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Preisdatenbank abonnierenA mid 19th Century Baccarat pressed glass footed beaker, circa 1840, the cylinder bowl decorated with panels of fan cut arches, with a central sulphide portrait of St. Therese, all raised to a short stem and octagonal foot, height 11.5cm, also two Sulphide glass reference books including 'Sulphides: The Art of Cameo Incrustation' by Paul Jokelson, and 'The Jokelson Collection of Antique Cameo Incrustation' by Paul S. Dunlop. (3)
Sir John Baptist de Medina (Brussels 1659-1710 Edinburgh)Portrait of Mrs Ann Roydhouse oil on canvas127.5 x 101.5cm (50 3/16 x 39 15/16in).offered with a mezzotint of the same subject. (2)Footnotes:This portrait of Ann Roydhouse, the wife of John Roydhouse, a prosperous merchant based in St Martin in the Fields, most likely dates from the period between 1686 and 1693, when the artist was working in London. Little is known about the sitter, but the depiction of her beauty so readily captured in Medina's work is certain to have been admired by John Smith, who chose to engrave her portrait.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Sir Henry Raeburn R.A. (British, 1756-1823)Portrait of Alexander, Lord Abercromby of Tullybody (1745-1795) oil on canvas 67 x 44cm (26 3/8 x 17 5/16in).Footnotes:ProvenanceAnon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 6 April 1993, lot 45.Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 12 July 1995, lot 41.Private collection, UK (acquired at the above sale).The sitter was the son of George Abercromby of Tullybody, Clackmannanshire, and brother of General Sir Ralph Abercromby. After studying in Edinburgh, in 1766, he was admitted as a member of the Faculty of Advocates. In 1783, Abercromby was one of the founders of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He found favour with Henry Dundas, then Lord Advocate of Scotland, and built up a considerable practice, and in 1792 took his seat on the bench of the court of Session. Shortly afterwards he was appointed one of the Lords of Commissions of Justiciary. He assisted Henry Mackenzie in setting up the Mirror, published Edinburgh 1779, and contributed to both this and the Lounger.A mezzotint engraving of this subject, published 1800, is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery (NPG D7130), however this print provides a less cropped view of the sitter.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
John Duncan Fergusson RBA (British, 1874-1961)Portrait of a woman in a large hat, c. 1910-14 conté19.5 x 12cm (7 11/16 x 4 3/4in).Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate collection, UK.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
HUGH CASSON (BRITISH, 1910-1999) (2)Council Meeting, Including a self portrait of the artist on the far right (c. 1985) pen, ink and pencil 7 x 18cm together with another pen and ink by the same hand, Leeds Students, 9 x 7cm (2) ARR Provenance Abbott & Holder, Museum Street, London; Private collection, UK
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972)Portrait of a gentleman wearing a multicoloured scarf pastel 53 x 38.5cm (unframed) ARR Provenance The artist, thence by descent to her grandson; Private collection, UKFootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under Professor Tonks alongside Gwen and Augustus John. She then set up and ran a small commercial art studio in London. When she married, she moved to Nyasaland (Malawi) with her husband who worked for the Agriculture Department of the Colonial Office. They had a small farm of their own where Metcalfe stayed until moving back to the UK in the early 1960s. Throughout her long life she produced a large and varied body of work, much of it recording the people and landscapes of her beloved African home. She regularly exhibited her work both in Malawi and South Africa.The purpose of this sale of work is to raise money for the charity “Mary’s Meals” so as to provide free lunches for schoolchildren in Malawi.
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (3)Portrait of an African boy sat on a table signed with initials and dated 'M. M 18. 7. 21' (lower right) watercolour heightened with white 36.5 x 26cm (unframed) together with two other works by the same hand; A portrait of a boy wearing a cloth around his waist, watercolour heightened with white, 35.5 x 26cm; and A portrait of a lady stood beside a table with a large vase, watercolour heightened with white, 28 x 13.5cm, (both unframed) (3) ARRProvenanceThe artist, thence by descent to her grandson;Private collection, UKFootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under Professor Tonks alongside Gwen and Augustus John. She then set up and ran a small commercial art studio in London. When she married, she moved to Nyasaland (Malawi) with her husband who worked for the Agriculture Department of the Colonial Office. They had a small farm of their own where Metcalfe stayed until moving back to the UK in the early 1960s. Throughout her long life she produced a large and varied body of work, much of it recording the people and landscapes of her beloved African home. She regularly exhibited her work both in Malawi and South Africa.The purpose of this sale of work is to raise money for the charity “Mary’s Meals” so as to provide free lunches for schoolchildren in Malawi.
