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![* Newson (George, 1932-2024). Signed Portrait of the French composer Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992), Paris, [1984], vintage gel](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b9d888ab-3248-4363-8112-b21100a2bf30/6103b48d-b622-402e-b6d5-b22201078924/468x382.jpg)
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* Newson (George, 1932-2024). Signed Portrait of the French composer Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992), Paris, [1984], vintage gelatin silver print, head and shoulders full-face portrait, wearing fur hat and scarf, minor creasing to upper part of image, image size 184 x 295 mm, signed by both sitter and artist in red ink to lower wide blank margin, framed and glazed, 31 x 36.5 cm overall, together with another related vintage gelatin silver print, the photograph taken by Newson on the same occasion, showing Messiaen and Newson posing together, image size 200 x 200 mm, titled with place and date by the photographer in black ink to blank lower margin, framed and glazed, 30.5 x 28 cm overallQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: The estate of the English composer and pianist George Newson (1932-2024).These photographs were taken outside Sainte-Trinité Church, Paris, and although the first one is dated [19]83 by Newson both photographs were taken on 26 February 1984; no doubt before or after an organ recital by the composer.
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* Singh (Duleep, 1838-1893, Maharajah of Lahore). Autograph note signed, 'Duleep Singh Maharajah', mid-19th century, a brief note mentioning various contacts and requests for introductions, one meeting in particular not being possible as 'unfortunately [Mr Arnold] is now in India', one page with integral blank leaf, 'E Towgood / Fine' watermark, 8vo, plus a slightly longer autograph letter from Frederick Duleep Singh, on headed notepaper, and a cartes de visite of Frederick Duleep Singh by John William Clarke of Bury St. Edmunds, together with 18 copies of various printed music publications, including works by Amy Woodforde-Finden, Chopin, Sibelius, Beethoven, etc., many with the ownership initials 'CDS' (Catherine Duleep Singh) in ink, plus six copies of Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, various volumes and parts, and a copy of The Catalogue of Portrait Miniatures at Castle Howard, all held within an Antler brown leather suitcase QTY: (28)
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* Newson (George, 1932-2024). Signed Portrait of the American composer John Cage (1912-1992) in Bloomsbury Square, London, 1985, vintage gelatin silver print, the composer seated on a park bench and half-turned to look at the camera behind, image size 220 x 210 mm, signed by the sitter in ink in lower blank margin to left and right, ‘for George Newson’ and ‘John Cage’, titled, signed and dated in pencil by the photographer to head and foot of mount, framed and glazed, 33.5 x 29 cm overall, together with: Newson (George, 1932-2024). Portrait of the American composer Morton Feldman (1926-1987), Soho, London, 1984, vintage gelatin silver print, full length, interior shot of the composer seated on a cushion with hands and feet crossed in front of a large photograph of a scaffolded church or cathedral, image size 275 x 200 mm, titled, dated and signed in pencil by the photographer at head of aperture mount, ‘Morton Feldman(i) = Soho, (1984)’, framed and glazed, 45 x 40 cm overallQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: The estate of the English composer and pianist George Newson (1932-2024)Newson first met John Cage on a three-month music trip to the USA in 1967.
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* John (Augustus Edwin, 1878-1961). Signed half-length portrait of the artist wearing a hat, by Curling, 1924, bromide gelatin silver print, somewhat silvered at all four edges, laid on tissue and then card with the sitter's signed sepia ink inscription on mount under image, ‘To Elinor from Augustus John’, a little damp staining at foot of mount well away from image and autograph, framed and glazed, 37.5 x 26 cm overallQTY: (1)NOTE:This photograph was first published in Tatler, 19 March 1924.
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* Photography. An assorted group of approx. 60 photographs and 3 albums, 19th & 20th century, a mixture of mostly albumen and gelatin silver print photographs, including two of a semi-nude woman, by Gordon Moore, two French views by Maxwell Lyte, a group portrait of priests around Pope Pius IX by Fratelli D’Alessandri, photographs of removing rocks from the Clyde, four large photographs of birds, a photograph of a procession for the Duke of Clarence, 4 vintage gelatin silver prints showing bomb damage at the Houses of Parliament, a group of approx. 60 military press prints including ten of Shanghai, the 3 photograph albums containing gelatin silver prints of Pre-Raphaelite paintings, Lakeland scenes and one large album with albumen prints, mostly of Italian artworks but including a portrait of Pius IX and several others of Italian buildings and viewsQTY: (a carton)
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* Carroll (Lewis, 1832-1898). Photographic Memorial Card, 1898, printed memorial card in black letter, ‘I am the Resurrection and the Life. / Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll), fell asleep Jan. 14, 1898’, with mounted oval albumen print head and shoulders portrait of the author in profile, 60 x 45 mm, a little spotting, verso blank, 125 x 80 mmQTY: (1)
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* Booth (William, 1829-1912), English Methodist Preacher and Founder of The Salvation Army. Vintage Postcard Photograph Signed, ‘William Booth’, c. 1910, half-length near-full face portrait, signed in fountain pen ink to lower margin, divided back verso blank, together with Booth (Evangeline, 1865-1950) daughter of William Booth and 4th General of The Salvation Army. Photograph Signed, ‘Evangeline Booth, General, Oct 1939’, three-quarter length portrait in Salvation Army dress, signed in fountain pen ink in lighter blank right margin, one small pin prick hole to left of her shoulder, image 25 x 19.5 cmQTY: (2)NOTE:William Booth was the first General of the Salvation Army (1878-1912). His daughter Evangeline was the 4th General from 1934 to 1939, and the first woman to hold the post.
