A late 19th century English school, half-length portrait of seated young man, watercolour and charcoal, indistinctly signed, together with another study of a young lady, a half-length watercolour portrait of a pensive young man and a silhouette portrait of a Victorian lady, variously sized, each in cross membered oak glazed frame.
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A pair of Venetian glass bottles, 20th century, of ovoid form with a conical stopper and gilt knobbed neck, the body with enamelled hatched design within scrolls and gilt leaves, cartouches depicting portrait of a man to sides; together with one other Venetian glass bottle, 20th century, overall decorated with hatched design, 76cm high (3)
A Vienna style porcelain charger, late 19th century, centrally painted with a portrait of a lady wearing gold necklace and a gilt enriched head piece with transparent veil, dressed in fur and gilt embellished costume, mounted in a metal frame with relief Renaissance style strapwork, 41,5cm diameter
Two Vienna porcelain plates, late 19th/early 20th century, painting to the centres with a young woman in a red dress, entitled to the back ' Melancolie' and a young woman selling flowers entitled 'Blumenverkanferin', with gilded scolling and green rims, 25cm. diameter(2) CONDITION REPORT: The flower seller minor rubbing to gilt overall, Young woman portrait 4mm square rim chip, 3cm hairline, general rubbing to both plates to gilding
Netti, Italian, mid-late 20th century- View of the Seine and the Eiffel Tower; oil on canvas, signed, 40x30cm: After Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French 1841-1919- "The Bather"; lithograph, signed within the plate, 21x15.5cm: Köhler, German, early-mid 20th century- "Gasthaus züm Nussbaüm" and "Berlin, Der Krögel"; gouache, two, ea. signed and inscribed in pencil, ea. 37x25cm: Pierre Antonie Baudoin, French 1723-1769- "Le Couche de la Mariee", after Moreau; engraving, 47x33.2cm: M Bankes, British Provincial School, late 18th century- Portrait of a man, possibly a study of William Hogarth; oil on paper laid down on board, signed, 15.5x12.5cm: together with a small quantity of other pictures, (a lot) (VAT charged on hammer price).
Egon Marcet C Klaray, late 20th century- Portrait of HRH Princess Lilian of Sweden, standing three-quarter length with Stockholm harbour beyond; oil on canvas, signed and dated 1991, bears inscription on the stretcher, 76x46cm Note: Princess Lilian of Sweden (1915-2013) was a Welsh actress and model who fell in love with Prince Bertil of Sweden. As Swedish law prohibited them to get married without Prince Bertil having to resign from his legal duties, they lived together for 30 years before Carl XVI Gustav became king and amended the laws. Lilian remained very close to the Royal family throughout her life and was rewarded a state funeral when she passed away in 2013.
British School, late 19th century- Portrait of Madame Marie Souvestre, standing three-quarter length turned to the right in a velvet dress; oil on canvas, in a gilt composition frame, 115x69cm Note: Madame Marie Souvestre, 1830-1905, was the founder of Allenswood Academy in Wimbledon, which Eleanor Roosevelt attended between 1899-1902. A silver print of the subject and two booklets relating to the subject of this painting accompany this lot; see Dept.
