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Four: Woman Police Constable Ivy L. Middleton, Police Service Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Police L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (Const. Ivy L. Middleton) very fine and better (4) £50-£70

Richard Wagner, Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods, translated by Margaret Armour, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, Heinemann, 1911,John Milton, Comus, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, Heinemann [1921], original gilt cloth,Some British Ballads, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, Constable & Co [1919], rebound gilt decorated blue boards,Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield, Harrap & Co, 1929, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, original gilt decorated boards,Washington Irving, Rip Van Winkle, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, Heinemann, 1905, original gilt decorated boards; and Flora Annie Steet, English Fairy Tails, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, MacMillan & Co, 1918.

Bindings. Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Thomas Chalmers. Eleven volumes. Published by Thomas Constable. 1852. Half bound in leather with gilt decorated spines. H.21 W.15cm. (each)

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF BERNARD SHAW - 1930-1938 London: Constable & Co Ltd, published between 1930 and 1938, 33 volumes, number 954 of 1025; foxing and insect damages to pages, cloths show signs of wear and are slightly darkened on spines Condition: For a condition report or further images please email hello@hotlotz.com at least 48 hours prior to the closing date of the auction. This is an auction of preowned and antique items. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and you should expect general wear and tear commensurate with age and use. We strongly advise you to examine items before you bid. Condition reports are provided as a goodwill gesture and are our general assessment of damage and restoration. Whilst care is taken in their drafting, they are for guidance only. We will not be held responsible for oversights concerning damage or restoration.

A GROUP OF BOOKS BY M. AUREL STEIN Comprising: Ruins of Desert Cathay, 2 volumes, Macmillan and Co, Limited, St. Martin's Street, London, 1912 Kalhana's Rājataranginī, A Chronicle of the Kings of Kaśmīr, 2 volumes, Westminster: Archibald Constable and Company, Ltd, 1900 Insect damages, toned, foxing, damages to binding and to the endband's junction Condition: For a condition report or further images please email hello@hotlotz.com at least 48 hours prior to the closing date of the auction. This is an auction of preowned and antique items. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and you should expect general wear and tear commensurate with age and use. We strongly advise you to examine items before you bid. Condition reports are provided as a goodwill gesture and are our general assessment of damage and restoration. Whilst care is taken in their drafting, they are for guidance only. We will not be held responsible for oversights concerning damage or restoration.

Circle of John Constable (1776-1837), oil on mahogany panel. 'Scene with lady seated in a Park', depicting a topographical view down across a lake with buildings to distance. Bears an inscription to mount 'J. Constable,R.A ', and the remains of Christies stencil with a King Street, St. James catalogue description, 'John Constable', formerly belonging to 'D Richardson of Dawf...' etc. verso14.3 x 15.8 cm, in a 19 th century gilt deep frame Condition Report: Very good order, so signs of age but nothing terrible anywhere. This was bought some years ago from Christies , ( it still has the catalogue description and stencil verso )I am erring on the safe side by saying 'Circle of'.

Manner of John Constable, early 19 th century , oil on canvas. Figures by a rural lake, 20.8 x 40.5 cm in a later gilt frame Condition Report: picture has been cleaned and relined on canvas, bears old craquelure

Two albums of early postcards, mainly birthdays, an album of prints including Cornwall, birdlife, painters including Constable etc  

A quantity of vintage fishing rods, to include a Constable Manley rod, Constable 4T Fore rod stamped Doctor Ruce, etc.

Four Oil Paintings by K Constable

Historic James Anderton signed white card. Chief Constable Greater Manchester 1976-1991. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

MANNER OF JOHN CONSTABLE RA (British 1776-1837), 'View of Leigh from Prittlewell Southend', oil on panel, inscribed on the reverse and dated 1807, 42cm x 60cm, framed, Provenance: Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd, English pictures and drawings 2nd April 1965, lot 40.

A large framed Print by John Constable 'The White Horse' and a print of 'Flatford Mill'.

Studio of John Constable (British 1776-1837): ‘The Cornfield’, oil on canvas unsigned 90cm x 70cmProvenance: formerly hung at Higham Hall, left to the vendor by the family living at the hall

Some British Ballads, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, Constable & Co [1919], rebound gilt decorated blue boards.

A silver and enamelled commemorative snuff box depicting the portrait of John Constable. Number 28 / 300. Birmingham. Approx. 61 grams. Est. £100 - £150.

First Edition British Strategy A Study Of The Application Of The Principles Of War by Major General Sir F Maurice KCMG CB LLD Published by Constable and Co London 1929 First Edition. Interestingly, this book used to belong to the Royal Air Force Staff College Library (book plate pasted in to the front). This unusual book measures approx 15cm x 22cm, hard back, 243 pages, no dust jacket and shows some signs of age, the spine board is attached but the spine board hinges are split otherwise is in good condition (see photographs). Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Antique oil painting on panel of cottages in a wooded landscape in the style of Constable - gilt gesso frame 36cm x 44cm ~ some losses to frame & some cracking to paint

A group of military badges to include POW Association and Gloucestershire Special Constable.

