British Consul in Chinese Turkestan, upwards of 180 gelatin silver prints, most captioned in ink by Shuttleworth, a few with sky masked out in white ink, mostly mounted 2 per page recto and verso (some smaller up to 6 per page), images mostly 130 x 105mm. (approximately 55 smaller), variable tones and fading, contents loose within contemporary half morocco album, oblong 4to, [1908-1909]Footnotes:Shuttleworth left Srinagar on 15 May 1908, arriving on 10 June at Kashgar, where he was Acting British Consul during George Macartney's one-year furlough (Macartney's departure in June 1908 is depicted in several images). The photographs record Kyrgyz settlements, the Tashot suspension bridge over the Hunza River and various other river crossings, Nomal Fort, Gilgit, Tashkurghan, 'my house at Yarkand', the British Consulate at Kashgar, numerous scenes around Kashgar, the Swedish Mission (including a portrait of Rev. John Tornquist), 'the eldest son of the Mir of Hunza at Baltit', the polo ground at Baltit, 'a Chinese schoolmaster chilling pupils at Faizabad', various locals, and personalities of the Consulate. Kashgar is now in Chinese Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.Provenance: Brigadier A.R.B. Shuttleworth (1873-1935), ink title and ownership inscription (dated 22 December 1909) on front free endpaper.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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BOURNE (SAMUEL) AND CHARLES SHEPHERDBourne & Shepherd's Royal Photographic Album of Scenes and Personages: Connected with the Progress of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, through Bengal, the North-West Provinces, the Punjab and Nepal. With Some Descriptive Letterpress, albumen print frontispiece portrait, 140 albumen prints by Bourne and Shepherd, mounted between one and 4 per page (recto only, captions printed in red), occasional spotting, frontispiece loose, 2 plates re-inserted, modern red half morocco gilt, the publisher's gilt lettering panel preserved on upper cover, folio (370 x 270mm.), Calcutta, Bombay and Simla, Bourne and Shepherd, 1876Footnotes:VERY RARE, only one copy traced on Rare Book Hub. Published by Bourne and Shepherd, the leading nineteenth century leading photographic agency in India, the album was issued to celebrate the eight month tour of the Indian subcontinent undertaken by the Prince of Wales in 1875. The album includes photographs of significant Indian locations (including Amritsar, Lahore, Agra and Fatehpur Sikri, Delhi, Gwalior, and Benares), portraits of local princes, groups of types (including Beluchi chiefs, Dancing Gadis, Yarkandis with hunting hawks, women of Kashmire, Tibetan mendicants, and Men of Bikaner), shikar, hunting and elephants, mostly mounted.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
KENYA, ZANZIBAR AND EGYPT - PHOTOGRAPHYAlbums recording the career of William G. McKenzie Manson, in Zanzibar (30 images), Mombasa, Kenya (c.100), Egypt (c.35), Portugal (c.80, mostly Carcavelos), and home in Fochabers, Speyside in Scotland, upwards of 350 albumen or gelatin silver prints, mounted between 1 and 5 per page recto and verso, majority captioned on mount, various sizes (155 x 200mm., and smaller), each volume with ink itinerary inside upper cover (2 with carte-de-visite portrait of Manson), contemporary half morocco, paper label 'Vol. 1[-4]' on upper covers, rubbed, 4to, [1889-1903] (4)Footnotes:William McKenzie Manson (1873-1906) was stationed in Mombasa, East Africa (now Kenya) from January 1900 until October 1902. Images include 'Old caravan road to Uganda used before the opening of the Uganda Railway', and a series of 24 large (160 x 200mm.) views of the Uganda Railway ('Curve at mile 504), 'Upper Kedowa', 'Plate laying gangs shifting camp', 'Temporary viaduct. Mau encampment', etc.) in 1902, with two free passes for the Railway issued to 'Mr. Manson with servant... servant in 3rd Class'. Further Kenyan scenes show a good series of views of Mombasa (1901, including 'Part of the native quarter from the Grand Hotel', 'Uganda Railway station being erected', 'Native quarter looking towards harbour', 'Few of the starving Wa Ny Ka Tribe'), the construction of new buildings at Kilindini, Nairobi race