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Preisdatenbank abonnierenDavid Bowie LPs, eight albums comprising Blackstar (in opened shrinkwrap), Stage (Double - Both records have Factory Sample stickers), The Man Who Sold The World (USA with Inner), Love You Til Tuesday (Sealed), David Bowie Special (Japanese double), Scary Monsters, Tonight and The World of David Bowie (Ziggy Sleeve) - various years and conditions
Sixties 7" Singles, approximately one hundred and forty 7" singles, mainly from the Sixties with artists including The Pretty Things, The Bell Notes, The Kinks, The Who, John Walker, The Moody Blues, The Crests, Buddy Holly, The Crickets, Manfred Mann, The Elegants, The Dave Clark Five, Adam Faith, Billy Fury and more - various years and conditions
Inert WW2 Style German Model 39 Egg Grenade, dark blue paint finish to the body and aluminium top which is stamped “cuj 44”. Accompanied by a WW2 German bakelite fuse container dated 1941. (2 items) This lot is a inert lot and is legal and safe to own in the UK. We are not able to offer post and packing on this lot. Please note only available to clients bidding from the UK who can arrange collection.2 items
CAPTAIN AMERICA #6 - (2005 - MARVEL) - Modern KEY BOOK - First full appearance of Bucky Barnes as the Winter Soldier, who first appeared in "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" (2014) in cinemas and returns to the screen in his own TV series "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" later this year - Flat/Unfolded - a photographic condition report is available on request
SOULFIRE #1 (Variant E) -(2004 - ASPEN) - Soulfire #1E Variant Limited Edition from Wizard World Chicago Signed to the front cover by MICHAEL TURNER (Artist & Creator) & FRANK MASTROMAURO (Executive Vice President of Aspen Comics) who have also signed the Official Aspen Certificate of Authenticity issued with this comic - Flat/Unfolded - a photographic condition report is available on request
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #361 - (1992 - MARVEL) - First full appearance of Carnage (Cletus Kasady), who will be making his cinematic appearance in the upcoming "Venom: Let There Be Carnage" movie + Venom's origin is retold - Mark Bagley cover and interior art - Flat/Unfolded - a photographic condition report is available on request
HAREWOOD RUM 1780 MINIATURE Sample no. 6. Miniature sized bottle, no capacity stated. This miniature has come from the collection of Mr Lukasz Baranowski, Vice President of Wealth Solutions 2013-2019, who was present at the opening of the bottle on 31 May 2016. The bottle from which this miniatures was decanter was purchased by Wealth Solutions from Hedonism Wines, London. A copy of the official Notarial Deed detailing the events from opening of the bottle accompanies the miniature.
GAUTIER 1762 COGNAC MINIATURE Sample no. 4. Miniature sized bottle, no strength stated. This miniature has come from the collection of Mr Lukasz Baranowski, Vice President of Wealth Solutions 2013-2019, who was present at the opening of the bottle on 4 November 2015. The bottle from which this miniature was decanted from was purchased at an auction hosted by Bonhams Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers, New York, held on 30 April 2014. A copy of the official Notarial Deed detailing the events from opening of the bottle accompanies the miniature.
OLD VATTED GLENLIVET 1862 MINIATURE Sample no. 3. Miniature sized bottle, no strength stated. This miniature has come from the collection of Mr Lukasz Baranowski, Vice President of Wealth Solutions 2013-2019, who was present at the opening of the bottle on 14 March 2017. The bottle from which this miniature was decanted from was provided to Wealth Solutions courtesy of Sukhinder Singh. A copy of the official Notarial Deed detailing the events from opening of the bottle accompanies the miniature.
FDC created as a tribute to the submarines who served in S class during World War II. Postal Mark 28th April 1990. Signed by Captain Gatehouse. Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Michael Jayston signed 10x8 colour photo. Taken during his time on Doctor Who the Trial of a Time Lord. Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
John Leeson signed 10x8 colour image of K9. K9, occasionally written K-9, is the name of several fictional robotic canines in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who, first appearing in 1977. Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Barbara Horrocks signed 10x8 Colour Image. Barbara Jane Horrocks is an English actress, comedian, voice artist, musician and singer, who played the roles of Bubble and Katy Grin in the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous, and reprised the role of Bubble in Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie. Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
FDC Gallantry Sargent M. A. W. Rogers. Who was awarded the Victoria Cross. Postmark 11. 9. 90. Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
FDC celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain. Gallantry Sargent James Paine. Who received the Distinguished Flying Medal. Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Caroline de Maigret signed 10x8 colour photo. French international model and music producer who is a member of the families of Maigret and Poniatowski. Comes with a PSA/DNA certificate with a matched hologram sticker on photo. Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Kimberly Caldwell signed 10x8 colour photo. American singer, actress and television hostess, from Katy, Texas who was the seventh place finalist on the second season of American Idol. She used to work as an entertainment correspondent and hosted various shows on the TV Guide Network. She released her debut album Without Regret on April 19, 2011. Comes with a PSA/DNA certificate with a matched hologram sticker on photo. Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
FDC celebrating 50th Anniversary of Royal Air Force Rescue Service dated 6th February 1991. Postmark 5. 2. 1991 and signed by Bill Reid and J. A Cruickshank who was awarded the Victoria cross. Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Only Fools and Horses signed colour 10x8 image. Signature is from John Challis who played Boycie. Only Fools and Horses first aired the 8th of September 1981. Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Only Fools and Horses signed colour 10x8 image. Signature is from John Challis who played Boycie. Only Fools and Horses first aired the 8th of September 1981. Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Only Fools and Horses signed colour 10x8 image. Signature is from John Challis who played Boycie. Only Fools and Horses first aired the 8th of September 1981. Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Where Eagles Dare signed 8x10 inch photo from the classic war movie signed by actor Derren Nesbitt who played Major Von Papen in the film. Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Anita Page signed 11x8 vintage photo. August 4, 1910 - September 6, 2008) was an American film actress who reached stardom in the final years of the silent film era. Dedicated. Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Kevin McCarthy signed 10x8 black and white photo. February 15, 1914 - September 11, 2010 was an American actor who gave over 200 television and film performances. He is best remembered for portraying the male lead in the horror science fiction film Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956. Dedicated. TV Film autograph. Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
19TH CENTURY - A LARGE VIENNESE PRINT OF 'THE COSSACKS CROSSING THE URALS JULY 1799' 94cm wide. Note: A version of this print was liberated from Hitler's bunker in Berlin by Major Anthony Jones who also acquired a carpet from the bunker. Provenance: Dineley Collection thence Daily Collection
[MISCELLANEOUS] Hamilton, Archibald. The Red Deer of Exmoor, with notes on those who hunted them, from Robert D'Auberville, 1070, to Robert Arthur Sanders, 1906, Cox, London, 1907, scarlet cloth (re-backed), plate illustrations, octavo; Milne, A.A. Behind the Lines, first edition, Methuen, London, 1940, cloth-backed boards (spine faded and foxed), octavo; and eight assorted other works, (10).
