A DERBY FIGURE OF JOHN PHILIP KEMBLE (1757-1823) AS RICHARD III. the monarch in gilt, red and turquoise doublet and hose and ermine trimmed cloak, his plumed hat lying on the shaped oval green mound, 25cm h, patch marks, c1795 The Derby model was adapted from John Dixon`s mezzotint after the portrait by Nathaniel Dance of David Garrick in the same role, which was exhibited at Burlington House in 1771. The scene captures the moment on Bosworth Field when the monarch cries out "A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!". See Bradshaw (Peter), Derby Porcelain Figures 1750-1848, pp 186-188.. ++ Hairline crack, possibly a firing crack in one of the cloak flaps on on the underside of the base. On the back of the figure one or two insignificant paint scratches. A fine example and relatively scarce.
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ROYAL. A VICTORIAN CIGAR BOX. of moulded octagonal form with divided interior, the lid inset with crowned oval badge of the Prince of Wales and inscribed HRH ALBERT EDWARD PRINCE OF WALES INDIA 1875, the underside engraved Presented to Lord Suffield on returning from India by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, 24 x 15cm, by R & S Garrard, London 1876, the underside of the lid engraved [presumably at Goldsmiths Hall] Goldsmiths Hall June 10th 1876. This Box weighing 36oz 5dwt was made to receive a stamped silver medal of unknown assay, marked R & S GARRARD PANTON ST LONDON, 39ozs; sold with Russell (W H), The Prince of Wales` Tour a Diary in India with some account of some of the visits of His Royal Highness to the Courts of Greece Egypt Spain and Portugal, second edition, Woodburytype portrait and wood engravings, scarlet cloth, worn, aeg, London: Sampson, Lowe, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1877 (2) Provenance: Charles, 5th Lord Suffield; thence by decent at Gunton Park, Norfolk until sold on the Instructions of the Trustees of the Gunton Park Estate, Irelands` (Auctioneers), sale on the premises, 16-17 and 25-26 September 1990, lot 1258, whence bought by the present vendor. A keen sportsman, Charles Harbord, 5th Lord Suffield (1830-1914) was a favourite of the Prince of Wales, his new neighbour at Sandringham House. He served as Lord-in-Waiting and Head of the Household of the Prince. Russell`s Diary which accompanies the lot is full of incident, from lively antics on board the "Serapis" to dramatic accounts of elephant charges and big game hunting: "For Lord Suffield there was the pleasant combination of the duties of a high officer of state about the person of the Prince, and of the pleasures of a keen sportsman - good with rifle and gun, and firm in the saddle - in new fields" and, later "The Prince killed a fine tigress with six cubs... Lord Suffield shot a tiger which assumed a very menacing attitude, and obliged him to fire in self-defence; and an odd lot of porcupines, deer, wild boar, pea-fowl, black-buck, duck, snipe, partridge and plover were laid out before the tents when the shooting parties returned in the evening".. ++ Box - in fine condition with light wear to the top as when purchased at the above mentioned house sale
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY. PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG WOMAN in a light blue dress and coral torsade necklace, wearing her light brown hair in ringlets, seated half length, with signature Annabell and date 1848, 87 x 71cm . ++ In gallery condition as acquired by the present local private vendor c1980. Lined with restored craqueleur and some retouching but of fine appearance the restoration of a high professional standard, in parcel gilt oak frame
JOHN SYME (1795-1861) PORTRAIT OF JOHN MCNAIR. seated half length in a black coat with gold watch chain, with transposed signature John Syme fecit, date 1837 and inscription John McNair Esquire on the lining canvas, 74.5 x 63cM. John McNair married Henrietta Fullerton Stocks, daughter of John Stocks and Christian Wilson.. ++ In fine restored gallery condition in modern gilt frame.
