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Kimberly, 1st Earl of, (1826-1902), Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Framed signature with explanatory plaque and Vanity Fair portrait. Kimberly, best known for the South African diamond mines that bear his name, was a significant figure in Irish affairs. Attempting to deal with Fenianism, he concluded 'the heart of the Irish people is against us'.
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Lords Lieutenant / Viceroys of Ireland Collection of ALS and Signed Items, as follows: Carlisle 7th Earl of, Howard George W, 1802 - 1864. Orator, Poet and Viceroy of Ireland. This autograph letter signed (undated) written from the Vice Regal Lodge is to a Mr Wilson telling him that he has "already found out Captain Crofton to be one of the finest fellows and valuable public officers extant". Kimberly, 1st Earl of, (1826 - 1902), Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, ALS Headed Kimberly House on Blind stamped monogrammed notepaper October 5th 1887 to W.B. Cromar MP "I entirely sympathise with the desire expressed by the Workman's Peace association that international disputes should be settled by arbitration". Dorset, Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of (1688 - 1765) twice Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Headed Cockpitt 25th September 1728, letter signed with autograph subscription, 1 page 4 to "My Lord Chancellor having been so kind to take my recommendation …… I must desire you to prepare the proper instrument ……". Eglinton, 13th Earl and 1st Earl of Winton, Archibald Montgomerie (1812 - 1861) Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ALS, 2 sides 8VO on Eglinton Castle monogrammed notepaper, thanking him for sending "three volumes of Caldwell papers". Normanby, 1st Earl of, Phipps, Constantine Henry, 1797 - 1863, Viceroy of Ireland. Clipped signature with B and W portrait and coat of arms. Spencer, 5th Earl of, Poyntz, 1835- 1910. ALS Viceroy of Ireland (supervised the disestablishment of the Church of Ireland, the Land Act of 1870 and the Irish University Bill establishing three Queen's Colleges). ALS on his Spencer House letterhead acknowledging receipt of a letter. Cadogan, George Henry, 5th Earl 1840 - 1915 Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Signature dated 1899 on Dublin Castle letterhead. Wellesley, Richard Colley (1760 - 1842) Twice Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Marquis of Wellesley ALS Vienna March 1825 together with Free Front signed. The letter to a bookseller in London specifies his requirements, books he has received and instructions he gave his agent at the Foreign Office to pass on to him. Heytesbury, 1st Baron, Royal Court, William (1779 - 1860), Diplomat, Viceroy of Ireland 1844 - 46. Free Front Signed. An opportunity to acquire a collection of memorabilia (nine pieces) dealing with significant personalities in Irish history over four centuries.
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A portrait photograph of William Gladstone, 13.5 x10cm, with lithograph signature and date, "6th August 1892". Dated in the days before the start of his fourth term in office as Prime Minister - the administration during which he introduced the Second Home Rule Bill which was subsequently passed by the House of Commons but defeated by the House of Lords and ultimately brought his political career to an end. Mounted on card, circa 39.5 x 27cm, with detailed 19th Century illustrations and inscriptions in ink celebrating the major achievements of his terms in office.
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COMMERATIVE PRESENTATION TO THE SURVIVORS OF THE 1919 KNOCKLONG RESCUE, printed booklet, illustrated with photographs including one of the 3rd Tipperary Brigade, with original signatures in adjacent in margin. together with 2 portrait postcards of Eamon DeValera and a Poblacht na hEireann Supplement, April 20th 1922. As a collection.
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A miscellaneous collection including; A DMP permit to pass, dated 3rd May 1916; a Permit card to collect for the Irish Republican Prisoner's Dependent's Fund; two signed portrait photographs of Eamon de Valera and Arthur Griffith; a Government of the Irish Republic receipt dated 24/4/20; an ALS frrom Lennox Robinson on headed Abbey Theatre paper; a programme for the Knockbeg College Players production of Pearse's "The Singer", Carlow, 1918; etc.
