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Los 268
Signed by The Contributors Robertson (Robin)ed. Love Poet, Carpenter, Michael Longley at Seventy, 8vo L. (Enitharmon Press) 2009, First Edition, signed Ltd. 182 (195) Edition, with signatures of 59 contributors, blue cloth with small inset portrait of Longley, gilt lettered spine & matching slip case. (1)
Los 292
Signed Limited Edition, 50 Copies Only Dolmen Press: Miller (Liam) Dolmen XXV. An Illustrated Bibliography of the Dolmen Press 1951 - 1976, Sm. folio D. 1976. Lim. Edn. No. 48 (50). Signed by The Compiler, L. Miller. Red & bl. title, portrait frontis & other illus., orig. mor. backed decor. boards, & orig. slipcase. Fine (1)
![Fine Limited Edition
[Lavery (John)] Shaw-Sparrow (Walter) John Lavery and His Work, lg. folio L. n.d. [c. 1920] Lim. Edn. N](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dd961d01-4329-4a9a-a0bd-a55500ac460b/d8320ef3-79ad-457b-91a2-0787d97a5c47/468x382.jpg)
Los 447
With 'The Mind of the Front' Leaf Raleigh (Sir Walter) The History of the World, folio L. 1687. With 'The Mind of the Front' leaf at start, engd. portrait, add engd. title, red & bl. ptd. title, 6 dbl. page engd. maps & 2 dbl. page engd. plts., cont. blind panel calf, tooled decor. raised bands. Good copy. (1)
Los 502
ORIGINAL ILLUMINATED CHARTER OF CHARLES II WITH DETAILS OF PROPERTY GRANTS IN CORK CITY Co. Cork: A magnificent original charter of Charles II dated 19 August in the 19th year of his reign (1667), listing many properties in the city of Cork with the names of forfeiting proprietors and new tenants. The purpose of the charter was to satisfy the demands for compensation of the "Forty-Nine Officers" - those officers who had served in the royalist army during the wars in Ireland prior to 5 June 1649, remaining loyal to the King thereafter and who had not therefore been granted lands by the Cromwellian government. It lists property in Cork City which had been held by Irish Catholics in 1641 and consequently forfeited under Cromwell, and which is now granted to the officers who had petitioned. They are represented by their trustees Captain Hercules Langford and Robert Fitzgerald Esq., and there is also a separate grant of land in counties Antrim and Armagh to Captain Langford. The charter consists of three membranes of vellum, measuring respectively approx 78 x 77, 78 x 59 and 75 x 34 cm (30 ¾ x 30 ½, 30 ¾ x 23 ¼ and 29 ¾ x 13 ½ inches). It is in fine condition but lacks its seal. The text (approx 6500 words) is in English. The head of the first sheet is exuberantly illuminated, the first six words being gilded with a silver background. The initial letter "C" of Charles is contained within a separate scrollwork panel in the left hand corner and surrounds a portrait of the King. To the right are the royal arms, with the lion and unicorn supporters also shown separately, together with national emblems such as the rose, thistle and fleur-de-lis (for England, Scotland and France), and a butterfly and dragonfly. The survival of the charter is miraculous: it was discovered by chance during a waste-paper campaign in the city, and rescued. The lengthy text (misdated to 1666) was transcribed and published in 1964 in the Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, together with a brief introduction, tabular summary, and map. This document is of major importance in tracing the development of Cork in the early modern period, especially as the Civil Survey for Cork city and county (apart from the barony of Muskerry) has not survived. It compares interestingly with a valuation of Cork City carried out in 1663-64 and published in vol. VI of the Civil Survey, edited by R.C. Simington. As a m/ss, w.a.f. *A highly important survival. (1)
Los 544
Acting as The Military With Original Pen & Ink Sketches & Photographs, c. 1861 Irish Theatrical Scrap Album: Garrison Amateur Theatricals. A scrap Album containing 9 orig. printed Play Bills for Garrison Theatre, Portobello Gardens, Dublin, together with 7 orig. portrait photos of actors, & 4 orig. pen & ink drawings, together with numerous newscuttings related, in a folio album, recent full cloth, mor. label. Unusual & Scarce. (1)
![A Painter's Life
O'SULLIVAN, SEÁN RHA [1906-64]. An important collection of](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dd961d01-4329-4a9a-a0bd-a55500ac460b/540742ef-dafd-4026-de94-0f51f1ec8cd8/468x382.jpg)
Los 554
A Painter's Life O'SULLIVAN, SEÁN RHA [1906-64]. An important collection of autograph signed letters to his friend and patron Tomas Ó Muircheartaigh, the distinguished photographer, about seventy letters and notes, in English and Irish, with two telegrams from Philadelphia and a note from O'Sullivan's wife Rene. A splendid collection which enables us to track O'Sullivan's creative activities over a period of some 15 years, 1945-60, with letters from Paris, London, Manchester, various stately homes in England and Northern Ireland, and several from Philadelphia, as well as Neary's public house in Dublin, his studio in Stephen's Green, and his home in Blackrock, a few with related envelopes. One letter (Sept. 1954) comes from St. Patrick's Hospital, where the painter was possibly undergoing a 'cure'. In June 1945 O'Sullivan has to put off a trip to Kerry because his current sitter has the 'flu; in July '46 he is in Manchester to paint the Lord Mayor's portrait. 'Is uathbhásach an áit í seo. Tá an biadh - a bhfuil ann di - go huathbhásach & tá gach rud eile gann dá réir.' ['This is an awful place. The food is awful, the little there is, and everything else is correspondingly scarce.'] In August he apologises profusely for missing an appointment, and says he has been 'ar an bhagon' [on the wagon] since then. 