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Preisdatenbank abonnieren'Portrait Miniatures from the Collection of the Russian Museum, 18th-early 20th Century', the text in Cyrillic and English, published 1979, cloth bound with card sleeve (1 Vol) (Please note condition is not noted. We strongly advise viewing to satsify yourself as to condition. If you are unable to view please request a condition report, which will be provided in writing).
Charles William Oliver (1911-2004), Portrait of an unidentified mountaineer, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1978, unframed, 61cm x 51cm (Please note condition is not noted. We strongly advise viewing to satsify yourself as to condition. If you are unable to view please request a condition report, which will be provided in writing).
AN ENGLISH MARBLE RELIEF CARVED PORTRAIT MEDALLIONPossibly mid-18th Century Modelled wearing a cap, mounted in a later mahogany frame, 43cm wideCondition Report:Plaque - restorarrtion to the top of the plaque. Some nibbled to the high points of the jacket most notably. Some gaps between the plaque and the frame. Frame - With a restored split to the top left.
EDMUND KOLTZ (AUSTRIAN, 1855-1929); A BRONZE PORTRAIT BUST OF A WOMANLate 19th / Early 20th Century Cast with signature to the reverse 'Ed. Koltz', numbered 75/113, modelled with eyes downcast, mounted on a polished granite plinth, 48.6cm highEdmund Koltz was a Viennese based sculptor who's work is also associated with the prominent entrepreneur and works of art manufacturer, Friedrich Goldscheider, who established his business in Vienna in 1885.
A CHARLES II CARVED LIMEWOOD PORTRAIT PLAQUEAttributable to the workshop of Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721), circa 1680 Carved in deep relief with a floral border enclosing a portrait relief of a gentleman with curly wig and cravat, later mounted and framed, some damages, the plaque 32cm x 34cm, the frame 48.5 x 51cm PROVENANCE: The Earls of Essex, Cassiobury ParkAcquired by Frederick Poke, circa 1922, possibly from thecontents sale of Cassiobury Park or at some point soon after, and thence by descent.LITERATURE: Owen Wheeler Old English Furniture from the 16th to the 19th Centuries, published by L. Upcott Gil 1909, page 178 H.Avray Tipping, Grinling Gibbons and Wood Work of his Age, Country Life, 1914, page 77. Tipping describes the plaque as "Three other frames which must also be the work of Grinling Gibbons now hang in the inner library. The one is a small oval 12" x 14" and the Turks cap lilies are wonderfully executed. This however is not merely a frame but also an example of bas-relief carving in box-wood, the centre exhibiting the head of a man with a flowing Louis XIV wig and represented, not as usual in profile, but full face".Grinling Gibbons 1648-1720; The Supreme Wood Carver, The Connoisseur, April 1941, page 141, No. 2. The caption to the Illustration notes and "from Cassiobury Park, collection of F.R Poke, Esq". Further noted on p. 145 of The Connoisseur: "Another relic from destroyed Cassiobury is the oval medallion of a portrait of a man with a flowing curled wig (no.2). It originally hung in one of those small pleasant bays lined with books in the Library. The fine rendering of this medallion with its pierced floral frame points to the hand of the Master himself"R.W.Symonds, Grinling Gibbons - England's Greatest Wood Carver, Everybody's Weekly, issued May 24th 1941, page 9 and illustrated. Symonds noted "a small medallion portrait carved in limewood. This portrait and its beautiful frame was probably done by Gibbons himself. It came originally from Cassiobury Park, the home of the Earl of Essex". Condition report: The central oval plaque is secured to the later velvet covered board. The surrounding carved border is loose and not secure. The border with numerous old breaks, worm damage, cracks, some losses, some reglued and some smaller fragments loose. There looks to be some blackening in areas, possibly due to fire or candle smoke over the years. The wood has been wax polished over the years and discoloured to a darker hue with time and wax. There is past worm damage overall with holes obvious and worm tracks in areas to the left side. The whole piece needs conservation and restoration. The later frame is associated. Otherwise, inevitable scuffs, scratches, dents, small chips and marks commensurate with wear, use and age.
