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Lot 224
Ralph Eugene Cahoon Jr. (American, 1910-1982). Commode cabinet with a painted panel depicting a farm scene. Label on the inside of the drawer reads "This farm scene painted by R. E. Cahoon Jr. Santuit Mass. 1955."Height: 33 3/4 in x width: 30 3/4 in x depth: 16 in.Please contact us for a detailed condition report. Please note that the lack of a condition statement does not imply perfect condition. Email condition@revereauctions.com with any condition questions.Height: 33 3/4 in x width: 30 3/4 in x depth: 16 in.
Lot 62
Robert Braithwaite Martineau (British, 1826-1869)The pet of the brood signed with initials, inscribed and dated 'RBM/NOV.59.' (lower left)oil on panel25.5 x 18cm (10 1/16 x 7 1/16in).Footnotes:ProvenanceC.P. Townsend, London.Anon. sale, Sotheby's Belgravia, 25 March 1975, lot 58.ExhibitedLondon, French Gallery, Pall Mall, The Seventh Annual Winter Exhibition of Cabinet Pictures , Sketches and Drawings, 1859.Literature'The Winter Exhibition', in The Athenaeum, 19 November 1859, no. 1673, p. 673.Robert Braithwaite Martineau operated on the fringe of the Pre-Raphaelite circle in London in the 1850s and 60s. He was a year older than William Holman Hunt, who was his close friend and artistic mentor, but died in 1869, aged only forty-three. The present painting is a valuable addition to the corpus of his known works.Martineau was born in London, the fifth son of eight children of Philip and Elizabeth Martineau. He was educated at University College School, and in 1842 followed family tradition by commencing a career as a solicitor. In 1846, however, he decided to devote himself to art, first enrolling as a student at Cary's School, and then two years later at the Royal Academy schools. In April 1856 William Michael Rossetti, writing to William Bell Scott, described a visit to the house in Claverton Street, Pimlico, where Hunt, Martineau and Michael Halliday were then living. As Rossetti explained, 'joined with [Hunt] there are Halliday and Martineau, whom you may have heard of, or possibly seen; the latter an artist, the former something between artist and amateur. Both go in for Preraphaelitism, and both look up to Hunt with a genuine reverence and affection'.Martineau's first recorded painting, Kit's Writing Lesson (Tate collection), was done under Hunt's supervision and took its subject from Charles Dickens's 'The Old Curiosity Shop' (1841). This was followed in 1856 by a second subject on the theme of literacy and the need for education among the disadvantaged sections of community entitled The Spelling Lesson (Musée d'Orsay, Paris). Martineau seems to have worked quite slowly and probably had periods of professional inactivity. He was only an intermittent exhibitor at the Royal Academy, but he did participate in the various independent displays of progressive work that were staged in the later 1850s, including the 1857 Russell Place Pre-Raphaelite exhibition and in 1857-8 the three-venue touring exhibition of British art in the United States. He was a founder member and treasurer of the secessionist Hogarth Club, set up in 1858. Probably his most famous painting was the moral modern-life subject, The Last Day in the Old Home (Tate collection), of 1862 – the narrative of which is unambiguous and which shows a young man, surrounded by wife and children, apparently unmoved by the consequences of his fecklessness.By contrast, The Pet of the Brood is without didactic or moralistic overtones, but instead simply shows a female child, dressed in rustic fashion and standing in the open air with a background of foliage and grass, holding in her left hand a pigeon or dove. A play on words was likely to have been intended, as either or both the bird and the girl may be regarded as the pet – the bird perhaps tamed by the child, or the girl herself, who may perhaps have been the youngest of a number of siblings and the object of loving attention by her brothers and sisters. The mood of the subject is a happy one but without untoward sentimentality. In this sense it marks a progression on the part of Martineau towards a type of work which was more personal and relaxed and which served a purely decorative purpose.We are grateful to Christopher Newall for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.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
Lot 319
Tennyson (Alfred, Lord) (1809-1892) The Works thereof. 8 Vols. Macmillan, London 1888. With portrait frontispiece. Half tooled dark red calf with marbled boards and end papers (176 x 120mm) plus The Cabinet Edition. Kegan Paul, London 1878. 11 Vols. Full blue tooled calf plus two further 'Tennyson's Poems' leather bound (21)
Lot 52
A 17th century and later Continental miniature table cabinet, the pair of doors, top and sides all with ivory line inlaid panels of stylised flowers, the doors enclosing an arrangement of panelled small drawers, the central deep drawers with ivory inlaid urn of flowers and portico cresting to the drawer above, the inside of the doors inlaid in ivory with a full length portrait of a man and a lady within arched surround, with 'I.M.' and '1623' below, 20cm wide
Lot 29
An early 20th century extending 'D' end dining table, of narrow proportions extending via a handle and worm mechanism, the two extra leaves with hinged friezes, square section tapering legs, spade feet, with label attached inscribed 'The Bath Cabinet Makers Co. Ltd, 33 Gt. Pulteney St, London, Shipfitting Furnishing Craftsmen and Decorations', 137 x 91cm extending to 231 x 94cm
Lot 331
A mid 19th century mahogany corner cabinet, swan neck pediment with urn shaped finial above a dentil moulded cornice, two astragal glazed doors (right door with a crack) enclosing two shelves and white painted interior, above two cupboard doors, enclosing a single shelf, raised on a stepped pedestal base 214cm H x 83cm W x 56cm D
Lot 1083
The Howth Castle Postcard Collectionÿ An extensive collection of varied Postcards, over 2200 cards, contained in 20 oblong folio Albums, and in a two drawer cabinet. The subject matter includes very large collection of ravel, England, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, and other parts of the Continent, America, Arica, include Egypt etc., Animals, Birds, Flowers & Gardens, some Art Reproductions, a wonderful collection mostly unused. As a coll.,w.a.f. (1)
Lot 850
Ballads & Songs:ÿ Parry (Rev. J.D.)ÿThe Legendary Cabinet: A Collection of British National Ballads, Ancient and Modern, 8vo L. 1829.ÿFirst Edn., engd. frontis red & bl. title, errata slip, cont. hf. mor.;ÿRimbault (E.F.)ÿA Little Book of Songs and Ballads, gathered from Ancient Music Books,... 8vo L. 1851.ÿFirst Edn., hf. title, red & bl. title with d‚cor. border, mor. backed boards, worn;ÿJewitt (Llewellynn)ÿThe Ballads and Songs of Derbyshire, Lond. 1867.ÿFirst Edn., hf. title & engd. frontis, a.e.g., fine cont. blue mor., spine profusely gilt in panels, by Riviera;ÿHawker (Rev. R.S.)ÿThe Cornish Ballads andÿOther Poems, Oxford & L. (James Parker & Co.) 1869.ÿFirst Edn., hf. title, errata leaf, & 3pp adverts at end, a.e.g., fine purple mor. with tree like d‚cor., gilt fillet, & profusely gilt spine, in panels, by Riviere. B.P.'s. All v. good. (4)
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