WW1 Bravery In The Field Group Of Three Medals, Together With WW2 Special Constable Medal And War Medal, Both Awarded To 696103 CPL J DIXON RA And Mounted In Glazed Displays, 1914-15 Star Replacement

Miscellaneous medals, including a Suez medal and miniature nr 03332 to mark service in the canal zone; Order of the Buffalo Primo enamel medal in the original box; George VI For Faithful Service in the Special Constabulary named to Alfred W. Lambert; George VI For Faithful Service in the Special Constabulary named to Frank Harris; a Oxfordshire Special Constable pin badge and a Royal Army Temperance Society medal. 

After John Constable (1776-1837) lakeside cottage scene with woodland and distant figure, oil on panel, 20 x 36 cm, gilt framed, together with a watercolour, 19th century continental river scene (2)

° ° Craddock, Harry - The Savoy Cocktail Book....The decorations by Gilbert Rumbold. First Edition. coloured decorated title, coloured pictorial frontis. and coloured illus./decorations throughout, incl. colour ruled borders and coloured pictorial e/ps.; publisher's gilt lettered cloth backed coloured pictorial and gilt covers, cr.8vo. Constable, 1930

° ° Folio Society - A Miscellany collection, boxed or slipcased including, six works by Anthony Trollope, Brief Lives by John Aubrey and Englands Constable (21)

* * Richard Golding Constable (Lewes, 1932-2015), watercolour, ‘’A dragon-fly amongst grasses’’, signed and dated 1971, and one other of Herons (2) Note: The artist was the great, great grandson of John Constable RA, largest 23 x 20cm Please note this lot attracts an additional import tax of 5% on the hammer price

° ° Scott, Sir Walter - Tales of the Crusaders, 1st edition, 4 vols, 8vo, half calf rebacked, half titles to each vol., 4p. publisher’s catalogue at end of vol. 4, Archibald Constable, Edinburgh, 1825

TWELVE BOXED OO GAUGE DAPOL WAGONS, to include Badger Brewery Blandford Forum, Ferris & Son Malsters Stout & Porter Dawlish, Kemp Town Brewery Sussex Ales, Westerham Ales, Black Eagle Brewery, Southdown & East Grinstead Breweries Lewes, Putland's of Tunbridge Wells Pure Hop Ales, Tolchards Brewery Co, Oakhill Brewery Ale Wagon, Magna Cider from Marston Magna, Cinch & Co Lake Brewery Isle of Man, Alloa Brewery, G.S. Constable & Sons Anchor Brewery Littlehampton, most models have a Limited Edition Number card included, all appear in new condition with accessories and instructions, outer and inner cardboard boxes in good condition, possibility of lightest storage related rubbing/handling marks to outer cover, although item appears new we are unable to confirm all parts and accessories are present

One volume "The Complete Plays of Bernard Shaw", first edition, published 1931 by Constable & Co. Ltd London, tooled and gilded green leather bound, bears ownership label "Ex Libris Somerset de Chair", 25 cm x 18 cm, together with another copy, tooled and gilded red cloth board bound (2)

Victorian Painted Police Truncheon, fine example of a hard wood truncheon with painted decoration of VR over crown and ‘J.S. Constable Tunbridge’. Nice patina to the truncheon. Ribbed handle with a modern hanging string added. 38cms in length

Great War County Borough of Walsall Special Constabulary Commemorative Truncheon, fine turned wooden polished truncheon with decal crowned GR above crest of the borough of Walsall and ‘SPECIAL CONSTABLE 1914-19’. Remains in very good overall condition. Accompanied by a plain polished turned wooden truncheon with leather wrist strap. (2 items)

Burton Constable Hall advertising post, 1960s, 'Indoor wrestling a Reswyskow and Green Programme ....... Mink Marino v Big John Lees ....... Les (the fox) Kellett v Ezzard Hart', framed H101cm, W70cm

A late 19th / early 20th century painted police constable's truncheon, together with a pair of iron handcuffs, length 43cm Family tradition maintain the truncheon and handcuffs belonged to an ancestor who was a constable in Carnarvon, North Wales   

RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.): 'Little Brother and Little Sister and other Tales of the Brothers Grimm', Constable, 1st 1917. At least 'Good'.

