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Click here to subscribeLUCIEN PISSARRO (French, 1863-1944) `Cold Harbour - self sewn pines`, 1916, monogrammed, titled and dated lower left, crayon and watercolour, 5" x 8 1/2", New English Art Club label verso Exhibited: New English Art Club, Winter 1916, No. 5 This picture matches in title and view with an oil painting in Anne Thorold`s catalogue of Pissarro oil paintings, which was shown as being exhibited in the NEAC exhibition as No. 33.
VALERIE DAVIDE (British, b. 1938) Nude reclined, signed upper left, mixed media, 21 1/2" x 29 1/2" and another nude study, signed lower left, mixed media, 23" x 16" (2) Valerie Davide is a contemporary Cornish artist, represented by Davidson Fine Art, and is particularly well known for her animal studies with quick spontaneous lines.
3x Vic lithograph tennis prints - to incl 2 original London Illustrated News and one Harper`s Weekly magazine extracts c1880. All three prints featuring tennis matches, costumes and equipment of the time - one mounted and the other two are framed and glazed overall 23" x 28" max - each with vertical centre folds (F). Original art work by British artist Bert Thomas (1883-1966) who created the famous First World War cartoon entitled `Arf a mo` Kaiser `of a British Private lighting his pipe
Scarce Boxing engraving by William Howard Robinson signed and dated 1917: titled "An Evening at The National Sports Club" depicting "Peerless Jim" Driscoll and Jim Bowker in the ring before Round 1 for the British Featherweight Championship in 1907 - signed in pencil by the artist to the border c/w hand drawn vignette of a boxer to the one corner and the Sporting Clubs Crest in the opposite corner - mounted and framed - image measures 16" x 30.5" - overall 36 x 47.5". Note: Driscoll won the fight with KO in the 17th round. Jim Driscoll went on to fight against World Feather Weight Champion Abe Attwell USA in New York in a no decision contest, which ended in a draw but given the "Newspaper decision" and laid claim to the crown. He held the British Feather weight title from 1906 - 1913 and also won the European Crown but died from pneumonia in 1925 and his popularity and fame saw the streets of Cardiff lined with mourners. Driscoll was a contemporary of Jimmy Wilde who was the subject of another painting by Robinson titled "A Welsh Victory at the National Sporting Club" which Mullock`s sold in 2007 for £155,000 a world record for Boxing memorabilia. William Howard Robinson was a noted representative artist and portrait painter of the early twentieth century. He was born on 3 November 1864 in Inverness-shire and attended Dulwich College from 1876 to 1882. He studied Art at the Slade School under Sir Simeon Solomon. His professional career as a portrait painter began circa 1910 when his interest in the sport of fencing led him to sketch all the leading fencers of the day; these sketches were reproduced in the sporting publication "The Field" leading to further commissions for portraits with a sporting theme. He became well known for his sketches and portraits of figures in the sporting world such as Lord Lonsdale, Chairman of the National Sporting Club. His two best-known paintings were "An Evening at the National Sporting Club" (1918) and "A Welsh Victory at the National Sporting Club" (1922). This first painting was of the boxing match between Jim Driscoll and Joe Bowker, it took Robinson four years to complete and contained details of 329 sporting celebrities. The second painting commemorated the historic boxing match between Jimmy Wilde and Joe Lynch that took place on 31 March 1919 and shows the Prince of Wales entering the ring to congratulate the victor, the first time that a member of the royal family had done so.