Milica Lozanić-Petrović, Serbian 1915-2003- "Green Tree in Town"; oil on board, signed, bears inscribed label attached to the reverse, 50x60.5cm: Milica Lozanić-Petrović, Serbian 1915-2003- "Spring", signed, bears inscribed label attached to the reverse, 49x54cm: Milica Lozanić-Petrović, Serbian 1915-2003- Portrait; oil on board, inscribed on the reverse, 36x26cm., (3)
The following five lots are from the Estate of the Late Mary Lambert, British 1923-2013 Mary Lambert was christened Doreen Lambert and used the name Mary from about 1965. Mary's first job after leaving the Mount School in York was with the Civil Service making maps in the Air Ministry department. In 1944 Mary started attending evening classes at the York School of Art and during this time she exhibited a sculpted head of a fellow student, for which she gained much acclaim. Mary achieved a National Diploma in Painting, a Diploma in ceramics (both from Chelsea College of Art) a Diploma in Ceramics from Goldsmith's College, An ATD Teaching Diploma from London University. She was a teacher for 10 years at Hammersmith College of Art and 3 years at Willesden Polytechnic as well as the previous years at Isleworth Polytechnic which became Hounslow Borough College. Whilst at the Chelsea College of Art, she met many well-known artists including Victor Pasmore, Henry Moore and Mervyn Peake among others. She was great friends with John and June Berry, Ruth and Ian Auld, Steven and Jean Sykes and Erasmos Fernandez whom she was taught by. John Brown, British School, mid-late 20th century- Portrait of a woman with blue head scarf; gouache on board, 73x55cm: together with a collection of drawings and sketches by the same hand, various sizes, (part unframed) (alot)
Sylvia Harris, British 1920-2012- Female nude seated quarter-length; oil on board, signed, inscribed on the reverse, 60x50cm: together with four other portrait and nude studies in oils on board by the same hand, variously signed and inscribed, 59.5x44.5cm 61x45cm 55x44cm and 59.5x42cm., (5) (part unframed) (may be subject to Droit de Suite)
Sylvia Harris, British 1920-2012- Nude seated half-length; oil on board, signed and inscribed on the reverse, 66.5x61cm: together with five other nude and portrait studies in oils on board and canvas board by the same hand, four bearing inscriptions on the reverse, 50.5x76cm, 75.5x51cm, 76x51cm, 80.5x43cm and 76x50cm., (6) (unframed) (may be subject to Droit de Suite)
Sylvia Harris, British 1920-2012- Untitled landscape; oil on board, signed, inscribed on the reverse, 40.7x51cm: together with eleven other studies of figure, portrait, village and landscape studies in oils on board by the same hand, 50.5x60cm, 60.5x49cm, 44x57cm, 55.5x45cm, 51.5x41cm, 52x40.5cm, 40x50.5cm, 40x50cm, 40x31cm, 58x38cm and 43x36cm., (12) (part unframed) (may be subject to Droit de Suite)
Modern British School, circa 1930- Portrait of a lady, head and shoulders turned to the right in a red hat; oil on panel, 45.5x37.8cm: together with two village landscape studies in oils on canvas and board, and sixteen further pen and ink drawings and watercolours of Mediterranean scenes by a different hand, various sizes, (19) (unframed)
French School, early 19th century- Portrait of a lady, half-length turned to the left; oil on canvas, 51x42.5cm., (unframed) CONDITION REPORT: not re-lined on what appears to be the original wooden stretcher some worm holes to the stretcher reverse of canvas is stained the paint surface is subject to crazing and craquelure, some raised the horizontal members of the stretcher have become unaligned with the vertical members of the stretcher and there are four associated tears along the top & bottom edges of the canvas there is rubbing to the paint surface around the edges of the canvas small pin hole back of the sitter's neck the paint surface appears to have been re-varnished at some point in time and this varnish is rather unevenly applied under inspection with uv lamp there are some small areas of re-touching and filling-in of crazing top and lower left and around the edges of the canvas overall in good original condition
British School, mid 19th century- Portrait of an officer, half-length turned to the right; watercolour, 25x20cm: F de Busschere, late 19th century- Woodland scene; watercolour, signed and dated 1890, 26x36.5cm: European School, 17th/18th century- Study of a man standing full-length with a townscape beyond; charcoal, 35x27cm., (3)
