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Joseph Barnard Davis (1861-1943) An impressionistic depiction of two young children playing in a meadow framed by woodland, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1925, in ebonised slip and oak frame, 70 cm x 59 cm overall [Born in Windermere, later living in London, he has exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours and the Suffolk Street Gallery. The National Portrait Gallery has his pen and ink portrait of artist Frederick Goodall.]

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The "2023 King Charles III Coronation Double Portrait Proof Double Sovereign", in presentation case with certificates, by Hattons of London

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Lady Hosie, "Portrait of a Chinese Lady", London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1930, together with Marc de Smedt, "Chinese Eroticism", 1983

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Eight late Victorian photographs of Naval personnel and the well-to-do at Cowes, including images of John Brownlow Keyes, later Admiral of the Fleet Roger, 1st Baron Keyes, GCB, KCVO, CMG, DSO (1872 - 1945), together with a cigarette silk portrait of Keyes. [ Provenance; acquired during the 1990s when chattels form the Keyes' residence Tingewick House were being dispersed.]

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Jezanne (?) A semi naive portrait of a young woman holding blossom, watercolour, signed and dated 1841, in fancy gilt frame under glass, 32 cm x 36 cm overall

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A pair of 19th Century Bohemian style glass lustres, the vases decorated with floral and portrait enamelled plaques on a gilt ivy vine decorated flashed emerald ground, and carrying prismatic drops, third quarter 19th Century, 27.5 cm

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A portrait of a 1920s lady in period dress with her visage based on a portrait photograph, dated 1925 verso, in oval frame under glass, 42 cm x 57 cm overall

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MAO ZEDONG. 1893-1976.Very rare copy of 'Worte Des Vorsitzenden Mao Tse-Tung' (Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung - also known as The Little Red Book.) Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1967. Text in German. Half-tone portrait frontispiece. Original red vinyl over paper boards, titled and stamped with a star in blind on the upper cover. 1st Edition of the German language edition.SIGNED BY CHAIRMAN MAO ALONGSIDE HIS PORTRAIT. It is estimated that 5 billion copies of the Little Red Book were printed by the close of the 20th Century, but just a handful were actually signed by Mao.THE VOLUME IS ALSO SIGNED BY ANDRIES OELE and dated 1974 on the title page. He was a Dutch radical Maoist in 1970s Rotterdam. following his murder by the husband of a woman he was having an affair with, his extensive library, almost exclusively of Socialist, Maoist and Maxist-Leninist subject matter, was sold, with this volume being purchased by the family of the current vendor.FURTHER NOTE ON PROVENANCE: The flysheet also has a handwritten note - 'Pe 6.2.69. Gen. Hertsfeldt. Yu Zhen', referring to the fact that the volume is believed to have been presented to General Gustav Hertzfeldt, the East German Ambassador to Beijing at that time, when he met with the Head of the Main Department in the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Yu Zhan, on this date.

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Soviet Agitation Propaganda Porcelain plate, Designed by Mikahil Adamovich, Centered with a signed portrait of Trotsky by Mikhail Adamovich on the background of a pentagram with a hammer and sickle. Below a banner inscribed "1917 The Red Army 1922" and "Protecting the Workers" flanked by two red army soldiers and centered by a golden wreath. The rim hand painted in gold on a cobalt ground and inscribed "Welcome Red Army". The underside marked with a Russian Porcelain factory mark dated 1904 and a hammer and sickle and cog mark dating 1923, Plate diameter 24cm

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19th Century British SchoolPortrait of a Scottish Laird, wearing a "Tam o' Shanter" bonnet,oil on board,25.5 x 21cms, in frame.

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George Washington Brownlow(1835-1876)Portrait of a Gentleman Wearing a Smock,oil on board,13 x 9cms, in frame.Provenance:Direct from the estate of the artist's family.Notes:One of a number of paintings in this sale from the same estate.

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After Guido Reni(19th Century Continental)Portrait of Beatrice Cenci,polychrome enamel on porcelain,8 x 6cms, in frame.

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David Mossman (19th Century) Portrait pair of John Collingwood Bruce and his wife Charlotte, circa 1860, watercolour, 17 x 14cms, in the original ornate cabinet frames, 33 x 29cms total. (a pair) Together with a copy of "The Life and Letters of John Collingwood Bruce", by his son, the Right Honorable Sir Gainsford Bruce D.C.L. Notes: Mossman produced a number of highly competent watercolours of Hadrian’s Wall, the study of which was also Collingwood Bruce’s most lasting personal achievement, therefore it is reasonable to assume that this joint passion is how the two became acquainted. A Neo-Gothic tomb and effigy of Sir John Collingwood rests at St. Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle.Provenance: by direct descent within the Collingwood Bruce family until purchased by the vendor.

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A fine set of four Coalport cabinet plates made for the Chicago exhibition 1893, each painted by Josiah Rushton after Sir Joshua Reynolds with a shoulder-length portrait of a society lady on a pale yellow and gilt ground, within pierced feathered and scroll borders, each titled and signed on the reverse, comprising: 'The Duchess of Devonshire 1784', 'Nelly O'Brien', 'Lady Sarah Bunbury', and 'The Honourable Mrs. Beresford', titled, signed and dated 1893 in puce script, printed marks in green and Chicago exhibition marks in gilding, pattern numbers X1279 in gilding, each 24cms diameter.

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19th Century British SchoolPortrait miniature pair depicting a young husband and wife, circa 1830,waterccolour,9 x 9cms, in uniform Rococo gilt frames.

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Follower of Sir Peter Lely(18th Century British School)"Portrait of Mrs Myddleton",oil on canvas,32 x 27cms, in frame. Notes:Label verso for C. E. Clifford, Picture Restorer, Piccadilly, London, with pen and ink date to label of 1880.