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* Salar Jung I (Mir Turab Ali Kahn, 1829-1883). Portrait of the Prime Minister of Hyderabad State (1853-1883), c. 1870s, albumen print on thin card, tipped on to an old paper mount with manuscript caption in English beneath, image 212 x 167 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:Known simply as Salar Jung I, he served as prime minister of Hyderabad State from 1853 until his death and also served as Regent for the 6th Nizam, Asaf Jah VI between 1869 and 1883. A caricature by Spy appeared in Vanity Fair with the caption 'An Indian Statesman'.
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* Hollyer (Frederick, 1837-1933). William Morris (1834-1896), c. 1884, platinum print, bust portrait of Morris with his head resting on his right hand, some overall white flecking due to surface loss, blind-stamped copyright stamp lower right, 35 x 27.5 cm, bronzed card aperture mountQTY: (1)
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* Portraits. A group of 6 photographic portraits of artists, late 19th & 20th century, including a three-quarter length portrait of the artist William Nicholson by Arbuthnott, 1912, gelatin silver print on original mount with photographer's pencil signature and date beneath and the sitter's ink signed inscription for Charles Huskison, dated 1912, lower right, image 20 x 15 cm, framed and glazed, 48 x 34 cm overall; a three-quarter length portrait of the sculptor Clare Sheridan by Lenare, bromoil gelatin silver print, signed presentation inscription from the sitter in brown ink to lower part of image, ‘To dear “Portia” with all my admiration – Clare Sheridan, 1927’, with studio printed signature and motif to lower margin, copyright stamp to verso, 35 x 27 cm overall; plus other photographic portraits of Frederic Lord Leighton by Samuel A. Walker with photographer's pencil signature to lower mount, a carbon print of William Powell Frith [by Barraud], a gelatin silver print portrait of Anne Redpath and a full-length gelatin silver print seated portrait of John Piper, all but the last framed and glazedQTY: (6)
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* Cecil (William, 1520-1598), Lord Burleigh, English statesman and chief adviser to Queen Elizabeth I. Document Signed, 'W. Burghley’, 29 June 1586, an instruction to pay Nowell Sotherton, Clerk of the estreats in the Exchequer, the sum of £6.8s.3d. for serving the Queen and collecting all the fines, issues and amerciaments in the 12 shires of Wales for the 28th year of Her Majesty’s reign [1585-86], 8 lines of manuscript in brown ink, signed below by Lord Burleigh and Sir Walter Mildmay (1520-1589, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Queen Elizabeth I, some light spotting, mounted below an engraved portrait of William Cecil by John Goldar (1784), modern black and gilt frame, glazed, with printed transcription of the document attached to verso (overall size 64 x 39 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Nowell Sotherton was appointed Warden of the Merchant Taylors' Company in 1586 and became Master in 1597. He was Clerk of estreats in the Exchequer, and later cursitor baron of the Exchequer from July 1606. Sotherton was also a member of parliament for Dorchester in 1589, and St. Ives in 1593 and 1597. The document is signed by Sotherton's superiors in Elizabeth I's administration, Sir Walter Mildmay, chancellor of the Exchequer, and William Burleigh, Lord Cecil (1520-1598), diplomat, politician and administrator who was the principal adviser to Queen Elizabeth I for the majority of her reign.
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* Early cricket photograph. A photograph album compiled by George Dunbar Whatman, c. 1860-63, containing over 100 albumen prints, some views of Eton, etc., but mostly carte-de-visite and similar size portrait photographs, one of the larger photographs showing a group of Eton boys including cricketers on a pitch and looking to camera, ink caption ‘Corner of the playing fields, with Mr Steven’s house, Eton’ to mount beneath, image 140 x 160 mm, the other portraits being mostly of masters and pupils at Eton with ink name identifications throughout, other sporting interest include carte-de-visite photographs of the 1862 cricket, football and rowing teams with further photographs of the cricket XI and the rowing eight in mufti, the family photographs mounted and inverted at rear of album, some photographs over or underexposed, one woman with pencil caption ‘April 28th 1863’ (first attempt) G.D.W.’, photographs largely mounted two or more to a page with versos blank, most of the photographs with some marginal browning to mounts from the original glue, autograph ownership inscription of George Dunbar Whatman dated 1862 to front pastedown, contemporary cloth, recent antique-style red morocco gilt reback and corners, 4to (23 x 18 cm) QTY: (1)NOTE:George Dunbar Whatman (1846-1923) was the son of William Godfrey and Emma Jane Whatman. He was educated at Eton and Exeter College, Oxford. He married Frances Fuller in 1872 and worked as a London banker and Commissioner of Lieutenancy of London. At the time many of these photographs were taken Whatman would have been about 16 years old, though it is possible some of the photographs were taken by professional photographers. Besides the cricket photograph, there are two other larger group photographs taken by Whatman, one of another group of Etonians in top hats outside Reverend W. Wayte’s house, 1862, and another outdoor group including Reverend E. Balston and Lord J. Hersey, dated 1860. Of the 1862 Eton cricket XI seven went on to play first-class cricket.