** Burke (20th/21st century) - a Northern street scene in winter with a mother and child beside trees, a blue car and houses beyond signed Burke, pastel drawing, 13.75" x 17.5" *Possibly the work of Patrick Burke, a North East artist who specialised in industrial scenes and scenes depicting Northern Life
Certificate of Registration 1844 for the famous ex american whaler Truelove, together with an extract copy of an 1813 certificate and two relevant letters. The Truelove was constructed in Philadelphia in 1764, but was captured by the British in the American War of Independence and converted to a whaling ship in 1784 registered at Hull. It made over 80 voyages catching 500 whales and was the last pure sail ship in Baltic whaling fleets. It took relief supplies in the search for the Franklin expedition, during which time she was threatened with sinking due to pack ice several times but was the only unharmed ship of the twenty trapped by ice in Melville Bay. Captained for seventeen years by John Parker, who captained various whalers for 27 years, and who campaigned on behalf of the Inuit of Baffin Island, bringing a couple to Britain. Truelove changed to a general cargo ship in 1868 and in 1873 visited Philadelphia to celebrate her 109th "birthday". She was moored as a hulk in the Thames until broken up circa 1888 after 124 years of service. The Certificate of Registration, Hull, 1844, recites its origins in Philadelphia and that it had been previously registered at Hull in 1831, that John Parker was Master and gives a detailed description of its size, burthen and characteristics. The inside pages record changes in ownership and of Masters, including a reappearance of Parker in 1860/61 and William Barron (1861/62) who had started as an apprentice on the Truelove in 1849 and published a book 'Old Whaling Days' in 1895. Also William Wells (1854/60 & 1866/68), advisor to the Arctic explorer Benjamin Leigh Smith. Together with an extract copy of 1813 registration details mentioning the owner as William Voase of Hull, presumably a relative of John Voase, wine merchant, the first owner after the Truelove fell into British hands and who used it to ship wine from Portugal before converting it into a whaler; plus two letters and envelope (1897) from a Hull resident mentioning that he knew the Ward owners listed in the registration and also one of the crew.
A 1793 Poor Law Parish indenture for an apprenticeship in husbandry, Little Dorrington, Devon. At this time State support for poor children was controlled by the Act of 1601, which had placed the burden on each parish, requiring it to elect Overseers of the Poor with power to levy a local poor rate. For children, the simple solution was that the parish officials - the Overseers and the Churchwardens - had absolute power to decide whether parents could maintain their children and if not, the duty to remove the child to the care and cost of any parishioner they may select who in the officials' absolute opinion, fell within the categories of clergyman, gentleman, farmer or trader. The means to do so was this indenture, subject to the consent of the local justices of peace. Until 1816 there was no minimum age, (which was then fixed at nine), and unlike voluntary trade apprenticeships and despite the wording, there was no requirement to teach a trade. Printed and manuscript document with various signatures and wax seal, apporx size 21 x 33cm.
A collection of 32 books and booklets on Magic, Conjuring, Card Tricks etc, including Will Goldston: 'More Modern Card Tricks; Tricks That Mystify; Magical Hints, Valuable Information; Who's Who in Magic', London, circa 1934, 4 works in 1, original cloth; Professor Hoffman [i.e. Angelo John Lewis], 3 titles: 'Later Magic', London, Routledge, [1904], 1st edition, original pictorial cloth gilt, 'More Magic', Routledge, c.1893, original pictorial cloth, 'Modern Magic', c.1903, 15th edition, original pictorial cloth; Dai Vernon: 'Malini and his Magic', London, Harry Stanley, [1962], 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper; Lewis Ganson: 'Dai Vernon's Tribute to Nate Leipzig', Harry Stanley, c.1960, original cloth; 'The Tarbell Course in Magic Vol. I', 1971, 13th printing, original cloth, dust wrapper; Roy Walker: 'Card Mysteries', 1933, original paper covered boards; C. Ivor Smith: 'My Mysteries', 1924; L. Widdor: 'Card Tricks', 1918, 3rd edition; plus others Lewis Ganson, Jean Hugard, C.H. Bullivant etc etc (32)
Lillian Stannard (British, 1877-1944), A Garden scene with cottage, Devon, signed lower left with a monogram, watercolour, 37 x 27 cm. Provenance: Miss Joyce Graham, given to her by the artist who was her godmother and gave her drawing lessons.Condition report: Discoloured, especially in the sky
A collection of three vintage classroom posters / educational school posters dating from 1938 from a series created by Enid Blyton in collaboration with a number of well known illustrators of the day. Titles to include - The Railway Station (No.62), Lights At Night Time (No. 80), People Who Work For Us-The Baker. The Postman. Measures: 42cm high x 57cm wide.
John William Bailey (1831-1914) - A rare 19th Century Victorian antique stick pin having a hand painted ceramic panel depicting a black and brown spaniel, signed to the verso J W Bailey 1851, mounted within a gold stick pin with twisted centre. Bailey is a well known enamel portrait miniature artist who exhibited at the Royal Academy and who's work is housed at the V & A museum, and trained under William Essex. Measures approx 6.5cm.