FOLLOWER OF FRIEDRICH WILHELM WEIDEMANN (1668-1750) PORTRAIT OF FREDERICK I, KING IN/OF PRUSSIA (1657-1713) half length, in maximillian armour and wearing the Order of the Iron Cross, in a painted oval, 92 x 72cm. ++ The support damaged in places and with localised loss of the medium where an attempt has been made at cleaning. Lined probably in the later part of the 19th or early 20th c
A WILLIAM IV TRUNCHEON BY HIATT & CO OF BIRMINGHAM AND PAINTED BY JOHN THORP. of beech, finely decorated in polychrome with royal arms and cipher, Birmingham arms and motto PRO REGE ET LEGE, the reverse with number 2 and date 1832, signed J Thorp Herald Painter, 36cm, 1832 This and the following lot are particularly fine examples of the art of the truncheon. Both are painted by the pre-eminent herald painter of truncheons of the period, John Thorp of Birmingham. An interesting account of Thorp is to be found in Eliezer Edwards`s book, Old Taverns O`Birmingham (1879): "The Chairman [of the Birmingham Musical Society which met at the Sea Horse Inn] for many years was Mr John Thorp, a herald painter of Belmont Row a man of singularly graceful manners, and a great humourist. The "toasts" and "sentiments" given from the chair on these occasions were always original, and often so laughable, as to set the whole company in a roar. His portrait was one of the three that hung in the parlour. Another was that of Mr Atkins who instituted the Baron of Beef dinner, and the third was that of Francis Marrian, the landlord, who was represented with the song "Old England`s A Lion in his hand". Hiatt & Co of Birmingham manufactured the majority of beech truncheons from the late 1820s onwards. They were distributed by William Parker, later Parker, Field & Sons of Holborn and subsequently other London addresses. For similar examples see Clark (E Fenn), Truncheons Their Romance and Reality, 1935, illustrated p119. . ++ In a state of unusually good preservation retaining almost all of the painted decoration although with small loss through chipping; the paint/varnish has not quite `taken` on the head and part of the body of the unicorn supporter although this may have been occasioned by the fact that the truncheon has slightly warped and is now of a pronounced curvature but is free from splits or restoration
AN ENGLISH DISH-HILT RAPIER, MID-17TH CENTURY. with associated blade of flattened oval section, cut with a pair of short fullers and stamped with a bladesmith`s mark on one side (the tip with one small chip), steel hilt comprising shallow cup-guard pierced and chiselled with scrolling foliage inhabited by winged masks and stylised figures supporting portrait ovals, inner and outer ring-guards joined to the cup-guard by a pair of short arms, a pair of short quillons with tightly curled chiselled spatulate terminals, knuckle-guard, and globular pommel (tang lengthened, pommel screw replaced), all chiselled en suite with the guard, and later grip bound with plaited copper wire. 99.4cm; 39 1/8in blade
AN ENGLISH HUNTING SWORD, MID-17TH CENTURY. with broad curved blade double-edged towards the point, cut with a long slender fuller along the serrated back-edge, etched on the front `Fide sed Cudunor` a portrait enclosed by the inscription `Gubernaiar Hibernia`, `Nomine` and `1-50` and a mounted cavalryman, the reverse with `In Deo Gloria` a portrait medallion of Thomas Fairfax, `Me Fecit Solingen` and a further cavalryman, stamped with the bladesmith`s mark at the forte, probably for Peter Henkels of Solingen, steel hilt formed of a pair of up-turned shell-guards of unequal size, down-curved scrolling quillon, knuckle-guard interrupted by a scallop moulding, fluted beak-shaped pommel cap and original fluted wooden grip (small chips and repairs) reinforced with an iron panel at the front. 61.5cm; 24 1/4in blade. Provenance. Christie, Manson & Woods, 23rd May 1979, lot 25. Literature. Leslie Southwick, The Price Guide to Antique Edged Weapons, Woodbridge, 1982, p. 153, no. 421.
A FRENCH SMALL-SWORD WITH FINELY CHISELLED AND GILT HILT, CIRCA 1760. with contemporary hollow-triangular blade, associated blade of flattened-hexagonal section, steel hilt finely chiselled in low relief, comprising double shell-guard decorated with portrait ovals enclosed by rococo foliage and with differing trophies-of-hunting in each corner, the borders enclosed by rococo scrolls and all against a finely punched gilt fishroe ground, globular quillon, a pair of pas d`âne decorated with foliage, quillon-block, knuckle-guard and ovoid pommel all finely chiselled and gilt en suite with the shell, and the grip a contemporary binding of plaited silver wire and ribband, perhaps the original . 78.7cm; 31in blade. The medallions include portraits of Henri IV, Louis XIII, XIV and XVI and would suggest that this was made for presentation to a member of the court.
