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Los 1152

Leo Klin (1887 - 1967), oil on board, portrait of F C Mears, the inventor of parachute mechanism and Architect, signed and dated 1964, 16.5" x 12", framedGood condition

Los 1165

Pierre De Villiers, oil on board, portrait, 1954, inscribed verso, 26" x 18.5", framedGood condition but would benefit from a light clean

Los 1171

Continental School, oil on canvas, portrait of a girl, indistinctly signed, 20" x 15", framedGood condition

Los 1173

Oil on canvas, portrait of a woman, signed with monogram, 30" x 25", framedGood condition

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Mid-20th century oil on canvas, portrait of a woman, unsigned, 20" x 16", framed

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Oil on canvas, portrait of a woman, unsigned, 16" x 11", framed

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Mid-19th century miniature watercolour on paper, portrait of a woman, unsigned, 4" x 3", framedGood condition

Los 1254

19th century oil on board, portrait of a woman, unsigned, 11" x 8", framedVery light surface abrasions in the varnish but no damage

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Julian Strauch, oil on board, portrait, signed, 21" x 19", framedGood condition

Los 1311

Circle of Helen Allingham, watercolour, portrait of a girl, signed with monogram, 6" x 5", mountedLight foxing

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A 19th century miniature watercolour, portrait of a gentleman, in ebonised frame, a miniature watercolour portrait on ivory of Alexander Muter 1895, by Beatrice Roberts, and a miniature gilt-metal frame (3)The miniature in ebonised frame is painted on card and has light water damage, the other miniature is in very good condition with no cracks, frame also in good condition

Los 549

A Georgian double-sided miniature painted portrait panel brooch/pendant, in unmarked yellow metal frame, overall height 62.8mmGood overall condition, no obvious damage, settings lightly abraded all over, brooch fitting working, unmarked

Los 636

Various silver and collectables, including matchbook case, Art Nouveau style pillbox, hand painted miniature portrait etc (4)Lot sold as seen unless specific item(s) requested

Los 648

A 19th century relief carved coral cameo pendant/brooch, depicting female portrait, in unmarked gold frame, with rose-cut diamond border, brooch height 36.5mm, 11.4gGood overall condition, no obvious damage or repairs, all stones present with a few small surface chips which are mainly only visible through a loupe, pin fitting working, settings lightly abraded, unmarked

Los 496

SIX SMALL PORTRAIT PRINTS AND ENGRAVINGS BY BARTOLOZZI AND OTHERS

Los 609

CIRCULAR PORTRAIT MINIATURE, A SELF-PORTRAIT BY NICOLA HILLYARD TOGETHER WITH A SMALL WATERCOLOUR OF SNOWDROP'S, SIGNED & INSCRIBED IN PENCIL

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A STAFFORDSHIRE ENAMELLED EARTHENWARE PORTRAIT JUG OF JOHN LISTON AS PAUL PRY, C1820  13cm h Good condition

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FIVE PRATTWARE PLAQUES, C1790-1820  two moulded with Bacchus, the others with a classical head or commemorative portrait of a military hero or monarch,  or Putti symbolising Mirth, largest 23.5cm l The three oval plaques in good condition, Mirth with minor chip on back, cartouche frame example with professional restoration

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A PAIR OF ENGLISH PORCELAIN PLAQUES, 1823 painted by William Corden with portraits of Henry Charles Dakeyne (1798-1854) or another gentleman of the Dakeyne family, 16 x 13.5cm, one signed (W Corden pinxit), dated 1823 and inscribed with the sitter's name and, in another's hand, Lincoln's Inn verso, the other signed and indistinctly inscribed verso, unframedWilliam Corden (1795 Ashbourne-Nottingham 1867) Derby porcelain painter and portrait miniaturist.  H C Dakeyne was born at Basford, Nottingham in 1798 and after marrying Mary (1799-1879) resided in London.  Following Henry's death, Mary Daykene lived at the Old Hall, East Bridgford, Nottingham until her death Portrait of H C Dakeyne - blue coatee retouched where the enamels flaking.The other portrait - in good condition with some matt surface accretions, neither cracked or chipped, no restoration

Los 350

 A DURONE, 1873  PORTRAIT OF A GIRL AND HER PUG DOG           signed and dated, watercolour, oval, 46.5 x 35.5cm Light foxing and light fading in late 19th c mount and rectangular gilt frame with floral corners, mount slightly spotted

