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Lot 372
HOWARD HODGKIN (BRITISH 1932-2017), 'Those Plants', a copper plate etching, printed in sepia with hand colouring, printed by Peterberg Press, initialled and dated 1980, mounted, with perspex clip frame, approximately 82cm x 103cm (condition: dirty marks to mount, clips missing from frame, perspex scratched) (Artists Resale Rights May Apply To This Lot)
Lot 450
A .177'' B.S.A CADET AIR RIFLE, serial number BC40511, its serial number dates its production between 1951 and 1959, it has retained almost all its original finish with the exception of a small patch of rust at the muzzle end, all the acid etching markings on the top of the action are clearly visible, it is in correct working condition and shows little evidence of usage (The purchaser must be 18 years old or over)
Lot 107
* Gillray (James). Sans-Culottes Feeding Europe with the Bread of Liberty, published H. Humphrey, Jany. 12th. 1793, hand coloured etching, slight overall toning, 305 x 365 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, together with A Burgess of Warwick Lane, published H. Humphrey, July 3rd. 1795, etching with contemporary hand colouring, 245 x 155 mm, mounted, framed and glazed (Qty: 2)NOTESThe first described item shows five vignettes, with a central group of John Bull, caught between Sheridan and Fox, who are forcibly feeding him with the bread of liberty. Both of the politicians are depicted as ragged and bare-legged sans-culottes, wearing bonnets-rouges. Each forces a small loaf inscribed 'Liberty', on the point of a dagger, into John's gaping mouth and at the same time picking his pockets. In the background, standing on a barren plain, are a gibbet with a hangman's noose and the ruins of Temple Bar. The other groups show French sans-culottes despoiling 'Holland', 'Savoy', 'Germany' & 'Prussia', and 'Italy'.
Lot 117
* Piranesi (Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778). Veduta interna dell'antico Tempio di Bacco, from the Vedute di Roma, 1767, etching on laid paper, laid down on later backing card, some surface marks and minor wear, plate size 42.6 x 60.9cm (16.75 x 24 ins), sheet size 49.5 x 64.5 cm ( 19.5 x 25.4 ins), framed and glazed (Qty: 1)
Lot 124
* Topographical views. A mixed collection of twenty-five views and plans, mostly 18th & 19th century, engravings and lithographs of British & foreign topographical views and plans, including Buck (Samuel & Nathaniel). The South-west prospect of the City of Carlisle, the South-west prospect of the City of Durham [and] the South prospect of the city of Berwick upon Tweed, circa 1745, together three uncoloured engraved panoramas, some wear and old sellotape stains, each approximately 310 x 810 mm, together with four uncoloured engraved aerial prospects by J. Kip, with Rossini (Luigi). Veduta dell' Interno del Tempio di Claudio in oggi S. Stefano Rotondo sul Monte Celio, published Rome, 1822, uncoloured etching, 360 x 490 mm, plus Vertue (G.). The North West View of Gainsborough in the County of Lincoln, 1747, uncoloured engraved panorama after N. Drake, trimmed to image with several marginal closed tears and some dust soiling, 410 x 600 mm, plus others similar, mostly large format, various sizes and condition (Qty: 25)
Lot 247
* South Sea Bubble. The Bubbler's Medley, or a Sketch of the Times: Being Europe's Memorial for the Year 1720, printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Paul's Churchyard, London, circa 1765-80, etching on laid paper, watermarked, trimmed just inside plate mark, bears the number 23 to lower right corner, sheet size 33 x 24.5 cm (13 x 9.75 ins) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: From the estate of John Lawson (1932-2019). A satirical print on the South Sea Bubble or financial crisis in England of 1720, first published by Thomas Bowles in the same year, and reprinted by his nephew Carington Bowles some time between 1764 and 1793 when Carington was in business. The image comprises a variety of trompe l'oeil printed broadsides, playing cards and ballads, as well as an anamorphic image of a man on a horse to the lower right corner. The South Sea Company was a joint stock company created as a public/private partnership, whose stock rose purely on speculation and rumour, aided by insider trading and bribery of politicians, only to crash spectacularly in 1720, severely impoverishing many of its investors, including Sir Isaac Newton.
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