A FINE AND RARE PAIR OF 22 BORE FRENCH FLINTLOCK LONG HOLSTER PISTOLS BY PIRAUBE AUX GALLERIES A PARIS, DATED 1697. with lightly swamped barrels fitted with silver fore-sights, signed in full and dated on a long central panel engraved with sprays of strapwork foliage at the muzzle end and chiselled with a grotesque at the breech end, moulded breeches chiselled with opposing classical warrior profile busts beneath a canopy and a trophy-of-arms all within a strapwork frame (areas of light wear), rectangular tangs engraved with a stylized grotesque and border ornament, stepped bevelled locks engraved with trophies on the tails, engraved and chiselled faceted pans signed in full beneath, the lock-plates and cocks engraved with strapwork foliage and border ornament en suite with the muzzles, finely chiselled steels decorated with a moustacheod espagnolette mask on the outer face and the spurs formed as grotesque monsters, highly figured walnut full stocks carved in low relief with linear mouldings over the fore-ends (one fore-end expertly repaired), scrolling tendrils with monsterhead terminals behind the rear ramrod-pipes and on either side of the barrel tangs, the butts inlaid in silver wire with scrolls over the spines and with a pattern of wavy lines about the barrel tangs, the side-plates and the pommel spurs, chiselled steel mounts comprising solid side-plates decorated with a framework of foliage incorporating an oval central panel and with a pierced design of foliage on the tails, moulded trigger-guards engraved en suite with the locks and with acanthus finials, spurred pommels engraved with elaborate trophies-of-arms carrying differing portrait medallions on each side, the caps finely chiselled with acanthus and a laurel frame enriched with gold pellets enclosing a mounted classical warrior on a punched ground, vacant escutcheons carried by a pair of addorsed herms, and surmounted by a ducal coronet, a pair of faceted ramrod-pipes (the mounts with areas of light wear), and steel-tipped wooden ramrods, perhaps the original . 56cm; 22in. (2). Provenance. Clay P. Bedford . Charles H. Moses, Ashtablula, Ohio 1966. Literature. Wallace B. Gusler and James D. Lavin, Decorated Firearms 1540-1870, from the Collection of Clay P. Bedford, Williamsburg, 1977, pp.34-7. Bertrand Piraube has been described as the most important figure in the decorative development of French firearms circa 1670-1724, and thus the history of European firearms as a whole. There is evidence that his first workshop was in Saint Germain en Laye, north west of Paris but little is known of this period. On 25th January 1670 Louis XIV granted him a brevet de logement in the Galeries du Louvre. This appointment, which was confirmed in March the following year, established Piraube as primus inter pares amongst the gunmakers working for Louis XIV. In German Brice`s Description de la Ville de Paris, published in various editions between 1698 and 1718, he was described as a gunmaker who produced pieces of rare beauty. Working within the precincts of the Royal Palace freed Piraube from the restrictions of the Parisian Guilds and consequently he was able to employ as many apprentices and journeymen as his commissions required. It comes as no surprise that a significant number of the great European Ancestral Gunrooms have firearms by him, including a fowling-piece at Windsor Castle believed to have been presented to Charles II of England by Louis XIV; a pair of pistols and a fowling-piece that were presented to the young Charles XI of Sweden as part of an exceptional gift including twelve richly caparisoned horses each with a brace of pistols in the saddle holsters and a number of fowling pieces; and the gunroom of the former Electors of Saxony in Dresden which includes no less than eleven long arms and fourteen pairs of pistols by him. Unlike many of his contemporaries Piraube dated the greater part of his firearms and thus one is able to follow the development of his style in considerable detail. The extant firearms by him are dated 1673, 1679, 1681, 1682, 1683, 1685, 1688, 1689, 1690, 1693, 1694, 1696, 1697, 1698, 1699, 1700, and 1715. In addition to this list two further pairs of pistols with steel mounts, dated 1700 and 1701 respectively, are recorded in the gewehrkammer of Duke August Wilhelm of Brunswick Luneburg (1662-1731). The present pair of pistols represent an important turning point in Piraube`s style, along with another pair of pistols dated 1696, one year earlier. The shorter side-plates with their oval medallions, the engraved oval medallions on each side of the pommels, the masks on the front of the steels and the geometric panels on the trigger-guards are among the features characteristic of the new Bérain style. While many of the features of this new style were a reintroduction from the mid-17th century others were entirely new, such as the inset geometrical panels on the trigger-guards and the espagnolette masks on the front of the steels. These were first published eight years after these pistols were made in 1705 as a supplement by de la Collombe to the reissue of Simonin`s earlier pattern book. This also provides a useful insight into pattern books of this period and how the most fashionable firearms often preceded the publication of the designs.. See J. F. Hayward 1963, pp.32-47; the same author 1980, pp. 118-157; and D. J. Larocca 1992, pp. 184-207.