'Tá a lán oibre agam faoi láthair agus tá me ag obair go tréan' ['I have a lot of work on hands at present and am working hard']; in September he is to go to Glin, where Madame Fitzgerald has asked him for a portrait and a 'conversation piece' with the family. On 8 September he is in Banbridge, Co. Down, 'in the blackest part of the black north and I am so affected by the atmosphere that I have temporarily lost what knowledge of Gaelic I possessed. I have heard Orange drums for the first time, and yesterday my hostess had to 'unveil' some new Orange banners, I wanted to go along but they thought I had better not.' On 12 September he reports that the lady of the house and her husband and friends were very pleased with his portrait and sketches, 'ní fuláir mar sin go bhfuil an obair go dona' [therefore it must be poor work]. 'Tá na daoine annso ana-lághach & ní fhéadfaidís a bheith níos muinntearaí liom, acht mar sin féin ní de'n saghas céanna iad.' ['The people here are very pleasant, and could not be friendlier, but all the same they are of a different sort.'] In December 1947 he writes from Wiltshire, c/o The Marquess of Bath, where the pictures are going well; but in February '48 his wife Rene writes to acknowledge a loan of £10, 'which shall be returned as soon as possible'. In July he is back in Wiltshire, and in August at Mrs. Pilkington's, Stretton House, Lancashire, wife of a major glassmaker. He is painting their two young daughters, aged 4 and 8, a difficult task, everyone is delighted with the results - except himself. He is tired of the English, they are very civilised, but entirely lacking in humour or any sense of 'ragairneacht' [enjoyment] -- and so on. In January 1956, writing from Philadelphia, he says his exhibition has been a great success. 'Deirtear liom ná fuil aoinne sa tír chun mé a shárú chun dreach-shamhail a dhéanamh, & dheineas peictiúirí do dhaoine gur péinteáladh iad leis na daoine ba mhó ainm sa tír.' [I am told there is nobody in this country who can match me for a likeness, though I have drawn people who have been painted by some of the biggest names here.] He says he has made a lot of money, but spent it again, mostly, as he fell off the wagon. To tell the truth, he says, he hates this place. 'Tá níos mó géire inntleachta & grinn ag an dream is boichte in Éirinn ná ag an dream is saidhbhre annso' ['The poorest people in Ireland have more wit and humour than the richest here']. All he wants now, he says, is to make some good money, and keep it if possible, and return home to Ireland. In a continuation in English, he tells O Muircheartaigh that his marriage is over and his home has gone. 'I gave it to Rene - who sold it and has gone to England. I told her I could never live with her again - the last few months before I left Ireland were enough to prove that to me.' These are splendid and at times moving letters, showing the painter's humour and honesty, his keen observation and awareness, and they amount almost to a diary of his work and life over an extended period of some 15 years. Tomás Ó Muircheartaigh, a civil servant from the well-known Kerry family, was a distinguished photographer and a patron of the arts. He commissioned O'Sullivan to draw portraits of writers in Irish like Tomás Ó Criomhthain, 'Peig' and Máirtín Ó Cadhain, and was evidently a close and loyal friend of the (sometimes erratic) painter. As a collection, w.a.f. (1)
Los 564A
Hand Coloured Broadsides & other Publications Cuala Press: An interesting collection of scarce Cuala Press publications, including some original First Series & New Series, Broadsides, hand coloured prints, calendar, cards, etc., and including a mint copy of "St. Patricks Breast Plate," a folded sheet with wd.-cut portrait & decoration ex. rare, approx. over 20 items, some v. scarce. As a lot, w.a.f. (1)
![Churchill's Private Secretary
BRACKEN, Brendan [1901-58]. An important collection of eleven autograph signed letters to hi](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dd961d01-4329-4a9a-a0bd-a55500ac460b/6fc3d28f-c243-4600-ce2a-45b09690adad/468x382.jpg)
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Churchill's Private Secretary BRACKEN, Brendan [1901-58]. An important collection of eleven autograph signed letters to his mother, 1920-28, with a further four letters to [his brother?] Paddy, 1928-34, one incomplete letter to his mother, a telegram and some related items, also an attractive photographic portrait (worn) of Bracken's mother and a Keogh portrait of a child (the young Brendan?). Born in Templemore, Co.Tipperary, Bracken ran away from the Jesuit College in Mungret, and went to Australia for a time. In 1919 he went to Liverpool as a teacher, and later established himself as a journalist and newspaper proprietor in London. He became a Conservative MP and a supporter and close friend of Winston Churchill. He was Churchill's parliamentary private secretary 1939-41, Minister for Information 1941-5 and First Lord of the Admiralty 1945, and was arguably the most influential person of Southern Irish birth throughout World War II. He was at various times co-proprietor of The Economist and Chairman of The Financial Times. The letters give an excellent flavour of his personality, his early struggles and his rapid rise. The first, 20 June 1920, from a Liverpool school, mentions a financial loss and says 'I have not been able to afford to go to [a doctor], or to even get my glasses changed .. I am in indifferent health and will soon be without a post as I am leaving here at the end of the term .. I do not feel like answering the taunts etc which I have received, & no useful purpose can therefore be served in endeavouring to convince you that I am other than you imagine. I will respect your evident wishes, that you do not desire to have any more to do with me .. [but] Should you desire to keep in touch I will do so .. ' Evidently the correspondence continued, because an undated letter (also from Liverpool) says he was very pleased to get her letter. He says he is thinking of going to Edinburgh for the winter session at the University, if he can get some kind of a post, 'but there are so many hungry Scotchmen that I fear my chances are poor.' On 15 February 1923, his 22nd birthday, now in London, he writes very warmly. 