Nausen: "Through Siberia, the Land of the Future", 1 vol illust, 1st edition, pub Frederick A Stokes Co & Heinemann 1914, Nansen: "Farthest North", 2 vols illust, pub Archibald Constable 1897, and other Nansen vols, (11)

Motor engineering: 2 titles: R E MATHOT: THE CONSTRUCTION AND WORKING OF INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES, London, Constable, 1910, First edition; THE ELEMENTARY TEXT BOOK OF AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING, Dagenham, Ford Motor Company (2)

Crime fiction: 8 titles: SARAH PARETSKY: FIRE SALE; RUTH RENDELL: THE SAINT ZITA SOCIETY; SPARKLE HAYTER: THE CHELSEA GIRL MURDERS; ELSA BARKER: THE CID OF DEXTER DRAKE; AUGUSTUS MUIR: THE SHADOW ON THE LEFT; CAROLINE GRAHAM: THE ENVY OF THE STRANGER; CAROLINE GRAHAM: FIRE DANCE; NICHOLAS RHEA: CONSTABLE ALONG THE HIGHWAY (8)

Military Interest: Quantity of eleven books to include "Rifle Brigade Chronical 1907", "The Fifth Army", "British Campaigns in Europe 1914-1918" by Arthur Conan Doyle, "1914" by Field Marshal Viscount French of Ypres, published 1919 by Constable & Co Ltd, "The Grand Fleet of 1914-1916, Its Creation, Development and Work" by Admiral Viscount Jellicoe of Scapa, "Germany and the Next War" by F Von Bernhard, "The Great Boer War" by Arthur Conan Doyle, "Three Year War" (October 1899 to June 1902) by Christian Rudolph De Wet, volumes 1 and 2 of "General Smuts" by Sarah Gertrude Millin, "Treking On" by Deneys Reitz (11)

HUGO GULDNER: THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF EXTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES, London, Constable and Comapny, 1910. Olive-green cloth binding, stamped to cover with gilt titled spine.

RALPH ARNOLD: 5 titles: All inscribed by author: FISH AND COMPANY, London, Heinemann, 1951; JENKIN'S GREEN, London, Heinemann, 1953; SPRING LIST, London, John Murray; 1956; SKELETONS AND CUPBOARDS, London, New York, Macmillan, 1951; THE HUNDRED OF HOO, London, Constable 1947 (5)

Craddock (Henry). The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: Constable, 1930, colour illustrations throughout by Gilbert Rumbold, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, some light wear to covers, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:The first issue, with the half-title and title paginated.

Charles I. Reliquiae Sacrae Carolinae. Or the Works of that Great Monarch and Glorious Martyr King Charls the I. Collected together, and Digested in Order, According to their Severall Subjects, Civil and Sacred, 2 parts in one, The Hague: Printed by Samuell Browne, 1651, engraved portrait frontispiece, double-page engraved portrait of Charles I at prayer (lined to verso and closed tear to fold), light dust-soiling, toning and spotting, armorial bookplate of Edward Francis Witts to upper pastedown,19th-century blind panelled and decorated calf, spine torn and some wear, 8vo, together with:New Testament [French]. Le Nouveau Testament de Nostre Seigneur Jesus Christ, Traduit en François Selon l'edition Vulgate, avec les différences du Grec. 2 parts in one, new edition, A Mons: Gaspard Migeot [Amsterdam: Daniel Elsevier], 1672, general title in red and black and with woodcut device, 2nd part with separate title 'Les Epistres de S. Paul. Les Epistres Canoniques. L'Apocalypse', light damp-staining and dust-soiling, modern calf, 8vo (Willems 1480, The On account of the hostility of the Jesuits in Paris, this Jansenist Bible could not be printed in France and the various editions with the Mons imprint are usually attributed to the press of Daniel Elzevier at Amsterdam),Hall (Joseph). The Old Religion: A Treatise Wherein is laid down The true state of the difference betwixt the Reformed and Roman Church..., for a Preservation against Popish Insinuations, London: Printed by M. F. and are to be sold by William Freeman, 1686, some damp-staining, front endpaper with early manuscript ownership of Kitty and Agnes Travell, Frances Travell, and F. E. Witts, contemporary mottled calf, joints rubbed, 12mo, plus other 17th-early 19th-century antiquarian including Peacham (Henry). The Compleat Gentleman. Fashioning him absolut [sic], in the most necessary and commendable Qualities concerning Minde or Body, that may be required in a Noble Gentleman. Whereunto is annexed a description of the order of a Maine Battaile or Pitched Field, eight severall wayes: with the Art of Limming and other Additions newly Enlarged, London: Francis Constable, 1634, additional engraved title, lacking three leaves of text (N3, N4 & O1), leaves N1 & N2 detached, damp-staining throughout, contemporary calf, 4toQTY: (8)