A FINE PAIR OF 28 BORE FRENCH D.B. FLINTLOCK PISTOLS BY BLETTERIE A PARIS, CIRCA 1740. with lightly swamped barrels, decorated with bands of gold pellets at the muzzles, sprays of foliage and trophies, signed on the rib, fitted with silver fore-sights and decorated with further scrollwork and acanthus against a punched ground at the breeches (the goldwork extensively rubbed and with losses), grooved barrel tangs chiselled with trophies against a gilt fishroe ground, signed engraved stepped bevelled locks decorated with differing martial trophies and border ornament, the tails chiselled and gilt with trophies en suite, chiselled cocks decorated with foliage against a gilt ground, the steel faces chiselled with demon masks (the engraving worn, the cocks and steels with restorations), highly figured walnut full stocks carved with Green man masks issuant with foliage behind the rear ramrod-pipes and with foliage about the tangs (the fore-ends with minor repairs), inlaid with silver wire scrollwork over the fore-ends and the butts, full parcel-gilt silver mounts cast and chased in low relief, comprising trigger-guards with acanthus finials rising from demi-demon masks, the bows decorated with foliate central panes against a finely gilt fishroe ground, spurred trigger-guards decorated with differing trophies-of-hunting on each side within a rococo scrollwork frame accompanied by cornucopia, the butt-caps decorated with a laurel frame filled with portrait profiles of a nobleman and woman against a gilt fishroe ground respectively, oval escutcheons carried on trophies and engraved with the owner`s crest beneath a count`s coronet, a pair of faceted ramrod-pipes decorated en suite with the trigger-guards, blued trigger-plates, and each with its horn-tipped baleen ramrod. 42cm; 16 1/2in. (2). The arms, and almost certainly the portrait profiles on the pommels, are those of Count Jan-Karol Mniszech and his wife Countess Katarzyna (née Zamoyska) of Poland who married in 1741. Mniszech was Lieutenant General of the Crown, Great Chamberlain, Governor of Galicia and Huntsman of the Crown. The silver mounts are of exceptional quality. François Ovide Bletry (also Bletterie and Blettery) is recorded in Paris 1706-38 at Rue des Mauvais Garcons. During the period 1720-35 he had the title `arquebusier et archer du roy`. A gun and a crossbow signed by him are preserved in the Historisches Museum Dresden. See T. Lenk 1965, pp.113-4 and J. Sensfelder 2007, p. 305. It would appear that few other pieces by him are extant.
