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THOMAS (DYLAN)Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title-page, faded early ownership inscription (dated 1941) on front free endpaper, publisher's green cloth, silver lettering on spine (slight fading at extremities), dust-jacket (2 tears, some losses to upper cover and extremities of spine including most of the word 'Dylan' at head, spotting to lower cover, lower joint torn and with loss at corners of folds), preserved in modern drop-back box, gilt morocco lettering label on spine, 8vo, Dent, [1940]This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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BROWNING (ROBERT)Autograph letter signed ('Robert Browning') to Sir Henry Thompson, enclosing a ticket to an exhibition of a work by his son, ('...you know how much I shall be gratified if you and your daughter like Pen's rather ambitious attempt. At all events, you will be repaid for the trouble of your visit by the opportunity of seeing many pictures by better artists...'), 1 page, on blue writing paper, some foxing, 8vo (177 x 112mm.), 19 Warwick Crescent, 11 November [18]80Footnotes:'PEN'S RATHER AMBITIOUS ATTEMPT': ROBERT BROWNING SUPPORTS HIS SON'S ARTISTIC CAREER.Browning encloses an invitation to the Winter Exhibition of Oil Paintings by British Artists, and of Original Drawings & Sketches Published in Punch, the inaugural exhibition of the Hanover Gallery in London which opened in November 1880. The picture in question is Pen Browning's The Delivery to the Secular Arm (now at the Armstrong Browning Library and Museum, Baylor University), a large work which depicts a pretty female heretic standing before the Inquisition judges of Antwerp prior to sentencing, and for which his father penned a translation of a quotation by the Spanish poet Calderon. The Times published a scathing review of the exhibition, which also included works by Clausen, Leighton and Millais, in which Pen's offering came in for particular criticism: 'The largest composition in the gallery is by Mr. R. B. Browning, a young painter, whose work is at the present time more audacious than beautiful, but who, nevertheless is possessed of considerable talent of a bold hit-or-miss character. The work in question, however... cannot be considered as a happy achievement... indeed, we discover no merit of any kind in the picture except a somewhat careful and level execution of the technical portion of the painting...' (Times, 20 November, 1880, p. 11).The gallery somewhat redeemed itself in the eyes of the critic, however, by including G.F. Watts' celebrated portrait of Robert Browning in the show ('...This magnificent portrait never looked finer than it does here...') and is evidently one of the '...many pictures by better artists...' referred to by Browning in our letter. After finding the academic life at Balliol and Christ Church, Oxford, not to his taste, Robert 'Pen' Browning was encouraged by his father's friend John Everett Millais to take up more creative pursuits. He studied sculpture with Rodin in Paris and painting with Jean Arnould-Heyermans in Antwerp. His preferred subjects were voluptuous nudes painted on large canvases which met with modest success particularly in the Paris salon, but rather less success in a more prudish Victorian London. Any success he did have was perhaps in great part due to his father's indefatigable efforts to promote his work amongst his friends and acquaintances, including John Ruskin, although, as this letter shows, he is clearly under no illusions as to the extent of his son's talents.Sir Henry Thompson, consulting surgeon and leading urologist, was himself a talented artist. He exhibited several times at the Royal Academy and counted artists and writers among his friends. He painted, and was painted by, Millais in 1881, sketched Thackeray and illustrated his own textbooks (Alex Paton, ODNB). The letter derives from the collection of his assistant George Buckston Browne.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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CHARLES I AND II - STONEYWOOD BIBLEThe Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New, OT and NT titles within typographical border, lacks additional engraved title [ESTC S122140; Herbert 513], Cambridge, Thomas Buck and Roger Daniels, Printers to the Universitie, 1637; The Genealogies Recorded in the Sacred Scriptures, title within typographical border with decorative ornament, double-page map of Canaan, 2 leaves frayed at fore-margin [ESTC S124878], [Printed by Felix Kingston, 1632-1635?]; The Whole Book of Psalmes: Collected into English Metre, title within typographical border, lacks final leaf [ESTC S122393], Cambridge, Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel, 1637, bound with an incomplete Book of Common Prayer, together 4 works bound in 1 vol., contemporary embroidered binding with stumpwork design in silver thread on blue velvet, central panel with the Prince of Wales' feathers and crown within Garter badge, incorporating a banner with the motto 'Honi soit qui mal y pense' surmounted by a large crown flanked by the initials 'C.P.' (altered to 'C.R.'), and with rose and thistle at lower inner corners, embroidered palmette design outer order, spine comprising six compartments with floral embroidery in each, rebacked retaining original spine, some wear (mostly to central banner with loss of some of the lettering to the motto), rear pastedown with remnants of eighteenth century notes (including unclear mention of names Jean Erskine and 'Moire'), loosely inserted a blue silk bookmark with a design in silver and gold thread (split at centre with some loss); housed in a nineteenth century velvet-lined morocco case, covers with 3-line fillet border, gilt roll tool inner border and thistle cornerpieces, simple lozenge centre panel with circular decorative border enclosing a large device of an upturned crown, broken sceptre and axe above a banner proclaiming 'Remember', the decorative gilt spine lettered 'Holy Bible 1637. Charles Rex. Beheaded 30th Jany. 1647', with Scottish thistle and English rose devices, and the crown and axe emblem (as on cover), edges fully gilt, rubbed, small losses to leather on spine, without key and lock-catch, the whole preserved in a nineteenth century glass-panelled display case by Drew & Cadman, Holborn (signed on handle), 4to (the Bible 220 x 155mm.), sold as an association itemFootnotes:'THE BIBLE OF KING CHARLES THE FIRST USED BY HIM ON THE SCAFFOLD DURING HIS LAST MOMENTS...' - THE STONEYWOOD BIBLE, BOUND FOR KING CHARLES II, but long reputed to have belonged to Charles I, and to have been presented by him 'upon that awful occasion to Juxon, Bishop of London who assisted the devotions of his unfortunate Monarch' (manuscript note on box). The Royal Collection holds a 1638 Book of Common Prayer with an almost identical binding, described as 'bound for King Charles II when he was Prince of Wales...' (RCIN 1047677, see Royal Collection Trust website for image, noting that Queen Victoria loaned the volume to the Burlington Fine Art Club Exhibition of Fine Binding, 1891).The Bible is in an exceptionally fine embroidered binding, decorated with the emblem of the Prince of Wales and the initials 'C.P.' (altered to 'C.R.', for Carolus Rex'), and passed through generations of the Moir and Skene families (see below), during which time several narratives, recorded in The Story of the Stoneywood Bible (1949), were attached to it: 'The Bible was kept in the chest of Stoneywood [near Aberdeen]. One day it disappeared. With it went the 'luck' of the Moirs... One of the family's maid-servants was the thief... but [whilst other valuables were lost]... the Bible was secretly returned... One morning it was found under a chestnut tree near the entrance to the Moir mansion'. A further adventure is recorded in a note, probably by its nineteenth century owner James Skene, a close friend of Sir Walter Scott, pasted to the box in which the Bible is housed: '...The Bible remained in perfect preservation untill [sic] the Rebellion [of] 1745 when it was stolen, and afterwards found in the its present dilapidated state concealed in a hole underground'.In his Horae subsecivae (1858) the celebrated Scottish essayist John Burns noted 'The family of Stoneywood seem from the earliest record down to their close, to have been devotedly attached to the house of Stuart. In the old house there long hung a portrait of Bishop Juxon, who attended Charles 1. on the scaffold, and through this prelate must have come a still more precious relic, long preserved in the family, and which is now before us, the Bible which the doomed King put into the hands of the Bishop on the scaffold, with the word 'Remember,' having beforehand taken off his cloak and presented it and the insignia of the Garter to the same faithful minister and friend... We have the sacred and royal book before us now,—a quarto, printed in 1637, bound in blue velvet, and richly embroidered and embossed with gold and silver lace. There is the crown and the Prince of Wales' feathers, showing it had belonged to Charles II when prince. He must have given it to his hapless father, as the C.P. is changed into C.R.'.Further literature: Charles Roach Smith reproduced an image of the Bible in his Collectanea Antiqua (1848-1880), stating 'There is so much external evidence of the genuineness of this very beautiful and interesting relique, that no doubt that no doubt can exist to its perfect authenticity'. This image, and a version of the story, also appeared in The Illustrated London News, 26 January 1850, at which time the Bible was in the possession of Robert Skene, of Rubislaw; Illustrated (captioned 'Prayerbook of Charles I') in Felicia Skewes of Oxford. A Memoir by E.C. Rickards, 1902; A manuscript (MS. 20478), titled 'Reminiscences and notes concerning the Moir family Bible which had belonged to Charles I' by James Skene is held by the National Library of Scotland.Provenance: Bound for Charles II, when Prince of Wales; reputedly given by Charles I to William Juxon (1582-1663), Bishop of London; bequeathed by him to Patrick Scougall [or 'Scorgie'] (1607-1682), Bishop of Aberdeen, as told in The Story of The Stoneywood Bible, reprinted from The Aberdeen Press and Journal, 26 January 1949 (a copy of which is included with the lot); William Scroogie, Bishop of Argyle, whose daughter Mary married James Moir II, of Stoneywood (1659-1739) in 1683; Moir family, subsequently through the marriage of Jean Moir to George Skene (1736-1776) of Rubislaw, Aberdeen; James Skene (1775-1864); by descent to the present owners.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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DICKENS (CATHERINE)MAYALL (JOHN JABEZ EDWIN) Profile portrait of Catherine Dickens, quarter-plate daguerreotype, hint of pink colouring to face, mounted as oval within gilt mount, photographer's studio credit stamp '224 Regent St/(Argyll Place)/Mayall/&/433 West Strand' in gilt on the reverse of the morocco case, image 93 x 70mm., July 1852-June 1855Footnotes:THE ONLY KNOWN DAGUERREOTYPE OF CATHERINE DICKENS.The portrait can be dated between 1852 and 1855: a patent date 'Reg. July 20 1852' is visible on the catch of the case - the same year that Mayall opened his 224 Regent Street premises. At the latest, the sitting could have taken place in the first half of 1855, as in June of that year Mayall sold his 433 West Strand studio to his assistant Jabez Hughes. Charles Dickens first sat for the photographer in 1852, but seems to have made several subsequent sittings until 1856 (see previous lot). With similar mountings and styles, and with their faces shown in opposing profiles, it is conceivable that this and the previous lot were intended as a pair and that the couple visited Mayall's studio together during this period.Catherine is shown approaching her fortieth year and at a time when her life with Charles Dickens was unravelling. Exhausted by many years of childbearing, by the death of her 8-month-old daughter Dora in 1851, and by marriage to an increasingly restless husband who had begun to look elsewhere for female company, she appears a sadder figure than the images we have of her earlier in life. She nonetheless retains a token of her youth in the ringletted hair just visible beneath her bonnet.When this daguerreotype came to light in 1996, the case held two ivory passes for the 1870 Italian Opera. One was inscribed 'Miss Dickens', suggesting that the daguerreotype might once have belonged to the couple's eldest daughter Mary, known as Mamie.Literature:Axon, C., 'The Daguerreotype of Catherine Dickens', in The Dickensian, Summer 1997, no. 442, vol. 93, part 2, pp.89-93.Slater, M., 'Catherine Dickens in the Early 1850s: A Newly-discovered image', ibid., pp.85-88.Provenance: Possibly owned by Mary 'Mamie' Dickens (1838-1896); Stuart Heggie Vintage Cameras, Canterbury, purchased from a customer in 1996; Colin Axon, purchased from the former; Bonhams, 17 May 2012, lot 1, consigned by the former; UK private collector, purchased at the sale; bequeathed to present owner.