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* Charles I (1600-1649). King of England, Scotland & Ireland, 1625-49. Document Signed, ‘Charles R’, Edinburgh, 11 September 1647, granting safe conduct to Andrew, Lord Gray to go to France, signed by the King at head (some ink bleeding), and at the foot by 10 of his Ministers, including Lord Eglinton, Balcarres, and others, some overall spotting, 1 page, endorsed, folio (36 x 26 cm), tipped in before an anonymous tract, The Charge against the King discharged; King cleared by the people of England, from severall accusations in the charge, delivered in against him at Westminster-Hall Saturday last, Jan. 20. by that high court of justice erected by the Army-Parliament…, Printed in the first yeere of Englands Thraledome, [London, 1649], [2], 31, 33-34, [1] pp., added contemporary engraved portrait frontispiece of Charles I (after Anthony van Dyck) from another work with German text printed at foot, some dust-soiling, largely at front and rear, all edges gilt, early 20th-century red half morocco gilt by H[enry] Sotheran & Co., a little rubbed, small 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:For more on Andrew Gray, seventh Lord Gray (d. 1663), royalist nobleman, see ODNB online: '... Gray sought to encourage the king's supporters in Scotland, but there is no evidence of his taking any part in the marquess of Montrose's campaign in 1644–5. None the less, after Montrose was defeated at Philiphaugh in September 1645 Gray was taken prisoner and, on the advice of Lieutenant-General David Leslie, the committee of estates on 30 October ordered that he be banished from Britain, under threat of being put to death if he returned during the 'troubles'. Clearly it was suspected that he was deep in royalist plots, and this is confirmed by a French diplomat's comment in August 1647 that Gray 'has been detained in Scotland for some years in the service of the King of Great Britain' (Fotheringham, 2.218).' Gray's banishment was not enforced, however, perhaps because the covenanters wished to avoid offending the French, for whom he continued to seek troops. The church, in June and December 1646, expressed its 'great offence' at his continued presence, but the report that he was excommunicated in 1649 is unconfirmed. At the request of the exiled Charles II, Gray resigned his lieutenancy of the Scots gens d'armes at some point in the 1650s. He returned to Scotland after the restoration of monarchy in 1660 and died in 1663. 2) ESTC R204182; Wing C2046.
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* Baillie (Isobel, 1895-1993), English Soprano. An archive of correspondence and ephemera relating to the English soprano Isobel Baillie, including an autograph letter signed by the composer Ethel Smyth (1858-1944), on letter headed paper, dated Coign, Woking, 30.8.23 'My dear Miss Baillie, I didn't half thank you last night - in my anguish at perhaps missing the train...I wish our songs hadn't come off in the saddest day of my life & one of the most deadly busy ones - I thought you sang them beautifully, & had studied so carefully. A rock of strength! My only hope is that you get a nice press - I never want to know... so never read it..., Yours sincerely, Ethel Smyth', an interesting series of 16 autograph letters signed by the composer Hamiton Harty to Isobel Baillie, dated 1926 to 1936 on various letterheads, plus 3 related concert programmes, including one signed by Hamilton Harty for a concert at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, April 9th 1922, a printed programme for the 7th Beethoven Concert at Queen's Hall, by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arturo Toscanini, 22 May 1939, signed in blue ink by Toscanini and dated below his portrait photograph inside the programme, two autograph letters signed by the composer Herbert Howells (1892-1983) and one by Dorothy Howells, dated 10 September 1950, 3 April 1957, and 15 September 1950 respectively, four autograph letters by Jessie Wood (1882-1979, widow of Sir Henry Wood), autograph letters from Norman Allin, Bernard Shore, and Stanford Robinson (1904-1984), a series of 9 typewritten letters and 2 handwritten postcards from Isobel Baillie to Bryan Crimp, 1978-82, a fair manuscript copy of the score for The Children of Lir, by Hamilton Harty, several L.P. recordings of Isobel Baillie, and a small black leather-bound notebook containing Baillie's singing repertoire, written in blue ink in her own hand, plus a copy of her autobiograhy Never Sing Louder Than Lovely (1982), inscribed by Isobel Baillie to Bryan CrimpQTY: (a carton)NOTE:Provenance: After leaving EMI one of Bryan Crimp’s projects was to work with Isobel Baillie on her autobiography, published in 1982 by Hutchinson. This surviving Isobel Baillie material was later gifted to Crimp in recognition of his participation.The leading British concert soprano of the first half of the 20th century, Isobel Baillie gave her first public performance of Handel's Messiah at the age of 15, and made her début with the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester in 1921. Her career coincided with the great flowering of English music between the 1920s and 1950s, during which time she worked with some of the finest composers and conductors of the day, including Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Herbert Howells and Hamilton Harty, Henry Wood, Malcolm Sargent and Sir Thomas Beecham. In oratorio, lieder as well as opera, she was renowned for her pure and clear style of singing. She was awarded a CBE, and a Damehood in 1978.
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* Adams (Marcus, 1875-1959). Portrait of King George VI, his wife Elizabeth and their daughters Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, 1939, carbon print laid on card, showing the four posing with a corgi at the entrance to the Music Room in Buckingham Palace, slightly rubbed and bumped at edges, 76 x 54.5 cmQTY: (1)
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* Stereoscopic Daguerreotype. Portrait of two young girls by William Edward Kilburn, c. early 1850s, a pair of sixth-plate daguerreotypes with hand tinting and gilt highlights, showing a young girl standing next to her sibling, arch top mounts, unsealed with cover glass loose, housed in the original folding morocco case with fold-out lenses, the upper lid gilt-tooled with the Kilburn studio credit stamp and the 222 Regent Street address, button fastenerQTY: (1)NOTE:William Edward Kilburn (1818-1891) established his studio at 222 Regent Street, London, in 1847, moving to 234 Regent Street in 1853.
