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CONWAY (WILLIAM MARTIN)Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram-Himalayas, 4 vol. (including 'Scientific Reports', and portfolio of maps), FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 150 DE LUXE COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the limitation page, this copy 'number 1' for the publisher, half-titles, photogravure portrait, 300 plates and illustrations by A.D. McCormick, the plates in 2 states (one printed on India paper mounted), with tissue title guards printed in gold), 3 folding maps (2 colour-printed, and one route map) loose in case as issued, original tan buckram, gilt morocco spine labels (one missing), soiled [Neate C103; Yakushi C143, erroneously calling for 5 maps], large 8vo, T. Fisher Unwin, 1894Footnotes:COMPLETE SET OF CONWAY'S CLASSIC ACCOUNT OF THE EXPLORATION OF THE HIMALAYAS. 'In 1892 Conway led a large-scale mountaineering expedition to the Karakoram Himalayas with the financial support of scientific societies and his father-in-law, Manton Marble... Conway's large party surveyed the Baltoro glacier and the region around K2, and ascended Pioneer Peak on Baltoro Kangri, which at 6890 metres may have constituted an altitude record at the time' (ODNB).Provenance: Thomas Fisher Unwin (1848-1935, publisher of Conway's book), bookplate; bequeathed 'to the Alpine Club... in memory of pleasant days on the mountains. Feb 6th 1935'. Unwin was himself a keen mountaineer once climbing the Matterhorn, and Conway served as president of the Club from 1902 to 1904; Alpine Club, small withdrawal stamp on verso of titles.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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Philip Westcott (British, 1815-1878)Portrait of Charles Aiken (1827-1847) in Indiasigned and dated 'Philip Westcott. 1847.' (lower left) oil on canvas 91 x 71cm (36 x 28in).Footnotes:ProvenanceThe sitter's family, by descent.Charles Aiken (sometimes spelt Aikin) was born on 11th October 1827, the seventh child of James and Anna Aiken and was baptised at Oldham Street Presbyterian Church, Liverpool on 27th December. He sailed from Gravesend in the East India Company ship Nith on 3rd January 1847. He was allocated to the 9th Bengal Native Infantry for duty and initial training but tragically died later that year on 1st November 1847 before he was permanently attached to a regiment.We are grateful to David F. Harding for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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Abraham Christopher Gregory Suriarachi Amarasekara (Sri Lankan, 1883-1983)A snake charmer signed and dated 'A.C.G.S. Amarasekara 1938' (lower right)oil on canvas46 x 61.3cm (18 1/8 x 24 1/8in).Footnotes:ExhibitedBradford, City of Bradford Art Gallery, Loan number 72 (according to label affixed to stretcher verso). Southport, The Atkinson Art Gallery, (according to label affixed to stretcher verso).Amarasekara was born into a wealthy Roman Catholic family in Colombo, Sri Lanka. After studying there and in Delhi, he attended the Royal College of Art in London and the Sorbonne in Paris. He served as an official War Artist on the Western Front from 1915 to 1918 (his painting The Signing of the Armistice is in the National Gallery, New Delhi). He returned home in 1921 and established what has come to be known as the Sinhalese School. He received a Fellowship of the British Empire in 1924. Much in demand as a portrait painter for government and local dignitaries, he became Vice President of the Ceylon Society of Arts in 1926 and President in 1959. There were exhibitions of his work in London in 1924 and at the Venice Biennale in 1960. In 1974 he was honoured with the civilian rank of Gate Mudaliyar by the government of Sri Lanka.