ALLEN (WILLIAM)Picturesque Views on the River Niger, Sketched during Lander's Last Visit in 1832-33, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on title-page ('Presented to Mrs. Edw.d Walpole Brown with best regards from the author/ William Allen'), list of subscribers, lithographed map, folding panorama and 20 views on 8 plates (of 9, lacking no. 5), all on linen guards, map, panorama and 2 plates foxed, text uniformly browned, later half cloth, publisher's printed wrappers bound in (front one chipped) [cf. Abbey Travel 284], oblong folio (270 x 372mm.), John Murray, 1840Footnotes:Presentation copy of this series of views by Commander William Allen, who was invited by the Admiralty to accompany John Lander's expedition up the Niger in order to make a survey of the river.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
IRAN - VISIT OF SWEDISH ROYAL FAMILY AND LISTERVIK SISTERSIlluminated decorative presentation sheet, central rectangular panel (280 x 135mm.) with border ruled in red, blue and gold with large decorative ornament in upper section of all over design of trailing vines, flowers and petals in gold, pinks, reds and blues against a background of blue, signed beneath by Crown Prince Gustav, the future Gustav VI of Sweden, and his wife the Crown Princess Louise (née Mountbatten), the verso with 4-line border in red, gold and blue enclosing a manuscript quote from the Qur'an (chapter XLIII, part of verse 71) dated 13 dey 1312 (22 December 1933), above the signatures of Mahmud Djam (Iranian Prime Minister 1935-1939), his son Ferydoun Djam, and 2 others; beneath this a 3-line note expressing thanks (?possibly for those signed above) for the attention given to an unspecified matter, dated 25 farvardin 1313 (14 April 1934); and beneath the signatures of Swedish sisters Lisbeth and Greta Listervik dated 6 November 1938, window-mounted, framed and glazed, 322 x 215mm., 1930sFootnotes:An attractive illuminated sheet relating to the visit in 1934 of Crown Prince Gustav (later King Gustav VI) to Iran in 1934. A keen amateur archaeologist, the Prince visited Persepolis, where he was gifted two sculptural fragments from the Central Palace (now housed in the Museum of Antiquities, Stockholm). On the reverse it is signed by Mahmud Djam, future President of Iran beneath a verse from the Qu'ran. At a later date it was signed by Swedish sisters Lisbeth and Greta Listervik who, in May 1938, set out in a bid to walk around the world, hiking through Europe, Persia and India before finally arriving in Australia. Lisbeth published an account of the voyage, 'Jorden runt på alla fyra; systrarna Listerviks fotvandring runt världen, Stockholm, 1947.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
MORITZ (BERNHARD)Bilder aus Palästina, Nord-Arabien und dem Sinai, 106 plates after photographs mounted on 50 card mounts with captions, numbered 1-100 and 16a, 59b, 60a, 72a (2 photos) and 95a, one map (numbered 63a), the images of varying sizes, 16 pages of accompanying text, loose as issued in publisher's cloth-backed decorative portfolio boards, gilt lettered 'Nord-Arabien und Sinai' on upper cover, rubbed, oblong folio (290 x 390mm.), Berlin, Dietrich Riemer, 1916Footnotes:A rare photographic record of the major sites and geographic features in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Egypt and Palestine. The images - taken for the most part by Moritz but some by Turkish friends in areas where he was prohibited from going - depict pilgrims on the Hajj to Mecca, Bedouins, the building of the Hejaz railway between Damascus and the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, Jiddah, Petra, and Mt. Sinai. Moritz (1859-1939) was an Arabist and archaeologist who from 1896 to 1911 headed the Khedival Library and Archive in Cairo. It was from there that he made numerous research trips to the Sinai and Hejaz, taking the present photographs between 1905 and 1915.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Brazilian School, 19th CenturyCapriccio views of Rio de Janeiro, a pairoil on canvas 63 x 96.5cm (24 13/16 x 38in). (2)Footnotes:This pair shows capriccio views of the port of Rio de Janeiro bustling with activity. There are merchant ships and smaller boats anchored at shore with local people animating the scene; women and men carrying food and goods on their heads and working on boats. The church on the left in the first image looks to be Santa Lucia and in the background one can see the city surrounded by the mountains. The second image bears a resemblance to Sao Goncalo with its mountains in the background. These street scenes show the clear influence of both Debret and Rugendas. Debret was a French painter who travelled to Brazil in 1816 as a member of the so-called French Artistic Mission, a group of bonapartist French artists and artisans bound to creating an arts and crafts lyceum in Rio de Janeiro under King D. João VI and the Conde da Barca; this later became the Academia Imperial de Bellas Artes under Emperor Dom Pedro I.Debret is known for his depictions of everyday life in Brazil and started to sketch street scenes, local costumes and people between 1816 and 1831. He was particularly interested in slavery of black and indigenous people in Brazil. Together with the German painter Johann Moritz Rugendas, his work is some of the most important documentation of Brazilian life during the early decades of nineteenth century. This pair of paintings executed at a later date, around 1880, show the influence of prints after both of these important artists' work.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
FIRST ARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1818Collection of nineteenth century microscope specimen slides, including 3 of material collected from the ocean floor during Sir John Ross's expedition with William Parry, one slide labelled 'Parry's Soundings, 674 fms, Lancaster Sound, lat. 73oN, Sept i 1818' , the other two 'Parry's Soundings 201 fms.'; along with c.34 other slides labelled 'Indian Ocean', 'H.M.S. Cyclops', 'Red Sea', 'Balsam from Lancing', 'Atlantic Ocean. HMS Porcupine 1869', '...from stomach of Scallop. Brighton, T.H. Hennah 1863' etc., some signed or initialled by Hennah, preserved in trays contained in purpose-made wooden box, a few loose; with a folder of correspondence relating to research on the soundings, c.1818-1870Footnotes:'PARRY'S SOUNDINGS': rare specimens from the ocean floor, some collected using Sir John Ross's Deep-sea Clamm, which he first used in Baffin's Bay during the Arctic expedition of 1818.According to a full report published on the Parry soundings by Rudolf Staroscik and Brian Davidson ('Parry's Soundings', in Quekett Journal of Microscopy, 2011, 41, pp.531-542), it seems almost certain that they were actually taken by Ross: 'it is clear that the material mounted on our slide labelled '674 fms' was actually obtained from a sounding made on HMS Isabella using Ross's Deep-sea Clamm on 31 August 1818. It can therefore properly be claimed that this '674 fms' slide is the most important of only four known surviving preparations of the earliest deep-sea soundings from one of the first British oceanographic expeditions. It may well also be the only remaining ocean-bottom specimen obtained using the first sounding machine capable of recovering material from great depth'.Sir John Ross had been put in command of a two-ship expedition in search of a northwest passage, Ross sailing in the Isabella and William Edward Parry in command of the Alexander. Ross was also charged with noting the currents, tides, the state of ice and magnetism, and with collecting specimens he found on the way. This he did using his Deep-sea Clamm, an early grab sampler (sounder), a model of which is illustrated on the Science Museum website. 