Anthony Brandt, British, mid/late 20th century- Portrait of a woman; pencil heightened in white on green paper, signed, and dated October '59, 58x46.5cm: Hungarian School, mid/late 20th century- Portrait studies of a girl and boy; pastels on buff, two, ea. signed and dated 1967, ea. 50x41cm (3) (may be subject to Droit de Suite)
THE REGULATING SILVER COIN, MADE PRACTICABLE AND EASY, TO THE GOVERNMENT AND SUBJECT, London: 1696; bound with: FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS CONCERNING RAISING THE VALUE OF MONEY, second edition, London: 1695, contemporary calf (worn, lacking front board) (some corner creasing, the last work heavily browned throughout). -- Somner, William. A TREATISE OF THE ROMAN PORTS AND FORTS IN KENT, 8vo, frontispiece portrait, contemporary calf (worn, front board detached), Oxford: 1693 (small section missing from corner of frontispiece, paint spots on first leaf of Somner's text [i5], owner's name on title, browning, some soiling). With 2 other works in 3 volumes
Nisbet, Alexander, An Essay on the Ancient and Modern use of Armories, 5 folding engraved plates (a little browning and staining), contemporary sheep (extremities rather worn) 4 in total, Edinburgh, 1718. The Laws of Honour, engraved frontispiece with a portrait of Queen Anne, engraved portrait of George I, (a light browning and spotting), contemporary panelled calf (a little rubbed) 8 vols, London, 1714. Carter, Matthew, Honor Redivivus: Or, the Analysis of Honor and Armory on an engraved title frontispiece and 6 plates, numerous woodcut illustrations, contemporary calf (rebacked), 8 vols, London, 1673; and a very incomplete copy of William Jaggard,The Catalogue of Honor, London 1610 (4)
Historical Documents1662, 1663 and 1683 indentures in latin on vellum, exemplifications of common recovery from the reign of Charles II. 1662 (18 June) by Francis Oldfield and John Crowth(er) from Edward Godfrey of the manor of Great Grandsen (or Gransden magna) and 6 messauges, 2 windmills, 1 dovecote, 6 gardens, 400 acres land, 40 meadow, 60 pasture, 20 wood and 200 heath and scrub in and around Great and Little Gransden, Caxton, Abbotsley, Hardwick and 'Lycott', villages between Huntingdon and Cambridge. Features a fancy initial capital with coat of arms in centre and various heraldic devices.1663 (28 November) by John Freman and Louis Mountgomery from Sir Henry Capell and his wife Dorothy of the manor of Perry (alias Perry Court), 3 messauges, 2 tofts, 2 gardens, 150 acres land, 20 acres pasture in Preston, Ospringe, Faversham and Luddenham in Kent. (Perry Court still exists and is just south of Faversham.) With large initial capital featuring royal coat of arms in centre and other heraldic devices.1683 (12 February) by Matthew Young from Richard Harvey of 7 acres of marsh in West Ham, Essex with a portrait of King Charles II in large initial capital with heraldic devices alongside.All are good to fine and make a very appealing group. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Historical DocumentsQueen Anne1710 exemplification of common recovery, indenture in Latin with engraved "Hona Dei gratia magnar Britannia" with a fine portrait of Queen Anne without crown, with Royal arms and national emblems. Apparently for land near West Ichenor near Chichester. Usual folds, one quite heavy through the Queen's portrait. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Historical DocumentsKing George V and Queen Mary1922 two portrait, full length photographs, 7x11½ inch, by W. & D. Downey, mounted on boards and signed "George R.I. 1922" and "Mary R 1922" at foot of each; some silvering around the edges, otherwise fine. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Historical DocumentsIraqRoyal Photographs1928 photograph, 2½x4¼ inch, of the future King Ghazi, dated on reverse and inscribed while in London to his sister as a memento of his visit. 1942 portrait of the future King Faisal II, 6¼x9 inch, seated on a chair below a portrait of his grandfather, King Faisal, signed and dated in ink. An unusual group showing three generations. (2). Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Dawson (Captain E.) SOME NOTES ON THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA 8vo (220 x 150 mm) With Reference to Indian Volunteers. By Captain E. Dawson, R.V.R., Late Sergeant, Lumsden’s Horse. United Service Institution of India. 10 pages, printed blue light card wrappers. `With the Compliments of the Author` written in ink across the front cover. Also at the foot of the cover, `Published in the Quarterly Journal of the Institution, Simla, April 1901.` This was in Volume XXX, no. 143 of the Journal. Not in A South African Bibliography or Hackett (R.G.) SOUTH AFRICAN WAR BOOKS, An Illustrated Bibliography. Dawson describes how he joined the Volunteers, `Having previously (in December 1899) offered myself as a volunteer officer for active employment in the war, and not having been fortunate enough to be accepted, in January 1900 I obtained leave of absence from my civil service appointment, and went to Calcutta to join the Mounted Infantry which was then being raised for service in South Africa. Colonel D.M. Lumsden (Surma Valley Lighe Horse), who had obtained the sanction of the Government to raise the regiment, and made a generous donation…it was a corps of gentlemen….most of us could shoot fairly straight.`The portrait photograph below appears on page 269 of Pearse (Henry H.S.) The History of Lumsden`s Horse, London 1903 Good No place or date (Simla,1901) Click here to view further details and to bid
Hubly (R.C.) `G` COMPANY, or, Every-day Life of the R.C.R., 8vo (185 x 130 mm) Being a descriptive account of typical events in the life of the first Canadian contingent in South Africa. Second Edition,111 pages, frontispiece portrait of the author, recently bound in half brown leather titled gilt on the spine, brown cloth sides, first two pages neatly repaired. A South African Bibliography or Hackett (R.G.) SOUTH AFRICAN WAR BOOKS, An Illustrated Bibliography, page159. A South African Bibliography, volume 5, the Supplement, page 157, One copy only listed - 3rd edition. Good Montreal Witness Printing House 1901 Click here to view further details and to bid
Johan van Rooyen MAGGIE LAUBSER 245 x 280 x 10 mm One of the South African Art Library Series, which traces the work and development of South African artists, this book discusses biographical details and development of Maggie Laubser as an artist of note. Frontispiece portrait of Maggie Laubser by Ruth Prowse. 41 reproductions, many in full colour. Some line drawings. Biographical chronology table, list of exhibitions, bibliography and index. pages [1-5]6-64. Dust Jacket edgeworn top and lower edge, small tears and creases Some signs of rubbing on back, small paper loss at lower spine edge. Brown paper-covered boards in Very Good condition. Pages clean and reproductions undamaged. Cape Town C. Struik 1974 Click here to view further details and to bid
James, F L The Unknown Horn of Africa (second edition, 1890) 195 x 140 Copies of the important first edition, with includes a scientific appendix and colour plates, change hands for thousands of dollars. This shorter edition was published a year later and a few months after the author, a well-known adventurer, sportsman and natural scientist, was killed by an elephant on the West African coast. He was on another adventure on the opposite side of the subject of this book, the Horn of Africa, and he was then not yet forty. This version includes an obituary, written by two brothers. The olive-green cloth-boards, printed in black and pale-blue on the upper face and decorated in black with gilt lettering to the spine, are well preserved, with only light rubbing and bumping at the spine-joins and corners. The black endpapers are cracked but the hinges are undamaged. The book remains tightly bound. There is little left of the gilt on the top page edge. The contents - xx + 273 pp of b/w illustrated text, notes and index + tissue-guarded engraved signed portrait frontispiece, several inserted b/w plates, folding colour map at the back + 8 pp of publisher`s announcements - are complete, unmarked and undiscoloured. The tissue guard is foxed. This is a collectable copy. Very Good London and Liverpool George Philip & Son 1890 Click here to view further details and to bid