Los 357

AFTER LEMUEL FRANCIS ABBOTT   PORTRAIT OF HORATIO NELSON, VISCOUNT NELSON    bust length, pastel, 47 x 37cm Good condition in giltwood cavetto frame with on the backboard the printed trade label of S Newcombe, 73 Park St, Bristol

Los 368

J C D BROUGE, FL MID 19TH CENTURY  PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG WOMAN   standing three quarter length in a green dress holding a rose, signed and dated (in red) 1840, oil on canvas, 78 x 64cm Several repaired tears and consequent retouching, revarnished, support hanging somewhat loosely on the old stretchers, in contemporary mid 19th c ornate gilt frame

Los 369

WILLIAM HENRY DAVIS (C1795-1885)  PORTRAIT OF THE RACEHORSE "HIGHFLYER" WITH JOCKEY UP  signed with monogram and inscribed, oil on canvas, 40 x 50cm Professionally restored ready to hang gallery condition ith on the stretchers Christie's stencilled stock numbers, in later gilt cavetto frame

Los 372

BRITISH NAIVE ARTIST, 19TH CENTURY    PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN   small, full length with black hat, brown coat and mushroom breeches, hold a cane before drapery, oil on canvas, 44.5 x 36.5cm, bird's eye maple frame Lined with overpainting, the medium a little thin in places; revarnished, in contemporary early 19th c frame, frame chipped in places

Los 379

JOHN RICHARD TOWNSEND (1930-2014)  PORTRAIT OF A LADY signed with initials, oil on canvas, 49.5 x 39cm Good condition

Los 384

AFTER SIR JOHN BAPTIST DE MEDINA PORTRAIT OF ANN WEMYSS COUNTESS OF LEVEN  seated three quarter length in a red dress holding  an emblem of an orange and flowers, a fountain beyond, with inscription upper left, oil on canvas, 122 x 98cmThe sitter was the daughter James, Lord Burntisland and Margaret Countess of Wemyss. She was married to David Leslie 3rd Earl of Leven (1660-1728) the great scottish soldier, statesman implicated in the Rye House Plot.  A supporter of William of Orange his family was responsible for bringing the artist Sir John Baptist Medina to Scotland. Varnish slightly misty and light craqueleur; requires a clean. Lined probably in the early 20th century. A Christie's stencil client number on the stretcher. Circa early 20th C gilt frame in the correct style and although dirty in generally good condition

Los 393

BRITISH NAIVE ARTIST, 19TH CENTURY  PORTRAIT OF A GIRL three quarter length in a blue dress clasping a dove, oil on canvas, 59 x 46cm, maple frame Relined, restored with overpainting and revarnished. Ready to hang in 19th c bird's eye maple frame

Los 398

HERBERT H ST JOHN JONES (1872-1939)  PORTRAIT OF "RUFUS" A SADDLED HORSE IN A LOOSE BOX   signed and inscribed, further inscribed with owner's initials GD on a blanket, oil on canvas, 38.5 x 49cm Lined, clean and in ready to hang gallery condition, save for some lifting of the medium extreme lower left

Los 486

A POLYCHROME WAX PORTRAIT RELIEF OF LORD BYRON, 19TH C ebony veneered frame, portrait 8.5cm h, frame 25.5 x 22.5cm Broken across neck with tiny loss and relaid onto the present support many years ago. Minor marks and scratches, veneer on top left corner of frame slightly damaged

Los 508

A SET OF FOURTEEN PLASTER CASTS OF CLASSICAL PORTRAIT MEDALLIONS, POSSIBLY EARLY 19TH C  mounted on brown velvet in glazed hexagonal giltwood frame, frame 41cm Good condition, gilding rubbed

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YEATS,  W B  POEMS SECOND SERIES, Stratford on Avon 1913, new edition, portrait frontispiece, signed, inscribed and dated on the endpaper Anne from her cousins Lydia M Webb, Helen Webb February 4 1916, original boards, green cloth spineProvenance: Lydia Maria Webb (1842-1918) and her sister Dr Helen Webb (1854-1926).  Of Irish Quaker heritage, the Webb sisters lived together at Spout Farm,  Rotherfield, Sussex.  Lydia Webb died when the RMS Leinster was torpedo by a German submarine on 10th October 1918.  An obiturist described her as "an ardent supporter of the Women's Suffrage Movement"

