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Click here to subscribeTHE PREDATOR; a bust with moving shoulder cannon, height including base approx 78cm, also a large rubber predator head and shoulder cannon, height 42cm (af). Additional InformationWe cannot guarantee any wiring or moving parts function, general wear, chips and losses including to reverse. Regarding foam head, significant repairs to the dreadlocks and mandibles, wear and losses throughout.
AFRICA: A miscellaneous selection of A.Ls.S., a few Ds.S. and signed clipped pieces etc., by various individuals associated with Africa, mainly political and military leaders, including William Palmer (1859-1942, 2nd Earl of Selborne, British Politician & Colonial Administrator, High Commissioner for South Africa 1905-10; T.L.S. to Ramsay Collins stating that a matter would be better discussed verbally than through correspondence and making a reference to Matthew Nathan, the Governor of Natal, 1908), Evelyn Baring (1841-1917, 1st Earl of Cromer, British Statesman, Diplomat & Colonial Administrator, the first British Controller-General in Egypt 1878-79 and the first British Consul-General of Egypt 1883-1907; two A.Ls.S. and a T.L.S., in one referring to some papers and remarking 'The Consular Agent's letter is rather confused. Would you kindly let me know how the matter stands, and what I can do to help?', on the printed stationery of the British Agency at Cairo, November 1894), Thackeray Edwards (A.L.S., twice, by the sculptor, stating, in part, 'I find the letter from Sir Louis Michell is about the Bust of the late Rt Hon Cecil Rhodes & not about the Death Mask. I'll see Sir Louis at the first opportunity & ask him if he will give me a letter recalling the circumstances at the time of Mr. Rhodes death…..', Cape Town, 1920), Thomas Baines (1820-1875, British Artist and Explorer of British Colonial southern Africa, accompanied David Livingstone along the Zambezi in 1858; brief A.L.S. asking not to have any letters posted to him as he will be in Durban on Monday, 1872), Home Popham (1762-1820, British Rear Admiral who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and assisted in recovering the Cape of Good Hope Station from the Dutch in 1806 becoming Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station 1806-07; manuscript D.S. testifying that he did not receive the benefit of any employment from 26th March to 30th May 1812 whilst a Captain in the Royal Navy, 1816), Leander Starr Jameson (1853-1917, Scottish Politician, Prime Minister of the Cape Colony 1904-08, famous for his involvement in the Jameson Raid; A.L.S. in the third person, and an A.N.S. in pencil on an envelope addressed in another hand to the mining magnate Lionel Phillips), Tobias Smuts (1861-1916, South African General during the Boer War; A.L.S. on the printed stationery of the House of Assembly, Cape Town, being a testimonial letter for Major A. C. Corfe who 'has served as my C.S. officer during the late rebellion' and remarking 'I am pleased to say that he is an efficient officer and has acquitted himself of his duties in a manner which gave me the fullest satisfaction', 1915), Jan Smuts (1870-1950 South African Prime Minister 1919-24, 1939-48. Smuts served in the field during the Boer War and later as a British Field Marshal during World War II; blue fountain pen ink signature on a small oblong 12mo piece, accompanied by a similar piece signed by his wife), Princess Alice (1883-1981, Countess of Athlone, wife of the Earl of Athlone who served as Governor-General of South Africa 1924-30; A.L.S. to [Killie] Campbell, thanking her for an enchanting book about her father with all its interesting detail of early days in Natal and further remarking 'I am delighted to possess it & shall have many happy moments browsing among its pages. It has been such a real joy to my husband & myself to be able to come back here again', on the printed stationery of the Marine Hotel in Durban, 1948), Marais Viljoen (1915-2007, State President of South Africa 1979-84; signed 5 x 4 photograph by Viljoen and his wife individually), Daniel Malan (1874-1959, Prime Minister of South Africa 1948-54; dark fountain pen ink signature on his personal visiting card), Frank Rhodes (1850-1905, British Colonel, brother of Cecil Rhodes. A.L.S. to Carter concerning an inventory of heirlooms at Groote Schuur, including candlesticks, silver boxes, a bust and curios relating to Bismarck and Napoleon, n.y.), Francis William Reitz (1844-1934, South African Lawyer, Politician & Statesman, State President of the Orange Free State 1889-95 and the first president of the Senate of the Union of South Africa 1910-21; D.S. as Secretary of State for the Transvaal, 1899), Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819-1901, first President of the South African Republic 1857-60, 1864-66 and 1866-71; L.S. twice, once with his initials, in Afrikaans, 1882), Harry Johnston (1858-1927, British Explorer, one of the key players in the Scramble for Africa; A.L.S. to Sir Edwin, stating that he has been meaning to call on him but has always been too occupied during visits to London, 1904), Frederick Lugard (1858-1945, British Soldier, Mercenary, Explorer of Africa and Colonial Administrator who served as the first Governor-General of Nigeria 1914-19; A.L.S. to Robertson-Scott, agreeing to review a book, although remarking 'but I do not wish to sign the review' and asking when he can meet his correspondent again for a chat, 1895), Frederick Burnaby (1842-1885, British Colonel & Intelligence officer who served as a correspondent for The Times to report on Gordon's expedition to the Sudan; A.L.S. sending his autograph and adding that it must have been a long time since he last met his correspondent, 1882) etc. Some faults (minor tears to edges, neat splits to folds etc) and age wear, G to about VG, 28
EPSTEIN JACOB: (1880-1959) British Sculptor. A.L.S., Jacob Epstein, two pages, 8vo, Kensington, 26th April 1957, to Mr. Kaye. The sculptor announces 'I am sending to you the bronze bust of "Kathleen" which has been cast. It will be forwarded to you at 424 E. 52nd St. N.Y. & I hope it arrives all right' and politely asks that the balance of the fee be sent. Epstein further writes 'I am very fully engaged at the moment on my large work for Coventry Cathedral which will take the form of St. Michael'. VG Epstein refers to a bust of his longtime mistress and eventual second wife, Kathleen Garman (1901-1979).
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