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972)Portrait of a Prisoner of War inscribed and dated 'Prisoner of War Sangani. 1915. Morogorw' (lower right) watercolour 28.5 x 19.5cm (unframed) ARR Provenance The artist, thence by descent to her grandson; Private collection, UKFootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under Professor Tonks alongside Gwen and Augustus John. She then set up and ran a small commercial art studio in London. When she married, she moved to Nyasaland (Malawi) with her husband who worked for the Agriculture Department of the Colonial Office. They had a small farm of their own where Metcalfe stayed until moving back to the UK in the early 1960s. Throughout her long life she produced a large and varied body of work, much of it recording the people and landscapes of her beloved African home. She regularly exhibited her work both in Malawi and South Africa.The purpose of this sale of work is to raise money for the charity “Mary’s Meals” so as to provide free lunches for schoolchildren in Malawi.
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972)Portrait of Ajusi signed and indistinctly dated 'M. Metcalfe.' (lower right) and inscribed with sitter's name (lower left) charcoal heightened with white chalk 48 x 32cm (unframed) ARR Provenance The artist, thence by descent to her grandson; Private collection, UKFootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under Professor Tonks alongside Gwen and Augustus John. She then set up and ran a small commercial art studio in London. When she married, she moved to Nyasaland (Malawi) with her husband who worked for the Agriculture Department of the Colonial Office. They had a small farm of their own where Metcalfe stayed until moving back to the UK in the early 1960s. Throughout her long life she produced a large and varied body of work, much of it recording the people and landscapes of her beloved African home. She regularly exhibited her work both in Malawi and South Africa.The purpose of this sale of work is to raise money for the charity “Mary’s Meals” so as to provide free lunches for schoolchildren in Malawi.
DOD PROCTER (BRITISH, 1890-1972)Girl in a Black Dress (c. 1915) signed 'Dod Procter' (upper left) and inscribed with title (to back of stretcher) oil and tempera on canvas 77 x 62cm with an oil of a water fountain (verso) ARR Provenance The present owner's grandparents; thence by descent; Private collection, UK We are grateful to Toby Procter who has confirmed the authenticity of this work.Catalogue noteA solitary seated female figuregazes out past the viewer. Dressed in a medieval-esque black smock with abright lacquer-red cap which envelops her dark shoulder-length hair, the girlcrosses her arms and sits motionless, her piercing blue eyes staring into thedistance, her mind lost in thought and detached from the present. She sits infront of a decorative pattern of flower motifs which adorns a panel ofwallpaper, tapestry or silk cloth, alongside a plain blue/grey wall. In the top left-handcorner, the maker’s signature reads ‘Dod Procter’.This newly discovered work by DodProcter (1890-1972), from a private collection, is truly remarkable as itappears to be the earliest figurative work by the artist to have appeared onthe market in the last couple of decades. It provides a glimpse into Dod’searly years as an artist, exploring and developing a visual vocabulary whichwould then characterise her oeuvre from the 1920s. Only three other figurative works painted before 1920 by Dod, but which arguably post-date the present painting, are known to us in public collections: a portrait in oil from 1916 of her friend Sheelah Hynes (sister of the artist Gladys Hynes) at The Wolfsonian-Florida International University (Colour Magazine, June 1919), and two line drawings, one most certainly a preparatory sketch for the oil, at the Tate Archives (these are recto-verso on a sheet of paper and the second sketch, the figure wearing a hat, may be of Sheelah or Gladys). Another figurative work, The Charm, from this period was reproduced in Colour Magazine in December 1918.The composition and subject are typicalof Dod’s more mature figurative work from the 1920s, which led to her rise tofame in 1925 with The Model (exhibited at the RA in 1925) andsubsequently Morning (exhibited at the RA in 1927 and immediatelyacquired for the nation by the Tate, where it is still held today), propellingher to stardom and international acclaim. These works often depict the figurepositioned close-up at a three-quarter angle to the viewer and, viewed slightlyfrom above or sometimes from below, offer a sense