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* Grace (William Gilbert, 1848-1915), English cricketer. Portrait of W. G. Grace with cricket bat and cap standing with bat slightly raised at the crease at Lord’s, Newcastle upon Tyne: Manson, Swan and Morgan, 1 May 1891, photogravure from a portrait by Archibald Stuart Wortley, artist’s monogram signature and date 1890 in the image lower right, image size 50 x 39 cm, signed in the lower margin in pencil by both artist, ‘Arch. S. Wortley’, alongside a remarque of a cricket ball, and sitter, ‘W. G. Grace’, imprint at head of image, framed and glazed, 72 x 59 cm overallQTY: (1)NOTE:This print is taken from a portrait which was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1890, and was presented to the Marylebone Cricket Club by some of the members. The print was reproduced in a limited edition of 200 copies.
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* Churchill (Winston Leonard Spencer, 1874-1965), British statesman, soldier, and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1940-45 & 1951-55. Signed photographic portrait by Vivienne, c. 1950, vintage gelatin silver print, seated half-length portrait in black jacket and bow tie, 112 x 81 mm, mounted on card and signed in dark blue ink on mount beneath image, ‘Winston S. Churchill’, photographer's wetstamp details to verso, contemporary black-stained gilt metal and wood desk frame, glazed (22 x 17 cm overall)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Colonel Philip Basil Cuddon, M.C., The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire), who was appointed CBE in the 1949 New Year Honours. He had won the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry at Monchy, 14 April 1917, at the age of 19. By direct family descent.This portrait was one of Churchill’s favorites of himself and he signed and gifted many high-quality copies of varying sizes. The photographer Vivienne [Florence Vivienne Entwistle, 1889-1982] was a leading society photographer of the day and took Churchill’s portrait many times. Her son Anthony married Churchill’s daughter Sarah in 1949, the families becoming friends.
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* Elizabeth II (1926-2022), Queen of Great Britain, 1952-2022. Photograph Signed, ‘Elizabeth R’, 1954, vintage gelatin silver print by Dorothy Wilding (1893-1976), signed in the negative lower left, the Queen's signature and date on mount beneath, image size 45 x 34.5 cm, bespoke high-quality stained wooden frame with surmounted gilt crown and leaf spray, glazed, 84 x 48 cm overall QTY: (1)NOTE:This official portrait was taken after Elizabeth’s accession to the throne in 1952. Dorothy Wilding, the first female photographer to receive a Royal Warrant, took 59 portraits of the Queen to mark her accession.
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* Victoria (1819-1901), Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland. An album of ephemera relating to the funeral of Queen Victoria, 2 February 1901, and the proclamation of Edward VII, including order of service for the burial at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, in original purple cloth covers, slim 8vo, laid down on album leaf, a printed invitation from the Lord Steward to Sir Arthur Vicars (Ulster King of Arms) to attend a luncheon in St. George's Hall, Windsor Castle on 2nd Feb. 1901, following the funeral service, several orders and invitations from the Earl Marshal's Office to attend the Internment (one bearing Sir Arthur Vicars' name as the recipient), a proposed draft of the order of procession on Earl Marshal's Office blind armorial stamped headed paper, a list of the Suites of the Royal Family with their respective Residences (issued by the Lord Chamberlain's Office) dated 2nd February, 1901, various issues of the London Gazette regarding the death and funeral of Queen Victoria, a pair of proclamation broadsides, and related notes etc., all mounted on album leaves, some water-staining at rear of volume (slightly affecting a few mounted items at rear), contemporary black straight-grain morocco, titled in gilt to spine 'Funeral of Queen Victoria - Vol. I.', extremities lightly rubbed, folio, together with: Recovery Document. An attractive large vellum Recovery document, dated 12 February 1800, in which Cant Candler petitions against Thomas Jeffreys for two garden messuages amounting to fifty acres of land, fifty acres of meadow and fifty acres of pasture in Hutton Bushell (Hutton Buscel?), Yorkshire, with large initial portrait of the King George III, and decorative border at top and margins, with seal tag retaining Royal wax seal (rubbed and some wear) contained in metal skippetQTY: (2)
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* Glass (Douglas, 1901-1978). Portrait of Brassai, Paris, c. 1960, vintage gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on contemporary card, the name ‘Brassai’ inscribed in a large neat hand in yellow acrylic at head as part of the image with yellow hatching to lower left and right corners, some patches of ‘chemical’ browning to surface, titled and signed by the photographer in ink to verso, 368 x 298 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:The image shows a textured wall and home-made shelves with an assemblage of artefacts including bones and an assortment of pictures and ephemera. In the centre of the ‘studio’ display is a pinned photograph of the photographer Brassai (1889-1984) holding his camera and looking directly back at the viewer. The yellow acrylic additions are presumably in the photographer’s hand, though this has not been confirmed.