A collection of twenty nine Great War period letters sent between Major Arthur Cyril Lawes Parry MBE MC and Dorothy Forseter. The letters containing interesting, apparently uncensored, details of Major Forester's time at the front, training and on leave. All with envelopes, fifteen further family letters, two portrait photographs in uniform, other images etc. Initially with the 3rd Bn Yorkshire Regiment, later 9th Battalion letters deal with the routine of training at Bramshot, frenetic activity once orders to travel abroad were received, inspection by the King, descriptions of actions and bombardments 'of course the whole place is one lake of mud', and more upsetting news relayed in the same matter of fact manner (October 1st 1915) 'I killed my first German yesterday he was a sniper and I spotted him with my field glasses sitting in a tree. I had three shots at him & he tumbled out at the third'. 'the German trenches were only 60 yards away from ours . Our usual afternoon & evenings amusement consisted in throwing bombs at them and of course they threw them back'. Other accounts including being fired on by his own men when returning from a spying mission, being awarded the MC, his pistol discharging by accident, training and later fighting in Salonika. A fascinating,legible and surprisingly frank collection of letters from a decorated young officer wh received the MBE and MC. With partial transcriptions and photocopied notes. *CR Letters largely in good condition, envelopes frayed, photographs with damage to edges in places.
The black uniform with raised gilt lined red collar with flaming grenades to either side, the front with nine Queen's Crown Royal Artillery buttons, two buttons to the cuffs with elaborate scrolling bullion braid, the wound braid epaulets with a crown and one 'pip' for the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, with knotted aiguillette to the left breast with lace-tags decorated with Roman fasci. With a pair of matching trousers with broad red stripe with a label for Mc Bride & Sons, 17 Charles Street St James's London, in ink 'Capt Franks R.A.' With a brocade belt with snake fastening and oval panels with a Lion above a Queen's crown, with sword hanger and strap with lion mask buckles. With matching shoulder belt and pouch, the pouch with rich braid decoration of Royal arms and Royal Artillery crest, the belt with flaming grenade and decorative gilt buckles. Major General Sir George Mc Kenzie Franks, KCB (1868-1958) was the son of Thomas John Franks and Elizabeth Clara McKenzie Kettle. He married Paula de Garcia on the 20th June 1901. Educated at Marlborough College in Wiltshire he was commissioned with the Royal Artillery in 1887. 2nd Lieutenant from 23rd July 1887, Lieutenant 23rd July 1890, Captain from 1st April 1898. He fought in the Waziristan Expeditions of 1894-95 and 1897-98 and was twice mentioned in despatches during the Nile campaign of 1898-1899. Working with the Egyptian Army between 1898 and 1901 he was on the Staff from 1904 as a Staff Captain, at Staff College in India prior to the great War he became a Brigadier General with the Royal Artillery from the 28th February 1915. His great experience and authority seem to have made him an invaluable Officer being Mentioned an impressive five times during the First World War during his time serving on the Staff in France, the first occasion being in June 1915. He was awarded a CB in the New Years Honours List in 1917 and K.C.B.M. from 1927 when he was General Officer Commanding, United Provinces District, India. he was Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery between 1931 and 1938. Resident at Ryecroft, Bray, County Wicklow in Ireland having previously sold Ballyscaddane the family estate of 3,196 acre near Knocklong Co. Limerick. His daughter, Cynthia, remained at Ryecroft until her death in 1975 and it was at the sale of the contents that this uniform was believed to have been purchased. The National Portrait Gallery in London hold four photographic portraits of Sir George McKenzie Franks. See Burke's Irish Family Records, 1976. Provenance: ex collection of Daniel H.F. Gillman of Dun Laoire and Bray Co. Wicklow. (1909-2005). Gillman and his brother Sylvester were regular attendees at country house auctions. Being Irish Georgian Society members, they were noted for their knowledge and collections of such items being credited in a number of relevant books including the 2nd edition of Mark Bence-Jones 'Guide to Irish Country Houses of 1988. *CR Slight damage to rear of collar where the fabric joins thew collar. Repair to trousers, slight fraying to belt where braid and leather backing have become detached. A few signs of wear but generally a magnificent uniform in very good condition given its age and wear.