course, British groups (with servant Abdulla Makadara) playing pong pong. From 1898 Manson was in Alexandria (includes 6 large local types - 'Un arabe riches', 'Porteur de l'eau', 'Vagabond arabe', etc. by Schroeder & Cie'), having arrived via Malta (2), Port Said (2), and Somalia (2), followed by two months in Zanzibar (30 small format images, including French hospital, old and new golf pavilions, cricket ground, native village, 'washing in swamp', 'High tide Mnazi Moja', etc.). The albums start with scenes of Manson's home town Fochaber, Speyside in Scotland, and environs, and end with views of his new home 'Trochelhill' near the town.Provenance: By family descent to current owner.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
SPEKE (JOHN HANNING)What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile, PRESENTATION COPY inscribed 'From the author' on the half-title, engraved frontispiece, 32pp. publisher's advertisements at end, half-title loose, lacks 2 maps and front free endpaper, binding rubbed, 1864; Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile, engraved frontispiece, 25 plates, 2 maps (one large folding in pocket at end as issued, laid on linen), illustrations in the text, some pencil underlining, covers detached with some loss to spine, 1863, William Blackwood--LIVINGSTONE (DAVID) Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, folding tinted colour lithograph frontispiece, engraved portrait, 43 plates, 2 folding maps (one in pocket at end as issued), dampstaining to opening leaves, covers and spine detached, John Murray, 1857, FIRST EDITIONS, publisher's cloth, worn, 8vo (3)Footnotes:Speke recorded that on arriving in Zanzibar, he and John Grant 'without a moment's delay went off to the British Consulate to see my old friend Colonel Rigby... [that we may] enjoy his hospitality until arrangements could be made for our final start into the interior' (Journal of the Discovery, p.8). He is full of praise for Rigby, noting that 'had at heart as much as anybody the success of the expedition, [and] materially assisted me in accomplishing my object... he allowed me to select from his boat's crew any men I could find who had served in men-of-war, and had seen active service in India' (p.11).Provenance: First mentioned, Christopher Palmer Rigby (1820-1885), armorial bookplate, and note 'From the author'; Second mentioned, William Townend Lund, bookplate, and inscription of J. Gordon Hayes (1920); Third mentioned, 'Presented to Miss Campbell, Jany 1st 1858' (?possibly the daughter of John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell), pencil ownership inscription on front free endpaper.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
INDIA - MAHARAJA JAM VIBHAJI OF NAWANAGARPortrait of Maharaja Jam Vibhaji of Nawanagar (now Jamnagar, reigned 1852-95), from the region of Kathiawar in Gujarat, standing with a cane against an architectural and garden background, watercolour and gouache, heightened in gold within orange border, 265 x 215mm., [c.1865-1870]; together with 3 letters relating to Jamnagar, one a 3-page letter signed by the Maharaja of Nawanagar, to C.P. Rigby, written in English, with original address envelopes, folio, 'Nowanuggur [Nawanagar] Palace, 20th February 1874' (4)Footnotes:In January 1864 Rigby was appointed commissioner for the settlement of boundary disputes between the states of Baroda and Jamnagar, and it seems likely it was during this time he was gifted the portrait of Maharaja Jam Vibhaji, with whom he dined on the eve of his departure from the region in March. 'In this amiable and enlightened Prince he made a real friend. Through all the years till death severed them, Rigby and Jam, thought they never met again, continued to correspond' (Russell, General Rigby, Zanzibar and the Slave Trade, 1935, pp.392-3).In the lengthy letter, dated 1874, Jam Bibhaji thanks Rigby for his continued interest in Nawanagar, mentions his son Prince Kaloohbha is resident in Cawnpore, refers to Colonel Anderson ('... quite welcome in Kattyaar...'), 'arrangements for the Sultan of Zanzibar when he comes to England', the election of Sir Seymour Fitzgerald as a Member of Parliament, and the education of Rigby's son. The letter is transcribed by Russell, see above.Provenance: Christopher Palmer Rigby (1820-1885).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