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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DICKENS (CHARLES)ROCKWOOD (GEORGE GARDNER) Three quarter length cabinet portrait of Charles Dickens, albumen print, mounted, photographer's printed credit and address '17 Union Square (West), N.Y.' below and on verso, image 144 x 97mm., 1867Footnotes:One of several photographs taken seemingly at the same sitting, during Dickens's last reading tour in America. These cabinet portraits, like others of Walt Whitman a few years later, were published jointly by both Rockwood and Gurney & Son.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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RUSKIN (JOHN)Praeterita: Outlines of Scenes and Thoughts Perhaps Worthy of Memory in My Past Life [-Dilecta_ Correspondence, Diary Notes, and Extracts from Books, illustrating Praeterita], 31 original parts in 6 vol., FIRST EDITION, EXTENSIVELY EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED FOR CHARLES E. GOODSPEED WITH THE INSERTION OF 25 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED BY RUSKIN, 23 autograph letters and notes by contemporaries (including Turner), numerous sketches, photographs, cut signatures, annotated proof sheets, and upwards of 280 additional engravings and plates (some coloured), the collection comprising: i) Group of 25 autograph letters signed ('J. Ruskin', 'John Ruskin', 'J.R.') to various correspondents, including:'Darling Reille', an unknown child ('...although May is irresistible, And Alice is so bewitching – yet you were my first Love... ps Don't frizz the hair quite so high this time...'); Miss Rudkin, organising a spring dress for Arthur Severn's daughter whom he finds '...already tall enough – to become – a pretty costume, and refresh and refine my savage mind...'; an unknown recipient recalling an encounter with Charles Darwin ('...A couple of years ago, a man, Darwin was walking with me on my garden terrace and stopped to look at a strange form of (I forget what) flower. – 'Now – why is that shaped so' – he said. Why should you want to know? I answered – Oh – he said, laughing – but with the perfectly frank expression of a man partly ashamed of a weakness – 'I always want to know' – 'And I never do.' – ended this 'discussion' in that direction – and we went into lunch...'); Charles Newton on his engagement to Effie Gray ('...I believe indeed that it is every way better for me that I should marry... Miss Gray is a good girl... will be a very noble creature – and far above my deservings...'); another to Newton (speaking of his recent trip to Europe ('...that vast blunder St Peters...'), the effect of political feeling on architecture, hoping to 'get out of Jephson's clutches' soon to show him some architectural drawings completed in Italy); the Revd A. Tighe Gregory (mentioning his nervous condition '...the most trivial matter will sometime sicken and sting me...', his debt to Turner for art and Carlyle for literature and marvelling how they, like him 'should be irreligious' but that he is open to 'all influences'); Lady Naesmyth (sending copies of verses by Rose La Touche, despairing she has gone to Ireland and may not love him when she returns); four to his friend and neighbour at Brantwood, Susan Beever, including a highly personal undated letter regarding '...that wretched child...' [Rose La Touche], complaining of her evangelism and his frustration ('...a husband can always say a little word for himself – whereas a poor, servile – wretch of an old lover... she I verily believe is like to be in mortal illness as not – and vowing I shan't come near her unless I swear first that I don't care to! – and only love God. And of course I can't & won't do anything of the sort – I don't love anything but her in the whole universe – and she leads me the life to Tantalus & Prometheus Vinctus in one...'); another illustrated with a sprig of blossom written three days after her death ('...I've just heard that my poor little Rose is gone when the hawthorn blossoms go... just left the second number of Proserpine to be printed – there are many little things going to be said in it, which nobody but she would have understood... I have been long prepared so you need not be anxious about me...'); and another including a delicate drawing of moss ('...all in stars as close as that – it takes such a dreadful time to paint...'); and Thomas Carlyle discussing the use of colour in Greek sculpture ('...if colour will make Greek endurable – it will make Gothic glorious...'); others include a note to Dante Gabriel Rossetti arranging a meeting, another refusing an invitation to dine at Mr D'Israeli's, to his physician Henry Jephson, to Hale White regarding his paper on Byron and to Henry Jowett regarding the publication of Praeterita, c.52pp in all, 8vo, Denmark Hill, Brantwood, Leamington Spa, Perth etc., c.1841-1889 where dated. ii) Illustrations, including a copy of John Ruskin's self portrait of c.1861, head and shoulders, wearing a black neckerchief, pencil and watercolour, in an unknown hand, image 155 x 125mm.; a sketch map of Oxford depicting the town and colleges, in ink, with monogram ('JR') on reverse of a printed prospectus for Robert Taylor Pritchett's Brush-Notes in Holland, 183 x 240mm.; two fine pen and ink vignettes of hawthorn blossom and moss; and sketch of a dog by John Brown entitled 'orat plorat et adorat', 85 x 65mm.; together with numerous printed plates and engravings including landscapes, architecture and portraits.iii) Some 23 autograph letters by others including J.M.W. Turner (arranging for James Lennox of New York '...to view the work of art at Denmark Hill Slave Ship...'), Ruskin's father John James Ruskin, George Cruikshank, Giulia Grisi (signed musical quotation from Verdi's Il Trovatore), his physician Dr Henry Jephson, John Brown (3), George Allen, Charles Eliot Norton (from whom Goodspeed received Ruskin's autograph), J. A. Froude, Joan Ruskin Severn, Thomas Carlyle, Robert Harry Inglis, Sir Walter Scott, Mary Carlyle (to Robert Browning regarding her uncle's funeral), and Lord Egremont; with others regarding the publication of Praeterita, additional photographs and cut signatures.iv) Printer's proof sheets of Chapter XI Volume 2 with corrections and annotations by Ruskin in black ink., bound at the end of volume 2.Footnotes:AN IMPORTANT EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED SET WITH 25 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS BY RUSKIN, ASSEMBLED BY AND BOUND FOR THE EMINENT RUSKIN COLLECTOR CHARLES E. GOODSPEED OF BOSTON.Praeterita, the story of Ruskin's early life, was published in 28 parts at intervals from July 1885 to July 1889 when ill-health took its toll on the author and the series remained unfinished: '...Praeterita is a delightful work, a rewriting of Ruskin's life that makes it unreliable as a source of biographical fact, yet an accurate portrait of the author's mind...' (Robert Hewison, ODNB). This finely-bound set of Praeteritia is the result of a collaboration in the early years of the twentieth century between Ruskin's friend and literary executor, the American Charles Eliot Norton, who supplied the parts (as evidenced by the ownership inscriptions on the bound-in wrappers), and the eminent Ruskin collector, bibliophile and bookseller Charles E. Goodspeed, who organised the extra material and binding, supplying much of it from his own extensive collection.The extra material Goodspeed carefully chose to include in this edition is not organised in exact chronological order but fitted in where deemed appropriate to fit the text, and includes several important autograph letters by Ruskin amongst the wealth of material. Although some of the letters are marked in pencil presumably for the purposes of publication, most are apparently unpublished, with one particularly revealing letter bearing the pencilled note 'Rosie... perhaps too 'intime' to print?...'. Goodspeed has indeed selected some particularly personal letters for inclusion, several relating to his relationships with young girls, one to Charles Newton for example enthuses about his engagement to Effie Gray ('...far above my deservings...'), and another to his close friend and neighbour at Brantwood, Susan Beever, where, in a highly intimate letter, he complains of '...that wretched child...' (presumably the deeply religious Rose La To... This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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SCOTT (WALTER)Poetical Works, 12 vol., PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR, inscribed by the recipient on front free endpaper 'A Highly Valued Present from the Author to Doctor Dick therefore not to be lent. January 1820', half-titles, engraved portrait in volume 1, contemporary dark blue straight-grained morocco, with binder's ticket of D. Morrison, Perth, sides with single gilt rule and multiple ornamental blind-tooled borders, gilt- and blind-tooled spines, g.e., 8vo, Edinburgh, Archibald Constable, 1820Footnotes:'MY POETICAL TRIFLES... A SLIGHT TESTIMONY OF THE AUTHORS GRATITUDE' - A FINE SET OF SCOTT'S POETICAL WORKS GIVEN TO HIS DOCTOR FOLLOWING RECOVERY.In June of 1819 Scott was suffering very badly with gallstones and his life was even thought to be in danger. But following the calomel treatment prescribed by Dr William Dick (of the East India Company), he gradually recovered, and in a letter to Dick dated 6 August 1819, held by the National Library of Scotland, Scott expresses his gratitude and mentions that he will set aside a set of his forthcoming Poetical Works by way of thanks: 'As to your experience and skill I owe in a great measure my present recoverd state of health I can no longer delay intruding upon you my best and most grateful thanks... I am not only recoverd from the fits of the cramp but am altogether a great deal better than I have been for many years... The Booksellers are making at present a full collection of my poetical trifles as it is not likely that I shall ever again be troublesome to the world in that way. They will be ready I suppose in winter when I will bespeak place for a set of them in your book-room, as a slight testimony of the authors gratitude. Believe me dear Sir Your truly obliged And now convalescent patient Walter Scott'. By the end of the year Scott was fully recovered and Ivanhoe had just been published. On 29 January 1820, the author wrote to thank Dick once again, referring to the doctor's 'acceptance of the volumes'.Provenance: Dr William Dick, inscription on half-title recording the gift from Walter Scott; his son, Robert Henry Dick, Tullimet (Perthshire), bookplate in each volume.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM - ZULU WARJohn Chard's photograph album, relating to Rorke's Drift, and the Anglo-Zulu War, 44 albumen prints (4 signed in image by Lloyd of Natal; 3 by Kisch Bros.), mounted on 25 sheets (mostly one per page, 11 smaller on 5 pages), variable toning, some spotting to mounts, images typically 135 x 195mm., contemporary brown morocco gilt by Bazley and Co., Plymouth (stamp inside upper cover) lettered 'J.R.M. Chard/Royal Engineers' on upper cover, g.e., oblong 4to, [c.1879]Footnotes:JOHN CHARD V.C.'S OWN PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM COMMEMORATING HIS SERVICE DURING THE ANGLO-ZULU WAR. Views include Rorke's Drift (5, including storehouse, pontoon beneath Signal Hill, the plain), Isandlwana after the battle (by Lloyd of Natal), Fort Pearson above Tugela River (2), Durban and Pietermaritzburg, and a Zulu kraal at New Guelderland. The twenty ethnographic and portrait studies include Dalbuenzi on horseback with John Dunn, Sokuta (half-brother of one of Cetshwayo's brothers), possibly Hamu Kanzibe, a group of female witchdoctors, two men smoking Dkhaka, groups of women (possibly 'wives') ranged in front of thatched houses (2), posed nudes, warrior with shield and four women. Eleven images depict Balmoral and its environs.Provenance: John Chard V.C., R.E.; by descent to the present owner.