![[Arthur Griffith]
A memorial card, with small oval portrait, for Arthur Griffith T.D., with verse "For in Liberty's ranks he](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10600/2873117/141-201348125150_468x382.jpg)
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[Arthur Griffith] A memorial card, with small oval portrait, for Arthur Griffith T.D., with verse "For in Liberty's ranks he ever marched / In the cause of Justice suffered and fought:/ Brave as the bravest whom Ireland had borne,/ Who served her and died, unsubdued, unbough.", thin black border, laminated. Together with another memorial card to "Pray for the souls of our brethren who died for Ireland's sake in the year 1916", O'Hanrahan's, N.C.R., Dublin, with silver border, framed. Both rare. (2)
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D'ARCY FAMILY of Co. Dublin. A good collection of medals and memorabilia including a War of Independence medal issued to Patrick D'Arcy, with black-and-tan ribbon, pin and 'Comhrac' bar, a similar medal issued to his sister Bernadette D'Arcy, also with ribbon, pin and 'Comhrac' bar, a 'SeirbhÃs Náisiúnta 1939-1946' medal on ribbon and pin, and a rare 1916-1966 commemorative medal on ribbon and pin, with parts of three official boxes. With a range of supporting material including a photocopied portrait of Thomas MacDonagh with original inscription in ink 'With love to Paddy [D'Arcy] from Bairbre Mac Donagh' [sister of Thomas]; a typed letter illegibly signed from a Lieut. & Adjutant at Curragh Internment Camp, 1 July 1921, to Mrs. E. D'Arcy of Dalkey, Co. Dublin, reassuring her about the health of her son P. D'Arcy. 'There are seven civilian doctors in this Camp and a well equipped hospital. I can assure you that every care is taken of the sick'; a sheet with a pencilled poem mentioning various inmates at the Curragh including 'a lad called Paddy Darcy', 'the strike it was a terror ..', etc., possibly in D'Arcy's own hand; a booklet containing a 1p paper token from Rath Camp Internment Camp; a postcard addressed to P. D'Arcy at Rath Internment Camp, 11.8.1921; part of a letter from home to D'Arcy; and a box containing various newspapers and cuttings of the period, typescript copies of P.H. Pearse's last letter, Thomas MacDonagh's last Address and last letter; a few Republican postcards, a few pamphlets relating to the period, etc. etc., a good collection from what was clearly a committed Republican family. As a collection
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Padraig Pearse A rare medal, circa 3 cm diameter, the obverse with a good quality portrait head of 'Padraig H. Pearse 1879-1916', reverse with the words 'Ireland / Unfree shall / Never be at Peace / (from an oration) by / Padraic mac Piarais / Poet, Author and Patriot / Commander In Chief / of Republican Army / Easter 1916', and beneath in tiny letters, 'An Iodail tir a dheanta' (i.e. 'Made in Italy'), with a green ribbon.
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General Michael Collins Commemorative Medallion. The obverse with relief portrait of Collins in uniform, head and shoulders, and reverse with inscription "General Michael Collins, Soldier, Statesman, Man of the People", diameter circa 5.7 cm, in original leather covered presentation box. No signature, believed to be from an edition of 300.
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Duke's cigarettes - Life of Chas. S. Parnell - part of series “Histories of Poor Boys Who Have Become Rich and Other Famous Peopleâ€, 1888. Colour portrait on front cover; Parnell cutting chains between UK and Ireland on back cover, with 15 pp content. Booklet issued as advertisement for Duke Brothers and Company, Durham, N.C, USA, and packed in Duke's cigarettes. Pictorial paper wrapper with portrait, printed in red.
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A COLLECTION OF NINE IRISH POSTCARDS including: Portrait postcards of Terence Mac Swiney, Commandant Mc Keown TD, P.H Pearse, President Cosgrave 'The Surrender of P.H. Pearse 1916' 'The Irish Peace Delegates' and an Inscribed postcard written by Mrs. Thomas Ford detailing new meetings to be held at No. 8 Harcourt Road, with postage stamp for 1941 (9)
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A RARE SINN FEIN HANDBILL, circa 20.5 x 13cm, listing their Aims and Political Programme "as adopted by the Ard-Fheis of October, 25th, 1917", issued by the Organising Committee, 15 College Green, Dublin. Together with a memorial portrait postcard for Michael O'Hanrahan, author of "The Swordsman of the Brigade", executed in Kilmainham Jail, May 4th, 1916.