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* Dutch East Indies. A large presentation album containing 68 photographs, early 20th century, gelatin silver prints, scenes including Indonesian architecture, outdoor views relating to the Dutch East India company, including Tanjung, Priok, Batavia, Weltevreden, Koningsplein, Parapatan, Meester Cornelis, the volcanic crater at Tangkuban Perahu, Borobadur Temple Scenes, a classical Javanese Wayang wong performance group, a group portrait of Minangkabau men and children in West Sumatra, etc., images from 212 x 275 mm to 115 x 156 mm, mostly mounted singly (and some as pairs) to rectos of stiff card leaves, neat ink manuscript captions in Dutch beneath, all edges gilt, contemporary grey-painted pictorial leather boards, oblong folio, 375 x 490 mm overallQTY: (4)NOTE:Photographers include Christiaan Benjamin Nieuwenhuis, a Dutch photographer based in Padang, West Sumatra, and Kurkdjian Studio.The album belonged to Abraham Cornelis Mees (1864-1950), director of the International Credit Trade Association, Rotterdam. For a time he was based in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia and various other locations under Dutch colonial rule in the East Indies. Two contemporary photographs of Mees are included with the lot, along with an anniversary copy NV International Credit and Trade Association Rotterdam, 75th anniversary commemorative booklet, 1938.
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WILLIAM BARNES BOADLE (1840-1916). Attributed to. PORTRAIT OF MAJOR GENERAL MICHAEL FRANKLIN WILLOUGHBY, CB (1803-1871). Standing, long half length, wearing military uniform with Order of the Bath and Scinde medals, with sword in hand and wearing the sash, both of which offered in the following lot. Oil on canvas, framed. 121.5 x 85.5 cm. Major General Michael Willoughby has an impressive obelisk shaped memorial in Kensal Green Cemetery which lists his Military career in India at some length recording his command of field Artillery on several occasions in the Manea Kanta in 1834, at the storming of the fortress of Codra and other locations, that he was present at the capture of Aden and at Hyderabad. He was Father of Edward Cotgrave Parr Willoughby whose heroic exploits are recorded in the paintings in lot 163 below. *CR Old lining; retouching; craquelure; some evidence of `bubbling` within the paint from the lining; frosted varnish; needs a clean.
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AN EXTENSIVE ALBUM OF FIRST WORLD WAR POSTCARDS. A collection of 180 Great War postcards, a wide variety of subjects, portrait images, group shots in formal and informal gatherings, views across camps, soldiers digging trenches, groups of bandsmen, soldiers with field guns, parades and many other subjects. *CR An excellent collection of images, some bumping to corners, mostly very good.
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MAJOR GENERAL MICHAEL FRANKLIN WILLOUGHBY'S STAFF OFFICER'S MAMALUKE SWORD AND SCABBARD BY HAMBURGER & CO. AND SASH. With a 76.5 cm curved blade with pointed tip, the blade decorated to both sides with crossed batten and sword, VR monogram amongst decorative scrolling foliage. Marked to the ricasso 'Hamburger & Co. King St Covent Garden, London'. With straight gilt cross piece and ivory grip with decorative fixings. In brass scabbard with twin ring suspension. 90 cm overall. The sash in red and gilt thread, approximately 17 cm wide, with two long tassels, 100 cm overall. Major General Michael Willoughby had a successful Military career in India before being appointed to the staff of the India office as deputy inspector General of Stores in 1855. His portrait in which he is wearing this sash and holding this sword is offered in the previous lot, he was Father of Edward Cotgrave Parr Willoughby whose heroic exploits are recorded in the paintings in lot 163 below.Ivory Submission Reference: YPX735VWCITES permit is included. Exporting outside the EU will require an additional export permit. *CR Ivory grip slightly discoloured. Lacking one fixing to the grip, slight dents to scabbard.
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A FASCINATING SET OF SIX STUDIES OF 'SCENES IN THE LIFE OF LT EDWARD COTGRAVE PARR WILLOUGHBY WHOSE CAREER THOUGH SHORT WAS BRILLIANT, AND WHOSE DEATH RESULTED IN THE AWARD OF THREE VICTORIA CROSSES. A set of six pen, ink and watercolour studies: with descriptive titles:Six scenes in the life of Lieutenant Edward Cotgrave Parr Willoughby, 4th Punjab Rifles (killed during the Indian Mutiny 1858) aged 23. 2nd Son of Major General Michael Franklin Willoughby C.B. Inspector General of Military Stores for India.1. The Bivouack. Writing Home to much loved Friends.2. The Commander in Chiefs Quarters ... Approbation from Lord Clyde.3. The Attack on the Begum's Palace, Lucknow; headed by the 4th Punjab Rifles & the 93rd Highlanders.4. Storming the Secundrabagh Lucknow (The Victoria Cross in perspective).5. The Fatal March on Fort Rhodamow 'The Golden bowl is broken, and the silver Cord is loosed'.6. Rescue of the Body of Lieutenant Willoughby by Captain Cafe 4th Punjab rifles, assisted by 2 of the 42nd Highlanders 2 Native Officers and 2 Sowars of the Regiment in which one of the Highlanders, and one of the Sowars were killed. Each framed and glazed, 26 x 30 cm.Lt Edward Cotgrave Parr Willoughby 1834-1858 came from a Military family, his father was a Maj-General (see lots xxx and yyy), his brother a Lt General and for a time Military Secretary to the Bombay Government, he was one of the nine men who blew up the Delhi magazine on the 11th May 1857. Edward fought in the Crimean War, The Persian War 1856/57 and the Indian Mutiny. The report of his life in the Illustrated London News for 17th July 1858 was full of praise for the young Officer. '...career, though short, was brilliant, joined the Bombay army as a cadet of infantry in 1855, ... He was present at the second relief of Lucknow, where in the desperate attack of the Secunderbagh, he