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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NEUVILLE (ALPHONSE DE)Portrait of John Chard V.C., head and shoulders, facing right, in the uniform of the Royal Engineers, oil on panel, inscribed and signed 'Au major Chard souvenir amical A. de Neuville' on the image, framed, 280 x 195mm., [c.1879-1880]Footnotes:A PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN PORTRAIT OF JOHN CHARD BY ALPHONSE DE NEUVILLE (1836-1885), who included a prominent depiction of Chard in his painting The Defence of Rorke's Drift. In the 38-page catalogue published by the Fine Art Society to accompany the exhibition of the painting, it is noted that 'the painter has had sittings of all the principal actors in the scene who were in this country while he was at work - Major Chard, the Rev. G. Smith.... As for the localities he had the benefit of all forms of topographical record; official plans, Major Chard's sketches..., As to the incidents of the defence, he has had the use not only of Major Chard's official report, and all the letters which appeared at the time, but of many others from actors on the scene'. It is therefore probable that this rapid oil sketch portrait was taken from life at one of the men's meetings to discuss the events of Rorke's Drift.Provenance: John Chard V.C., R.E., gift from the artist Alphonse de Neuville; by descent to the present owner.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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JOHN CHARD - RORKE'S DRIFT, SOMERSET AND FAMILYA small archive of material relating to John Chard V.C.'s career and family, including: Newspaper Cuttings 'collected for J.R.M.C[hard] by his brother W[illiam] W[heaton] C[hard]' (in ink), album of 150 pages, filled with pasted-in newspaper cuttings relating to Chard (one concerning the 'Chard Report' annotated in the margin by W.W. Chard noting 'On seeing this article J[ohn] telegraphed to the editor [of] Daily News pointing out...'), also a small collection of printed ephemera relating to Rorke's Drift (see footnote), original red half morocco, captioned 'Major J.R.M. Chard, V.C., R.E.' and 'The Moment of Danger is the Opportunity of Heroes' in gilt on the upper cover, [11 Feb. 1879-21 Aug.1880]--Album of news cuttings and ephemera, compiled by Florence Chard (John's sister), including many articles about Chard's career, the ephemera mostly concerning Florence's husband Rev. Robert Latham Browne's church activities relating to North Curry, and Moredon, Somerset, contemporary cloth gilt, worn, [1879-1890]--A small group of vintage albumen print photographs, including 4 showing the triumphal arches erected in North Curry, Somerset for the home coming reception of Chard on 3 October 1879, the largest 182 x 225mm.; Florence Chard's wedding at Moredon on 8 October 1879, showing all the family including John Chard V.C.; ephemera including programme for the reception of Chard at Plymouth; a printed poem 'In Memory of the Officers of Non-Commissioned Officers... Who Fell January 21st 1879...' inscribed to Chard by the author H.B. Worth of Brighton, and several other items, held in a modern album--CHARD (JOHN) A group of 3 autograph letters signed ('J.R.M. Chard') to his brother Wheaton, concerning financial circumstances of their youngest sister Margaret, together 24 pages, Fulwood, Preston, 1886-1887, stitched at corner with several letters by other family members on the same subject; Portrait of J.R.M. Chard by C.W. Walton after a photograph, tinted lithograph, marked 'Proof' with facsimile signature of Chard in lower margin, some spotting and toning, mounted framed and glazed, sheet 480 x 380mm. to view, [c.1879-1880]; together with several related printed and ephemeral items relating to the John Chard and his family (collection)Footnotes:A collection including three autograph letters by John Chard to his brother, photographs of the triumphant arches erected in North Curry, Somerset on Chard's return from South Africa, family albums of cuttings and ephemera relating to Rorke's Drift including printed song sheets, and celebratory poems.The ephemera includes a hand-coloured lithographed map plan of Rorke's Drift by Chard; a presentation copy of W.C. Bennett's 'Songs for Soldiers' [including one titled 'Chard & Bromhead at Rorke's Drift'], March 1879; broadside captioned 'Limassol Spring Meeting. 10th and 11th March 1885. Cyprus' (naming Chard as the 'Starter' and 'Steward'); 'Isandula' Impromptu by a Soldier's Daughter' [including a song 'On the Defence of Rorke's Drift Camp']; 'A Recitation on the Defence of Rorke's Drift' by S. Rowland with accompanying autograph letter from the author's wife explaining that her husband had 'composed it for your reception in Plymouth but thinking it not quite so good as he whished [sic] defused sending it...'; two manuscript poems dedicated to Chard concerning R.D. and Isandula with accompanying autograph letters from their amateur authors.Provenance: Chard family, including John's brothers and sisters; by descent to the present owner.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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HENDLEY (THOMAS HOLBEIN)Memorials of the Jeypore Exhibition 1883, vol. 1 (of 4), chromolithographed frontispiece portrait of the Maharajah of Jaipur [Jeypore], decorative title and 39 chromolithographed plates (3 uncoloured, one double-page), additional decorative chromolithographed titles of volumes 2-4, and 2 plates and the text of volume 4 bound in, each page of letterpress within decorative border printed in red, contemporary calf with the original decorative cloth gilt covers mounted on sides, and spine labels, g.e., folio (365 x 270mm.), [W. Griggs, 1883]Footnotes:Held under the patronage of Maharaja Sawai Madho Singh II, the spectacular exhibition of decorative and industrial arts of Rajasthan and its neighbouring states held in Jaipur in 1883 attracted almost quarter of a million visitors, the preface noting that 'Admission was free, because the people were to be taught and pleased'.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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HENDLEY (THOMAS HOLBEIN)Ulwar and its Art Treasures, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE MAHARAJAH BEY SINGH OF ALWAR, additional chromolithographed title, colour portrait of the Maharao Raja of Ulwar (with printed label noting that on 1 January 1889 he was 'granted the hereditary distinction of Maharaja' pasted in margin), 80 plates (numbered 1-79 and 17A, mostly chromolithographed, 2 double-page), illustrations (some colour, others photographic) in the text, all leaves on stubs, original decorative black morocco gilt, each cover with gilt-tooled border enclosing a large central panel of red morocco with elaborate design, gilt dentelles, extremities rubbed, folio (370 x 270mm.), W. Griggs, 1888Footnotes:PRESENTATION COPY FROM MAHARAJAH SIR JAI SINGH OF ALWAR, IN A SPECIAL GILT MOROCCO BINDING. Hendley based his pioneering study of Mughal art treasures on the extensive collection of the Maharaja of Alwar ('at whose whole cost this book is published', the total value of the collection estimated by the author to be about two million pounds sterling), and research he carried out 'in the native capitals of Rajputana'.Provenance: Captain Smith, presentation inscription from Maharaja Sir Jai Singh of Alwar, 'To Captain Smith. In memory of the pleasant time we spent together, and as but a poor return for all the trouble you took with with me especially on 5th September 1902 from yours sincerely Jey Singh, Ulwar'. Jai Singh (1882-1937) succeeded his father in 1892, and ruled Alwar until 1933.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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JEHANGIR (SORABJI)Princes and Chiefs of India. A Collection of Biographies and Portraits of the Indian Princes and Chiefs and Brief Historical Surveys of the Territories... Revised and Completed by F.S. Jehangir Taléyarkhan, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, with letterpress titles and descriptive text, 84 woodburytype portraits (of 85, without the Maharaja of Samthar, as issued?), all on original mounts with decorative typographical borders (images approximately 250 x 195mm.), 3 plates loose, one slit in blank margin, a few single wormholes to approximately 5 plates at end of volume 2, publisher's red morocco gilt, g.e., folio (370 x 265mm.), Waterlow & Sons, 1903Footnotes:RARE COMPLETE SET, ILLUSTRATED WITH STRIKING PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS OF THE MAJOR INDIAN PRINCELY RULERS, in the original binding. The author 'visited all parts of India to collect and verify the necessary material, to enlist the co-operation of those concerned, and to arrange for the photographs which add so greatly both to the contemporary and historical value of the undertaking' (Preface). Each portrait, taken by an as yet unidentified photographer, is boldly composed and beautifully lit, with the sitters (full-length, seated or head and shoulders) dressed in their finery. This copy, like the only other full set traced at auction, was issued without the portrait of the Maharaja of Samthar. Provenance: Mysore 'Palace Library', stamp on title of volumes 1 and 3.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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MAWJEE (PURSHOTAM VISHRAM)The Imperial Durbar Album of the Indian Princes, Chiefs and Zamindars, 2 vol., FIRST AND ONLY EDITION, NUMBER 30 OF 300 COPIES, the number '30' stamped in purple ink with a facsimile signature of the author on the colophon leaf in volume 1, half-title in volume 2, 184 photogravure and collotype portrait plates (of 195, lacking 11 in volume 1, one loose), mounted one per page (recto only) on thick paper, most within a printed decorative border, tissue guards (some missing), publisher's blue cloth, gilt-stamped title and Royal coat of arms within wide decorative border on upper cover, blind-stamped decoration on lower cover, neatly rebacked in morocco gilt, folio (380 x 300mm.), Bombay [Mumbai], The Lakshmi Art Printing Works, 1911Footnotes:EXTREMELY RARE WORK PUBLISHED IN BOMBAY TO CELEBRATE THE IMPERIAL DURBAR OF 1911, with no copies recorded as selling at auction on Rare Book Hub or American Book Prices Current, only 2 copies on WorldCat. The colophon states that the work was limited to 300 copies, but it seems possible that the full print run was not issued. The Indian author, Mawjee Purshotam Mawujee, proudly notes in the preface that 'this work has been wholly executed and finished in this country, in the face of several unforeseen difficulties, and that, too, within a limited time'. Published in Bombay, the work was executed in the grand scale expected of such grandiose Durbar 'Princely Portrait' celebratory volumes, the portraits mounted on thick paper, and bound in a gilt-stamped binding, but it is noticeable that the work included, alongside the most major rulers, many minor rulers and regional zamindars not usually represented. The author acknowledges the assistance of 'political officers' who helped source the photographs and historical accounts of these, whilst other images are reproduced from famous photographic studios, including Herzog and Higgins, Bourne and Shepherd, F. Bremner, and Wiele & Klein.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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A J.W. Bailey painted enamel stick pin portrait of a dog, signed, having yellow metal mount; together with a base metal example of a fox. (2)

