Halford (Frederic M.) Dry-Fly Fishing in Theory and Practice, 1st edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1889, 25 plates, publisher's advertisement at rear, top edge gilt, spine repaired, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo, presentation copy, inscribed 'J. H. Morgan, with the author's kind regards, Frederic M. Halford, April 15th 1889', together with Floating Flies and How to Dress Them. A treatise on the most modern methods of dressing artificial flies for Trout and Grayling, 1st edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1886 hand-coloured colour chart, 10 colour lithograph plates, 32 pp. publisher's catalogue at rear, contemporary presentation inscription to half-title, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt, spine and edges a little rubbed, 8vo, plus Making a Fishery, 1st edition, London: Horace Cox, 1895, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, some toning to endpapers, bookplate of Marquis Penderel di Boscobel, top edge gilt, original cloth, spine a little dulled with small repairs, 8vo, with 3 other 1st editions by the author: The Halford Dry-Fly Series volume IV. An Angler's Autobiography, 1903, Modern Development of the Dry Fly, 1910, and The Dry-Fly Man's Handbook, 1913QTY: (6)
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Lipsius (Justus). Opera omnia quæ ad criticam proprie spectant : quibus accessit Electorum liber secundus, nouus nec antè editus ; cetera item variè aucta & correcta ; quorum omnium index & ordo paginâ sequenti, 6 parts in one, Antwerp: Christophorum Plantinum, 1585, printer's woodcut device to general title and part titles, some browning, occasional light damp-stining to margins of few leaves, upper outer corners of few leaves lightly frayed, modern dark green quarter morocco, red morocco title label to spine, 4to, together with:Guarini (Giovanni Battista). Il pastor fido, Tragicomedia Pastorale ... Aggiontoui di nouo in questa impressione le rime dello stesso autore..., 2 parts in one, Venice: Giouan. Battista Ciotti, 1621, printer's woodcut device to title, six full-page woodcut illustrations (of 7, lacks leaf a6 with portrait to verso), some damp-staining, few minor wormholes to initial leaves, manuscript inscription to front endpaper and front pastedown with 20th-century ownership label of Johannis Petri Adolfi Erman, lacking rear free endpaper, contemporary vellum, 4to,Sannazaro (Jacopo). Opera omnia ... His adjecta sunt selecta poemata, ex primo tomo illustrium Italorum Poetarum, Rome: Jacobum Tornerium, 1590, title in red and black within decorative woodcut border, slight wormholes to lower blank margins of few leaves, early 19th-century pastepaper boards, paper labels to spine, wear to foot of spine and joints, 16mo in 8s,Bartholin (Caspar). De tibiis veterum, et earum antiquo usu libri tres, Editio altera, Amsterdam: J. Henr. Wetstenium, 1679, woodcut vignette illustration to title, five folding engraved plates, engraved illustrations to text, contemporary vellum, 12moBarclay (John). Jo. Barclaii Argenis nunc primum illustata, Leiden & Rotterdam: ex officina Hackiana, 1664, engraved title, full-page engraved portrait, lower outer blank corner of *4 torn and fore-margin of *6 torn, light toning and spotting to margins, bookplate of Rev. J. Jones and Rev. W. Wilds to upper pastedown, contemporary calf with gilt decorated spine, upper board with ownership in gilt 'Ex Dono Iohannis Smith', spine worn and detaching from text block, upper board near detached with torn paper repair to upper joint, 8voQTY: (5)
* Lord Nelson. Burke (Thomas), Baron Nelson of the Nile, published by John Brydon, 1st August 1800, uncoloured half-length stipple engraved portrait, slight toning, 410 x 325 mm, framed and glazed, together with Horatio Nelson Lord Viscount and Baron Nelson, published by S. De Koster Jany. 1st 1807, hand-coloured bust portrait stipple engraving, some dust soiling and slight staining, 235 x 185 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQTY: (2)
Ovid. Ovids Metamorphosis Englished, mythologiz'd, and represented in figures. An essay to the translation of Virgil's Æneis, London: printed by J[ohn]. L[egat]. for Andrew Hebb, 1640, engraved portrait frontispiece (torn to gutter margin and lower outer blank corner, old manuscript show-through from verso, lined to verso, dust-soiled), additional engraved pictorial title (trimmed to margins, manuscript show-through from verso at head), and 15 plates (plate 2 cropped to margins and lined to verso, plate 4 with area to centre of image excised and repaired),19th-century manuscript note to E1, lacking final blank, single worm hole to lower blank margin of leaves 2K3-2T5, early marginalia and annotations to text, occasional spotting, 20th-century brown quarter morocco with skiver title label, marbled paper to boards, small folio, together with:Horace. Opera Interpretatione et notis illustravit Ludovicus Desprez ... jussu Christianissimi regis, in usum serenissimi Delphini..., Paris: Frederic Leonard, 1691, engraved frontispiece, toning and some browning throughout, some damp-staining at rear, bound with Mascov (Johann Jakob). In Q. Horatii Flacci satiras exercitatio prior quam d. XXVII. Jan. H.L.Q.C. ventilabunt præses M. Io. Jacobus Mascou, et respondens Mauritius Castens, Vratisl, Leipzig: Literis Immanuelis Titii, 1714, 24 p., damp-stained and browned, 20th-century brown quarter morocco, gilt decorated spine with skiver title label, marbled paper to boards, 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:1. STC 18968; Sabin 76460.
Curtis (William). Lectures on Botany, as Delivered to his Pupils, Arranged by Samuel Curtis, Florist, Walworth, 3 volumes, 1st editions, printed and sold by William Phillips, 1803-05, aquatint portrait frontispiece to volume 1, a total of 120 hand-coloured engraved plates each with an accompanying unpaginated text leaf, directions to binder leaf bound at rear of volume 2, advertisement page to Contents verso of volume 3, additional hand-coloured plate of a rose (dated 1788) bound in adjacent to plate 21 in volume 1, scattered spotting and some light toning, some offsetting to text leaves, contemporary ink ownership signature of John Royle at head of titles and to recto of portrait frontispiece upper margin, modern green quarter morocco gilt over contemporary marbled boards with leather tips, boards and corners heavily rubbed, 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:John Forbes Royle (1798-1858), British botanist and teacher of materia medica. He was born in Cawnpore (now Kampur) and later he was in charge of the botanical garden at Saharanpur, playing a role in the development of economic botany in India.