'Ross wrote: 'The instrument was made from the model by the ship's armourer, and succeeded on the first trial'. The Clamm worked well and collected sediment as well as some biota (worms, and starfishes attached to the cable) from depths at over 1,000 fathoms. A bonus was that they could, once the instrument was on deck, insert a thermometer in the soft sediment and read a reasonably accurate temperature (in contrast to the non-insulated water samplers). Because of the weight of sampler and cable, the Clamm required a whale line 'which are two and a half inches in circumference, made of the best hemp, and very pliable and easily coiled'' (Historie van de Oceanografie Club website).Some of the resulting specimens eventually came into possession of the noted Brighton collodion and Talbotype photographer Thomas Hennah, who became President of the Brighton & Sussex Natural History Society in 1869. His microscopy presentations included subjects such as lenses, palates of Mollusca, minute crustaceans, scales of fish, methods of illumination and, in 1870, the Parry soundings. Hennah also gave practical lessons to the members in mounting, section cutting, and the preparation of objects for the microscope. Other slides in the present collection are signed or initialled by Hennah.Provenance: The 'Parry' soundings obtained by William Parry from Sir John Ross; J.C. Burrows, acquired from Parry's widow on the explorer's death; Thomas Henry Hennah (1826-1876), photographer, who mounted them along with others in the collection; William Henry Youdale (1859-1922), member of the Royal Microscopical Society, added to his collection on Hennah's death in 1876; purchased by one of the authors of the aforementioned article, c.1986.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Admiral Sir George Back (British, 1796-1878)HMS Terror off a spectacular iceberg, believed to be in the Davis Strait, between Canada and Greenland signed 'G.Back' (lower left)watercolour15.3 x 18.1cm (6 x 7 1/8in).unframedFootnotes:ProvenanceBy descent through the artist's family.Admiral Sir George Back was born in Stockport, Cheshire, on 6th November 1796 and entered the Royal Navy as a Midshipman in the frigate Arethusa in September 1808. After an eventful six months in action off the north coast of Spain, he was captured by the French and spent the next six years as a prisoner-of-War in Verdun. Finally released in May 1814, he served briefly in the Akbar and then in the Bulwark before transferring again in January 1818, this time into the hired-brig Trent commanded by the young Lieutenant John Franklin, to accompany that vessel on what now is regarded as the very first Arctic Expedition, the ambitious objectives of which were not only to find the fabled 'North West Passage' but also to reach the North Pole that same year. Although the voyage was unsuccessful due to severe gales and heavy pack ice, the ships nevertheless returned safely and Franklin selected Back to accompany him on his next expedition to explore the Arctic coast of North America in 1819-22, during which Back was responsible for all the surveying and chart-making. Promoted Lieutenant in January 1821, Back then served with the fleet for two years before joining Franklin yet again for the latter's Second Land Expedition of 1825-27. Despite being promoted Commander in 1825, Back was unemployed between 1827 and 1833 when he was appointed to command an expedition to search for another explorer, Sir John Ross, who had been missing in the Arctic since 1829. In May 1834, news reached Back that Ross was safely back in England so he decided to trace the 500-mile course of the Great Fish River which he completed successfully. Then, after mapping Montreal Island, the expedition headed home and in recognition of his achievements, Back was not only promoted Captain – by Order in Council, an honour which no other officer in the navy had received except King William IV, but additionally had the satisfaction of having the Great Fish River renamed in his honour. Once home, Back also wrote the first of his two books Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the mouth of the Great Fish River which was published to enthusiastic acclaim. Appointed Captain of the converted bomb vessel Terror for the expedition to map the last sections of the uncharted coast of north America in 1836-37, Back returned home defeated by the ice and was thereafter an invalid for several years during which he wrote the second of two books on his Arctic adventures, Narrative of an Expedition in H.M.S. Terror, published in 1838.The harsh polar weather and conditions had taken their toll however, and the so-called 'Frozen Strait' expedition of 1836-37 proved Back's last foray beyond the Arctic Circle. Later in life, after being knighted in 1839, he became a distinguished President of the Royal Geographical Society in 1856 and received his final promotion to Rear-Admiral in 1857; he died at his London home in Portman Square on 23rd June 1878, the last surviving member of that remarkable band of Arctic pioneers.Since it is neither dated nor inscribed, this exciting and hitherto unknown watercolour has been the subject of intense research in order to identify both its location as well as the year in which it was executed. Many different sources have been trawled, not least Back's own accounts of the two Arctic expeditions which he himself commanded in the 1830s, and it can now be stated with a reasonable degree of certainty that the incident depicted here probably occurred only a short time into the second of those two voyages and, more precisely, in July 1836. Captain Back, under orders to map the remaining uncharted Arctic coast of Canada, sailed from England in June 1836 in the old converted bomb vessel Terror. Intending to winter in Repulse Bay, the outward passage was very stormy but between 25th and 28th July the Terror 'had a pleasant run across Davis's Straits (sic) under a steady breeze from S.W.'. This extract, taken from Back's Narrative of an Expedition in H.M.S. Terror (p. 25), then continues by stating that 'in the evening (of 29th July) when the weather cleared (there had been fog earlier), we observed an enormous berg, the perpendicular face of which was not less than 300 feet high, and other smaller bergs... in other directions' (p. 26).In the event, and despite the glorious conditions portrayed in this watercolour, the weather soon deteriorated and Terror became ice-bound in September 1836. Unable to free herself until the following July, she somehow managed to limp home and was eventually beached in a sinking condition on the shore of Lough Swilly in Ireland.This work depicts an almost identical scene to the watercolour by Back offered by Bonhams in London on 13th September 2011, lot 83.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