Reaumur (Rene-Antoine Ferchault de). The Art of Hatching and Bringing up Domestick Fowls of all Kinds, at any Time of the Year. Either by Means of the Heat of Hot-Beds, or that of Common Fire, 1st English ed., 1750, half-title, fifteen folding eng. plts., letterpress engs., head and tail-pieces and initial letters, occn. minor foxing, A2-A4 with faint water-stain, upper hinge repaired, contemp. calf, rubbed, sometime rebacked, modern contrasting morocco spine labels, 8vo. (1)
[Turberville, George]. The Booke of Falconrie or Hawking; for the onely delight and pleasure of all Noblemen and Gentlemen ..., newly revised, corrected and augmented, printed by Thomas Purfoot, 1611], printed in black letter, lacking: title-page, all before K2 (p.147), N7 and N8 (pp.205-8), and O2 (pp.211/12), ends on Aa3 (p.[374]), eleven woodcut illusts., frayed and creased throughout, first page browned, K6-T8 with minor worming to blank margins, bound with [The Noble Art of Venerie or Hunting: wherein is handled and set out the Vertues, Nature, and Properties of fifteene sundry chaces, together with the order and manner how to hunt and kill everyone of them, printed for Thomas Purfoot, 1611], printed in black letter, lacking title, all before [a3] (contents), plus numerous other leaves, ends on p.226 (browned), twenty-five woodcut illusts., with the two leaves of musical notation at rear, creased and frayed throughout, stitching broken, disbound, 8vo, together with a defective Gesta Romanorum, 17th c., sm. 8vo. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (2)
* Carriages. Four original drawings of carriages, c.1870, four highly detailed pen and watercolour drawings, three finished with gum arabic glaze, two with hinged overlays, one plate with blind stamp of “J.Maythorn, Coach Builder and Harness Maker”, one signed in red ink J. Cooper, slight dust soiling and spotting, each approx. 120 x 200mm. Scarce and finely executed drawings by J.Cooper, a well known freelance carriage draughtsman based in Long Acre in London. He was not employed exclusively by the Maythorn Carriage company but worked for many builders all around the country. Between 1880 and 1914 the trade journal “The Coach Builders’s and Wheelwright’s Art Journal was published by J & C Cooper, possibly him and a brother or son. The Maythorn carriage company was based in Biggleswade in Bedfordshire. (4)
[Bramston, James]. The Man of Taste. Occasion”d by an Epistle of Mr. Pope’s on that Subject, 1733, engraved frontispiece to verso of half title, 19pp., scattered spotting, later calf-backed boards, spine rubbed, folio, together with The Art of Preaching: In Imitation of Horace’s Art of Poetry, Printed for R. Dodsley, [1738], 18pp., woodcut vignette to title, occasional light soiling, disbound, folio, plus Advice to a Lady, Printed for Lawton Gilliver, 1733, 8pp., woodcut headpiece and initial, a few light spots, recent buckram-backed boards, folio, with four others: The Temple of Fame. A Poem, 1709 (two copies) and The Art of Politicks, in Imitation of Horace’s Art of Poetry, 1729 (two copies) (7)
La Chambre (Marin Cureau de). The Art How to Know Men, Rendered into English by John Davies of Kidwelly, 1st ed., 1665, eng. frontis. (A1v), closed tear repair to title verso, some spotting or soiling throughout, later pencil marginalia including note to (later) front endpapers, a.e.g., modern brown cloth, orig. gilt-dec. calf spine relaid with sl. loss to head and foot, rubbed, 8vo. Wing L128. (1)
Art Journal, 3 vols., 1862, 1863 & 1873, num. full-page eng. plts. after old masters, sculpture, etc., num. wood eng., a.e.g., contemp. half morocco gilt, rubbed and some wear to extrems., 1863 vol. with some loss to leather, folio. The 1862 volumes contains the Catalogue of the 1862 International Exhibition. (3)
Hamilton (Peter). Robert Doisneau. A Photographer’s Life, 1st ed., 1995, num. col. and b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j., folio, together with Nickel (Douglas R.), Carleton Watkins. The Art of Perception, with an Introduction by Maria Morris Hambourg, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2000, num. sepia illusts. from photos, some folding, orig. cloth in d.j., square 4to, plus Haworth-Booth (Mark), The Art of Lee Miller, V & A Publications, 2007, num. col. and b & w illusts. from photos, orig. boards in d.j., 4to, and others related, mostly G/VG (5 cartons)
