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Lot 506
Painting depicting a fainted king Pigments and gold on paper India, Punjab hills, Kangra, first half 19th century . Outside of a palace, a nobleman is depicted sitting on a floral carpet with a container of pan leaves, flanked by two servants. One of the servants is holding a fly-whisk. The nobleman is portrayed in the context of an audience with a king, who faints and loses the crown. A servant takes care of the monarch. The palatial setting, the look on the faces of the protagonists and the frame are all peculiar elements of the Kangra school.. Cm 20,50 x 25,50.
Lot 778
A Persian Bakhtiari type wool carpet, worked with 20 panels of flowers, birds, lions and animals against a pale blue ground, with fourteen cartouches to the border decorated with script, 340cm x 272cm CONDITION REPORT: Generally grubby throughout with a few darker marks. tassels worn at both ends.
Lot 181
BUCKLEY CECIL W.: (1830-1872) British Royal Navy Captain, Victoria Cross winner for his actions on board HMS Miranda in the Crimea on 29th May 1855. Buckley was the first winner of the Victoria Cross to be actually gazetted. Rare cross-written A.L.S., C.W. Buckley, four pages, 8vo, n.p. (Eton Lodge), 9th September 1841, to 'My dearest Aunt'. The young Buckley informs his correspondent, in part, 'I hope you will excuse me for not answering your kind note sooner but as I have to walk 4 miles to school and 4 miles back every day… I have very little time to myself' continuing to tell of a recent dramatic event, 'At 1 o'clock on Tuesday our house took fire owing to a taper having been left lighted in Miss Fagan's room… her desk, the window curtains, the bed, the bedding, the bed curtains, the dressing table, the washstand, the carpet, and a dressing gown were all burned' further continuing, '…it put in the “Courier” of Wednesday which is the newspaper Mr Benn takes, that our house (“Eton Lodge”) was burned to the ground' and concluding with news of a wedding, 'I cannot draw you a picture of the “Scene at the Alter” because there was none. The Bridesmaids, (viz Frances, Julia and Miss Fagan) and the Groomsmen (viz Mr Carson and Mr Miller) all based themselves up in the pews…' With very light age wear, otherwise VG
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