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Lot 3560B

Angling - a Malloch's patent black japanned tin fly box, no.13561, hinged cover, fitted interior, 18cm wide; another, The Loch Leven Eyed Fly Box; a tin bait box; fishing reels, various types and makers, Eton Sun; brass; mahogany; etc (12)

Lot 3560C

Angling - a 3" Scottish brass fishing reel, by W Garden, Aberdeen, horn winder; another, by P D Malloch, Perth (2)

Lot 3560D

Angling - an Allcock & Co Commodore 6" big game sea fishing reel; other reels, various forms and makers; the Tatler by C & Y Ltd; Malloch's patent by H Moore of Liverpool; etc (qty)

Lot 3560E

Angling - a 4.5" D Slater's patent fishing reel, brass star back, numbered 2181

Lot 3561

Angling - a Diamond China six piece coffee service, comprising six coffee cups and saucers, each printed in polychrome with a tied fishing fly, green line borders, the saucers 13cm diam, c.1920

Lot 3562

Angling - a set of sportsman's fishing scales, by Hardy Bros, Alnwick, the weighing scales delineated from 1lb to 20lb, loop suspension, 26.5cm long, 20th century

Lot 3563

Angling - a split-cane fishing two-piece fishing rod, by A.E. Rudge & Son, Redditch, 250cm long overall, canvas carrying case; another, similar; reels, etc

Lot 3564

Angling - an Allcock Aerialite 3.75" bakelite fishing reel; others wooden (4)

Lot 3565

Angling - an early 20th century three-piece split-cane fishing rod, The Gordon, by Shapes of Aberdeen; others, including J. Ogden of Cheltenham; Hardy; etc

Lot 3566

Angling - various 20th century split-cane fishing rods, including A.E. Rudge & Sons, Taylor Johnson, Daiwa, Mustang Excel; etc

Lot 241

A BOX CONTAINING COINS, COIN ALBUMS COMMEMORATIVES to include two albums with 20th Century half crowns and shillings, silver proof Royal Mint and Pobjoy boxed silver coins, a white metal angling award, 4.5 grams, 50mm

Lot 5075

FISHING: FOUR BOOKLETS ON FLY FISHING, including 'The Hardy Book of Flies' and 'Hardy's Guide To Reservoir Angling' (4)

Lot 424

M Groves, angling interest, a set of 9 framed and glazed fish prints to include Salmon, Bass, Brown Trout etc.

Lot 7163

Fred Buller: 'Angling, the Solitary Vice', Machynlleth, Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, 2000, limited edition deluxe, (14/50), signed to half title, original green leather, titled in silver, mounted illustration to top board

Lot 7165

Thomas Fairfax: 'The Complete Sportsman; Or, Country Gentleman's Recreation', London, J. Cooke, [1760], 1st edition, engraved frontis, 240pp, early sporting book covering hunting, shooting, racing, angling, cock-fighting and more, 12mo, old half calf gilt; [Sir Humphry Davy]: 'Salmonia: Or Days of Fly Fishing', London, John Murray, 1828, 1st edition, 3 plates of flies + ills. in text as called for, first edition of a book that "ranks high in the scale of angling literature" (Westwood & Satchell, p.77), 12mo, contemporary half calf gilt; George Hanger: 'Colonel George Hanger, To All Sportsmen, and particularly, to Farmers and Gamekeepers...', London, printed for the author, J.J. Stockdale, 1814, 1st edition, 226pp, lacks leaf between title page and dedication, dedication to Thomas Coke of Holkham Hall, Includes a passage on jack-lighting deer at night in South Carolina, comments on American rifles and riflemen and backwoods lore, and mention of Wild Turkey, and other material, gleaned from Hanger's service as second-in-command to Tarleton during service in the American Revolution, contemporary quarter cloth gilt (worn); Lieut. Col. P. Hawker: 'Instructions to Young Sportsmen in all that relates to Guns and Shooting', 1854, 10th edition, engraved frontis + 8 engraved plates and numerous ills. in text as called for, contemporary half calf gilt; Ian Alan, 8th Duke of Northumberland: 'The Shadow on the Moor', 1931, [2nd printing], original cloth gilt (5)

Lot 44

A Hallmarked Silver Trophy Goblet, JD&S, Sheffield 1944, engraved with names and dates (82grams); on a black socle base, together with two plated trophy cups, hallmarked silver and enamel "English Angling Championship Daily Mirror Cup" medallion pendants, two 1973 50p coins, etc :- One Tray