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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IRAQ - MESOPOTAMIA, ASHUR AND GERTRUDE BELLAlbum of 125 photographs (mostly gelatin silver prints on photo cards) relating to the German archaeological survey at Ashur, and Mesopotamia including a visit by Gertrude Bell, probably compiled by a member of the team, approximately 25 with pencil annotations written in German on the verso (a few identifying the photographer as either Walter Bachmann, or Walter Bachmann), 3 inscribed in ink probably by the compiler of the collection (see footnote); and 7 others of Venice, all loose mounted in album, images approximately 90 x 140mm., [c.1909-1911]Footnotes:Rare series of photographs taken by members of the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft, during the German archaeological survey carried out at Ashur, the ancient capital of Assyria on the Tigris River, under the leadership of Walter Andrae. Images include identifiable members of the archaeological team (including Andrae, Conrad Preusser, Paul Maresch, Walter Hinrichs, and Walter Bachmann, the last two identified as photographers of some of the images), in formal and informal groups, on site, on horseback, wading through a river and with local dignitaries. These include Gertrude Bell, shown in four images (2 half-length seated outside; 2 with German colleagues), who visited Ashur in 1909 and 1911 witnessing the 'cutting-edge excavations... [and] systems of archaeological recording... which would inform her own seminal work' (Paul Collins, Gertrude Bell and Iraq: A Life and Legacy, 2013). Other images includes views of archaeological sites, surrounding landscapes, and local inhabitants. It is probable that the collection was formed by a member of the German team (Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft), the as yet unidentified sitter in one portrait. This is inscribed 'Der asketische Forscher' [the ascetic researcher]... Assur, 20. IV 1909' with a note to his sister, Anne Paul, in Cassel.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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Turkish School, 19th centuryA portrait of a tartar on horseback inscribed 'yacsakchi ou tartar, homme au service des palais, il f-- fonction de courier' (lower centre)watercolour, pencil with gilt22.7 x 29.5cm (8 15/16 x 11 5/8in).Together with two equestrian portraits by various hands. (3)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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Joseph Cartwright (British, 1789-1829)Portrait of a travelling Tartar initialled 'J.C.' (lower right) and inscribed 'Travelling Tartar (or Courier) who accompanied/Sir F. Adam through Greece' (lower centre)watercolour25.1 x 13.9cm (9 7/8 x 5 1/2in).Footnotes:It is believed that the present work is a preliminary study for the aquatint by Robert Havell titled 'A Tartar' after Joseph Cartwright from the publication Selections of Costumes of Albania and Greece, London, 1822.The Sir F. Adam referenced in the work's inscription likely refers to General Sir Frederick Adam (1784-1853). Adam was a Scottish major-general at the Battle of Waterloo. Between 1824 and 1832 he was Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands; popular in this role as he built many roads and a viaduct which supplied Corfu town with fresh water. He married the Corfiot Diamantina Palatianou and went on to build the Palace of Mon Repos in Corfu.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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Attributed to Joseph Cartwright (British, 1789-1829)Portrait of an Albanian Prince inscribed 'Albanian Prince' (lower centre)watercolour and pencil26 x 19.3cm (10 1/4 x 7 5/8in).Footnotes:A near identical figure appears in Cartwright's famous publication Selections of Costumes of Albania and Greece, London, 1822, illustrated with aquatints by Robert Havell after works by Cartwright. Interestingly, the published print is instead described as being of a 'Captain of the Suliote Albanians' as opposed to an Albanian Prince.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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Clement Serneels (Belgian, 1912-1991)Portrait of a Tutsi Chief signed and dated 'ClementSerneels/1939' (lower left) and inscribed 'NTWARABAKIGA/NIANZA'oil on board48.2 x 38.1cm (19 x 15in).Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate collection, UK.An invitation to a Clement Serneels exhibition in September 1941, at which this work was purchased by the present owner's father, is affixed to the back.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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Robert Taylor Pritchett (British, 1823-1907)A set of 10 scenes from the artist's travels in Africa and South America between 1880 and 1881, including views in the French Congo, Chile, Peru and Brazil as well as a portrait of the 'King of Brazil' each signed with a monogram and most dated (lower right) with additional inscriptions throughout watercolour with traces of pencileach 11 x 16cm (4 5/16 x 6 5/16in).