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Click here to subscribeMedals of 2663 Colour Sergeant H Orrick of the Highland Light Infantry comprising an Anglo- Boer war 1899-1902 Queen's South Africa Medal (3rd type reverse) with two clasps (SOUTH AFRICA 1902 and CAPE COLONY) [2663 CLR SJT H ORRICK HIGHLAND LI] and an Edward VII Army Long Service and Good Conduct medal [2663 C SJT H ORRICK HIGHLAND LI], (2)
Medals of 2930412 and 72566 Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant J G Matheson of the Machine Gun Corps Royal Artillery comprising George V (bareheaded bust wearing Field Marshal's uniform, swivel bar) Army Meritorious Service medal with third type ribbon [72566 R Q M SJT J MATHESON MGC] and George VI (IND IMP variety) Efficiency medal with TERRITORIAL clasp [2930412 SJT J G MATHESON RA], (2)
Medals of 32621 Private / Acting Sergeant A Johnson of BMO EMB SO Royal Army Medical Corps comprising George V (IND IMP swivel bar variety) Army Meritorious Service medal [32631 PTE-A SJT A JOHNSON BO EMB SO RAMC], WWI war medal and Victory medal [32621 SJT A JOHNSON RAMC] and WWI 1914-15 star [32621 PTE A JOHNSON RAMC], (4)
Medal of SS118210 Stoker 2nd Class E V Alexander of the Royal Navy comprising WWI war medal [SS1 18210 E V ALEXANDER STO 2 RN]. Medal of Paymaster Sub Lieutenant C F Hutchins of the Royal Naval Reserve comprising WWI war medal [PAYR S LT C F HUTCHINS RNR]. Medal of Reverend A G Watson comprising WWI war medal [REV A G WATSON]. Medal of Major W S Campbell (possibly Royal Army Medical Corps) comprising WWI war medal [MAJOR W S CAMPBELL]. Medal of 94257 Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 W Durbridge of the Royal Artillery comprising WWI war medal [94257 A W O CL1 W DURBRIDGE RA]. Medal of 3076S F S Jones (possibly Royal Marine Artillery) comprising WWI war medal [RMA 3076-S- GR2 F S JONES]. Medal of DEAL 5478-S- Sapper C J Pollard of the Royal Marines comprising WWI war medal [DEAL 5478-S- SPR C J POLLARD RM]. Medal of A J Mann of the Royal Navy (believed to be a fitter aboard HMS Invincible) comprising WWI war medal [A J MANN SERVICE WITH THE ROYAL NAVY]. Medal of F34292 Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class Walter Broadbent of the Royal Naval Air Service comprising WWI war medal [F34292 W BROADBENT ACT AM1 RNA]. (9)
Medal of M24937 Boy Artificer C Allen of the Royal Navy comprising WWI war medal [M24937 C ALLEN B ART RN]. Medal of Alexander Dewar comprising WWI war medal [ALEXANDER DEWAR]. Medal of 269758 Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class P McCaul of the Royal Navy comprising WWI war medal [269758 P MCCAUL CERA1 RN]. Medal of 18110 Private G Wolstenholme of the Manchester Regiment comprising WWI war medal [18110 PTE G WOLSTENHOLME MANCH R]. Medal of Paymaster Lieutenant Commander C A Dunn of the Royal Naval Reserve comprising WWI war medal [PAYR L T CR C A DUNN RNR]. Medal of 307257 Driver J Tait of the Royal Artillery comprising WWI war medal [307257 DVR J TAIT RA]. Medal of 3865 Private W Martin of the Seaforth Highlanders comprising WWI war medal [3865 PTE W MARTIN SEAFORTH]. Medal of M2-104755 Acting Company Quarter Master Sergeant H Cook of the Army Service Corps comprising WWI war medal [M2-104755 ACO(Q?)M SJT H COOK ASC]. Medal of Lieutenant A H D Young of the Royal Naval Reserve comprising WWI war medal [LIEUT A H D YOUNG RNR]. Medal of M18962 Junior Reserve Class 4 J G Roberts of the Royal Navy comprising WWI war medal [M18962 J G ROBERTS JR4 RN], (10)
Group of nineteen various World War Two medals to include five WWII war medals, two named [138114 W H PASCOE] and [25365 A HEWITT 70TH BLACKWATCH], five WWII Defence medals, one named [207608 K R LAMB], 1939-1945 star, Atlantic star, Africa star with 8th Army clasp, Africa star, Pacific star, Burma star, Italy star, France and Germany star and Arctic star and two copies. (22)
Police interest, a collection of policing related items pertaining to Constable Joseph Smith to include a Elizabeth II Police Long Service and Good Conduct medal, two London and North Eastern Railway helmet badges, British Transport Police cap badge, Pair of Hiatts handcuffs, group photograph of officers, etc. also a packet of photographs and ephemera to include a WWII British Army of the Rhine certificate awarded to Lieutenant Sergeant Joseph Smith of the Royal Engineers, portraits and group photographs of Royal Engineers etc.