Lot 60

A cast iron Derby Angling association sign, Private Fishing, No Night Fishing, Bridge No 15, painted in red and white, 44cm x 40cm

Lot 417

TWO VOLUMES OF COUNTRY LIFE LIBRARY OF SPORT volumes 1 and 2 and THE ART OF ANGLING Volumes 1-3 edited by KENNETH MANSFIELD 1957 ( Contain some lovely coloured plates suitable for framing!)Approx 5 pieces

Lot 1990

FISHING RODS including a Sharpe's of Aberdeen The Gordon 9'6" 3 piece graphite rod, in original bag and with outer tube. Also with a Sharpe's 13ft split cane three piece rod, a 3 piece 14ft carbon fibre rod The West Country by Lance Nicholson, Dulverton, a cane two piece 9ft 6" rod by George Wilkins & Son, Redditch, a two piece 7ft cane rod by Angling Services, Pall Mall, etc.

Lot 451

Two volumes of boxes of angling interest including Tyne water, Catching Fish, Big Fish from small waters, The Fisherman Fireside book and many other various.

Lot 1259

Angling: a collection of fishing reels, in old wicker creel. 

Lot 307

A mixed lot of angling related collector's items and 2 fishing reels.

Lot 377

A mixed lot of angling equipment.

Lot 1

Early Images of Angling.- Hollar (Wenceslaus) Angling; River Fishing; and Salmon Fishing, after Francis Barlow, 3 (of 12) plates from 'A Sett of Prints of Hunting, Hawking, & Fishing', engravings, very good clear impressions, platemarks each approx. 170 x 220 mm (6 3/4 x 8 3/4 in), under glass, good margins, uniformly framed, [circa 1671] (3)Provenance:Frank T. Sabin, LondonLiterature:cf. Schwerdt I, p.52; cf. Harting 33; Westwood & Satchell p.23Beazley, David, Images of Angling. Three Centuries of British Angling Prints, Creel Press, 2010, no. 1⁂ "The cornerstone of angling illustration in print form in England". [op. cit. Beazley, p. 15]

Lot 10

NO RESERVE Morland (George), After. Children Fishing; Children Gathering Black-Berries, a pair, mezzotints with etching by P. Dawe, printed in colours and finished by hand, platemark 500 x 350 mm (19 3/4 x 13 3/4 in), small margins, under glass, minor surface dirt and abrasion, uniformly framed, William Dickinson, 1788 (2)Literature:Beazley, David, Images of Angling. Three Centuries of British Angling Prints, Creel Press, 2010, no. 58

Lot 100

Wilkinson (Norman) The Lure [Salmon about to take fly]; Trout Fishing on the River Coquet, two works, etchings with drypoint, both signed in pencil, platemarks each approx. 225 x 300 mm (8 3/4 x 11 3/4 in), minor surface dirt and light toning, the former with exposure lines within margin from previous mount, unframed, [circa 1920s] (2) Literature:Beazley, David, Images of Angling. Three Centuries of British Angling Prints, Creel Press, 2010, cf. nos. 333-337⁂ Norman Wilkinson (1878-1971) is largely known as a marine and naval artist, but he was also a prolific illustrator of salmon and trout fishing. The artist was introduced to fly-fishing at a young age, and was already a regular spring visitor to Scotland in the years before 1914, and he resumed his salmon fishing trips after the war. It wasn't until 1920 that Wilkinson, on the suggestion of his art dealer friend Robert Dunthorne, took his artist's materials with him to Scotland with the serious intention of producing some angling etchings. No catalogue of Wilkinson's total output of etchings has been published, the great majority of it was produced in three angling books, the first published in 1924, then 24 plates in An Angler's Anthology, published in 1930, and another 24 plates in Chalmer's A Fisherman's Angles, 1931. Beazley has suggested that the total number of Wilkinson's angling etchings amounts to 71, of which at least 45 were offered for sale as single sheet prints in signed limited editions. [op. cit. Beazley, p. 218]