LIVINGSTONE (DAVID)'Crayon drawing taken from life in the possession of W.F. Webb Esq., of Newstead Abbey', PRESENTATION COPY GIFTED BY W.F. WEBB TO GENERAL RIGBY, inscribed 'Presented to General Rigby by W.F. Webb Esquire, Newstead Abbey, June 1874' lower left, tinted lithographed head and shoulder portrait in middle-age, Livingstone's facsimile signature lower right, spotting, framed and glazed, sheet 520 x 415mm., undatedFootnotes:FINE ASSOCIATION ITEM - 'In April 1874, Rigby was deputed by the Royal Geographical Society to receive Livingstone's body on arrival at Southampton and make necessary arrangements. His companions were Colonel Grant, Mr. Webb of Newstead Abbey, the African hunter, Oswell Livingstone, Henry Stanley...' (Russell, General Rigby, Zanzibar and the Slave Trade, 1935, p.307). William Frederick Webb (1829–1899) was a celebrated big game hunter. Following illness in 1851 he was nursed back to health at David Livingstone's Kolobeng Mission, subsequently forming a lifelong friendship with Livingstone, who would visit him at Newstead Abbey, the ancestral home of Lord Byron, which Webb purchased in 1861.Provenance: Christopher Palmer Rigby (1820-1885), gifted to him by Webb.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
RIGBY (CHRISTOPHER PALMER)Album containing manuscript copy documents relating to appointments, promotions, correspondence with other officials, approximately 23 documents on different stock papers, [c.1843-1861]; 8-page letterpress reports relating to the capture of Bushire [Bushehr] by the British Expeditionary Force, [1856]; Broadside of the 'Monthly Meteorological Table for the Station of Zanzibar', 1850; long 3-column newspaper cutting ('Trade of Zanzibar') by Rigby, 1860; two letters in Arabic (one dated 26 June 1861, mentioning the port of Bombay, 310 x 178mm.; one, gold-sprinkled, from unnamed person to unnamed addressee, announcing that he had arrived at the port of Surat [Gujerat] and four days later, the wife of Mir 'Ali Akbar Khan daughter of Nawwab Qamar al-Dawlah had died, also thanking the recipient for sending the second volume of the Rawdat al-Safa, 400 x 195mm., [?mid-nineteenth century], most pasted into album, a few loose, nineteenth century half vellum over marbled boards, folio, [c.1843-1861]; together with 2 carte-de-visite portrait photographs, one depicting Rigby in ceremonial dress with sword, the other of two English children in 'Arabic' dress (3)Footnotes:Album containing Rigby's retained manuscript copies of important official correspondence relating to his career, from passing Arabic language exams for the Bombay Colonial Office (1843), thanks from the Magistrate and Collector of Khandehar for his report on the Akranee Purzunnah region of India (1849), appointment as Bazaar Master to the British Expeditionary Force to engage 'in the Persian Gulf' (1856), an account of the campaign at Bushehr (1857), recommendations from H.L. Anderson, Secretary to Government at Bombay (1858), and acknowledging receipt of Rigby's account of 'the rebellion of [sultan] Syed Burghash' (1859), and from Brigadier Coghlan, of the Muscat Zanzibar Commission thanking Rigby for helping with his visit to Zanzibar (1860).Provenance: Christopher Palmer Rigby (1820-1885).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ALFRED ROBERT HAYWARD, RP (1875-1971) - PORTRAIT OF A CLERGYMAN, SIGNED AND DATED '08, OIL ON CANVAS, 75 X 62CM Somewhat dusty/dirty but in entirely original unrestored condition beneath glass in the original Edwardian or early 20th c gilt frame. Th varnish with slight bloom that requires cleaning. Support unlined
ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH C - A PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF TWO YOUNG WOMEN STANDING BEFORE STEPS AND CASSALATTED BUILDING, WATERCOLOUR, 23.5 X 24.5CM, WITH GILT SLIP, IN GILT TOOLED MOROCCO LEATHER CASE WITH STRUT BACK, CASE 39CM SQUARE Three cracks in skirt area of figures 24.5cm wide, another smaller crack upper right spreading to upper left, smaller crack approx 5cm l through trees, the case with lossed to edges, corners and around lock area.