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SWIFT JONATHAN TRAVELS INTO SEVERAL REMOTE NATIONS OF THE WORLD [GULLIVER'S TRAVELS] London, Motte, 1726. 2 volumes, 8vo, first edition uncertain issue, with the following points noted: engraved portrait frontispiece is in second state, as usual; both titles dated 1726 with no edition stated; Part 1 p35 has 'Subsidies' correctly spelled; Part 3 p74 is correctly numbered; part 4 p52 has correctly-spelled 'but his'. A near-fine copy, advert leaf to vol 1, 6 plates (inc 5 maps) present and correct, small unobtrusive wormhole to blank lower margin of a few leaves in vol 1, final 8 leaves of vol 1 have professional lower-margin repairs nowhere near text and barely noticeable, text clean and fresh throughout. Expertly bound in 19th century green calf by Zaehnsdorf, spines gilt in compartments, double red morocco labels, triple gilt fillets to boards, all edges gilt, inner gilt dentelles and marbled endpapers, a very handsome set of one of the greatest works in English Literature (2)

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JOHNSON, SAMUEL A DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE London, J and P Knapton [and others], 1755, first edition, 2 volumes, large folio, titles in red and black, additional portrait of Johnson after Sir Joshua Reynolds added (not called for) dated 1787, first title damaged and repaired with loss, prefix leaves somewhat creased, prelims to vol 1 with small wormtrack repaired in parts and mainly marginal but occasionally touching a few letters, second title with small closed and repaired tear not affecting text, occasional faint spotting, but in general this is a good clean and fresh copy of a work that is often quite heavily foxed and well-used, bound in full contemporary calf, spines rubbed with wear to top and bottom of spines and volume labels, boards worn at extremities, the copy of Robert John Verney (1809-1862), 17th Baron Willoughby de Broke, with his bookplates, the first edition of Johnson's dictionary was limited to just 2,000 copies, which immediately sold out Unsurprisingly, good copies of the first edition, such as this, are increasingly difficult to find, the first printing of "The most amazing, enduring and endearing one-man feat in the field of lexicography" [Ref: Printing and the Mind of Man] (2)

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POPE, ALEXANDER LETTERS OF MR. ALEXANDER POPE, AND SEVERAL OF HIS FRIENDS London, J Wright, 1737, first edition, 4to, title in red and black with engraved vignette portrait of Pope after Richardson, half-title present, contemporary mottled calf, joints cracked, first 7 or so leaves with faint water  stain to top blank margin, together with Fuller, Thomas The History of the Worthies of England London, 1662, first edition, folio, lacking portrait as often, title page laid down, a few leaves with marginal repairs, usual erratic pagination with some manuscript corrections of page numbers, full contemporary calf, re-backed (2)

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BOSWELL, JAMES THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON London, Henry Baldwin, 1791, first edition second state (with 'give' reading on line 10 of p135), 2 volumes, 4to, portrait frontispiece by Heath after Joshua Reynolds, 'Round-Robin' and 'Signatures' plates both present, vol 2 with an additional portrait of Johnson, a good clean and handsome copy in 18th century speckled calf, spines with red and green labels, title and volume labels to vol 1 replaced in a matching style (2)