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TWO 18TH / 19TH CENTURY CARVED OAK ROMAYNE PANELS, depicting portrait bust and scrollwork. 16.5ins x 9.5ins and 13ins x 8.5ins.

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A SUPERB 18TH - 19TH CENTURY FRENCH ENAMEL PORTRAIT PLAQUE OF QUEEN MARIE LESZCZYNSKA, wife of Louis XV, sitting in a chair, her crown by her side. 9ins x 7ins in a gilt frame.

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A PAIR OF 19TH CENTURY CIRCULAR PORTRAIT MINIATURES OF BEARDED MEN. 5.5ins square.

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French - Early 19th Century Superb Quality - Signed Portrait Miniature on Ivory of A French Noble Lady. Signed to Bottom Right. The Miniature Painting Is Inlaid to Cover, of a Superb Quality Carved Ivory Ladies Powder Bowl, Dating From Around the 1850's or Earlier. All Aspects of this Item Shows Top Quality. Size Top Cover Painting on Ivory 4.5 x 4.5 Inches - 11.25 x 11.25 cms. Height of Box 2 Inches - 5 cms. This Item Cost £1,500 In The 1990's and Is Offered at Low Estimate.

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The Godfather Promo Maxi Poster Signed By Francis Ford Coppolla. This item is very special indeed, and a must for any movie fan. It is a portrait maxi promo poster (36” x 24”) for‘The Godfather’. It was signed at a 2006 Paramount Pictures charity event by award winning director FrancisFord Coppolla.

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Pair of Wedgwood Three Colour Portrait Medallions, The Queen No. 1026 of 2000 Silver Jubilee 1952-1977, and The Duke of Edinburgh No. 101 of 2000, both boxed and with certificates.

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An early 20th century portrait miniature of a lady, inscribed "Mrs Henrietta Lheonie Burrell, Northern Ireland", in gilt frame, together with another portrait miniature of a woman, inscribed "Maritta Burrell nee Cinatti Batalha Reis, painted by Mr H.T. Burrell exhibited in Royal Academy 1919", in rectangular gilt frame

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A framed pencil portrait of a man wearing a cap - indistinctly signed

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B.C. Wade: an unframed oil on canvas board portrait of a black lady in semi profiled - 50.5cm X 40.5cm

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A pair of gilt framed portrait prints on canvas, two Hogarth framed coloured prints and four small military prints depicting 19th Century cavalry officers - sold with a large framed signed Lionel Edwards hunting print - faded

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B. Wade and S. Wade: two portraits, the first a 1968 study of a brunette, the other a 1974 portrait of an elderly lady

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Alison Ross: an oil on canvas portrait of a girl in a red polka dot dress - signed verso

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A small gilt framed pencil head and shoulders portrait of a young man

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A drawer of collectables including sea urchin shell, daguerreotype portrait of a boy, inkwells, Dr Dettweiler sputum bottle, etc.

