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![A Staffordshire pearl glazed group Perswaition[sic] and a group of the Songsters the gentleman wearing a blue coat and yellow](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/35518/2870737/576-201338154631_468x382.jpg)
Lot 576
A Staffordshire pearl glazed group Perswaition[sic] and a group of the Songsters the gentleman wearing a blue coat and yellow breeches and proposing to a lady wearing a floral dress, on scroll moulded blue and green base, circa 1820-30, 19cm high; and a similar group of the Songsters, 18cm high [both with losses and damage]
Lot 650
....Dominguez (19th century) Spanish ``Reflections`` Signed, inscribed on the mount below, pencil and watercolour, 53.5cm by 33cm Colour good. Some light foxing and slight yellow staining in the walls of the building beyond the figures. Gum Arabic has been used within the blue tones of the girl`s dress and the paper is wavy in places, indicating it may be partially laid down. In a linen or cloth covered outer card mount with an aperture showing the artist`s name. Inner fillet mount rather yellow. In an outer gilt plaster and wooden frame. Gold leaf may have been used on the outer frame. Underside of the glass dirty. 060313
Lot 709
James Northcote (1746-1831) Portrait of Emily St Clare with a falcon Signed and dated 1803, oil on canvas, 126cm by 101.5cm Literature: J. Wilson, ` Hoppner`s ``tamborine girl` identified`, Burlington Magazine, CXXX, October 1988, p. 767, no. 5; J. Simon, `An Account Book of James Northcote`, Walpole Society, LVIII, 1995/6, p. 76, no. 406 Emily St Clare was the mistress of Sir John Leicester (1762-1827), later 1st Lord de Tabley of Tabley Hall, Cheshire. He was obsessed with her and commissioned at least fourteen portraits of her by John Hoppner, William Owen, Henry Thomson and John Northcote during the first decade of the 19th century. A major patron of British Art, Leicester also commissioned paintings by Turner, Sir Thomas Lawrence and James Ward. After Leicester`s marriage to Georgiana Maria Cotton in 1810, he hid the portraits of his mistress from his wife. He died in 1827 and shortly afterwards they were sold as subject paintings. Northcote painted Miss St Clare no less than seven times, portraying her twice with a falcon. In the earlier canvas she is seated with the bird in profile on her hand, a head and shoulders canvas for which Leicester paid £21.10s in 1801 (see J. Simon, Walpole Society, pp. 73-74, no. 382). The painting has recently been identified in a private collection. The second painting is on a larger canvas and shows the sitter standing on garden steps with the falcon alighting on her hand. This portrait, which appears in the artist`s account book in 1803, is the one offered in this sale. St Clare is shown wearing a white muslin cap, a white dress with a matching cape around her shoulders tied with a blue ribbon around her neck. It rehearses the self-portrait as a falconer Northcote painted of himself in 1823 (Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter). The history and portrait painter James Northcote was self-taught before he joined Sir Joshua Reynolds`s studio as a pupil and assistant between 1771 and 1776. He considered himself an authority on his master and in 1813, after Reynolds` death, he published his posthumous Memoirs of Sir Joshua Reynolds. Northcote also advised his patron Sir John Fleming Leicester on the formation of his gallery of contemporary British art and painted grandiose scenes from Shakespeare for John Boydell`s Shakespeare Gallery. Fully restored, relined, cleaned, restored and varnished in the late 19th or early 20th century. It may have been cleaned and restored more recently. It appears to be in quite satisfactory condition with reasonably thick impasto in places and quite delicately handled brushwork in other areas. Paint shrinkage and crackelure in the lighter parts. Strong signature and date and is contained within a period early 19th century carved and composite plaster and gilt frame, the gilt is somewhat rubbed along the edges (290113)
Lot 710