Stewart (J. Douglas). Sir Godfrey Kneller and The English Baroque Portrait, Oxford University Press, 1983, four colour plates, numerous monochrome illustrations, original dark blue cloth gilt in dustwrapper, 4to, together with:Abrams (Ann Uhry). The Valient Hero, Benjamin West and Grand-Style History Painting, 1st edition, Smysoneon Institution Press, 1985, a few colour and many monochrome illustrations, original green cloth gilt in dustwrapper, large 8vo, plus others on British art and artists, including William Blake, The Book of Los, Trianon Press, 1976, Robert Raines, Marcellus Laroon, 1966, C. R. Leslie, Memoirs of the Life of John Constable, edited by the Hon. Andrew Shirley, 1937, Walter John Hipple, The Beautiful, The Sublime & the Picturesque in eighteenth-century British Aesthetic Theory, Southern Illinois University Press, 1957, William Feaver, The Art of John Martin, Oxford University Press, 1975, etc., mostly original cloth, including some paperbound editions, many in dustwrappers, 4to/8voQTY: (6 shelves)

David Hockney R.A. (British, born 1937)The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) – 19 February iPad drawing in colours, 2011, on wove paper, signed, dated and numbered 17/25 in pencil, the full sheet, framedSheet 1400 x 1050mm (55 x 41 1/2in)Footnotes:The iPad drawings that constitute The Arrival of Spring series by David Hockney might have been received at first with a hint of suspicion when they were introduced in the Royal Academy A Bigger Picture blockbuster exhibition in 2012. Some questioned the choice of the iPad as an artistic tool, others complained about the digital rendering, yet all were taken aback by David Hockney's ability to revolutionise landscape paintings at this stage of his career, embracing the digital revolution of the 21st century. Just over ten years later, The Arrival of Spring iPad drawings have become some of the most instantly recognisable and highly sought-after works in the artist's oeuvre. They have come to define the David Hockney of the noughties, celebrating the Yorkshire landscape by depicting the impact of the incoming Spring from January to June 2011. As an eager exponent of drawing first on an iPhone then on an iPad, David Hockney proved that digital advances were not to be feared but celebrated, praising the iPad as 'a fantastic medium for landscape', helping to capture the rapid changes of light better than any other medium could allow. The strength of these works is also in how they inscribe themselves within an important history of landscape paintings, one especially dear to British art. Constable, Monet, Turner, Claude, Spencer or Van Gogh come to mind and their approach to nature continues to impact an artist who, after many years spent in the Californian sun, became fascinated by the spectacle of the changing seasons, and the English Spring in particular. As such, Hockney further enhances his position as one of the most important artists of our time, continuously challenging the viewers and artworld's expectations of landscape paintings, pushing the boundaries of creation and medium, making art a welcome field for all. The queues to go and experience the first exhibition of his iPad drawings amongst paintings and videos at the Royal Academy in 2012, and the enthusiastic responses said it all. We are thrilled to present the following three works from The Arrival of Spring series in this sale. Each beautifully capturing the landscape, light, and colours of Hockney's beloved birth county, Yorkshire, slowly waking up to Spring. A season many now associate with Hockney's later work. Here, art and nature complement each other at their best, in works that have become just as historically relevant to art in the 21st century as those of Constable and Turner.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Signed Limited Edition de la Mare (Walter) Down-Adown-Derry, A Book of Fairy Poems, With Illustrations by Dorothy P. Lathrop. Sm. folio Lond. (Constable & Co.) 1922. Signed by Author, No. 180 of a Limited Edition of 325 Copies. With coloured & bl. & white illus. uncut, orig. gilt decor. vellum type boards, glassine cover. V. good copy. (1)

Borrow - The Works of George Borrow, Edited with much Hitherto Unpublished Manuscript, by Clement Shorter. 16vols. 8vo London (Constable & Co. Ltd.) 1923-24.  Norwich Edition. Limited to 775 Copies NO. 160. Uncut, unopened, orig. green cloth, some stains, spines faded. (16)

Illustrated Volume: Ross (Martin) & Somerville (E.O.) A Patrick's Day Hunt, oblong 4to, L. (A. Constable & Co.) [1902], First Edn., illus. green cloth, decor. covers, some wear. (1)

English school - Landscape at harvest time, oil on canvas, inscribed 'Constable' to reverse, 23 x 29 cm

Barnard-James,J.: Poems, lyrical and romantic. London, Constable and Co., Ltd. 1909. 8°. VI, 126 S., mit 1 Frontispiz in Heliogravure. OLwd. mit Kopfgoldschn. (Etw. best.). Sehr selten (nur 3 Ex. in UK nachweisbar). - Printed by T. and A. Constable at the Edinburgh University Press. - Das Frontispiz mit einem Damenportrait "My Love My Queen" fotografiert von Martin John Jacolette (1850-1907). - Titel gestempelt, Innendeckel mit Exlibris. - Vorsatz mit eigenh. Widmung des Verfassers "To Fritz, with best wishes from the Author".

