A Sèvres gold-ground plate with classical figures painted by Drolling, circa 1804-1805Depicting a classical scene of Cupid and a woman in a landscape, painted by Martin Drolling, signed l.r., the rim with a burnished gilt border finely tooled with a scale pattern, 23.3cm diam., 'de Sevres/^' in iron-red, incised II and ccFootnotes:Martin Drolling or Drölling (1752-1817) was a French portrait and genre painter who also worked as a painter at the Sèvres manufactory between 1802 and 1813, where he worked on pieces such as the 'marli d'or' service (see T.Préaud, The Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory - Alexandre Brongiart and the Triumph of Art and Industry, 1800-1847 (1997), p. 143). Drolling first studied painting under a smaller artist in Sélestat, but eventually moved to Paris and finished his training at the academy. His works were popular during his lifetime and many were published and popularised as engravings. Several of his paintings are now in the collection of the Louvre.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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Princess Mathilde Bonaparte (French, 1820-1904)A portrait of Napoleon with a laurel leaf crown signed and dated 'Mathilde/1839' (lower right)ink wash10.5 x 10.4cm Footnotes:Mathilde Bonaparte was Napoleon's niece. Sadly, however, she would never meet her uncle; Napoleon passing away whilst exiled on St Helena shortly before Mathilde's first birthday. This work, executed when Mathilde was only nineteen years old, is a personal family piece and gives an indication of the regard which she held for her uncle.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
NELSON'S NAVY – WOUND CERTIFICATESManuscript wound certificate, signed by Captain John Conn of HMS Dreadnought, certifying that James Whitworth, a Marine aged about twenty-six, 'was wounded onboard His Majesty's Ship the Dreadnought by receiving a Gun shot Wound occasioning the loss of his left Arm and also severely wounding him in the left Thigh and knee from which wounds he suffered much pain and distress on the twenty first of October in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Five, being then actually upon His Majestys Service in Action', submitted to 'the Worshipful the Governors of the Chest at Greenwich, for the relief of hurt and wounded Seamen in His Majesty's Service'; also signed by the ship's Lieutenant, Master, Surgeon, Purser, Boatswain, Gunner and Carpenter; with the subsequent docket: '1806 1 July: James Whitworth appeared & is found to have lost his left arm below the elbow & recover'd of a considerable Wound of the left thigh', for which he has been awarded £6-13s-4d per annum and an immediate grant of £3-6s-8d; annotated at the foot: 'NB There not being any Smart Tickets in the Agents Office at Gibraltar - Written Certificates are substituted', one page, on paper (rather than the more usual vellum, see annotation above), minor tears backed at the head, slight dust-staining, folio (295 x 200mm.), ,[Gibraltar], 7 February 1806; with another wound certificate signed by Edward Rotherham as Captain of the Dreadnought, for a wound ('of the little finger of the left hand') sustained by Able Seaman David Arthur on 7 August 1805, during the Dreadnought's cruise off Cadiz, dated 6 September 1806, both framed and glazed (unexamined out of frames) (2)Footnotes:Provenance: Bonhams, Nelson & The Royal Navy 1750-1815, 5 July 2005, lot 195Private collection UK'BEING THEN ACTUALLY UPON HIS MAJESTYS SERVICE IN ACTION'John Conn was, as a cousin by marriage, one of Nelson's protégés. He was with Nelson during his last days ashore, and took out Collingwood's flagship the Royal Sovereign to the fleet off Cadiz. He was then given command of the Dreadnought when Edward Rotherham transferred to the Royal Sovereign to serve as Collingwood's flag captain. As the annotation at the foot explains, this certificate is written on paper rather than the more usual vellum. The second certificate included in the lot is an example of a 'Smart Ticket', engraved on vellum with manuscript insertions.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A very rare Paris, Dihl et Guérhard, biscuit porcelain bust of Napoleon Bonaparte (French, 1781–ca. 1824) as First Consul, circa 1800Naturalistically modelled, the front incised BONAPARTE., on its original porcelain base imitating tortoiseshell and decorated with a classical gilt border of anthemions, 40cm high incised 'Mf de Dihl / & Guerhard'Footnotes:This extremely rare biscuit, with its original base, is probably the only representation of Bonaparte by the 'Dihl et Guérhard' manufactory to have been rendered in the form of a bust. It was undoubtedly an imperial order, particularly since the only other example that we know of is on display at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art (incomplete, without its base), accession no. 1991.209.'Dihl et Guérhard' was without a doubt the most prestigious of all the Parisian porcelain manufactories. Founded in 1781 under the Ancien Régime, the company reached its zenith under the Consulate and the Empire, before falling into decline and shutting down under the Restoration in 1823. It was renowned for its sophisticated decoration and the virtuosity of its craftsmen. From 1811 to 1813, they crafted a porcelain dinner service for the Empress Josephine that ranks among the most lavish ever made – and probably one of