Lot 101

Wilkinson (Norman) Below the Falls; Salmon on the line; The Kettle Pool, Struan, three works, etchings with drypoint, all signed in pencil, the first two mentioned with platemarks each approx. 225 x 300 mm (8 3/4 x 11 3/4 in), the latter 150 x 200 mm (6 x 7 7/8 in), under glass, minor surface dirt, framed, [circa 1920s] (3) Provenance:[Below the Falls] Arthur Greatorex Ltd., London[Kettle Pool, Struan] Fine Art Society, London, June 1933Literature:Beazley, David, Images of Angling. Three Centuries of British Angling Prints, Creel Press, 2010, cf. nos. 333-337⁂ Norman Wilkinson (1878-1971) is largely known as a marine and naval artist, but he was also a prolific illustrator of salmon and trout fishing. The artist was introduced to fly-fishing at a young age, and was already a regular spring visitor to Scotland in the years before 1914, and he resumed his salmon fishing trips after the war. It wasn't until 1920 that Wilkinson, on the suggestion of his art dealer friend Robert Dunthorne, took his artist's materials with him to Scotland with the serious intention of producing some angling etchings. No catalogue of Wilkinson's total output of etchings has been published, the great majority of it was produced in three angling books, the first published in 1924, then 24 plates in An Angler's Anthology, published in 1930, and another 24 plates in Chalmer's A Fisherman's Angles, 1931. Beazley has suggested that the total number of Wilkinson's angling etchings amounts to 71, of which at least 45 were offered for sale as single sheet prints in signed limited editions. [op. cit. Beazley, p. 218]

Lot 102

Wilkinson (Norman) Strathspey Fishing; Loch Fishing; Spring Fishing on the Loch, three works, etchings with drypoint, all signed in pencil, each platemark approx. 225 x 300 mm (8 3/4 x 11 3/4 in), under glass, good margins, minor surface dirt, framed, [circa 1920s] (3) Literature:Beazley, David, Images of Angling. Three Centuries of British Angling Prints, Creel Press, 2010, cf. nos. 333-337⁂ Norman Wilkinson (1878-1971) is largely known as a marine and naval artist, but he was also a prolific illustrator of salmon and trout fishing. The artist was introduced to fly-fishing at a young age, and was already a regular spring visitor to Scotland in the years before 1914, and he resumed his salmon fishing trips after the war. It wasn't until 1920 that Wilkinson, on the suggestion of his art dealer friend Robert Dunthorne, took his artist's materials with him to Scotland with the serious intention of producing some angling etchings. No catalogue of Wilkinson's total output of etchings has been published, the great majority of it was produced in three angling books, the first published in 1924, then 24 plates in An Angler's Anthology, published in 1930, and another 24 plates in Chalmer's A Fisherman's Angles, 1931. Beazley has suggested that the total number of Wilkinson's angling etchings amounts to 71, of which at least 45 were offered for sale as single sheet prints in signed limited editions. [op. cit. Beazley, p. 218]

Lot 103

Wilkinson (Norman) A Likely Cast; with three others similar, four works, etchings with drypoint, all signed in pencil, each platemark between approx. 170 x 250 mm (6 3/4 x 9 7/8 in) and 225 x 300 mm (8 3/4 x 11 3/4 in), under glass, good margins, minor surface dirt, framed, [circa 1920s] (4) Literature:Beazley, David, Images of Angling. Three Centuries of British Angling Prints, Creel Press, 2010, cf. nos. 333-337⁂ Norman Wilkinson (1878-1971) is largely known as a marine and naval artist, but he was also a prolific illustrator of salmon and trout fishing. The artist was introduced to fly-fishing at a young age, and was already a regular spring visitor to Scotland in the years before 1914, and he resumed his salmon fishing trips after the war. It wasn't until 1920 that Wilkinson, on the suggestion of his art dealer friend Robert Dunthorne, took his artist's materials with him to Scotland with the serious intention of producing some angling etchings. No catalogue of Wilkinson's total output of etchings has been published, the great majority of it was produced in three angling books, the first published in 1924, then 24 plates in An Angler's Anthology, published in 1930, and another 24 plates in Chalmer's A Fisherman's Angles, 1931. Beazley has suggested that the total number of Wilkinson's angling etchings amounts to 71, of which at least 45 were offered for sale as single sheet prints in signed limited editions. [op. cit. Beazley, p. 218]