WW1 British Royal Flying Corps / WW2 Police Group to RO Goddard compring of: Miniature 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal: WW2 British Special Constable Medal to complete in box of issue with ribbon to Roland O Goddard: WW1 Royal Flying Corps hand written book on engines and rigging with pull out diagrams named to RO Goddard and dated 1918: Pre War Carlsberg Lager Advertising Medalion featuring a Swastika.

Shaw, George Bernard: The Works, 33 Volumes numbered edition 469 of 1025, London: Constable & Co Ltd, 1930-1938, each in green publishers cloth and numbered dust jacket, 8vo. (33)

Leeds Police Interest - Victorian silver plated presentation tipstaff, with gilt crown finial and mahogany grip, engraved with crest and dedicated 'Mr Geo. King, High Constable Lower Skyrack, March 1844' L18.5cm

WW2 BOB fighter pilots L Batt 238 sqn, R McDougall 3 sqn, M Constable -Maxwell 56 sqn, A Murray 46 sqn signed 25th ann BOB Reception booklet fixed to A4 page. WW2 RAF Battle of Britain pilot. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

German violin labelled Josef Klotz...1792, 13 15/16", 35.40cm ;also a dismantled violin, the ribs decorated with gold text inscribed 'A present from Sir Charles Wolseley to C. Constable', 14 3/16", 36cm (2)

Simpson [Robert]: History of Derby - A Collection of Fragments Illustrative of the History and Antiquities of Derby, 1826 first edition, two volumes with maps and plates, gilt tooled maroon half calf; The Victoria History of the Counties of England: A History of The County of Derbyshire, vol 1 edited by William Page, pub London: Archibald Constable & Co Ltd, 1905, with maps; History of The County of Derby by Stephen Glover, Vols I and II, 1829 and 1833, with maps, printed by Henry Mozley & Son. (5)

BINDING - Ernest Thompson SETON (1860-1946). Animal Heroes, London, 1906, small 4to, 19 plates by Seton Thompson, illustrations, FINELY BOUND in contemporary full crushed magenta morocco gilt by Bumpus.BINDING - Ernest Thompson SETON (1860-1946).  Animal Heroes. Being the Histories of a Cat, a Dog, a Pigeon, a Lynx, Two Wolves & a Reindeer and in Elucidation of the same over 200 Drawings. London: Archibald Constable, 1906 [copyright date of 1905 on the verso of the title]. Small 4to (185 x 140mm). Title printed in orange and black, 19 plates by Ernest Thompson Seton, illustrations (some faint marginal browning). FINELY BOUND in contemporary full crushed magenta morocco gilt by Bumpus, the covers with gilt floral cornerpieces and triple gilt fillet borders, the upper cover with the words "My Lambkin" stamped in gilt within a central laurel, the spine with five compartments with elaborate floral motifs stamped in gilt, the sixth containing the title and author, gilt edges (a few very faint ink spots, endpapers lightly browned and spotted). Provenance: "Janet Sydney Ronald Keep, Xmas 1906" (stamped in gilt on upper dentelles); Dorset County Library (stamp on title).