'You have had many sorrows & difficulties in life, & for many years you have had to face them alone .. But you've surmounted them all, which is the great test of life .. Anything that I am able to do is altogether due to you ..'. A month later, 'We are deep in an awful fight at Westminster and I think we are going to win .. We are fighting the three great parties .. & only Winston could pull it off. A good deal of attention here is directed to the Irish vote which may pull the fat out of the fire - it will I hope be given in Winston's favour ..' [this may relate to a by-election contest]. In August 1923, he is 'off to Budapest next week .. Business is booming there and I am hoping to be appointed Trade Commissioner for Hungary in London. I will, of course, hold this job with the one I now hold. It ought to be worth a couple of thousand a year -- not a bad sum to begin with ..', and he talks about buying a small country house outside London if it goes ahead. In November, writing on letterhead of The Illustrated Review, he is just back from Dublin, where he saw Nancy. 'I was walking back to Yeats' house [presumably WBY] when I ran in to her.' A year later, November 1924, 'I shall never be so happy as I was last week. Dear Winston became chancellor after two years of enforced absence from Parliament.' Another remarkable letter, March 1925, thanks his mother for her offer of a sum of money, which however he cannot accept because he has no need of money. 'I am filled with affection and admiration for the remarkable way you battled alone for us after Papa's death. Your difficulties were immense, but they were less than your courage. The hardest troubles you had to bear came from me, & I am never likely to forget this fact ..' The telegram, dated 31 May 1929, says simply 'Won'. This must refer to Bracken's election to Parliament as MP for North Paddington. There is a play written by Tom Kilroy titled 'Double Cross' one half of which is about Brendan Bracken, the other half is about Lord Haw Haw, two Irishmen, both of whom turned their backs on Ireland. * This is a highly important correspondence, particularly since Bracken's personal papers were destroyed (on his instructions) after his death. As a collection, w.a.f. (1)
Los 660A
Coloured Caricature Portraits by Spy, etc. Portrait Caricatures: Two large Albums containing approx. 130 original caricature portraits by Spy, Lib, Ape, and others, for 1876 & 1886, many of Irish interest including, Marquess of Headford, Earl of Belmore, Hon. Rob. Bourke, Mr. H.A. Herbert of Muckross, Duke of Connaught, Marcus Beresford, J.G. Biggar, Marquess of Londonderry, Viscount Newry and Mourie, and others also musicians, jockeys, writers, emperors, etc. Folio, hf. mor. As a coll., w.a.f. (2)
![Rare Signed Limited Edition
With Additions
[C. Lavat Fraser] Drinkwater (John) & Rutherston (A.) Claud Lovat Fraser, v. lg.](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dd961d01-4329-4a9a-a0bd-a55500ac460b/ecca70ff-ea93-44b0-f909-dd70f5f4f5bf/468x382.jpg)
Los 771
Rare Signed Limited Edition With Additions [C. Lavat Fraser] Drinkwater (John) & Rutherston (A.) Claud Lovat Fraser, v. lg. 4to L. 1923. Lim. Edn. No. 294 (450) Signed by both Editors. Frontis portrait, & 39 cold. & other plts. uncut, orig. buckram, & ptd. d.w. (sm. tear) otherwise a very good copy. * The above contains, loosely inserted, an A.L.s. from Fraser to Ambrose Heal, Jany. 1918 re some of his designs; an original design & verse by Fraser, dedicated to Gareth Maufe, dated July 1918; & some printed & cold. Rhyme Sheets by John Drinkwater & others. As a lot. Scarce. (1)
Los 63
English school Oil on canvas Three-quarter length portrait of Captain Henry Skillicorne (1678-1763), 97cm x 122cm Label verso, indistinctly signed 'Robert...' Captain Skillicorne was a flamboyant merchant sea captain from the Isle of Man, who had been involved in naval warfare. On retirement he lived in Bristol where he met and married Elizabeth Mason, whose father owned land in Cheltenham. On this land in Bayshill Meadow (now part ofLabel verso, Cheltenham Ladies College) was a spring which local people noticed attracted flocks of pigeons. They were tempted by the salt deposits left by the spring's evaporating mineral waters. Captain Skillicorne developed this spring into what effectively become the first Cheltenham Spa. He built a pump room in 1738 and an avenue of elm trees known as Well Walk in 1743. The last edition was a small assembly room known as the Long Room, ensuring Cheltenham's destination as a luxury spa resort for the Georgians. Live Bidding: Some scratches across the left hand shoulder and middle of the painting. Deep scratch and piercing of the canvas to bottom right. Quite poor repaint over on the finger to the left hand.