the most expensive as well, at the colossal price of 46,976 francs in total. Under the protection and patronage of Louis-Antoine Duc d'Angoulême Guérhard and Dihl opened a hard-paste porcelain factory, in 1781, in the Rue de Bondy. Dihl, a man of broad scientific attainments, is credited with being the first to establish a complete palette of colours that could be used for the decoration of hard-paste porcelain. This factory successfully reproduced all the underglaze coloured grounds used at Sèvres and all the colours for over-glaze painting. In addition to tableware, vases and ornaments of exquisite quality, enriched with the most elaborate decoration, a great quantity of excellent biscuit pieces were produced. In 1797 Christophe Dihl married in 1797 Antoine Guérhard's widow, and together they continued running the factory.In spite of the manufactory's triumph at the 1806 Paris International Exhibition and its important customers, the factory began to decline. In 1812 Mrs. Dihl travelled to London to try and sell several cases of porcelain, probably the 184 lots put into an auction by Christie's in 1813. The factory managed to survive, thanks to private loans, several mortgages and due to prestigious orders such as the service for Empress Joséphine (1811-1813). However, eventually the factory had to close down. Dihl died on 12 February 1830 and Madame Dihl on 10 July 1831, at the age of eighty and financially ruined. Two public sales were organized in 1830 and in 1831 and all remaining works sold.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Trafalgar-related gold memorial ring for John Scott, 1805The gold band with black enamel dedications, inscribed 'FELL IN HIS COUNTRY'S CAUSE AT THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR OCT 21 1805 J:SCOTT ESQ:AET:41', London hallmark, ring size approx. P½Footnotes:John Scott (1764-1805) served as Purser and was Nelson's trusted principal secretary on HMS Victory, dealing with the majority of his public correspondence. He was a close friend of both Nelson and Emma Hamilton, and spent time with them at Merton Place during the summer of 1805. Scott was famously by Nelson's side at Trafalgar, stationed on the quarter deck of the Victory, when he became the first officer to be killed in the battle. Nelson took his own fatal shot whilst standing in almost the same spot an hour or so later and it is thought that the blood that can still be seen staining his uniform (now held in the National Maritime Museum) is that of Scott. Provenance:The family of John Scott, gifted to Thomas Masterson Hardy; thence by descent within the Hardy familyFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Fine French First Empire General's Sabre De LuxeEngraved Mf.ture A Versaille Ent se Boutet, Early 19th CenturyWith curved fullered blade double-edged towards the point (some old pitting), etched and gilt against a blued ground over a third of its length on both sides of the forte with a martial trophy, wreaths of laurel and foliage, the gilt ricasso etched 'Coulaux Freres Manufacture de Klingenthal', cast and chased ormolu hilt comprising quillon-block chased with a flower-head within recessed line borders on both sides, faceted downbent quillon with bud-shaped terminal, faceted knuckle-guard with central oval chased en suite with the quillon-block, bifurcated at the top beneath a hollowed oval carrying a scroll linked to the pommel, the latter with recessed border and chased flower-head centred on the tang button, and ebony grip carved on both sides with overlapping scales, in its wooden scabbard covered in black leather with ormolu locket, chape and suspension mount each pierced with scrolls, the former engraved with Boutet manufactory details on one side, two rings for suspension, and retaining most of the original gilding 83cm. blade, 100.5cm. overall Footnotes:Nicolas-Noël Boutet (1761-1833) is considered to be one of the greatest recorded gunmakers. From 1793 to 1818 he was artistic director of the Manufacture Nationale de Versailles were he was responsible for the production of some of the finest luxury and presentation arms ever made.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Sèvres plate from the cameo service for Count Romanzoff, circa 1808Decorated with the portrait man in profile in imitation of a shell cameo, inscribed 'Scipion l'afriq.' and ' P.G. de la Bibl. Imp.', , the gilt rim reserved with a band of berried laurel leaves in black monochrome, 13.8cm diam., 'de Sèvres/8' in iron-red, incised 8 and T, T. in gilding inside footrim (some restoration)Footnotes:Provenance:Delivered on 11 February 1809 to Count Nikolai Petrovich Romanzoff or Rumyantsev, foreign minister of RussiaSee Camille Leprince, Napoléon Ier & la Manufacture de Sèvres (2016), no. 128, where he illustrates another example in the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg.Count Nikolai Petrovich Romanzoff or Rumyantsev (1754-1826) was born in Saint Petersburg, the son of Field Marshal Pyotr Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky. He became first envoy of Russia to the Holy Roman Empire after the Treaty of Teschen in 1779. Due to his influence with Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, he also was selected as Minister of Commerce between 1802 and 1811 and President of the State Council between 1810 and 1812. In 1808 he was appointed Foreign Minister and wanted Russia to seek a closer alliance with France. However, when Napoleon invaded in 1812 he suffered a stroke and eventually retired in 1814.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