Family medal grouping to include the medals of 3580 Private T McLaughlin of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders comprising war medal and victory medal [3580 PTE T MCLAUGHLIN A&SH], and medals of M-272337 Private H P McLaughlin of the Army Service Corps comprising war medal and victory medal [M-272337 PTE H P MCLAUGHLIN ASC], also a set of dogtags, coronation and other medals.
Three boards of regimental badges to include Gordon Highlanders XCII helmet plate, By Dand cap badge, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders cap badge, Parachute Regiment, The Australian Army, The Border Regiment, Royal Military Police, Leicestershire, Royal Warwickshire, The Welch, The Essex Regiment, Kent Yeomanry, etc. (over 100)
Dinky Toys diecast model vehicles 697 25 pounder field gun set boxed, and unboxed models vehicles to include Morris 10cwt van Capstan, 250 fire truck, Vanguard, Desoto Fireflite, Austin Devon, 30V NCB Electric van, 255 Mersey Tunnel truck, Land Rover, 621 3 Ton Army Truck, 562 Muir-Hill Dumper, 132 Packard, 23K Talbot Lago, Blaw Know Bulldozer, 301 Field Marshall tractor and trailer etc.
Medals of 6192 3rd Class Master Gunner A McGowan of the Royal Garrison Artillery comprising George V (bareheaded bust wearing Field Marshall's uniform with swivel bar 1911-20) Army long service and good conduct medal [6192 3/CL MR GUNR A MCGOWAN RGA] and WWI British was medal [6192 WO CL 1 A MCGOWAN RA], (2)
Medals of 771774 Bombardier Sergeant J Gibson of the Royal Field Artillery comprising George V (bareheaded bust in Field Marshal's uniform, 1916-28 one of 25,845 issued) Army meritorious service medal with third type ribbon [771774 BOM SJT J GIBSON RFA], George V (bareheaded bust wearing Field Marshal's uniform] Territorial Force Efficiency medal [771774 BOM SJT J GIBSON RFA], and a WWI war medal and victory medal [556 BOM SJT J GIBSON RA], (4)
11 Boxed Corgi TV related diecast models to include 05301 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, 2 x Dad's Army (09002 & 18501), 2 x Heartbeat (CC01701 & CC07301), Wallace & Gromit Anti Pesto Van, Only Fools and Horses 05201, Mr Bean 04419, Inspector Morse 01806 and Last of the Summer Wine CC01601, diecast excellent, boxes vary
Over 30 play worn Mid 20th C onwards diecast models, mostly Dinky and Matchbox, to include military examples, featuring Dinky 641 Army 1 Ton Cargo Truck, Dinky 693 7.2 Howitzer, Dinky 688 Field Artillery Tractor, Dinky Nash Rambler, Dinky 195 Jaguar 3.4 Litre, Dinky 623 Army Wagon, Dinky Ford Cortina, etc
10 Boxed Dinky military diecast models to include 626 Ambulance, 2 x 670 Armoured Car, 692 5.5 Medium Gun, 2 x 623 Army Covered Wagon, 621 3 Ton Army Wagon, 676 Armoured Personnel Carrier, 641 Army I-Ton Cargo Truck & 674 Austin Champ plus a boxed Dinky 276 Airport Fire Tender with flashing light and 3 x unboxed Dinky diecast models, diecast with some wear and boxes vary (14 items)
Large collection of mostly military plastic figures including Britains, Crescent, Lone Star and unbranded examples, featuring a quantity of Britains Deetail, together with 6 x boxed Tamiya 1/35 Military Miniatures sets (MM161, MM167, MM113, MM102, MM126, MM130), a boxed Airfix 1/32 British 8th Army Military Figures set, a small quantity of unboxed Airfix-style military/medieval related sets, 3 x action figures (including a Palitoy example), etc (3 boxes)
A small fragment of the pall (coffin cover) of the late Queen Victoria, attached to a note detailing its provenance, a small embroidered silk King George V ribbon and a small card moment of the coronation, a tooled Morocco leather case Daguerreotype of an elderly lady, 14 cm x 11.5 cm, and other Edward VII/ Geoge V Royal souvenir and a contemporary Lord Baden Powell early scouting lapel badge, leather-bound Army officers notebook and other items.Private estate
Field Marshall Sir George Stuart White VC signed 5x3 album page. Field Marshal Sir George Stuart White, VC, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO (6 July 1835 - 24 June 1912) was an officer of the British Army. He was stationed at Peshawar during the Indian Mutiny and then fought at the Battle of Charasiab in October 1879 and at the Battle of Kandahar in September 1880 during the Second Anglo-Afghan War. For his bravery during these two battles, he 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 £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