A FINE PAIR OF 18 BORE SPANISH MADRID-LOCK PISTOLS BY DIEGO VENTURA, MADRID, CIRCA 1745. with bright barrels formed in two stages, moulded at the muzzle and the median, octagonal breeches stamped with gold-lined barrelsmith`s stamps (Neue Støckel 8398 and 1118), gold-lined vents, the barrels retained by a slender pierced band released by a spring-catch, tangs chiselled with border-ornament and foliage against a punched ground, stepped bevelled locks signed `Diego Bentura` beneath the pans, engraved with a resting sportsman with a hound at his feet and with trophies-of-hunting on the tails, the cocks and steels chiselled with strapwork and foliage against a punched ground, highly figured walnut full-stocks moulded over the fore-ends, carved with acanthus behind the rear ramrod-pipe and the tangs, engraved, chiselled and parcel-gilt steel mounts comprising pierced scrolling foliate side-plates with grotesque monster terminals and central oval medallions engraved with male and female classical portrait profiles respectively, trigger-guards with moulded strapwork on the bows and anthemion terminals, spurred trigger-guards engraved with a Turkish warrior and a European huntsman each in contemporary costume amidst a spray of trophies and foliage, the pommel caps finely chiselled on a gilt fishroe ground with a classical warrior bust and a nobleman respectively, ramrod-pipes en suite with the trigger-guards, horn-tipped wooden ramrods, perhaps the original, and remaining in fine condition throughout . 43.7cm; 17 1/4in . (2). Diego Ventura is recorded in Madrid circa 1722 and 1762. He was the disciple of Alonso Martinez and became gunmaker to King Carlos III in 1760, dying two years later, as described by his near contemporary Isidro Soler. Another lock also signed Diego Bentura and dated 1730 is preserved in the Musée d`Art et d`Industrie Saint-Étienne, cat no. 150. See A. S. del Campo, p. 397 and J. Lavin 1965, p. 109.
An oval Bohemian garnet brooch, c.1900, the oval portrait shaped brooch 26mm x 22mm, with a hand-painted mother and child centre panel, under a glazed cover, to a pear shaped rose cut garnet border, tested and valued as gilt metal. 3.8g, together with a pair of Victorian garnet earrings, a pear shaped carbuncle garnet, approximately 14mm x 9.6mm, claw set to an ornate Gothic gallery, later mounted to screw fittings, gallery tested and valued as 15ct gold, fittings tested and valued as silver gilt
INDIAN PAINTING PAHARI MASTER JAMMU (MID - LATE 18TH CENTURY) MAHARAJAH SMOKING A HUQQA with a preparatory drawing on the verso, gouache on paper 28cm x 23cm Note: The portrait of a nobleman on the verso is closely related to "A Noble praying in a Shali-grama-Shrine" by Nainsukh (no 26 in B.N. Goswamy - Nainsukh of Guler, published by Museum Reitberg, Zurich, 1997).
* Matabeleland. A good album of fifty-seven mounted b & w photos relating to the Second Matabele Rebellion [compiled by Sir Frederick Carrington], 1896, the first (and largest) image a group portrait of Grey`s Scouts by E.B.S. Mercer (20 x 25cm), the remaining photos largely 20 x 15 or 10 x 15cm and mounted one or two to a page, some with caption and photographer details in image, photographer`s name being either [Joseph] Barnett of Johannesburg or C.H. Newberry of Bulawayo, images include a portrait of Colonel Baden-Powell on horseback with a rifle, Rhodes, Jarvis, Metcalf and Earl Grey, C.J. Rhodes reclining on a mattress out of doors, a hanging of three native people, fort at Shiloh, a Matabele chief, Belingwe Scouts and troops, Umshebaye Valley and fort, Umluzulu fort, Inyanda (the late King`s brother) and his mother, Inuyu fort, group of natives at Inuya, the scene of Captain Laing`s fight, group of signallers, gorge in Matoppos, ?Babyame & Umgau, field telephone, Tati, Wanetzee River, shooting Matabele spies at Mangwe fort, the Africander Company, Sir Frederick Carrington and staff (partly faded and bleached at margin), the Limpopo River, Toque River, Macloutsie camp, Lord Carrington and staff showing eleven people with negative number 539 in the image, approx. thirty images captioned on mounts in Carrington`s holograph, a.e.g., contemp. morocco gilt, a little wear to extremities, 4to. Provenance: By descent fromf Sir Frederick Carrington (1844-1913). Carrington had been military advisor to the High Commissioner in the First Matabele War and then commanded the British Force in the Matabele Rebellion in 1896 where Colonel Baden-Powell was his chief of staff. (1)