Nobel Prize Winner Roger Wolcott Sperry in a close-up portrait, 4 x 5 inch, signed in black ink. Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Dr. Kurt Lotz signed 7 x 5 b/w portrait photo. 18 September 1912 - 9 March 2005 was the second post-war Chief executive officer (CEO) of the Volkswagen automobile company in Germany. He was nominated in April 1967 to succeed Heinrich Nordhoff at the end of December 1968. Nordhoff died in April 1968. Lotz was the son of a farmer from the German state of Hesse. During World War II, he became a Luftwaffe general-staff Major, assigned to assessing needs for the military. Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
TWO GEORGE III COMMEMORATIVE PEARLWARE PLATES CIRCA 1820 blue transfer decorated with borders of thistles, roses and clover; the first with a profile portrait inscribed 'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF GEORGE III. / WHO DIED 29 JAN'. 1820'; the other with an image of the subject seated handing a book to a child and inscribed 'I HOPE THE TIME WILL COME/ WHEN EVERY POOR CHILD IN MY/ DOMINIONS WILL BE ABLE TO READ THE BIBLE.'; together with a FURTHER BLUE TRANSFER PEARLWARE DISH, of similar decoration, the central reserve with seashells(largest 25.5cm diameter)
SHERATON REVIVAL PAINTED SATINWOOD OCCASIONAL TABLE LATE 19TH CENTURY, THE DECORATION LATER the oval top painted with an oval portrait reserve within a band of laurel, above a similarly decorated frieze, raised on square tapered legs joined by a concave undertier, the painted decoration later(51cm wide, 72cm high, 39cm deep)
Y FRENCH CASED PAINTED TORTOISESHELL AND ABALONE FAN 18TH CENTURY with gilt embellished pierced tortoiseshell sticks, the leaf painted with an oval reserve portrait of a lady flanked by further reserves with classical scenes and fêtes galante, the guard with a portrait of a young man, mounted in a shadow-box frame with rococo mouldings(Stick 26cm long)Footnote: Note: Please be aware that this lot contains material which may be subject to import/export restrictions, especially outside the EU, due to CITES regulations. Please note it is the buyer's sole responsibility to obtain any relevant export or import licence. For more information visit http://www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites/ Provenance: Previously Bardrochat House, South Ayrshire
A group of ceramics, to include a late 19thC Royal China Works Worcester porcelain vase, the urn shaped body centred with a portrait of a dog, with hunting horn beneath, surrounded by flowers and scrolls, with gilt lined acanthus capped scroll handles on an inverted stem and circular foot, on an inverted plinth base, printed marks beneath no. 980, 25cm high (AF) together with a Continental bisque porcelain figure of a gentleman, standing holding lorgnette, in floral finery, predominately in blue, on a naturalistic base, unmarked, 44cm high, a base metal preserve pot, with blue glass liner and swing handle, 11cm wide, and a three piece cruet set, on plated stand. (4)
Various art related books, to include The National and Tate Galleries by R.N.D. Wilson, Modern Still Life Painting in Oils, The Illustrators, Oil Paintings, The Technique of Portrait Painting, How to Draw Horses, The London Sketch Club, The Technique of Oil Painting, Drawing in Pen and Pencil, etc. (1 shelf)
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