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19th Century German SchoolPortrait of a Young Lady Wearing a Carnation,oil on board,37 x 31cms, in frame

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A late 19th Century French Sevres style oval portrait plaque with a shoulder length portrait of Marie Antoinette, within mahogany frame with gilt fillet, 14cms.

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19th Century British SchoolPortrait of a Young Lady, circa 1840,oil on canvas,35 x 28cms, in frame.

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Late 17th Century British SchoolThree-quarter-length portrait of "Dorothy Aldersey, married circa 1620 Sir Henry Capel, Father of Arthur, Lord Capel (beheaded 1648)",pen and ink note to the stretcher reads; 'Latin inscription left top "Her Age 64 1649"' (the original Latin inscription being no longer present),oil on canvas,131 x 104cms, framed.

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Horace Hone RA (Irish, 1754-1825) Portrait of the Actress Sarah Siddons, signed with initials, and dated 1784, watercolour on ivory, 8.5 x 6.5cms, in frame. Notes: Siddons was a muse to Hone, and he painted her on several occasions. This portrait was painted during the height of her fame, and was subsequently engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815).Ivory self-declaration submission reference S599AT59

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David Mossman (19th Century) A charming and intimate portrait of Mrs Charlotte Collingwood Bruce (wife of Minister and Reformer John Collingwood Bruce) with their youngest son, signed and dated 1856, watercolour, 30 x 26.5cms, in frame. Notes: Mossman produced a number of highly competent watercolours of Hadrian’s Wall, the study of which was also Collingwood Bruce’s most lasting personal achievement, therefore it is reasonable to assume that this joint passion is how the two became acquainted. A Neo-Gothic tomb and effigy of Sir John Collingwood rests at St. Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle. Provenance: by direct descent within the Collingwood Bruce family until purchased by the vendor.

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Assorted literature, modern first editions etc., including Agatha Christie: 'Endless Night', London, Collins Crime Club, 1967, 1st edition, orig. cloth gilt, dust wrapper, Jack Kerouac: 'Scattered Poems', City Lights Books, July 1977, 5th printing, orig. pictorial wraps, Aldous Huxley: 'Texts and Pretexts', L, C & W, 1932, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, Graham Greene: 'Monsignor Quixote', L, Bodley Head, 1982, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, Boris Pasternak: 'An Essay in Autobiography', L, Collins & Harvill, 1959, 1st Uk edition, portrait frontis + 10 full page ills. as called for, orig. wraps, Lawrence Durrell: 'Sebastian', L, Faber, 1983, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, Ernest Hemingway: 'Islands in the Stream', L, Collins, 1970, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, Stephen Bagnall: 'The Attack', L, Hamish Hamilton, 1947, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, scarce, Antonio Ruiz Vilaplana: 'Burgos Justice', L, Constable, 1938, 1st UK edition, orig. cloth, d/w, Aharon Appelfeld: 'Badenheim 1939', L, Dent, 1981, 1st UK edition, orig. cloth, d/w, Henri Charriere: 'Papillon', L, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1970, 1st UK edition, orig. cloth, d/w, Wallace Stegner: 'Angle of Repose', NY, Doubleday, 1971, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, plus 7 others including Jean-Paul Sartre, Alistair Maclean, Elleston Trevor etc. (19)

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(Edward McKnight Kauffer, The Nonesuch Press), Robert Burton "Democritus Junior": 'The Anatomy of Melancholy', London, The Nonesuch Press, 1925, limited edition, number 665 of 750 copies only, 2 volumes, portrait frontis, decorative titles and full page and in text illustrations by Edward McKnight Kauffer throughout, original quarter vellum gilt, patterned paper covered boards (2)

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(Essex, East Anglia, Topography, History.) 'The lives of eminent & remarkable characters, born or long resident in the counties of Essex, Suffolk, & Norfolk.', London, Longman et al, 1820, [144]pp, 68 engraved portraits as called for, each with corresponding biographical text, including Sir Robert Walpole, Horatio Walpole, Horatio Nelson, Edward Jerningham etc. etc., three quarter crushed crimson morocco gilt over marbled paper covered boards, spine gilt in compartments, top edge gilt, together with William Gaskill: 'Essex Leaders Social and Political', London, c.1906, profusely illustrated with portrait plates throughout, thick 4to, original half calf gilt (worn) backstrip detached but present, plus A.R. Hope Moncrieff & L. Burleigh Bruhl: 'Essex', L, A & C Black, 1909, 1st edition, 75 colour plates + 1 folding map as called for, original pictorial cloth gilt (slightly worn, inner joint weak) (3)