TIFFANY JEWELLERY BOOKS (1/2) COMPRISING; American Jewels form the House of Tiffany, Jeannine Falino and Yvonne J. Markowitz (ed.), Antique Collectors' Club Ltd., Suffolk 2009 Bejewelled by Tiffany 1837 - 1987, Clare Phillips, Yale University Press, London 2006 Louis Comfort Tiffany at Tifany & Co., John Loring, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York 2002 Paulding Farnham: Tiffany's Lost Genius, John Loring, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York 2000 Tiffany & Co.: Vision and Virtuosity, Vivienne Becker, Assouline Publishing, New York 2022 Tiffany in Fashion, John Loring, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York 2003 Tiffany Jewels, John Loring, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York 1999 Tiffany's 20th Century: A Portrait of American Style, John Loring, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York 1997 (8) The largest: 31cm x 24cm Condition: For a condition report or further images please email hello@hotlotz.com at least 48 hours prior to the closing date of the auction. This is an auction of preowned and antique items. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and you should expect general wear and tear commensurate with age and use. We strongly advise you to examine items before you bid. Condition reports are provided as a goodwill gesture and are our general assessment of damage and restoration. Whilst care is taken in their drafting, they are for guidance only. We will not be held responsible for oversights concerning damage or restoration.
JEWELLERY BOOKS - FABERGÉ (3/3) COMPRISING; Carl Fabergé: First Impressions, Geza Von Habsburg, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York 1994 Director's Choice • Fabergé Museum, Valdimir Voronchenko, Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd., London 2021 Easter Eggs and Other Precious Objects by Carl Fabergé, The Cocoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. 1961 Fabergé, David Park Curry, Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Virginia 1995 Fabergé: From St Petersburg to Sandringham, Ian Collins, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich 2017 Fabergé: Treasures from Kremlin, Bellagio Gallery of Fine Arts, PaperBall, Las Vegas 2002 Fabergé Eggs: A book of Ornaments, The Forbes Magazine Collection, New York 1996 Fabergé Eggs: The Extraordinary story of the Masterpieces that Outlived an Empire, Tony Faber, Random House Inc., New York 2008 Fabergé Masterpieces: From the Collection of the Link of Times Foundation, Tanya Muntyan, Cultural-Historical Foundation Link of Times, 2009 Jewels: From Imperial St. Petersburg, Ulla Tillander-Godenheilm, Liki Rossii, St. Petersburg and S.A.R.L. Images De Russie, France 2012 Portrait Jewels: Opulence and Intimacy From the Medici to the Romanovs, Diana Scarisbrick, Thames & Hudson, Ltd., London 2011 Royal Fabergé, Caroline de Guitaut, Royal Collection Enterprise Ltd., London 2011 Russian Decorative Arts, Cynthia Coleman Sparke, Antique Collectors' Club Ltd., Suffolk 2014 (13) The largest: 30.5cm x 24cm Condition: For a condition report or further images please email hello@hotlotz.com at least 48 hours prior to the closing date of the auction. This is an auction of preowned and antique items. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and you should expect general wear and tear commensurate with age and use. We strongly advise you to examine items before you bid. Condition reports are provided as a goodwill gesture and are our general assessment of damage and restoration. Whilst care is taken in their drafting, they are for guidance only. We will not be held responsible for oversights concerning damage or restoration.
LORD CHESTERFIELD'S PRINCIPLES OF POLITENESS, AND THE POLITE PHILOSOPHER - COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME, full leather, applied red leather label to spine, book plate for Benjamin Haworth, pen inscriptions to front free endpapers, engraved portrait frontispiece, Henry Mozley, Gainsborough 1801 (at fault)
French School (18th century)An oval half length portrait miniature depicting a lady of the Louis XVI court,Watercolour on ivory,Unsigned,Set within a red Moroccan leather travelling case with silvered vanity mirror to the cover interior, 9cm x 7.5cm (at fault) Please note this lot is offered for sale in accordance with the Ivory Act 2018, Trevanion Auctioneers & Valuers LLP have applied for an exemption licence for the ivory in this lot Ref: 5KN2BF4Q
A French gilt metal jewellery casket, 19th century, of serpentine form, the cover inset with a tondo portrait miniature on ivory depicting a young lady, 9cm W x 6cm D x 2.5cm H Please note this lot is offered for sale in accordance with the Ivory Act 2018, Trevanion Auctioneers & Valuers LLP have applied for an exemption licence for the ivory in this lot Ref: VV5Z7ERV
English school (19th century),An oval bust length portrait miniature depicting a military officer in uniform,Watercolour on ivory,Unsigned,The panel glued to a glazed oval brass mount, 9cm x 7.5cm overall (at fault),With a half length portrait miniature depicting an Elizabethan gentleman, watercolour on composite panel, indistinctly monogrammed lower left, applied label verso, in planished copper frame, 9.5cm x 8cm overall (2) Please note this lot is offered for sale in accordance with the Ivory Act 2018, Trevanion Auctioneers & Valuers LLP have applied for an exemption licence for the ivory in this lot Ref: FPYL1VKA CONDITION REPORT:The miniature depicting the officer shows a possible crack to the ivory panel in the upper left quadrant, however the panel is backed with paper and glued directly to the mount, so it is not possible to verify that the crack is full thickness. The glass shows scratching across the surface. The mount shows wear to the gilt finish throughout.