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Circle of Alexej Harlamoff (Russian 1840-1925)Portrait of a girl reading, seatedSigned 'A.Harlamoff', writing 'Barthelemy Utenohe DPV' on a sticker verso.Oil on canvas55 x 40 cm

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* Trier (Walter, 1890-1951). Which One Next? pen & ink with black crayon cartoon on wove, depicting Winston Churchill supporting a vast tier of different hats upon his head, some horizontal folds, 42.5 x 24.5 cm, framed and glazed, Ireland Bros. framer's label to backboard, together with: ibid., "Aunties 1", pen, ink & watercolour wash, heightened with bodycolour on wove portrait of Clementine Churchill seated by a dressing table holding a pair of lorgnette spectacles, 34 x 22.5 cm, framed and glazedQty: (2)NOTESProvenance: From the Winston Churchill Collection of Major Alan Taylor-Smith (1928-2019). Walter Trier (1890-1951) was born to German-Jewish parents in Prague in 1890 and moved to Berlin in 1910 following his studies in art. He was one of the Weimar Republic’s most famous illustrators and is best known for his artwork for Erich Kästner’s perennially popular children’s book Emil and the Detectives and his engaging cover illustrations for Lilliput (the British antifascist pocket magazine published throughout WWII).

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* Sutherland (Graham, 1903-1980, after). Portrait of Sir Winston Churchill, circa 1970s, full-length oil on canvas portrait of Winston Churchill seated, some cracking and flaking of paint surface, 96.5 x 77.5 cm, indistinct West Dulwich artist details written in ink to verso, together with a similar portrait of Churchill after the Sutherland portrait, rendered in coloured chalks on wove, 76 x 61 cm, framed and glazedQty: (2)NOTESProvenance: From the Winston Churchill Collection of Major Alan Taylor-Smith (1928-2019). In 1954 Graham Sutherland was commissioned to paint a full-length portrait of Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill of the United Kingdom. Sutherland received 1,000 guineas for the painting, a sum funded by donations from members of the House of Commons and House of Lords. The painting was presented to Churchill by both Houses of Parliament at a public ceremony in Westminster Hall on his 80th birthday on 30 November 1954. The painting was intended to hang in the Houses of Parliament after Churchill's death, but after the public presentation, it was instead given as a personal gift to Churchill himself, who took it to Chartwell and refused to display it as he found the portrait deeply unflattering. After the death of Lady Spencer-Churchill in 1977, it came to light the following year that she had destroyed the painting within a year of its arrival at Chartwell, by breaking it into pieces and having them incinerated to prevent it from causing further distress to her husband. She had hidden the Sutherland portrait in the cellars at Chartwell and employed her private secretary Grace Hamblin and Hamblin's brother to remove it in the middle of the night and burn it in a remote location. Many commentators were aghast at the destruction of the work of art, and Sutherland condemned it as an act of vandalism; others upheld the Churchills' right to dispose of their property as they saw fit. Lady Spencer-Churchill had previously destroyed other portraits of her husband that she disliked, including sketches by Walter Sickert and Paul Maze. An episode of the Netflix series The Crown refers to the occasion of the public presentation to Churchill, in which Churchill wryly joked (as John Lithgow’s version did in The Crown), that the portrait was “a remarkable example of modern art.” The comment was not meant as a compliment.

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* Royalty, Politics & the Arts. An autograph album containing letters, inscriptions, signatures and signed photographs of members of the British royal family, politicians, musicians and actors, 19th & early 20th century, including an autograph letter from Prince Albert, Buckingham Palace, 27 April 1858, to Sir Edward Cust in response to a couple of questions having received the third volume of the Annals, regretting that it is not in his power 'to go to Grantham to see or inaugurate the Newton Statue', the second informing Cust that the memoirs of Prince F.J. [Friedrich Josias] of Coburg 'are being collected and written at this moment by [Armied von] Witzleben', 2 pages with blank integral leaf, 8vo; a bold autograph signature of Queen Victoria; a signed cabinet card photograph of King Edward VII, signed 'Albert Edward', Coventry Barracks, Windsor, Jan: 24/81', signed cabinet card of Queen Alexandra, autograph letter signed by King George V as Prince, burnt at edges with some loss not affecting signature; a card signed by Queen Mary when Princess of Wales, crudely taped on to mount; a card signed by Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester; autograph signatures of Winston Churchill ('W.S. Churchill'), a clipped signature tipped on to upper portion of Chartwell letterhead, and other political signatures of David Lord George, Stanley Baldwin, J. Ramsay MacDonald, Austen Chamberlain, Neville Chamberlain, Joseph Chamberlain (ALS), Samuel Hoare, Lord Halifax, John Simon, Viscount Snowden, Anthony Eden, the Aga Khan with subscription on embossed letterhead; signed real photo postcards of Andrew Carnegie and Thomas Lipton, clipped signatures of Baden Powell (dated 4.12.33), Admiral Beatty, W.R. Robertson, Evelyn Wood and Charles Beresford (ALS); clipped signatures of Oliver Lodge, Guglielmo Marconi and Herbert Barker; literary clipped signatures of Hilaire Belloc, E.F. Benson, 'Sapper', Baroness Orczy, E. Phillips Oppenheim, Hugh Walpole, John Buchan, John Oxenham, Hall Caine, P.C. Wren (signed bookplate); musical autographs of Chaliapine (signed programme, 1925), Edward Elgar (postcard with vignette portrait and printed musical quotation from The Apostles, signed beneath in blank area, 'Edward Elgar, Sep:10 1904, to H.M.W.', clipped signatures of Landon Ronald, Oscar Straus and Sergei Rachmaninoff (in western script); clipped signatures of Alan J. Cobham, J.A. Mollison and Charles W.A. Scott, the collection mostly pasted on to rectos of 22 stiff card leaves within categories and many with printed biographical cuttings pasted adjacent, presentation inscription from George Wood to his friend Norman Agran, dated May 1969, to front pastedown, early 20th-century half morocco, heavily rubbed, oblong folio (30 x 42 cm)Qty: (1)

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* Wallis (Barnes Neville, 1887-1979). Autograph Letter Signed, 'Barnes', Portsmouth, 13 August 1895, written as a boy to his father in a juvenile but very neat and large hand, saying that the water was colder than the baths at home, cousin Arnie came and played with them yesterday and hoping that he and his mother and the baby are quite well and concluding by remarking that they may be going to Portchester Castle next Saturday, 2 pages with blank integral leaf, a little dust-soiling, a little split at head and foot of vertical folds, final blank page somewhat soiled, 8vo, together with Barnes Wallis's soft leather pocket photograph wallet containing 2 small snapshots, the first very faded of Barnes Wallis and his mother Edith, with a note to verso by Barnes that it was taken when he was up for matriculation, 12-17 June 1911, small split at head of photograph, 5 x 6 cm, the facing photograph a small oval three-quarter length portrait of Barnes's smiling wife Molly, 5 x 3 cm, plus 2 modern photographic reproductions of each photo, wallet size 7 x 5.5 cmQty: (2)NOTESProvenance: From the family of Barnes Wallis, by direct descent. Two unusual items, the first a very early letter written just before his eighth birthday, the second a very personal item that he carried with him always.

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* Hitler Youth. A photograph album entitled 'Meine zeit under AHS Dresden' 1940-1942, with a pencilled swastika beneath pencil manuscript title, a Hitler Youth membership card for Sven Ludowig loosely inserted, containing approx. 68 monochrome photographs, mounted (a few with photo corners) to both sides of album leaves, comprising images relating to the Hitler Youth, such as a Landjahr camp, with several photos of individuals and groups of young men in uniform, sometimes marching, doing sports and other activities, shooting practice, ceremonies, officers giving speeches, the final filled page with the manuscript caption 'Die AHS bestanden und zum ein mitglied in der SS' and a photograph of a young man in SS uniform (head and shoulders portrait), occasional discolouration, contemporary cloth with spine tie, a little wear to extremities, small oblong folio, together with: BDM, A photograph album with a pencil manuscript title relating to the BDM in Dresden, containing approx. 38 monochrome photographs, with the pencilled date 1934 to 1st leaf, several images of a young girl on her own or with others, taking part in dancing, exercises, washing, doing gymnastic-style movements, and other activities (some nude), also at ceremonies, some images of the 1936? Olympic Games, a few photographs of a young girl costumed in a long dress with the Olympic Rings visible on the dress and also on her headdress, some discolouration generally, especially to margins, contemporary cloth with spine tie, rear cover with round stain, front cover with applied cloth letters 'E K' and applied cloth Hitler Youth symbol (lightly spotted and dust-soiled), rear cover with plastic ring and elastic closure, fixing to metal hook on front cover (elastic stretched), oblong 8vo, plus a third photograph album, dated ...Dresden 1939, comprising numerous monochrome photographs in and around Dresden and the wider area (including family photos, mountain scenes, city scenes etc), none labelled, the first page with a photograph of German soldiers, contemporary cloth with spine tie, small oblong folio, and several items of ephemera relating to Dresden, comprising: a baptism certificate for Gerry? Zimmermann, son of Maria Zimmermann, 1919 (1914?) in Dresden; a Guidebook for the Green Vault museum, 1930s; several Dresden gas, water and electricity bills, all 1935; a single-page leaflet for a Christmas Party 1918, in the Herzogin Garten, Dresden; a 'Zenfurbuch', or school report book, for Maria Grodn???, for the years 1916-1924; and a front cover (only) of a ReichskarteQty: (13)

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Churchill (Winston Spencer). Ian Hamilton's March, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1900, portrait frontispiece, folding map, illustrations, Mudie's Select Library slip tipped-in before appendix, 32 pp. publisher's catalogue at end (dated 10/99), some light spotting, previous owner inscription 'J W Haynes 20/3/14' in pencil to half title, original red cloth, Mudie's Select Library label with previous owner signature pasted to upper cover, spine a little rubbed and faded, one corner bumped, 8vo, together with a second edition of the same work, 1900 (with previous owner stamps)Qty: (2)NOTESProvenance: From the Winston Churchill Collection of Major Alan Taylor-Smith (1928-2019). Woods A5.

