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Click here to subscribeA collection of four Victorian plaster bustsComprising:A bust of Mary Queen of Scots,A bust of Sir James Simpson after William Brodie,A bust of the second Duke wearing robes and garter star,A patinated bust of Harriet, Duchess of Sutherland after M. Noble, the largest: 52cm wide, 25cm deep, 74cm high (20in wide, 9 1/2in deep, 29in high) (4)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A large white marble bust of Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of Sutherland (1851-1913)By Charlotte Besnard nee Dubray (French, 1854 – 1931)Looking slightly to dexter wearing a plaid on a red marble moulded square socle, 64cm wide, 30cm deep, 85cm high (25in wide, 11 1/2in deep, 33in high) Footnotes:Charlotte-Gabrielle Besnard nee Dubay was taught sculpture by her father, Gabriel-Vital Dubray. She first exhibited at the Salon in 1874 with a marble bust of Jeune Fille: fellah du Caire which was awarded a silver medal in 1900. In 1875 Charlotte travelled and studied in Rome thanks to her sponsors and patrons the 4th Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, where Charlotte met her husband, the artist Albert Besnard, who was director of the French Academy in Rome. She subsequently moved to London and exhibited a series of portrait busts at the RA from 1875-1878. She also exhibited at the Société des Beaux Arts where she was a sociétaire.Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of Sutherland, also known as Lord Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Earl Gower and the Marquess of Stafford had a carrier in the military as well as a Conservative politician and was married to Lady Millicent St Clair-Erskine (1867 – 1955) see lot....For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A collection of six Victorian plaster bustsIncluding; a bust of Sir Walter Scott after Nollekens,a bust of the second Duke after John Francis,a bust of the fourth Duke after M. Noble,two busts of a gentleman after Nollekens and a bust of a lady, together with six white painted wooden brackets, The largest 50cm x 22cm x 75cm (12)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A bronze model of a stag's headSet within an oak leaf surround,30cm high, together with a small Victorian cast iron model of a recumbant hound, resting on a shaped plinth ground and a small desk bronze bust of Ajax, the hound, 19cm wide, 9cm deep, 9cm high (7in wide, 3 1/2in deep, 3 1/2in high) (3)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A large plaster bust of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Poet LaureateAfter the marble original by William Brodie, RSA, (Scottish, 1815-1881)Looking slightly to sinister, signed to the reverse, William Brodie ARSA, Sculp. 1851, 38cm wide, 27cm deep, 70cm high (14.5in wide, 10.5in deep, 27.5in high) For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Jan Anthonisz. van Ravesteyn (Dutch, circa 1570-1657)Portrait of a gentleman, traditionally identified asAugustus II, Herzog zu Braunschweig-Lűneburg (1579-1666), bust-length, in armour, wearing a flat lace collar and embroidered red sashsigned with monogram and dated 'Anno. 1635/JVR' (upper left) oil on panel 68.5 x 58.2cm (26 15/16 x 22 15/16in).Footnotes:Provenance: By descent in the Sutherland Collection, at Trentham, Staffordshire, and subsequently at Lilleshall Staffordshire, and Dunrobin Castle until the presentLiterature: Catalogue of Pictures at Trentham (1896) page 5, number 2, when hanging in the entrance hall; (as by Mirevelt (sic))Catalogue of Pictures at Lilleshall (1909) page 17 number 51, when hanging in the Duchess's sitting-room.The present portrait, which can be dated to circa 1635, has traditionally been identified as Augustus II, Herzog zu Braunschweig-Lűneburg, who is best remembered today as a scholar who developed Wolfenbüttel into an intellectual and cultural centre after the devastations of the Thirty Years War had concluded with the Peace of Westphalia in 1648.A follower of the Delft portrait painter, Michiel van Mierevelt, Jan van Ravesteyn is mentioned in the archives of that city in 1598, but his career was largely conducted in the city of his birth, The Hague, where he competed with Mierevelt in particular to obtain commissions for portraits of the royal House of Nassau. Since the present sitter is depicted wearing what appears to be the sash of the dynastic Order of Orange-Nassau, he might be more likely identified as a member of the royal house of The Netherlands. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Follower of Etienne Dumonstier (French, 1540-1603)Portrait of Henry III of France, bust-length, with a pearl earring and fur hat oil on panel30.5 x 20cm (12 x 7 13/16in).Footnotes:The present work is derived from Dumonstier's portrait in National Museum, Poznań, Poland.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