FROM NAPOLEON'S LIBRARY ON ST. HELENAHYDE, EDWARD. Histoire de la rebellion, et des guerres civiles d'Angleterre, 6 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece in each vol. (a few with caption shaved at foot), contemporary vellum, titled in ink on spines, vol. 1 spine chipped at head, modern morocco-backed solander boxes, 12mo, The Hague, L. & H. van Dole et. al., 1704-1709Footnotes:Provenance:Napoleon BonaparteRemoved from St. Helena by the British Government in 1821Martin Bossange, A catalogue of the library of the late Emperor Napoleon, 1823Sotheby's, 23 July 1823George Arnald R.A. (1763-1841)French private collectionAfter Napoleon's death on St. Helena, much of his last library was divided by the executors among heirs and friends, the remaining portion being removed from the island by order of the British Government and sold to the London-based French bookseller Martin Bossange who issued a catalogue. Almost half of the books in the catalogue did not sell, and Bossange consigned them to Sotheby's where they were offered on 23 July 1823.Each title page in the present set has a circular brown ink ownership stamp with the imperial eagle, and vol. 1 is inscribed on the front free endpaper by artist George Arnald R.A. (1763-1841), 'This work consisting of 6 vol's. was the property and part of the library of the late Emperor Napoleon at Saint Helena and purchased by me at the sale.' In addition, tipped to the front pastedown is the auctioneer's bill, showing that Arnald also purchased lot 24 ('Fequeries, Memoirs') and lot 115 ('A Letter signed by Napoleon'). Originally published between 1702 and 1704 as The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, this work by Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, was the first detailed account from a key player in the events it covered. Its republican subject matter would clearly have interested Napoleon.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
![TRAFALGAR AND DEATH OF NELSONThe London Gazette Extraordinary. Numb. 15858 [1365]... Wednesday, November 6, 1805, 4-page new](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/87d25dfc-d911-4fa7-82ef-adc000c3f451/5c5e2fb9-90f7-47cc-af71-adc000c57952/468x382.jpg)
TRAFALGAR AND DEATH OF NELSONThe London Gazette Extraordinary. Numb. 15858 [1365]... Wednesday, November 6, 1805, 4-page newspaper, red revenue stamp, small holes affecting a couple of lines of one leaf along old fold, some spotting, loose as issued, small folio (310 x 190mm), Printed by Andrew Strahan, [1805]Footnotes:A complete original issue of the London Gazette with the first news of the Battle of Trafalgar. A same-day printing, not disbound. As issued and sold on 6 November 1805.The first official public appearance of the announcement of the British success at the Battle of Trafalgar and 'the lamented Death of Vice-Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson, who, in the late Conflict with the Enemy, fell in the Hour of Victory'.The entire paper is devoted to Vice-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood's dramatic account of the 'complete and glorious Victory', Nelson's death, thanksgiving to the valour of the officers, a proclamation of a day of thanksgiving, and a brief further account of the pursuit of the enemy in the aftermath of the battle.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
COSWAY-STYLE BINDINGMAITLAND (CAPTAIN F.L.) Narrative of the Surrender of Buonaparte and his Residence on Board H.M.S. Bellerophon; with a Detail of the Principal Events that Occurred in that Ship, between the 24th May and the 9th of August, 1815, FIRST EDITION, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED, lithographed folding map, extra-illustrated with 42 additional (mostly) engraved plates (some double-page or hand-coloured), later full blue crushed morocco gilt, PORTRAIT OF NAPOLEON ON BOARD H.M.S. BELLEROPHON by ?F.E. Bennett, executed on ivory, (120 x 95mm.) sunk within the front doublure, the covers with elaborate borders enclosing a central lozenge enclosing a coronated 'N' (upper), and Napoleonic bees (lower) motif, spine tooled and lettered in 6 compartments within raised bands, g.e., elaborately tooled red morocco doublures with coronated 'N' motif in corners, watered silk free endpapers, joints very slightly weakened, 8vo (205 x 125mm.), Henry Colburn, 1826Footnotes:The portrait of Napoleon standing on board the deck of HMS Bellerophon on 23 July 1815 is based upon the painting of the Emperor by Sir William Quiller Orchardson, bequeathed to the Tate Gallery in 1880.