greatly distinguished himself, and brought his regiment out of action, and was honourably mentioned in the Commander-in-Chief and Governor General's despatches. At the battle of Cawnport, and at the siege and capture of Lucknow, he also behaved with daring gallantry. His commanding Officer and second in command being severely wounded in a street fight with the enemy, he was nominated to the temporary command of the Corps. On the movement of the troops from Lucknow his regiment (of which he was second in command) was attached to the column under General Walpole proceeding Northwards towards Bareilly ... On the 15th of April last the force approached the fort of Roodamow; and hearing that it was to be attacked, Lieutenant Willoughby left his dhooly and mounted his horse, and whilst gallantly leading his men to the assault was mortally wounded in the throat, but still bravely persisted in going forward till he sank from loss of blood, and died on the glacis. In the recovery of his body Captain Cope, his commanding officer, was severely wounded, and some of his men killed.'Other reports describe the Fort as Ruiya the jungle fort Nirpat Singh ' a petty land owner who seemed rebellious as long as rebellion was profitable the attack was a misjudgment as it was much stronger and more heavily defended than had been expected, the assailants being driven back with heavy loss including Willoughby. Kaye's and Mallinson are more damning of the attack on the Fort: 'He (General Walpole) did not, take the trouble to reconnoiter. The slightest examination would have shown him that, whilst the northern and eastern faces were strong ... the western and southern were weak ... he sent his men in a blundering hap-hazard manner against its strongest face! ... Presently, Captain Cafe came down with his Sikhs, the 4th Punjab Rifles. Without communicating with Grove, Cafe dashed into the ditch ...There his men, having no ladders, were shot down like dogs. It was marvelous that any escaped. Amongst the officers killed was Edward Willoughby a young officer of the 10th Bombay Native Infantry.' Cafe was eager to recover Willoughby's body and he and two Privates, Thomson and Spence, from the 42nd returned to the field of fire. Cafe was injured as was Spence who died two days later of his wounds. Thomson and Cafe received the ultimate bravery award for this acting of selfless bravery, the Victoria Cross.William Martin Cafe (1826-1906), later General. Victoria Cross awarded for 'Bearing away, under a heavy fire, with the assistance of Privates Thompson, Crowie, Spence and Cook, the body of Lieutenant Willoughby, lying near the ditch of the Fort of Ruhya, and for running to the rescue of Private Spence, who had been severely wounded in the attempt'. This award is in the collection of the National Army Museum in Chelsea. Alexander Thompson (c.1824-1880). Victoria Cross awarded for 'Daring gallantry, on the 15th April, 1858, when at the attack of the Fort of Ruhya, in having volunteered to assist Captain Groves, Commanding the 4th Punjab Rifles, in bringing in the body of Lieutenant Willoughby, of that Corps, from the top of the Glacis, in a most exposed situation, under a heavy fire'. This award is in the Black Watch Museum in Perth, Scotland.Edward Spence (1831-1858), 'He and Lance-Corporal Thompson, of that regiment, volunteered, at the attack of the Fort of Ruhya, on the 10th April, 1858, to assist Captain Cafe, commanding the 4th Punjab Rifles, in bringing in the body of Lieutenant Willoughby from the top of the Glacis. Private Spence dauntlessly placed himself in an exposed position so as to cover the party bearing away the body. He died on the 17th of the same month from the effects of the wound which he received on the occasion.' This award is in the Black Watch Museum in Perth, Scotland.Provenance believed to be with the family of Willoughby until recently entering a private collection. It is unclear who the artist of these works is, perhaps his widow or one of his children who will no doubt have been proud of the stories of such bravery and service. See lots 161 and 162 for the portrait and sword of Major general Willoughby. *CR Some fading and light browning to the paper.
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Thomas Kirkby, British 1775-c.1847- Portrait of a gentleman, by repute Rev. John Guy of Copleston, seated half-length, wearing a black coat and a white stock; oil on canvas, signed and dated 'Painted by Th... Kirkby / 1825' verso, 76.5 x 61.7 cm. Note: The present work is a classic example of Kirkby's formal, dignified portraits, with the delicate handling of the paint allowing the artist to depict his sitters with a striking sensitivity, as also evident in his portrait of Thomas Hall Plumer in the collection of Eton College [FDA-P.66-2010].
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Follower of Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch 1606-1669- Portrait of a bearded old man wearing a beret; oil on panel, 29.7 x 23.8 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: The present work is clearly influenced by atmospheric figure studies which are characteristic of Rembrandt's oeuvre, particularly in their dramatic contrast of light and shade, recalling, for example, the artist's 'Portrait of an Old Man' in the collection of the Fogg Museum [1930.191], and another painting of the same subject in the Louvre Museum [INV 1748].
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Circle of John Downman, ARA, British 1750-1824- Portrait of a lady, standing full-length, wearing a white dress and bonnet with blue ribbons, with a dog at her feet; black chalk and watercolour on paper, 22.2 x 12.9 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: The present work recalls Downman's dreamy portraits of doe-eyed, elegant ladies, often set against a landscape, such as a watercolour by Downman which sold at Sotheby's, London, on 11 July 1991 (lot 46), and another which sold at Christie's, London, on 9 December 2015 (lot 167).