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* A WWII MM group to Driver C.W. Hughes, Royal Army Service Corps who received his award when driving the Colonel's car he ran into a German post, but acted so promptly that the car was successfully turned and driven off. Military Medal, G.VI.R. (T/79272 Dvr. C.W. Hughes. R.A.S.C.) 1939-1945 Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, Efficiency Medal Territorial, G.VI.R., with 'Territorial' scroll bar (79272 Sjt. C.W. Hughes. M.M. R.E.M.E.), good very fine, with original service book and record of service cardQty: (5)NOTESMM London Gazette 20 August 1940 7972 Sergeant Cyril William Hughes (1918-1998). A metallurgical chemist by trade, Hughes enlisted in the Territorial Army on 24 April 1939, and served in Belgium and France 1939-40. The Birmingham Mail (17 March 1941) reported: "Two young Birmingham soldiers were recently decorated by the King with the Military Medal. Driver C.W. Hughes, of the R.A.S.C., whose home is at 113 Frankley Beeches Road, Northfield. He is a grandson of the famous Birmingham medallist, the late Joseph Moore, whose portrait and collection of works were removed from the Art Gallery to Aston Hall a few years ago. He is 21 and earned his decoration for meritorious conduct during the fighting in Flanders last year. When driving the Colonel's car he ran into a German post but acted so promptly that the car was successfully turned and driven off. Joining the Territorials before the war, Driver Hughes went to France at Christmas 1939 and was there until the evacuation from Dunkirk. His father is also serving his country for, as a naval pensioner, he rejoined the Royal Navy after the outbreak of war and is now serving as a chief petty officer writer." Hughes transferred to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps on 12 March 1942 and transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 1 October 1942, he was discharged from service on 1 July 1946.

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Churchill (Clementine, 1885-1977). Photograph signed, 'Clementine S. Churchill', 1945, vintage gelatin silver print by Dorothy Wilding with label and photographer's facsimile signature to mount verso, image 20.5 x 15.5 cm, signed and dated by the sitter on the lower mount, together with a copy of a first edition of her book My Visit to Russia, Hutchinson & Co., [1945], portrait frontispiece, original printed wrappers, a little soiled, small 8vo, plus a Lovell tablecloth embroidered in coloured silks by Mrs F.A. Allen and her two daughers of Nottingham, c. 1941-42, the white cloth embroidered with several hundred autographs including Clementine Churchill, the Duke and Duchess of Portland, the Marquess and Marchioness of Titchfield, the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Nottingham, the members of parliament for Nottingham, Lord Chatfield and many other public men and private citizens, 125 x 130 cm, plus 2 Typed Letters Signed by Mrs Churchill's private secretary B.M. Crawden, on 10 Downing Street letterhead, 27 November & 11 December 1941, in relation to the tablecloth, the first agreeing to add her signature but regretting that the Prime Minister cannot do the same owing to 'the ever increasing number of similar requests he receives', the second returning the tablecloth which she has now signed, both with some slight soiling and creasing, one page, 4to, plus a similar letter on behalf of the Duke and Duchess of Portland and a related news cutting about the tablecloth from 5 February 1942Qty: (5)NOTESThe embroidered tablecloth was produced for Mrs Churchill's Aid to Russia Fund and according to the news cuttings raised £61. It notes that the tablecloth was to be presented to the Lord Mayor of Nottingham who was to then auction it, the proceeds going to the same cause.

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* Smith (Major General Charles Hodgkinson, 1826-1897). An archive of documents and ephemera, comprising: 8 commission documents, pre-printed on vellum or paper and completed in brown ink, appointing Charles Hodgkinson Smith to various military positions, dated 1845-1877, with embossed paper seals, 5 signed upper left by Queen Victoria, vertical folds as issued, 2 dust-soiled and rubbed, one spotted and toned, approximately 30 x 40 cm (12 x 15.75 ins); an albumen print photograph of 4 soldiers beside a field gun (Charles on left), circa 1860, frayed and marked, trimmed along left-hand edge; a photographic studio portrait of Charles in cravat and bowler hat in later years; a pre-printed letter completed in brown ink dated 27 May 1841, accepting Charles for admission to the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich; and the related commission document dated 1 August 1841 admitting Charles as a Gentleman Cadet in the Royal Artillery, large bifolium, pre-printed and completed in brown ink, horizontal folds as issued, watermarked 'Joseph Coles 1837', together with: Smith (Captain John Weatherell, 1790-1839). An archive of documents and ephemera, comprising: 5 commission documents pre-printed on vellum and completed in brown ink, appointing John Weatherell Smith to various military positions, dated 1807-1832, with embossed paper seals, variously signed upper left by George III, George IV, or William IV, vertical folds as issued, some light dust-soiling and creasing but generally in good condition, approximately 29 x 39 cm (11.5 x 15.25 ins); and 8 items of correspondence, mostly relating to the Captain's retirement, including a printed document stipulating in detail the uniform to be worn whilst on half pay, dated 25th March 1833, and a bifolium written in manuscript entitled 'The Memorial of John Weatherell Smith, Second Captain and Adjutant in the Royal Regiment of Artillery'Qty: (-)NOTESMajor General Charles Hodgkinson Smith was the only son of Captain John Weatherall Smith (1790-1839), grandson of General Sir John Smith (1754-1837), Governor of Gibraltar, and the fifth of six successive generations of one family to serve in the Royal Artillery (of which five are documented). He entered the Royal Artillery in 1845 and saw a great deal of active service overseas whilst serving in the Crimean War, Indian Mutiny, Australia and New Zealand. He was by all accounts a brave and flamboyant young gentleman, apparently risking his own life when cholera was rife during the Crimea, by visiting his men in hospital and rubbing their stomachs to try and relieve their suffering. He was a magnificent horseman and a fine shot, and at one time he owned a famous race horse called Muster Roll. Charles is remembered for his nerves of steel, particularly evident in an incident documented by his cousin: on one occasion, when crossing a narrow bridge over a deep gorge, his nervous charger reared up and pivoted round to face oncoming troops in the opposite direction, necessitating him to force the horse onto its hind legs again and repeat the manoeuvre. He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath, and was awarded the Crimean Medal, the Turkish Medal and the Indian Mutiny Medal. John Weatherall Smith was the father of Major General Charles Hodgkinson Smith, and the son of General Sir John Smith, and was therefore the fourth of six successive generations of one family to serve in the Royal Artillery. He entered that regiment in 1807 and in 1810 he served as aide-de-camp under his father in Gibraltar. He subsequently saw active service in the Peninsular War, after which he served in Gibraltar under his father again between 1812 and 1814. Here he suffered a severe attack of the prevailing fever; he survived and went on to fulfil the role of Permanent Adjutant of the Royal Artillery at Woolwich, but he never recovered from the effects of the fever, and died a comparatively young man.