King George IV signed vintage 6x3 page original signature George R cut from the upper left corner of a Royal Warrant to raise volunteers for the Army. George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 - 26 June 1830) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from the death of his father, King George III, on 29 January 1820, until his own death ten years later. At the time of his accession to the throne, he was acting as Prince Regent, having done so since 5 February 1811, during his father's final mental illness. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Mjr Pat Reid MC signed Escape from Colditz Castle RAF Escaping Society covers SC1. Patrick Robert Reid, MBE, MC (13 November 1910 - 22 May 1990) was a British Army officer and author of history. As a British prisoner of war during the Second World War, he was held captive at Colditz Castle when it was designated Oflag IV-C. Reid was one of the few to escape from Colditz, crossing the border into neutral Switzerland in late 1942. After the war Reid was a diplomat and administrator before eventually returning to his pre-war career in civil engineering. He also wrote about his experiences in two best-selling books, which became the basis of a film, TV series and board game. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Field Marshal Frederick Roberts VC signed envelope mounted with 10 x 8 inch colour full portrait photo to approx. 16 x 12 inches. Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, VC, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, VD, PC, FRSGS (30 September 1832 - 14 November 1914) was a British Victorian era general who became one of the most successful British military commanders of his time. Born in India to an Anglo-Irish family, Roberts joined the East India Company Army and served as a young officer in the Indian Rebellion during which he was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry. He was then transferred to the British Army and fought in the Expedition to Abyssinia and the Second Anglo-Afghan War, in which his exploits earned him widespread fame. Roberts would go on to serve as the Commander-in-Chief, India before leading British Forces for a year during the Second Boer War. He also became the last Commander-in-Chief of the Forces before the post was abolished in 1904. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
US Medal of Honor winners John Bud Hawk and Ray Davies signed on two 10 x 8 b/w photos. John Druse Bud Hawk (May 30, 1924? November 4, 2013) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in World War II during the battle of the Falaise pocket. August 20, 1944, Hawk was serving in Europe as a sergeant in Company E, 359th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division. During a German counterattack on that day, near Chambois, France, he was wounded in the right thigh while taking cover behind a tree. A German shell had penetrated the tree trunk. (French apple trees aren't worth a darn, he said in 1994.) Hawk continued to fight and, in order to direct the shots of friendly tank destroyers, he willingly exposed himself to intense enemy fire. For his actions during the battle, he was awarded the Medal of Honor on July 13, 1945. The medal was formally presented to him by President Harry Truman. Raymond Gilbert Davis (January 13, 1915 - September 3, 2003) was a United States Marine Corps four-star-general who had served in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Davis was decorated several times; he was awarded the Navy Cross during World War II and the Medal of Honor during the Korean War. While serving as the Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, he retired with over 33 years' service in the Marine Corps on March 31, 1972. During the 1st Marine Division's fight to break out of the Chosin Reservoir area in North Korea during the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir on December 1, 1950, Lt. Col. Davis led his battalion in and through fierce firefights with the Chinese army from Yudam-ni to Hagru-ri. Lt. Col. Davis led in front of his men all the way, marching his battalion at night over mountains in a driving snowstorm, he rescued and saved Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment from annihilation at the Toktong Pass. This action also opened the blocked mountain pass to Hagaru-ri allowing two trapped Marine regiments to escape and link up with the rest of the 1st Division at Hagaru-ri. He was recommended for the Medal of Honor. The medal was presented to Lt. Col. Davis by President Harry S. Truman in a White House ceremony on November 24, 1952. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Zeinab Abd El Hamid (Egypt, 1919-2002)A demonstration in the Faculty of Commerce, Cairo University watercolour on paper, framedsigned 'Zeinab Abd El Hamid' and dated '1954' (lower right), signed and titled on the verso, executed in 195452 x 63cm (20 1/2 x 24 13/16in).Footnotes:Provenance:Property from the artists estate, CairoThe present work is an extremely historically significant depiction of political unrest at the University of Cairo in 1954. Between July 1952 and October 1954, then-Major Gamal Abd al-Nasser initiated a structured process that altered Egypt's democratic institutions and changed the system from a partial democracy to a military dictatorship. He banned all political parties, dissolved the parliament, arrested political activists, and attempted to stamp out opposition. On February 28, 1954, almost one million Egyptians surrounded Nasser in Abdin Palace. They demanded the return to a civilian rule, the release of all political prisoners, reinstatement of the parliament, and the return of the army to its barracks.Besieged, pressured, and outnumbered, Nasser promised reforms, swore that he would respect them, and declared that he would hold free elections in June 1954. Nasser would backtrack from these promises which led to the imprisonment of the protest movements leader, Mohammad Naguib.1954 saw contesting protests, strikes and demonstrations between supporters of Naguib and Nasser, with loyalties within the student body of Egypt and the armed forces divided between the two throughout their power struggle.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
Kadhim Hayder (Iraq, 1932-1985)A Love Deeper than All Love (Wa hawa aemaq min kuli hawa) , from the Epic of the Martyr Series oil on canvas, framedsigned 'K.HADAR' and dated '1963' (lower left), executed in 1963100 x 70cm (39 3/8 x 27 9/16in).Footnotes:'A LOVE DEEPER THAN ALL LOVE'A RARE AND MAGNIFICENT PAINTING FROM KADHIM HAYDER'S MARTYRS EPIC, FROM THE COLLECTION OF PROFESSOR ABDUL AZIZ HAMEED, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE IRAQI STATE BOARD OF ANTIQUITIES 'The horse represents the knight, keeping with the popular belief that the horse carries the spirit of the knight after his martyrdom'- Kadhim Hayder'The exhibition of The Epic of the Martyr took place in circumstances that were politically and culturally complicated; it turned the idea of martyrdom into a modern symbol that cried out in tragedy apart from any religious interpretation.'- Dia al-AzzawiProvenance:Property from the collection of Dr Abdul Aziz Hameed, Canada, former Professor at the Institute of Fine Arts, Baghdad (1960's), and former President of the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage (2004-2010),Acquired directly by the above from the artist in 1965Exhibited:The Marty's Epic, Kadhim Hayder, Baghdad National Museum, 1965 (the present work is composition No.6 from the cycle)The Marty's Epic, Kadhim Hayder, Sursock Museum, Beirut 1965Published:Review of the Epic of the Martyr, Al Thawra Al Arabiyya, Anwar Al-Ghasani, May 7th 1965, illustratedKul Al-Funoon, May 26th 1965, illustratedAl-Balad, April 28th 1965, illustratedOne of the artists most touching and tender compositions, 'A Love Deeper than All Love' is a seminal painting by Iraq's most enigmatic modern artist, Kadhim Hayder. Part of Hayder's major body of work focusing on the Battle of Karbala and death of Imam Hussein known as the 'Marty's Epic', the present painting was exhibited at the artists landmark shows in the National Museum of Modern Art in Baghdad and Beirut in 1965 as well as being one of the most heavily featured works from the cycle, appearing in no less than three major press reviews at the time Being offered in the market for the first time, the work comes from the prestigious private collection of one of Hayder's oldest friends; Professor Abdul Aziz Hameed. The two became acquainted during their studies at SOAS in the 1950's, subsequently becoming colleagues at the Baghdad Faculty of fine Arts in the 1960's, Hameed then went on to become President of the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage, the painting has been in his collection for over half a century. Extremely rare and possibly unique within the Martyr's