of monumentality andweightiness akin to sculpture. The sitter, as in the present work, if notasleep, gazes into the void, the minimalist space and the various propsstrategically placed beside her creating a possible accompanying narrative.The presence of tempera in thiswork with its transparent quality, most notably in the bodice, is evidence ofits early dating. We know from her letters to Ernest Procter, whom she marriedin 1912, that during the 1910s Dod was experimenting and practising withtempera, a medium which was experiencing a revival at the turn of the 20thCentury, promoted by critics such as Roger Fry and artists such as MarianneStokes, herself a member of the Newlyn School in the last decade of the 19th century. On occasion Dod would use tempera as a means of mapping out a colourscheme before working on the final piece in oil. It would appear from thepresent work that she also worked in mixed media, namely tempera and oil.The bold lacquer-red pigment which Dod employed for the girl’s hatattests to the dating of this work and a similar colour was used for a stilllife entitled Poppies and Foxgloves (Modern Britishand Irish Art Day Sale, Christie’s, London, 21st March 2024, lot 145), which Dod described duringits production in a letter to Ernest in 1917. The hat itself may be the onelater worn by Dod’s model Lillian in Girl with a Red Cap (1923) (Paintings Sale, Woolley& Wallis, Salisbury, 21st March 2012, lot 249). Dod exhibited nationally in groupexhibitions with, but not solely, the Royal Academy, WIAC (Women’sInternational Art Club), Society of Women Artists, United Artists, AlliedArtists and in gallery shows such as the Leicester Galleries and Brook StreetGalleries. She also exhibited internationally with the British Artists’Exhibition in Buenos Aires in 1928, the Venice Biennale from 1922 to 1930, theCanadian National Exhibition, the Carnegie International in Pittsburgh from1924 to 1935, in a solo show at the Carl Fischer Gallery New York in 1936 and asolo show at the Carnegie in 1936-37, thereby gaining an internationalclientele.Greatly supported by the Britishpress, art journals and art critics, most notably Frank Rutter, the Francophileand proponent of Post-Impressionism, Dod was an important and highly recognisedmodernist painter and in 1942 became the second woman to be elected a RoyalAcademician (Laura Knight being the first). Her paintings are now held inimportant national and international institutions, such as the Tate and the CarnegieMuseum of Art in Pittsburgh.Trained in Newlyn under theauspices of Stephen and Elizabeth Forbes, who sought inspiration from the artcolonies in Brittany, Dod was part of the second generation of painters fromthe Newlyn School and a key member of the Newlyn and Lamorna art colonies, herartistic and social network counting among others Laura Knight, Gluck, GladysHynes, Ernest Procter, Gertrude and Harold Harvey, Cedric Morris and AJMunnings.We are grateful to Alexandra Kett-Baumann for her assistance with the cataloguing of this work and for preparing this catalogue note.Condition ReportOriginal canvas with the basis of another composition (verso); approximately 1inch surface abrasion to the sitter's chest, lower right; smaller abrasions to background, lower left and to curtain, lower right; further scattered frame abrasions to each border; canvas visible to the upper left border; Ultraviolet reveals retouching to the sitter's forehead, cheeks and chin but these barely fluoresce and are therefore likely to be the artist's hand. Held in a modern composite gilt frame in fair condition.
Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (S. Mjr. J. O’Brien, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) good very fine £180-£220 --- Joseph O’Brien enlisted in the 43rd Light Infantry as a boy recruit in Dublin in September 1869, aged 14 years. In his subsequent career of 30 years with the Colours, he served overseas for 14 years, but witnessed no action, and was finally discharged as a Sergeant-Major in Oxford in September 1899 at the age of 44, the relevant papers noting his entitlement to the L.S. & G.C. Medal. It was in the same year that he was recommended for the M.S.M., which distinction was eventually granted per Army Order 269 of 1927. Sold with a quantity of original documentation, including the recipient’s discharge and character certificates; three letters of thanks from Lieutenant-Colonel W. Clark, 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry (Quetta, December 1885 and two from Parkhurst, 1888); a wedding portrait photograph and assorted legal documents regarding property, insurance, &c.