English school (early 19th century),A rectangular portrait miniature depicting a young lady wearing a white silk dress in the 1830s fashion,Watercolour on ivory,Unsigned,The portrait 11cm x 8.5cm,The later glazed frame 13cm x 10cm overall Please note this lot is offered for sale in accordance with the Ivory Act 2018, Trevanion Auctioneers & Valuers LLP have applied for an exemption licence for the ivory in this lot Ref: YUUDHUH4
English school (19th century),A half length portrait of a clergyman,Oil on canvas,Unsigned,70.5cm x 57.5cm,Gilt framed (at fault) CONDITION REPORT:The paint surface shows craquelure, surface wear and wear forming vertical lines, suggesting that liquid has run down the surface of the canvas at some point in the past. Examination under UV shows no evidence of restoration. The frame appears to be structurally sound, but shows some losses to the moulded details and rubbing to the gilt finish.
English school (late 18th century),A half length portrait miniature depicting a lady facing dexter in white dress with black silk shawl and landscape beyond,Watercolour on ivory,Unsigned, In oval brass glazed frame with pendant bale,The miniature 7.7cm x 6.5cm, the frame 8cm x 7cm,With a further watercolour on ivory portrait miniature depicting a lady facing sinister (possibly the sister of the sitter above), in matching oval brass glazed frame, a watercolour on ivory bust length portrait miniature depicting a young lady in white dress and head scarf facing dexter, unsigned, indistinctly inscribed 'Countess Claveu[?]' verso, in oval brass glazed frame with pendant bale, and a further watercolour on ivory portrait miniature depicting a young lady in a white dress, in oval brass glazed frame (4) Please note this lot is offered for sale in accordance with the Ivory Act 2018, Trevanion Auctioneers & Valuers LLP have applied for an exemption licence for the ivory in this lot Ref: 9AE6QGX5, BST6TAGZ, C1114XBL & QYLHL4Q9
Manner of John Miers (British, 1758-1821),A pair of oval bust length portrait silhouettes on plaster, one depicting a lady facing dexter wearing a lace headdress, the other a gentleman facing sinister wearing a lace cravat,Unsigned,In matching giltwood oval glazed frames,Each 12cm x 10cm overall
Victorian and later costume jewellery, comprising a red coral brooch, 5.5cms, three mourning brooches, a pendant with enamel portrait image on chain, silver 'Mizpah' brooch, three pairs of ear rings, relic in case, fob compass, and eight other pieces. (19) From the collection of the late Jackie Cole
Buttons - various, comprising a display of fifty seven cloth and related buttons, including a set of six embroidered, a passementerie example, and others, largest 4.5cms, a display of twenty seven mostly modern bead decorated buttons, largest 3.2cms, a display of six modern buttons, 'Cries of London, New Forest Studio Buttons by C. James', 2.7cms, and a display of six modern papier mache portrait buttons by Edith Combley, 3.1cms, and a pair of cloth clown head buttons on original French shop card. (98) From the collection of the late Jackie Cole
Four commemorative silver and enamel thimbles by Peter Swingler, comprising, Lord Nelson Trafalgar Bicentenary 1805-2005, signed to enamel portrait, Emma Lady Hamilton 1765-1815, signed to enamel portrait, The Bi-Centennial of Mozart 1791-1991, signed to enamel portrait, and Margaret Thatcher 3rd Term of Office, 1987, signed to enamel portrait, all with internal rim hallmarks and PS maker's mark. (4) From the collection of Celia Barrington
Buttons - mostly silver 19th Century and later, comprising a display of twenty seven, including a set of six heart shaped, a lava portrait example, the remainder mostly floral and figural, largest 3.4cms, and another of seventeen, largest 2.6cms. (44) From the collection of the late Jackie Cole
Four Royal commemorative silver and enamel thimbles by Peter Swingler, comprising, Queen Mother's 90th Birthday, 4-8-90, signed to enamel portrait, The Birth of Princess Eugenie of York, 23-3-90, signed to enamel portrait, The Wedding of The Duke and Duchess of York, 1986, signed to enamel portrait, and The Birth of Princess Beatrice, August 8th 1988, signed to enamel portrait, all with internal rim hallmarks and PS makers's mark. (4) From the collection of Celia Barrington