Cycle, Hayder's composition in 'A Love Deeper than All Love', focuses on a romantic and deeply personal subject matter rather than the bloody battle of Karbala itself or the martyrdom of its protagonist, Imam Hussein. In the present work, Hussein is depicted as an anthropomorphised horse together with this Persian wife Shahbanu as the two are rendered standing affectionately side by side, in perhaps what is Hayder's most intimate take on the fabled story. Legend states that Shahbanu was present during the battle of Karbala, but includes a miraculous aspect to the story. It states that prior to his death, Husayn gave Shahrbanu his horse and bid her to escape back to her homeland in Persia. She was closely pursued by Yazid's soldiers and as she approached the mountains surrounding Rey, she tried to call out to God in desperation. However, in her exhaustion she misspoke and rather than saying 'Yallahu!' (Oh God!), she said 'Ya kuh!' (Oh mountain!). The mountain then miraculously opened and she rode into it, leaving behind only a piece of her veil which had gotten caught as the chasm closed behind her. This became an object of veneration, with the area becoming a shrine as well as a popular pilgrimage siteSaleem Al Bahloly: The Epic of the Martyr: 'Haidar began working on the series in 1963 shortly after returning from London where he had studied printmaking and stage-design at the Royal College of Art. On the one hand, the paintings were a continuation of the interests of artists in the 1950s: in the inspiration Haidar found in popular culture and in his adoption of certain pictorial devices from ancient Assyrian sculpture to modern art (associated with the Baghdad Group for Modern Art) as well as in his concern with political struggles for justice (associated with the Pioneers art group). On the other hand, however, Haidar opened a new horizon for the practice of art by structuring the paintings around an act of symbolism.The paintings are composed of horses and warriors, wielding spears and swords and bearing banners and shields, that are positioned on a flat, mythical landscape. This imagery was drawn from the annual taʿziya celebrations that mourn the martyrdom of al-Husayn and other members of the Prophet's family in a stand-off with the Umayyad army in 680 AD; in particular, the imagery is taken from the processions in which a pageant of costumed figures representing characters from the battle fought on the 'plain' west of the Euphrates parade through the street accompanying poets who narrate in a vernacular tradition of verse the injustice suffered by the Prophet's family.In the paintings, this imagery has been reconstructed according to a variety of devices inspired by a range of sources: the bodies of the horses and figures are turned toward the viewer, as if they are appearing on a stage or in an ancient frieze depicting a historic battle; a sense of performance is carried into the image by the intense expressivity of their gestures which seem to dissolve anatomical features and the outline of shapes in a fervour of emotion; the limbs of human and animal bodies alike are often multiplied (an influence of Assyrian sculptural reliefs that Haider almost certainly saw at the British Museum in London) and tapered (a form of modelling inspired by the sculpture of Henry Moore).The reconstructed imagery is arranged in the paintings not to narrate a historical event but to elaborate a concept of the martyr that emerged out of that event—a hero who by his death in a struggle for truth paradoxically triumphs. Haidar developed this concept of the martyr in painting by focusing on the symbolic relation between the fallen martyr and his horse. As he explained to the newspaper al-Jumhuriyya in 1965: 'the horse represents the knight, keeping with the popular belief that the horse carries the spirit of the knight after his martyrdom.' That symbolism is present in the mourning processions where al-Husayn is represented by a riderless white horse; but it has its roots in a legend that, when al-Husayn's horse saw his beheaded corpse, it circled around his body, rubbed its head in his blood, let out a ferocious whine and killed forty men.The paintings in The Epic of the Martyr were different sizes [they] reflect, as Dia al-ʿAzzawi has written, Haidar's desire to collapse the distinction between gallery and street, and between art and ritual, by reproducing the atmosphere of the folk celebration inside the museum. To that end, for the exhibition in 1965, Haidar composed a poem in which each line corresponded to a painting in the series, in this way reproducing the coupling of pageant and poetry in the mourning processions.This attempt to go beyond the conventional materials of painting, in order to use the artwork to stage an experience that is not only visual but also emotive, makes The Epic of the Martyr one of the earliest pieces of contemporary art in the Middle East.'Saleem Al-Bahloly received a PhD from the University of Californi... 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