A Second War ‘Little Ships’ 1940 evacuation of Dunkirk D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Chief Petty Officer H. H. Smith, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his services in the Yacht Caryanda Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (JX.125648 H. H. Smith. A/P.O. H.M.S. Caryanda); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (JX..125648 H. H. Smith. P.O. H.M.S. Aggressive.) nearly extremely fine (7) £1,600-£2,000 --- D.S.M. London Gazette 16 August 1940: ‘For good services in the withdrawal of the Allied Armies from the beaches at Dunkirk’ Herbert Henry Smith was born on 2 July 1910 in Alverstoke, Hampshire. He entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 8 January 1926 and proceeded to serve in a variety of shore establishments and ships. Joining H.M.S. Hood on 18 March 1937, he was advanced to Acting Petty Officer on 7 September 1939 but transferred to the Orkney based trawler H.M.S. Leeward on 31 January 1940, thus avoiding Hood’s tragic fate the following year. Smith next served in the motor yacht, Tamahine, a Portsmouth Harbour boom defence patrol boat, from 23 April 1940 and from here found himself in the Portsmouth Inner Patrol Yacht, Caryanda, during Operation Dynamo, the Dunkirk evacuation at the end of May 1940; services which resulted in the award of his D.S.M. Built in Amsterdam in 1938 and owned by E. R. Colman of 3 Whitehall, London, SW1, the requisitioned 70ft yacht, Caryanda, under the command of Lieutenant D. A. L. Kings, left Hamble for Dover on 29 May 1940 in company with 8 other yachts (including Tamahine) of the Portsmouth Inner Patrol Flotilla. Leaving from Dover the following day, the flotilla arrived at Bray Dunes, Dunkirk at 6am on 31 May. Here, under the orders of Commodore G. O. Stephenson in the yacht Bounty, Lieutenant Kings and his crew in Caryanda organised a number of smaller boats to collect troops from the beaches, thus enabling Caryanda to ferry an estimated total of 250 troops to off-lying ships over the course of the day. Ordered finally to stand off-shore at 8.45pm, Caryanda set course for Dover at 9pm, arriving the following morning. In addition to Smith’s award, the D.S.M. was also awarded to Able Seaman T. W. Schofield for services aboard Caryanda during the Dunkirk evacuation. Smith continued to serve in a variety of vessels including the Motor Torpedo Boat Wasp and Motor Gun Boat 16. He was awarded the Naval L.S. & G.C. medal in July 1943 and advanced to Chief Petty Officer on 7 May 1945 while serving in the frigate H.M.S. Loch Katrine, based at Colombo. Continuing to serve post-war, he finally retired to a pension on 31 March 1959, the Special Remarks on his Trade Certificate at the time of his discharge describing him as: ‘A very loyal Chief Petty Officer who has always had the interest of the Service very much at heart, and who has always placed duty first.’ Sold with a number of original documents including the recipient’s Certificates of Service, Torpedo History Sheets, hand written references, a number of Trade Certificates and naval training records. Also sold with a copy of Lieutenant Kings’ report in respect of Caryanda’s operations from 29 May 1940 to 1 June 1941, a colour portrait image of the recipient in uniform, two photographic images of H.M.S. Hood and an original page from The Times newspaper, 17 August 1940, containing the recipient’s D.S.M. announcement.
A good Second War G.M. awarded to Mr. R. E. Robinson, a Draughtsman with the Gas Light and Coke Company, for his outstanding courage and determination in attempting to rescue two men trapped in the plant house basement at the Beckton Gas Works following a severe enemy attack on the night of 19-20 April 1941 George Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Robert Edgcombe Robinson.) on original mounting pin, nearly extremely fine £3,000-£4,000 --- G.M. London Gazette 1 August 1941: Robert Edgcombe Robinson, Draughtsman, Gas Light and Coke Company (in a joint citation with David Craig Bertram, Deputy Station Engineer, Gas Light and Coke Company [also awarded the George Medal]; and Leslie Joseph Clark, Assistant Mechanical Engineer; James Coppin, Works Fireman; Peter James Eldridge, Dehydration Plant Attendant; and James Allen Nichols, Senior Assistant Engineer, all Gas Light and Coke Company [all awarded the British Empire Medal]) ‘A severe attack was make on a gas works and high explosive and incendiary bombs started serious fires. Steam pipes, water mains and electrical cables were fractured and barrels of tar caught fire and exploded. Gas mains flared and the blaze was fed by benzole which dripped from damaged flanges. Mr. Bertram displayed outstanding courage and leadership in dealing with the situation. He ran through the flames to shut down gas valves, put out fires on the top of a holder and made gallant efforts to rescue two men who were trapped in a plant house which had been wrecked by an explosion. Mr. Coppin was on duty in a valve-room when an explosion occurred. The premises were enveloped in steam and flames but Coppin, with no regard for his own safety, got his hoses to work and after three hours the fire was put out. He continued, throughout the night, to organise the firefighting in the works and was ably assisted by Mr. Nichols and Mr. Eldridge. These men by their coolness and courage set a splendid example to the others and worked in scorching heat while high explosive and incendiary bombs were