![Thompson [William], Natural History of Ireland
Rare First edition in four volumes, Reeve, Benham and Reeve/Henry G. Bohn, Lon](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10600/2873117/315-201348132058_468x382.jpg)
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Thompson [William], Natural History of Ireland Rare First edition in four volumes, Reeve, Benham and Reeve/Henry G. Bohn, London, 1849-56. Vol 1. Birds, Comprising the Orders Raptories & Insessions. Vol. 2 Birds, Comprising the Orders Rasores & Grallatories. Vol 3 Birds, Comprising the Order Natatores. Vol. 4 Mammalia, Reptiles, and Fishes. Also Invertebrata. Original embossed green cloth, gilt spine titles, 8vo. This work is essentially the first definitive natural history of Ireland, all prior works having dealt with Britain generally and it is the earliest account of Irish ornithology in particular. Notable for the detailed and extensive descriptions drawn from the author's observations and the accounts of the Irish people. The author's sensitivity to the plight of birds and to the ecology of Ireland is evident, and is remarkable as he worked, wrote and died during the period of the Irish Famine. The last volume was published posthumously, edited and prefaced by Robert Patterson with a biographical memoir of the author (1805-1852) and contains an engraved portrait of Thompson.
![Healy [Rev. John] Ireland's Ancient Schools and Scholars, or Insula Sanctorum et Doctorum
Inscribed First edition, Burns & Oa](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10600/2873117/317-201348132129_468x382.jpg)
![[Medical History]
- Garrison [Fielding H.], An Introduction to the History of Medicine,
Saunders, Philadelphia and London, 1](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10600/2873117/333-20134813247_468x382.jpg)
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[Medical History] - Garrison [Fielding H.], An Introduction to the History of Medicine, Saunders, Philadelphia and London, 1917, second edition, with T.L.S. from Col. Garrison to Sir John Byers, May 10th 1919, at end. - Harvey [William], An anatomical dissertation upon the movement if the heart & blood in animals, being a statement of the discovery of the circulation of the blood, De Motu Cordis - Latin & English, Privately reproduced from the original edition printed at Frankfurt am Main . with the translation and memoir for G.Moreton 42, Canterbury, 1894, with Portrait reproduced in photogravure from the painting of Harvey in old age in the National Portrait Gallery. The whole of De Motu Cordis of 1628 is reproduced in facsimile by photo-lithography, rare. - Comie [John D.], History of Scottish Medicine to 1860 Balliere, Tindall & Cox, London, 1927 Also, Medicine in Antient Erin, Belfast 1909 and Irish Medical Lore, Belfast, 1937. As a collection, (5).
![Heaney, Coxhead & MacNeice
Heaney [Seamus], Wintering Out
Faber & Faber, London, 1972, soft cover, a fine 1st Edition, 80 pp.](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10600/2873117/350-201348132712_468x382.jpg)
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Heaney, Coxhead & MacNeice Heaney [Seamus], Wintering Out Faber & Faber, London, 1972, soft cover, a fine 1st Edition, 80 pp. The true first edition preceding the hardcover ed. Coxhead [Elizabeth], Lady Gregory - A Literary Portrait Second Edition, Secker & Warburg, 1966, with dust jacket. Mac Neice [Louis], Collected Poems 1925 - 1948 First Edition, London, Faber & Faber, 1949, original cloth boards and dust jacket. (3)
![BERNARD, Nicholas, Dean. The life and death of .... Dr James Ussher, late Archbishop of Armagh - London: 1656. 8vo pp. [xvi],](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10600/2873117/402-201348133324_468x382.jpg)
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BERNARD, Nicholas, Dean. The life and death of .... Dr James Ussher, late Archbishop of Armagh - London: 1656. 8vo pp. [xvi], 119, 6. (Usher Cataloge and books printed by John Crook). With portrait. A very good copy in modern full calf. Wing B 2012. This sermon was preached at his funeral in Westminster Abbey, April 17, 1656, by his former chaplain and librarian and includes a portrait of Ussher as well as a listing of books written by the archbishop. Sweeney 384 quoting the enlarged Dublin edition. Provenance: The estate of Tony Sweeney