Tamura (Tsuyoshi). Art of the Landscape Garden in Japan, pub. Tokyo, 1935, b&w illusts. throughout, orig. dec. cloth gilt, in slipcase with printed label to upper cover, large 4to, together with Kuck (Loraine E.), One Hundred Kyoto Gardens, 1935, folding map in rear pocket, tipped-in col. plts., b&w illusts., orig. printed cloth, in later slipcase, 8vo, plus Hillier (Jack), The Art of the Japanese Book, 2 vols., 1987, col. and b&w illusts. throughout, orig. cloth in d.j.s, in orig. slipcase, folio, plus Joly (Henri L. & Tomita, Kumasaku), 1976, col. and b&w illusts. throughout, orig. cloth gilt in d.j., in orig. slipcase, large 4to, plus approx sixty others incl. books on Japanese gardens, art and architecture and a small quantity of books on shells (65)
British Sports & Sportsmen Past & Present, Compiled and Edited by “The Sportsman”, 2 vols., 1908, num. eng. ports., a.e.g., orig. crimson morocco gilt, a little rubbed and a few scuff marks, folio (limited edition 670/1000), together with The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes, edited Alfred E.T. Watson, 24 vols., a broken run, 1895-1908, num. b & w illusts. from photos, publisher’s orig. Art Nouveau-style pict. cloth bindings, rubbed and some minor wear, some damp stained, large 8vo, plus 7 x Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes series, including Tennis, Lawn Tennis, Rackets & Fives; Cricket (2 copies); Yachting, 2 vols.; Hunting & Shooting, vol. 2 only (3 cartons)
Hall (S.C., ed.). Gems of European Art: The Best Pictures of the Best Schools, 2nd series, pub. George Virtue, n.d., c. 1840, forty-four steel eng. plates, after Old Masters, some light foxing, a.e.g., contemp. gilt-dec. dark green full morocco, rubbed and scuffed to joints and edges, folio, together with Landon (Letitia E., & Bayley, Thomas Haynes), Flowers of Loveliness. Forty Groups of Female Figures, Emblematic of Flowers, pub. John Tallis, n.d., c. 1850, eng. title (some overall spotting), and thirty-nine eng. plts. of female beauty, a few minor marks, contemp. half dark green morocco, heavily rubbed and marked, upper joint partly cracked at head and foot, folio, plus Newlands (James), The Carpenter and Joiner’s Assistant, pub. Blackie & Son, 1869, b&w litho. plates, some spotting, mostly to front and rear, contemp. half morocco, rubbed and some marks, folio, and other 19th c. illustrated works and literature, mostly leather bound, mainly 4to/folio, including Sir Thomas Browne, Works, ed. Simon Wilkin, 4 vols., pub. William Pickering, 1836, Captain H. M. Hozier, The Franco-Prussian War, 2 vols., pub. William Mackenzie, c. 1875, G. N. Wright & Thomas Allom, France Illustrated, vols. II & III only, pub. Fisher, Son & Co., c. 1840, Charles Mackay, The History of the United States of America, parts I-IV, n.d., c. 1870, M. F. Cusack, The Life of St. Patrick, Apostle of Ireland, 1869, two photographically illustrated works (Tennyson’s Brook, illustrated by Arthur Brown, & Flemish Relics by Frederic G. Stephens), Percy V. Bradshaw, Art in Advertising, pub. Press Art School, n.d., c. 1930, seven bound vols. of Victorian sheet music, etc. (2 cartons)
Magazines and periodicals. The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, 21 bound vols., 1920s & 1930s, plus a quantity of unbound issues from the 1940s onwards, plus Transactions of the London & Middlesex Archeological Society, approx. 70 vols., c. 1970s-90s; The Private Library. Quarterly Journal of the Private Libraries Association, c. 1970s-2002; Horizon, A View of Literature and Art; Studies in Conservation, etc. (10 cartons)