James Northcote (1746-1831) Portrait of Mrs Frederick, half length, wearing a cream lace dress decorated with yellow flowers Inscribed and dated 1783 verso, oil on canvas, 76.5cm by 63cm Mrs Frederick was born Miss Ann Gregson, daughter of Francis Gregson, close friend of the Mervyn`s who had no children of their own, she later married a naval captain Thomas Frederick, but also had no children. The present work is associated to the Baylay family of Stoke Damerall near Plymouth. Said to have been painted by James Northcote under the supervision of Sir Joshua Reynolds. Provenance: Commissioned from the artist in 1782 for 8 guineas. Bequeathed to Charles Frederick Baylay, godson of Mr Frederick. Thence by family descent to the present owner. Sold with photocopies of various pieces of provenance James Northcote was one of the most prolific portrait painters of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. In 1777, following a period of apprenticeship in the studio of Joshua Reynolds, James Northcote journeyed to Paris, Rome and Germany on a prolonged Grand Tour. In Rome he was elected to the Accademia del Forti and, like so many artists before him, took the opportunity to learn from the old masters through sketches and observational studies. On his return to England in 1780, his new found appreciation for the Classical manner increasingly informed his own work. Northcote`s principal talent lay as a portraitist though forays into the genre of History Painting, notably with The Wreck of HMS Centaur (1784,) helped establish his reputation. Through economic necessity Northcote was compelled to pander to the popular taste for small fancy subjects, `hack-work` as he called it, illustrating novels from the celebrated authors of the day. An ambitious moral series, entitled Diligence and Dissipation, which was intended to rival Hogarth`s Marriage a la Mode (1796) proved a financial failure and Northcote returned to portrait painting in earnest. Glue lined in 1894 and has been reinscribed, bears an old label verso, one or two minor bitchumenised areas, particularly in the background colour in the upper left corner near the ostrich feather. There are small areas of discoloured restoration but these are minimal. It does have fine crackelure throughout and are more obvious in the lighter areas. Reasonably thick impasto in areas with some engrained dirt and discoloured varnish. Contained within a period early 19th century Regency partially carved and composite plaster and wooden frame (260213)
Lot 722
Continental School (18th century) Portrait of a child, seated in a red chair holding a coral and silver teething rattle Oil on canvas laid down, oval, 60cm by 50cm May be a fragment cut down from a larger picture, reasonably thick impasto in places, the canvas has been glued down onto board. Surface dirt and discoloured varnish with some crackelure, areas of paint loss in the child`s dress and other scuff marks and scratches nearby. Contained within a fairly contemporary outer gilt plaster and wooden frame (010213)
Lot 193
A Thai Bronze Figure of Buddha, probably 17th or 18th century, the standing figure with flowing robe and right forearm outstretched, with remains of original gilding, 38cm high Some traces of original gilding, particularly to head-dress. Typical age related wear to patination and with some surface scratching. Tips of fingers on right hand lacking and toes on both feet lacking. One foot with repairs. Feet with fittings for mounting. 210213
Lot 211
A Japanese Ivory Okimono, Meiji period (1868-1912), as a swordsmith, the kneeling figure in traditional dress holding a wakizashi, a kutana and various accoutrements about him, red lacquer plaque to base, 8.5cm high Significant splits to side of basket in the foreground and to wooden stand by right knee. Some splitting to the underside carrying into lower portions of side of the piece. Typical age related staining and minor splitting throughout. 110313
Lot 296
Follower of Robert Mussard (18th century): Portrait Miniature of a Young Woman, with white jewelled hair, wearing a lace trimmed pink dress and blue wrap enriched with pearls, 7.5cm by 6cm, in a later gilt and gesso frame within a rosewood and glazed brown velvet lined display case, overall 15.5cm by 17.8cm Top left corner of the gilt gesso frame has broken away and is retained within the glazed frame, which is slightly loose on the angles, as odd screws missing. Repinned at the corners. Has splits on the back. The velvet back lining is faded and very rubbed. Miniature itself appears in good order, with slight surface line 8.30 to 10.30. 300113
Lot 65
Mixed Lots & Accumulations - WWI/WWII MILITARIA COLLECTION 1914-45 assembly of PPC`s, covers, documents, ephemera, all areas of military involvement, GB, USA, Europe, range of subjects incl. Patriotic, Naval, US Army Life & Military Aircraft, nude pin-ups, many coloured, The Holts PPC book - `I’ll be Seeing You` with Rome occupation humour PPC`s (6) Sunburst signed - illust. page 143, documents ex. Russia, Tripolitania, Palestine, Red Cross, booklets of Royal Armoured Corps & Red Devils, RP`s, insignia, dress medals, rare US-Chinese translation booklet for crashed aviators, poss. Flying Tigers or Doolittle Raid on Japan. (Q)
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