Cornell (F.C.) THE GLAMOUR OF PROSPECTING 8vo (220 x 145 mm) Wanderings of a South African Prospector in Search of Copper, Gold, Emeralds, and Diamonds. 334 pages, frontispiece portrait, folding map, 37 illustrations, original red cloth gilt, stamped in blind on upper cover. The spine is a little faded and there is some insect scarring on both the front and back covers, contents crisp. Good London T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. 1920 Click here to view further details and to bid
Buchanan-Gould, Vera; Zelda Friedlander (editor) Two Olive Schreiner biographies (1949 and 1967) 220 x 145; 220 x 135 Together, these two books, one a monograph and one a selection of writings, provide a broad canvas of the life and works of Olive Schreiner. (1) Not Without Honour. The Life and Writings of Olive Schreiner. With an Introduction by J C Smuts. Dustjacket chipped. Blue cloth-boards rubbed at spine extremities. Endpapers sunned. 248 pp of text, bibliography and index + frontispiece and 16 other pp of inserted monochrome plates - all in very good condition. (2) Until the Heart Changes. A Garland for Olive Schreiner. With an introduction by William Plomer and extracts from essays and other works by some 30 writers on Oliver Schreiner, her family and her writing. This ex-library copy is in very good condition throughout. 158 pp plus tipped-in monochrome frontispiece portrait. No other illustrations. Very Good; Very Good London; Cape Town Hutchinson; Tafelberg 1949;1967 Click here to view further details and to bid
Elliott (Arthur) SOUTH AFRICA THROUGH THE CENTURIES Small 4to (255 x 185 mm) Told in a Series of 1,100 Photographs by Arthur Elliott. With descriptive notes by W.R. Morrison. 78 pages, 8 plates including a portrait of Arthur Elliott, original printed light blue card covers bound into full brown leather, titled gilt on the upper cover. 4 newspaper articles relating to an exhibition of Colonial Antiquities which took place at the City Hall in January 1908 are mounted on linen and loosely inserted in a pocket in the back cover. This is the catalogue of an exhibition of Elliott’s photographs which took place in Cape Town in 1930. It was one of a series which he mounted between 1910 and 1938, the year of his death. He specialised in historical photographs often taking images of old paintings, drawings and maps. He now better known for his architectural photographs of Cape Town and the historic buildings of the Western Cape. Prints of the photographs could be purchased at the exhibition and for an additional fee could be coloured by hand. The collection of his negatives, mostly on glass, is housed in the Western Cape Archives. Very good Cape Town Maskew Miller Limited 1930 Click here to view further details and to bid
Jabavu (D.D.T.) THE LIFE OF JOHN TENGO JABAVU, EDITOR O IMVO ZABANTSUNGU, 1884-1921 8vo (200 x 140 mm) 156 pages, frontispiece portrait, 9 plates, original green printed card covers bound into recent half blue leather with blue cloth sides, some light foxing but overall a very good copy. http://www.sahistory.org.za/people/john-tengo-jabavu: `John Tengo Jabavu (1859-1921) Founder of the first Bantu-language newspaper in South Africa, political leader in the Cape and educator.` very good Printed by the Lovedale Institution Press No date (Preface 1922) Click here to view further details and to bid
Dower (Rev. W.) THE EARLY ANNALS OF KOKSTAD AND GRIQUALAND EAST 8vo (210 x 150 mm) Facsimile reproduction with an introduction, notes and index by Christopher Saunders. 192 pages, frontispiece portrait of Adam Kok, 30 illustrations, green rexine, a very good copy in the dust jacket. Very good Durban & Pietermaritzburg University of Natal Press 1978 Click here to view further details and to bid
Wolhuter, Harry MEMORIES OF A GAME-RANGER; illustrations by C.T. Astley-Maberley 23,5 x 15,5 cm 313 pages, [17] leaves of plates: illustrations, portrait as frontispiece, map on endpapers. Pictorial cloth with gilding. Very good Johannesburg Wild Life Protection Society of South Africa 1967 Click here to view further details and to bid
[Van Riebeeck] JOURNAL OF JAN VAN RIEBEECK "8vo (255 x 185 mm) " Edited and with an Introduction and Footnotes by H.B. Thom. 3 volumes, 395 + 406 + 531 pages, frontispiece portrait, maps & illustrations in each volume, red cloth gilt with some light insect scarring which is heaviest along the spine of volume 2, a good set. Good Cape Town For the Van Riebeeck Society, published by A.A. Balkema 1952 – 1958 Click here to view further details and to bid