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* Wyatt (Henry, 1794-1840). General Sir John Smith (1754-1837), G.C.B., K.G.C.H., Royal Artillery 1768-1837, Governor of Gibraltar 1813-1814, 1832, oil on canvas, half-length half-profile portrait to left of a grey-haired gentleman in military dress comprising a scarlet coat, green silk sash, and gold epaulettes, and wearing the Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order, indistinctly signed and dated lower left, some craquelure, professionally restored (Cardiff Museum, 1936), 30.5 x 25.5 cm (12 x 10 ins), gilt moulded frame with title plaque, and old manuscript label on verso 'The Property of Charles Hodgkinson Smith 1915'Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich, London; sometime given to the family and thence by descent. General Sir John Smith was the only son of Captain John Smith (1722-1783). He fought in the American War of Independence, during which he was captured and imprisoned by the Americans. When he was finally released, after nine strenuous years in America, he was ship-wrecked on the way home and nearly drowned. He took part in a number of further campaigns, and was instrumental in expanding the British Empire in the West Indies. He served in Gibraltar from 1804 to 1814, the last two years as Governor. Sir John was a personal friend of George III, George IV and William IV, and he received the Order of the Bath as well as being made a Knight of the Grand Cross of Hanover. Apparently towards the end of his life William IV used to send a daily messenger to Sir John's residence in Woolwich to enquire after his health, and sometimes visited in person, on one occasion presenting him with a silver snuff box. According to at least one account Sir John appears to have been somewhat of a dandy: "The late Father of the Regiment, General Sir John Smith, when a Lieutenant Colonel was an amazing Beau and flattered himself he had a good leg. Of course his boots used to fit like gloves." (Captain R.J. Macdonald, The History of the Dress of the Royal Artillery, 1899)

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[Wallis, Barnes Neville, 1887-1979]. Lord Roberts of Kandahar, V.C., by Walter Jerrold, 4th impression, 1900, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, contemporary red morocco gilt, upper cover detached, spine and edges rubbed, 8vo, prize label to front pastedown 'Presented by the Governors of Christ's Hospital, London, to B.N. Wallis for Mathematics Examination, July 1901', together with Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, by Lord Macaulay, new impression, 1899, contemporary green morocco gilt, spine and edges rubbed, 8vo, prize label to front pastedown 'Presented by the Governors of Christ's Hospital, London, to B.N. Wallis, Upper Fourth Form, A Section, English Essay Prize, 1904, plus two others: Jules Gourdault's L'Italie Pittoresque, 6th edition, Paris, 1903, with a prize label from Christ's Hospital to Barnes Wallis for French, July 1903, and Fairies and Chimneys, by Rose Fyleman, 16th edition, 1923, with a presentation inscription from Barnes Wallis to his future wife Mary Frances 'Molly' Bloxam 'M.F.B. from B.N.W., 22/1/24' and additionally 'M.F. Wallis' to the front endpaper, 8voQty: (4)NOTESProvenance: From the family of Barnes Wallis, by direct descent.

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* English School. Captain John Smith (1722-1783), Royal Artillery 1742-1783, watercolour, half-length portrait of a young gentleman in military uniform, somewhat spotted, 19 x 15.5 cm (7.5 x 6 ins), mounted, framed and glazed, frame with title plaque, together with commission document, pre-printed on vellum and completed in brown ink, appointing John Smith as Lieutenant Fireworker in the Royal Artillery, dated 1760, with embossed blue paper seals to left margin and signed by the King 'George R' to upper left corner, vertical folds as issued, 27.5 x 39 cm (11 x 15.5 ins)Qty: (2)NOTESCaptain John Smith was the second of six generations of his family to serve in the Royal Artillery, the first being his father, about whom nothing appears to be known. The service of the subsequent generations, however, is well documented. John Smith joined the Artillery in 1742 as a cadet-gunner, subsequently serving as a matross, and eventually receiving his commission as a Lieutenant Fireworker in 1758 (as George III was the first monarch to sign and give commission papers, and he didn't ascend to the throne until 1760, the commission document is dated two years after the commission was given). He was First Lieutenant until 1768 when he was made Captain and given the appointment of Captain Gentlemen Cadet Company, probably as Instructor. John Smith's son was General Sir John Smith (1754-1837), Governor of Gibraltar between 1813 and 1814.

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Churchill (Winston Spencer, 1874-1965). Painting as a Pastime, 3rd impression, London: Oidhams Press/Ernest Bevan, 1949, portrait frontispiece, 18 colour plates, original cloth (spine a little faded), dust jacket, spine a little rubbed, reinforcements to verso, 8voQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: From the Winston Churchill Collection of Major Alan Taylor-Smith (1928-2019). Woods A125. Signed copy, inscribed to half-title 'Winston S. Churchill, 1962'.

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* Wyatt (Henry, 1794-1840). Captain John Weatherall Smith (1790-1839), Royal Artillery 1807-1837, 1833, oil on canvas, half-length half-profile portrait to right of a dark curly-haired young gentleman in military dress comprising a navy blue coat and gold epaulettes, indistinctly signed and dated in red lower right, some craquelure, professionally restored (Cardiff Museum, 1936), 30.5 x 25.5 cm (12 x 10 ins), gilt moulded frame with title plaque, and old manuscript label on verso 'The Property of Charles Hodgkinson Smith 1915', stretcher with ink inscription in an early hand 'H. Wyatt 1833 pinxit'Qty: (1)NOTESJohn Weatherall Smith was the son of General Sir John Smith (1754-1837) whom he served as aide-de-camp in Gibraltar in 1810. He subsequently saw active service in the Peninsular War, after which he served in Gibraltar under his father again between 1812 and 1814. Here he suffered a severe attack of the prevailing fever; he survived and went on to fulfill the role of Permanent Adjutant of the Royal Artillery at Woolwich, but he never recovered from the effects of the fever, and died a comparatively young man.

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* Smith (General Sir John, 1754-1837, Governor of Gibraltar). An archive of documents and ephemera, comprising: a 2pp. letter from the Duke of Wellington to Lt. General Smith, dated 17th December 1821, written in a secretarial hand and signed by the Duke 'Wellington', asking the recipient to forward details of military services rendered requisite for the award of Order of the Bath, one folded 4to sheet, watermarked 'J. Budgen 1821', several folds (with a few associated small holes), final page (with direction) toned; 16 commission documents, pre-printed on vellum and completed in brown ink, appointing John Smith to various military positions, dated 1771-1837, with embossed paper seals, variously signed upper left by George III, George IV, and William IV, vertical folds as issued, a few dusty or marked, but generally in good condition, approximately 35 x 35 cm (13.25 x 16 ins), and slightly smaller; and various other official and personal papers and correspondence, including: a folded paper commission, pre-printed and completed in brown ink, appointing John Smith as Gentleman Cadet in the Royal Artillery, dated 1768, with embossed paper seal, somewhat torn; several folded paper Statements of the Services of Lieut-General Sir John Smith, pre-printed and completed in ink, one torn and with piece excised from lower right corner; two 10pp. manuscript narratives of the Services of Sir John Smith from 1771-1834 (one a copy of the other); several manuscript lists of officers served under; a manuscript note 'Memorandum for the Inscription to be Engraved on my Tombstone'; and a copy of a letter from Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, on Sir John's appointment to the command of the Royal Artillery at Gibraltar in 1804Qty: (-)NOTESGeneral Sir John Smith (1754-1837) was the only son of Captain John Smith (1722-1783) and the third of six successive generations of one family to serve in the Royal Artillery (of which five are documented). He fought in the American War of Independence, during which he was captured and imprisoned by the Americans. When he was finally released, after nine strenuous years in America, he was ship-wrecked on the way home and nearly drowned. He took part in a number of further campaigns, and was instrumental in expanding the British Empire in the West Indies. He served in Gibraltar from 1804 to 1814, including as Acting Governor and subsequently Governor. He became Colonel-Commandant of the 7th Battalion, Royal Horse Artillery in 1815, and was promoted to General in 1837. The unusually large number of preserved commission documents pertaining to this family were apparently kept in three specially constructed metal cases, which kept the documents well-preserved, despite their inevitable travels to various parts of the globe. Sir John's portrait was painted in oils by Henry Wyatt, a pupil of Thomas Lawrence, and it hung in the Royal Artillery Barracks at Woolwich for a time, until given to the family. Sir John was a personal friend of George III, George IV and William IV, and he received the Order of the Bath (after apparently prompting the Duke of Wellington on the subject - see letter above), as well as being made a Knight of the Grand Cross of the Hanovarian Guelphic Order. Apparently towards the end of the General's life William IV used to send a daily messenger to Sir John's residence in Woolwich to enquire after his health, and sometimes visited in person, on one occasion presenting him with a silver snuff box. According to at least one account Sir John appears to have been somewhat of a dandy: "The late Father of the Regiment, General Sir John Smith, when a Lieutenant Colonel was an amazing Beau and flattered himself he had a good leg. Of course his boots used to fit like gloves" (Captain R.J. Macdonald, The History of the Dress of the Royal Artillery, 1899). The memorandum regarding his epitaph requested that the inscription on his tomb include the following: "Sacred To the Memory of General Sir John Smith G.C.H., Colonel Commandant of the Royal Horse Artillery and Father of the Corps - after serving as an Officer in three quarters of the Globe 64 years - Honoured by his Sovereign - respected by all Ranks of the Army he had served with, beloved by his Friends and revered by his Family, His private life afforded an Example to all who love goodness, honour and and benevolence". His great grandson notes in the family history "His successors did not carry out his wishes".