Lot 104

Wilkinson (Norman) Heavy Fish; A Spring Fish; Casting a Line; Waiting Patiently, four works, etchings with drypoint, all signed in pencil, each platemark between 200 x 250 mm (7 7/8 x 9 3/4 in) and 225 x 300 mm (8 3/4 x 11 3/4 in), under glass, minor surface dirt, framed, [circa 1920s] (4) Provenance:[Heavy Fish] Arthur Greatorex Ltd., LondonLiterature:Beazley, David, Images of Angling. Three Centuries of British Angling Prints, Creel Press, 2010, cf. nos. 333-337⁂ Norman Wilkinson (1878-1971) is largely known as a marine and naval artist, but he was also a prolific illustrator of salmon and trout fishing. The artist was introduced to fly-fishing at a young age, and was already a regular spring visitor to Scotland in the years before 1914, and he resumed his salmon fishing trips after the war. It wasn't until 1920 that Wilkinson, on the suggestion of his art dealer friend Robert Dunthorne, took his artist's materials with him to Scotland with the serious intention of producing some angling etchings. No catalogue of Wilkinson's total output of etchings has been published, the great majority of it was produced in three angling books, the first published in 1924, then 24 plates in An Angler's Anthology, published in 1930, and another 24 plates in Chalmer's A Fisherman's Angles, 1931. Beazley has suggested that the total number of Wilkinson's angling etchings amounts to 71, of which at least 45 were offered for sale as single sheet prints in signed limited editions. [op. cit. Beazley, p. 218]

Lot 105

Wilkinson (Norman) A Spey Pool; Trout Fishing on the Garry; The Island Pool, River Orchy, three works, etchings with drypoint, all signed in pencil, the first two mentioned with platemarks each approx. 225 x 300 mm (8 3/4 x 11 3/4 in), the latter 265 x 225 mm (10 3/8 x 8 3/4 in), under glass, minor surface dirt, framed, [circa 1920s] (3) Provenance:[A Spey Pool & Trout Fishing on the Garry] Robert Dunthorne & Son, LondonLiterature:Beazley, David, Images of Angling. Three Centuries of British Angling Prints, Creel Press, 2010, cf. nos. 333-337⁂ Norman Wilkinson (1878-1971) is largely known as a marine and naval artist, but he was also a prolific illustrator of salmon and trout fishing. The artist was introduced to fly-fishing at a young age, and was already a regular spring visitor to Scotland in the years before 1914, and he resumed his salmon fishing trips after the war. It wasn't until 1920 that Wilkinson, on the suggestion of his art dealer friend Robert Dunthorne, took his artist's materials with him to Scotland with the serious intention of producing some angling etchings. No catalogue of Wilkinson's total output of etchings has been published, the great majority of it was produced in three angling books, the first published in 1924, then 24 plates in An Angler's Anthology, published in 1930, and another 24 plates in Chalmer's A Fisherman's Angles, 1931. Beazley has suggested that the total number of Wilkinson's angling etchings amounts to 71, of which at least 45 were offered for sale as single sheet prints in signed limited editions. [op. cit. Beazley, p. 218]

Lot 106

Wilkinson (Norman) Come to Britain for Fishing, lithograph printed in colours on wove paper, unlined, sheet 750 x 495 mm (29 1/2 x 19 1/2 in), minor surface dirt and handling creases, unframed, published by the Travel Association of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, printed by W. S. Cowell, [circa 1947]Literature:Beazley, David, Images of Angling. Three Centuries of British Angling Prints, Creel Press, 2010, no. 341

Lot 107

NO RESERVE Gilbey's Spey-Royal Whisky.- Wilkinson (Norman), After. Benchill, Tay; Bridge of Awe, two posters, offset-lithographs printed in colours, each approx. 530 x 700 mm (20 7/8 x 27 1/2 in), under glass, some areas of rubbing and light abrasion, even light toning, framed, [circa 1930s] (2)Literature:Beazley, David, Images of Angling. Three Centuries of British Angling Prints, Creel Press, 2010, nos. 339-340

Lot 11

Morland (George), After. A Party Angling; The Anglers' Repast, a pair, mezzotints with etching by George Keating and William Ward, printed in colours and finished by hand, each platemark approx. 465 x 560 mm (18 1/4 x 22 in), good margins, under glass, minor surface dirt and abrasion, uniformly framed, J.R. Smith 1789 (2)Provenance:Arthur Ackermann & Son Ltd., LondonLiterature:Beazley, David, Images of Angling. Three Centuries of British Angling Prints, Creel Press, 2010, nos. 59-60⁂ "A Party Angling captures the very essence of angling's own 'age of elegance' [...] and comes from the period when Morland was producing his best work and is one of his best-known images... This wonderful picture of the artist and his friends enjoying a moment's fishing will always be there as a memory of his happiest days." [Beazley op. cit. p.44]