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George Chinnery, British 1774-1852- Portrait of Margaret Sophia Wood and her sister Mary, full-length, seated in a landscape, wearing white dresses and coral necklaces; oil on canvas, 127.2 x 101.6 cm. Provenance: By descent to Margaret Wood's grandson, Basil Wood Bourne, Leintwardine, Shropshire, by 1957. Anon. sale, Christie's, Hong Kong, 25 October 1993, lot 1229, where purchased by the present owner. Private Collection, UK. Exhibited: London, Arts Council Gallery, George Chinnery: 1774-1852, 21 August - 21 September 1957, no. 7. Note: Chinnery travelled to Chennai (Madras) in 1802, and from there to Kolkata (Calcutta), where he established himself as the pre-eminent portraitist of the British community in India, before moving to Macau, where he was based between 1825 until his death in 1852. The present portrait appears to have been painted between 1812 and 1825, during the artist's time in Calcutta, as it depicts Margaret Sophia Wood (1810-1899) and her sister Mary (1811-1858), the daughters of Mrs Margaret Elizabeth Wood, nee Templeton, (1789-1879) and Henry Wood (1782-1871), who were based in Calcutta until 1829. The latter's portraits were sold at Bonhams, London, on 3 November 2015 (lot 50), and depict the present sitters' mother, Margaret Elizabeth, wearing a white dress and coral necklace, matching that of her daughters.
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British School, late 19th/early 20th century- Portrait of a Katherine Elizabeth 'Kitty' Hill as a young girl, seated half-length, with red hair and a wearing a blue and white dress; pastel on paper, signed with monogram (lower left), 70.5 x 50.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: This portrait depicts Katherine Elizabeth 'Kitty' Hill (1900-1982), daughter of Bishop John Charles Hill (1862-1943), as a young girl. In 1924 Kitty married Lt. Col. Reginald MacLaren Armitage of the Lancashire Fusiliers and travelled widely with the military, before retiring to Camberley, where she worked for the Guild of St Helena charity, supporting the families of servicemen.
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Attributed to Il Falsario di Guercino, 18th century- Portrait of a man, standing half-length, wearing a feathered turban; pen and brown ink on paper, 29.8 x 19.9 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: The identity of 'Il Falsario di Guercino' is unknown, but he is believed to have worked in Bologna in the 18th century, producing sophisticated forgeries of Guercino's (1591-1666) drawings. Many of his works remain in collections across Europe, demonstrating that he was both prolific and, therefore, likely highly successful in his imitation of Guercino's oeuvre.
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Charlotte Blakeney Ward, British 1873-1962- Portrait of Miss Alice Williams, bust-length, wearing a black dress; pastel on paper, signed 'A Blakeney Ward' (lower left), bears inscription 'MISS ALICE WILLIAMS / BY / MRS BLAKENEY WARD 1928' to the reverse of the frame, bears label for 'The Rowley Gallery, Ltd.' attached to the reverse of the frame, 59.5 x 49.5 cm. (ARR). Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: Blakeney Ward was a popular portraitist amongst contemporaries, with her sitters including the suffragist Mary Collins (1860-1955), the poet Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962), and numerous prominent society figures. She served as President of the Society of Women Artists from 1923 to 1931.
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Josef Wenzel Süss, Austrian 1857-1937- Portrait of a seated girl, resting her head on her hand, holding a tambourine; oil on canvas, signed 'Jos Süss' (upper left), 68.5 x 56 cm. Provenance: Property from a European Private Collection. Note: The present work is typical of Süss's output, depicting a figure in what appears to be regional dress, adorned with gold jewellery, in an idyllic landscape illuminated by a soft, golden glow. The present sitter bears a strong resemblance to those in a number of other paintings by Süss, including a portrait of 'A Florist' which sold at Zezula Auction House in the Czech Republic on 8 June 2020 for £2,013.
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Gervase Spencer, British c.1715-1763- Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length, wearing a purple jacket with silver brocade; watercolour on ivory, oval, signed with initials and dated 'GS / 1755[?]' (lower right), 4 x 3.3 cm. Ivory submission reference: ZDQ4MZ37. Provenance: Private Collection, UK.
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After Robert Lefèvre, French 1755-1830- Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte, shoulder-length, in the uniform of a Chasseur Colonel of the Imperial Guard; watercolour on ivory, within a gold frame, 4.1 x 3.3 cm. Ivory submission reference: FQC6GVC6. Note: The present portrait appears to be inspired by Lefèvre's iconic portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte, a version of which is in the collection at Apsley House. In addition to being well-known through several versions in oil, Lefèvre's portraits of the Emperor were widely circulated through prints and appears to have provided inspiration for many miniaturists working at the time, including Jean-Baptiste Isabey (1767-1855) and Jean-Baptiste Augustin (1759-1832).
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Circle of Hermann Winterhalter, German 1808-1891- Portrait of a lady, bust-length, with a black ribbon adorned with gold in her hair; oil on board, oval, bears label for 'C. DAVY / COLOURMAN TO ARTISTS / 83 NEWMAN STREET, LONDON' verso, 24.7 x 20 cm. Provenance: The Property of the Late Reverend John Watson. Note: Winterhalter's portraits frequently evoke a sense of dreaminess which is, nevertheless, slightly more restrained and somewhat less fanciful than those of his brother, the portrait painter Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-1873). The sitter's stance in the present work, with a slightly turned head and slightly exposed shoulder, are also typical of Hermann Winterhalter's compositions, imparting the work with a hint of sensuality.
Los 428
William Oliver Williams, British 1823-1901- Portrait of a female nude, standing full-length in a landscape; oil on canvas, signed and dated 'W. Oliver / 1882' (lower left), 61 x 45.9 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: Softly handled, dreamy depictions of female figures in a landscape are typical of Williams' oeuvre, with the present work a characteristic example of the artist's output.