A large group of Sotheby's London, Parke Bernet, and Sotheby's Parke Bernet Antiquities sales catalogues Including Sotheby's London: Egger Collection, 25 June 1891, Forman Collection, 19-22 June 1899, Egyptian Ants (Kennard), 16-19th July 1912, Antiquities, 22-23 May 1919, Antiquities, 23-24 February 1920, Antiquities, 6-7 December 1920, Antiquities, 23 May 1921, Antiquities, 1-2 November 1922, Antiquities, 18-19 June 1923, Antiquities, 31 July 1923, Antiquities, 28 February 1924, Antiquities, 19 May 1924, Antiquities (Evans Sale), 30 June-1 July 1924, Antiquities & Peruvian 7-8 July 1924, Antiquities (Bethel), 15-17 December 1924, Antiquities, 23 July 1925, Antiquities, 22 March 1926, Antiquities, 21 June 1926, Antiquities, 11-12 November 1926, Antiquities, 16-17 December 1926, Antiquities (Dillwyn Parrish), 5 July 1928, Antiquities, 20 July 1928 (x2), Antiquities, 13 December 1928, 'Savage Art' and Antiquities, 26 July 1932, Antiquities, 27 July 1933, Pictures & WOA (with 2 Antiquities)-Abdy, 28 May 1936, Antiquities etc. (Kitchener collection), 16 Nov 1938, The Eumorfopoulos Collections, 5–6 June 1940, Eumorfopoulos & Harcourt J collection (2 Antiquities), 14 June 1940, Antiquities, 24 July 1950, Antiquities, 17-18 January 1951, Melchett Collection, 23-24 May 1951, Antiquities, 24 May 1951, Antiquities, 15-16 January 1952, Antiquities, 16 February 1953, Antiquities, 16 November 1959, Antiquities, 11 April 1960, Antiquities, 23 May 1960, Antiquities, 12 December 1960, Antiquities, 6 February 1961, WOA (with 15 Antiquities), Gilou collection, 26 June 1961, Antiquities, 5 March 1962, Antiquities, 11 March 1963, Antiquities, 24 Feb 1964, Antiquities 6 July 1964, Antiquities, 2 November 1964, Brummer Collection, 16-17 November 1964, Antiquities, 22 February 1965, Antiquities, 28 June 1965, Antiquities, 13 June 1966, Antiquities, 14 November 1966, Antiquities, 12 June 1967, Antiquities, 11 July 1967, Antiquities, 27 November 1967, Antiquities, 18 June 1968, Antiquities, 26 November 1968, Antiquities, 29 July 1969, Minerals Fossils & Natural History, 22 December 1969, Seals Scarabs Ants 21 April 1975, Antiquities and Islamic, 12 July 1976, Antiquities (Smeets), 7 November 1977, Hirschmann Collection, 9 December 1993, David Sylvester collection, 26 February 2002, Frankland Hood, 11 November 1924; Parke Bernet: Egyptian Art (Mansoor & Curtis), 15-16 October 1947, Joseph Brummer, Pt. 1, 20-23 April 1949, Joseph Brummer, Pt. 2, 11-14 May 1949, Joseph Brummer, Pt. 3, 8-9 June 1949, Egyptian Art (Mansoor collection), 30-31 January 1952 (x2), Antiquities, 28-29 January 1959, Antiquities (Kevorkian collection), 14-15 December 1962, Antiquities, 24-25 April 1970, Antiquities, 9 May 1970, Antiquities, 18 December 1970, Antiquities, 5 November 1971, Cranbrook collections, 2-5 May 1972, Antiquities, 1 December 1972, Antiquities, 4 May 1973, Antiquities, 7 December 1973, Antiquities, 4 May 1974, Constable Maxwell Collection of Ancient Glass, 4-5 June 1979; Sotheby's Parke Bernet: Ada Small Collection, 12 December 1991 (QTY)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

[CLASSIC LITERATURE]. LEATHER BINDINGS Shaw, Bernard. Works of, five volumes, Constable & Co., London, 1917-20, half tan calf by Sotheran, Piccadilly, London, the spines in compartments gilt, octavo; together with Green, John Richard. History of the English People, four volumes, Macmillan, London, 1877-80, full tree calf by Riviere & Son, the spines in compartments gilt, large octavo, (9).

[MISCELLANEOUS] Twenty-two assorted works, including Fisher, Mrs A.B. Twilight Tales of the Black Baganda, Marshall Brothers Ltd, London, no date, twenty-three (of twenty-four) plate illustrations, octavo; Shaw, Bernard. The Adventures of the Black Girl in her Search for God, first edition, Constable, London, 1932, pictorial boards, illustrations by John Farleigh, octavo.