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(Classics, Ancient Greece, Rome.) A collection of nineteen assorted works, including Anacreon; John Addison: 'The works of Anacreon translated into english verse; with Notes Explanatory and Poetical. To which are added the Odes, Fragments, and Epigrams of Sappho.', London, John Watts, 1735, 1st Addison edition/1st thus, [22],279,[1]pp, engraved portrait frontis depicting Anacreon plus engraved portrait plate depicting Sappho as called for, 12mo, contemporary calf gilt, Robert Proctor: 'The Printing of Greek in the Fifteenth Century', Printed for the Bibliographical Society at the Oxford University Press, 1900, [10],217pp, large 4to, rebound cloth gilt, ex Repton School Library with bookplate to front pastedown and inkstamps at front and end, inscription on title page "B.A. Neil Given me by Sir John Evans April 1901", Sir John Evans (1823-1908), English Archaeologist and Geologist, Dr Chrestos Tsountas & J. Irving Manatt: 'The Mycenaean Age: A Study of the Monuments and Culture of Pre-Homeric Greece', London, Macmillan, 1897, 1st edition, frontis + 169 plates/maps/ills. as called for, ex Repton School library, original cloth gilt, top edge gilt, Dr. C. Schuchhardt: 'Schliemann's Excavations an Archaeological and Historical Study', London, Macmillan, 1891, 2 portraits, 7 maps/plans + c.300 illustrations, ex Repton School library, orig. cloth gilt, The Earl of Carnarvon: 'Agamemnon. Translated from Aeschylus', L, John Murray, 1879, 1st edition, ex Repton School library, orig. cloth gilt, N.G.L. Hammond: 'Sir John Edwin Sandys 1844-1922', Cambridge University Press, 1933, 1st edition, inscribed on FFEP "Presented by the Author. Dec. 1933", N.G.L. Hammond (1907-2001) was a British historian, geographer, classicist, and an SOE operative in occupied Greece during WW2. Ex Repton School Library, original cloth gilt, J. Moyr Smith: 'Ancient Greek Female Costume. Illustrated by One Hundred and Twelve Plates...', L, 1882, 1st edition, frontis + 111 plates as called for, ex Repton School lib, original pictorial cloth (worn), Sir William Ridgeway: 'The Early Age of Greece', Cambridge University Press, 1931, 2nd impression, 2 volumes, frontis (vol 2) + 312 ills. in text as called for, ex Repton lib., uniform orig. cloth gilt, Ellen Churchill Semple: 'The Geography of the Mediterranean Region Its Relation to Ancient History', London, Constable, 1932, 1st UK edition, frontis + 14 maps as called for, ex Repton School lib, original cloth gilt, W. Warde Fowler: 'The Religious Experience of the Roman People from the earliest times to the age of Augustus', L, Macmillan, 1911, 1st edition, ex Repton School lib, orig. cloth gilt, plus 9 others Aristotle, Epicurus, Homer, Battle of Plataea, Vigil of Venus etc, mainly ex Repton School library (20)

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(Epigrams, Latin, Medieval and modern) John Owen: 'Epigrammatum Ioan. OwenI Cambro-Britanni Oxoniensis editio postrema : correctissima, & posthumis quibusdam adaucta.', Amsterdam, Elzevir, 1647, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved title page, [4],212pp, 24mo (10.5 x 6.5cm), old full calf gilt, spine gilt in compartments, all edges gilt; together with (Turkey, History, Süleyman I, Sultan of the Turks.) Ogier Ghislain de Busbecq: 'A. Gislenii Busbequii omnia quae extant', Lugd. Batavorum [Leyden] : Ex officina Elzeviriana [House of Elzevir], 1633, engraved title page, 575 [i.e. 577], [23]pp, numerous errors in pagination e.g. page no. 479-480 repeated, 16mo (11.5 x 6cm), contemporary vellum, m/s title to spine (2)

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Eight photography titles, comprising 'Man Ray' by Georges Ribemont Dessaigne, Paris, Gallimard/NRF, c.1929, 5th edition, portrait by Georges Aubert + 24 full page illustrations as called for, original printed wraps; Roland Penrose: 'Man Ray', Thames & Hudson, 1975, signed & inscribed by the author to half title, original wraps; plus others Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Brassai, Bill Brandt, Robert Capa & Henri Cartier-Bresson (8)

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Mungo Park: 'Travels in the Interior of Africa: Performed under the Direction and Patronage of the African Association in the years 1795, 1796, and 1797... with an appendix containing geographical illustrations of Africa by Major Rennell', London, W. Bulmer for the author, 1799, 1st edition, lacks title page, else complete with engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 folding maps/charts, 5 engraved plates (1 folding) & 2 leaves of music as called for, 4to, contemporary speckled calf, later rebacked

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(India, Sikh Religion.) Max Arthur Macauliffe: 'The Sikh Religion: Its Gurus, Sacred Writings and Authors', Delhi, S. Chand & Co, 1963, 6 volumes bound in 3, portrait frontis + plates & ills. as called for, some contemporary manuscript notes at front and to text, original cloth gilt (slightly worn) (3)

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(Crime, East London, Police.) Ex-det. Sergeant B. Leeson: 'Lost London: the Memoirs of an East London Detective', London, Stanley Paul, [nd], c.1934, reprint "Treasure Libraries" series, insscribed by the author on half title "To Will & Ivy with kind thoughts from father (the author)", portrait frontis, 223pp, content includes account of "Jack the Ripper" Whitechapel murder of Frances Coles, 1891, and other East end murders, crimes, criminal characters etc, original cloth

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(India.) Major A.C. Yate: 'Lieutenant-Colonel John Haughton, Commandant of the 36th Sikhs: A Hero of Tirah, A Memoir.', London, John Murray, 1900, 1st edition, lacks portrait frontis, else 25 b/w ills. from photographs + 4 folding maps as called for (Plan of Chareekar with small marginal loss just affecting edge of printed area), original deep red cloth gilt, tope edge gilt, others uncut. First and only contemporary edition of this interesting and engaging biography of "one of the most distinguished soldiers of the [Tirah] campaign" (Nevill, p. 303), described by Lord Methuen as "the best leader of men I ever saw". Increasingly uncommon on the market. John Haughton (1852-1898) was the son of Lt.-Col. John Colpoys Haughton, "the staunch defender of Charikar in 1841 [whose name] is known but to the few serious students of Indian Frontier warfare" (p. ix). In India, the younger Haughton commanded the 36th Sikhs during the 1897-1898 Tirah campaign to subdue part of the Indian frontier. In the last major battle of the campaign, Haughton was killed by sheer overwhelming numbers. A plaque in the chapel at Uppingham School commemorates Haughton's death, "while boldly defending a position to the last against overwhelming odds". The present work also contains a detailed description of the famous engagement at Saragarhi, where 21 members of Haughton's 36th Sikhs were involved in an heroic last stand against 10,000 Afghans.