Maxwell (Edward, editor). Chronicles of the Houghton Fishing Club 1822-1908, limited issue, London: Edward Arnold, 1908, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, endpapers a little toned, top edge gilt, original cloth, slight fading to spine, 4to, limited edition 7/350, together with Page (R. P., editor). Further Chronicles of the Houghton Fishing Club 1908-1931, 1st edition, London: McCorquodale & Co., 1932, half-tone frontispiece,.colour and monochrome illustrations, light spotting to endpapers, original cloth, edges slightly rubbed, 4to, presentation copy, inscribed to half-title 'To G. Goddard, with many thanks for much valuable help, Robert P. Page' QTY: (2)
Faulkner (Thomas). An Historical and Topographical Description of Chelsea and its Environs, 1st edition, London: J. Tilling, 1810, folding engraved map, 9 engraved plates, smaller engraved illustrations in-text, subscriber's list, spotting, some gatherings damp-stained, contemporary calf, rebacked with original spine relaid, elaborate blind-tooled border to covers, spine gilt, rubbed and marked, 8vo, together with:An Historical and Topographical Description of Chelsea and its Environs, 2 volumes, Chelsea: T. Faulkner, 1829, 36 engraved plates, further smaller illustrations in-text, extra-illustrated with 54 additional plates bound-in (portraits and topographical views), armorial bookplate of Frederick William Cadogan to front pastedowns, hinges neatly repaired, occasional spotting, edges untrimmed, early 20th-century half calf (retaining earlier marbled boards), spine lettered in gilt, lightly rubbed, 8vo, plusHistory and Antiquities of the Parish of Hammersmith, 1st edition, London: Nichols & Son, 1839, engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 folding engraved maps, 2 full-page engraved plates, further smaller illustrations in-text, early 20th-century full calf gilt, lightly rubbed, 8vo, with 17 other leatherbound worksQTY: (21)
Fresnoy (Charles-Alphonse Du). The Art of Painting..., with remarks: translated into English, with an Original Preface, containing a Parallel between Painting and Poetry: By Mr. Dryden..., 2nd edition, London: Printed for the B. L, and sold by William Taylor at the Ship in Pater-noster-row, 1716, engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary ownership inscription to title page, 19th-century calf rebacked preserving original gilt and blind decorated spine, diamond lozenge shape panel to boards, corners bumped, 8vo, together with: Richardson (Samuel). Pamela or Virtue Rewarded in a Series of Letters from a Beautiful Young Damsel to her parents..., 2 volumes, Oxford: Bartlett and Newman, 1814 (volume I) & 1815 (volume II), engraved portrait frontispiece and engraved title page to volume I, 5 engraved plates, ownership inscriptions to front free endpapers, contemporary gilt and blind stamped decorated calf, a little rubbed, ink stain to lower cover of volume I, 8voCowley (Abraham). The Works of Mr. Abraham Cowley: Consisting of Those Which were Formerly Printed; and Those Which he design'd for the Press, Publish'd out of the Author's Original Copies. With the Cutter of Coleman-Street, 3 volumes, 1710 & 1711, engraved frontispiece to each volume plus 27 plates (many portraits, some a little trimmed), a few leaves a little toned, small annotations to imprint to title of volume I, contemporary speckled calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, head and foot of spine a little chipped, corners bumped, 8voMilton (John). Milton's Paradise Regained; with select notes subjoined: to which is added a complete collection of his miscellaneous poems both English and Latin, 2 volumes, London: T. Bensley, for T. Longman, 1796, engraved frontispiece to both volumes, 22 engraved plates, light spotting, stitching loosening in places, all edges gilt, contemporary full straight-grain morocco, gilt decorated, joints cracking, fraying with loss, 8vo, plus 4 other volumes, leather-bound, 8vo QTY: (12 )
* Gillray (James). La Belle Espagnole - ou - La Doublure de Madame Tallien, H. Humphrey, Feby. 25th 1796, etching on wove (watermarked 1794) with bright contemporary hand-colouring, large margins, slight dust soiling to the margins, 350 x 245 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:BM Satires 8898. According to Dorothy George, the Belle Espagnole represents a Creole dancer from Spanish America, who bore a striking resemblance to the famous French beauty and society hostess Theresa de Tallien (1773-1835). However, according to Joseph Monteyne and the National Portrait Gallery, this print shows the mulatto tight-rope dancer, Maria Garcia, who performed under the French stage name of La Belle Espagnole. Based on advertisements in numerous papers including the Public Advertiser, the London Daily Universal Register, the London World Fashionable Advertiser, the Morning Post and Daily Advertiser and others, she is known to have been a regular at Sadler's Wells, performing hundreds of times between April of 1785 and August of 1796.
* Nelson (Horatio, 1758-1805). A collection of portrait miniatures, including Horatio Viscount Nelson, after Simon de Koster (1767-1831), engraved by Edward Francis Finden (1791-1857), uniformed bust facing left, sheet size 15 x 12.5, gilt frame, glazed, frame size 23 x 20 cm, another engraving by John Chapman, showing a uniformed Nelson with Trafalgar laid on a Union flag and facsimile signature beneath, sheet size 18.5 x 13.5 cm, gilt frame, glazed, frame size 27 x 22.5 cm, a Portuguese engraving of Nelson, titled 'Horacio Nelson, Barab do Nilo Visconde de Nelson Dugue de Bronte Vice Almirante', sheet size 17.5 x 13 cm, gilt frame, frame size 25 x 21 cm and others similar, all framed and glazedQTY: (9)