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Attributed to Henry Jacob Burch, British 1763-c.1834- Portrait of a lady, traditionally held to be Lady Chesterfield, portrayed bust-length, facing left, wearing a white dress and headdress; watercolour on ivory, oval, indistinctly monogrammed 'H... [?]' (centre left), 6.7 x 5.2 cm. Ivory submission reference: VBL723QD. Provenance: By repute, the Stanhope family. With Asprey and Birch & Gaydon Ltd. Private Collection, UK.
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Antonín Dornhaus, Czech 1829-1902- Portrait of a military officer, seated half-length, wearing a blue coat and two medals; and Portrait of a lady, seated half-length, wearing a black dress with roses and a black velvet bow in her hair; oil on canvas, feigned oval, the first signed and dated 'ADornhaus 1876' (lower right), the second signed and dated 'Dornhaus / 1885' (lower right), the second indistinctly inscribed to the upper stretcher bar, the first 76.4 x 60.6 cm., the second 76.1 x 60.6 cm., a matched pair (2). Provenance: Property from a European Private Collection.
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Circle of Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, RA, British 1802-1873- Portrait study of a young woman, standing three-quarter length, wearing a dress with a large black collar; oil on panel, 46.6 x 35.7 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: Landseer, one of the most prominent and popular English artists of the nineteenth century, is primarily recognized for his animal paintings; however, he also possessed considerable skill as a portrait artist. Although he identified mainly as a painter of animal subjects his portraits were in high demand among his patrons. These ranged from depictions of family members and aristocrats, to charming images of children with their pets and pastimes, with the present work somewhat recalling a portrait study by Landseer of Catherine Seyton which sold at Christie's, London, on 25 May 2022 (lot 72).
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Paul Adolphe Rajon, French 1842/43-1888- Portrait of a guardsman in 16th-century costume, holding a pike; oil on canvas, signed 'P. Rajon' and indistinctly inscribed (upper right), 65 x 53.8 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: Rajon was undoubtedly particularly well-known as a printmaker, producing numerous etched portraits of fellow artists such as James Abbot McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) and Félix Bracquemond (1833-1914). Nevertheless, he also worked as a painter, training under Auguste Migette (1802-1884) between 1859-1860 in Metz, before travelling to Paris, where he studied under Isidore Pils (1815-1875), among others, at the École des Beaux-Arts. Rajon clearly had some interest in the depiction of historical military costume, as suggested by his etching of the figure of 'Pulchinello' after Ernest Meissonier (1815-1891).
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William Singleton, British ?-1793- Portrait of a gentleman, quarter-length, wearing a brown coat and white stock with a pink and green striped collar; watercolour on ivory, indistinctly signed with initials and dated '93' (lower left), 7.9 x 6.2 cm. Ivory submission reference: J19F4GX3. Provenance: Anon. sale, Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 21 March 1995, lot 195. Private Collection, UK.
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After Charles Turner, British 1773/74-1856- Her Late Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte Augusta; pencil on paper, bears 'BRISTOL PAPER' blindstamp (upper right), 55 x 45.6 cm.: Attributed to William Henry Bartlett, British 1809-1854- View of a church interior; pencil, brown ink, and wash on paper, inscribed 'W. Bartlett' so the mount, 20.2 x 15.2 cm.: British School, early 19th century- Portrait of a lady with two putti; coloured chalk on paper, 29 x 39 cm.: and After Louis de Carmontelle, La Duchesse de Chevreu; lithograph on card, 26 x 16 cm.: together with a black and white chalk sketch of a head and a drawing in brown ink heightened with white of two praying monks by various hands, seven altogether (7), (unframed). (VAT charged on the hammer price).
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Samuel Collins, British 1735-1768- Portrait of a gentleman, quarter-length, wearing a gold-trimmed blue coat and a powdered wig; watercolour on ivory, oval, signed with initials and dated 'S.C. / 1764' (lower right), 3.5 x 2.7 cm. Ivory submission reference: YZ8EL11K. Provenance: Private Collection, UK.
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Philip Alexius de László, PRBA, Hungarian/British 1869-1937- Portrait of Lady Wadia, née Madeleine Landquist, seated half-length, wearing a green shawl and a string of pearls; oil on canvas, signed and dated 'de Laszlo / 1930' (lower right), bears partial label inscribed 'P.A. de Laszlo Esq.' attached to the upper stretcher bar, 88.8 x 64.1 cm. Provenance: Medical Research Foundation. Literature: The de László Archive Trust, 'The Catalogue Raisonné of Works by Philip de László (1869-1937) [online]', no.10061. Note: The present work is a striking example of De László's sensitive portraits of elegant figures, exhibiting the artist's immense skill in rendering the rich variety of textures which adorn the sitter, such as the delicate fabric of her gown which is set against the glimmering pearls around her neck.
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After Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French 1725-1805- La Rêveuse (The Dreamer); oil on canvas, 45 x 36.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: The present work is a copy after Greuze's original, which sold at Christie's, New York, on 31 October 2017 (lot 30), which had originally been in the collection of Jeanne Bécu, comtesse du Barry (1743-1793). The composition is a typically sensual portrait of a languid female figure, gazing away from the viewer and seemingly lost in thought.
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Circle of Tilly Kettle, British 1735-1786- Portrait of a lady, half-length, leaning against a pedestal in a wooded landscape; oil on canvas, 89.6 x 71.4 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: The present work is reminiscent of Kettle's romantic portraits of elegant ladies posing in dramatic, expansive landscapes, often leaning nonchalantly against a Classical pedestal. The present composition somewhat recalls Kettle's 'Portrait of a lady holding flowers' which sold at Sworders on 15 September 2021 (lot 548).
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