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Henry Lansdell: 'Russian Central Asia, including Kuldja, Bokhara, Khiva and Merv', Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1885, 1st US edition, 2 volumes, albumen print portrait frontispiece to volume 1 and double-page wood engraved frontispiece to volume 2, two large folding colour maps and numerous wood engraved plates (some double-page) and ills. in text as called for, uniform original pictorial cloth gilt and silvered (2)

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(Irish literature, Ireland.) W.B. Yeats, 3 titles: 'Autobiographies - Reveries over Childhood and Youth and The Trembling of the Veil.', London, Macmillan, 1926, 1st edition, 5 plates as called for (tissue-guarded colour plate "Memory Harbour" by Jack B. Yeats, tissue-guarded drawings of Mrs Yeats and himself by J.B. Yeats; tissue-guarded portrait of Yeats by Charles Shannon), riginal green cloth lettered in gilt and decorated in blind with a design by Charles Ricketts, dust wrapper (worn with part loss at head of spine, some neat internal repairs), 'Where There is Nothing: Being Volume One of Plays for an Irish Theatre', L, Bullen, 1903, 1st edition, orig. quarter green cloth, printed paper label to spine (rubbed), 'The Player Queen', L, Macmillan, 1922, 1st edition, original printed wraps, plus Brian O'Higgins: 'The Soldier's Story of Easter Week', Dublin, Brian Ó hUiginn, 1926, 78,[2]pp, original pictorial wraps, ownership signature of Birdy Sweeney (1931-1999), Irish actor and comedian, to title page and top wrap, Richard Ellmann: 'Selected Letters of James Joyce', New York, Viking Press, 1985, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper (5)

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(India, Sikh.) PRINCESS BAMBA DULEEP SINGH COLLECTION catalogue, Dr. F.A. Khan: 'The Princess Bamba Collection (Antiques of Sikh Period) Catalogue', Department of Archaeology, Government of Pakistan, 1961, 17pp letterpress, 3 colour plates (portrait of Maharajah Duleep Singh; Maharajah Ranjit Singh at Amritsar; Maharajah Sher Singh in Council) + 10 b/w illsutrations (7 full page, 1 double page folding, 2 on 1 page) as called for, original pictorial wraps, neatly rebacked gilt cloth. Rare first and only edition of the remnants of the Sikh art collection held by Maharajah Duleep Singh and inherited by his eldest daughter in Lahore. The collection was sold to the Lahore Fort in 1958.

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William Broadfoot: 'The Career of Major George Broadfoot, C.B. (Governor-General's Agent N.W. Frontier, 1844-5) in Afghanistan and the Punjab. Compiled from his Papers and those of Lords Ellenborough and Hardinge.', London, John Murray, 1888, 1st edition, portrait frontis + 2 maps as called for, 445,[3]pp + publisher's 28pp catalogue of adverts at end dated October 1888, original cloth gilt (spine faded, slightly worn.) First edition of this uncommon memoir of the man described by his fellow political officer, Colin McKenzie, as "the foremost man in India". Broadfoot (1807-1845) first served in India in the late 1820s with the 34th Native Infantry Madras Army. After returning to Britain to study at Addiscombe, he rejoined the Madras Army, commissariat department, in 1838 serving with distinction during the latter stages of the First Afghan War, famously prevailing against the majority to insist on the defence of Jalalabad; "and thus the firmness of one man, and he nearly the junior in the council of war, preserved his country's arms from suffering another deep and disgraceful blow" (Durand, The First Afghan War, p400). After the lifting of the siege, Broadfoot joined the relieving army under Major-General George Pollock "and distinguished himself in the actions at Mamu Khel, Jagdalak, and Tezin. In October he was promoted brevet major and made a CB" (ODNB). He had caught the eye of the governor-general, Lord Ellenborough, for his inspirational role as part of the "illustrious garrison" at Jalalabad, and was made commissioner at Tenasserim in Burma, but his health suffered in the climate, and he requested a transfer. "In 1844 Sir Henry Hardinge, the new governor-general, appointed him his agent for the north-western frontier: an important position when war with the Sikhs seemed likely. He reported on the Punjab situation, negotiated with the Sikhs and, when war seemed imminent, gathered supplies for the army. In December 1845 the Sikhs invaded British territory. Broadfoot served on Hardinge's staff and was at the battles of Mudki and Ferozeshahr. At the latter, on 21 December, he was killed, shot through the heart".

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Humphry Repton: 'Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening', Oxford, Phaidon Press, Limited, 1980, limited edition facsimile of the original 1803 edition, No. 391 of 445 copies only, portrait frontispiece + numerous colour and black & white plates, maps & plans as called for, folio, original quarter calf gilt by A.D. Constance & Co, Bristol, top edge gilt. Humphry Repton was born in Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk, in 1752, and became the last great designer of the classic phase of the English landscape garden, often regarded as the successor to Capability Brown. His style is thought of as the precursor of the more intricate and eclectic styles of the 19th century. During his life he designed around 400 landscapes and gardens, and became famous for his Red Books. When his parents died in 1778 he used his small legacy to move to a modest country estate at Sustead, near Aylsham in Norfolk. His first two landscape jobs were for Jeremiah Ives, textile merchant and mayor of Catton, and for Thomas Coke of Holkham Hall in Norfolk. Repton produced designs for the grounds of many of the foremost country houses in England, Scotland and Wales. Other commissions in Norfolk and Suffolk as well as the aformentioned include Honing Hall, Broke Hall, Gunton Park and his last commission, Sheringham Park. He died on 24 March 1818 and is buried in St Michael’s Church, Aylsham in Norfolk.