FRANKLIN EXPEDITIONMAY (WALTER A.) A Series of Fourteen Sketches Made During the Voyage Up Wellington Channel in Search of Sir John Franklin, K.C.H., and the Missing Crews of H.M. Discovery-Ships Erebus and Terror, FIRST EDITION, letterpress title, list of subscribers and 4pp. of text, 14 tinted lithographed views on 12 sheets, plate 14 ('Franklin Relics') with 2 small stains and slight loss to one corner, contents loose in publisher's cloth-backed printed wrappers (soiled, edges frayed, lacks spine) [Abbey Travel 646; Sabin 47083], folio (380 x 285mm.), Day and Son, 1 May 1855Footnotes:William May was a Lieutenant aboard the Assistance, under the command of Edward Belcher, during the expedition to search for John Franklin. The Assistance wintered at Northumberland Sound, and May was one of the party who made several sledge forays in the Spring.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
DISCOVERY EXPEDITION 1901-04 – CHARLES ROYDSA silver sporting medal awarded to First Lieutenant Charles W.R. Royds, the obverse with expedition emblem of a penguin on an ice-floe, an iceberg behind surrounded by the raised legend 'DISCOVERY' NATIONAL ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1901', the reverse with raised legend 'ANTARCTIC/ SPORTS/ WON BY' engraved beneath 'LT. C.W.R. ROYDS, R.N.', diameter 28mm.Footnotes:RARE ANTARCTIC SPORTS MEDAL AWARDED TO LIEUTENANT CHARLES W.R. ROYDS, who was already a distinguished and well-travelled officer in the Royal Navy before he was picked in 1901 along with Robert Falcon Scott to serve as First Lieutenant aboard the Discovery as the expedition meteorologist. He was also 'in charge of physical training. Royds took part in the sledging programme, leading a sledging journey of exploration across the Ross Ice Shelf. Cape Royds on Ross Island was named for him' (Scott Polar Research Institute, website).The Antarctic Sporting Medals were given to serving officers on the Discovery Expedition as prizes for their sporting achievements, ranging from sledge-pulling to rifle shooting and skiing. The medals, struck in advance of the expedition, were devised as a way to keep morale high, with sporting events arranged to alleviate boredom during the long winters. For example in honour of King Edward VII's birthday on 8 November 1902, a general holiday was declared, the ship decorated with Union flags, and a sports day competition organised with events including a 'flat skis race' (won by Petty Officer Edgar Evans), a rifle shooting match and a toboggan race. It is unknown for what event, on what occasion, Royds was presented his medal. Subsequent to his Antarctic exploits he had a distinguished naval career, being appointed a Companion of St Michael and St George for his war service, prior to his retirement in 1926 on promotion to Rear-Admiral.Provenance: Vice Admiral Sir Charles William Rawson Royds (1876-1931); Christie's, London, 10 April 1997, lot 130.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Dr Edward Adrian Wilson (British, 1872-1912)'The South Polar Times, 1902-3 'Discovery'' signed in pencil 'E.A.Wilson' (lower right)watercolour and pencil24.2 x 19.1cm (9 1/2 x 7 1/2in).paper watermarked 'Royal Nonpareil Wove'Footnotes:ProvenanceChristie's, London, 10 April 1997, lot 96.The South Polar Times was produced on the ice in Antarctica by members of Scott's British National Antarctic Expedition 1901-04, whilst the Discovery was icebound during the winters of 1902 and 1903. Edited by Ernest Shackleton and Louis Bernacchi, it was Edward Wilson, the expedition's zoologist and junior surgeon, who contributed the majority of the illustrations. This watercolour design of a polar coat of arms is a variant of the image used as frontispiece to the second volume of the South Polar Times when the original typescript version produced during the expedition was published in London, between 1907 and 1914. SPRI hold another version of Wilson's watercolour (accession no. Y: 2018/7/4).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
SHACKLETON-ROWETT 'QUEST' EXPEDITIONAutograph letter from Leonard Hussey signed ('your affec son & brother Len'), to his mother and sister ('Dear Mother & Doll') written on his return journey to England with Shackleton's body, describing the death of Shackleton ('...It was a terrible blow to us, even though in our medical work we have had scores of people dying on our hands, yet somehow this was different. I tried to inject some ether to stimulate his heart, but in 3 minutes he was dead...'), writing that he is being 'treated like a king' and '...if it weren't for the fact that I am bringing home Shackleton's dead body I should really enjoy life...', noting that he should be home by the end of February and they will read lots more about it in the paper, 1 page, on Hotel La Alhambra headed lined notepaper, folded for posting, 4to (280 x 218mm.), Hotel La Alhambra, Montevideo, 2 February 1922Footnotes:'IT WAS A TERRIBLE BLOW TO US... IN 3 MINUTES HE WAS DEAD': LEN HUSSEY'S FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF THE DEATH OF SHACKLETON, THUS MARKING THE END OF THE 'HEROIC ERA' OF EXPLORATIONLen Hussey served as meteorologist and assistant surgeon on the Quest and, in this hitherto unpublished letter, he describes the final desperate attempts to save the life of 'The Boss' after Shackleton suffered a fatal heart attack aboard the ship on 5 January 1922 whilst in King Edward Cove, South Georgia. Neither Hussey nor the ship's surgeon Alexander Macklin, who is usually credited with treating Shackleton alone, could do anything to save him. At the request of Frank Wild, who assumed command of the Quest in order to continue the expedition, Hussey accompanied the embalmed body to Montevideo from where he wrote this account, evidently expecting to be home by the end of February and looking forward to travelling first class aboard 'the biggest Royal Mail Steamer afloat'. He has clearly not yet received Emily Shackleton's instructions that her husband should be buried in the whaler's graveyard at Grytviken in South Georgia, rather than be brought back to England, which would require Hussey to retrace his steps and return to Grytviken where Shackleton was duly interred on 5 March.Hussey hides his shock and dismay at the death of Shackleton with a characteristically jovial and irreverent tone. He is clearly enjoying a certain level of celebrity and the hospitality afforded him by the Uruguayan government, despite the fact that he is 'bringing home Shackleton's dead body'. On the Endurance expedition he gained a reputation for his cheery good humour, quick wit and musical prowess on the banjo, which Shackleton deemed 'vital mental medicine' for maintaining the morale of his fellow crewmen during their sojourn on Elephant Island (Roland Huntford, Shackleton, 1985, p.472).Provenance: Hussey family; UK private collection.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