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A COLLECTIVE VENETIAN EDITION OF NINE TRAGEDIES BY GIAMBATTISTA GIRLADI CINTHIO GIRALDI CINTHIO, Giovan Battista. Orbecche Tragedia - Venice: 1583. 8vo. With engraved portrait and a cast list. A very good copy. The importance of this opening play is stressed by the Cambridge History of English and American Literature (Volume V) with the writer stressing how "The predominant influence in Italian tragedy was, unquestionably, that of Giambattista Giraldi Cinthio, whose Orbecche (acted at Ferrara in 1541) is the first known regular tragedy in the vernacular produced on a modern European stage. Its adoption of the Senecan form, and of the Senecan rhetoric and sensational horrors, decided the fate of Italian tragedy and greatly influenced that of other nations." The scene of Orbecche is set in the Persian city of Susa. Contemporary full vellum, titled in manuscript. BOUND WITH GIRALDI CINTHIO, Giovan Battista. Altile Tragedia - Venice: 1583. 8vo. With engraved portrait and a cast list. The scene is set in the Syrian city of Damascus. BOUND WITH GIRALDI CINTHIO, Giovan Battista. Didone Tragedia - Venice: 1583. 8vo with engraved portrait and a cast list. The scene is set in the African city of Carthage. BOUND WITH GIRALDI CINTHIO, Giovan Battista. Gli Antivalomeni Tragedia - Venice: 1583. 8vo. With engraved portrait and a cast list. The scene is set in the English city of London. BOUND WITH GIRALDI CINTHIO, Giovan Battista. Cleopatra Tragedia - Venice: 1583. 8vo. With engraved portrait and a cast list. The scene is set in the Egyptian city of Alexandria. BOUND WITH GIRALDI CINTHIO, Giovan Battista. Arrenopia Tragedia - Venice: 1583. 8vo. With engraved portrait and a cast list. A copy is to be found in the Gilbert Library A landmark in the history of Irish scene set drama, the action of this five act verse play is set in Limerick, "Citta nobile d'Hibernia". Here is to be found the court of the king of Ireland who has taken for wife Arrenopia, the daughter of the king of Scotland. BOUND WITH GIRALDI CINTHIO, Giovan Battista. Euphimia Tragedia - Venice: 1583. 8vo. With engraved portrait and a cast list. The scene is set in the city of Corinth. BOUND WITH GIRALDI CINTHIO, Giovan Battista. Epitia Tragedia - Venice: 1583. 8vo. With engraved portrait and a cast list. The scene is set in the city of Magna. BOUND WITH GIRALDI CINTHIO, Giovan Battista. Selene Tragedia - Venice: 1583. 8vo. With engraved portrait and a cast list. The scene is set in the Egyptian city of Alexandria. In excellent condition, this collective edition containing nine plays and a total of 1,228 pages is bound in contemporary vellum with a lettered spine and a library shelf notation. There is a bibliographical note inside the lower cover. Provenance: The estate of Tony Sweeney
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LILLY, William. The World's Catastrophe, or Europe's many mutations until, 1666. The fate of England's Monarchy until its subversion. London: 1647. 4to pp. [vi], 71. With 2 half-page woodcuts and extra illustrated with an uncalled for nineteenth century portrait of William Lilly published after his death. Small burn hole in final leaf with loss of a few letters, otherwise a very good copy in modern full calf. Wing L 2252. Sweeney 2856.1 By far the most exhilarating part of this work is seven pages introduced on the title page as "A whip for Wharton." Sir George Wharton was a rival astrologer and Lilly pretends that this attack on someone he characterizes as this blind asse Wharton", is from the pen of a stranger unknown to him but who has come to his defence: "What fault of Mr Lilly or Mr Booker was it that his predictions failed? …. Thus because Corporall Wharton hath overwhelmed himself in such gross errours in judgement, therefore Mr. Lilly is a whelp, and Mr Booker a barking mungrill as he is pleased to term them". Provenance: The estate of Tony Sweeney
![[SHELTON, Thomas] The History of the Valorous and Witty-Knight-Errant, Don-Quixote, of the Mancha. Translated out of the Span](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10600/2873117/453-201348134328_468x382.jpg)
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[SHELTON, Thomas] The History of the Valorous and Witty-Knight-Errant, Don-Quixote, of the Mancha. Translated out of the Spanish, now newly corrected and amended. Later engraved portrait of Miguel de Cervantes preceding titlepage. Small folio. pp. [xvi], 274. The Kenneth Rapoport copy. Later half brown morocco. All edges gilt. A very good copy. Provenance: The estate of Tony Sweeney
![TEMPLE, Sir William. [Diplomat] Letters written by Sir W Temple Bart., and other ministers of state .... containing an acco](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10600/2873117/454-201348134341_468x382.jpg)