Paston (George). Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century, 1st ed., 1905, col. frontis., b & w illusts., t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. cloth gilt, some wear to head and foot of spine, folio, together with the 1968 re-issue of the same work, plus Dodgson (Campbell), The Etchings of James McNeill Whistler, pub. The Studio, 1922, num. b & w illusts., t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. quarter vellum gilt, some minor soiling, 4to, and Thorp (Joseph), Eric Gill, with a Critical Monograph by Charles Marriott, 1st ed., 1929, port. frontis., b & w illusts., orig. cloth gilt in dust soiled and torn d.j., slim 4to, with other miscellaneous books, mostly art ref. and related, mostly large-format (5 cartons)
Pulman (George P.R.). Vade Mecum of Fly-Fishing for Trout; being a Concise Practical Treatise on that Branch of the Art of Angling, pub. Axminster, 1841, orig. cloth, spine faded and slight wear, 12mo, together with Bowlker (Charles), Bowlker’s Art of Angling, Containing Directions for Fly-Fishing, Trolling, Making Artificial Flies..., new ed., revised, Ludlow, 1854, hand-col. eng. frontis., wood eng. illusts. to text, orig. cloth gilt, slight wear to extrems., small 8vo, with other misc. books including, Frezer (A.), The Divine Original and the Supreme Dignity of Kings, No desensative againgst Death..., Rotterdam, 1685, dust soiled, disbound 4to, plus Farren (R.), Cathedral Cities, York, Lincoln & Beverley, pub. Cambridge, 1896, etched title (signed in pencil by R. Farren, and nineteen etched plts., orig. qtr. sheep, rubbed, worn and dampstained, folio, plus Whellan (T. & Co), History and Topography of the City of York; and the North Riding of Yorkshire, 2 vols., Beverley, 1857, orig. cloth gilt, slight wear to extrems., 8vo. (a carton)
Camden (William). Britannia, sive Florentissimorum Regnorum Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae... , 1607, eng. frontis. (trimmed and relaid), a few wood-engs. to text but lacks all maps, contemp. panelled calf, covers detached, folio, together with Carte (Thomas), A General History of England, 4 vols., 1747-55, contemp. polished calf, rubbed and some wear to spines, joints cracked, folio, plus Nisbet (Alexander), A System of Heraldry, Speculative and Practical: with the True Art of Blazon, According to the Most Approved Heralds in Europe, 2 vols., Edinburgh, 1722, eng. coats of arms, vol. 1 lacks frontis.(?), contemp. tree calf gilt, covers detached, folio, with other miscellaneous antiquarian (some defective) (3 shelves)
Sibley (Ebenezer). A New and Complete Illustration of the Occult Sciences: Or the Art of Foretelling Future Events and Contingencies, by the Aspects, Positions, and Influences, of the Heavenly Bodies. Founded upon Natural Philosophy, Scripture, Reason, and Mathematics, 4 parts in 1, n.d., c. 1800, eng. plts., some marginal soiling and staining to last few leaves, recent quarter calf gilt, thick 4to, with other miscellaneous antiquarian (3 shelves)
Raverat (Gwen). The Wood Engravings of Gwen Raverat, Selected with an Introduction by Reynolds Stone, 1st ed., 1959, num. b & w illusts., orig. cloth in sl. frayed d.j., 4to, together with Catalogue of the Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Collection, Edited Steven Hooper, 3 vols., Yale University Press/University of East Anglia, 1997, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., folio, plus Oriental Ceramics: The World’s Great Collections, vol. 5, The British Museum, Introduction by Douglas Barrett, pub. Tokyo, 1974, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in orig. fold-over book box and cardstock packaging, folio, and other miscellaneous books including art reference, travel guides, a small quantity of antiquarian, etc. (6 shelves)
Hardie (Martin). Water-colour Painting in Britain, 3 vols. (The Eighteenth Century/The Romantic Period/The Victorian Period), 1st eds., pub. Bastford, 1966-68, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, together with Reynolds (Graham), The Early Paintings and Drawings of John Constable, 2 vols. (Text/Plates), Yale University Press, Newhaven & London, 1996 num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j. and slipcase, folio, plus Pope-Hennessy (John), Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum, 3 vols. (Text/Plates), 1st ed., HMSO, 1964, num. b & w illusts. from photos, t.e.g., orig. cloth in sl. frayed d.j.s, 4to, and other miscellaneous art reference (3 shelves)