Los 541
Portugal, Order of the Tower & Sword, Type I (1808-34) with portrait of John, Prince Regent, Officer’s breast badge of fine quality, c.1820, in gold and enamels, central star of seven points within gold outer border, tower above with suspension loop and gold straight bar suspension, width 43.5mm, with original length of faded ribbon, and later replacement now frayed, enamel missing from one point of star to obverse and two to reverse, but otherwise very fine. Illustrated: Estrela, P.J., Ordens e Condecorações Portuguesas 1793-1824, p. 50 (but without enamel damage).
Los 649
The Member’s Collar of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Lisbon bestowed on the noted Surgeon, Dr. Caetano Sebastião Roberto Belarmino do Rosário de Frias, 1896, by F.C. da Costa, Lisbon, in silver-gilt, the collar chain of 20 laurel wreath links with small looped links between, width 23mm, with star below on swivelling loop suspension, reverse inscribed ‘ACADEMIA REAL DAS SCIENCIAS DE LISBOA – XIII DE DEZEMBRO DE MDCCLI’, width 65.5mm, in red fitted case with embossed gilt border and crowned R.A.S.L. at centre and RF in italic at lower right of case, virtually as issued, offered with framed and glazed portrait of de Frias in professorial robes wearing the members collar. NOTE: Dr Roberto Frias was born 4 June 1853 in Arporá, Salcete, Goa, which was then Portuguese India. He completed his doctoral work in 1880 in the fields of internal medicine, surgery and forensic medicine at the University of Porto, earning many awards for his work. He was accomplished linguist, fluent in French, English and two dialects of the Indian language. After practicing in Portugal for a short period he was appointed by decree to go to Goa, to improve the health care and serve as the head professor of Surgery at the Goa Medical School. While serving in this position Doctor Frias introduced modern methods of surgery and expanded the types of surgery that could be done there. On February 23, 1882 another government decree granted Dr. Frias the necessary funds to travel to Paris to learn further new surgical skills and share his knowledge with French doctors. From 1882 until 1887 Doctor Frias continued his work in Goa returning to Porto in 1887 to work in the Surgical Demonstration Section at the University of Porto. While at the University he produced a number of scientific papers and articles and took part in a study exchange in London. On May 21, 1896 Doctor Frias was elected by his fellow doctors and scientists as a Corresponding Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences Lisbon. The award was in recognition of Doctor Frias’s record of meritorious, scholarly and scientific achievement in the fields of medical science and surgery. Two years after this on May 26, 1898 he was appointed by decree to the position of Chair of the Surgical Clinic at the University of Porto, a position that he would hold for twenty years until his death on 18 April 1918 from typhus contracted while treating a patient.
Los 751
Bulgaria, People’s Republic, Order of 9 September 1944, (16), all in gilt and enamels, type 1 (3) with B and ? either side of bust, Military Division Second class, Civil Division, First and Third class; type 2, First class on neck ring, Second and Third class screwback (6), Military Division, First, Second and Third class, Civil Division, First, Second and Third class, Second and one Third class cased; type 3 (7), Military Division, First, Second and Third Class, last cased; First (2- different portrait varieties), Second and third classes, Second class cased and Third with centre detached, generally good very fine or better together with a warrant of appointment to the First class of the Order named to Avram Bunaciu (Romanian Minister of Justice) dated 16 January 1948 (lot)
Los 878
Naval General Service, 1793-1840, single clasp, Trafalgar (Mark Sweny. Actg. Lieut.), erased and engraved in contemporary upright capitals, lightly toned, a few small spots and hairlines, very fine. NOTE: Captain Mark Halpen Sweny (1783-1865) was born in Dublin, the second son of Eugene Sweny, a druggist from Mary Street, Dublin, Ireland, and Elizabeth Halpen. He joined the Royal Navy in 1798 as a 1st Class Volunteer, and rose to the rank of Midshipman the following year aboard H.M.S. Castor. Whilst aboard this vessel, an explosion of powder mutilated both of his hands and blinded him temporarily. Later in his career he joined H.M.S. Colossus in 1805 as Acting Lieutenant, and during this famous battle he was also severely wounded. Sweny was promoted to Lieutenant on the 22nd of January 1806 and served aboard HMS Africa in 1808 where he was wounded again during the subsequent action against the Danish flotilla in the Malmö Channel. It is said that he lost one or two fingers in the action off Malmö, and when seen in combination with his earlier wounds, he came to be called ‘Three Finger Jack’. Sweny left the Africa, and took part in an action in China on the St. Alban’s in 1809, under Capt. F. W. Austen (Jane’s brother) with whom he became friends, and did have occasion to meet Jane later in life. In 1815 he served as First Lieutenant aboard HMS Northumberland he accompanied Napoleon Bonaparte to St Helena, and the United Services Gazette dated the 2nd of December, 1865, records the following: ‘Napoleon several times played chess with Lieutenant Sweny, and on one occasion remarked to him that he could not but think he had seen him previously in military attire. On explanation it appeared that Lieutenant Sweny’s brother, a Captain in the King’s Dragoon Guards, had, when desperately wounded at Waterloo, been taken prisoner, and carried before Napoleon, who questioned him on several points and, observing that he was faint from loss of blood, ordered his own surgeon to attend him; curiously enough, this was the first intimation Lieutenant Sweny had of his brother’s life having been placed in jeopardy in that battle. Napoleon added: “Telles sont les vicissitudes de la vie; votre frère était mon prisonnier, et je suis maintenant la votre”. This is an additional example of Napoleon’s remarkable memory for physiognomy, Lieutenant Sweny and his brother being very much alike.’ Sweny is also mentioned in ‘Diaries of a Lady of Quality’ (1797-1844) by Miss Frances Williams Wynn, who had met him at a ball in Hastings in 1822. She calls him Captain Sweeney, so she was probably writing from her notes after 1838, when he had been promoted. He gave her an account of another encounter with the famous prisoner during his long voyage. She reports one exchange Sweny had with Napoleon: ‘One day he was sitting on deck in rain such as I am told can scarcely be conceived by those who have not felt tropical rains: Bertrand, Montholon, and Lascasas were all standing round him bareheaded. My informant spoke to them, and especially to Lascasas, who has very delicate health, telling them they would make themselves ill if they did not put on their hats: they did not answer, and Buonaparte gave him a very angry look, but said nothing. He then said, ‘General, you had better send for a cloak; you’ll be wetted to the skin’. He very sternly replied, ‘I am not made of sugar or salt.’ In 1816 he was awarded a pension for his wounds of £91.5s annually. Sweny was promoted to Commander in 1821, and in 1838 he was promoted to captain, receiving a pension for his wounds, and he ended his days as a Resident Captain (Governor) in Greenwich Hospital. He died in 1865 and the inscription on his gravestone at Greenwich Pleasaunce reads: ‘Mark Halpen Sweny, Captain Royal Navy, Served in H.M.S. “Colossus” at Trafalgar, Died 25th. Novr 1865, Aged 82 Years’. Another medal to the same recipient, but officially impressed, was sold with a matching portrait painting at Spink on the 16th of July, 1996 (lot 204).
Los 885
Waterloo, 1815, with steel clip replacement straight-bar suspension (Charles Burgess 2nd or R.N. Brit. Reg. Drag.) with original portrait miniature of the recipient, set into an ornate swivelling brooch setting, in gold, with reverse lock of hair, old cabinet tone with original length of ribbon, suspension rusted in place, fine
Los 886
A Crimean War Medal attributed to Sir William Howard Russell, Special Correspondent for The Times: Crimea, 1854-56, single clasp, Sebastopol (W. H. Russell), erased and renamed in contemporary and attractive upright capitals, lightly toned, contact marks and scrape to neck of portrait, good fine.. NOTE: Private Charles Burgess enlisted for service in the Royal Scots Greys in 1808, and was present in action at the Battle of Waterloo as part of Captain Edward Cheney’s Troop. The Scots Greys (or 2nd Royal North British Dragoons) played a central role in the famous charge of the Second or ‘Union’ Brigade at Waterloo, led by Major General the Hon. Sir William Ponsonby. Alongside the 1st Royal Dragoons and the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons, they charged D’Erlon’s infantry columns to great effect, where Sergeant Charles Ewart of the Scots Greys successfully captured the French regimental eagle of the French 45th Line Regiment (which remains in the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Museum to this day). The Scots Greys charge was fierce that afterwards on their blown horses, they were unable to hear the signals calling them to return to their lines, and as a consequence they suffered heavy casualties in the French counterattacks. The above recipient is recorded in ‘Greys Ghosts’ by Stuart Mellor as having been severely wounded at Waterloo, and most likely in the context of this charge. It may be further noted that the fact that a M.G.S. to another recipient named Burgess is included in this sale is purely coincidental and there is no known family connection. Considered by many to be the founding father of military journalism, Russell wrote in situ from his own personal experiences. His brutally-honest reports brought home to the British public the woeful conditions and inadequate leadership experienced during the Crimean campaign and he famously witnessed the Charge of the Light Brigade at first hand. A trio attributed to Sir William Howard Russell (1821-1907) and including an unnamed four-clasp Crimea was sold in the past at an auction (description included in the lot) where the other medals were described as an engraved India Mutiny with two clasps and a South Africa 1879 without clasp. It has been suggested that that the Crimea Medal in the trio may have been a replacement for the medal offered here, thought likely to be the original as worn by the recipient. Although not officially entitled to the Crimea medal, vide Atkins, J.B., The Life of Sir William Howard Russell, vol. II, p. 393, where a full and detailed list of his various British and foreign medals and Orders is given, specific mention is made there of a Crimea Medal with a single clasp for Sebastopol. Moreover Russell was portrayed in his later years wearing a medal fitting this same description, rather than a four-bar example.