British school, 19th centuryBust portrait of a girlsigned with monogram indistinctly and dated 1841, pastel on paper, laid down on canvas, unframed 70 x 47cm (27 1/2 x 18 1/2in).together with a similar pastel portrait of George Granville, Duke and Earl of Sutherland, 69cm x 50cm, unframed (2)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A set of three 19th century bust length portraits of Sir Henry Woddan Calder, fifth baronet of Muir Town Perthshire, his wife lady Frances and their son William Edmund Calder, charcoal and pastel, no visible signature, 45 x 35.5cm approx, together with a 19th century black and white lithographic engraving of Hopwell Hall, 18 x 31.5cm approx, all framed (4)
Raymond Tucker (British 1830-1908) - Three bust length portraits of two ladies and a gentleman in charcoal and coloured chalk on paper, signed and dated 1888 and 1889, 67 x 48cm approx sheet size, together with a further monochrome shoulder length study of a lady by the same hand (smaller version of one of the previous portraits) 33 x 25cm, all unframed (4)
A Victorian ormolu ink stand, the central wafer box applied with a bust of a Shakespeare and flanked by cut glass wells, width 17.5in. depth 9in. height 6in.CONDITION: Overall with a slightly matted appearance rubbed down to the base bronze at the raised extremities, the lid of the wafer box may be a later replacement certainly has a differing finish to the rest of the piece, otherwise minor oxidisation spotting but overall fair to good condition.
Coins, Great Britain & World, a collection of coins to include a George II Sixpence, 1758, F, a George III Crown, 1818, rubbed, a Double Florin, 1887, F+ with holes drilled to the edge, Halfcrown, 1887, NVF, Florin, 1887, F, Halfcrown, 1906, VF, 3 x Halfcrowns, 1914, 1 x NVF and 2 x F, 2 x Halfcrown, 1915, both F+, Halfcrown, 1916, VF+, Halfcrown, 1918, F, together with a collection of pre-1947 Halfcrowns, Florins, Shillings, Threepences, 16 x Pennies, 1797, all rubbed and cleaned and a selection of brass Threepences and copper coins, a 19th Century bronze medallion with a bust of Louis XVIII of France to one side and Henry IIII to the other, VF, a Lady Willingdon 'Bombay Presidency War & Relief Fund, Children's Branch' medallion, F and a small collection of world coins etc.
Four African figural carvings and four items of treen: the African carvings comprising a male figure with cowrie shells for eyes, an interesting pair of smaller figural carvings and a hardwood bust; the treen to include a late 19th / early 20th century square Chinese hardwood vase stand with pierced sides (8)
An assortment of items to include a mother of pearl half shell (damaged) carved in low relief with a fishing trawling scene, a pair of 19th century turned ivory dice cups/shakers, an early 20th century easel-style gilt framed engraving, hand-decorated metal figures of Napoleon, a small plaster bust of Napoleon etc.
Metalware to include: a shoulder-length bust of Napoleon; a novelty corkscrew heavily cast and modelled as a sword and scabbard; a patinated brass letter opener with the finial decorated in relief with Napoleon in profile, and the reverse with 'Paris' and a view of the Eiffel Tower; one further 20th century patinated brass model of Napoleon on a steed in traditional fashion; a heavy patinated copper ashtray depicting Napoleon in profile in high relief and signed to the underside (5)
Henry Weigall Jnr. (British 1829-1925): 'Prince Adolphus of Teck' oval bust portrait aged 4 1/2, oil on canvas, inscribed and titled verso 45cm x 37cm in swept gilt frameNotes: Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge, GCB, GCVO, CMG, ADC, born Prince Adolphus of Teck and later The Duke of Teck, was born at Kensington Palace London on the 13th August 1868, a great-grandson of King George III and younger brother of Queen Mary, the wife of King George VClick here to view further images, condition reports, sale times & delivery costs for this lot.
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