DAVID BACKHOUSE F.R.B.S. (1941- ), Bronze study with nude girl seated on a high stool, inscribed "Backhouse `75, 4/6", 14" high David Backhouse sculptor and designer lives near Bath and also has a studio in Brantome, France. His early career was spent working and travelling in Europe where he was particularly involved with portrait commissions. He has made many public sculptures notably Cloaked Horseman for Bristol City Centre, Centaurs for Whiteleys London W2, The Stream of Life for Central Square Telford and Dolphin Family for London Docklands. He says of his work "The themes are simple and universal: the interdependence of nature and humanity, the search for balance and harmony. My sculptures are meditations on the human and animal condition in the modern world, reflecting loss and tragedy, hope and delight, and above all tenacity of spirit".
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A VICTORIAN EBONISED CREDENZA, c.1870, of bow breakfront form with stringing, gilt metal mounts and Sevres style porcelain plaques, the frieze with marquetry strapwork panels centered by a floral patera, panelled door with female portrait plaque flanked by pilasters with term capitals, flanked in turn by glazed doors, moulded base and turned feet, 66" x 15 3/4" x 41 3/4" (Illustrated)
AFTER WILLIAM SIMPSON RI (1823-1899) Crimean War Subjects coloured ithographs by Day & Son, Publ. May 1855 by Paul & Dominic Colnaghi Pl. 11 x 17 1/2in 27.9 x 44.5cm); and smaller, but mounted and framed as a group A Quiet Day in the Diamond Battery (Portrait of a Lancaster 68 Pounder 15th Dec 1854) A Quiet Night in the Batteries/Major Chapman`s Battery - Jan 28th 1855 A Hot Night in the Battlefield Camp of the Naval Brigade, before Sebastopol The Ruins of Inkermann and City of Caverns Excavated Church in the Caverns at Inkermann, Highland Brigade Camp Head of the harbour, Sebastopol Sebastapol from the East in the extreme right of the English Attack Commissariat Difficulties Russian Rifle Pit The Graves in the Fort on Cathcarts Hill The Field of Inkermann The Railway at Balaklava, looking South ; fourteen (14) Simpson arrived off the Crimean Peninsular in November 1854. While he had missed the early battles, he was able to record the events before Sebastopol. He was struck by the plight of the common soldier "miserable looking beings .... covered with mud, dirt and rags". In May 1855 Simpson accompanied Lord Raglan on the expedition to Kertch and observed the first attack on Sebastopol in June. He wrote at the time "it was a wild orchestra of sound, never to be forgotten".
A Selection of Paintings by Henry George Hewitt HENRY GEORGE HEWITT (1864-1911) Self Portrait of the Artist, quarter-length, wearing a tie and jacket, signed with initials `H.G.H` (upper left) oil on canvas 18 x 13 1/2 in (45.7 x 34.3cm) Henry George Hewitt received his initial art instruction in Hereford before being admitted to the R.A. Schools in 1882. The Hereford Times of July 15th 1882 hailed the selection of Hewitt and fellow Hereford artist William Adams into the Royal Academy Schools that year as "an honour for the old City and will be a welcome piece of news to all who take a pride in the successful effects of local genius". His first exhibited work at the R.A. was `The Track of the Whirlwind` (1892). Later he studied under Philip Hermogenes Calderon RA at St. Johns Wood. Between 1895 and 1899 he acted as one of the principals of the St John`s Wood Art School. He later lived in Godalming and Haslemere before returning to Hereford later in his life. Provenance: (For this and the following five lots). The artist`s family by descent.
JOHN GAPP OF BRIGHTON ( fl.c 1827-1840) The Introduction cut out silhouette 7 1/2 x 9 1/2in (19.1 x 24.2cm); and a further portrait silhouette depicting a Gentleman standing, attributed to John Gapp ; two unframed cut out silhouettes attributed to August Edouart depicting Mrs Coffin (inscribed verso Cheltenham 30th December , 1826 ) and Mr Scott (inscribed verso Havant, Hants 13th February 1827) ; a further framed silhouette attributed to Edouart depicting a young Girl (with indistinct inscription Louisville 1844)) ; and a selection of framed silhouettes by other hands including a Portrait of Lord Carew (1839), and The Rev. C. Simeon in a Pulpit ; sold together with three reference books on silhouettes (10)
Josef Karl Stieler 1781-1858, Portrait Miniature- A young woman, bust-length in an Italianate courtyard wearing a green dress, her hair curled and holding a bible, opaque colour on ivory, signed, 5.5x6.5cm: to include seven further early 20th century miniatures by and after various hands to include examples depicting possibly a European Royal couple; Napoleon Bonaparte and other young ladies and gentlemen, (8) Note: Joseph Karl Stieler taught in the Parisian atelier of Francois Gerard, a student of Jacques-Louis David. In 1808, he established himself as an independent painter. In 1816, he travelled to Vienna to paint the portrait of Emperor Francis I of Austria. Between February and April 1820, he worked on his portrait of Ludwig Ludwig van Beethoven which is the most well-known representation of the composer today.