(10 works in 5 frames)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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ANSON (GEORGE)Voyage autour du monde fait dans les années MDCCXL, I, III, IV... dans la Mer du Sud, half-title, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, 34 engraved plates, maps and charts (mostly folding, 2 with short tear repaired), new front free endpaper, old ownership name inked over at foot of final leaf, contemporary cat's paw calf, spine tooled in gilt in compartments, Geneva, Barillot et fils, 1750; Derde durk van het echt verhaal der reistogt rondsom den aardkloot, ondernomen op order des konings van Groot-Britaine in den jare 1740 met een escader van zes oorlogscheepen onder 't bevel van den Commandeur George Anson, 3 parts in 1 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece of Anson, title printed in red and black, 5 folding engraved plates, one folding engraved map, contemporary calf gilt, joints slightly worn, 4to, Delft, Reinier Boitet, 1754, 4to (2)Footnotes:The first edition in French of the official account of Anson's expedition, together with the third Dutch edition, expanded to include for the first time Isaac Morris' account of the shipwreck of the Wager.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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FRANKLIN AND NORTH-WEST PASSAGECOLLINSON (RICHARD) Journal of H.M.S. Enterprise, on the Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin's Ships by Behring Strait. 1850-55, FIRST EDITION, edited by T.R. Collinson, colour lithographed frontispiece, 6 folding maps, photogravure portrait, light spotting, early blue calf gilt, the sides with 3-line fillet border enclosing an image of two entwined flags ('Enterprise for Franklin'), t.e.g., rebacked preserving original spine with red gilt morocco lettering labels, Sampson, Low, 1889--M'CLURE (RICHARD) The Discovery of the North-West Passage by H.M.S. 'Investigator'... 1850, 1851, 1853, 1854, second edition, edited by Captain Sherard Osborn, half-title, engraved frontispiece, 4 lithographed plates, map supplied in facsimile), publisher's cloth, joints repaired, new endpapers, Longman, Brown, 1857, 8vo (2)Footnotes:Account of the Franklin Search expedition undertaken in 1849, led by Sir Richard Collinson in the H.M.S. Enterprise. 'Of the many who had searched for Franklin, Collinson came closest to the place where the expedition had ended. Collinson's addition to geographical knowledge on this Arctic trip was very considerable, and would have been tantamount to the discovery of the north-west passage, had this not been already actually achieved by the men of the Investigator' (ODNB), the second ship on the expedition, captained by Robert Maclure.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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M'CLINTOCK (FRANCIS)The Voyage of the 'Fox' in the Arctic Seas. A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companions, FIRST EDITION, wood-engraved plates, 3 folding maps on 2 sheets (one in pocket at end), folding facsimile, publisher's blue cloth with gilt ship on upper cover, John Murray, 1859--PEARY (ROBERT E.) The North Pole, FIRST EDITION, plates, publisher's cloth with gilt medallion portrait on upper cover, Hodder & Stoughton, 1910--NANSEN (FRIDTJOF) 'Farthest North', 2 vol., folding map, plates and illustrations, publisher's pictorial cloth, George Newnes, 1898--DU CHAILLU (PAUL) The Land of the Midnight Sun, new edition, folding frontispiece, illustrations, publisher's pictorial cloth, George Newnes, 1899, 8vo; and 36 others on Arctic exploration (41)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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HURLEY (FRANK)A good collection of 20 views from Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, including including images of expedition members on the ice, with dogs, glaciers, and South Georgia, gelatin silver prints (15 of which 160 x 205mm., or slightly smaller; 5 of which 112 x 158mm.), 5 annotated on the verso, [1914-1917, printed later] (20)Footnotes:Images include: 'Looking south over the frozen sea an impenetrable barrier of consolidated hummocks. 