Stanley (Henry M.). How I Found Livingstone. Travels, Adventures, and Discoveries in Central Africa, new and cheaper ed., 1873, photographic portrait frontispiece, folding maps (a couple of tears), illustrations, front hinge broken, some light spots, a.e.g., original decorative cloth, some wear, 8vo. With a facsimile letter addressed to a Captain Shaw (dated 22 May 1890 and signed in person by Stanley) to front endpaper. (1)
Camden (William). Camden`s Britannia Newly Translated into English: With large Additions and Improvements, 1st ed., pub. Edmund Gibson, 1695, uncoloured portrait frontis., title page with near contemp. manuscript marginalia and two ink ownership stamps, nine plts. of coins and antiquaries, sixteen (only) b & w engraved folding maps, maps occ. trimmed to strapwork margin, some marginal closed tears, some spotting and staining throughout, later end papers, front paste down with binders manuscript inscription, 19th century blind dec. boards, rebacked, rubbed and worn, folio. Sold as a collection of maps not subject to return. The maps comprise of:- England & Wales, Britannia Saxonica, Herefordshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Gloucestershire, North Riding of Yorkshire and The Smaller British Islands. (1)
Belon du Mans (Pierre). L`Histoire de la nature des oyseaux, avec leurs descriptions, & naifs portraicts retirez du naturel, 1st ed., Paris, Gilles Corrozet, 1555, general title with hand-coloured printer`s woodcut device, and hand-coloured woodcut portrait of the author to verso, six sectional titles with small printer`s woodcut device to each, 160 woodcut illusts. to text, all with attractive early hand-colouring, woodcut initials, two leaves (b3-4) with extreme fore-margin restrengthened, minor foxing, contemp. mottled calf, rubbed and some surface wear to covers and joints, extreme lower outer of upper cover restored, folio. Nissen 86. Anker 9. Ronsil, p. 189, Zimmer, p. 52. One of the earliest books on ornithology, and the first based on the direct observation of nature. Belon`s comparison of human and avian skeletons became the foundation for the science of comparative anatomy. The second section of the work deals with falconry, and includes on page 106 a woodcut of a falconer luring a bird, as well as representations of owls, including the eagle owl, much used in hawking (see Schwerdt I, p. 59). Provenance: Abraham Viell (with ink inscription to title `Cette livre a portait a moy, Abraham Viell, 1621`); Daines Barrington (1727-1800), naturalist and author, and friend of Gilbert White (with his ink signature to head of title); Arthur Paget with his signature and inscription to front blank `Arthur Paget. October 1852. Coloured Plates, rare, sold at Col. Stanley`s sale for £8`, and with bookplate of John Moore Paget to front pastedown. (1)
* Ireland. Dighton (Robert), Geography Bewitched! or, a droll Caricature Map of Ireland. This Portrait of Lady Hibernia Bull is humbly dedicated to her Husband the great Mr.John Bull, c.1795, engraved map with original hand colouring, mounted to image border with title displayed in separate mount aperture, image size 185 x 155mm, framed and glazed. Scarce. (1)
Bohn (Henry G. pub.). The Works of James Gillray, from the original Plates with the Addition of many Subjects not before Collected, n.d., c.1848, mezzotint portrait frontis., dec. title page, 588 b & w etchings printed back to back, very occ. spotting, hinges and joints weak, a.e.g., contemp. half morocco gilt with contrasting label to spine, rubbed and worn at extrems., elephant folio, together with Wright (Thomas and Evans R. H.),Historical and descriptive Account of the Caricatures of James Gillray, pub. Henry. G. Bohn, 1851,title page with two library stamps, library labels to front and rear paste downs, a.e.g., contemp. half morocco, gilt dec. spine, rubbed at extrems. 8vo (2)
Bohn (Henry G. pub.). The Works of James Gillray, from the Original Plates, with the Addition of Many Subjects not before Collected, n.d., c.1848, mezzotint portrait frontis., dec. title page, 587 b & w etchings printed back to back, occ. spotting and off-setting, a.e.g., new end papers, modern cloth with contrasting morocco gilt label to spine, elephant folio (1)