Grobbelaar, Nat CYCADS: with special reference to the southern African species 28,5 x 21, 5 cm ix, 331 pages: illustrations (chiefly colour), portrait as frontispiece. Quarto. Skivertex, dustwrapper. Signed by Grobbelaar on title page. Excellent Pretoria N. Grobbelaar 2004 Click here to view further details and to bid
Raymond (Harry) B.I. BARNATO - A MEMOIR 228mm x 153mm x 27mm 208pp. Half calf leather with raised-bands over marble-paper boards rebind. Original gilt titled spine label. Blind embossed motifs to spine. New EP`s. Original free EP`s retained as fly-leaves. Frontispiece portrait and several illustrations and plates throughout, all complete as called for. Deckle-edged text-block. Random foxing throughout. A biography of Barney Barnato written in a conversational style. The author met Barnato whilst doing a column for a newspaper, so this is a contemporary personal impression rather than one later researched from letters and personal papers. Includes reminiscences by Louis Cohen. Good London / Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg Isbister and Company Ltd. / J.C.Juta & Co. 1897 Click here to view further details and to bid
Anglo-Boer War: SHEET MUSIC CHRISTIAN DE WET. Gedicht van Dr. G. Gadow. 9 pages, 335 x 270 mm, green printed paper covers with a portrait of de Wet. Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig, Brussels, New York, no date, circa 1902 THE TRAMP OF OUR SOLDIERS, Dedicated to the All-British Army 1899-1902. War March by T.W. Harker, Kimberley. 10 pages, 360 x 260 mm, pictorial paper covers. Published for the composer by Darter & Sons, Cape Town, 31 May 1902. Good Click here to view further details and to bid
Churchill (Winston); Edited by F. W. Heath and Malcolm Thomas A CHURCHILL ANTHOLOGY / PAINTING AS A PASSTIME / CHURCHILL HIS LIFE AND TIMES (Boxed set of 3 titles) 223mm x 145mm x 91mm Edited by F. W. Heath and Malcolm Thomas,A CHURCHILL ANTHOLOGY / PAINTING AS A PASSTIME / CHURCHILL HIS LIFE AND TIMES (Boxed set of 3 titles) 480pp.Dark red faux leather hardcovers with embossed portrait of Churchill to fronts. Black and gilt decoration/titling to spines. Cloth slipcase. Fine condition throughout. This is a series of three volumes: i) 720pp. `A Churchill Anthology` edited by F. W. Heath. The anthology contains `Selections from the writings and speeches of Sir Winston Churchill`. This collection published in 1962 ii) 480pp. `Churchill, His Life and Times` by Malcolm Thomson. This is a Special Memorial edition published in 1965. iii) `Painting as a Pastime`, by Winston Churchill himself. A slim volume, 32pp by Winston Churchill on the pleasures of painting and 18 colour plates of his paintings. B/W frontispiece photo of The Author at his Easel, with facsimile of his signature beneath. This is the fourth impression, published in 1962. Fine Long Acre, London Odham Books 1962 - 1965 Click here to view further details and to bid
Two Mauchline ware books, both photographic images: The Scottish Keepsake Or The Songs of the Ayreshire Bard (front board portrait/Made of Wood Grown On The Banks of the Doon Bought In The Monument/reverse engraving Interior of Burns Cottage), leather spine, 12cm x 7.5cm, and The Story of Rob Roy (Doune Castle/Made From Wood of Old Roofing of Doune Castle), 9cm x 6cm. (2)
Five Royal Commemorative silver thimbles, comprising; an example to commemorate Queen Victoria`s Golden Jubilee, with chain frieze with V.R. shield, flanked by 37/97, in a glazed top rectangular box, another in silver and enamel for Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee, another with portrait of H.M. The Queen and H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh, by Peter Swingler, another for Charles and Diana, and another for the birth of Prince William. (5)
Three 17th and 18th century silver thimbles, comprising; a 17th century example, frieze initialled ""A.H."" next to an indistinct mark, top repaired, 1.6cm, another, the frieze with portrait head within scrolls and other indistinct motifs, top repaired, 1.7cm, and an 18th century thimble, initialled ""M.K."" over an undulating rim, 2.2.cm. (3)

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