falling. Mr. Robinson, after helping to put out a number of fires, learned that two men were trapped in a plant house which had been partially demolished by a bomb. The explosion had blown the walls outwards and caused part of the roof to cave in but Robinson got into the building and made his way to the basement where he thought the men might be. Great blocks of concrete and wrecked machinery were everywhere. He was warned that the rest of the roof was collapsing and he got out just before it did. In spite of the danger of being trapped himself, of the steam, burning gas and flaring benzole, Mr. Robinson made further attempts to get at the men but was forced to give up when the basement flooded. He displayed outstanding courage and determination. Mr. Clark was on holiday on the night of the raid but he borrowed a child's bicycle, the only one he could get, and pedalled through the raid to the Works, a distance of eighteen miles. He gave invaluable help in reorganising the damaged steam and water systems and in getting power supplies going. He has shown exceptional devotion to duty and disregard of his own safety during this and other raids.’ Robert Edgcombe Robinson was born at Shepshed, Loughborough, Leicestershire, on 9 April 1906, and was at the time of the award of his George Medal was employed as a Draughtsman with the Gas Light and Coke Company, based at the Beckton Gas Works in East London. He died in Wokingham, Berkshire, on 11 March 1985. Sold with two portrait photographs of the recipient (one in uniform); four group photographs (one of the recipient in uniform, the others of a family nature); copied Birth, Marriage, and Death certificates; and other research.
Three: Captain R. W. Wood, Manchester Regiment, later Royal Army Ordnance Corps Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial, with one Additional Award Bar (Lt. R. W. Wood. Manch. R.), mounted court-style for display, nearly extremely fine (3) £100-£140 --- Rowland Weyland Wood was born in Hampstead, London, on 16 January 1913. He attended Harrow County School for Boys, and on 1 May 1933 he attested for service in the Territorial Army and was posted to the machine gun company of 16th London Regiment, King’s Royal Rifle Corps. He was promoted Corporal in in 1937 and Sergeant in 1939. He attended 164th Officer Cadet Training Unit and was commissioned Second Lieutenant on 28 December 1940 and was posted to the Manchester Regiment, and shortly thereafter to 7th Loyal (North Lancashire) Regiment but serving at 9 Corps Vehicle Maintenance Unit as an instructor. He was promoted Lieutenant in June 1942, unpaid Captain in November 1942, and Temporary Captain in June 1943. He was transferred to the R.A.O.C. Depot at Chilwell with the rank of Substantive Lieutenant on 13 November 1944 for service with 19th Armoured Fighting Vehicle Depot until the conclusion of the Second World War. He was transferred to Class ‘A’ Army Reserve in December 1945. He returned to serve in the Army Reserve, R.A.O.C. until relinquishing his commission on 1 March 1955, retaining the rank of Captain. He died on 16 March 1963. He was awarded the Efficiency Medal (Territorial) in the London Gazette 6 March 1947 (Manchester Regiment); and the clasp in the same London Gazette (Royal Army Ordnance Corps). A cartoon image of the officers of ‘A Vehicle School’ was published in The Tatler and Bystander on 23 December 1942 which includes a caricature likeness of the recipient. Sold with the original Army Council issue slip for the two campaign medals; small original portrait photographic image of the recipient in uniform; two epaulettes bearing cloth Captain’s rank insignia, medal riband bar and eight loose cloth rank pips; together with extensive copied research.
Six: Warrant Officer Class I D. W. Davies, Royal Army Service Corps General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (S/52806 Pte. D. W. Davies. R.A.S.C.) officially re-impressed; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (S.52806 W.O.Cl.1 D. W. Davies. R.A.S.C. mounted as worn, good very fine (6) £100-£140 --- David William Davies was born in Denbighshire in 1908 and enlisted for the Royal Army Service Corps at Wrexham on 21 February 1928. Posted to Shanghai, Hong Kong and Palestine, he joined the British Expeditionary Force in France on 11 September 1939 and was evacuated home across the Channel on 23 June 1940. He subsequently served in North Africa from 31 October 1942 to 8 September 1946 and was discharged from the R.A.S.C. at Hastings on 24 December 1952. His testimonial was impressive: ‘Exemplary. A thoroughly reliable and conscientious Warrant Officer with a long record of loyal service. The fact that he attained the rank of Warrant Officer Class I is evidence of considerable hard work and ability. In his capacity as a Chief Clerk he has done excellent work, a very capable worker with many sound qualities. A man of initiative, tact and judgement possessing a deep sense of loyalty and responsibility. Has set a high standard of conduct and efficiency by his personal example.’ Sold with the recipient’s Regular Army Certificate of Service and Soldiers’ Service and Pay Book - the latter contains a fine portrait photograph of Davies and adds that he served during Operation Python in July 1946 (the British demobilisation and repatriation scheme for time-expired military personnel based in the Far East); with two original military group photographs and Army Certificate of Education First Class.