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A VICTORIAN AUTOGRAPH ALBUM OF AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED, SIGNED PIECES AND SIGNATURES, 18TH AND 19TH C including AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED: Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (Duchess of Teck) with envelope in her hand, Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, Princess Louise of Sweden (Queen of Denmark), Giuseppe Garibaldi (Palermo, 28 May 1860), Field Marshal Lord Roberts, Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington (Dublin Castle, November 5 1808), Alexandre Dumas (two stanzas), William Edmondstoune Ayton, William Makepeace Thackeray (to the Baroness de Rothschild), Edward Bulwer-Lytton, W. E. Gladstone (Government House, Isle of Man, October 4, 1878), Sir Robert Peel, Roundel Palmer (Lord Chancellor), Richard Bethel (Lord Chancellor), William Wilberforce (York, November 7, 1806, to Abel Chapman, "I have the satisfaction to inform you that yesterday Mr Fawkes & I were nominated without opposition to represent this county in Parliament..."), William Cobbett (to Henry Hunt, Farnham, Tuesday night, 21 November, 1815, with envelope in Cobbett's hand), Cardinal Manning, Cardinal Wiseman, James Fraser Bishop of Manchester (headed "Private"), Reginald Coplestone Bishop of Calcutta, Connop Thirlwall Bishop of St. Davids, Charles Locke Eastlake, Solomon Alexander Hart, George Frederic Watts, David Roberts, John Ruskin (Denmark Hill, 16 November, 1865, on Ruskin's discharging a debt of Henry Wentworth Monk's), Edward William Cooke, John 'Spanish' Philip, John Harrison, General Charles Gordon (January 17, 1874), Rustem Pacha (né Chimelli de Marini, in French), Robert Lowe, Ralph Bernal, Sir Stafford Northcote, W. H. Smith (with envelope in Smith's hand), Sir Spencer Walpole, Sir Richard Owen, Austen Henry Layard, Archibald Sayce, Charles Darwin (4, Bryanston Street, Portman Sqr, on mourning notepaper, Down, Beckenham address scored through, to Thomas Huxley, "My Dear Huxley, I wd very much like to see you whilst we are here. Therefore, unless I hear that you are engaged, I will call on Sunday morning, i.e. if I keep brisk - ever yours, Ch. Darwin"), Thomas Huxley (Home Department notepaper, May 4, 1863, in purple ink to Sir Spencer Walpole), Thomas Crofton Croker (with envelope in Croker's hand), John Tyndall (to E. W. Cooke), Michael Faraday (Hampton Court, 7 October, 1858, a fine letter to Captain Close, "...when the Thames Tunnel broke in, Brunel had above a hundred plans sent in to him, to remedy the evil. Not one of the proposers trusted him" and "...it is only by experience that one learns to be consistent & do what is right in these cases; to do indeed unto others as we would they should do to us"), Herbert Spencer, Lord Randolph Spencer-Churchill, Henry Cecil Raikes, John Arthur Roebuck, Sir George Trevelyan, John Morley, John Eliot Burns, Sir William Vernon Harcourt, Frederick Temple Archbishop of Canterbury, William Connor Magee Bishop of Peterborough, Anthony William Thorold Bishop of Winchester, Harvey Goodwin Bishop of Carlisle, The Earl of Shaftesbury (the social reformer, and envelope in his hand), Evelyn Ashley (second son of the preceding), Archibald Campbell Tate Archbishop of Canterbury, Charles Thomas Longley Archbishop of Canterbury (with envelope in his hand), Frances Ridley Havergal (Perry Barr, February 12, on the rival merits of 'Hymns Ancient and Modern' and her and C. B. Snepp's 'Songs of Praise and Glory'. The former being the "thin end of the wedge of popery"), William Cholmondley (third Marquess), Charles Haddon Spurgeon (part als), Reginald Radcliffe (the revivalist), Edmund Beckett, Roland Arthur Cross (two als and an envelope in his hand), John Jackson Bishop of London, John Charles Royal first Bishop of Liverpool, Richard Durnford Bishop of Chichester, Robert Bickersteth Bishop of Ripon, William Boyd Carpenter Bishop of Ripon, Max Muller, William Hepworth Thompson, Sir Joseph Paxton (Chatsworth, May 21, 1852, short als in third person), Prince Sir Ghulam Muhammad, Thomas Keble, George Howard Wilkinson Bishop of Truro, Arthur Penrhyn Stanley Dean of Westminster, Sir Arthur Sullivan (9, Albert Mansions, 16 September 1879, in third person), Tom Taylor, William Charles Macready, Dame Genevieve Ward, Herman Merivale (a.n.s.), Henry Reeve, Richard Monckpon-Milnes, Sir James Knowles, Matthew James Higgin (a.k.a Jacob Omnium). SIGNED PIECES including Queen Victoria (letter signed at head "Appd Victoria RI"), Edward VII, George V, Victoria Princess Royal (Empress of Prussia), Prince Alfred, Prince Arthur, Prince George Duke of Cambridge, Princess Mary Adelaide Duchess of Teck (greetings card 1887 and envelope in her hand), Francis Duke of Teck, King Francesco II of the Two Sicilies, Maria Sophie Queen Consort of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar, Henri d'Orleans Duke of Aumale and his wife Princess Maria Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, George Oruigbiji  Pepple King of Bonny, Count Cavour, the Aga Khan, ink impression of General Gordon's Chinese seal, the Earl of Dundonald, William Harrison Ainsworth, George Augustus Sala, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Mary Younge, Catherine Sinclair, Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Derby, Cardinal Antonelli, Carlo Pellegrini, Lord Kitchener, Paul du Chaillu (c.d.v. signed), Charles W. Dilke, John Wodehouse 1st Earl of Kimberley and Joseph Chamberlain FREE FRONTS SIGNED AND ENVELOPES SIGNED including Prince Frederick Duke of York, Prince William Frederick Duke of Gloucester, Prince George Duke of Cambridge, Prince Augustus Frederick Duke of Sussex, Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington, W.E. Gladstone , Lord Palmerston, Sir Robert Peel, Lord John Russell, The Duke of Newcastle (when Earl of Lincoln), Daniel O'Connell, Lord George Bentinck, Lord William Bentinck Governor General of India, Sir Francis Burdett, Stratford Canning 1st Viscount, Charles Grey (Prime Minister) and Samuel Wilberforce, all hinged or laid down on linen hinged leaves (36 x 28cm) many with contemporary portrait photographs (albumen prints), engravings and press cuttings, half maroon roan, spine torn, aeg  Provenance: The Right Reverend Rowley Hill, DD, Bishop of Sodor and Man (1836-1887); thence by family descent to the present ownersOrdained in 1860 Rowley Hill's ascendancy in the Church of England was swift.  He became the youngest Bishop in the Anglican Communion when he was consecrated seventeen years later at the age of 41.  This album and those in the two following lots constitutes an increasingly scarce example of a Victorian autograph hunter's collection of considerable scope augmented by photographs.  Bishop Hill's pursuit of the handwriting of royal and distinguished persons began long before his ten years residence of Bishopscourt on the Isle of Man.  Other letters testify to the familial connections of his first and second wives, Caroline Maud Chapman (1839-1882 and especially Alicia (Alice) Probyn (1842-1930) whom he married in 1884.  Alice Probyn's brother, General Sir Dighton Probyn, VC (1833-1924) was the distinguished soldier and famous courtier,  Keeper to the Privy Purse, Secretary to the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) and Comptroller of the Household.  On his death Queen Alexandra paid a touching tribute, her handwritten card attached to the flowers on the General's coffin reading "For my beloved General Probyn with thanks for all he has been to me all these ... 52 years.  We shall miss him so much; but he will draw us up to heaven where he is sure to go. God Bless from his devoted ALEXANDRA"