Playfair (R. L.). Travels in the Footsteps of Bruce in Algeria and Tunis, 1st edition, London: C. Kegan Paul & Co, 1877, half-title, frontispiece, folding colour map, 28 black and white plates, small library stamp of Edinkillie library to half-title, all edges gilt, original green pictorial cloth gilt, lightly rubbed and marked, 4to, together with:Stanley (Henry Morton). In Darkest Africa, or the quest, rescue and retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Sampson Low, 1890, portrait frontispiece to each, 4 maps (3 folding), 36 plates, further illustrations to text, publisher's advertisement leaf at rear of volume 1, scattered spotting, front hinge of volume 1 somewhat tender, a few closed tears to maps, original pictorial red cloth gilt, lightly rubbed and marked, 8vo, with reprints of T. E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom and Charles Doughty's Travels in Arabia Deserta, both in dust jackets QTY: (6)
Att to Charles Sillem Lidderdale, oval portrait of a lady, Attributed by Rupert Maas. Previous property of Lady Grey, Wrest park, Beds. Label verso: THIS PAINTING WAS BOUGHT AT THE SALE 'THE CONTENTS OF WREST PARK' SILSOE, BEDS MANSION PRIOR TO THE PURCHASE OF THE ESTATE BY THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE IN THE 1930'S. THE OWNERS PRIOR TO THE 1930'S WERE LORD LUCAS (WHO WAS KILLED IN THE 1914-1918 WAR)(Now known as WWI) AND THE TENNANT AT THE TIME WAS WHITELAW REID, THE AMERICAN AMBASSADOR FROM 1910 ONWARDS. LORD DE-GREY WAS THE OWNER BEFORE LORD LUCAS. THE DE GREYS LIVED IN THE MANSION PRIOR TO LUCAS AND ONE OF THE DE-GREYS WAS AN AMATEUR OIL PAINTER. APP AD 1900. 59cm x 48cm
Hard to Find Copy of Halford Fredrick M Modern Development of The Dry Fly. The New Dry Fly Patterns, The Manipulation of Dressing Them and Practical Experiences of Their Use. Edition De Luxe, Limited To 50 Copies no. 36 M. Published By New York E P Dutton & Company 1910, 2 volumes in quarter leather binding, v2 (being 9 recessed plates), with photogravure frontis portrait of Edgar Williamson and 9 colour chromo-lithographic plates of fishing flies, 18 plates of colour charts, 16 photogravures of fish and fishing spots on India paper mounted, 22 text illustrations, printed on fine quality Whatman laid paper; volume two; with 33 actual fishing flies displayed in recessed compartments on 9 heavy board mounts. 2 plate II and VI have moth damage and the flies are missing their feathers, otherwise complete with half-titles, titles printed in red and black, bound in half maroon calf, blind ruled raised bands, gilt titles and gilt flora devices in the panels, maroon red cloth boards, marbled end papers, some slight wear on the edges of the board corners, top edges gilt, a very good to fine set. First Edition, edition deluxe, limited to 50 numbered copies, this being #36 signed by the author, A total of 125 copies of this deluxe edition were produced including 50 for sale in the United States and 75 for sale in the British Empire. Volume two contains 33 specimens of actual flies, tied by Hardy Brothers and, or C Farlow's according to the author's very specific instructions. G
Ten Fishing Books - Chalkstream In Praise of the Ultimate River 2005 Charles Rangeley-Wilson, Life of a Chalkstream 2014 Simon Cooper, The Essential G E M Skues 1998 Kenneth Robson, A Fisherman's Diary 1969 Oliver Kite, Nymph Fishing in Practice 1963 Oliver Kite, Frank Sawyer Man of the Riverside 1984 Sidney Vines, The Ever-Rolling Stream 1984 Bernard Aldrich, A Particular Lunn One Hundred Glorious Years on the Test 1990 Mick Lunn Clive Graham-Ranger, Chalkstream Chronicle Living out the Flyfisher's Fantasy 1995 Neil Patterson, The River Test Portrait of an English Chalkstream 1990 Charles Bingham - mixed condition
An interesting collection of Player's Navy Cut memorabilia, comprising a large circular display board, illustrating a lifebuoy with Players Navy Cut, and a portrait of a sailor with a hero cap and warships centrally, 132.5cm diameter, and oil on canvas portrait of a sailor with pipe and tobacco box, wearing cap bade for HMS Excellent, 101cm x 67.5cm, a print showing the same sailor, another of a cowboy smoking a pipe titled 'Players', oil on board, 71cm x 52cm, and a framed black and white print of John Player, the founder 1839-1884, in an ornate frame, 49cm x 39cm. (5) Provenance: Removed from the John Player & Son Nottingham offices in 2018 when acquired by the current vendor.
Royal Mail - A large collection of British Royal Mail commemorative stamps presentation packs held within a Royal Mail stamp album. To include Farm Animals, Jane Eyre, Changing Tastes in Britain, Trafalgar, Animal Tales, Christmas 2005, Ice Age Animals, National Portrait Gallery, Smilers, The Beatles, amongst many other examples. Having approximate face value of £612.
Chinese ancestor or genealogy portrait of a female member of the Zhu family, likely late Ming Dynasty. She is portrayed wearing a surcoat with a crane rank-badge as well as a ruby and emerald bejeweled headpiece. Ink and gold on silk. This type of portrait is known as a pu xiang, or a genealogy portrait. The sitter is rendered in the appropriate costume of their rank. The clothing as well as the sumptuous brocade chair indicates a person of both high-rank and wealth.Provenance: Neal Auction, New Orleans, September 12, 2009, Lot 101; Private Minnesota Collection.Sight; height: 24 1/2 in x width: 17 in. Framed; height: 33 1/2 in x width: 26 in x depth: 1 in.Condition: The sheet is toned. There are some areas of discoloration throughout. No visible tears, losses, or repairs. Housed under acidic mats. Framed under glass. Light wear to the frame. Not inspected out of frame.
Chinese ancestor or genealogy portrait of a male member of the Zhu family, likely late Ming Dynasty. The figure is portrayed waring a chaofu court dress, an embroidered four-clawed dragon surcoat over a robe with a collar and sleeves decorated with a crane. He wears an elaborate headpiece. Ink and gold on silk. This type of portrait is known as a pu xiang, or a genealogy portrait. The sitter is rendered in the appropriate costume of their rank. The clothing as well as the sumptuous brocade chair indicates a person of both high-rank and wealth.Provenance: Neal Auction, New Orleans, September 12, 2009, Lot 101; Private Minnesota Collection.Sight; height: 24 1/2 in x width: 17 in. Framed; height: 33 1/2 in x width: 26 in x depth: 1 in.Condition: The sheet is toned. There are some areas of discoloration throughout. No visible tears, losses, or repairs. Housed under acidic mats. Framed under glass. Light wear to the frame. Not inspected out of frame.