Giovanni Antonio Canal, auch genannt „Canaletto“, 1697 Venedig – 1768 ebenda, Umkreis desBLICK VOM UFER DEGLI SCHIAVONI AUF DIE KIRCHE SAN GIORGIO MAGGIOREÖl auf Leinwand.40,6 x 64 cm.Beigegeben eine Expertise von Dario Succi, Gorizia.Das nicht allzu große Gemälde ist in betontem Breitformat gehalten, womit nahezu ein Panoramablick geboten wird. Von der Riva degli Schiavoni, auf der mehrere Figuren flanieren, führt der Blick über anliegende Lastschiffe und Gondeln hinweg auf die gegenüber liegende Seite des Kanals, mit der im Licht stehenden Fassade der San Giorgio Maggiore Kirche. Wie ein geschlossener Block stehen sämtliche Gebäude eng zusammen am Kanalausgang zur Lagune. Das Kirchendach wird von der großen Kuppel überragt, links steht der Campanile als weiterer Blickfang über der Insel, die dem Becken von San Marco vorgelagert ist. Der Stolz der Insel ist die Kirche, die von dem berühmten Andrea Palladio mit ihrer bedeutenden Fassade im Komplex des aus dem 10. Jahrhundert stammenden Benediktinerklosters ab 1565 neugestaltet wurde. Der Campanile, ein Werk des 18. Jahrhunderts, geht auf die Gestaltung des Campanile San Marco zurück, und war also zur Zeit des Malers eine neue Errungenschaft Venedigs.Giovanni Antonio Canal (1696-1768), der unter dem Namen Canaletto berühmt geworden ist, war der Sohn von Bernardo Canal, der aus der Bühnenmalerei hervorging. Doch wie der Vater, hatte sich auch Antonio sich unter dem Einfluss des Zeitgenossen aus Udine, Luca Carlevaris (1663-1730) der einträglicheren Vedutenmalerei zugewandt. Zusammen haben die beiden die Venezianische Vedutenmalerei eigentlich zum bedeutenden, eigenständigen und gefragten Sujet erhoben. Canaletto, in Europa längst bekannt, wurde am 11. September 1763 in die 1750 gegründete venezianische Akademie aufgenommen, und hatte dazu ein Beispiel seines Könnens eingereicht, das sich heute in der Galleria dell‘Accademia in Venedig befindet. Der englische Konsul Joseph Smith, einer der ersten Mäzene und Förderer des Malers, hat auch ein Stichwerk durch Antonio Visentini veranlasst, wodurch das europaweite Interesse an Venedigveduten beflügelt wurde. Die Werke des Antonio Canal sind zu unterscheiden von denen seines Neffen Bernardo Bellotto (1722-1780), der sich ebenfalls Canaletto nannte. Doch sind die Unterschiede in der Malweise deutlich. Die Bilder Antonio Canals sind heller, meist heiterer und lichtvoller als die von Bellotto. Dies zeigt sich auch in dem hier vorliegenden Werk. A.R.Literatur: Vgl. Dorothea Terpitz, Giovanni Antonio Canal, genannt Canaletto. 1697-1768, Köln 1998.William George Constable, Canaletto. Giovanni Antonio Canal 1697-1768, Oxford, 1962. Vgl. Dario Succi, Capricci Veneziani del Settecento, Ausstellungskatalog, Gorizia, 1988.Vgl. Jane Martineau and Andrew Robison (Hrsg.), The Glory of Venice: Art in the Eighteenth Century, Ausstellungskatalog, London/ Washington, D.C., 1994-1995.Vgl. Andreas Henning, Axel Börner, Andreas Dehmer (Hrsg.), Canaletto. Ansichten vom Canal Grande in Venedig. Kabinettausstellung anlässlich der Restaurierung zweier Gemälde von Giovanni Antonio Canal, genannt Canaletto (= Das restaurierte Meisterwerk, Bd. 5), Dresden 2008.Vgl. Egon Grund, Canalettos Veduten als Wirklichkeitskonstruktion unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Frage: Benutzung der Camera obscura? Dissertation, Univ. Göttingen 2008. (1370319) (11) (†)Giovanni Antonio Canal, also known as „Canaletto“, 1697 Venice – 1768 ibid., circle ofVIEW OF THE RIVA DEGLI SCHIAVONI WATERFRONT TO THE CHURCH OF SAN GIORGIO MAGGIORE Oil on canvas. 40.6 x 64 cm.Accompanied by an expert's report by Dario Succi, Gorizia.