An 18ct gold enamel and diamond set pocket watch Date: Circa 1900 Movement: Bridge plate, aiguilles cylinder escapement Dial: White enamel, black Roman hour markers, blued hands Case: Polished, engraved, enamelled and stone set with a portrait of a Turkish maiden, stamped 18k inside back Size: 32mm Weight: 22g gross Accompaniments: 9ct gold bow brooch/fob, 29 approx., and key Condition:Case: Some very small dents in places. Bow worn at top. Fine abrasions around winding/setting holes.Crystal: Good.Dial: Fine hairline from 4 to centre.Hands: Good.Movement: Winds, sets and runs.Accompaniments: Key present.Unless otherwise stated, all watches are likely to have been serviced and/or repaired in their lifetime and may have had parts replaced. While a watch may be described as 'working' at the time of the report, they are not guaranteed for timekeeping or durability - it is advised that all watches are inspected and serviced by a qualified jeweller or horologist before full use. The cost of servicing can be significant and so we strongly advise obtaining a quote before placing your bid.
Anonymous, Chinese School, Qing dynasty, 18th/19th century'Ancestor Portrait of a Manchu Prince'Ink and colour on silk, 152 x 81cm, mounted as a hanging scroll.清十八/十九世紀 設色絹本繪親王像Cf. This portrait is possibly that of the 4th Yu prince, Guanglu (1706–1785).Provenance: by repute, formerly in the collection of Theophilius Peters, CMG, who was Vice-Consul in China1948-1951, based at Nanjing, Beijing and Shanghai, then again posted in Beijing with the family 1965-1968.Condition Report: The painting possibly have been restored to the top left corner. There are patches of paper/tape applied to the reverse of the painting a form of restoration. Fraying, creasing, cracking, staining and foxing to the painting and mount commensurate with age.
Zhu Xinjian (1953-2014)'Portrait of a beauty'Ink and colour on gold freckled paper, dated 2004, inscribed and signed Dafeng Xinjian, with two seals of the artist, 33cm x 33cm.Provenance: Acquired from the artist. 朱新建美人圖設色金笺，鏡心款識：美人圖。為什麼要對你掉眼淚，你難道不知道是為了誰。大豐新建，兩千又四年在古寧府。鈐印：「大豐」、「新建图章」。來源：購於藝術家處。 Condition Report: Minor foxing to painting, otherwise good condition.
Zhu Xinjian (1953-2014)'Portrait of a beauty'Ink and colour on gold freckled paper, dated 2004, inscribed and signed Dafeng Xinjian, with two seals of the artist, 66cm x 67cm.Provenance: Acquired from the artist. 朱新建美人圖設色金笺，鏡心款識：美人圖。春來遍地是桃花。大豐新建製。鈐印：「大豐」、「新建图章」。來源：購於藝術家處。 Condition Report: Minor fraying to one corner of the mount, two areas of slight staining to the back of the mount.
Otagaki Rengetsu (1791 - 1875)A Japanese painting, self portrait of Rengetsu with a Waka poem, transcription reads: in the field of Sagano, at twilight, in the pampas grass, will it seem a sleeve, 89 x 23.5cm, with a Japanese box.Condition Report: Generally in good condition. Minor creasing, foxing and yellowing to the painting and mount commensurate with age.
Zhu Xinjian (1953-2014)'Portrait of a beauty'Ink and colour on gold freckled paper, dated 2004, inscribed and signed Dafeng Xinjian, with two seals of the artist, 33cm x 33cm.Provenance: Acquired from the artist. 朱新建美人圖設色金笺，鏡心款識：美人圖。春眠不覺曉，.處處聞啼鳥； 夜來風雨聲， 花落知多少。大豐新建，兩千零四年录唐詩。鈐印：「大豐」、「新建图章」。來源：購於藝術家處。Condition Report: Minor foxing to mount and slight staining to the back of the mount.