Lot 12

NO RESERVE Morland (George), After. A Party Angling; The Anglers' Repast, a pair, mezzotints with etching by George Keating and William Ward, on laid paper with indistinct watermarks, platemarks each approx. 465 x 560 mm (18 1/4 x 22 in), trimmed with small margins, some nicks and tears to extremities, minor surface dirt, browning, and handling creases, J.R. Smith, 1789 (2)Literature:Beazley, David, Images of Angling. Three Centuries of British Angling Prints, Creel Press, 2010, cf. nos. 59-60

Lot 13

NO RESERVE Westall (Richard), After. Fishing Party. Partie de Peche, stipple engraving by Charles Knight, with full hand-colouring on wove paper, sheet 525 x 405 mm (20 3/4 x 16 in), minro marginal nicks and tears, some surface dirt, unframed, published by Knight, 1799; together with duplicate uncoloured impression, albeit a variant state on laid paper, and with A. Suntach's 'Fishing Party' based on the same composition after Westall, both unframed, [circa 1799-1802 or slightly later] (3) Literature:Beazley, David, Images of Angling. Three Centuries of British Angling Prints, Creel Press, 2010, no. 56

Lot 14

George IV fishing satire.- Williams (Charles) A King-Fisher, etching with original hand-colouring, on wove paper without watermark, sheet 242 x 347 mm (9 1/2 x 13 5/8 in), trimmed just within the platemark, minor surface dirt and light handling creases, hinged onto card support, unframed, [BM Satires 15137.a], published by S.W. Fores, 1826; together with 6 others similar, including John Fairburn's A King-Fisher, and A Water-Wag-Tail, 1826 [Not in BM], A King-Fishing Party attributed to Heath, 1827, [BM 15413.A], A King-Fisher, 1826 [BM 15126], Gillard's A King-Fisher on the banks of the Thames, 1826, [cf. BM 15147], William Heath's The Virginia Fishing Smack, 1827 [BM 15410], and Charles Williams' Gudgeon fishing a la conservatory, 1811 [BM 11729], etchings, all with hand-colouring, various sizes, all unframed, [circa 1811-1827] (7)Literature:Beazley, David, Images of Angling. Three Centuries of British Angling Prints, Creel Press, 2010, cf. nos. 66-70

Lot 15

NO RESERVE Fishing Satire.- Bunbury (Henry William) & Thomas Rowlandson. Patience in a Punt; and 3 others, including other variations of the same subject, after Bunbury, one published by Hannah Humphrey circa 1794 [BM Satires 8207], etchings, three with hand-colouring, various sizes between 240 x 340 mm (9 1/2 x 13 1/4 in) and 260 x 350 mm (10 1/4 x 13 3/4 in), trimmed, one laid down, surface dirt and browning, one sheet with tear just into image, all unframed, circa 1794-1811 (4)Literature:Beazley, David, Images of Angling. Three Centuries of British Angling Prints, Creel Press, 2010, nos. 80-83

Lot 16

NO RESERVE Bunbury (Henry William), After. Anglers of 1611; Anglers of 1811, a pair, etchings with hand-colouring, the former on un-watermarked laid paper, the latter on wove, each platemark approx. 190 x 280 mm (7 1/2 x 11 in), good margins, some surface dirt and browning, unframed, [circa 1811]; together with a duplicate pair of the same, both later impressions, framed [c. 1811 or later] (4)Literature:Beazley, David, Images of Angling. Three Centuries of British Angling Prints, Creel Press, 2010, cf. nos. 84 & 86

Lot 17

Caricatures.- Cawse (John) Devils- angling for lawyers!!!, fishing related satire on the legal profession, etching with hand-colouring, on wove paper with 'Cansell' watermark and dated '1822', sheet 257 x 395 mm (10 1/8 x 15 1/2 in), trimmed to or just within the platemark, minor nicks to edges, unframed, [BM Satires 9607], published by S.W. Fores, circa 1800 [but ca. 1820s]; together with 9 further fishing related caricatures, including McCleary's Union Fishery, Plate 2d, [not in BM satires], and 8 others, all but 2 by John Doyle "HB" from Thomas McClean's 'Political Sketches' series, lithographs, various sizes, occasional nicks and tears, all unframed, [circa 1830] (10)Literature:Beazley, David, Images of Angling. Three Centuries of British Angling Prints, Creel Press, 2010, nos. 64-65, and 71-79