A rare Sea Gallantry (Foreign Services) gold life saving medal awarded in 1845 to Captain Buntin of the U.S.S. Euphrasia Sea Gallantry Medal (Foreign Services), first large type (1842-49), 22 carat gold, 66.70g, 45mm, with specially struck reverse ‘From the British Government to Captn. Buntin of the United States Ship Euphrasia. For saving the crew of the Brigantine C.W.E.R. of Halifax. 1845’, contained in its original presentation case, the lid with similar embossed inscription, extremely fine and excessively rare £6,000-£8,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Originally conceived in 1839, the Sea Gallantry (Foreign Services) Medal was first awarded in 1842, in gold, silver and bronze to foreigners for saving the lives of British subjects at sea. In this first period each medal had a specially die-struck reverse but, due to the enormous cost of doing this, it was decided in 1849 that two standard reverses would be used: ‘For Saving the Life of a British Subject’, and ‘For Assisting a British Vessel in Distress’. This large size (1.78 inches) remained in use until 1854 when it was reduced in size to 1.27 inches. It is not known how many large gold medals of the earlier type (1842-49) were awarded but a total of 96 gold medals were awarded prior to being down-sized in 1854, the awards becoming more frequent in the latter years of this period. It may be fair to assume that perhaps 25 gold awards were made with special inscriptions, although the true number may be significantly fewer (No example held in National Maritime Museum or Royal Navy Museum). The Naval Journal of July 1846 reported: ‘DISASTER Ship Euphrasia, Bunting (sic), from Baltimore bound to Valparaiso; on the 30th Aug. last, fell in with the wreck of Br. brig C. W. E. R. from Halifax for Demerara, and took off the captain, supercargo and five men, all of whom were carried to Valparaiso. The mate was drowned.’ Captain Charles Buntin acknowledged receipt of this medal in a letter addressed to the Rt. Hon. Richard Pakenham, Washington, D.C., dated Newburyport, Mass., April 21st, 1847: ‘SIR: Having recently returned home from a long absence, I hasten to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 7th December last, and a gold medal bearing the portrait of her Majesty the Queen, with other appropriate devices accompanying the same, and which you are pleased to inform me her Majesty's government has seen proper to present to me as an acknowledgement for services rendered in saving the lives of the captain and crew of the English brigantine, C. W. E. R., of Halifax, in August, 1845. I accept, sir, with feelings of peculiar gratification, the medal as a gift of high consideration, and shall ever esteem it and the event it commemorates as the most fortunate circumstance of my life. I remain, sir, most respectfully, your most obedient and humble servant. CHARLES BUNTIN’
Pair: Lieutenant John Seaton, Royal Navy, later Inspector of Convicts, Norfolk Island, Australia King John VI of Portugal’s Gold Jewel, H.M.S. Lively, 3rd Class breast badge, 44mm x 30mm, gold, the obverse central medallion with high relief portrait bust of the King, enclosed by 18 rose-cut diamonds, set upon crossed fouled anchors and suspended from a Portuguese crown; the reverse centre inscribed ‘Lt. John Seaton 3’ surrounded by struck gold band ‘LIVELY’ above a wreath of laurel, with gold laurel spray suspension bar, in its Francisco des Santos Leite, No 24 Rua Aurea contemporary red leather case of issue Military Order of the Tower and Sword, Knight’s breast badge, 46mm x 40mm, gold and enamels, with gold bar suspension and ribbon bar, in contemporary green leather case of issue, both pieces with original ribbons, extremely fine and of outstanding quality (2) £16,000-£20,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- These Lively and Windsor Castle ‘jewels’ were the personal gift of King John VI, of Portugal, in gratitude for the refuge he found aboard the two British ships anchored off Lisbon during the rebellion of May 1824. Four distinct classes were presented, each class being denoted by the numeral (1-4) inscribed on the reverse, as well as the number of diamonds on the obverse, fewer and larger the higher the class, and in the case of known 4th Class badges the number of diamonds varies between 26 and 34. Additionally, the 4th class was sub-divided into two grades, one with and one without diamonds. The greater number of these badges, forty-six, were awarded to the Windsor Castle, being the larger of the two ships, whilst the Lively received twenty-seven badges. Knight of the Military Order of the Sword, Royal Licence 21 April 1825: ‘Lieutenant John Seaton, of His Majesty’s Ship Lively, on the occasion of the visit of His Most Faithful Majesty John the Sixth, King of Portugal, on board that Ship, in The Tagus, in the month of May, 1824.’ King John bestowed various classes of this order upon 6 officers of the Lively and 14 officers of the Windsor Castle. John Seaton was born on 22 May 1791, and entered the Royal Navy on 29 August 1807, as a First Class Volunteer on board the Princess of Orange. From March 1808 until February 1814, Seaton served as Midshipman and Master’s Mate on board the Ranger in the Baltic. During that period he assisted in taking the Island of Anholdt, was frequently sent home in charge of captured vessels, and on one occasion, while so employed, fell into the hands of the Danes, who kept him a prisoner from 15 May 1812 until 14 November 1813. He also commanded the Pickle tender, fitted as a rocket-vessel, in two attacks made by the combined squadrons of England and Russia on the French batteries at Danzig. In February 1814 he transferred to the Tonnant, flagship on the coast of North America of Hon. Sir Alexander Cochrane, but in July of that year he was invalided home on H.M.S. Belvedere, and in March of the following year he was promoted to Lieutenant. On 30 October 1823, Lieutenant Seaton was appointed to H.M.S. Lively, and it was in that frigate, while she was lying in the Tagus, in company with H.M.S. Windsor Castle, that he took part in the rescue of Portugal’s King John VI from the forces of his mutinous second son Dom Miguel. The King was given refuge on board the Windsor Castle, assisted by H.M.S. Lively. In gratitude King John VI conferred the Order of the Tower and Sword on the officers of the two ships, as well as bestowing upon them a gold and diamond decoration referred to as King John’s Jewel. These events took place in May 1825, and resulted in the capture and exile of Dom Miguel, who was escorted to exile in France by H.M.S. Lively, Lieutenant Seaton aboard, after which he was sent on a mission to Algiers and then transferred to the West India station. Lieutenant Seaton took charge of a Coast Guard station in October 1826, and remained in that employment until about 1850 when he was appointed Inspector of Convicts at Norfolk Island, off the west coast of Australia.
The superb ‘Dunraven’ Q-Ship D.S.M. group of five awarded to Wireman Stanley Woodison, Royal Navy, a Canadian who was three times decorated for gallantry, was in a ballot for the award of the Victoria Cross, and took part in all of Captain Gordon Campbell’s famous Q-Ship actions Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (M.15547. S. Woodison, Wiren. Atlantic Ocean. 8 Aug. 1917); 1914-15 Star (M.15547, S. Woodison, Ar. Cr., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (M.15547 S. Woodison. Wmn. 1 R.N.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre 1914 1917, with bronze palm, mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (5) £3,000-£4,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- D.S.M. London Gazette 2 November 1917: ‘For services in action with enemy submarines.’ The recommendation states: ‘Action of H.M.S. Dunraven with German submarine UC71 on 8 August 1917. Has served in all five actions of H.M.S. Dunraven with Captain Campbell.’ The Victoria Cross awarded to Lieutenant C. G. Bonner and Petty Officer Ernest Pitcher for this action. M.I.D. London Gazette 23 March 1917. Action of H.M.S. Q.5 on 17 February 1917, when the U-83 was sunk. French Croix de Guerre London Gazette 19 December 1917. Stanley Woodison was born on 22 August 1887 at Windsor, Ontario, Canada. An electrician (wireman) by trade, he volunteered for the Royal Navy on 6 October 1915, for the duration of the hostilities, and served throughout the war in ‘Q’ ships under Captain Gordon Campbell. In the space of less than two years he would witness the destruction of three U-boats in actions which would be rewarded with no less than 5 V.C.s, 7 D.S.O.s, 13 D.S.C.s, 7 C.G.M.s, 45 D.S.M.s, and numerous M.I.D.s. Woodison joined Loderer (later Farnborough and Q.5) on 5 November 1915. On 22 March 1916, Farnborough enjoyed her first success with the sinking of the U-68, bringing promotion to Commander for Campbell, and winning him the first of his three D.S.O.s. With her name changed to H.M.S. Q.5, she next sank the U-83 on 17 February 1917, but was herself badly damaged by torpedoes and had to be beached. Campbell was awarded the Victoria Cross for this action, and many crew members received decorations or mentions, including Woodison. Campbell’s next ship was the Pargust, which Woodison joined on 8 May 1917, and took part in the sinking of the UC.29 on 7 June 1917. Woodison’s service record is annotated: ‘Noted for War Services: Action with Enemy Submarine 7 June 1917,’ and also ‘Participated in ballot for award of the V.C. to one of the Ship’s Coy. of H.M.S. Pargust, June 1917.’ Clearly, he was not the man chosen in the ballot, this honour instead going to Seaman William Williams, whilst the officers voted Lieutenant R. N. Stuart, D.S.O., for the ultimate award. Pargust had been badly damaged in the action and repairs were going to take a long time to effect. Campbell therefore requested a new ship, which he got in the name of H.M.S. Dunraven. The action of Dunraven with the UC.71 on 8 August 1917 is one of the most famous Q-Ship actions of the war. It was a heroic three-hour gun and torpedo action in which the Dunraven was repeatedly hit by shells, refusing to return fire until the submarine came within range. With the poop heavily on fire as the submarine slowly approached Dunraven, Campbell had to make an agonising decision not to evacuate the gun’s crew, thereby exposing their intentions to the enemy, in the full knowledge that the magazine would certainly explode. As the submarine passed Dunraven’s stern, a matter of seconds before it would be in range of the guns, the inevitable happened. A terrific explosion occurred, the stern of the ship was blown out, and the four-inch gun and crew were blown into the air. The gun’s crew were all wounded but luckily none were killed, although one man later did later succumb to his wounds. The enemy was very wary and, having scored a hit with a torpedo, broke off the action when a torpedo was fired at her by the Dunraven. Despite being taken in tow and valiant action by the crew to save their ship, Dunraven sank at 0130 on 9 August 1917, the officers and crew being taken off by H.M.S. Christopher. This was to be Captain Campbell's last Q-Ship action; the Admiralty retired him to a shore posting at Holyhead. As for his crew, Campbell himself said of them ‘Not a man failed, not a man could have done more.’ Dunraven’s action brought numerous awards including Victoria Crosses for Lieutenant C. G. Bonner and Petty Officer Ernest Pitcher, and the D.S.M. for Stanley Woodison. Sold with an original Canadian news cutting with portrait and details of war service, together with copied record of service and action reports.