14 January 1915 74.10S 27.10W'; 'How the ice breaks up' [man on iceberg by the Weddell Sea]; 'The invalids of the party on the foreshore, Elephant Island' [15 April 1916]; 'Penguins on the shore of the spit, Elephant Island'; 'Hussey hugging the dog Samson'; 'The Ramparts of the Mount Paget' [South Georgia]; 'King Penguins with young, Gold Bay, South Georgia'; 'Profile portrait of a dog standing on the snow'; 'The Barrier of Coats Land [seen from the Endurance]... during the day, January 10, 1915'; 'Gonomon Island' [off Elephant Island, identified on verso as 'Mount Frank Houlder']; 'King penguin rookery, Bay of Isles, South Georgia island'; 'South Georgia Island' [ice fields]; 'Landscape of South Georgia'; 'Glacier on Elephant Island'; 'Mt. Paget and the Allardyce Range from Mt. Duse'; 'Ice cliffs of the Hamberg glacier' [South Georgia]; 'South Georgia Island' [glacier]; 'South Georgia Island' [man in extensive landscape]; 'Harker Glacier Snout, Moraine Fjord, South Georgia'; 'Landscape of whaling station'.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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MAWSON (DOUGLAS)The Home of the Blizzard. Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914, 2 vol., 20 colour plates, numerous photographic plates (mostly by Frank Hurley, some folding or double-page), maps and plans, 3 colour maps in pocket at end of volume 2, occasional light foxing, publisher's pictorial blue cloth, upper covers blocked in silver, a little rubbed, light dampstaining [Rosove 217.A1.a; Spence 774; Taurus 100], large 8vo, Heinemann, 1915--MURDOCK (W.G. BURN) From Edinburgh to the Antarctic, ... the Dundee Antarctic Expedition of 1892-93, 2 maps (one colour, one folding), illustrations, contemporary black half morocco gilt, lettered 'Ducie' (Earl of Ducie) at foot of spine, [Rosove 234; Spence 825; Taurus 12], Longman's, Green, 1894--BORCHGREVINK (CARSTEN E.) First on the Antarctic Continent. Being an Account of the British Antarctic Expedition 1898-1900, photogravure portrait, 3 folding tinted maps (one with short tear at edge), numerous illustrations (many full-page), publisher's catalogue at end, light dampstain at foot of first few leaves, publisher's silver and gilt pictorial cloth, rubbed and slightly stained, George Newnes, 1901, FIRST EDITIONS, 8vo; and 3 others (7)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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TERRA NOVA EXPEDITIONGroup portrait on deck of the Terra Nova of Evans with William Lashly and Tom Crean, who saved him on the return from the Beardmore Glacier, after parting from the Polar Party, gelatin silver print, 110 x 155mm., [1912]Footnotes:A poignant memento for Lieutenant E.R.G.R. 'Teddy' Evans, who with Leading Stoker William Lashly and P.O. Tom Crean had formed the last of the supporting teams to be sent back by Scott, as he commenced the final push for the South Pole. During the return journey Evans went down with scurvy, and tried to persuade Crean and Lashly to leave him behind. Instead they strapped him to a sledge and man-hauled him to within four or five days' march of Hut Point. From there Crean set out to collect help, while Lashly stayed to look after Evans. Evans' saviours were both awarded the Albert Medal.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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[PHILIPS (JOHN, attributed to)]The History of Commodore Anson's Voyage Round the World, at the Commencement of the Late Spanish War... by a Midshipman on the Centurion, engraved frontispiece portrait of Anson, title within typographical border, modern calf, spine faded [Hill 1345], M. Cooper, 1767--A Letter to the Right Honourable Lord A---- [Anson], half-title, modern half morocco, William Bizet, 1757--Loss of the Wager Man of War, One of Commodore Anson's Squadron, in the Year 1744, and the Consequent Embarrassments of the Crew... Which They Endured Upwards of Five Years, folding hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece of the shipwreck (shaved just touching image of upper margin, old creases), modern wrappers, solander box, Thomas Tegg, [1809]--[BLIGH (WILLIAM)] The Dangerous Voyage Performed by Captain Bligh, with a Part of the Crew of His Majesty's Ship Bounty, in an Open Boat... in the Year 1789, wood-engraved frontispiece, publisher's cloth [Ferguson 936; cf. Hill 138, 1822 edition], Dublin, R. Napper, 1824--[ANSON] The Voyage