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • Y Ф• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare and large Union Jack Naval flag and pennantcirca 1810Made from bunting (loosely woven coarse wool), together with an early 19th Century navy blue frock coat with non-regulation buttons, the flag 244cm by 503cm, the pennant 190.5cm. long (3)Footnotes:Provenance:Captain Hyde John Clarke, R.N. (1777-1857) and thence by descent through the Clarke familyBorn in Jamaica in 1777, Hyde John Clark was a naval officer who saw active service against the French during the Napoleonic Wars. He entered the Royal Navy on 29 June 1791 at the age of 14 as Captain's servant on the 74-gun ship, HMS Bedford. Promoted to Midshipman in 1793, he served in the West Indies and later, after 1797, in the coastal waters off France and the North Sea where as First-Lieutenant in 1806 he was involved in the capture of two French privateers, La Henrietta and La Bellone. Following a posting to Jamaica and the East Indies, Clarke was invalided in 1807. He subsequently joined HMS Temeraire on 23 August 1810 where he was promoted to Commander in October of that year, on Trafalgar Day, serving in the Mediterranean. After resigning his Commission shortly after 1810, he retired to his family estate in Shropshire becoming the principal luminary in the township of Hyde. Following promotion to Captain in 1840, Clarke died in Shropshire in 1857 (O'Byrne's Naval Biography, 1849). By family repute this flag and pennant were thought to have been flown at the Battle of Trafalgar but as Clarke was serving in the West Indies in 1805 it is more likely that they are from the Temeraire. As he appears to have left the Navy shortly after 1810 it is more plausible that he kept this flag and pennant as souvenirs.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A MARBLE DEATH MASK OF NAPOLEONCirca 1826, Gesso backed after the Rev Richard Boys example, inscribed on the reverse '1826 R.B.', a later metal hoop set into the gesso for wall mounting, 305 x 148mm.,Footnotes:Provenance:The Boys familyMarie Antoinette Ruelle PardeeD.R. Garnière Jean-Pierre Fournier de la Touraille French private collectionExhibited:'Napoléon et la France de son temps', Rochechouart, Centre artistique et littéraire de Rochechouart, 27 March - 8 July 1976, item 537.Waterloo Memorial Museum, 'Napoléon: de Waterloo à Sainte-Hélène, la naissance de la légende', 5 May to 17 October 2021'Napoleon was not of the stuff that kings are made of – he was of the marble from which gods are hewn' (Heinrich Heine).The Rev Richard Boys is said to have been the first Englishman granted an audience with the exiled Emperor on his arrival on the island of St. Helena, as well as being invited to play chess with him afterwards. He was appointed Junior Chaplain at St Helena by the Honourable East India Company in 1811 and succeeded the Rev Samuel Jones as Senior Chaplain in 1815, holding this office until 1829. Boys took with him on his return to England the armchair in which Napoleon is said to have used on his visits, two walking sticks and other mementoes, and two casts of the plaster death mask made by the portrait-painter Joseph William Rubidge from the mould taken by Dr. Burton and Antommarchi.One of Boys' two plaster masks is now on deposit at the Maison française d'Oxford and is known as the Sankey cast after his daughter's married name. The other was sold in these rooms on 19 June 2013 (lot 196). This marble example was presumably carved for the family after one of the two plaster originals.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
After Antoine-Denis Chaudet (1763-1810): A first half 19th century bronze bust of Napoleon together with a later veined rouge marble pedestalThe bust cast after 1812, the pedestal, probably late 19th / early 20th century The sitter modelled full face, a cross belt and military ornaments to his bare chest and shoulders, on integral herm base, mid to dark brown patination, the bust, 60cm, 29cm wide, 24cm deep, the pedestal, 120cm high, 35cm wide, 30cm deep overall (2)Footnotes:Provenance:The bust formerly the property of Victor Napoleon and Princess Clementine of Belgium.Thence by descent, sold Osenat, Paris, 24 March 2013, lot 79.Acquired by the present vendor in the mid 2010's along with the marble pedestal offered with this lot.The offered bronze bust is a rare cast bronze edition of a clothed variant derived from an original plainer plaster by Chaudet, arguably depicting France's most famous and influential historical figure in the guise of a Roman dignitary. In the earlier bust, dating from 1799, Chaudet depicts Napoleon with his plain shoulders tapering to a classically inspired 'herm' form base. A marble version of this bust was completed by Chaudet in 1804 and further copies were subsequently made in quantity in Carrara marble between circa 1807 and 1809. Ordered by Napoleon's sister Elisa Baciocchi, who had been presented the principality of Lucca and Massa Carrara by her brother to be displayed in public buildings, the number of these bust made was estimated to be in the region of approximately 1200 although many of these marbles were subsequently destroyed after Napoleon's defeat. From 1805, copies of this same bust in three sizes were also famously made in Sevres biscuit porcelain. The present lot is a semi-clothed bronze variant of Napoleon featuring a cross belt and military ornaments to Napoleon's chest (as opposed to the usual plain handling of this particular portrait) and this mirrors but is not a complete copy of a fully modelled plaster bust of Napoleon, raised on a socle base also featuring a crossed belt and military ornaments by Chaudet (albeit with a different handling of the face and features) from the turn of the 19th century. This distinctive belt and ornaments were also subsequently added to later Sevres biscuit porcelain cast busts of Napoleon on their herm bases dating from circa 1811 onwards dating the manufacture of this bronze bust to no earlier than 1812.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