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PELLEW (EDWARD) AN IMPORTANT GROUP OF RELICS OF ADMIRAL LORD VISCOUNT PELLEW, RN, 1ST VISCOUNT EXMOUTH (1757-1833) comprisingGEORGE III BRASS BOUND MAHOGANY SEA CAPTAIN'S WRITING BOX  the centre of the three brass bands to the lid engraved Captn Pellew, Royal Navy,  having fitted interior with two brass capped glass inkwells, two steel deck bolts and bow key, three concealed drawers and two further drawers beneath false bottom, the lid containing twelve concealed bone coin canisters and covers (6 each for guineas and half guineas), brass three bolt and two peg lock stamped TURNER PATENT, 27 x 50.5cm, original key and iron spikeTHE LOCKER CORRESPONDENCE OF PELLEW'S LETTERS TO HIS SECRETARY 29 AUGUST 1809-32 all ALS, bifolia , to Edward Hawke Locker,  several "Most Confidential", HMS "Caledonian", off Toulon, Genoa, Gibraltar, London, Plymouth (and elsewhere), all entires with address, seals and manuscript or hand-stamped post marks,  indexed and several annotated by Locker, other letters  respecting Lord Exmouth's public services by Lady Pellew and  members of his family, the Earl Spencer, Admiral Sir Richard Goodwin Keats, other officers, etc, 1821-1834, Locker's MS memoir of Pellew, a group portrait drawing of Pellew, Locker and five others by Locker and engravings, tipped into an album (26 x 21cm), original half morocco over marbled boards, scuffed, two cuttings from bookseller's catalogues (? William H Robinson Ltd, early 20th c) describing the present album pasted in,  engraved bookplate of Frederick Locker and a further document signed by Pellew and Lord William Cavendish Bentinck with related TLS from Lionel Robinson presenting the document to H B Vander Poel, 9 March 1938AFTER NICHOLAS POCOCK THE WRECK OF THE EAST INDIAMAN "DUTTON" IN PLYMOUTH SOUND, 26 JANUARY 1796 watercolour, 39.5 x 90cmSHEFFIELD PLATE CHEESE TOASTER, 1816-C1820  with water compartment, detachable lid - reflector and turned pearwood handle, engraved with coronet (viscount's) and ship inscribed DUTTON, 20cm lGEORGE III SILVER TESTIMONIAL TEA CADDY AND COVER engraved with arms and inscriptions or ships at the Bombardment of Algiers,  in scroll and leaf borders with paterae, ring handle, 10cm h; 8 x 12cm, fully marked, by John Edward Terrey, London 1817, 15ozsThe sides are engraved as follows:full achievement of arms of Pellew and In testimony of the  Courage & Honour of  ADMIRAL  LORD EXMOUTH on the Bombardment & Capture of ALGIER September 1816  Presented this Day of our Lord 17th May 1817(left side) Scene of Royal Navy Ships (described on right side - see below)(back) list of the SHIPS and COMMANDERS QUEEN CHARLOTTEAdm Lord Exmouth GCB, Capt James Brisbane CBIMPREGNABLER-Adm David Milne, Capt Edward Brace,  CBSUPERBCapt Charles EkinsMINDENCapt William PatersonALBIONCapt John CoodeLEANDERCapt Edward Chetham, CBSEVERNCapt Hon. Frederick William AylmerGLASGOWCapt Hon. Anthony MaitlandGRANICUS Capt William Furlong WiseHEBRUSCapt Edmund Palmer, CBHERONCom. George BenthamMUTINECom. James MouldPROMETHEUS Com. William Bateman DashwoodBRITOMARTCom. Robert RiddellCORDELIACom. William SargentBEELZEBUB Bomb Com. William KempthornFURY BombCom. Constantine Richard MoorsonHECLA Bomb Com. William PophamINFERNAL BombCom. Hon. George James Percival(right side) A Transport, A Despatch vessel, Gun vessels etc with Royal Sappers & Miners & Royal Rocket CorpsMELANPUS V.Ad. Baron Theod Fred van Capellen, Capt A W De ManFREDERICACapt J A van ser StaatenDIANACapt Petrus ZiervogelAMSTELCapt W A Van Der HartDAGERAADCapt J M PoldersEENDRACHTCapt J F C WardenbergBOMBARDMENT OF ALGIERS 1816 COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL BY L BRENET/GERARD FROM MUDIE'S SERIES COMMEMORATING BRITISH VICTORIES, 1820 obv bust facing right ADMIRAL LORD EXMOUTH, rev Neptune subduing  a seahorse, bronze, 41mm, VF or better [Eimer 1085]PELLEW'S PRAYER BOOK.  THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER...[together with] a new version of the Psalms of David... by N Brady, D.D. and N Tate, unpaginated  title inscribed "Presented by Lady Pellew on Christmas Day 1809" and on blank reverse "Sent to Lord Exmouth's Niece Constantina Thompson on the Death of Lady Exmouth October 29th 1837, Teignmouth Novr 6th (signed) GP [? George Pellew, Dean of Norwich] with his love,  pencil annotation probably in Pellew's hand "this Psalm was chosen " before psalm 51, marbled endpapers with gilt tooled scarlet morocco label lettered VICE ADMIRAL SIR EDWARD PELLEW BT 1809  at front and pasted newspaper report of his death at end, straight grained panelled gilt scarlet morocco, spine gilt with raised bands, worn, aeg, London 1802 (Psalms 1808), Griffiths 1 (1802), p 216: NSTC L 1852 MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS including  L'Amiral Edward Pellew Viscount Exmouth from the series  Histoire Generale les Hommes de Guerre, folio, lithographed portrait and arms, contemporary half scarlet morocco with gilt title label and inscribed in purple ink on the pastedown [Augusta]" Lady Castletown from Lord Exmouth's grand daughter-Florence May 20th 1877", A Salamé,  A Narrative of the Expedition to Algiers in the Year 1816 Under the Command of the Rt Hon Admiral Lord Viscount Exmouth,  folding plts, one hand coloured, contemporary calf, upper board detached, 1819, M F Tytler,  The Wooden Walls of Old England: Or The Lives of Celebrated Admirals 1847, E Osler, The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth, rebacked, 1935, a silhouette of Pellew, Pownoll Bastard Pellew, 2nd Viscount Exmouth, ?Private? autograph letter signed, 1812, [newspaper], The Times, December 26th 1793 and July 9th 1804 (both referring to Pellew) and genealogical and other papers found in the boxProvenance: (Locker Correspondence) Edward Hawker Locker, FRS, FSA (1777-1849); his son the bibliophile and poet Frederick Locker, afterwards Locker-Lampson (1821-1895); (possibly) William H Robinson Ltd by which sold to Halstead B Vander Poel (1911-2003); Christie's, Sale of the Halstead B Vander Poel Collection of English Literature, 3 March 2004, lot 347, to the present vendor(Cheese Toaster)The crest and motto with Viscount's coronet above is that of Pellew for Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, GCB (1757-1833)(Tea Caddy) Presented to Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth on 17 May 1817; anon sale ("Property of a Private Collection") Christie's, 29 November 2007, lot 596, to the present vendorNelson's near contemporary, being one year his senior Admiral Pellew (1757-1833)  was also born into a family of, in the phrase of the time "The Middling Sort", in Pellew's case a packet captain of Cornish stock.His naval career, which began in 1770 owed much to several of the exceptional personal qualities that so often characterised Royal Navy officers of Nelson's day, fearless, quick witted and lucky.An excellent swimmer, in a feat of extraordinary presence of mind and not a little  éclat he rescued those on board the  East Indiaman "Dutton" when the vessel and its 400 troops and many others were doomed after the ship ran aground in a storm off Plymouth Hoe on 13th April 1796.  For this he earned an almost immediate Baronetcy.Earlier, at the Action of the 18th June 1793, Pellew captured the French frigate 'Cleopatre' and seized the French naval code of secret signals, for this Pellew was rewarded by a knighthood.His greatest achievement was in the successful Bombardment of Algiers, 1816 (for which amongst other testimonials he was presented with the silver box in this sale) thereby directly resulting in the release of twelve hundred enslaved christians. Please email for further information