of Commodore Anson Round the World, woodcut vignette on title, 5 full-page woodcut illustrations, contemporary calf, upper joint slightly weakened, Dublin, A. O'Neil, 1825; idem, another edition, woodcut vignette on title and final leaf, 6 full-page woodcut illustrations, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, Dublin, C. Crookes, 1819--Byron's Narrative, Containing Account of the Great Distress Suffered by Himself and His Companions on the Coasts of Patagonia [Juvenile Library], 4 full-page woodcut illustrations, original green morocco-backed boards, worn, S. and A. Davis, 1818--Byron's Narrative of the Loss of the Wager Man of War, One of Admiral Anson's Squadron, woodcut vignette on title and at end, 5 full-page woodcut illustrations, bookplate of Edgar Osborne ('Collectania Juvenilia'), contemporary sheep, rebacked, worn, Dublin, R. Grace, 1819, 8vo and 12mo; and 3 further Juvenile editions of Byron's Narrative (11)Footnotes:Includes scarce Juvenile editions of the voyages of Anson, Byron on the Wager, and Bligh.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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COOK (JAMES)KIPPIS (ANDREW) The Life of Captain James Cook, FIRST EDITION, half-title, engraved frontispiece portrait of Cook, contemporary calf, rebacked in style with elaborately gilt-tooled spine [Beddie 32; Hill 935; Lada-Mocarski 40; Sabin 37954], 4to (290 x 255mm.), G. Nicol, and G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1788Footnotes:The first major biography of Cook, 'intended to give a well-balanced account of his life from birth to death... the three voyages are dealt with in great narrative depth' (Hill), the author including most of David Samwell's eye-witness account of Cook's death.Provenance: ?J.H. Hutton, early ownership inscription on title and front endpaper.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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George James Coates (Australian, 1869-1930)A seated portrait of Muriel Hillard, circa 1913 signed 'George J.Coates' (upper left)oil on canvas56.5 x 43.5cm (22 1/4 x 17 1/8in).Footnotes:ProvenanceGifted by the artist to the great uncle of the sitter for his services as a patron. Passed on to the sitter, Muriel Hillard.Gifted to the present owner's mother by Ms Hillard, thence by descent.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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OFFICER OF THE FLEETA Voyage to the South-Seas, and to Many Other Parts of the World, Performed from the Month of September in the Year 1740, to June 1744... by An Officer of the Fleet, 2 parts in 1 vol., the second title printed in red and black, wood-engraved frontispiece (partly hand-coloured in blue and green wash), 2 woodcut scenes on one plate (repaired with small losses), 4pp. of publisher's advertisements with woodcut ornament at end of the first part, lacks 6 leaves of text and ?half-titles, extensively annotated throughout, mostly in red ink in margins, several leaves of nineteenth century manuscript facsimile and 6 original pen and ink illustrations loosely inserted, several ownership inscriptions including Henry Strickland (1753), and Robert and Montagu Bancroft (1848 and 1858), modern calf [Hill 1785], A. Merryman, 1744; idem, another edition, comprising the first part (of 2, bound from original 33 parts), woodcut portrait plate of Anson (bound between pp.104/5), passage on pp.40-41 struck through, ends on p.263, inscribed 'To Mr. Morley on title' and 'Morley' on final leaf, bookplate of George Craster, contemporary calf, rebacked [Hill 1786], ; idem, another edition, J. Plumb, 1744--[OFFICER OF THE SQUADRON] A Voyage to the South Seas, and to Many Other Parts of the World... by Commodore Anson, second edition, engraved portrait (cut to size and laid down), 4 folding engraved plates, without half-title, ownership inscription of Henry Skillicorne (1745), bookplate of William Nash Skillicorne, contemporary sheep, rebacked [cf.Hill 1787, first edition of 1744], R. Walker, 1745, 8vo; and 2 others, sold not subject to return (5)Footnotes:Three anonymous unauthorised accounts of the Anson voyage, all of which appeared prior to the official account edited by Richard Walker.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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CIRCLE OF SIR GODFREY KNELLER (1646-1723) Half length portrait of a lady with brown hair wearing a green dress with tied silk scarf and red sash, oil on canvas, 72 x 60cm oval in period carved giltwood frame Prov: Hampton and Sons 23 September 1940 by order of the Rt. Hon. Countess Bathurst, Bathurst House, Belgrave Square, SW1 (the lot is sold together with a copy of this catalogue)