Lot 18

Fishing Satire.- London.- Roberts (Piercy) Patience at Paddington or angling in the Junction Canal, after George Moutard Woodward, etching with hand-colouring on wove paper without watermark, platemark 260 x 355 mm (10 1/4 x 14 in), sheet 270 x 415 mm (10 5/8 x 16 1/4 in), minor handling creases, some faint surface dirt, unframed, [BM Satires 10890], published by Thomas Tegg, 1807; together with Woodward's Angling at Sadler's Wells, and a duplicate, etching with hand-colouring, 170 x 212 mm (6 3/4 x 8 1/4 in), one laid onto card, the other a slightly later impression, surface dirt and browning, unframed, [Not in BM], [c. 1794] (3) Literature:Beazley, David, Images of Angling. Three Centuries of British Angling Prints, Creel Press, 2010, nos. 87-88

Lot 19

NO RESERVE Fishing Satire - Cats Fishing.- Seymour (Robert) Waltonizing or - Green-land Fisherman, etching by "Shortshanks" (Seymour), original hand-colouring, sheet 245 x 340 mm (9 3/4 x 13 1/2 in), mounted on paper support, trimmed to borderline, unframed, published by Thomas McLean, [circa 1830]; together with two hand-coloured lithographs of anthropomorphised cats fishing by Seymour, Angling-Capital Sport and Angling - No Sport at All, with an uncoloured duplicate of the latter, each approx. 218 x 295 mm (8 1/2 x 11 3/4 in), surface dirt, spotting, handling creases, unframed, published by William Spooner, [circa 1830s] (4).Literature:Beazley, David, Images of Angling. Three Centuries of British Angling Prints, Creel Press, 2010, nos. 89-91

Lot 2

NO RESERVE Fishing in the 18th Century.- Smith of Derby (Thomas) A Prospect on the River Wie, in Monsal-Dale, engraving by Francois Vivares, possibly a slightly later impression on laid paper affixed to support, platemark 395 x 550 mm (15 1/2 x 21 3/4 in), under glass, good margins, some even toning, framed, 1743; together with a good group of four other fishing landscapes, including William Woollett's 'A View of the Canal and of the Gothick Tower in the Garden of his Grace the Duke of Argyl at Whitton', published by Sayer, Boydell, and Carrington Bowles, and with 3 other hand-coloured engravings, various sizes, all framed [18th century or slightly later] (5)Provenance:[Smith of Derby] Vicars Brothers, LondonLiterature:Beazley, David, Images of Angling. Three Centuries of British Angling Prints, Creel Press, 2010, no. 2

Lot 20

NO RESERVE Fishing Satire.- Pyall & Hunt (publishers) Fishing in Troubled Waters, or The Consequence of invading Matrimonial Rights & Privileges, etching with hand-colouring on wove paper without watermark, sheet 260 x 340 mm (10 1/4 x 13 1/4 in), trimmed within the platemark, inset at edges into window mount, small nicks and tears, unframed, [Not in BM Satires], [circa 1820]; together with a good group of 8 further fishing caricatures, including a slightly later impression of Rowlandson's Comforts of an Irish Fishing Lodge, Summers' Fish Fags, a later impression of Woodward's Patience at Paddington..., a trimmed impression of Seymour's Waltonizing or - Green-land Fisherman, and four others similar by various hands, etchings with hand-colouring, various sizes, all unframed, [19th century] (9)Literature:Beazley, David, Images of Angling. Three Centuries of British Angling Prints, Creel Press, 2010, nos. 92-97

Lot 22

NO RESERVE Fishing Satire.- Turner (Charles) [The Delights of Fishing], the set of six published by the engraver, after Robert Frankland, etchings and aquatint by Charles Turner, all with hand-colouring on wove paper, each platemark approx. 240 x 285 mm (9 1/2 x 11 1/4 in), small margins, under glass, even toning to each with surface dirt, uniformly framed, published by Charles Turner, circa 1823 (6)Literature:Siltzer, The Story of British Sporting Prints, 1929, p. 122Beazley, David, Images of Angling. Three Centuries of British Angling Prints, Creel Press, 2010, cf. nos. 98-103⁂ Scarce variant state, before McLean's publication.