Buttons - three, comprising a pair of 18th Century buttons, the centres painted with a vase of flowers on a table top in gilt metal rims, domed gilt backs, 3.5cms, and an Indian School oval portrait button under glass in silver mount, late 18th/early 19th Century, 5cms. (3) From the collection of the late Jackie Cole
An American limited edition heavy gauge gold thimble to commemorate 'Diana', the ground of hearts embellished with oval portrait and '1961-1997', and with a map of Great Britain in variant gold below a broken rose branch, stamped '585/G/KSA??', interior rim engraved 19/36. From the collection of Celia Barrington
Buttons - a nice group, unmounted, comprising a set of three in blue enamel with paste centres and borders, 3cms, a large lithograph depicting figures in a garden with paste border, three stones lacking, 4.5cms, a set of three Arts and Crafts ceramic centred flower head buttons, 'The Guild Button' by Norman and Ernest Spittle, 3.7cms, a water colour portrait button in wooden frame with brass back and loop, 3.7cms, a floral engraved shell button in steel mount, 3.5cms, a pair of white metal buttons each engraved with a plough, 2.5cms, three tin buttons in imitation of cut steel, 3.6cms, and six various Siamese silver and niello buttons. (20) From the collection of the late Jackie Cole
* Film Actors. A group of 10 black & white photographs of British film actors, c. 1990s, including 7 photographs 25 x 20 cm, signers include Alec Guinness as Obi-Wan Kenobi, Michael Caine, Richard Todd, Dirk Bogarde, Oliver Reed, Anthony Newley and George Cole, plus smaller signed photographs of Laurence Olivier, Christopher Lee and John Gielgud (National Portrait Gallery postcard portrait), all VG+/fineQTY: (11)
* Dilke (Charles Wentworth, 1843-1911). Second baronet, writer and politican. A collection of approximately 46 letters, all signed but several in secretarial hands, principally from Dilke's lifelong home, 76 Sloane Street, others from Suez, Richmond, Dockett Eddy, Pyrford, Local Government Board, Toulon, Paris, House of Commons, and Newnham on Seyern, mostly c. 1875-1900, some undated, to a wide variety of correspondents, covering a wide variety of topics including an enquiry to the Daily Telegraph; publishing technicalities; a promise to get Lady Dilke to write (‘The only thing she has at all ready is a further set of her gruesome stories'); asking for information on fever houses (to Lyulph Stanley); declining a professional proposition (I have no capital at my disposal for a literary ventury'); to the actress Yvette Guilbert (1865-1944) about a picture in the National Portrait Gallery ('I will... remember your interest in the gentleman you name'); parliamentary matters; declining to do favours, particularly in respect of voting; sending a donation 'towards the starting of the Kensal Town Dispensary'; to J.T. Agg-Gardner MP ('I was entirely unable to come to the Conference with the Brewers, as Winston Churchill was speaking and I could not leave. ...'); the loan of a picture; to F[rancis] C[arruthers] Gould (1844-1925, caricaturist) inviting him to dinner at the House of Commons; announcing that he would be a speaker at the Cannock Chase miners demonstration, etc., etc., letters are generally in good condition, with a few traces of mounting, etc., together with: six letters of Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, first baronet (1810-1869) and one of Charles Wentworth Dilke (1789-1864, liberal critic and writer on literature) from the Navy Pay Office about his financial difficultiesQTY: (approx. 52)NOTE:The second baronet was born into considerable wealth, inheriting property which included two major publications, The Athenaeum and Notes and Queries. He enjoyed a largely successful political career, being twice a member of parliament and briefly holding public office, but he is probably best remembered for his part in the Crawford Divorce and its unfortunate consequences. Dilke had been accused by Virginia Crawford, the sister of his brother's wife, that he had seduced her, and it became known that he had also been the lover of Virginia's mother. Although effectively found not guilty (although Virginia was not) Dilke had made the misjudgement of effectively re-opening the case, and in the event he was shown to be a bad witness to the truth, and his reputation was in tatters. Many years of investigation at great expense were eventually to show, at least to Dilke's friends, that it was Virginia Crawford who had lied in court.