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TEMPLE, Sir William. [Diplomat] Letters written by Sir W Temple Bart., and other ministers of state .... containing an account of the most important transactions that passed in Christendom from 1665 to 1672 - London: 1700. Two volumes. 8vo. pp. (1) [xiii], 520 (2), [i], 360. With engraved portrait. A good copy in contemporary red morocco, elaborately tooled in gilt rebacked with the original laid down. Wing T 641. They had been revised by Temple before his death and seen through the press by Jonathan Swift, whose first book it is, preceded in print only by some verses in the Athenian Gazette of 1691. Indeed his first words to appear with in hard covers must be this dedication: "To His Most Sacred Majesty William III. King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland. These letters of Sir W Temple having been left to my care, they are most humbly presented to Your Majesty by Your Majesty's most dutiful and obedient servant". To be fair to Swift he does not take undue credit for the publication opening his "Epistle to the Reader" that directly follows with the words: "The collection of the following Letters is owing to the diligence of Mr Thomas Downton, who was one of Sir William's Temple's secretaries, during the whole time wherein they bear date." Singled out for special mention are such major historical events as The War with Holland that began in 1665, the Peace of Breda, the Peace of Aix La Chapelle in the first part while the other part ends with the Second Dutch War of 1672. Swift, who had been Temple's secretary at the time of his dearth, was then appointed domestic chaplain to the earl of Berkeley, one of the Lords Justices. The majority of the translations from French and Latin were executed by Swift who however acknowledged his lack of Spanish. Sweeney 5040 quoting the 1st edition of 1699 which was issued in a single volume. A highly important provenance being Inscribed "Isaac Newton Libris" with a reference in the same hand on the first blank leaf to Jonathan Swift's edition. Provenance: The estate of Tony Sweeney
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JOSHUA DIGHTON (1831-1908) The Rejected with the Jockey Mr. G. Abington Baird, a portrait of horse and jockey in a racecourse setting Oil on canvas, 59 x 49cm The tempestuous affair between "The Squire" and "The Jersey Lily" provided an endless topic of conversation for high and low society alike as he succeeded H.H.The Prince of Wales as the recipient of the favours of the most celebrated beauty of her day. His educational achievements were meagre even if he did attend Eton and Cambridge. Aged 25 when he won the Derby with Merry Hampton, his passion for riding winners likewise far transcended his interest in mere ownership. It was for that reason that this most reclusive of men - no photograph of him has ever been traced - posed for this one painting only after coming of age. The horse, belonged to Johnny O'Neill, a leading professional gambler, and scored in the 1890 Lincolnshire Handicap. While in that instance Baird could not make the weight, he was the partner of The Rejected in thirteen of his twenty six career wins. For all his ability as a race rider, Baird was an obnoxious character, a drunken bully boy, who used his enormous wealth to buy himself out of trouble. The final act in the drama was played out in the same year in which Dighton completed this picture when Baird (aged 31) died of pneumonia in New Orleans where he was engaged in the promotion of a heavy weight title fight between Jem Hall and Bob Fitzsimons. Lily Langtry, cruising in the Mediterranean aboard his yacht the Whyte Lady, rushed back to London for the reading of the will. On arrival she was told that, contrary to her expectations, she did not figure in the disposal of what remained, just over three quarters of a million pounds, from two original family inheritances, aggregating three million pounds. Provenance: Johnny O'Neill / J J Parkinson (the picture was thrown in as "luck penny" when he bought The Rejected to stand at stud at The Curragh) / Dummons Slocock and by descent; from the estate of Tony Sweeney
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GEORGE FRANK MILES (1852-1891) Portrait of Lillie Langtry (The Jersey Lily), half-length, her arms outstretched and wearing a short white dress Oil on canvas, 57 x 41cm Provenance: Acquired by Tony Sweeney from Malcolm Alexander Antiques, Dublin Frank Miles, who died by his own hand in a Bristol asylum. The greatest of all the late Victorian beauties, Lillie shared her affections with a wide variety of suitors from princes to artists. A woman of talent as well as beauty, she published her memoirs; acted on the stage in England and the United States; enjoyed considerable success on the Turf, Merman's 1897 victory being the first occasion that a woman won the Cesarewitch; and is still remembered in America for her improbable achievement as a Californian wine producer. She married Sir Hugo de Bathe, characterised by contemporaries as a baronet of little consequence, later withdrew to the Riviera and died there at Monte Carlo in 1925.