Zhu Xinjian (1953-2014)'Portrait of a beauty'Ink and colour on gold freckled paper, dated 2004, inscribed and signed Dafeng Xinjian, with two seals of the artist, 33 x 33cm.Provenance: Acquired from the artist. 朱新建美人圖設色金笺，鏡心款識：美人圖。紅樓夢中有混世魔王，賈寶玉滿世界喊好姐姐親姐姐，討胭脂喫，可謂天下第一會享福之人。大豐新建，兩千零四年在古江寧府地製。鈐印：「花深處」、「新建图章」。來源：購於藝術家處。 Condition Report: Minor foxing to mount, slight staining to back of the mount.
Two albums of first day covers including 1986: The Royal Air Force, Christmas x 2, 1987: Flowers, British Architects in Europe, Sir Isaac Newton, St John Ambulance, Scottish Heraldry, Victorian Britain, Studio Pottery, Christmas, 1988: The Linnean Society, The Welsh Bible, Sport, Transport and Communications, Australian Bicentenary, The Armada 1588, Verse for Children, Christmas, Birds, Food and Farming, A Celebration of Anniversaries, Games & Toys, Industrial Archaeology, Microscopes, Christmas, 1990: Penny Black Anniversary, RSPCA, Kew Gardens, 650th Anniversary of his Death (Robert Burns), Thomas Hardy, 90th Birthday Queen Mother, Gallantry, Astronomy, Christmas, 1991: Dogs, Scientific Achievements, Europe in Space, Sport, Roses, Dinosaurs, Maps, Christmas, 1992: Wintertime, Happy & Glorious, Tennyson, Europa 1992, The Civil War, Gilbert & Sullivan, The Green Issue, Single European Market, Christmas, 1993: Swans, Marine Timekeepers, Orchids, Art in the 20th Century, Roman Britain, Inland Waterways, Autumn, Sherlock Holmes, Christmas, 1993: Steam, 25th Anniversary of The Prince of Wales, Pictorial Postcards, Channel Tunnel, Golf, Summertime, D-Day, Medical Discoveries, Cats, 2005: Magic!, Royal Wedding, World Heritage Sites, Motorcycles, Trooping the Colour, London 2012 Host City, Chasing Tastes in Britain, Classic TV 1955-2005, The Ashes, World Champions, Trafalgar, Christmas, 2006: Animal Tales, England A British Journey, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Ice Age Animals, HM The Queen 80th Birthday, World Cup Winners, Modern Architecture, National Portrait Gallery 1856-2006, Sound of Britain, Victoria Cross, Smilers, Christmas, 2007: Lest We Forget, Celebrating Scotland, The Beatles x 2, Sea Life, The Sky at Night, World of Invention, Abolition of the Slave Trade, Celebrating England, Beside the Seaside, Grand Prix, Harry Potter, Harry Potter, Scout Centenary, The Machin Definitives 40th Anniversary, Birds, British Army Uniforms, Diamond Wedding Anniversary x 2, Christmas, Christmas Hark the Herald Angels Sing, Lest We Forget, 2008: Ian Fleming's James Bond, Working Dogs, The Houses of Lancaster and York, The Age of Lancaster and York, Celebrating Northern Ireland, Mayday Rescue at Sea, Cathedral, Cathedral-St Paul's Cathedral, Insects, Classic Carry On and Hammer Films, Air Displays, Olympic Games, Women of Distinction, Christmas, Lest We Forget, 2009: British Design Classics, Robert Burns 1759-2009, RAF Uniforms, Darwin, Darwin- Galapagos Islands, Celebrating Wales, Pioneers of the Industrial Revolution, The House of Tudor, The House of Tudor- The Age of the Tudors, Plants, Plants- Kew Royal Botanical Gardens, Post Boxes, Mythical Creatures, Fire and Rescue Service, Eminent Britons, Royal Navy Uniforms, Olympic & Paralympic Games-The Journey to 2012, Christmas, 2010: Classic Album Covers, Girlguiding UK Centenary, The Royal Society, Battersea Dogs & Cats Home 150th Anniversary, The House of Stewart-The Scottish Monarch Kings and Queens, The House of Stewart-The Age of The Stewarts, Mammals, The London 2010 Festival of Stamps, Britain Alne, Britain Alone- Keep Calm and Carry On, The House of Stuart-Kings and Queens, The House of Stuarts- The Age of the Stuarts, George V Accession 6th May 1910, Great British Railways, Olympic & Paralympic Games on Track for 2012, Medical Breakthroughs, Winnie The Pooh x 2, Christmas with Wallace & Gromit, 2011: The Genius of Gerry Anderson, The Genius of Gerry Anderson- Thunderbirds, 2005: London 2012 Host City, Motorcycles, Trooping the Colour, Jane Eyre-Charlotte Bronte, Changing Tastes in Britain, Classic TV 1955-2005, 2004: The RSA Celebrating 250 Years.