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(Homer.) Alexander Pope: 'The Iliad of Homer; The Odyssey of Homer', London, J. Whiston et al, 1771, 9 volumes complete, 'Iliad' vols. I-V with engraved portrait frontispieces of Homer & Pope, 2 engraved plates, engraved folding map of Homeric Greece and Phrygia, engraved folding bird's eye view of the plains of Troy & engraved folding plate of Achilles' shield as called for, 'Odyssey' vols VI-IX, uniform contemporary tree calf gilt, later leather gilt title and volume labels to spines (9)

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Rembrandt van Rijn; Edme Francois Gersaint: 'Catalogue raisonné de toutes les pieces qui forment l'oeuvre de Rembrandt...avec les augmentations nécessaires, par les sieurs Helle & Glomy.', Paris, Chez Hochereau, 1751, 1st edition, engraved portrait frontis of Rembrandt-Van-Rhein by Jean-Baptiste Glomy as called for, second part with separate printed title page 'Supplement au catalogue raisonné de ... Rembrandt.', by Pierre Yver, Amsterdam, Pierre Yver, 1756, first part xxxii,326pp., second part viii,187,[11]pp. + errata leaf, the copy of George Fairholme of Greenknowe (1789-1846), Geologist, land owner, banker, traveller and naturalist, with his armorial bookplate to front pastedown, and copious manuscript pen & ink notes to text and margins throughout, stating sizes and various remarks about the works "Mr B. has an impression of this , great part of which is unfinished, the figures at bottom of angels being only traced out" (No.43 L'Annonciation aux Bergers) "another landscape, on the right are houses, particularly a large one with a turret, surrounded by trees, a river runs through in the foreground on the left...and in the background a view of Amsterdam with windmills...in the middle are two small figures on horseback, one of which seems pointing at the prospect. It has neither name nor date, and is one of those that he washed in Indian Ink - it is extremely scarce, as I never saw another - J.B.", 12mo, contemporary calf gilt, morocco gilt label to spine, together with John Evelyn: 'culptura historico-technica: or, The history and art of engraving...To which is now added, A chronological and historical series of the painters from the eleventh century. Extracted from Baldinucci, Florent Le Compte, Fairthorne, the Abecedario pittorico, and others authors. With copper-plates.', L, J. Marks, 1770, 4th edition, 10 engraved plates as called for, xi,264pp., contemporary calf, morocco gilt label to spine, armorial book plate of George Fairholme of Greenknowe. His father, William Fairholme (mother Elizabeth) made his living from banking and was a serious art collector. Nothing is known of George's childhood years and there is no record of his attending any university. But he was probably tutored at home and self-taught in keeping with his family’s wealthy financial situation. In 1800 an uncle bequeathed to him the Greenknowe estate (5000 plus acres) near Gordon, Berwickshire. Like many in his day he used his wealth to pursue his study of geology both in Britain and in Europe. On 15 November 1818 he married Caroline Forbes, who was the eldest daughter of the eighteenth Lord Forbes and granddaughter of the sixth Duke of Atholl. They lived in Perth; Greenknowe; Berne, Switzerland; Brussels; Ramsgate, Kent; and many other locations in Europe. They had five children, William, James (a naval officer lost on the Franklin Expedition), George, Charles and Elizabeth Marjory. George died in November 1846 in Royal Leamington Spa, willing homes, paintings and nearly 3000 pounds to each child. From the estate of George Fairholme, provenance by descent (2)

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(William Wilberforce, Abolition of Slavery.) Thomas Scott: 'Letters and papers of the late Rev. Thomas Scott', London, L.B. Seeley & Son, 1824, 1st edition, signed & inscribed by William Wilberforce on verso fo front free end paper "To the Revd. .. Richards, a Testimony of the cordial Esteem & Regard of his sincere friend W. Wilberforce Bath Octr. 24th 1824", engraved portrait frontispiece of Reverend Thomas Scott, xix, 515pp, contemporary calf gilt, housed in modern cloth slipcase. William Wilberforce (1759-1833), abolitionist and philanthropist, was born to a family of merchants, was first educated at Hull Grammar School under the evangelical Anglican minister Joseph Milner, and after the death of his father aged 9 was reared by an evangelical aunt and uncle in London. Through their influence, he came to faith at the age of 12. In this home he came into contact with such men as George Whitefield, the great evangelist, and John Newton, who had converted from a life of a slave trade, and ultimately penned the hymn Amazing Grace. Wilberforce's mother and other close family friends were alarmed at young William's religious "enthusiasm" and sought to reverse this course. By the time he arrived at St. John's College at Cambridge in 1776, his evangelicalism was well behind him, and he was as worldly as any of his friends, and vastly popular, displaying the charisma of a natural leader. In 1784, while respected as one of Parliament's leading debaters, Wilberforce embarked upon a European tour with Isaac Milner, an Anglican clergyman, who was known as a brilliant Cambridge scientist and mathematician. Unaware of Milner's evangelical convictions, Wilberforce was surprised to find that someone whom he could respect intellectually could also embrace a Christian worldview. Milner influenced Wilberforce greatly, by the end of two European trips, the politician was convicted of his sin. He acknowledged "a sense of my great sinfulness in having so long neglected the unspeakable mercies of my God and Savior." At this time, Wilberforce sought counsel from John Newton, by then the leading Anglican evangelical in London, and by October 1785 the 'great change' became complete. For a time Wilberforce thought about a call to ministry and retiring from public life, but Newton and Pitt urged him to stay in Parliament and serve Christ there. After a long period of self-questioning and prayer, Wilberforce reached his famous conclusion that "God had set before me two objects: the suppression of the slave trade and the reformation of manners" [i.e. morality]. While due in part to the influence of Newton, a former slave trader, Wilberforce's embracing of the anti-slavery cause was from the direct effect of embracing the Christian worldview. But this was not a popular cause. Wilberforce was the target of tirades, assassination threats, slander, the wrath iof Admiral Nelson, and was on one occasion even beaten on the street by an irate sea-captain. Despite threats to his life, he put forward a bill in the House of Commons in 1793 advocating gradual abolition, which failed by 8 votes. Promised the support of some Members of Parliament, he found himself abandoned, and despite Wilberforce reintroducing the Abolition Bill almost every year in the 1790s, little progress was made. However, Wilberforce's resolve to end slavery never abated. He was joined in his efforts by like-minded Christian friends known as the “Clapham Sect”. For twenty years they labored to turn public opinion and political leaders against the evils of slavery and the tide began to turn. On the night of February 23, 1807, excitement grew in the House of Commons as his latest motion was debated. Speech after speech spoke in favor of abolition, and his fellow members began to pay tribute to Wilberforce. The climax came when Solicitor General Sir Samuel Romilly contrasted the reception that Napoleon and Wilberforce would receive at the end of a day’s labors: Napoleon would come home in power and pomp, yet tormented by the bloodshed and oppression of war he had caused. “Wilberforce would come home to ‘the bosom of his happy and delighted family,’ able to lie down in peace because he had ‘preserved so many millions of his fellow creatures." The House of Commons rose to its feet, turned to Wilberforce, and began to cheer. They gave three rousing hurrahs while Wilberforce sat with his head bowed and wept.” (Belmonte, Hero for Humanity, p. 148) Then the Commons voted to abolish the slave trade by a vote of 283 to 16. Wilberforce went on to lobby the governments of other nations, including the US, to adopt similar measures, and to assure that the laws were enforced. After stopping the trading of slaves, he devoted himself for the next 25 years to ending the institution of slavery itself. Three days before his death in 1833, he heard that the House of Commons had passed a law emancipating all slaves in the British Empire.Wilberforce’s faith in Jesus Christ changed him from a careless, wealthy young politician to a tireless, compassionate public servant. He developed and used his gifts of leadership and persuasion to champion countless efforts to better society. He was a moral leader who voted against his party when principle required it. His partnership with his Christian brothers and sisters in the Clapham Sect serves as a model for Christians working together to bring about meaningful reform in society. He persisted for decades in the tasks God had called him to, despite illness, physical threats, and enormous opposition.