Los 891
The India General Service and Great War Group of 4 awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Burrard, 9th (Service) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, late 21st Bombay Infantry, who was Second In Command of his Battalion during the action at Pietre, part of the Battle of Loos in 1915, and later Commanding Officer upon the death of Lieutenant Colonel Madocks, comprising: India General Service, 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (Captn: C. Burrard 21st Bo: Infy), 1914-15 Star (Major C. Burrard. R. W. Fus.), British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col. C. Burrard.), toned, good extremely fine (4) NOTE: The 9th Bn R.W.F. made a diversionary attack on German trenches during the Battle of Loos in September 1915 at Pietre. The attack did not go according to plan, as recorded in ‘Carmarthen Pals’ by Steven Johns: ‘The men were tired but in good heart when dawn broke on the 25th September. The gas when turned on did not reach the enemy trenches opposite the Battalion, but only served to put them on the alert, and brought down shelling. The short concentrated bombardment by field guns was insufficient to do real damage, and when the Battalion gallantly advanced over the perfectly open ground it was mown clown by machine gun fire before it had gone a 100 yards. In a few minutes it had lost 13 officers and 221 other ranks. Had the advance of the 5th Brigade been successful as reported, a different tale might have been told. Many a demonstration has been turned into a real attack by the fortune of war. In this case fortune did not favour the brave. The conduct of the Battalion may well be gauged by extracts from this private letter received by the C.O., Colonel C. H. Young, from one of the Battery Commanders who supported the demonstration. “May I be allowed to offer you my very real and sincere sympathy on the losses sustained by your Regiment... If ever a Regiment had won a V.C. pendant to their regimental crest, it is yours, for they knew what they were in for, and went forward without demur. The regrettable losses and behaviour of the men at all events show the nature of the Kitchener regiments, and if all are imbued with the same spirit as your command the ultimate issue of the war cannot be in doubt.” The first action of the 9th Welsh had been a tragedy, but had stamped them as fighters of no mean order.’ Sold with an original photographic portrait of the recipient, his original I.G.S.M. miniature, his own hand-drawn trench map of the Battle of Loos, and an original envelope.
Los 895
A Great War Trio awarded to Second Lieutenant Richard Balkwill, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), comprising: 1914-15 Star (48555 Pte. R. Balkwill. R. Fus.), British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. R. Balkwill.); together sold with his wife’s (Mrs Beatrice Balkwill, née Winnicott’s) eight Red Cross Nursing Medals and Badges (20055), toned, good extremely fine (11) NOTE: Second Lieutenant Richard Balkwill was born on the 15th of April, 1883 at South Huish, Kingsbridge, Devon, the son of William Balkwill and Susan Balkwill (née Hine). Having worked as a Civil Service Clerk, at the outbreak of hostilities in 1914 he attested for service with the 23rd ‘Sportman’s’ Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. He served with the 5th Royal Fusiliers in France and Flanders (service notes mention La Bassée, Festubert, Givenchy Hill), reaching the rank of Lance-Corporal, and being wounded in action on the 27th of July 1916 during the re-taking of Delville Wood (service notes mention ‘proudest moment of life…took objective’) before receiving a Temporary Commission in December 1917 in the Hampshire Regiment. He then joined the 3rd Battalion M.G.C. in late July 1918, and saw action at Monchy, Courcelles (service notes ‘Open Warfare’). Sold with three agricultural photos of tractors & ploughing, presumably in Devonshire, one family portrait photograph, the last will and testament of a Balkwill relative, a handwritten letter to the recipient from his sister in mid-1914, a few mixed handwritten pages of notes regarding his war service, and a file of copied information and service papers.
Los 925
Battle of Copenhagen (?), Nelson Badge bearing the date of the Battle aprl 2 1801, cast in silver, oval portrait of Nelson with title adml. lord nelson of the nile. around and with date below, aprl 2 1801, having integrally-cast suspension ring and trophy-of-arms garniture including a fouled anchor, the smoothed reverse with contemporary engraving tonnant 80 g below a pair of crossed ship’s spars, 47mm x 45mm (cf Hardy 26; MH 492), very fine, suspended on a short silver watch-chain loop, extremely rare NOTE: Ex Morton & Eden 53, 1 December 2011, lot 1388. The evidently-struck copper-gilt badge used as the prototype for this and other cast badges is illustrated by Sim Comfort in his article The Naval Copenhagen Badge (in MCA Advisory vol. 4, no. 8, pp. 8-14). The piece discussed is surrounded by an elaborate contoured mount with the inscription in memory of the battle of copenhagen, only the lower part of which (without the inscription) is reproduced on the cast badges. Comfort proceeds to list the six examples of the cast badge in the National Maritime Museum, pointing out that two of them (engraved Orion 74 and Mars 74) are, like the present lot, inscribed with the names of ships which were not present at Copenhagen. Contrastingly, one of the gilt metal badges (object ID MEC 1170) is named on the reverse to Captain J. Rose of the 24-gun Jamaica which was present at Copenhagen; similarly the gold piece described by Milford Haven is to Captain George Murray of the Edgar, the ship which led Nelson’s squadron into battle at Copenhagen. Comfort’s own conclusions regarding these various cast medals remain controversial. Admiral The Marquess of Milford Haven (writing in 1919) listed and illustrated the gold specimen to Captain Murray, from the Payne Collection, and was moved to speculate that the badges may have represented a special award for Copenhagen sponsored by Nelson’s prize agent Alexander Davison, made in the face of a general failure by the authorities to render official recognition of individual contributions at the Battle. Whilst contemporary Press reports indicate that Davison was actively considering a Copenhagen medal in the wake of his successful Battle of the Nile awards, examination of the extensive Davison papers has so far yielded no evidence that this ever occurred. In addition to the NMM’s six examples a silver badge is held at the National Royal Naval Museum, Portsmouth as part of the Lily Lambert Collection, bearing the ship’s name Donegal 74, and a further specimen is in the Royal Greenjackets’ Museum (officers of the Rifle Corps were present at Copenhagen as sharpshooters). The present lot, however, appears to be the only specimen to have been offered for public sale in recent times.