Lot 23

Fishing Satire.- McLean (Thomas, publisher) Taking a Fly; A Sharp Bite; Patience in a Punt; Digging for Bait; Smiling Showers or Ducks in Delight, five works from an anonymous suite (?possibly complete), etchings with hand-colouring, excellent impressions, each platemark approx. 190 x 230 mm (7 1/2 x 9 in), under glass, some minor spotting and surface dirt, uniformly framed, [circa 1820s] (5)Provenance:Henry Sotheran, Ltd., LondonLiterature:Beazley, David, Images of Angling. Three Centuries of British Angling Prints, Creel Press, 2010, nos. 104-108

Lot 24

NO RESERVE Fishing Satire.- Grant (Charles Jameson) Freaks of Fancy! A Bait; A Gudgeon, two works, etchings with hand-colouring, each sheet 320 x 240 mm (12 1/2 x 9 1/2 in), and 280 x 330 mm (11 x 13 in), even toning and sun exposure lines to the first mentioned, both with surface dirt and handling creases, unframed, published by S Gans, 1830-1831; together with a good group of 17 further satirical fishing prints, including hand-coloured lithographs by William Spooner, Madeley, William Hunt's 'The Complete (April 1st) Angler' after Bunbury, Fores's 'Tickling Trout', and others, various sizes, all unframed, [mainly 19th century] (19)Literature:Beazley, David, Images of Angling. Three Centuries of British Angling Prints, Creel Press, 2010, nos. 109-110

Lot 25

NO RESERVE Fishing Satire.- McLean (Thomas, publisher) Smiling Showers or Ducks in Delight; and three others, including two variant impressions of 'A Sharp Bite', and one of 'Taking A Fly', etchings with hand-colouring, each platemark approx. 190 x 230 mm (7 1/2 x 9 in), under glass, some minor spotting and surface dirt, framed, [circa 1820s]; together with a miscellaneous group of framed fishing prints, including R. Seymour's 'Noon' published by Ackermann, 2 etchings after Henry Alken ' Fishing in a Punt' and 'Pike Fishing', and another, various sizes, all under glass, framed, [19th century] (8)Literature:Beazley, David, Images of Angling. Three Centuries of British Angling Prints, Creel Press, 2010, cf. nos. 104-108

Lot 26

Alken (Henry), After. Fishing in a Punt; Pike Fishing; Salmon Fishing, three works from 'The National Sports of Great Britain', etchings with aquatint by J. Clark, all with hand-colouring, each platemark approx. 270 x 370 mm (10 3/4 x 14 1/2 in), under glass, minor spotting and browning, uniformly framed, published by Thomas McLean, 1820 [but 1821] (3)Literature:Beazley, David, Images of Angling. Three Centuries of British Angling Prints, Creel Press, 2010, nos. 130-132⁂ A particularly fine impression of a rare and important group. "I have no evidence that Henry Alken was an angler, but then so little is known about him that who knows if he dabbled?... The punt fishing scene is one of my firm favourites amongst the whole historic range of angling prints. To my angler's eye, it has the most natural and convincing feeling about it." [Beazley, op. cit. p. 89]

Lot 27

NO RESERVE Alken (Henry Thomas, 1785-1851).- Gauci (Maxim) Mr Henry Alkin alias Ben Tally O, bust portrait, lithograph with hand-colouring, image 240 x 190 mm (9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in), under glass, minor surface dirt, publication line of Thomas McLean affixed collage-style below lettering, framed, printed by Rowney & Forster, 1823Provenance:Ex-collection of Virginia & Norman Bobins, cat. no. 8 (labels affixed verso)Literature:Beazley, David, Images of Angling. Three Centuries of British Angling Prints, Creel Press, 2010, cf. p. 84

Lot 28

Alken (Henry), after. Fly Fishing; Anglers, two works from 'The National Sports of Great Britain', soft-ground etchings, excellent clean impressions with fine hand-colouring, each platemark approx. 140 x 215 mm (5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in), under glass, uniformly framed, published by Thomas McLean, 1824 [but c. 1825] (2)Literature:Beazley, David, Images of Angling. Three Centuries of British Angling Prints, Creel Press, 2010, nos. 133-134

Lot 29

NO RESERVE Scottish Fishing.- Heath (William) Sporting in the Scottish Isles no. III. Salmon Fishing, lithograph with hand-colouring, heightened with gum arabic, 280 x 300 mm (11 x 11 3/4 in), under glass, possibly laid onto support, minor browning and toning, framed, published by Ackermann, 1835; together with an anonymous portrait of a gentleman in tartan suit and bonnet sitting at a table beside three small fish (salmon?), mezzotint with hand-colouring, 260 x 210 mm (10 1/4 x 8 1/4 in), under glass, trimmed, framed, early 19th century (2)Literature:Beazley, David, Images of Angling. Three Centuries of British Angling Prints, Creel Press, 2010, nos. 189 and 213⁂ An early illustration of fishing in the remoteness of the Western Isles.