An Interesting European Provincial Topographical Sketch book, Circa 1830-1860`s- Containing poetry, drawings and notes, by Nina Wollheim, dated 1832-1860 in a bound green leather, gilt tooled album/book: together with a portrait of a man, head and shoulders on an ivory plaque, dated and inscribed 1967, verso, (2)
* René Bouché, French 1905-1963- Portrait of Afdera Franchetti, seated full-length in a green dress; oil on canvas, signed, signed, inscribed "Mrs Henry Fonda" and dated April May 1958 on the reverse, 119x87cm Note: Afdera Franchetti was the fourth wife of the actor Henry Fonda, from 1957 to 1961. They met while he was in Italy filming `War and Peace` with Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer. She was born in 1931, the daughter of the explorer Baron Raimondo Franchetti and her brother, Baron Raimondo Nanuk Franchetti was a friend of the author Ernest Hemingway.
English School, early 19th century- Portrait of Brigadier General John Harvey Yorke 1755-1805, standing full-length in full dress uniform with a canon in a landscape; oil on canvas, 91x70cm. Note: A framed letter accompanies this lot, reading as follows: "This is the Portrait of John Harvey Yorke, Who from his zeal and ability, shewn in a former conquest of The Cape of Good Hope, was selected with the rank of Brigadier General to command the Artillery in a second expedition there, in his voyage to which place, on board the King George, he was drown`d off the coast of Brazil, the 1st of November 1805, aged 50 years
John Liston Byam Shaw ARWS RI 1872-1919- "Private affection bereaves us easily of True Judgement", "Esteem not thyself better than others lest in the sight of God Thou be accounted worse than they", "There was never Saint so highly rapt Who first or last was not Tempted"; black ink and watercolour, 19x12cm., ea: together with five other drawings and watercolours by the same hand to include: "Why", pen and black ink, signed, 27x18cm; "End of Act II", set design, charcoal heightened with white on grey-brown paper, inscribed, 19x26cm; "We Fear No Thistle at The Crown", pen and brown ink, signed and dated August 1917, 21x17cm; "In Memory of Many Happy Days"; pen and brown ink, signed and dedicated, 22x34.5cm; Portrait of a man seated three-quarter length, pencil, signed, dedicated to `The Boss of the Crown and Thistle` and dated 1918, 33.5x24.5cm., (8) (part unframed)
Circle of David le Clerc, French 1679-1738, Portrait Miniature- King Louis XIV of France (1638-1715), head and shoulders wearing a crimson coat, blue sash and white lace jabot with long natural wig, in a gilt-metal oval glazed frame, 5.5x4.5cm, Note: Louis XIV (5 September 1638 - 1 September 1715), known as the Sun King ( le Roi Soleil), King of France and of Navarre. His reign, from 1643 to his death in 1715, began at the age of four and lasted over seventy-two years and is the longest documented reign of any European monarch.
A Japanese lacquer gilt decorated box and stand, Meiji period, painted with leaves and foliage, tray with butterflies, width 28.5 cm, a portrait miniature inlaid brass snuff box, painted with a portrat of a young lady, width 9 cm, a cased la France Reconnaissante 1914-1918 medal, decorated with figural scene, width 7 cm, a gilt metal chain, length 43 cm, (4).
![A Vienna style portrait plate of the noted Bavarian society beauty Mathilde Von Beust (Nee Von Jordan) [1818-86], after the o](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10011/2794339/575-201051416588_468x382.jpg)
A Vienna style portrait plate of the noted Bavarian society beauty Mathilde Von Beust (Nee Von Jordan) [1818-86], after the original painting from a series of 36 noted Munich beauties by Joseph Karl Stieler in the Nyphenburg Palace, Munich, within a blue and gilt band border, 24.5cm diameter, blue shield mark, mid 19th century
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