* Elton VC (Frederick Cockayne, 1832-1888). Lieutenant Colonel, English recipient of the Victoria Cross. Portrait of Major Elton, Stirling, 1860, albumen print, full length, seated with pillbox hat and cane, his dog ‘Turk’ seated beside him, some spotting, 114 x 152 mm, corners clipped, pasted onto a contemporary paper album leaf with ink caption details neatly written below, identifying his regiment as ‘22nd Depot Battalion’QTY: (1)NOTE:Elton was 22 years old, and a Brevet Major in the 55th Regiment of Foot, during the Crimean War when the deed took place for which he was awarded the VC: ‘On 29 March 1855 at Sebastopol, the Crimea, Major Elton, with a small number of men, drove off a party of Russians who were destroying one of the new detached works, taking one prisoner himself. On 7 June he was the first to lead his men from the trenches. On 4 August he was in command of a working party in the advanced trenches in front of the Quarries, encouraging his men to work under very heavy fire and even used a pick and shovel himself to set an example’ (The London Gazette, 24 February 1857. p. 660).Elton's Victoria Cross is displayed at the King's Own Royal Border Regiment & Border Regiment Museum in Carlisle Castle, Cumbria, together with the remainder of his group including an engraved copy of his Crimea medal. His original, regimentally impressed, Crimea medal has appeared on various occasions over the years at different auction houses and is believed to be currently held in Australia. Elton also received the French Legion d'Honneur and the Turkish Order of Medjidie.
* India. A group of 8 individual and group portrait photographs, 19th & 20th century, including Indian Maharajas, comprising a Rajput courtier and his son, c. 1880s, albumen print, spotting, 275 x 170 mm, card mount; Jivajirao Scindia, Maharaja of Gwalior, by Dias Studios, Gwalior, c. 1930s, gelatin silver print, 185 x 140 mm, studio mount; Shri Khengarji III Sahib Bahadur, Rao of Kutch, by Vandyk, c. 1930s, gelatin silver print, 240 x 190 mm, studio pencil signature on mount, top corner of mount detached but present, original studio portfolio; Raza Ali Khan Bahadur, c. 1950s, gelatin silver print, 145 x 100 mm, original mount with lengthy printed caption beneath; K. Rhawal Khaccher, c. 1900, albumen print cabinet card, cracked lower left with vertical closed tear and old sellotape repair to verso; together with 3 albumen print group portraits, Parsis, Bombay, c. 1870, albumen print, 190 x 235 mm, the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) with a group of Bombay dignitaries, c. 1875, some creasing, 185 x 270 mm, both on card mounts, plus a group photograph of British men and women in theatrical costumes, probably in India, c. 1910, gelatin silver print, 210 x 285 mmQTY: (8)
AR * Princess Margaret (1930-2002). Countess of Snowdon, younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II. Portrait of Princess Margaret by Ronald Searle (1920-2011), 1956, pencil, watercolour and bodycolour on paper, three-quarter length, full face, wearing a tiara, sash and evening gown with long white gloves, signed and dated lower left, a little spotting to upper margin, 51 x 30 cm, framed and glazed with descriptive label to lower mount, overall 74 x 53 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:A fine caricature portrait of Princess Margaret by Ronald Searle who produced 12 portraits that were reproduced as colour photolithographic centrefold illustrations for Punch in 1956-1957. The portraits mimicked the style of the Spy and Ape cartoons published in Vanity Fair in the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. This was number 7 in the series, published in Punch, 19 December 1956. A copy of the photolithographic illustration (with printed verse by B.A. Young beneath) is pasted to backing card with Searle's ink caption details and copyright stamp dated 1956 beneath. Other subjects in Searle's series included T.S. Eliot, Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, Bertrand Russell and Lord Beaverbrook.
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