Bernardo Canal, 1674 Venedig – 1744 ebendaVENEDIG – ANSICHT DER PONTE DEI TRE ARCHI (DREIBOGEN-BRÜCKE)Öl auf Leinwand.73,5 x 112,5 cm.Gerahmt.Beigegeben eine Expertise von Dario Succi, Gorizia.Bernardo Canal entstammte einer seit um 1500 alteingesessenen Familie. Er war der Vater des Giovanni Antonio Canal (1697-1768), der als zweiter Sohn mit dem Namen „Canaletto“ berühmt geworden ist. Wie viele seiner Malerkollegen widmete auch er sich der venezianischen Bühnen- und Theatermalerei, vor allem aber den Veduten der Lagunenstadt. Der Einfluss seines fast gleichaltrigen Zeitgenossen Luca Carlevaris (1663/65-1729/31) war nicht nur für ihn, sondern auch für weitere Vedutisten Venedigs von Bedeutung. 1717 wird er erstmals in der Liste der venezianischen Maler erwähnt und etwas später, 1739, erhielt er den Titel des „Priors“ der Gilde „Collegio dei Pittari“. Abgesehen von seiner Vedutenmalerei machte er sich auch einen Namen im Bereich des Bühnenbildes. So ist sein Wirken für die berühmten venezianischen Theater und Opern wie dem Teatro San Angelo und dem Teatro San Cassiano dokumentiert, darunter für Aufführungen von Vivaldi, Pollarolo oder Orlandini, Musiker von Weltruhm. Neben diesen untergegangenen Bühnenbildern sind uns jedoch seine Venedig-Ansichten erhalten geblieben, in denen deutlich der Sinn für theatralische Lichteffekte zu erkennen ist, was den Bildern Lebendigkeit vermittelt.Bernardo und sein Sohn „Canaletto“ arbeiteten in demselben Atelier zusammen. Hier wirkten anfänglich auch die weiteren Mitglieder der Malerfamilie, wie Bernardo Bellotto (1721-1780) und Pietro Bellotto (1725-1800). In der Vedute hat Bernardo Canal die Ponte dei Tre Archi markant und dominierend ins Bild gesetzt. Es ist die einzige Dreibogenbrücke der Stadt, deren Gestaltung an eine weit frühere Holzbrücke erinnern sollte. Die drei Bögen beherrschen den gesamten unteren Bereich des Gemäldes, für das der Maler dementsprechend auch ein betontes Breitformat gewählt hat. Die im Schatten liegende Brücke überspannt den Cannaregio Kanal und verbindet den Bezirk Fondamenta Cannaregio mit dem Fondamenta San Giobbe. Sie wurde anstelle einer früheren Steinbrücke 1688 von dem Architekten Andrea Tirali überwiegend in Klinker aufgeführt. Der im hellen Licht stehende Palazzo mit seiner Bogen-Fensterreihe schräg dahinter, ist nicht mehr erhalten, er wurde bereits zwischen 1789 und 1805 abgebrochen. Es ist der Palazzo Balbi-Valier Sammartini, dessen Fassade hier als eine theatralische, äußerst bildwirksame Überhöhung erscheint. Eine wenig später entstandene Vedute des Sohnes Canaletto zeigt an dieser Stelle schon eine andere Bebauung, weit weniger repräsentativ. Belebt wird die Architekturlandschaft durch Staffagefiguren auf der Brücke sowie in Gruppen an den Ufern, in der zeitgemäßen Kleidung des 18. Jahrhunderts, vor allem aber auch durch die drei Gondeln unter dem mittleren Brückenbogen. Eine der Gondeln zeigt einen Kajütenaufbau, darin Figuren, daneben ein höfisch gekleideter Herr, dessen Gondel neben Gepäck auch einen Vogelkäfig transportiert. Ein Stich von Domenico Lovisa, 1717 in seinem „Il Gran Teatro di Venezia“, veröffentlicht, zeigt variierende Kompositionen dieser Ansicht. A.R.Anmerkung:Von der hier vorliegenden Version ist mindestens ein weiteres Gemälde bekannt geworden (Kunsthandel Rom, 1955, welches Dario Succi in die Jahre 1738/ 40 datiert), jedoch wie gewöhnlich mit einigen Detailunterschieden. Eine weitere Version nahezu in gleicher Größe und mit rauchendem Kamin links oben wurde 2011 in bei Porro & C. in Mailand als Bernardo Canal, dann bei Bonhams in London als zugeschrieben versteigert. Literatur:C. Lollobrigida, Fiamenghi che vanno e che vengono. Vanvitelli e le origini del vedutismo, in: Canaletto e i vedutisti. L‘incanto dell‘ acqua, Aust. kat. 2011, S.26.Vgl. Rodolfo Pallucchini, La pittura nel Veneto, II Settecento, Mailand 1996.Vgl. Filippo Pedrocco, Visions of Venice: Paintings of the 18th Century, New York 2002.Annalia Delneri (Hrsg.), Da Canaletto a Zuccarelli: il paesaggio veneto del Settecento, Udine 2003. Vgl. William George Constable, Canaletto. Giovanni Antonio Canal 1697-1768, Oxford 1989. (1370315) (11) (†)Bernardo Canal,1674 Venice – 1744 ibid.VENICE – VIEW OF THE PONTE DEI TRE ARCHI (THREE ARCHES BRIDGE) Oil on canvas.73.5 x 112.5 cm.Framed.Accompanied by an expert‘s report by Dario Succi, Gorizia.At least one other painting of the present version is known (Art Trade Rome, 1955, dated by D. Succi to 1738/40), but as is usual with several differences in the details. Another version of almost the same dimensions was sold at auction in 2011 in Milan (Porro & C.) as “Bernardo Canal”, then in London (Bonhams) as “attributed” (there with a smoking chimney in the top left).Literature:C. Lollobrigida, Fiamenghi che vanno e che vengono. Vanvitelli e le origini del vedutismo, in: Canaletto e i vedutisti. L‘incanto dell‘ acqua, Aust. kat. 2011, S.26. cf. Rodolfo Pallucchini, La Pittura nel Veneto, II Settecento, 1996.Filippo Pedrocco, Visions of Venice: Paintings of the 18th Century, New York 2002.cf. Annalia Delneri, Da Canaletto a Zuccarelli: il paesaggio veneto del Settecento, 2003, Provincia di Udine, Assessorato alla Cultura. cf. W. G. Constable, Canaletto. Giovanni Antonio Canal 1697 - 1768, Oxford 1989.