The Naval General Service medal awarded to Robert Drummond, a servant on Nelson’s personal retinue as his Valet aboard the Victory at the battle of Trafalgar; he also served as servant and steward to Captain Thomas Hardy for seven years Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Trafalgar (Robert Drummond.) medal contained in a contemporary silver frame, lacking glass lunettes, the disc correctly impressed and frame also inscribed with his name, very fine £14,000-£18,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Sotheby, June 1977. Confirmed on the roll as Able Seaman aboard H.M.S. Victory at Trafalgar, serving as a servant on Nelson’s personal retinue. Robert Drummond served in H.M.S. Victory at Trafalgar as one of Nelson’s personal retinue, rated on the books as Able Seaman. Drummond served under Captain Hardy both before and after his time in the Victory: in the Amphion from June 1802 to July 1803; and afterwards in the Triumph. He then served as steward to Rear Admiral Harvey in the St George from 1808 to 1809. Earlier he had been steward to Captain Wood of the Concorde. In April 1808, Hardy wrote him a certificate saying: ‘These are to certify whom it may concern that Robert Drummond has served as my Servant more than Six Years and as Steward these last Twelve Months and I beg to recommend him as a most faithful Clean attentive good Servant’. Victory's muster shows that Drummond and Bartlett (Hardy’s steward) were discharged to the Chatham yacht on 22 December 1805 to accompany Nelson's body to Greenwich along with others of Nelson's retinue. Drummond entered Greenwich Hospital in 1851 after his wife died, and died there on 15 June 1868. Sold with a good-sized portrait photograph of Drummond in old age wearing his medal. A different stereoscopic image of him wearing his medal also exists that is captioned ‘Robert Drummond - Lord Nelson’s Valet.’
The impressive Second War K.B.E., inter-War C.B., Gallipoli operations D.S.O. group of thirteen awarded to Vice-Admiral Sir George Swabey, Royal Navy Having served ashore with distinction in Gallipoli as a Naval Observation Officer, he rose to senior rank, serving as a Commodore of Convoys 1940-41 and as Flag Officer in Charge at Portland 1942-44: during the latter posting he successfully oversaw the embarkation of an entire U.S. Army Division bound for the Normandy beaches The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, K.B.E. (Military) Knight Commander’s 2nd type set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels and breast star, silver, with silver-gilt and enamel centre, in its Garrard & Co., London case of issue; The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, in its Garrard & Co., London case of issue; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, with integral top riband bar; 1914-15 Star (Commr. G. T. C. P. Swabey, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. G. T. C. P. Swabey. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1902, silver; France, 3rd Republic, Legion of Hounour, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamels; United States of America, Legion of Merit, Commander’s neck badge, gilt and enamels, the suspension loop numbered ‘263’, in its case of issue, mounted court-style as worn where applicable, one or two slightly bent arm points on the French piece, otherwise generally good very fine (14) £3,600-£4,400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- K.B.E. London Gazette 13 June 1946. C.B. London Gazette 3 June 1930. D.S.O. London Gazette 14 March 1916: ‘He rendered very valuable assistance to the Army as Naval Observation Officer. Strongly recommended by General Sir Francis Davies and General Sir William Birdwood.’ Legion of Honour London Gazette 23 March 1917. U.S.A. Legion of Merit London Gazette 28 May 1946. George Thomas Carlisle Parker Swabey was born in Bedfordshire on 22 January 1881 and entered the Royal Navy as a Cadet in Britannia in January 1895. Appointed a Midshipman in January 1897, he subsequently gained seagoing experience in H.M. Ships Cambrian and Venus in the Mediterranean and in the Crescent on the America and West Indies Stations. In 1903 he joined the gunnery establishment Excellent and was afterwards Gunnery Lieutenant in the Revenge and the Irresistible, and First and Gunnery Lieutenant of the Zealandia, in which latter ship he was advanced to Commander in 1913. Soon after the outbreak of hostilities in 1914, Swabey joined the flagship Lord Nelson, and in her sailed for the Dardanelles. He was subsequently appointed a Naval Observation Officer to the Land Forces employed in that theatre of war and was specifically awarded his D.S.O. ‘for services in action during the Gallipoli operations April 1915 to January 1916’, which period also witnessed him being mentioned in despatches by General Sir Charles Munro (London Gazette 12 July 1916). From 1916-17 he served as Executive Officer of the Lord Nelson in the Eastern Mediterranean and in June 1918 he was advanced to Captain. Between the Wars Swabey held several senior appointments, including those of Deputy Director of Naval Ordnance 1921-23; Captain of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich 1924-26 and Commodore Commanding the New Zealand Station 1926-29, when he was the first member of the R.N. to serve on the Royal New Zealand Naval Board. Advanced to Rear-Admiral in the latter year, he was also appointed an A.D.C. to the King and created a C.B. Having been advanced to Vice-Admiral on the Retired List in 1935, Swabey was recalled in September 1939, when he became one of that gallant band of retired Flag Officers to assume the duties of a Commodore of Convoys, in which capacity he served from 1940-41; one newspaper obituary states that ‘after two years’ service on the high seas, Swabey’s ship was sunk from under him and he was exposed for several days in an open boat.’ Then in 1942 he hoisted his Flag as Vice-Admiral in Charge at Portland, where he was entrusted with the preparation for, and execution of, the launching of one of two U.S. Army Divisions to assault the Normandy beaches in June 1944. He was subsequently presented with an official Admiralty Letter of Praise for his part in ‘Operation Neptune’, and the American Legion of Merit ‘for distinguished service during the planning and execution of the invasion of Normandy’ (Admiralty letter of notification, refers). An idea of the scale of his responsibilities in this period maybe be found in the inscription left by the Americans on a local commemoration stone: ‘The major part of the American Assault Force which landed on the shores of France on D-Day 6 June 1944, was launched from Portland harbour. From 6 June 1944 to 7 May 1945, 418,585 troops and 144,093 vehicles embarked from this harbour.’ Swabey was afterwards appointed Naval Officer in Charge at Leith, in which capacity he was awarded the K.B.E., the insignia for which he received at an investiture held on 28 January 1947. The Admiral, ‘a truly good man, kindly and modest, who feared God and honoured the King’, retired to Chichester and died there in February 1952. Sold with Buckingham Palace letter and invitation to attend Investiture on 28 January 1947; Bisley ‘Whitehead Challenge Cup’ medal, silver-gilt and enamels, hallmarked Birmingham 1905, with gilt enamelled ribbon bar ‘1905’ over wreath, and top suspension brooch, silver-gilt and enamel ‘NAVY’ surmounted by Naval crown, unnamed in B. Ninnes, Goldsmith, Hythe case of issue; together with studio portrait in uniform wearing medals and copied research