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The Superb D.F.C. and Bar awarded to Flight Lieutenant John Vere ‘Hoppy’ Hopgood, 617 Squadron, late 106 and 50 Squadron, R.A.F.V.R., one of the central figures of the legendary ‘Dambusters’, and second-in-command of the famous attack on the Möhne Dam in ‘Operation Chastise’ on the night of the 16th-17th of May, 1943. Flying in the first wave, and attacking immediately after Guy Gibson’s ‘G-George’, he pressed home the attack in his already damaged aircraft ‘M-Mother’ in the face of the recently alerted enemy guns, and despite his own serious head wound, he released his bomb successfully toward the dam wall, but just fractionally late, and it agonisingly bounced over the dam face. Knowing that his damaged and blazing Lancaster could not struggle much further, and arguably aware of his own approaching fate, he committed himself to one final and desperate climb, allowing his remaining crew time to attempt to bail out of the stricken aircraft, prior to a final descent in which he was killed – at the age of just 21. The case has been made in the years since that he might have been recommended for a posthumous Victoria Cross in the light of his heroic and selfless actions in saving the lives of his crew, comprising: Distinguished Flying Cross, GRI, unnamed as issued, engraved reverse dated ‘1942’, with second award bar, engraved reverse dated ‘1943’, in original Royal Mint case of issue, toned, good extremely fine OFFERED BY DIRECT DESCENT ON BEHALF OF WATER AID NOTE: D.F.C.: London Gazette, 27 October 1942: ‘Flt. Lt. Hopgood has participated in a number of successful attacks on enemy and enemy occupied country. On one occasion he made a low level attack on Rostock and also bombed Warnemünde from only 2,000 feet in face of intense opposition’. D.F.C. (Bar): London Gazette, 12 January 1943: ‘This officer has completed many successful operations since being awarded the D.F.C, One night in August, 1942, he was detailed to bomb objectives at the port of Gdynia. This attack, which was pressed home with the greatest determination, achieved excellent results. On another occasion in October, 1942, during the daylight attack on Le Creusot, Flt. Lt. Hopgood participated in a particularly daring attack on the electrical transformer station, which was bombed effectively from a height of only 500 feet.’ Note: As far as can be ascertained, Hopgood’s WW2 campaign stars and medals were never issued or claimed. FOR A FULL ACCOUNT OF HOPGOOD'S LIFE AND EXTRAORDINARY CAREER, SEE THE PRINTED CATALOGUE OR ONLINE PDF AT WWW.MORTONANDEDEN.COM. The lot is offered with: A reproduction of Hopgood’s complete log-book with entries from 1940 [the original recently presented to the Imperial War Museum at the family’s request]; An original telegram from ‘Wingco [Guy Gibson] and the boys’ dated 28 October 1942; An original Buckingham Palace Investiture Ticket relating to the award of the D.F.C. and dated 6 Apr 1943; Original embossed, hand-signed and addressed letter of condolence from Guy Gibson (see illustration); Two hand-written letters from John Hopgood to his mother; Two handwritten letters received from his sister, Marna; Original ‘Carte de Pêche’ fishing permit from the time of his French exchange in August 1935; Original booklet ‘No 5 Bomber Command, Royal Air Force, Roll of Honour 1939-1945; Original, large photo-portrait and original portrait photo of Hopgood ‘on the day he joined the R.A.F.’ dated July 31st, 1940; Original photo of John Hopgood in RAF uniform with his sister Marna in ATS uniform; Original photo of John Hopgood ‘on his final leave’ date April 1943; Original family portrait photo showing John Hopgood as a small boy; Original School Certificate and OTU certificate; Service sheet from Hopgood’s Memorial Service at St James’ Church, Shere; Cutting from The Sunday Express containing the article ‘How we smashed the Germans’ dams’ by Guy Gibson, with the original red-stamp of ‘Officers’ Mess R.A.F., Ford, Sussex’, and another newspaper out portrait of John Hopgood; Pamphlet ‘Repeat World Premiere – The Dam Busters’ (17th May 1955 brochure for the celebrated film); Copy photo of John Hopgood with other members of 106 Squadron; Copies of his two D.F.C. recommendations; A specially-bound, full-length ‘Family edition’ copy [one of just twenty, the others held by family members, Marlborough College, and museums including the I.W.M.] of Elmes, Jenny, ‘M-Mother: Dambuster Flight Lieutenant John ‘Hoppy’ Hopgood DFC & Bar and family in letters’, privately printed. Digital copies of diary entries from Hopgood’d personal diary, 1938 (and some additional from Summer 1939). Morton & Eden are most grateful to Simon W. Atack for generously giving his permission to reproduce detail from his painting Hopgood’s Courageous Run in this catalogue.