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Herbert Hoover: 'The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover - The Great Depression 1929-1941', New York, Macmillan, 1952, 1st edition, signed & inscribed on FFEP "To Mrs Frederick Shearer with the good wishes of Herbert Hoover", portrait frontis + 8 ills. from photographs on 7 full page plates as called for, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper

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Marshall Everett (ed.): 'Wreck and Sinking of the Titanic: The Ocean's Greatest Disaster', London, L.H. Walter, [1912], 1st edition, 320pp, portrait frontis of Capt. E.J. Smith + numerous full page b/w illustrations from photographs, full page & in text b/w line illustrations, tables, other full page b/w ills. throughout as called for, original cloth gilt, mounted b/w illustration to front cover

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(Anatomy, Physiognomy, Art Technique), Petrus Camper: 'The Works of the Late Professor Camper, in the Connexion between the Science of Anatomy and The Arts of Drawing, Painting, Statuary, &c. &c. in Two Books', translated from the Dutch by T. Cogan, London, C. Dilly, 1794, engraved portrait frontispiece + 17 engraved plates (of which 5 double page) as called for, 4to, disbound

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(Hunting Africa & India, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh Description & Travel.) Florence H. Morden: 'From the field notebook of Florence H. Morden.', Concord, New Hampshire, Privately printed by William J. Morden, 1940, No. 142 of an unspecified limited edition, [12],95,[2]pp, portrait frontis + illustrations in text printed in red by Francis Lee Jaques, 4to, original cloth/ paper covered backed boards gilt (worn)

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(Brontë sisters.) 'Catalogue of the Bonnell Collection in the Bronte Parsonage Museum', Haworth, The Brontë Society, 1932, large paper edition, one of 100 copies only printed by MRs H.H. Bonnell of Philadelphia for private circulation, portrait frontis (v. small surface loss of paper) + 8 plates as called for, original bevelled edge cloth gilt (25.5 x 19cm), top edge gilt

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(Supernatural, Occult, Ghost Stories.) James Reynolds: 'Gallery of Ghosts', New York, Creative Age Press, 1949, 1st edition, colour frontis + 23 full page b/w illustrations as called for, colour pictorial end papers/pastedowns, 4to, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper. Covers 23 authentic ghost occurrences from 11 countries, including Norway, Italy, Saxony, France, Belgium, Holland, India, England, America etc., each with accompanying full page illustration by the author, together with Charles G. Harper: 'Haunted Houses: Tales of the Supernatural with some Account of Hereditary Curses and Family Legends', London, Chapman & Hall, 1907, 1st edition, portrait frontis (loose) + 64 illustrations on 57 full page plates + 5 ills. in text as called for, binding a/f, original cloth worn and soiled, rebacked retaining majority of orig. backstrip, boards laminated, inner joints weak (reinforced with tape to front inner joint), top edge gilt, bookplate of Robert Frederick Green, 1909, to front pastedown, plus Oswald Wirth: 'Introduction to the Study of Tarot', 1983, 2nd impression, orig. wraps, and Peter Underwood: 'Haunted London', Fontana, 1975, 1st paperback edition, orig. wraps, Mandrake Press promotional pictorial card promoting edition of Aleister Crowley 'The Rites of Eleusis' depicting Leila Waddell (1880-1932) who became a Scarlet Woman of Aleister Crowley, and a powerful historical figure in magick and Thelema in her own right. (4)