BELLASIS (GEORGE HUTCHINS)Views of Saint Helena, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on title 'With Geo. Hut. Bellasis best Compliments to Mr. Wilson, Surgeon', letterpress dedication to the Duke of Wellington, 3-page list of subscribers, 6 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Robert Havell after Bellasis (some watermarked '1811', text '1806'), some light toning and soiling, first 2 text leaves torn at edges, final text leaf creased, plates with stab-holes at fore-edges, untrimmed in modern blue quarter morocco, original printed wrappers bound in, wrappers strengthened at edges and with fraying repaired [Abbey Travel 309; Tooley 87], folio (340 x 450mm.), John Tyler, 1815Footnotes:Provenance: Joseph Rogers of Philadelphia, ink inscription on verso of each plateBellasis' fine aquatint views of St. Helena, dedicated to Wellington, and issued shortly after Napoleon's arrival on the island: 'at this time an object of interest to the whole world' (Dedication). The surgeon to whom Bellasis inscribes his work could be Robert Wilson (1787-1871), who in the 1820s became a close personal friend of Princess Pauline Borghese, née Bonaparte, the younger sister of Napoleon. Four Wilsons are listed as subscribers, but none with the title Dr. which appears for other subscribers.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lady Elizabeth Butler (British, 1846-1933)Dawn of Waterloo The 'Reveille' in the bivouac of the Scots Greys on the morning of the battlesigned with initials and dated '18 EB 95' (lower left)oil on canvas127 x 196cm Footnotes:To be sold on behalf of a charitable institution.Provenance:The artist.By descent from Lady Butler to her daughter, Eileen, Viscountess Gormanston.To Eileen's daughter, Ismay, wife of Lord Ninian Crichton-Stuart.To their son, Major M.D.D. Crichton-Stuart, Palace of Falkland, Fife.Thence by descent.Property of the Falkland Stewardship Trust.Literature:Paul Isherwood & Jenny Spencer-Smith, Lady Butler, Battle Artist, exhibition catalogue, 1987, cat. no. 60, illustrated p. 108.Exhibited:Aldershot, Club House, 1895.London, Royal Academy, 1895, no. 853.London, National Army Museum, Lady Butler, Battle Artist, May–September 1987, travelling to Durham Light Infantry Museum and Arts Centre and Leeds City Art Gallery, October 1987-February 1988.Elizabeth Southerden Thompson, later Lady Butler, is arguably the greatest British military painter of the nineteenth-century. She was born in Switzerland and from the age of sixteen trained at the South Kensington Schools in London and in Florence at the Accademia di Belle Arti. As is evident in her sketchbooks, Butler had expressed an interest in military subjects from early in her training and, at the age of nineteen, even visited the site of the Battle of Waterloo. However, it was upon viewing the work of Jean Louis Meissonier whilst visiting Paris in 1870 that she was truly inspired by military subjects, and these became her sole focus. Butler's significant private commission of 1874, The Roll Call, signifies her break as a professional artist, as the work achieved critical praise and popular success when exhibited at the Royal Academy in the same year. Impressed, Queen Victoria would go on to purchase the painting and it is still held in the Royal Collection. The Roll Call, along with most other paintings produced by her in the ensuing years, would focus on the Crimean Wars.Marriage in 1877 to Colonel William Butler would bring a great deal of fresh subjects for the artist to capture, as she was able to travel widely through the British Empire with her new husband. Significant oils relating to colonial warfare were produced during this time, perhaps most notably The Remnants of an Army: Jellalabad, January 13th, 1842 and The Defence of Rorke's Drift, January 22nd, 1879. However, her husband, having recently been honoured with a knighthood and promoted to Brigadier General, was injured at Wadi Halfa in 1886. This prompted a return to permanent residence in the UK. Butler began work on the present picture in the summer of 1893 at her home in Delgany, County Wicklow. Her aim was to create as great a sense of realism as possible. As such, in her words, '...not a thing [was] painted in the studio', and instead she relied on the warm summer evenings to prepare twilight studies. Given the rural location of the family home, Butler explains where her models came from: 'I pressed many people into my service as models, and I think I got their fine Irish faces very true to nature. I even caught an Irish Dragoon home on leave in the village, whose splendid profile I saw at once would be very telling.' It is understood that this model is the central figure in the composition's foreground.In November 1893, William Butler took command of 2nd Infantry Brigade at Aldershot where the painting was continued – the old court martial hut having been fitted with skylights was repurposed as a studio. Butler made good use of the Brigade's soldiers and her sketches produced during this time show some of the focal figures slumbering and awakening. It is here that the painting was completed and in March 1895 it went on display at the Club House, Aldershot, before being exhibited at the Royal Academy in the same year.The painting shows young troopers of the 2nd Royal North British Dragoons - Scots Greys - awakening on the morning of 18th June 1815. Later that day they were to take part in the heroic charge of the Union Brigade. A charge which, at first successful, ended in terrible losses to the British. The work can therefore be seen as a commemorative piece which alludes to the ultimate sacrifice a soldier can make. Perhaps Butler's most famous painting, Scotland For Ever!, depicting the charge itself, now hangs in Leeds City Art Gallery (see fig.1).The present work represents an artist matured in their craft. It captures the stoic virtue with which Elizabeth Butler's soldiers are so often imbued, but there is a sensitivity to this work unlike others by her. In Butler's own words, it was 'never painted for the glory of war, but to portray its pathos and heroism'.