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ENGLISH CERAMICS. GRANT (M H) THE MAKERS OF BLACK BASALTES  plts, black cloth, 1910, U des Fontaines, Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre,  W D John and W Baker, Old English Lustre Pottery, P D Gordon Pugh, Staffordshire Portrait Figures, G A Godden, Caughley & Worcester Porcelains 1775-1800 [and various other titles by the same], W D John, William Billingsley 1758-1828, F Tilley, Teapots and Tea, A Ray, English Delftware Tiles,  J K Crellin, Medical Ceramics in the Wellcome Institute, D Barker, William Greatbatch A Staffordshire Potter and about 50 others, including exhibition catalogues (60 approx)

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Late 19th/early 20thC School. Portrait of a lady, on ivory in gilt frame, oval, and another rectangular miniature in later case, 7.5cm x 5cm. Provenance: The Estate of Miss Rachel Monson.

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19thC School. Portrait miniature of a gentleman wearing a black jacket, with tree lined landscape to the rear, in rectangular leather folding frame, 13cm x 9cm. Provenance: The Estate of Miss Rachel Monson.

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A 19thC portrait miniature by Jenny Girbaud, (French 1822-1894), decorated with a young boy wearing a lace collar and a scarf, within a gilt metal frame, signed and dated 1881, 8cm x 5.5cm and a miniature of a young girl in a yellow metal frame with plaited hair to the reverse.

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19thC School. Miniature portrait of a young boy wearing a black garment with lace collar, within gilt metal frame backed with mother of pearl, the leather box stamped AR.

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A Victorian paste stone set portrait brooch, with central oval portrait panel of a lady in Victorian dress, with a silver gilt gold coloured border, surrounded by paste stones within a pierced scroll design outer border, with white metal back, with single loupe and pin back, 3cm x 3cm.

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CIRCA 1900 ENGLISH SCHOOL "Young Woman in Off the Shoulder Dress", a portrait study, half length, oil on canvas, unsigned, 76 cm x 56 cm

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BARBARA COOK "Daughter of Francis I of France", a portrait study, half length, oil on canvas, unsigned in ornate giltwood and gesso swept frame, signed and inscribed verso, 61 cm x 51 cm

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A collection of sporting related prints to include AFTER GERALD HARE ??? "With the Duke of Beaufort Hounds", limited edition coloured print No'd. 390/400, signed by Gerald Hare and Duke of Beaufort in pen to the border, approx 69 cm x 84.5 cm including frame, AFTER CHARLES SIMPSON "A Check at the Crossroads, 58 cm x 72 cm including frame and ten various others (12), together with JOHN MINOPRIO "The Blue and Buff Portrait of an English Hunt", one volume