* Caricatures. A collection of eight caricatures by various artists, mostly late 18th & early 19th century, including examples by Hogarth, Woodward, Cruikshank and Rowlandson, many with original hand colouring, various sizes and condition, one framed and glazed, together with Meyrick (Samuel Rush & Smith Charles)Costume of the Original Inhabitants of the British Islands, pub. R.Havell, June 1st 1815,ten aquatint plates and title page (of 25), all with original hand colouring, disbound, each approx. 330 x 240mm, with Conde (John),Mrs Fitzherbert, 1792 [or later],uncoloured mixed-method engraved portrait, trimmed to printed border and laid on later paper, spotted and stained, 395 x 300mm, framed, Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (19)
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* Gillray (James). Grace Before Meat or a Peep at Lord Peter`s, pub. H.Humphrey, [1778], uncoloured etching on laid, signs of earlier adhesion on verso, later pencil marginalia below image, 250 x 350mm (9.75 x 13.75 inches) This is widely regarded as the first caricature designed and engraved by James Gillray. Lord Petre was a prominent and very wealthy Catholic Peer. King George III and the Queen had been invited to stay with Lord Petre and Gillray appears to have been scandalized that a Protestant sovereign should be seen accepting the hospitality of a Roman Catholic nobleman. Gillray depicts the King and Queen with their hands clasped in devotion whilst a Catholic priest intones Grace. Behind the King hangs a crucifix and a portrait of the Madonna. Gillray`s prejudice was perhaps to the fore as a `Bill for the Relief of Roman Catholics` had just been passed by both houses of Parliament - without opposition - that allowed Catholics and their priests to practice their faith without fear of persecution. The King`s actions, in staying with Lord Petre helped to hasten the removal of several hundred years of prejudice and illiberality which had not only resulted in a sectarian division between the two churches but had separated the monarch from a sizeable and influential minority of his subjects. (1)
* Gillray (James). A Decent Story, pub. H.Humphrey Nov. 9th 1795, etching on wove with original hand colouring, slight overall toning, mount stained, 250 x 350mm (10 x 13.75 inches), together with L`Avocat de la Republique, pub. H.Humphrey May 21st 1798,etching with aquatint on wove, original hand colouring, trimmed to plate mark, 260 x 195mm (10.25 x 7.75 inches), and Fashionable Jockeyship, pub. June 1st 1796 [but later],uncoloured etching, some pencil marginalia, one rust spot affecting image, trimmed to plate mark, 360 x 260mm (14 x 10.25 inches), together with two further b & w etchings and an uncoloured mezzotint portrait of James Gillray, various sizes and condition (6)
* Beerbohm (Max, 1872-1956). Caricature portrait of John Masefield (1878-1967), pencil and watercolour, titled Mr. John Masefield to lower left, signed Max, and dated 1931 to lower right, image size 32 x 20.5cm (12.5 x 8 ins), framed and glazed, with handwritten label to verso. Hart-Davis, Catalogue of the Caricatures of Max Beerbohm (1972), 1020. Provenance: Purchased by Victor Friedman at Sotheby`s sale, London, 11th March 1992. (1)
Dante Alighieri. Dante con L`Espositioni di Christoforo Landino, et D`Alessandro Vellutello..., Con Tauole, Argomenti, & Allegorie; & riformato, riueduto, & ridotto alla sua vera Lettura, per Francesco Sansovino Fiorentino, Venice: Appresso Gio. Battista, & Gio. Bernardo Sessa, fratelli, 1596, woodcut portrait to title and printer`s device to final leaf, woodcut illusts. and initials, some light dampstaining mostly to initial leaves, some general toning, modern calf gilt, folio. Adams D111. (1)
Holbein (Hans). The Dance of Death Painted by H.Holbein and Engraved by W.Hollar,1804, two engraved portrait frontis., p. 5 with closed tear, thirty etched plts. and one folding engraved plate, near contemp. boards with contrasting label to spine, rubbed, 8vo, together with Dagley G.,Death`s Doings: Consisting of Numerous Original Compositions in Prose and Verse.... 2 vols., 2nd ed., 1827,engraved frontis. and a further twenty-eight (of twenty-nine) engraved plts., title page with engraved vignette, some spotting throughout, hinges and joints weak, contemp. half calf, spines partially lacking, 8vo, with Buffon (George-Louis Leclerc),Histoire Naturelle, Generale et Particuliere, vol.30, Paris, 1768,twenty-nine engraved plts. including twelve with hand colouring, contemp. mottled calf with gilt dec. calf and boards, 12mo, with another ten varied antiquarian volumes (13)