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Charles Darwin and related, 13 titles, including Francis Darwin (edited): 'The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, including an Autobiographical Chapter', London, John Murray, 1888, 7th thou. revised, 3 volumes, portrait frontispieces + ills. and facsimiles as called for, uniform original cloth gilt, ownership signatures on FFEP's of Leonard Doncaster (1877-1920), zoologist and geneticist, Walsingham medallist 1902, Nora Barlow, 4 titles: 'Charles Darwin's Diary of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle', Cambridge University Press, 1933, 1st edition, signed on title page, portrait frontis + 2 plates + 2 folding maps as called for, rebound cloth gilt, 'Darwin and Henslow the Growth of an Idea Letters 1831-1860', 1967, 1st edition, signed, orig. boards, dust wrapper, 'The Autobiography of Charles Darwin 1809-1882', Collins, 1958, 1st edition, orig. cloth gilt, 'Charles Darwin and the Voyage of the Beagle', 1945, 1st edition, orig. cloth gilt, Wanstall: 'A Darwin Centenary', 1961, orig. cloth gilt, Darwin & Wallace: 'Evolution by Natural Selection', 1958, orig. cloth, d/w, 'Darwin on Humus and the Earthworm - The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms', 1966 reprint, W.J. Gordon: 'Our Country's Butterflies & Moths and How to Know Them', L, Simpkin Marshall, c.1900, 1000 colour ills. of butterflies and moths on 33 full page plates as called for, orig. pictorial cloth, bears ownership signature/inscription verso of FFEP "G. Darwin Levana 1903 Newnham Grange Cambridge", possibly Sir George Howard Darwin (1845-1912)?, plus 2 others (13)

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Francis Blomefield and Charles Parkin: 'An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk, Containing a Description of the Towns, Villages, and Hamlets, with the Foundations of Monasteries, Churches, Chapels, Chantries and other Religious Buildings', London, W Bulmer for William Miller, 1805-1810, 11 volumes, with a folio leaf of Blomefield's hand written manuscript pen & ink notes for volume IV pp 104/5, re deed between Thomas Cooke and Robert Cooke, St. Peter per Montergate, Norwich, 13. September 1704, 30 lines of Blomefield's m/s notes on folio leaf, C18th chain lined paper, watermarked "TR", loosely inserted at front of volume IV, mezzotint portrait frontis + folding engraved plans of Norwich and King's Lynn (lacks map of Marshland as often) + 33 engraved plates (mainly folding) + 14 pedigrees on 15 folding sheets, with scarce additional volume by John Nurse Chadwick: 'Index Nominum; Being an Index of Christian and Surnames, (with Arms,) Mentioned in Blomefield's History of Norfolk', King's Lynn, Privately Published, 1862, 348pp, uniform handsome C19th half calf gilt by J. Quinton, 36 Pottergate Street Norwich, spines gilt in compartments, morocco gilt labels to spines, marbled end papers and pastedowns, all edges marbled. Francis Blomefield (1705-1752) was an English Antiquary who was born in Fersfield village, South Norfolk, and educated at Diss and Thetford Grammar Schools before graduating from Caius College, Cambridge, BA 1727 & MA 1728. His detailed research from source materials culminated in this comprehensive history of the county of Norfolk, widely considered to be detailed, reliable and comparable with the best county histories of the period (12)

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W.B. Yeats, 3 titles: 'Reveries Over Childhood and Youth', London, Macmillan, 1917, reprint (2nd printing), Jack B. Yeats "Memory Harbour" mounted colour frontispiece, plus 2 portrait plates of John Butler Yeats and Mrs Yeats as called for, original pictorial cloth gilt by Thomas Sturge Moore, 'Poems', L, T. Fisher Unwin, 1927, new and revised edition, original cloth with gilt decorated spine, dust wrapper, plus 1 other William Butler Yeats (3)

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Olivia M. Stone: 'Tenerife and Its Six Satellites, or The Canary Islands Past and Present', London, Marcus Ward, 1889, new and revised edition, portrait frontis (loose) + 8 full page maps + numerous b/w illustrations throughout as called for, Royal Eve Hospital inkstamps on FFEP, at head of frontispiece and to margin of one full page illustration, viii,506pp + [8]pp adverts at end, original pictorial cloth

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(India, Punjab, Sikh Empire.) a collection of 21 titles, including Syad Muhammad Latif, Khan Bahadur: 'Agra Historical & Descriptive, with an Account of Akbar and His Court and of the Modern City of Agra.', Calcutta, Calcutta Central Press Company Ltd, 1896, 1st edition, large folding map frontis + 41 (of 47) b/w illustrations, 308pp, original cloth gilt, 'The Great Temples of India, Ceylon, and Burma', London, Madras & colombo, The Christian Literature Society for India, 1904, 96pp, full page and in text b/w engraved ills. throughout, orig. cloth backed printed card wraps (worn), K.M. Panikkar: 'The Indian Princes in Council : a record of the chancellorship of His Highness, the Maharaja of Patiala, 1926-1931 and 1933-1936', London, Milford, 1936, 1st edition, signed & inscribed by the author on FFEP, original cloth gilt, Kirpal Singh: "Akal Sahai" A Catalogue of Punjabi and Urdu Manuscripts', Amritsar, Sikh History Research Department Khalsa College, 1963, 251pp + [1]pp advert at end, orig. cloth, Sir Gokul chand Narang: 'Transformation of Sikhism', Lahore, New Book Society, 1945, 2nd edition revised and enlarged, portrait frontis + 9 full page b/w ills., 400pp + [8]pp adverts at end, lacks FFEP, orig. cloth, Rev. henry F.W. Lester: 'Indian Village Pictures', L, London Missionary Society, 1910, frontis + 75 b/w illustrations (many from photographs) as called for, orig. pictorial cloth gilt, K.M. Sarkar: 'Punjab Government Record Office Publications. Monograph No. 1 - The Grand Trunk Road in the Punjab', [Lahore] : Punjab Government Record Office, [1927?], [12],49,[3]pp, 4 maps as called for, orig. quarter cloth, 'Struggle for Independence 1857-1947 A Pictorial Record', Karachi, Pakistan Publications, March 1958, 49pp, 100+ b/w ills. from photographs, orig. cloth gilt, Mohamed Akbar Khan Haidari: "The Munshi" A Standard Hindustani Grammar', Delhi : Haidari's Oriental Book Depot, 1921, 4th edition, original cloth, Charles Bruce: 'John Lawrence "Saviour of India" The Story of His Life', Edinburgh, Nimmo, 1893, port. frontis + 3 b/w plates, original decorative cloth gilt, all edges gilt, Loehlin: 'The Sikhs and Their Scriptures', Lucknow Publishing House, 1958, b/w ills., maps etc., original cloth backed boards, Ved Mehta: 'Daddyji', L, Secker & Warburg, 1972, 1st edition, later copy of the armorial bookplate of Lieutenant-Colonel David Waters Sutherland, married Princess Bamba 1915, mounted on FFEP, orig. cloth, dust wrapper, plus 9 others (21)