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DESMOND SNEE (20th/21st CENTURY) Portrait heads of "Dawn Run" and "Arkle" Oil on board, 23 x 29cm each Signed and inscribed (2) A set of Mrs Charmian D Hill's racing colours inset - These two pictures, painted to Tony Sweeney's commission, are dedicated to the best chasers, male and female, bred in Ireland in the 20th century. In each instance their careers ended prematurely, Arkle's through injury incurred in the King George VI Chase at the 1966 Christmas meeting at Kempton Park; and that of Dawn Run through death on a Summer's day in France. Provenance: The estate of Tony Sweeney
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VANITY FAIR A pair of lithographic prints depicting her Imperial Majesty the Empress of Austria in riding attire and her companion Bay Lithograph, a pair, 36 x 22cm each (2) A framed and glazed Vanity Fair portrait of the Empress Elizabeth - By C. de Grimm. Captioned "H.I.M. The Empress of Austria", it offers an informal portrait of the Empress sitting on a fence in a riding habit. Her visits to Ireland left an enduring legacy conferring international social status in the sport as well as becoming a folkloric character thanks to her fearless exploits in the saddle. Captain William George Middleton - By "T" (Chartran). Captioned "Bay" as he was universally known as "Bay Middleton" and is shown in top hat, hunting pink and boots. Celebrated as the finest huntsman of his generation, he escorted the Empress Elizabeth on her hunting holidays in Ireland at this period. He had acquired much local knowledge when serving in Ireland and put this to good use on his return to serve as A.D.C. to the Lord Lieutenant, Earl Spencer. Provenance: The estate of Tony Sweeney
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DE GREY, Thomas. The Compleat Horse-Man and Expert Farrier - Printed by ER.C. and A.C. London: 1670. 4to. pp. [xxxv], 5](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10600/2873117/600-201348141158_468x382.jpg)
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1670 DE GREY, Thomas. The Compleat Horse-Man and Expert Farrier - Printed by ER.C. and A.C. London: 1670. 4to. pp. [xxxv], 583. Contemporary full calf, re-backed. With an equestrian portrait often wrongly identified as Charles I but showing in fact Ralph, Lord Hopton, a Royalist commander in the Civil War. The blank leaves at start and finish include a series of handwritten equine food and remedies. Provenance: The estate of Tony Sweeney
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IRISH SCHOOL, LATE 17TH CENTURY A Portrait of William III Oil on canvas, 74 x 61cm Provenance: Straffan House, the Co. Kildare home of the Bartons. An exhibition celebrating the tri-centenary of "The Glorious Revolution" held in association with the Grosvenor House Antiques Fair in 1989, a set of pictures was on view loaned by the Queen of the Netherlands. These were en gris and one of them matched this in pose and costume (see World of Interiors, June 1989), Ex Straffan House - sold by Bobby Childers to Sean O'Criadain from whom it was acquired by Tony Sweeney Provenance: The estate of Tony Sweeney
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Detective Inspector John Sweeney of New Scotland Yard John Sweeney, Tony's grandfather, rose to be a senior London police officer. He instigated the Flying Squad (immediately done into cockney slang as Sweeney Todd, Flying Squad). Tony Sweeney was immensely proud that a son of evicted Irish emigrants from Kerry could rise to such a responsible position in Victorian England and then publish his sensational memoirs. Tony commissioned a slip case, designed by Michael Scott, with a gilt printed morocco label, giving details of Sweeney's career, his custody of the Crown Jewels during the postponement of Edward VII's coronation, security for Queen Victoria's visit to Ireland in 1900, and his defence against libel. Mounted under magnifying glasses are two silver commemoration medals of above events. Containing: Detective Inspector John Sweeney At Scotland Yard, 1st Edition, London 1904 and the 2nd Edition which contains the defence against Parmeggiani, cloth covers with design of handcuffs Edited by Frances Richards. "New and enlarged edition" printed by Alexander Moring, who appears to have been in a loose partnership with Grand Richards, London, 1905. 