Sibly (Ebenezer). A New and Complete Illustration of the Occult Sciences: Of the Art of Foretelling Future Events and Contingencies, by the Aspects, Conditions, and Influences, of the Heavenly Bodies. Founded on Natural Philosophy, Scripture, Reason, and Mathematics, 4 parts in 1, 1792, eng. plts., correct as list except for one table (some plts. misplaced or inverted), first few leaves in vol. 1 crudely repaired, margins somewhat browned, a few leaves loose, contemp. half calf crudely repaired, 4to, with other miscellaneous books, including antiquarian (3 shelves)
Solly (N. Neal). Memoir of the Life of David Cox, Member of the Society of Painters in Water Colours, with Selections from His Correspondence and Some Account of His Works, 1873, port. frontis., woodburytype plts., t.e.g., orig. gilt-dec. cloth, frayed at head and foot of spine, large 8vo, together with Falke (Jacob von), Art in House. Historical, Critical, and Aesthetical Studies on the Decoration and Furnishing of the Dwelling... , Translated from the 3rd German Edition, edited, with Notes, by Charles C. Perkins, Boston, 1879, chromos. and other illusts., a.e.g., orig. dec. cloth, minor wear to extremities, 4to, and other miscellaneous books, mostly late 19th c. publications in decorative cloth bindings (6 shelves)
Rivers (Larry). Drawings and Digressions, 1st ed., New York, 1979, signed on title by the artist and dated “93, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., square 4to, together with Seidner (David), Artists at Work. Inside the Studios of Today’s Most Celebrated Artists, 1999, num. col. illusts. from photos, orig. boards in d.j., folio, plus other miscellaneous art ref., mostly 20th c. interest, G/VG (6 shelves)
Schroder (John). Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts by Rupert Brooke, Edward Marsh & Christopher Hassall, Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge, 1970, b & w illusts., t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. quarter morocco gilt by S. & S., London, a little faded on spine, folio (limited edition 39/450, signed by John Schroder and Joan Hassall), together with William Morris and the Art of the Book. With Essays on William Morris as Book Collector by Paul Needham, as Calligrapher by Joseph Dunlap, and as Typographer by John Dreyfus, pub. Pierpont Morgan Library/OUP, 1976, port. frontis., b & w illusts. pict. endpapers, orig. cloth in sl. frayed d.j., 4to, with other bibliography and related, mostly G/VG (6 shelves)
Atterbury (Paul and Wainwright, Clive, editors). Pugin. A Gothic Passion, Yale University Press/Victoria & Albert Museum, 1994, num. col. and b & w illusts. from photos, dec. endpapers, orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, together with American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection, by David B. Warren, Michael K. Brown, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, and Emily Ballew Mef, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston/Princeton University Press, 1998, num. col. and b & w illusts., from photos, orig. cloth in d.j., folio, together with other miscellaneous books including art reference, biographies, history and literature, etc., including 2 cartons of paperbacks (6 shelves & 2 cartons)
A Collection of 19th century & later jewellery, to include;A set of 5 Edwardian silver Art Nouveau button, depicting `Diana`, Birmingham c.1907 with makers mark R&W, each button approx 2.8cm diam, in later green velvet box; Three silver and enamel brooches; a pair of Chinese filigree and green hard-stone pendant earrings with a matched brooch; a pair of 9ct gold cufflink`s; A Victorian silver and amethyst pendant / brooch; An Edwardian silver, citrine and marcasite pendant necklace; An Accurist silver and marcasite set cocktail watch;An amber coloured bead necklace; a lapis bead necklace; two Victorian cut glass scent bottles one with gilt decoration and further items. (a lot)