[Wood, Anthony]. Historia et Antiquitates Universitatis Oxoniensis, 1st edition, Oxford: Sheldonian Theatre, 1674, additional engraved title, title with vignette of the Sheldonian Theatre, folding engraved plan (with closed tears at foot), water stains and small marginal tears throughout, Cornwell House ink stamp to front free endpaper, contemporary calf, rubbed with some stains and edge wear, folio, together with:Hutchins (John). The History and Antiquities of the county of Dorset..., 2 volumes, 1st edition, London, W. Bower and J. Nichols. 1774, folding frontispiece map of Dorset by J. Bayly, 1773 plus 38 engraved maps, views, plans, pedigrees and others (some folding), previous ownership inscription to top of title page and bookplate of D Okeden to front pastedown to each volume, some manuscript annotations to a few margins, additions and corrections bound to rear, contemporary calf rebacked preserving boards, contrasting title labels to spine, scuffed and rubbed with small areas of loss, corners bumped, folio, plusThoresby (Ralph). Ducatus Leodiensis: or, the Topography of the Ancient and Populus Town and Parish of Leeds and Parts Adjacent in the West-Riding of the County of York..., 1st edition, London: Printed for Maurice Atkins, 1715, engraved portrait frontispiece,12 engraved maps, plates and views (some folding, some spotted and many with reinforced folds), contemporary manuscript annotation to foot of title page, juvenile scribing to page 426, lacking B2, contemporary blind embossed calf, hinges and joints cracked and worn, rubbed and worn, corners bumped, small folio and other British topography by or after S. C. Hall, John Gorton, Dugdale, Throsbys, John Ogilby, John Mackay Wilson, Illustrated London News and others, various sizes and condition QTY: (43 )NOTE:Sold as a collection of prints not subject to return.
Amundsen (Roald). The Northwest Passage, 2 volumes, 1st UK edition, London: Archibald Constable and Company, 1908, frontispieces (photogravure portrait in volume 1), black and white illustrations throughout after photographs, 2 folding maps (folds with tape repairs), ink ownership inscriptions to head front free endpapers, a few spots, hinges cracked, original green cloth gilt, marked and rubbed, 8vo, together with:Peary (Robert E.). The North Pole, 1st UK edition, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1910, photogravure portrait frontispiece, black and white illustrations after photographs throughout, lightly spotted, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original green pictorial cloth gilt, lightly rubbed, 8vo, withThe North Pole, publisher's sample, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1910, photogravure portrait frontispiece, black and white illustrations after photographs throughout, lacking one contents leaf, a few leaves spotted, original green pictorial cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo, with 18 others on the Arctic including Frederick Jackson's A Thousand Days in the Arctic (1899) and Adolphus Greely's Three Years of Arctic Service (1886), both incompleteQTY: (22)
Machiavelli (Niccolo). Tutte le Opere, 5 parts in 1 volume, 2nd Testina edition, [?Geneva], 1550 [but 1620], general title with woodcut portrait of Machiavelli, one double-page woodcut illustration (to the Arte della Guerra, qqq1-2), final part Il Principe with woodcut portrait of Machiavelli, 18th-century French gift inscription 'souvenir d amitie de Jean Louis Searra' to front pastedown, early occasional marginal annotations in brown ink and pencil, some overall spotting and occasional browning, small marginal damp-stains throughout (majority not touching text), some preliminary gatherings wormed with small loss to outer blank margin (not touching text), contemporary vellum, title in blind to spine, rubbed and soiled, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Pagination: [4], 8, 351, [1] (Historie Fiorentine); 14, [2, blank], 304 (Tito Livio); 168 (dell’arte della Guerra); 170 (L’Asino d’oro); 158, [2, blank] (L’Asino d’oro); [4], 116 pp. (Il Principe).Second of the five ‘Testina’ editions of Machiavelli's collected works, spuriously dated 1550 but printed in the 17th century, so named for the small woodcut portrait on the title. [Adams M7] which includes the 170-page version of L’Asino d’oro.
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