Jewad Selim (Iraq, 1919-1961)Self Portrait with Guitar oil on card laid down on board, framedexecuted circa early 1940s50 x 35cm (19 11/16 x 13 3/4in).Footnotes:Provenance:Property from the collection of the renowned architects Nizar Jawdat (1920-2017) and Ellen Jawdat (1921-2020), acquired directly from the artist,thence by descent to the present owners'I remember constant gatherings in our house where we would hear Segovia and Carlos Montoya in the background, I also remember Amou Jewad playing the Guitar sometimes, and in fact he was very good!'- Zaidun Jawdat, the son of Nizar and Ellen Jawdat, who acquired the present work from Jewad'The bold style with bright colours is similar to that in the paintings [dated in the early 1940's]. These were therefore painted when Jewad was in Baghdad during WWII, presumably after he had met and been influenced by the Polish artists Józef Jarema and Józef Czapsk , stationed with the 'Anders Army' in Baghdad during the early 1940s. Before the war Józef Jarema and Józef Czapski had been members of the Post-Impressionist Kapisci movement, or the Paris Committee or the Colourists, an art group established 1924 by Jozef Pankiewicz.'- Zaineb Jewad Selim, the artists daughterThis 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
Shakir Hassan Al Said (Iraq, 1925-2004)The Martyrdom of Imam Hussein ink on paper in two partssigned and dated, executed in 195529 x 22cm eachFootnotes:Provenance:Property from the Artist's Estate These drawings are inspired by the folk art of the annual Ashura mourning processions held in Iraq and elsewhere, which commemorate the martyrdom of al-Husayn bin Ali and other members of the Prophet's family in 680 AD on the plains of Karbala, Iraq. The Ashura processions are based on oral traditions of narration and poetry accompanied by a full costume sombre pageant to recount the three-day events of the besieging of al-Husayn's camp and his martyrdom along with 63 of his companions and family members against a large Umayyad army. In his aforementioned 1954 article, Al Said noted the impact of the Ashura tradition on his visual memory and the mixture of emotions of fear and sadness from seeing the character of Shimmir, the villain, in the processions. Al Said then noted that Shimmir, in turn, showed fear and sadness in the Qajari posters that circulated in Iraq during the 1950s; these posters brought to visual form the myths and oral traditions of Shimmir's fate and torture. In the bottom right corner of the Qajar poster, Shimmir is seen seated inside a large cauldron on fire with his mouth open wide, screaming, and a piercing agonising frontal gaze as his scull is cracked open by repeated strikes from a bearded figure standing behind Shimmir holding a baton, with his raised right hand about to land another blow on Shimmir's head. Al Said's line drawing, with his well-established Mesopotamian-Islamic motifs, renders the figures with a modern interpretation of pain and fear in the context of vengeance. In contrast to Shimmir's drawing, the portrait of Ali with his son Abbas is more formal and symbolic to reflect perhaps a counterpart to Shimmir's predicament. The myths of Shimmir's torture mention that Ali and his sons and daughters sit and watch the torture of Shimmir and the other killers of al-Husayn. Abbas (al-Husayn's half-brother) is identified from the distinctive two feathers in his helmet, while Ali (al-Husayn's father) is identified by his two-pronged sword, known as Thulfiqar.- Dr Ahmed NajiDr Ahmed Naji is an independent researcher and cultural advisor on art in Iraq and the Arab world. He is the author of Under the Palm Trees: Modern Iraqi Art with Mohamed Makiya and Jewad Selim, Rizzoli New York, 2019. (Instagram: ahmednaji_alsaid)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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