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Lot 108
A Harlequin Pair of Girl Marottes both with bisque heads (i) Harlequin stamped 52, with striped tapered velvet and silk dress, hat, inset glass eyes, open mouth, on blonde treen turned stick handles (ii) stamped SH flanking PB, dressed in cream silk and tapered damask, matching hat, turned beech stick handle both 14in. (36cm) high (2)
Lot 254
ENGLISH SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY) DESIGN FOR A DRESS CHARIOT Oil and bodycolour on board 13.5 x 20cm (5¼ x 7¾ in.) Notice: The picture is not on board but on cardboard, and on the back is inscribed the title 'Dress Chariot' and the author 'I.D. Grant' Condition Report: Although examined with protective glass, under UV light and racking light, the board presents some loss of paint on the brown coloured wall, especially near the lines, and on the right-hand side, near the border, and above the right wheel of the carriage. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 293
AFTER ALEXANDER NASMYTH ROBERT BURNS Engraving, oval 56 x 42cm (22 x 16½ in.) Together with a coloured engraving of Miss O'Neill in the Character of Juliet after George Dawe, and another print of Miss O'Neill after A W Davis engraved by H Myer, various sizes, (3) Condition Report: Portrait of Robert Burns The paper of the engraving has yellowed and presents various dots of mould and dirt scattered across, the most evident are on the upper right corner. There is also a vertical brownish stain that crosses the whole image, which is most evident on the sitter's cheek and eye. There are also superficial scratches, where the ink has been damaged, such as a diagonal scratch of about 10cm coming from the upper left corner, and various scattered spots of about 0.5cm on the right shoulder near the chin, some on the nose, and near the hair. The paper also has undulations, most evident in lower right corner. Portrait of Miss O'Neill in the Character of Juliet The paper has yellowed, with some patches of dirt and mould scattered across, especially visible on the sitter's dress. Portrait of Miss O'Neill with the red curtain The paper of the engraving has yellowed, and the colours discoloured. There hare spots of dirt and mould scattered across, especially on the lower right corner. There are signs of abrasion on the borders, and there are superficial scratches, such as near the best of the sitter and in other parts of the dress - such scratches are of around 1 cm of length. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 55A
JOHN HOPPNER RA (1758- 1810) LOUISA, COUNTESS OF MANSFIELD (1758-1843) Oil on canvas, a pair With old labels inscribed (on the reverse) 78 x 64.5cm (30½ x 25¼ in.)Provenance: By descent to The Rev. William R. Finch Hatton.Literature: W. McKay, W. Roberts, John Hoppner R.A., London, 1909, pp. 110, 164. (with the previous lot) W. McKay, W. Roberts, Supplement and index to John Hoppner, R.A., London and New York, 1914, pp. 59, 61. (with the previous lot)Comparative literature: J. Cornforth, 'Scone Palace, Perthshire - I: The Seat of the Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield', Country Life, 11 August 1988, p. 95.Louisa, Countess of Mansfield (1758-1843) was the daughter of Charles Cathcart, 9th Lord Cathcart and Jane Hamilton, the latter, granddaughter of the 3rd Duchess of Hamilton. Louisa's first husband was David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield, who was 20 years her senior; as a young bride she lived in Scone Palace Perthshire and Kenwood House, Hampstead which her husband had inherited in 1793. She also lived in Paris where her first husband was the British Ambassador to Louis XVI. The French hostess and patron of the arts, Madame du Deffand, commented that the ambassador's wife 'is pretty, she holds herself badly, and has not a charming manner, but her expression is full of intelligence' (Cornforth, p. 95). Her second husband was The Hon. Robert Fulke Greville (1751-1824) (see the previous lot) was the third son of Francis, 1st Earl of Warwick and Elizabeth (née Hamilton)). Robert Greville and Louisa had three children. This painting, together with the previous lot, passed to their second daughter, Lady Louisa Greville (1800-83), who was married to The Rev. Daniel Heneage Finch-Hatton, and thence by descent to their son, William. Condition Report: The canvas presents fine craquelure across the whole surface which widens in the area near the neck, where, in a few case,s the cracks have been repainted over. UV light reveals retouching on the edges of the painting, particularly on right, and above the head. There are also some finer retouches on the sitter's neck, and in some places on the dress. The painting has been cleaned and revarnished. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 96
SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS (BRITISH 1723-1792) PORTRAIT OF LADY STANDISH Oil on canvas 75 x 61cm (29½ x 24 in.) Provenance: Lady Catherine Standish;Elizabeth Ramsden née Smyth (heraldic co-heiress - Smyth arms quartered within those of Ramsden) Thence by descent to Col. R. C. P. Ramsden, Wigthorpe Hall, near Worksop, 1958 Thence by descent to Mrs Butroid. Her sale, Christie's 24 June, 1977, Lot 73. Private collection, United Kingdom. Literature: A. Graves & W. V. Cronin. A History of the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, 4 vols, London 1899-190. Volume III, p. 927 (sitter wrongly identified) David Mannings. Sir Joshua Reynolds, A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings, 2 vols, London: Yale University Press, 2000. Vol I, Text, p. 430; Vol II, Plates, p. 133 (fig. 365) Lady Catherine Standish (d.1780), née Catherine Frank, was born into the prominent Frank family of Pontefract, Yorkshire. Her mother, Elizabeth Lowther, was the daughter of Sir John Lowther Bt., M.P. for Westmoreland, and Catherine's father, Robert Frank MP (1660-1738), was active in borough politics and appointed Recorder for the Corporation of Pontefract in 1686. Although his appointment was contested several times during the dynastic and constitutional tumults of the late seventeenth century, he notably held office until his death in 1738, and served as an M.P. for the borough between 1710 and 1716. Frank was notably blacklisted as a 'Tory patriot' by the Hanoverians who held their crown by Whig support. Frank ensured that his daughter's marriages were advantageous and her first husband, John Smyth J.P. (1685-1731) of Heath Hall, Heath, was heir to a vast mercantile fortune. His father used this to cement their family's newfound place in the county gentry, purchasing the Heath estate near Wakefield and becoming 'the first squire of Heath.' His life was cut short however, and Catherine would soon remarry to Sir Thomas Standish of Duxbury, 2nd Baronet of Duxbury, becoming Lady Standish. However, it was through her daughter by her first marriage, née Elizabeth Smyth (b. 1727), that her acquaintance with Sir Joshua Reynolds was made. Elizabeth married Robert Ramsden of Osberton (1708-1769) in 1753, the fourth son of Sir William Ramsden, 2nd Bt. He was a captain in the British Army during the War of the Austrian Succession and served with distinction at the Battle of Dettingen on the 27th June 1743 and at the Battle of Fontenoy on the 11th May 1745. Robert was painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds in 1755, sitting to the artist on four occasions. The portrait, which depicts Ramsden in a 'plum-coloured coat,' on a 'luminous greeny-grey background' was likely the inspiration for the commissioning of this portrait by his mother-in-law three years later, for in 1758 Lady Standish would also sit for Reynolds four times. The resultant half-length portrait depicts her wearing a white dress and black wrap. A great experimenter with paint, Reynolds was hailed by his admirers and reviled by his critics. This portrait is typical of the artist's work of the 1750s when he developed the technique of 'dead colouring,' in which monochrome, or near monochrome, paint layers were used to create luminous flesh tones. That this technique is made explicit here makes this striking portrait a testament not only to the sitter's patronage, but also to the pioneering painter himself. Condition Report: Canvas relined and on later stretcher which is providing good support. Fine surface cracking across the image but the paint appears to be stable. Under UV light there a scattered spots of retouching most of these are in background areas, but the face is untouched. There is also a diagonal line of retouching across the centre of the sitter's dress which probably covers a deep surface scratch, this is approx. 10 cm long but quite narrow. It has a layer of discoloured varnish. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 812
CINEMA, posters, inc. The Secret War of Harry Trigg, A Patch of Blue (tear repair with tape to top edges), Ten Little Indians (water damage, pieces missing), Jewel of the Nile (tears to edges, holes in folds), The Night ft Jeff Goldblum & Michelle Pfeiffer, Bachelor Flat (pin holes, dress drawn on female figure in black marker for censorship), Before Winter Comes/Otley (pin holes) & Torn Between Two Lovers (pin holes, small tears), 40 x 30 and smaller, original folds, P(1) to VG, 8
Lot 679
MIXED, complete, part sets & odds, mainly Players & Wills, inc. Players, Hidden Beauties, Struggle For Existence, Cricketers Caricatures by RIP, Film Stars, Miniatures, Military Head-Dress, Characters From Dickens, Australian Settler, Straight Line Caricatures, Celebrated Gateways; Wills, Engineering Wonders, Famous Inventions, Gardening Hints, Sea-Fishes, Garden Life, First Aid, Air Raid Precautions; Churchman, Kings Of Speed, Association Footballers, Treasure Trove etc., FR to G, large Qty.
Lot 607
PLAYERS, mainly large, complete, part sets & odds, inc. complete, Old Naval Prints, Wild Birds, Ships Figureheads, Natural History, Characters From Dickens, Dogs; part sets & odds, Film Stars, Famous Beauties, History Of Naval Dress, Mount Everest, Types Of Horses, Game Birds & Wild Fowl, Famous Paintings etc., duplication, in modern album, a few P, mainly FR to VG, a few EX, Qty.