IMPERIAL TRANS-ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1914-1917Two typed letters signed ('E.H. Shackleton' and 'E.Shackleton'), to William Blincoe, Stoker Petty Officer, Submarine C28, Dundee, the first thanking him for his application ('...your application will be filed for future consideration amongst the likely ones...'), the second written four months later, informing him regretfully that his application has not been successful as the Admiralty will not allow any further Service ratings to join the expedition, apologising as '...I should have been glad to have some more men from the Service...', 2 pages, on Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition headed paper, dust-staining and spotting, creasing, small tears and holes along folds with some loss, oblong 4to (172 x 205mm.), 4 New Burlington Street, London, W., 9 February and 18 June 1914; with a copy of Endurance, a brochure published to accompany the Gaumont British Pictures 1933 film Endurance: A Glorious Failure, including Hurley's pictures from the expedition, 315 x 235mm. (3)Footnotes:'I SHOULD HAVE BEEN GLAD TO HAVE SOME MORE MEN FROM THE SERVICE'Shackleton was inundated with over five thousand applications for just fifty places on his Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914-17, many from men and officers from both the Royal Navy and the merchant service, and he particularly wanted to man the Aurora with a naval crew who could be relied upon to carry out orders. In 1913 he wrote to Winston Churchill, the First Sea Lord, asking for permission to recruit from the Navy explaining that 'If I go on this expedition without the Senior Service being represented... it will be the first time in the history of Polar Exploration' (Roland Huntford, Shackleton, 1985, p.372). However, with Europe on the brink of the war, the Admiralty could not spare any men to take part in a non-essential expedition to the Antarctic and therefore Stoker Petty Officer Blincoe was denied his request. After government calls for a general mobilization of troops, supplies and volunteer soldiers in August 1914, Shackleton offered his ship, stores and services to the war effort just days before they were due to set sail. He 'received a reply from the Admiralty with the single word 'Proceed'... That night, at midnight, war broke out' (www.coolantarctica.com).END OF SALEFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
CANTON - OPIUM WARSBroadside proclamation announcing the forthcoming withdrawal of Allied troops from the city of Canton, and the restoration of the city to Chinese authorities on 21st October 1861, one sheet, ink note 'Canton 1 October 1861' added in upper margin, vestiges of old mounting on verso, 370 x 155mm., [?Canton, no printer, 1 October 1861]Footnotes:'Salutes will be mutually fired and flags exchanged to develop the element of joy, in order that the admirable intention of cordial harmony between the Chinese and foreign nations may be auspiciously illustrated' - a scarce 'Special Proclamation' announcing that Canton would be formally evacuated by the English and French Allied troops, who had occupied it since 1857, issued as a guarantee for the payment of the indemnity provided for by the Treaty of Tien-tsin, which drew a final end to the Second Opium War.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
MORVI STATE, GUJARAT - PHOTOGRAPHY'Morvi State Album', 70 silver gelatin prints (190 x 240mm.) mounted one per page, all captioned in blue pencil in lower margin, original decorative maroon morocco gilt, titled on upper cover with State Arms, g.e., oblong folio (280 x 385mm.), [c.1900]Footnotes:A fine album of 70 large views of the State capital of Morvi [or Morbi], in Gujarat showcasing the extensive modernisations undertaken by Maharaja Thakur Sahib of Morvi Sir Waghji II Rawaji (1858-1922), who ruled for fifty years. Images include groups centred on the Maharaja (5, with state officials, 'private group' with his two sons and railway officials); State carriages (5, 2 seating the Maharaja, one his son and heir Lakhiriji, one captioned 'State carriage and the Golden harness. Whole turn out got out from England'); State Police on parade (5, mostly mounted on horse or camels); the majority depicting modern building and infrastructure projects, some populated in the fore-ground, including the State weaving and spinning cotton mill, hospital 'for uncurable diseases', 15-arch stone bridge across the Machchhu River (4), the Railway station and offices (3, including horse drawn train), post office, 'gas work for lighting town', customs house, 'dispensary for town people', vegetable market, public park, the Green Chowk clock tower with tram line, the palace (6 exterior views, 4 interiors), the remarkable 'Private suspension bridge for the private use of the palace', general workshops, State stables, stud and coach house (5), Nazzar Bagh summer palace and grounds (4), bird's-eye views of the town (2, one with bridge in background, one showing the length of main thoroughfare, the whole length of which fronted in a classical facade).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
William Andrew Ludlow (British, 1803-1853)'Bengal Troops on the line of March, (The advanced Guard driving in an outpost of the Enemy.) A Sketch by an Officer in that Army'the full set of 18 lithographs (London, Day & Haghe, c.1840)each strip approximately 11.4 x 54.6cm (4 1/2 x 21 1/2in).12 mounted on 4 pieces of thick card, and 6 loose.Footnotes:The complete rare and large panorama depicting the trials and hazards of moving the Bengal Army - under East India Company control at this time - through the subcontinent. The plates are based on sketches by an officer, Captain Ludlow. Ludlow is listed in the East India Register and Directory as being on furlough from the Twelfth Regiment Bengal Native Infantry in 1835. Throughout the panorama, British troops are interspersed with Indian soldiers, who accounted for the large majority of the force, and figures of local interest. Inscriptions beneath each point of interest in the panorama highlight figures and scenes including a Hindu idol and priest; Hindus bathing; A skirmish; 'Cart in which Native Females ride'; 'A Swivel Gun on a Dromedary'; 'Fakeers denouncing their flying Friends'. The panorama is richly detailed and filled with figures, camels and elephants laden with baggage. When joined, the panorama extends to approximately 28 feet.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