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A collection of Norfolk and East Anglia geology related titles, including F.W. Harmer: 'The "Testimony of the Rocks" in Norfolk. A Popular Description of the Geology of the County', London & Norwich, [1877], 1st edition, hand coloured folding geological section map from Hunstanton to Yarmouth, 38pp, modern wraps, printed paper label (recent), Horace B. Woodward & Others: 'Proceedings of the Norwich Geological Society', Norwich, 1878-1884, 8 parts comprising Vol. I Parts II-VIII (with duplicate of Part V), original printed wraps (of which 2 detached and slightly worn but present), John Gunn: 'Memorials of John Gunn: being some account of the Cromer Forest Bed and its fossil mammalia, and of the associated strata in the cliffs of Norfolk and Suffolk: from the mss. of the late John Gunn. With a memoir of the author. Edited by Horace B. Woodward with the assistance of E.T. Newton', Norwich, W.A. Nudd, 1891, 1st edition, lacks portrait frontis, else complete with 12 engraved full page plates at end (1 folding) + 12 b/w diagrams & illustrations as called for, ex UEA library Keswick, Norwich, original cloth gilt, armorial bookplate of Francis William Steer (1912-1978),antiquarian, archivist and herald, of Swanton Lodge, Bylaugh Norfolk to front pastedown, etc (18)

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Napoleon, Napoleonic Wars, Duke of Wellington, 13 volumes, including Sir Henry Drummond Wolfe: 'The island empire, or, The Scenes of the first exile of the Emperor Napoleon I : together with a narrative of his residence on the island of Elba: taken from local information, the papers of the British resident, and other authentic sources', London, T. Bosworth, 1855, 2nd edition, hand coloured lithograph portrait frontis of Napoleon I, engraved folding map of Elba & tinted litho plate of Napoleon's residence at Porto Ferrajo as called for, rebound paper covered boards, Edward Fraser: 'Napoleon the Gaoler: personal experiences and adventures of British sailors and soldiers during the great captivity', L, Methuen, 1914, 1st edition, 12 plates/maps as called for, orig. cloth gilt, W.H. Maxwell: 'Life of Field Marshal His Grace the Duke of Wellington', London, A.H. Baily, 1839-1841, 1st edition, 3 volumes, 48 engraved plates/maps as called for, uniform old half calf gilt, plus 8 others (13)

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Edward Maitland: 'Anna Kingsford Her Life, Letters, Diary and Work', London, George Redway, 1896, 1st edition, 2 volumes, photogravure portrait frontispieces of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland as called for, "with the publishers compliments" inkstamps at head of title pages, uniform original cloth gilt. Anna Kingsford (née Bonus, 1846-1888) was a prominent English Theosophist in the 1880's, best known as the co-author with Edward Maitland of The Perfect Way. She was one of the first women to become a physician in England; mystic and poet; feminist; and avid anti-vivisectionist and vegetarian. She was a prolific writer on the esoteric and the occult, with her long-time friend and collaborator Edward Maitland. (2)

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Studio of Allan Ramsay (1713-1784), Portrait of George III (1738-1820), circa 1763, oil on canvas, 77 x 64 cm, in a later gilt frame 96.5 x 82.5 cmSome overpainting visible under UV light, especially around the sides (see images). Previous craquelure throughout and canvas may have been relined. Frame probably associated and recently re-gilded with Royal Coat of Arms applied to the top of the frame.

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Giovani Fanciullacci, after Raphael's self-portrait as a youth, 19th century, painted on an oval ivory panel in a tooled Morocco folding case, bearing inscription and signature in Italian verso, 6 cm x 5 cm, the case 8 cm x 6.5 cm.Ivory certification reference DPK78ZJ7

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A large Louis XVI bronze medal, portrait by Vivier, 1781, obverse portrait of Marie Antoinette, 7 cm diameter, together with another similar (in copper and a re-strike?), 'Ad Promovendas Artes Steph . D. M', 1782, 6.3 cm, a Louis XVIII portrait medal, by De Puymaurin, copper, 1824, 5 cm, Henri IIII portrait by Puymarin, obverse reading 'Ne 1553 Roi 1589, Entree á Paris Paix de Vervins 1598. Conquéte de la Bresse et du Bugey 1600. Mort 1610', copper, 4.9 cm and Charles X, portrait by Purmarin, copper, 4.9 cm.Qty: 5

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Josiah Slater (1782 - 1837), Portrait of a gentleman in a black coat, possibly the Irish politician Daniel O'Connell (1775 - 1847), signed and dated 1803, pastel on paper, 25 x 20 cm, framed and glazed 43 x 38 cmBiography of Daniel O'Connell - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_O%27Connell

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'International Exhibition of all Fine Arts Industries and Inventions', 1874, a bronze medal by G.T. Morgan, bust of Prince of Wales left, rev. Albert Hall, the edge with impressed 'Her Majesty The Queen. Catalogue No. 68 ETC', 5.2 cm diameter, together with a 1917 French medal, 'A La Cloire des Heros Du Verdun', bronze, 6.7 cm diameter and Prussia: Friedrich II, bronze portrait medal, 1740, 5.3 cm diameter.Qty: 3

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