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* English School. Major General C. Hodgkinson-Smith (1826-1897), C.B., Royal Artillery 1845-1896, oil on canvas, half-length portrait of a gentleman with moustache and side whiskers, attired in military dress and sporting the Companion of the Order of the Bath, and three other medals (Crimea Medal, Turkish Crimea, and Indian Mutiny), 30.5 x 25.5 cm (12 x 10 ins), gilt moulded frame with title plaqueQty: (1)NOTESMajor General Charles Hodgkinson Smith was the only son of Captain John Weatherall Smith (1790-1839). He entered the Royal Artillery in 1845 and saw a great deal of active service overseas whilst serving in the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny, also serving in Australia and New Zealand. He was by all accounts a brave and dashing young gentleman, apparently risking his own life by bringing succour to his men who were suffering from cholera during the Crimea, and remembered for his nerves of steel: on one occasion, when crossing a narrow bridge over a deep gorge, his nervous charger reared up and pivoted round to face oncoming troops in the opposite direction, necessitating him to force the horse onto its hind legs again and repeat the manoeuvre. He owned at one time a famous horse called Muster Roll which won a number of races both for him and for his subsequent owner, sportsman Sir John Dugdale Astley.

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* Royal Flying Corps. A WWI portrait of an airman c.1917, oil on canvas, unsigned, 60.5 x 50.5cm, unframedQty: (1)

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* English School. Admiral Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan of Camperdown (1731 - 1804), circa 1800, oval portrait miniature on ivory, watercolour with white bodycolour, unsigned, 10 x 8.5 cm (4 x 3.3 ins), backed with German printed newspaper, inscribed in an early hand to verso of wood backing panel 'Admiral Lord Viscount Duncan, Victor of the Battle of Camperdown, October 11, 1797', period wood frame with brass inner slip, glazedQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Private Collection, Hampshire.

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* Churchill (Winston Spencer, 1874-1965). An original copper plate used in the preparation of colour transfer prints of the portrait of Churchill in the uniform of Air Commodore, Royal Air Force, photographed by David Waddington, 1945, plate size 23 x 15.5 cmQty: (1)NOTESThe image on the plate here is in the reverse to the known positive images. David Waddington was serving as an airman when he was sent to photograph Churchill as part of the RAF Colour Portrait Project. His work was to be used to raise money for the joint benefit of United States Army Air Forces Aid Society and Royal Air Force Charities. Churchill was so pleased with this study that he later requested and signed 5 direct-colour transfer prints of it for presentation, and nearly-identical transfer prints were produced in larger quantities for fundraising purposes. The plate here does not bear any signature but evidence of its working use can be seen on the surface.

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Churchill (Winston Spencer). The Story of the Malakand Field Force. An Episode of Frontier War, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1898, 1st issue without the errata slip tipped-in, portrait frontispiece, 2 folding maps, 4 plans, 32 pp. publisher's catalogue at end (dated 12/97), list of illustrations leaf detached, some light spotting and stains, endpaper versos toned, W.H. Smith & Sons library label to front pastedown, original green cloth gilt, spine a little toned and rubbed at ends, a few small marks, 8voQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: From the Winston Churchill Collection of Major Alan Taylor-Smith (1928-2019). Woods A1a. Winston Churchill's first book.

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* Wallis (Barnes Neville, 1887-1979). Portrait of Barnes Wallis at his desk holding a pencil and slide rule in the light of an anglepoise desk lamp, 2014, giclee print in pigmented inks by Gary Saunt, signed by the artist in lower image, 48.5 x 39.5 cm, framed and glazedQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: From the family of Barnes Wallis, by direct descent.

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* MacDonald (Daniel, 1821-1853). Portrait on an Officer of the Kings Royal Rifle Corps, 1848, charcoal and chalks, signed and dated lower right, 50 x 34cm (19.75 x 13.25ins), small tear, unframed, applied to a stretcher with contemporary newspaper verso dated 1848Qty: (1)NOTESThe irish artist Daniel MacDonald (1821-1853) came to England circa 1845, and exhibited works at the British Institution and Royal Academy, He died of fever in 1854.

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Churchill (Winston Spencer). The Story of the Malakand Field Force. An Episode of Frontier War, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1898, half-title, halftone portrait frontispiece, 6 maps of which 2 folding, 32 pp. publisher's advertisements to rear, black endpapers, front inner hinge tender, half-title browned, text-block toned and spotted, damp-stain to head of non-folding maps, occasional corrections to spellings of non-English names in purple pencil, further manuscript corrections in standard pencil to pp. 30, 119, 225, 239, original green cloth, rubbed and slightly marked, spine rolled, 8voQty: (1 volume with folder)NOTESProvenance: From the Winston Churchill Collection of Major Alan Taylor-Smith (1928-2019). Langworth pp. 12-14; Woods A1a. First edition, home issue, first state (without the errata slip), one of 2,000 copies. With manuscript corrections attributed to Churchill by the Churchill Archives Centre in an accompanying typed note signed by Katharine Thomson, archivist, Churchil Archives Centre, 8 June 2004, reading: 'I have checked this copy of Winston Churchill's "The Story of the Malakand Field Force", and I think the annotations in ordinary lead (particularly on page 119) are probably in Churchill's own hand'. The book is also accompanied by a typed affidavit signed by one James Hugh Munro of Rondebosch, South Africa, dated 26 May 2004, reading: 'This book was given to me in the late 1950's by Mrs Gericke, the elderly widow of Dr O M Gericke. She told me that the corrections had been made personally by Churchill when [s]he and her husband were passengers together ona boat between India an England shortly after the publication of the book'. Other correspondence sold with this copy indicates that it was acquired by Alan Taylor-Smith from one Kate Philipson of Rondenbosch (of the neighbouring address to Munro's) in June 2005.

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* Yates (Frederic, 1854-1919). Major Charles Hodgkinson Smith (1877-1952), pastel on paper, head and shoulders half-profile portrait to right, of a WWI military gentleman in uniform, signed in pencil lower left, some spotting to background, 58.5 x 48 cm (23 x 19 ins), framed and glazed, manuscript note on backboard pertaining to the sitterQty: (1)NOTESMajor Charles Hodgkinson Smith (1877-1952) was the eldest son of Major General Charles Hodgkinson Smith (1826-1897), who was in command of the Horse Artillery, London District at the time of his son's birth. The Major's military career commenced in 1899 when he joined the yeoman cavalry at the start of the Boer War, receiving a commission in the Royal Artillery the following year and serving until 1904, when he retired in favour of agricultural pursuits. At the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914 he rejoined the Royal Artillery (Reserve of Officers), and fought at Ypres, amongst other places. In 1916 he was invalided home, although he was later sent to Egypt with the Royal Flying Corps in 1917. He served, therefore, in three branches of the armed forces - the Cavalry, the Artillery and the Air Force - and saw a great deal of active service. He was awarded a number of medals, including two South African medals, the Victory Medal and the Croix de Guerre, and was also made a Member of the British Empire. He married and had one daughter, but no son to carry on the family tradition of serving in the Royal Artillery.

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* Churchill (Winston Spencer, 1874-1965). Autograph Signature, 'Winston S. Churchill', circa 1900, inscribed at the head of a small album leaf with small circular magazine portrait of Churchill pasted beneath, paper mount toned and spotted, closed vertical tear running through signature between letters 'u' and 'r', sheet size 9.5 x 11.5 cm, together with 2 Autograph Envelopes Signed from King George VI, 'GRI', both addressed to Winston Churchill at 10 Downing Street, neither postmarked or dated, one delivered by hand and one by messenger, plus an Autograph Envelope Signed by Field Marshal B.L. Montgomery, marked Personal and addressed to Winston Churchill as Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street, plus a selection of political autographs including W.E. Gladstone, H.H. Asquith, Anthony Bevin, C.B. Balfour, Field Marshal Roberts, Austen Chamberlain, David Lloyd George, and approximately 50 others, mostly early 20th-century signatures on small album leavesQty: (approx. 60)NOTESProvenance: From the Winston Churchill Collection of Major Alan Taylor-Smith (1928-2019).

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ARR * Cooper (Alfred Egerton, 1883-1974). Portrait of Barnes Wallis sculpting a wood carving of his wife Molly, c.1950s, oil on canvas, initialled A.E.C. in top right corner, 50 x 39.5 cm, framedQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: From the family of Barnes Wallis, by direct descent.

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Title: An Italian or Parisian alto relievo marble portrait plaque depicting probably a Vestal Virgin, 17th C.Description: 32 x 25,5 cm

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Title: After the antiques: Portrait bust of the Roman emperor August, patinated bronze, 19th C.Description: H 45,5 cm

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Title: European school: A portrait of a young nobleman, oil on copper, 17th C.Description: Work: 20,3 x 16,5 cmÊ Frame: 25,4 x 21,1 cmÊ Ê The wooden panelprotecting the copper plate with the text '(monsieur?) Pasquelin a l'age de dixneuf an (parti?) a Venize' (?).Ê

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Title: Flemish school: Portrait of Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden with symbols of the royal power, oil on copper, 17th C.Description: Work: 15 x 11,9 cmÊ Frame: 28,4 x 25,4 cmÊ Ê The reverse with the name of 'Robert le Frison', count of Flanders from 1071 until his death in 1093, and an old (collection) label.Ê

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