Lot 619
SILKS, panels (6), inc. no. 8265, showing lady in formal dress smelling flowers, slight staining to top edge & no. 3271, showing lady reading, stain to top edge, both with artwork by Margetson, both 6.75 x 10.5 overall; no. 8240, showing church with stained glass windows, landscape, 9.75 x 7.75 & no. 3220, showing church altar, 7.75 x 9.95, both with artwork by Noel H Leaver; one showing two birds on a lake, artwork by Townsend, ref 5225-5 to bottom corner, 7.25 x 10; one showing a bird with its young, damage to all sides, 7.75 x 10, FR to EX, 6
Lot 243
A group of silver jewellery, comprising a set of silver Art Nouveau buttons, six pierced floral buttons, 26.06mm diameter, Chester 1902, a cased set of silver, mother of pearl and base metal dress studs, each stud 14.17mm diameter, and a silver thruppence coin link bracelet, 16mm wide, 212mm long, Birmingham 1977. Silver 44.35g total (13)Condition ReportMarks and scratches.Tarnish.
Lot 269
A set of mother-of-pearl and enamelled dress studs and cuff links, comprising six buttons with backing clips and four more for the cufflinks, with removable elongated link connectors, each designed as a concave mother-of-pearl disc with notched edge, containing a pale blue guilloche enamel plaque with seed pearl centre, backs stamped and testing for 18ct gold, rose gold connectors testing for 14ct; in a fitted leather case, gold tooled, by Asprey & Co Ltd, 21.53g total (8) Condition ReportOne button with visible loss to the enamel. A few with minor chipping to the centre of the enamel surface. One button with minor loss to the mother of pearl surround. Six backing clips for buttons in compartment underneath. Minor marks and scratches to metal surfaces commensurate with age. Tarnish. Case with some wear.
Lot 112
Stockdale (J. J., publisher). The Greeks: A poem..., 19th edition; The Pigeons. Dedicated to all the Flats..., 9th edition; Fashion. Dedicated to all the Town..., 6th edition; To-Night! or. The Total Eclipse..., 3rd edition; Modern Belles. Dedicated to all the Beaux..., 4th edition; Modern Beaux, dedicated to Modern Belles, 3rd edition; Dress and Address..., 3rd edition; Eloisa in Deshabille: A Satirical Poem. By the Late Professor Porson..., 3rd edition; The Ton: Anecdotes, Chit-chat, Hints and On Dits..., 3rd edition; Life High & Low, together 10 volumes in 5, 1817-1819, 62 hand-coloured humorous etched plates (including some by George Cruikshank), occasional toning, offsetting and some scattered spotting, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, late 19th-century calf by Mansell, gilt decorated spines with dark green morocco title labels, spines and extremities lightly rubbed, 12moQTY: (5)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).
Lot 299
Hayden (Arthur). Old English Porcelain. The Lady Ludlow Collection, London: John Murray, 1932, mounted colour plates and photogravures, crimson morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, top edge gilt, contemporary maroon morocco, upper cover with monogram stamped in gilt, spine a little faded and rubbed in places, folio, limited signed edition 10/100, together with Hobson (R. L.) Worcester Porcelain. A description of the ware from the wall period to the present day, London: Bernard Quaritch, 1910, 17 chromolithograph plates, 92 collotypes, a few light spots, bookplate of W. A. Foyle, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt, some fading to spine and lower cover, 4to, plus Symonds (R. W.) Thomas Tompion. His Life & Work, London: B. T. Batsford, 1951, colour frontispiece, half-tone illustrations, two folding facsimiles, bookplate of W. A. Foyle, top edge gilt, original crimson half morocco gilt, edges slightly rubbed, 4to, limited signed edition 151/350, with 10 others including Antonio Stradivari. His Life and Work (1644-1737), by W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred F. Hill, 1902, The Book of Decorative Furniture, its form, colour & history, by Edwin Foley, 2 volumes, 1910-11, A Cyclopaedia of Costume or Dictionary of Dress, by James Robinson Planche, 2 volumes,1876-79, English Domestic Clocks, by Herbert Cescinsky & Malcolm Webster, 2nd edition, 1914, The Story of Snuff and Snuff Boxes, by Mattoon M. Curtis, 1935, A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, by Andrew Ure, 3rd edition, 1846, The Toilet and Cosmetic Arts, by Arthur J. Cooley, 1866, and A History of Gold Snuff Boxes, by Richard and Martin Norton, 1938 QTY: (15)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).
Lot 324
Madonna, 32 vinyl record albums. Celebration, justify my love, Holiday and Think of Me, Erotica, Bad Girl (With poster), Causing a Commotion, Like a Prayer, The Look of Love, Hanky Panky, Like a Virgin, Material Girl (Jelly Bean Dance Remix), Dress You up, Angel, Burning Up Physical Attraction, Madonna, Pappa Don't Preach, Borderline, Like a Virgin (US dance remix), Live to Tell, True Blue, Causing a Commotion, Like a Virgin, Crazy for you, Into the Groove, Justify My Love, The Look of Love, Holiday, You can Dance, Madamex, True Blue, I'm Breathless
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