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. 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Studio of Paul Hippolyte Delaroche (French, 1797-1856)NAPOLEON ABDIQUANT A FONTAINEBLEAU oil on canvas204 x 154cm Footnotes:Provenance:John C. Henderson Collection, New York.Private collection, Australia.Michael Kroger Collection, Australia.Sale, Osenat, Fontainebleau, The Michael Kroger Collection, 2 October, 2011, lot 36.Private collection, France.Sale, Osenat, Fontainebleau, The Empire at Fontainebleau: Historical Memories, 8 December 2019, lot 252.Exhibited:Melbourne, Treasures of Napoleon July-September, 1999.Waterloo Memorial Museum, Napoléon: de Waterloo à Sainte-Hélène, la naissance de la légende, 5 May to 17 October 2021In 1845 the German merchant Adolph Heinrich Scheletter commissioned Hippolyte Paul Delaroche (1797-1856) to paint Napoleon at Fontainebleau. Based on a description in Baron Norvin's Histoire de Napoleon of 1828, it depicts the Emperor on 31st March, 1814, the day Paris capitulated to the invading allied armies. His mud-spattered boots and overcoat bring to mind recent events and symbolise his soiled prestige.Delaroche was one of the most famous painters of the mid-nineteenth century, with patrons throughout Europe and beyond. Although the first of his portraits of Napoleon was produced over twenty years after his exile from Europe, (and Delaroche was barely an adult at the time of Waterloo) the authenticity of his portraits was attested by people who had seen the Emperor in his prime. Nineteenth-century patrons could not believe that the artist had not actually set eyes upon his powerful model, but there is no evidence that he had.The original version of this portrait is now in the Leipzig Museum of Fine Art. A smaller version, acquired by Queen Victoria in 1846 and now in the Royal Collection Trust, hangs at Osborne House.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * TP* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.TP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A large leather-bound three-handled despatch box for Prince Frederick, Duke of York, late 18th centurylate 18th centuryThe rectangular wooden box of black leather with tooled anthemion leaf band to the top edge of the hinged lid, inscribed H.R.H. COMMANDER IN CHIEF in tooled gilt, the number '4' on the front edge, a green velvet interior, the 'Davies' patent' stamped triple lock with lozenge escutcheon and original key with red wool tassel, applied with three brass swing handles, 17.7cm high by 43.2cm long by 29.2cm wide Typical wear to leather (2)Footnotes:Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763-1827) was the second son of King George III. A soldier by profession, Frederick was thrust into the British Army at a very early age and was appointed to high command at the age of thirty, when he was given command of a campaign during the War of the First Coalition, a continental war following the French Revolution. In 1795, his father appointed him as Commander-in-Chief of the British army in 1795 although the title was not confirmed until three years later. During the Napoleonic Wars, he oversaw the reorganisation of the British Army, establishing vital structural, administrative and recruiting reforms for which he is credited with having done 'more for the army than any one man has done for it in the whole of its history.'For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A very extensive old time collection in large red & black album. Includes German States which appear mostly genuine, although mixed condition, then German Empire with very good first page full of German Eagles, very highly catalogued, extensive Weimar issues & inflation period, also 1920s & 1930s incl. Charities with 1928 Welfare Fund genuine used, then Allied Occupation, Bund, DDR, Berlin & 1948 Black overprint set, etc. (many 100s)
A collection of USA stamps in eight boxed Davo albums from 1870-2005, fairly sparse, 19th and early 20th century, modern issues unmounted mint, including miniature sheets, together with an album of first day covers (9).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A collection of Great Britain 1980s complete sheets, mint, including 1985 £1.41 definitive (total face value £1264), together with a quantity of first day covers (2 boxes).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A collection of Great Britain stamps in two Lighthouse albums, including 1840 1d black used (3 margins), Edward VII, George V Seahorses to 10 shillings used, later commemoratives used, also first day covers and postcards.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A collection of 12 photographic postcards of Warnham, West Sussex, the majority from the Rural England series, including photographic postcards titled 'The First Warnham Flower Show, Aug 30 1906', 'The Flower Show and Sports at Warnham, Aug 30th 1906', 'The Sports at Warnham Court', 'From the P.O. Warnham', 'Friday Street, Warnham, Looking West', 'Friday Street, Warnham' and 'The Vicarage, Warnham'.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A collection of world stamps in four albums, including an album with 1937 and 1953 Coronation omnibus sets mint, 1953-54 Tudor Crown first day covers (4).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A collection of Great Britain Elizabeth II stamps and first day covers in thirteen albums from 1953-2019, value in decimal mint commemoratives and miniature sheets.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