Three: Warrant Engineer F. E. White, Royal Naval Reserve, killed in action at Jutland aboard H.M.S. Queen Mary 1914-15 Star (Wt. Eng. F. E. White, R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Wt. Engr. F. E. White. R.N.R.) with named card boxes of issue and Memorial Plaque (Frederick Ernest White) in card envelope, extremely fine (4) £600-£800 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Frederick Ernest White was killed in action whilst serving as Warrant Engineer on board H.M.S. Queen Mary, sunk at the battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916. Sold with Board of Trade parchment Certificate of Competency as First Class Engineer; B.O.T. Continuous Certificate of Discharge; Warrant of appointment as Warrant Engineer, dated 20 December 1915; and portrait photograph of ‘Uncle Fred White’.
An outstanding Great War Civil C.B. and Boer War Albert Medal life saving group of ten awarded to Captain Halton S. Lecky, Royal Navy The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Civil) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt, with Garrard, London case of issue; Albert Medal, 2nd Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, bronze and enamel, the reverse inscribed (Awarded by His Majesty to Lieutenant Halton Stirling Lecky, R.N., in recognition of his gallantry in rescuing two soldiers from drowning at Kosi Bay on the 25th of August 1900) the reverse of the crown with maker's cartouche 'Phillips, Cockspur St.', together with its original Phillips Bros. & Son presentation case, the lid embossed in gilt letters 'Presented in the name of His Majesty to Lieutenant Halton Stirling Lecky, R.N., for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea'; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Natal (Sub-Lieut: H. S. Lecky, R.N. H.M.S. Doris); 1914-15 Star (Commr. H. S. Lecky, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. H. S. Lecky. R.N.); Greece, Kingdom, Order of the Redeemer, 5th Class breast badge, silver, gold and enamels; France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, 5th Class breast badge, silver, gold and enamels, these last seven mounted court-style as worn; Royal Humane Society, small silver medal (Successful), (Sub Lieut: H. S. Lecky. R.N. Aug: 25 1900) in its Elkington case of issue; Lloyds medal for Saving Life at Sea, silver (Lieut. H. S. Lecky. R.N. - 25th August 1900.) in its original presentation case, the lid embossed in gilt letters with relevant details; Granton Naval Base, silver medal for Zeal (Comdr. H. S. Lecky. R.N. 2.9.16, C.E. Granton Naval Base) generally very fine or better (11) £6,000-£8,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Buckland Dix & Wood, June 1994. Only 7 Albert Medals awarded to Royal Navy officers prior to the Great War. Halton Stirling Lecky was Sub-Lieutenant of Thrush and Widgeon during the Boer War, and served on both vessels on the Delagoa Bay Blockade. He was awarded the Albert Medal (2nd class) on 28 June 1901; the silver medal of the Royal Humane Society on 15 July 1901; and Lloyds Silver Medal on 10 August 1901, all awarded for his bravery as described in the following extract from the London Gazette: ‘On August 25th, 1900, H.M.S. Widgeon was anchored in Kosi Bay, fifty miles south of Delagoa Bay, in order to land stores and troops. The work of disembarkation was carried out by four boats manned by Malays under the superintendence of Sub Lieutenant Lecky, who had been sent onshore for the purpose. Heavy breakers in lines of three to five, according to the tide rolling in about fifty yards apart, made the work very risky. One boat loaded with stores and with Second Lieutenant Arnold Gray, Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry, Trooper Frederick Trethowen, Steinacker's Horse, and Private J. H. Forbes, Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry, on board, capsized about three hundred yards from the shore. The five Malays forming the boat's crew, and Private Forbes by dint of hard swimming, with the assistance of the boat's oars, managed to reach the land after severe buffeting from the heavy seas. Lieutenant Gray was unable to swim, but with Trooper Trethowen, clung to the boat, which drifted slowly keel upwards in a northerly direction almost parallel with the shore, carried by the set of a strong current. Huge breakers continually swept over the boat, and the men had great difficulty in retaining their hold. Sharks were observed near the boat before and after the accident. The boat was now about one hundred and fifty yards from the shore. Sub Lieutenant Lecky, seeing the critical position the two men were in, tore off his clothes and, plunging into the surf, endeavoured to swim to their assistance. He was twice thrown back on the beach by the heavy seas, but afterwards succeeded in bringing first Lieutenant Gray and then the other safe to shore. The rescued men were quite unconscious, having been nearly thirty minutes in the water. Sub Lieutenant Lecky and his servant, Private Borting, R.M.L.I. then applied the usual methods for restoring animation, and both men eventually recovered consciousness - Lieutenant Gray after a lapse of two and a half hours.’ Lecky was subsequently Sub Lieutenant of Doris (medal and clasp); was in command of torpedo-boat No. 29 on the occasion of the burial at sea, by her own request, of Miss Mary Kingsley. He was responsible for the organisation of the Shetland Islands for war, 1913-14; Minesweeping on the East Coast, 1914. Lecky created the Auxiliary Patrol Service of 3000 vessels and necessary personnel against enemy submarines, 1914-16 (awarded C.B.); Naval Assistant to the Fourth Sea Lord, 1915-16; commanded the light cruisers Southampton and Birmingham in the North Sea, 1916-17; Assistant to Naval Secretary to First Lord of the Admiralty, 1917-18; engaged on miscellaneous service in the Aegean blockade of the Dardanelles, occupation of Constantinople etc., 1918; mentioned in despatches and awarded the Order of the Redeemer (Greece) and Legion of Honour (France) for duties in connection with the war operations of these navies in the Aegean. In 1919 he organised the Mine Clearance Service and received the high appreciation of the Board of Admiralty; Commanded the R.N. Detention Barracks at Chatham, 1920-24, and was placed on the retired list with the rank of Captain in 1925. Captain Lecky died on 2 June 1940, aged 71 years. Lecky was author of the well known work 'The Kings Ships' , 3 volumes 1913 and 1914, the final 3 volumes of which were suspended and never published owing to the outbreak of the War. The group is also accompanied by a 'pencilled' portrait photograph of Captain Lecky and original Royal Humane Society parchment certificate, this a little damaged by damp.