Lot 3

NO RESERVE Angling's Age of Romance.- Sayer (Robert, publisher) Straphon & Chloe, mezzotint, numbered '151' in the lower right corner, platemark approx. 150 x 115 mm (5 7/8 x 4 1/2 in), under glass, minor damp-stains and surface dirt, framed, circa 1760-1794; together with Sayer's Strephon & Phillis, mezzotint with engraving, numbered '196', on coarse wove paper, sheet 152 x 112 mm (6 x 4 1/2 in), thread margins, minor spotting and surface dirt, unframed, 1787 (2)Literature:Beazley, David, Images of Angling. Three Centuries of British Angling Prints, Creel Press, 2010, nos. 43 and 44

Lot 30

NO RESERVE Scottish Fishing.- Tweedside.- Catton (Charles), After. Kelso Bridge and Abbey, from the suite of six Scottish views, etching and aquatint by Francis Jukes, on cream Whatman wove paper with watermark date '1794', with extensive hand-colouring, platemark 460 x 640 mm (18 x 25 1/4 in), sheet 550 x 840 mm (21 3/4 x 33 in), minor handling creases, unframed, published by Jukes, 1793Literature:Beazley, David, Images of Angling. Three Centuries of British Angling Prints, Creel Press, 2010, no. 8⁂ An early illustration of a Salmon angler.

Lot 31

NO RESERVE Scottish Fishing.- Tweedside.- Catton (Charles), After. Jedburgh Abbey, from the suite of six Scottish views, etching and aquatint by Francis Jukes, on cream Whatman wove paper with watermark date '1794', with extensive hand-colouring, platemark 460 x 640 mm (18 x 25 1/4 in), sheet 550 x 840 mm (21 3/4 x 33 in), minor handling creases, unframed, published by Jukes, 1793Literature:Beazley, David, Images of Angling. Three Centuries of British Angling Prints, Creel Press, 2010, no. 10

Lot 33

NO RESERVE Daniell (William) Windsor Castle from the North West, aquatint with hand-colouring, 300 x 502 mm (11 3/4 x 19 3/4 in), under glass, trimmed and presented on mount as issued, some spotting and surface dirt, framed, published by Thomas and William Daniell, 1827; together with a good group of 4 further prints of fishermen in landscapes, including Havell's aquatint after Walmesley's 'O'Sullivan's Cascade, Kerry', Duffield Harding's lithograph 'Falls of the Tummel', and J. Giles's lithograph 'A Veteran of the Angle', and another, all under glass, framed, 19th century (5)Literature:Beazley, David, Images of Angling. Three Centuries of British Angling Prints, Creel Press, 2010, cf. no. 16, 114

Lot 34

London.- Fishing in Hyde Park.- Jukes (Francis) View of the Serpentine River Hide Park looking from Kinsington Gardens, after a drawing by Jacob Schnebbilie, etching and aquatint with hand-colouring on wove paper without watermark, platemark 420 x 550 mm (16 1/2 x 21 3/4 in), under glass good margins, some spotting and browning with exposure lines, framed, 1796Provenance:Frank T. Sabin, LondonLiterature:Beazley, David, Images of Angling. Three Centuries of British Angling Prints, Creel Press, 2010, nos. 119

Lot 36

NO RESERVE River Lea.- Ackermann (Rudolph, publisher) View of the River Lea Bridge and Stratford Viaduct as now constructing for the Eastern Counties Railway Company, after a drawing by George Harley, lithograph by Louis Haghe, with hand-colouring, 340 x 575 mm (13 1/4 x 22 3/4 in), under glass, some spotting and minor surfaced dirt, scratch within the sky, framed, Ackermann, Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 1837Literature:Beazley, David, Images of Angling. Three Centuries of British Angling Prints, Creel Press, 2010, nos. 126

Lot 37

Pollard (James & Robert) [Fly Fishing]; [Bottom Fishing near Totten Mill], two works, etchings with hand-colouring, excellent richly inked impressions, each platemark approx. 110 x 340 mm (4 1/4 x 13 3/8 in), under glass trimmed to platemarks, some small margins remain, mounted on support, minor surface dirt, uniformly framed, faint etched publication line in lower right, R. Pollard & Sons, 1823 (2)Provenance:Arthur Ackermann & Son Ltd., LondonFrank T. Sabin, LondonLiterature:Beazley, David, Images of Angling. Three Centuries of British Angling Prints, Creel Press, 2010, cf. nos. 141-144⁂ Scarce. The Yale Centre For British Art hold the original drawing for Bottom Fishing near Totten Mill, see acc. no. B2001.2.1107.

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