PHOTOGRAPHS. An album titled 'Gallipoli 1915' containing 21 tipped-in photographs relating to Gallipoli during the first world war, photographs 14.5cm x 25.5cm, the majority captioned in manuscript below the image.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A large collection of foreign stamps, mint and used in albums, and stock books with China, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Israel, Thailand and first day covers (3 plastic boxes).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A collection of world stamps in albums and loose, sorted into envelopes, including Great Britain decimal mounted mint commemoratives and first day covers.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
An early stamp collection (up to 1950) in five large lever arch files, including Great Britain, British Commonwealth, 1937 Coronation omnibus mint, world, mostly used with Egypt from 1866, 1923 to £1 used, 1927 to £1 used, 1930s first day covers, Sudan 1935, Gordon 20 pl used, Italy and Colonies, USA and a few revenues.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
PHOTOGRAPHS, MILITARY. Two albums containing 44 mounted official First World War photographs, measuring 19 x 14cm, including views captioned 'An airship escorts a convoy', 'British attack on the Somme. Sailly Laurette captured by the 10th London Regt.', 'Lancers of the 1st Cavalry division entering Mametz the 1st German town over the frontier. 1.12.18' and 'Showing how our Navy completely blocked the channel at Zeebrugge with the Iphigenia and Intrepid'.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A collection of Ireland stamps in three boxed Davo albums with mint and used stamps from 1922 Great Britain overprinted, values up to 2 shillings 6d, issues up to 2003, mostly unmounted, together with six further albums, first day covers, loose miniature sheets, booklets, prestige booklets and cards.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A collection of Great Britain stamp year books 1989-2001, together with first day covers and some presentation packs in Philatelic Bureau envelopes (2 boxes).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A collection of 35 postcards relating to the railway in Littlehampton, West Sussex, including 10 photographic postcards relating to the railway accident on Aug 4th 1920, 2 of canons by the railway line and 2 titled 'First Electric Train to Arrive Littlehampton - Feb 6th 1938'.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
TRIUMPH. A collection of 35 postcards and photographs of Triumph motor cars, including a postcard of a 1937 Dolomite awarded First Prize in the Coachwork Competition in the Blackpool Rally, a postcard of a Gloria at a 1937 RAC Rally, and another titled 'Basingstoke Motor Co Ltd', together with a reprint. Provenance: The Tim Harding Collection of Motoring Photographs.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Twelve albums containing approximately 547 postcards, the majority relating to the First World War, including views of trenches and bomb-damaged buildings.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A collection of Canada stamps in eight albums and two stock books, mint and used, from 1859 to 5 cents used, large and small queens, 1911-22 to 50 cents mint, 1928 set to $1 mint, 1942 set to $1, modern sets mint and used up to 2004, booklets, booklet panes, airmail covers from 1928 plus first day covers.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A collection of stamps in twenty-nine albums, including royal events, history, Second World War, 150th anniversary of the stamp, 100 years of flight and other commemorative stamps, first day covers, the royal events include 1946 Victory, 1948 Silver Wedding low values (4 boxes).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A collection of Great Britain stamps in eleven albums and two stock books from 1969-2017 with mint and used sets presentation packs, first day covers, prestige booklets, and Post and Go stamp packs.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A collection of world mint stamps in five albums, including Ascension 1956 to 10 shillings, Australia, Gibraltar sets to £5, Isle of Man, Somaliland 1953 to 10 shillings, China People's Republic 1970s sets, together with five albums of first day covers, Great Britain, and various loose stamps and five childhood albums (2 boxes).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A collection of stamps in three albums, six stock books with Great Britain from 1d reds to Elizabeth II issues, 1998 Land Speed Records set of 5 in complete unmounted mint sheets of 100, world stamps plus some early covers and first day covers.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A collection of world stamps in four albums and a stock book, including Great Britain 1883 to 5 shillings rose used, first day covers from 1966, booklets including prestige, Channel Islands stamps and first day covers in original packets.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