Los 1143
Various collectables, including Art Deco sterling buckle, Siamese spoons stamped .925, various base-metal buckles, two articulated fish pill-boxes, Art Nouveau silver-handled button hook, glass scent phial, two portrait miniatures of ladies, paperweight with Kaufman 'Judgement of Paris', two Ambrotypes, 1914 medallion commemorating Standard Telephones & Cables Canada/New Zealand connection, etc. (box)
Los 305
A large Italian maiolica pharmacy jar or albarello, 17th century or later, waisted form, polychrome decorated with portraits of a man and a woman in profile, to each side, 45cm high Note: similar 16th century examples with portrait cartouches are in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum, New York
Los 504
A portrait miniature on ivory, dated 1820, 'Aunt Jane', half length lady with red hair wearing a blue dress with lace collar, signed 'A.Parker, Nottingham' verso, framed, 6cm by 6cm and a circular portrait miniature of a young lady wearing a white dress, on ivory, ivory fillet, ebonised frame, diameter 6cm (2)
Los 131
An 18ct gold Gentleman's diamond encrusted ruby ring, set with four mixed cut rubies, measuring 5.8mm x 4.8mm, each stone set portrait style by yellow claws, head completed by fifty-two round faceted diamonds, including round brilliant and eight cut styles, estimated diamond weight 4.5ct, clarity VS-SI, colours G/H/ to J/K. CONDITION REPORT: With accompanying insurance document with detail, replacement value of £10,000.00.
Los 122
DOLMEN/KAVANAGH, PATRICK.Self Portrait, a very rare unissued copy, one of very few undestroyed (1-3 copies known) with the photograph of Patrick Kavanagh in a flat cap (at Leopardstown races) with open neck shirt and jacket. Photo by Philip Pocock.Kavanagh objected to Liam Miller about the photograph being ‘disrespectful’ and Miller had to destroy the copies and re-issue the edition with ‘approved’ photos (by Liam Miller) of Kavanagh with spectacles, no hat, taken by the Royal Canal and 6 other photos in the book. This unissued book had no other photos other than the full page frontispiece (also used on the d/w front cover) first published 1963. The real first edition. (This copy had no preface by Kavanagh). This copy which belonged to Liam Miller and these belonging to Colin Smythe and Ann Saddlemyer are the only known of this book; together with Kavanagh, Patrick., Self Portrait, FIRST EDITION, Dolmen 70 June 1964, in boards (the final published edition); together with Warner, Alan., Clay is the Word: Patrick Kavanagh 1904-1967 and Quinn, Antoinette., Patrick Kavanagh: A Biography. (4)
Los 158
DOLMEN/MILLER, LIAM.Dolmen XXV: An illustrated biography of the Dolmen Press 1951-1976, LIMITED EDITION, 18/50, Dolmen editions, bound in boards and in quarter leather with slipcase, a record of 25 years of the Dolmen Press, Louis Le Brocquy’s design of the Dolmen blind stamped on cover of the slipcase, with frontispiece portrait of Liam Miller by Jack Coughlan, signed by Liam Miller.
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DOLMEN/TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, THE LIBRARY.The Synge Manuscripts, a catalogue, FIRST EDITION, Dolmen 176 April 1971, with 2 half tone plates and 4 illustrations, in wrappers; together with Harmon, Maurice (ed.)., J. M. Synge Centenary Papers 1971, with a portrait drawing by Liam Miller, FIRST EDITION, Dolmen 188 March 1972, cloth, with d/w. (2)
Los 255
HEANEY, SEAMUS/COOKSON, WILLIAM. AND PETER DALE (EDS.).Agenda, Seamus Heaney: 50th Birthday Issue, Vol. 27 No.1 Spring 1989, FIRST LIMITED EDITION, 39/50, edition in wrappers and paper slipcase, portrait by Louis Le Brocquy, signed by Seamus Heaney; together with Irish Museum of Modern Art., Artists/Heaney/Books - An Exhibtion Catalogue, FIRST EDITION, 14 April to 14 June 2009, an exhibition to coincide with the celebration of Seamus Heaney’s 70th birthday, wrappers; together with Taylor Galleries, Louis Le Brocquy: Fifteen Images of Seamus Heaney (1990-1993) in watercolour, an exhibition catalogue. (3)
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