RIGBY (CHRISTOPHER PALMER) - ANGLO-PERSIAN WAR & ZANZIBARSeries of twenty six autograph letters signed from Christopher Palmer Rigby ('C.P. Rigby') to his friend Joseph Miles, Quartermaster of Marines at Bombay ('My dear Miles'), comprising: (i) seventeen letters written from Bushire during the Anglo-Persian war of 1856-7, in his position as Superintendent of Police and Assistant Civil Commissioner, reporting on life in the town ('...supplies coming in from all parts, fruit, vegetables, fish etc in abundance, and the meat as good as English...'), troop movements ('...The Persians are still encamped 2 marches off and are trying to cut off our supplies... the Russians have occupied Asterabad and have a large army on the Persian frontier...'), reporting '...you will hear of the defeat of the Persian Army... Outram arrived looking remarkably well... [The Highlanders] caused an immense sensation marching through the town in their kilts. The Persians think they are our great warriors... their force amounted to eight regiments of infantry, 18 guns and four or five thousand irregular horse... They [the Persians] evacuated their camp before our arrival... finding we did not follow them came back to make a night attack on us in their entrenched camp... our Artillery blazed at them with grape and cannister... the Persians fled in confusion... we might march through their country with moderate force...'), General Jacob ('...detested by nearly everyone in camp... he is doing everything he can to embroil us with the Persians and the tribes around... a wretched stick, pig headed as a mule... it is a wretched patched up peace, we gain nothing...'), visit from a Persian Colonel ('...looks as if he had just been figged out in Paris... The Persians seem really anxious to cultivate friendship with us...'), news of mutual friends ('...what a 1000 pities all our fellows are marrying, it hampers a Regiment in every way...'), complaints of the Bombay postal system ('...a disgrace to any Christian country, a foul blot upon the 19th century...'), reports of mutinies in India ('...most exaggerated...'), and withdrawal (...'I suppose I shall be the last to embark from here...'); (ii) one letter from aboard the Falkland giving a description of the Seychelle Islands ('...every species of tropical fruit...The roads are lined with roses, myrtles & oleander... the whole island almost is in a state of nature... the root of the manioc which grows like a weed makes excellent white bread... people are too lazy... no money is ever spent on improvements... the style of living is very different... I don't think they even have tiffin or dinner, breakfast seems to be the meal... turkey, ham, curries, fish, salads, ducks stewed in olives... with claret... fancy eating all this at 10 in the morning...'); (iii) eight letters from Zanzibar as British Consul, describing being greeted by the Sultan on arrival ('...he gave a capital dinner in the European style but only sherbet to drink... the English Consul is the only person here the Sultan calls on...'), hospitality ('...the French Consul... has a French cook... would have done credit to the Café de Paris... The American Consul... can't speak a word of French... only language in which he can make himself understood is the Sowahili or negro language... I laughed when I heard them salute each other with 'Jambo Monsieur'...'), scenery and abundant produce ('...like a fine park... huge mango trees, groves of oranges etc...'), arrival of slaves ('...they all wear a wooden ticket round the neck...') and slave ships ('...they come to try to bully the Sultan into consenting to a slave trade, but they find it no go... they pretend it is not a slave trade that the negroes are only 'engaged' to serve for a term of years and go willingly...'), cholera ('...raging here... carried off thousands of people...'), threat of attack from Muscat ('...there will most likely be a good deal of fighting... There are 25000 wild Africans here & a firing & yelling is kept up all day... & kill 2 or 3 people daily by accident...'), the arrival of Burton and Speke ('...Speke has done much more than Burton, he left Burton after surveying the Tanganika Lake which is about 400 miles long and went alone 25 days journey North where he discovered Lake Nianza... unknown to any...'), his low opinion of Burton ('...Speke is a right good jolly resolute follow, Burton is not fit to hold a candle to him... Speke works, Burton lies on his back all day & picks other people's brains...'), arrival of explorer Albrecht Roscher from the interior ('...Burton is very jealous of him...') and his discovery of Lake Nyassa ('...the first white man who has ever done so... There is a report he has been murdered... we are very anxious about him... Speke is going with 50 armed men...'), French designs on the colony ('...all very savage altho' outwardly polite... they want to get rid of the Sultan...'), the quashing of the rebellion of the El Harth Arabs ('...the Sultan's brother who was backed up by the French... The rebel tribe has suffered severely... the English are in high favour here now...'), his own legacy ('...I have lately emancipated 3700 slaves here... I was occupied from daylight to dark for 6 weeks having the slaves brought up and writing a certificate of freedom for each...'), and much else, c.96 pages, creased with some small tears along folds, one small portion excised to remove postmark, rust staining from old paperclips, some integral address panels with red wax seals, 8vo, Bushire, Karrack, Seychelle Islands, British Consulate Zanzibar, 28 December 1856 to 22 June 1860Footnotes:'ENGLISH INFLUENCE IS SUPREME HERE': LETTERS FROM THE BRITISH CONSUL IN ZANZIBAR & HIS FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF THE ANGLO-PERSIAN WARA wide-ranging, closely written and detailed correspondence beginning with Rigby's first-hand experience of the Anglo-Persian war of November 1856-April 1857. As Bushire's only Magistrate and Superintendent of Police, on the arrival of Sir James Outram, commander of the British forces, Rigby was elevated to Assistant Civil Commissioner and Military Commandant. His services were indispensable as the only officer who could speak Persian. Rigby's account covers the battle of Bushire, the British attack on Brazjun, and the battle of Khushab, the largest battle of the war. During his next posting as British Consul in Zanzibar, against a vividly portrayed background of life on the island, he speaks of his great successes in fighting the slave trade, the quashing of the Burghash rebellion, describes assisting several explorers and reveals his personal thoughts on the rivalry between Burton and Speke (see Lot 89).These letters were retained in the papers of Christopher Palmer Rigby, extracts from which were published in his daughter's memoir, General Rigby, Zanzibar and the Slave Trade, published in 1935.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