The 2-clasp Naval General Service medal awarded to Commander Edmund Scott, Royal Navy, Midshipman in the Hero at Strachan’s action on 4 November 1805, and as Master’s Mate of the Bellerophon in the Baltic, he commanded a boat in action with a Russian flotilla of 8 gunboats and 12 merchantmen off Percola Point, on the coast of Finland, on 7 July 1809, when ‘his active, cool, determined and brave conduct obtained for him the admiration of his Captain.’ He was actively engaged in North America for three years as First Lieutenant of the Narcissus, serving in her boats at the capture of four vessels and the town of Hampton in 1812 and 1813; in 1814 with the boats of the Narcissus and Loire under his command he took the town of Benedict on the river Patuxent, besides a number of other boat actions Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, 4 Novr 1805, 7 July Boat Service 1809 (Edmund Scott, Mate.) together with a very fine miniature portrait of Edmund Scott in oval gilt frame, the reverse with locket of hair, toned, extremely fine (2) £10,000-£14,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Confirmed on the rolls as Midshipman of H.M.S. Hero on 4 November 1805, and as Master’s Mate of Bellerophon in command of a boat at the destruction of a Russian flotilla at Percola Point, Baro Sound, Finland, on 7 July 1809. 32 clasps issued for this boat service action. Edmund Scott was present as Midshipman of Hero in Calder’s action of 22 July 1805; in Sir R. Strachan’s action of 4 November 1805; and at the capture of Marengo and Belle Poule on 13 March 1806. As Mate and Midshipman of Bellerophon between 1808 and 1810 in the Baltic, he commanded a boat at the destruction of a Russian battery off Hango Head; at that of a second battery in Finland; and in action with a Russian flotilla of 8 gunboats and 12 merchantmen off Percola Point, on the coast of Finland, on 7 July 1809. At the latter action, ‘his active, cool, determined and brave conduct obtained for him the admiration of his Captain.’ He served at the siege of Cadiz in the Atlas, and as First Lieutenent of the Bustard during the defence of Sicily against Marshal Murat. From June 1812 until June 1816, he was actively employed on the North American station, for three years as First Lieutenant of the Narcissus. While in that frigate he served in her boats at the capture, on 25 November 1812, of the privateer Joseph and Mary of 4 guns and 73 men; and assisted in 1813 in taking the brig-of-war Viper of 12 guns, the privateer Revenge of 12 guns and 89 men, and the town of Hampton. He shared also in the attack upon Crany Island, and in June 1814 aided, in company with the Loire, in silencing the fire of a battery and in enforcing, off St Leonard’s Rock, the retreat of Commodore Barney’s flotilla. With the boats of the Narcissus and Loire under his command, he took, in the same month, the town of Benedict on the river Patuxent, possession of which he retained in face of a large body of cavalry and artillery, until he had cleared the storehouses of their contents. On 13 October 1814, he commanded the boats of his own frigate and the Dispatch brig at the cutting out, under heavy fire from a battery and of a troop of militia, of the U.S. Revenue-schooner Eagle, at anchor within half pistol-shot of Negro Head, Long Island Sound, where 8 of her 10 guns had been landed for her defence. The medal and miniature contained in old frame with ivorine label ‘Trafalgar Medal and Miniature of Commander Edmund Scott, R.N.’. Also with old fitted leather case (damaged) for the medal; two old news cuttings (one commemorating the 70th anniversary of Strachan’s action and stating Scott to be one of the last three surviving officers present); and a family letter written by his grandson with details of the actions for which the medal was awarded.
The Naval General Service medal awarded to Commander Hugh Entwisle, Royal Navy, a Volunteer borne as an Able Seaman in H.M.S. Bellerophon at the battle of Trafalgar; at the close of the action he was sent with a Lieutenant to take possession of the Spanish 74 Bahama Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Trafalgar (Hugh Entwisle.) some little nicks to rim, otherwise better than very fine; together with a fine contemporary portrait miniature of Entwisle in naval uniform, in oils, with an old inscription in ink affixed to the reverse ‘Hugh Entwisle. Middie on board the “Victory” with Lord Nelson’, in ebonised frame with gilt fittings, good condition (2) £8,000-£10,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Buckland Dix & Wood, March 1996. Confirmed on the roll as Able Seaman aboard H.M.S. Bellerophon at Trafalgar. Hugh Entwisle was the second son of John Entwisle, of Foxholes, Rochdale, Lancashire. He entered the Navy on 7 May 1799, as First-class Volunteer, on board the Amethyst on the home station. While in that frigate, besides being much employed in the conveyance of royal and diplomatic personages, he assisted, as Midshipman, at the capture of three privateers, carrying 34 guns and 270 men, and witnessed the surrender on 27 January 1801, of the French 36-gun frigate La Dédaigneuse, and on 9 April the national corvette Le Général Brune of 14 guns. In September 1805, he joined the Bellerophon, borne as an A.B., and participated at the battle of Trafalgar as a Volunteer. Bellerophon formed one of the lee division under Collingwood and bore a distinguished part in the great victory of Trafalgar, when her captain, the gallant John Cooke, was killed almost at the same time and in the same way that Lord Nelson met his death. Entwisle, at the close of the action, was sent with Lieutenant Douglas to take possession of the Bahama, a Spanish 74. It is interesting to note that he was related both to Captain Cooke, and to Mr J. E. Markland, who also served as a Volunteer on Bellerophon during the battle. He was promoted Lieutenant in 1806 and, in the Paulina, took part in the expedition to Copenhagen, 1807. In the Bucephalus, commanded by Captain G. W. H. D’Ath who had also served at Trafalgar on Bellerophon, he took part in the operations against New Orleans in 1814. He retired as Commander in 1839, becoming a D.L. and J.P. for county Glamorgan, and died on 23 December 1867, and is buried in the churchyard at Llanbletghian, South Glamorgan.