* Patricia Espir 1934-1999- "Down to the Sea"; oil on canvas, 90x66cm: Leone Spies, late 20th century- "Newquay"; oil on canvas, signed. Note: Leone Spies was born in London and spent much of her early childhood in Egypt. In 1953 she studied domestic science at Winkfield Place under Constance Spree and Rosemary Hume. She was the author of "Middle Eastern Cooking" in 1955 and an updated version, "My Family Cookbook", in 1995. Her paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy and the Chelsea Art Show including a number of successful solo shows both in the UK and abroad. Provenance: Paintings in Hospitals, London (may be subject to Droit de Suite) (2)
Pierre-François Hugues d`Hancarville 1719-c.1790- Six plates from the Antiquités étrusques, grecques et romaines tirées du Cabinet de M. Hamilton"; six hand-coloured plates depicting scenes with Roman and Greek Classical and mythical figures and beasts. The scenes taken from the vases in the collection of Sir William Hamilton, 40x65cm: together with five further hand-coloured scenes from the same edition, in matching frames, mounted, (6) Note: Sir William Hamilton British ambassador to Naples from 1764 to 1800. An avid antiquarian, Hamilton assembled one of the world`s finest collections of Greek and Roman antiquities. The core of his collection was bought from the Porcinari family, after an introduction by Hugues d`Hancarville, an amateur art dealer. Hamilton added several more select pieces before realising the entire collection to the British Museum in 1772 for £8400, where it became one of main collections in the department of Greek and Roman antiquities. Before the collection was shipped to England, Hamilton arranged for Hugues d`Hancarville to oversee the cataloguing and drawing of every item. The published work appeared in 1766-1767 and is a superb example. In addition to his duties as ambassador, Hamilton was also renowned as a knowledgeable guide and congenial host to the visiting English `Grand Tourists`. With infectious enthusiasm he would extol the wonders of Naples and the beauties of arts of the ancient world, inspiring in many of his aristocratic visitors a genuine passion for the antique. This new-found enthusiasm, fuelled by the images in his engravings, found its way into the new style of neo-classicism and in the collections of antiquities which became a staple for many of the stately homes in England.
William T Wiley, American b.1937- "Eerie Grotto? Okini"; woodcut printed in colours, signed, titled, numbered 152/200 and dated 82 in pencil, bears publisher`s blind stamp, 57x74cm Provenance: with Joan E Kaplan, Fine Contemporary Art, New York USA according to label attached to the reverse of the frame
Josep Grau-Garriga, Spanish, b.1929, Bon Diatardor, 1978, mixed textiles tapestry wall hanging, wool, rope and hemp, 220x210cm, labelled and signed. (may be subject to Droit de Suite) Note: Josep Grau-Garriga was born in Sant Cugat, Cataluna in 1929. He went on to train at the Barcelona Faculty of Fine Arts and is now recognised as an accomplished artist with work in several major museums and public collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. He was inspired by traditional tapestries such as those displayed in his native Catalonian churches. However, he found the traditional weaving methods limiting and therefore began to explore the possibilities of producing forms of three dimensional tapestry and consequently achieved a strong sculptural effect such as that evident in `Bon Diatardor.` Grau-Garriga also introduced other materials in addition to the traditional wools and silks used giving his works texture and adding to their abstract forms. The works were designed to be viewed at all angles and hence further challenging the traditional one dimensional tapestries that had once inspired him.
An Art Deco onyx and marble clock garniture, recumbent bronze dear upon shaped square body, octagonal brass dial, flanked by two vases, clock height 30 cm, an AEG desk clock, the adjustable square dial raised on rounded rectangular base, height 12.5 cm, together with four 20th century clocks, (8).
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