8vo with portrait in a red cloth binding decorated with a pair of handcuffs. The previous year's first edition provoked a libel suit and the supplementary chapter was entitled Parmeggiani v. Sweeney. Luigi Parmeggiani was a major collector of antiques and pictures who resided at I Bedford Square, Bloomsbury where his visitors included on one occasion the Empress Frederick of Germany with John Sweeney acting as bodyguard. According to the author Parmeggiani had been one of the formost figures amongst the anarchists and it was this allegation that prompted the law suit. John Sweeney marshalled his evidence so well though that the plaintiff was in the final instance reduced to claiming that the anarchist also named Luigi Parmeggiani was his brother. After a four day hearing before Mr Justice Ridley and a special jury in the King's Bench Court the plaintiff was awarded damages of one farthing, reminiscent of the outcome of the Whistler v Ruskin case, but had to pay John Sweeney's legal costs. Together with Landsdowne, A Life's Reminiscences of Scotland Yard, London (n.d.) Together with Chief-Inspector Littlechild. The Reminiscences, 2nd Edition, London 1894, decorated cloth with paper label (Littlechild was Sweeney's 'boss' at Scotland Yard) The Author dedicated his book "To possible criminals … those who, having within them the germs of crime, are in constant danger of falling into its dark abyss, and if every such person will purchase a copy, ample remuneration awaits my labour. If the perusal of itsd pages should cause but a small number to 'look before they leap,' my reward will be greater. If one truth stands out more prominently in my experiences than another, it is that 'The way of the transgressor is hard". Littlechild was John Sweeney's boss when the Special Branch came into being but his book by the year 2000 was priced below that of his subordinate and this despite Littlechild himself having played a leading role in the hunt for "Jack The Ripper". Provenance: bookplate of James H Dalton and a note indicating that in 1953 he had presented it to J A de Grolian. Acquired by us from Lathkill Books, Bakewell, Derbyshire. Together with Chief-Inspector Cavabba Scotland Yard, Past and Present, London 1893, half-calf, art nouveau spine (Tony Sweeney says Cavanna is the first detective who acquired a 'personality cult') Together with a collection of five volumes on policing, including Galton F., Finger Prints, London 1892 Provenance: The estate of Tony Sweeney
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A Georgian oval portrait miniature of a gentleman in a white wig en grisaille, signed, 3 x 2.5 cm in ebonised and marbled frame to/w an early 19th century French portrait miniature of a lady with lace cap and pink dress, 5.5 x 4.5 cm (2) Condition Report 1st - paint deterioration on right side of chest; 2nd uniform fading
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Medals: MVO, MBE group of eight; Royal Victorian Order (No 719) (5th Class); Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, MBE (Military); India General Service Medal, bar NW Frontier 1930-31 to Lieut. D. Colville K.S.L.I; 1939-45 star; Africa Star, bar 1st Army; Italy Star; War & Defence medals - court mounted as worn c/w fitted cases for MVO & MBE and to/w miniature medals and a framed photo portrait of the recipient in dress uniform circa 1920s
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An oval watercolour portrait miniature of gentleman in red cloth hat with lady in blue dress sat on his knee, each holding a long stem clay pipe, beside a table set with a cup and jug, suggestion of landscape beyond (6cm x 8cm); the backing board handwritten in ink `Hogarth & His Wife`, the other two lines illegible, perhaps `from..(?)...Cott...(?)`, in an ebonised frame
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Sunderland lustre jug transfer decorated REFORM with portrait of Lord John Russel (height 15cm); together with a gaudy jug, a high-fired red clay jug with gilded rim and narrow bands of enamel decoration, an M&N New Opaque octagonal jug, and two other pottery jugs, one with hand painted flowers
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