DEVEREUX (WILLIAM COPE)A Cruise in the Gorgon, or, Eighteen Months on H.M.S. Gorgon, engaged in the Suppression of the Slave Trade on the East Coast of Africa, including a Trip up the Zambesi with Dr Livingstone, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY inscribed 'C.P. Rigby from the author' on the title-page, half-title, hand-coloured folding engraved map 'showing the Seat of the Slave Trade at Zanzibar', a few names added in manuscript (identifying persons only noted by their initials in the printed text, one being Rigby), one gathering working loose, publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettered on spine, rubbed [Czech, p.48], 8vo, Bell and Daldy, 1869Footnotes:A fine association copy gifted by Devereux to C.P. Rigby, British Consul at Zanzibar from 1858-61, at the time that the H.M.S. Gorgon undertook its mission to suppress the slave trade on the East coast of Africa. The ship stopped twice at Zanzibar (chapters 7 and 23), the author noting that here 'especially Englishmen are appreciated... thanks to Colonel Rigby, H.M.'s Consul, who, during a residence of three years, not only did much improve the morale of the place, but emancipated no less than 8000 slaves with his own hand' (Devereux, p.115).Provenance: Christopher Palmer Rigby (1820-1885), inscription noting gifted from the author.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
SPEKE (JOHN HANNING)What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile, PRESENTATION COPY inscribed 'From the author' on the half-title, engraved frontispiece, 32pp. publisher's advertisements at end, half-title loose, lacks 2 maps and front free endpaper, binding rubbed, 1864; Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile, engraved frontispiece, 25 plates, 2 maps (one large folding in pocket at end as issued, laid on linen), illustrations in the text, some pencil underlining, covers detached with some loss to spine, 1863, William Blackwood--LIVINGSTONE (DAVID) Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, folding tinted colour lithograph frontispiece, engraved portrait, 43 plates, 2 folding maps (one in pocket at end as issued), dampstaining to opening leaves, covers and spine detached, John Murray, 1857, FIRST EDITIONS, publisher's cloth, worn, 8vo (3)Footnotes:Speke recorded that on arriving in Zanzibar, he and John Grant 'without a moment's delay went off to the British Consulate to see my old friend Colonel Rigby... [that we may] enjoy his hospitality until arrangements could be made for our final start into the interior' (Journal of the Discovery, p.8). He is full of praise for Rigby, noting that 'had at heart as much as anybody the success of the expedition, [and] materially assisted me in accomplishing my object... he allowed me to select from his boat's crew any men I could find who had served in men-of-war, and had seen active service in India' (p.11).Provenance: First mentioned, Christopher Palmer Rigby (1820-1885), armorial bookplate, and note 'From the author'; Second mentioned, William Townend Lund, bookplate, and inscription of J. Gordon Hayes (1920); Third mentioned, 'Presented to Miss Campbell, Jany 1st 1858' (?possibly the daughter of John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell), pencil ownership inscription on front free endpaper.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
RIGBY (CHRISTOPHER PALMER) - INDIAAutograph letter signed ('C.P. Rigby'), to Mr. Bates, updating him on his movements since being appointed 'Commissioner to settle the boundaries of the Gaekwar territories & those of the Nowab of Joonaghur in Kattywar. They have been quarrelling about the boundaries during the last 50 years... it will probably take me 2 years to settle'' describing the richness of the natural resources, whilst bemoaning that 'not a farthing of the revenue has been spent in the country, and the people are in a miserable state... the poorer classes... without food or clothes', continuing that Bombay 'is dirtier & more stinking than it ever was, cholera & small pox are always raging... not a decent building erected any where... the natives no longer shew the slightest respect to Europeans, and the present system is to flatter & pamper these greasy fat Banians... the Bombay railway appears to be completely disorganised', attacking the quality of trade ('...an immense amount of gambling in Bombay in all sorts of bubble companies...'), which is dependent on the continued high price of cotton, noting that 'the Jews are now the rising people in Bombay, & have the finest houses', and that 'a good many African slaves are still brought to Kattywar for sale... I have rescued a small African boy here from slavery, and shall try to get him sent to England [as a servant]... Kattywar is full of mercenary Arabs... the Indian Services are completely broken up and ruined. I can't think how the country will be governed a few years hence...', 8 pages, 8vo, Korenar, Kattywar [Kathiawar], 2 May 1864; together with a 3-page autograph poem, entitled 'Lines Written by an Officer' (2)Footnotes:'KATTYWAR IS FULL OF MERCENARY ARABS': A long letter written four months after Rigby was appointed Commissioner for the settlement of the boundary disputes between Baroda and Nawanagar, in Gujarat. The Royal Geographic Society obituary (June 1885) of Rigby noted that during this period he 'rescued from slavery five African boys and girls who had been brought from Muscat by an Arab for sale. He reported to Government the systematic traffic in slaves which is carried on with impunity in Kutch and Kathiawar'.Provenance: Christopher Palmer Rigby (1820-1885), seemingly returned by the recipient to Rigby's widow.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
LIVINGSTONE (DAVID)'Crayon drawing taken from life in the possession of W.F. Webb Esq., of Newstead Abbey', PRESENTATION COPY GIFTED BY W.F. WEBB TO GENERAL RIGBY, inscribed 'Presented to General Rigby by W.F. Webb Esquire, Newstead Abbey, June 1874' lower left, tinted lithographed head and shoulder portrait in middle-age, Livingstone's facsimile signature lower right, spotting, framed and glazed, sheet 520 x 415mm., undatedFootnotes:FINE ASSOCIATION ITEM - 'In April 1874, Rigby was deputed by the Royal Geographical Society to receive Livingstone's body on arrival at Southampton and make necessary arrangements. His companions were Colonel Grant, Mr. Webb of Newstead Abbey, the African hunter, Oswell Livingstone, Henry Stanley...' (Russell, General Rigby, Zanzibar and the Slave Trade, 1935, p.307). William Frederick Webb (1829–1899) was a celebrated big game hunter. Following illness in 1851 he was nursed back to health at David Livingstone's Kolobeng Mission, subsequently forming a lifelong friendship with Livingstone, who would visit him at Newstead Abbey, the ancestral home of Lord Byron, which Webb purchased in 1861.Provenance: Christopher Palmer Rigby (1820-1885), gifted to him by Webb.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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