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19TH CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL Portrait of Mary Ann Elizabeth Mabbutt (known as 'Polly') (1863-1936) seated in a wooded setting holding a posy of flowers and with mountain lake scene beyond, indistinctly signed to tree branch, oil on canvas, 91 x 71cm The sitter's father was Thomas Mabbutt of Abingdon Works in Birmingham (King Dick Trademark, manufacturer of quality tools)
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M * J * S * Portrait of a young child with doll and cot at a chair, signed and dated Jan 1893, watercolour and body-colour, 23 x 16.5cm; Evelyn Leslie Redgrave (1849-1932) - A woodland, signed, watercolour, 32 x 23cm; and 19th Century English School - Mountain landscape with deer at dusk, watercolour, 21.5 x 44cm (3)
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JOHN RUSSELL (1745-1806) Portrait of Charles Elliott (1752-1826) and his wife, Eling Venn, a pair, the latter signed and dated 1789, pastels, 59.5 x 44cm oval (2) Prov: By family descent to Charles Henry Venn Elliott; His sale, London, Christie's, 14 July 1987, lot 148; With Simon Dickinson, London; Private collection, England; Sotheby's Old Master and British Drawings, 7 July 2011, where purchased by the present owner. LITERATURE: G.C. Williamson, John Russell R.A. , London, 1894, pp. 44 and 142, no. 3: N. Barton, 'Rise of a Royal Furniture Maker', Country Life, 10 February 1966, p. 293. Note: The sitters here are Charles Elliott and his second wife, Eling Venn, daughter of the Reverend Henry Venn, an Anglican clergyman and one of the most important figures in the Evangelical movement in the eighteenth-century. Charles Elliott was a British cabinet-maker and importer of furniture by Royal appointment, who was also an influential figure in the Abolition movement
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THOMAS DAY (c.1752-c.1807) Portrait of Commodore Edward Thompson (1738-1786) wearing a blue uniform with white and gold braid, gold and enamel frame, circa 1782, 4 x 3cm Edward Thompson was the son of a merchant from Hull. He was educated at Beverley and Hampstead before joining the Navy in around 1755. He enjoyed an eventful career, where he not only served in the Caribbean and off the Coast of West Africa, but was also court-martialled and acquitted twice. Alongside his naval activities, he pursued a career as a poet and playwright. Described as 'an agreeable and gentlemanlike companion', he was known throughout the Navy, due to his reputation as a wit, as well as his literary achievements in London society, as 'Poet Thompson'. A fractionally larger version of this miniature by Day, signed and dated 1782, was sold at Sothebys 24 October 1988, lot 291 Prov: Anonymous sale, Christie's London, 21 March 1978, lot 12 Sothebys sale 'Important Miniatures from a Private Collection' London 16 April 2008 Lot 38 and from where the above footnote is taken
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CIRCLE OF JOHN SMART (1741-1811) Head and shoulders portrait of a gentleman wearing powdered wig, green jacket and spotted cravat, possibly indistinctly signed, on ivory, 4 x 3.5cm oval; another similar miniature painted gentleman wearing buttoned red jacket, 4 x 3cm oval; and one further but later miniature (3)
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19TH CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL A gathering of well dressed figures in a country garden acknowledging an airborne hot air balloon with two pilots, a country church in the distance, oil on canvas, 43 x 60cm The work also painted with presentation tablet verso by Daniel Nathaniel Walton, M.A. and inscribed in Latin to Reverend Thomas Lane Freer, M.A. and Rector of Handsworth (Staffs) dated June 30th 1832 The lot also includes an early 19th Century pastel portrait of Reverend Thomas Lane Freer (b.1778) 19 x 14cm; and a watercolour portrait of his daughter Mary Jane MacMichael (b.1801), 22 x 17cm oval (3)
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