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OF CRIMEAN AND TRANSVAAL WAR INTEREST - a Samuel Alcock & Co. Hill Pottery (Burslem) "Royal Patriotic Fund" baluster jug printed in underglaze black with a battlefield scene and a widow and her children within green and gilt banding, large pictoral mark, 7 3 /4" high, together with an ironstone jug of octagonal baluster form printed in underglaze blue and naively overpainted in colours with the British and French flags beneath banners "Alma, Balaklava and Inkermann", 6 3/4" high, a Copeland pottery tyg, printed and overpainted in bright enamels with "Transvaal War 1899-1900, Equal Rights for All", 5 3/4" high overall, and a green glass dump enclosing the bust portrait of a general, 5 1/4" high (4) (Illustrated)

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OF ROYAL INTEREST - a pottery jug of lobed baluster form printed in underglaze lilac with a half length portrait of "His Most Gracious Majesty King William" and " ... Queen Adelaide", "Crowned. Sep. 8. 1831", unmarked, 8 1/2" high over handle (Est. plus 21% premium inc. VAT) (Illustrated)

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OF ROYAL INTEREST - a small pearlware jug of baluster form, on-glaze printed in brown with a half length portrait of Queen Caroline and the "Green Bag" verse below a copper lustre band, unmarked, 3 3/4" high (Est. plus 21% premium inc. VAT) (Illustrated)

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OF ROYAL INTEREST - an Old Hall Earthenware Co. smear glazed stoneware jug mourning the death of the Prince Consort, 1861, moulded with his portrait and Royal Coat of Arms, applied mark, 10 1/2" high, together with a similar Wm. Brownfield Albion pottery jug commemorating the wedding of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales to Princess Alexandra of Denmark, 1863, moulded with heraldic shields, 7" high, a similar blue jug commemorating Queen Victoria's Jubilee 1887, 8 1/4" high, and a C. H. Brannam, Barum blue glazed terracotta jug with dragon handle commemorating Victoria's Jubilee 1897, incised mark, 4" high (4) (Est. plus 21% premium inc. VAT) (Part Illustrated)

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JOHN FARLEY - The London Art of Cookery, 4th edition, engraved portrait frontis. full calf, WITH Thomas John Graham - Modern Domestic Medicine, 4th edition 1829 AND The Practical Housewife, Ward Lock, AND A New System of Domestic Cookery (Rundell) (4) (Est. plus 17.5% premium)

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PETER HARRIS (1923-2009), Bust Portrait of a Man, pastel, signed, 14" x 10 3/4", together with another of a woman, unsigned, both unframed, contained within a portfolio of drawings including works by Jorge Cabraras, Jerome Esser and Thomas Henry Huxley (subject to Artists Resale Right) (Est. plus 21% premium inc. VAT)

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JAPANESE SCHOOL (20th Century), Wisdom and Youth, Portrait of a Lady and Grandchild, oil on canvas, signed, 24" x 18", ebonised frame (Est. plus 21% premium inc. VAT)

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JOHN FRANCIS WYBURD (1826-1893), Portrait of a Lady Reading, oil on canvas, signed with initials, 12" x 10", gilt frame (Est. plus 21% premium inc. VAT) (Illustrated)

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ENGLISH SCHOOL (18th Century), Bust Portrait of a Young Child, oil on canvas, unsigned, 11 1/2" x 10", gilt frame (Est. plus 21% premium inc. VAT) (Illustrated)

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G.P. MACKESON R.A. (20th Century), Portrait of a Lady, head and shoulders, oil on canvas, signed and inscribed on stretcher and dated 1933, 20 1/4" x 16 1/4", gilt frame (Est. plus 21% premium inc. VAT)

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GERALD FRENCH (1927-2001), Portrait of a Young Man Seated, half length, oil on board, unsigned, label for Trustee of Gerald French to reverse No.0169, 35 3/4" x 28 1/4", framed (subject to Artists Resale Right) (Est. plus 21% premium inc. VAT)

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A GEORGIAN HORN BEAKER engraved with a bust portrait of a lady wearing a plumed hat and a dog, beneath a banner "This is my Guard", a serpent and a full length portrait of a gentleman wearing a bi-corn hat saying "Take This", 4" high (Est. plus 21% premium inc. VAT) (Illustrated)

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Westminster Mint Queen's Fourth Portrait specimen set. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

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Antique Post-card album with approx 120 postcards, with portrait and topographical postcards

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