The ‘Witu August 1893’ C.B. group of four awarded to Rear-Admiral George R. Lindley, Royal Navy, who commanded the Naval Brigade and was specially promoted to Captain for services at Witu The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (Lieut: G. R. Lindley. R.N. H.M.S. “Achilles”); East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Witu August 1893 (Commr. G. R. Lindley R.N., H.M.S. Blanche.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, mounted for display, minor chips to green enamel wreaths of C.B., some very light contact marks, otherwise good very fine or better (4) £3,000-£4,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Alan Hall Collection, June 2000. C.B. (Military) London Gazette 12 December 1893: ‘In recognition of services in the late actions at Pumwani and Jongeni, and in the proceedings following upon the establishment of the Protectorate over Witu.’ George Robert Lindley was born on 5 July 1850, at Mars Hall, Mansfield. He was the son of R. C. Lindley and was educated at Dover. He joined Britannia as a Naval Cadet on 9 June 1863, aged 13, and on passing out was awarded a 2nd Class Certificate and gained six months sea time. He was appointed to H.M.S. Victoria in September 1864 and promoted to Midshipman on 30 March 1865. He subsequently served in this rank aboard Constance, January 1868, Cadmus, December 1868 and Barrosa, July 1869. Whilst in the latter ship he was promoted to Sub Lieutenant on 27 September 1869. He continued to serve in Barrosa until January 1872 when he joined Excellent for study and examinations. On passing out of College he obtained 2nd Class Certificates in Gunnery, Seamanship and Navigation. In May 1873 he joined Agincourt and was promoted to Lieutenant on 28 September 1873. His first appointment in his new rank was to Excellent for a short Gunnery Course in August 1874, he then served aboard Sultan in November 1874 prior to returning to Excellent in September 1876 for a period of further Gunnery training during which time he was awarded a 2nd Class Certificate in Gunnery. He next served aboard Audacious, July 1879, followed by Achilles September 1880. Whilst in the latter ship he was landed in Alexandria, Egypt for service with the Naval Brigade during July 1882. For this service he received the Egypt Medal without clasp and Khedive's Star. In August 1883 he returned to Excellent to requalify in Gunnery and on passing he joined Belleisle in November 1883, followed by Curacoa in January 1884. He left this ship on promotion to Commander on 30 June 1886. His first appointment as a Commander was to Shannon for the Summer Manoeuvres in August 1887. He then served aboard Cambridge, October 1887, Conqueror, July 1889 and Cambridge, September 1889. He was given the command of Blanche in December 1890 for service in the East Indies Squadron. In August 1893 as Senior Naval Officer East Coast of Africa he was requested by Commissioner Rennell Rodd to accompany him in an expedition to Witu for the purpose of punishing the Sultan of Witu, Furno Omari who had become restless, dangerous and openly defiant and had refused to meet the British Consul General. A Naval Brigade under Commander Lindley was drawn from H.M. Ships Blanche, Swallow, and Sparrow, and landed at Lamu on 7 August 1893. The towns of Pumwani and Jongeni were attacked and destroyed after a brisk fight. The Naval Brigade lost 1 Stoker killed and 2 officers and 6 seamen wounded. Their mission accomplished, the Naval Brigade returned to their ships on 15 August 1893. Commander Lindley was Mentioned in Despatches, awarded the C.B., received the thanks of the Foreign Office and was specially promoted to Captain on 30 June 1893 for his services. On leaving Blanche in November 1893 he spent two years ashore on half pay until appointed to President for Senior Officers Course in April 1894. In July 1895 he took command of Thetis for tactical exercises and in December 1895 returned to President for study at the Royal Naval college at Greenwich. His next seagoing appointments were to Melpomene in command, September 1896 and Marathon in command, April 1897. At his own request he was placed on the Retired List on 23 July 1900 when aged 50. He was promoted to Rear-Admiral on the Retired List in June 1905, and died on 1 August 1918. Sold with 3 Commission documents for Sub Lieutenant, Lieutenant, and Commander; a manuscript Diary of service aboard H.M.S. Victoria; two portrait photographs, one in uniform and one in later life with his wife and two daughters, and a copy of a poem written by Rennell Rodd about the Witu Expedition; together with copied record of service and other research.
† JOHN FRYE BOURNE (1912-1991); pencil drawing, study of a man, 12 x 8.5cm, framed and glazed, and a pencil drawing, study of a female, 12 x 8cm, framed and glazed.Provenance: John Frye Bourne was a very interesting artist who, at sixteen, was the youngest student since JMW Turner to be accepted at the RA Schools. After leaving there, he had a British Institution Scholarship and worked for a period with Sir Gerald Kelly, later president of the RA, but decided to set up independently as a society portrait painter from his family home in Harpenden, Hertfordshire.
Linda McCartney Books / Calendars / Diary, four Linda McCartney Hardback Books comprising Life In Photographs, Sun Prints, Sixties - Portrait of an Era and Photographs - all in original Dust Jackets and all in very good condition, Linda's pictures (Paperback), plus three Calendars (1986, 1987 and 1989 - the last two in original mailing boxes) and 1986 diary - all in very good condition (nine items)
Princess Ashraf 35mm Documentary Films plus, twelve film reels comprising five reels of Princess Ashraf - Portrait of a Princess all colour negative, one reel The Persian Empire colour negatives trims only together with A Walk and a Whistle (2 reels) North West Corner, Untitled x 2 all b/w negative / positive plus Blue Action colour positive, all with metal containers, all contain detailed note inside, various conditions Catalogued by the 'Film is Fabulous!' team at De Montfort University
Pictures & Prints - an original portrait of a gentleman; original still-life observations of pointer dogs including a pet portrait; etc qtyA Pierre Delone Paris ball point pen and pencil, boxed; Uttley (Alison). colour illustrations by Margaret Tempest, orig. pictorial boards, Collins, London, The Knot Squirrel Tied, 1950; another, Water-Rats Picnic; Miller's Guide 2001; Indian School, 'Ceremonial Dance', hand painted textile panel, faux bamboo frame, 108cm x 45cm
Military interest - a limited edition portrait photograph of Marshal of the Royal Force Sir Arthur J. Harris Bt. GCB, OBE, AFC, LLD signed Arthur T Harris MRAF in black ink to lower left, no 158 of 1000 for the Bomber Command Museum Appeal Fund HARRIS ARTHUR T.: (1892-1984) British Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of RAF Bomber Command during World War II A mounted print of a Messerschmitt B109 G2 flying in formation, reproduction Luftwaffe wings and Iron Cross, two mounted signatures in pencil one of Johannes Steinhoff, the other Walter Krupinski, COA Two Luftwaffe fighter pilot legends. Both flew in the Battle of Britain, on the Eastern Front, and returned to fly the Me262 jet in the final Defence of the Reich. Krupinski flew 1100 combat missions and between these two great fighter aces, they achieved 373 aerial victories. After a highly successful career on both West and Eastern Fronts Steinhoff was commanded to form the first jet unit in late 1944. Rebelling against Reichmarshal Goering’s fighter tactics he was sent to join Galland’s famous JV-44 jet fighter wing. With Galland, Steinhoff recruited Walter Krupinski, one of the Luftwaffe’s most tenacious fighter aces, both pilots ending their WWI combat careers in Galland’s ‘Squadron of Experts’.
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