Fore-edge painting. Barrow (John). Memoirs of the Naval Worthies of Queen Elizabeth`s Reign; of their Gallant Deeds, Daring Adventures, and Services, in the Infant State of the British Navy, 1845, a.e.g., with fore-edge painting depicting Elizabethan naval vessels with an inset portrait of Sir Francis Drake, contemp. diced calf, gilt-dec. spine with raised bands, a trifle rubbed, 8vo (1)
Capa (Robert). Photographs, edited Richard Whelan and Cornell Capa, pub. Faber, 1985, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j., square 4to, together with Maddow (Ben), Faces. A Narrative History of the Portrait in Photography, New York Graphic Society, Boston, 1977, num b & w illusts. from photos, compiled and edited by Constance Sullivan, orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, plus Buell (Hal), Moments. The Pulitzer Prize Photographs. A Visual Chronicle of Our Time, New York, 1999, num. col. and b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j., square 4to, and others of photography interest (43)
Oppe (A.P.). Thomas Rowlandson, His drawings and Watercolours, pub. The Studio, 1923, numerous colour and b & w photographic plates, tissue guards with printed titles, t.e.g., orig. pubs. vellum gilt with contrasting morocco label to spine, stained, folio, limited edition of 35/200, together with Grego (Joseph), Rowlandson the Caricaturist. A Selection from his Works, with Anecdotal Descriptions of his Famous Caricatures and a Sketch of his Life, Times and Contemporaries, 2 vols., 1880, facsimile ed., pub. New York, c.1970,portrait frontis. to both vols., half title and dec. title page, numerous b & w illusts throughout, orig. pubs. red cloth gilt, 4to (3)
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Ray (Man). Photographs 1920-34, Paris, Hartford & Paris, [1934], with a portrait by Picasso, text by Andre Breton, Paul Eluard, Rrose Selavy, Tristan Tzara, 104 full-page b & w reproductions of photographs and photograms, title-page with signed presentation inscription, `For Charles Fraser, with compliments of Man Ray, Paris 1960`, orig. spiral-bound stiff wrappers with colour pictorial upper cover, minor marks, 4to, VG. The title-page states this is the second edition. However, it is a first edition, second issue as the publisher was attempting to generate demand by suggesting that the edition had sold out. Copies with the original title-page are exceedingly scarce. (1)
Johnson (Samuel). The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets. With Critical Observations on their Works, 4 vols., new ed., 1794, engraved portrait frontispiece, scattered light spots & small wormholes, bookplates, contemporary sprinkled calf, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Prescott (William H.), History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, 3 vols., 1855-59, engraved portraits, a few light spots, bookplates, contemporary half calf, vol. I joints splitting, some fading, 8vo, with others including Dionysius Lardner`s The Musuem of Science & Art, 6 vols., 1854-56, The New Punch Library, 20 vols., 1930`s (with oak shelf) and Stories from the Arabian Nights, 1907, illustrated by Edmund Dulac (2 cartons)
Buffon (Georges Louis Marie Leclerc, Comte de). Buffon`s Natural History. Containing a Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Minerals... [and] Natural History of Birds, Fish, Insects and Reptiles, 16 vols., 1807-16, engraved portrait frontispiece, five sepia engraved plates, 130 hand-coloured engraved plates only (of 133?, vol XI lacking one plate; XII two plates), p.321 in vol. V repaired, occasional light spotting, small bookplates, contemporary half calf, spines with raised bands and gilt decoration, a few vols. chipped at head of spines, joints and edges rubbed, 8vo, together with other misc. antiquarian books, mostly 17th & 18th century (3 shelves)
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