An accumulation of world stamps in several albums, including Great Britain 1d reds, Edward VII used to 5 shillings, loose in packets, postal history with First World War field post offices, censors and later covers, 1911 cover Norway to England with 1 ore (11) and 3 ore (3) to make 20 ore rate.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A collection of stamps in fourteen albums and stock books, including Great Britain mint and used, with part sheets, 1946 Victory, 1948 Olympics, 1949 UPU, 1953 Coronation, 1960s commemoratives including phosphor issues in blocks, first day covers from 1946 to modern (2 boxes).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A collection of stamps in eight albums and stock books, including Great Britain with 1d reds, postal history, first day covers, Elizabeth II commemorative mint block.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
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Attributed to Valentine Delawarr (Australian 1852-1918)Sunrise over the [?] mountains as seen from Ambleside, Tasmania Oil on canvas Signed (lower right) inscribed with title to label (verso)30.5 x 61cm (12 x 24 in.)Condition Report: Yellowing varnish and light surface dirt causing discolouration throughout. Rubbing tot he framing edges. Three areas of loss, the first to the upper edge with some associated flaking. A very small loss to the lower right quadrant in the trees. The final loss to the lower right corner. Inspection under UV reveals no obvious evidence of restoration or repair.Condition Report Disclaimer
A Sheraton Revival satin walnut and polychrome painted window seat, first quarter 20th century, with rattan panels throughout, 71cm high, 97cm wide, 35cm deep Condition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches, abrasions consistent with age and useSome old splits and cracksThere are scratches and indentations to the painted surface, this has been varnished overall and this is partly flaking too, The canework is possibly original, it is in fair condition overall, Overall this is solid and stable,The channels where the canework is hidden are slightly untidy to the ends Please refer to additional images for visual reference to condition Condition Report Disclaimer
Y A rosewood desk tidy, first quarter 19th century, of rectangular form, with slatted sides and shaped divider incorporating a carry handle, the ends with further compartments, 11cm high, 31cm wide, 12.5cm deepCondition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches, abrasions consistent with age and useSome old splits and cracks, some signs of old repairs with some minor deposits,The baize to the underside is later, The divider with carry handle is a little loose to the framePlease refer to additional images for visual reference to condition Condition Report Disclaimer
The Great War - A collection of WWI ephemera to include a speech given by Robert M Pringle to his Church chronicling his wartime experiences. A war diary manuscript (Ypres 1914/5) by poet/mountaineer Geoffrey Winthrop Young recording his experiences in the Friends Ambulance Unit, a copy of 'It's Only Me' signed by the daughter of the Reverend Theodore Bayley Hardy V.C., D.S.O., M.C. and the author J. David Raw together with mixed commemorative items, postcards (coloured, b/w and silk/ embroidered), a WWI 'customs of the Army' officer's guide , Ypres souvenir picture book, petrol ration coupons, various letters and a quantity of The Illustrated War News and related books to include The Wonder Book of Soldiers, The First Year Of War In Pictures, Britains Merchant Navy and othersLocation: 1:2
A collection of 24 1960/70's vinyl records to include The Rolling Stones 'Beggars Banquet', The Beatles 'Hard Days Night', 'With the Beatles', 'Beatles for Sale, Gene Vincent 'Shakin' up a Storm', 'Blue Jean Bop', 'Gen Vincent Rocks', Manfred Mann, Georgie Fame, Eddi Cochran, Beach Boys, Traffic, Buddy Holly, John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix etc, mostly first UK pressingsLocation: Port
20th century collection/accumulation in album and 18 stockbooks filling a carton, much organised parallel mint/NH and used, generally 1930s onwards, with useful range of New Zealand mint 1950s incl. plate blocks, Australia used to 2020, Papua New Guinea with first set to £1 used, AAT, etc. 10,000+ stamps with mostly mild duplication, please inspect.
Excellent mint collection in a boxed SG hingeless album, an impressively solid run of issues in generally top-notch quality. Highlights include 1913 first kangaroos to about 6d (higher values later wmks), the 1915-28 narrow crown wmk to 5/-, etc. Then the KGV heads, a beautiful array with no empty spaces up to the 1/4d turquoise types, and continuing comprehensively including the 1928 kookaburra Stamp Exhibition souvenir sheet, Harbour Bridge set very attractive with the 5/- lightly hinged and well-centred, ANZAC, robes, navigators, etc., through to officials, postage dues, B.C.O.F. etc. A pleasure to view, with vibrantly fresh colours. Catalogue approx. £9,000.
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