INDORE, MADHYA PRADESH - HENRY DALYA good collection of approximately 41 views of Indore (2 signed by Deen Dyal), Maharajah group portraits, Kabul (5 signed in negative by John Burke), and others, albumen prints, most mounted on card, the Burkes in an album, a few loose, typically approximately 200 x 270mm., a few smaller, mostly 1870s (group)Footnotes:Indore images include: 'First Engine at Indore. 10th June 1875' [train pulled by elephant]; 'Indore Residency, C.I.'; 'New Iron Durbar Hall erected by H.H. Maharajah Holkar in honour of... the Prince of Wales' visit to Indore' (this and last signed by Deen Dyal, March 1876, others in series probably also by Dyal); 'His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales' Departure from Indore Residency, 9th March 1876'; 'The Investiture Durbar of the 19th January 1878 at Indore Residency' [Daly beneath portrait of Victoria, flanked by Raja of Dewar, Maharajas of Holkar, Dhar, Dewas, etc.]; 'Native Princes studying at the Indore Residency College'; two views of Indore Residency, one with photographer's stamp of Bourne & Shepherd, one with stamp of R. Bhyroolal of Indore. Portrait groups include: 'H.H. the Maharaja of Dattia and Nobles'; 'Maharaja of Bikaneer & his Dewan'; Scindia, c.1878; Maharaja Tookajee Rao Holkare of Indore. The images by John Burke (numbered in negative 102, 164, 178, 190, and 307) include 'General Roberts & Staff at Kabul 1880'; 'The Guide Corps. Kabul, [19]80'; city walls of Kabul, Admsi Heights above Kabul, corner of Sherpur defended by the 5th P.I., and Bemarau village, Sherpur.Provenance: Sir Henry Dermot Daly (1821-1895), from 1861 until 1871 commander of the Central India horse and political assistant at Angur for western Malwa, when he was appointed agent to the governor-general for central India at Indore, and opium agent in Malwa until his retirement in 1882. Daly College at Indore was named in his honour; Sir Hugh Daly (1860-1939); by family descent to present owner.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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TAGORE (SOURINDRO MOHUN)Six Principal Ragas, with a Brief View of Hindu Music, second edition, printed in red and black, 7 lithographed plates by Kristohury Doss, each mounted as issued, Sanskrit and western musical notation, publisher's blue cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, Calcutta, Calcutta Central Press Co., 1877; The Eight Principal Rasas [sic] of the Hindus, with Murtti and Vrindaka, or Tableaux and Dramatic Pieces Illustrating their Character, FIRST EDITION, title printed in red and black, 9 lithographed plates, music in Sanskrit and western musical notation, modern half morocco, some worm traces or single wormholes throughout (opening 5 leaves of text repaired with old archival tape), touching text and plates, some light soiling, Calcutta, Printed by I.C. Bose, for the Author, 1880, 4to (2)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
JAMES (HUGO)A Volunteer's Scramble through Scinde, the Punjab, Hindostan, and the Himalayah Mountains, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED TO HIS SISTER, 'To my darling Liz from her affect. brother Hugo James' on the front free endpaper of each volume, half-titles, library bookplate inside upper covers, small ink stamp on first leaf of contents, and stamp on lower edge of book block, publisher's maroon cloth, rebacked, 8vo, W. Thacker, 1854Footnotes:RARE, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed to his sister. James was in the Bengal Army. That the book is rare is perhaps explained by a contemporary review in The Rambler, a Catholic Review of Home and Foreign Literature, 1854: 'Though Mr. James was with Major Edwardes at Mooltan, and has therefore some stirring personal recollections to disclose, he spoils all by his utter inability to write... his pretensions to be a sage are somewhat inconsistent with his oblivion of syntax'.Provenance: The author's sister, presentation inscription from the author; University of Southern California, bookplate and stamps.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
NORTH-WEST PASSAGE – FIRST ROSS EXPEDITIONTwo orders, signed ('JW Croker') as Secretary to the Admiralty to Captain Ross, R.N. ('Sir'), the first directing a number of Royal Marines to be selected from the Woolwich division '...for the ships about to proceed on the Northern Expedition of discovery, viz. for the Isabella and Dorothea...'; the second with reference to '...the vessels about to proceed to the Arctic seas...', advising him that charts '...for the use of the Sloop you command and the Alexander, with telescopes for the Boats and for looking out from the mast heads...' will be sent and advising they will reimburse him for the purchase of '...shot for procuring game... both of large and small as you shall think necessary...', the first docketed for filing, 3 pages, watermarks of Britannia and 'G. Pike/1815', creased at folds, light dust-staining and marks, narrow paper window mounts to lower half of each, folio (314 x 198mm.), Admiralty Office, 25 March and 2 April 1818Footnotes:'ABOUT TO PROCEED ON THE NORTHERN EXPEDITION OF DISCOVERY': BARROW'S ADMIRALTY SUPPLIES CAPTAIN JOHN ROSS WITH MEN AND EQUIPMENT FOR HIS FIRST ATTEMPT TO DISCOVER THE NORTH-WEST PASSAGE.The great impetus to discover the Northwest Passage was largely due to the efforts of John Barrow, second secretary of the Admiralty from 1804-1845. Following the Napoleonic Wars, he employed the navy, as shown here, in a series of expeditions to discover a valuable trade route from the North Atlantic via the Arctic to the Pacific Ocean. These orders refer to the first of such expeditions. Four ships departed with this purpose on 25 April 1818 and sailed up the east coast to Lerwick where they parted company – the Isabella and the Alexander under Captain John Ross were intended to proceed together in a north-westerly direction through Davis Strait, the other two, the Dorothea and the Trent under the command of Lieutenant William Edward Parry were to proceed due north through the Spitzbergen Seas. The Isabella and the Alexander had been adapted at Deptford for the special conditions of Arctic service and were well stocked with suitable provisions and the latest in scientific instruments.The voyage ended ignominiously when Ross was deceived by a mirage and declared the passage blocked by a range of mountains, which he named the Croker Mountains after the signatory of our orders. He returned home to a barrage of very public criticism which his reputation never really recovered from. He made a second unsuccessful attempt in 1829 aboard the steam vessel Victory, was passed over for Franklin's doomed expedition of 1845 but commanded a Franklin relief expedition in 1849, funded by a combination of his own money, that of gin-magnate Sir Felix Booth (who had also sponsored the Victory), and public subscription. Despite his dismal relations with the Admiralty, in terms of his peaceful interactions with the Inuit people, his accurate chart-making and, above all, his success in keeping his men safe on his expeditions, it has been argued that Ross' long career was one of the most successful of the Arctic explorers.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
GWALIORJOHNSTONE (J.W.D) Gwalior 1905, NUMBER 4 OF 12 EDITION DE LUXE COPIES, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY H.H. MAHARAJA SCINDIA, IN A COSWAY-STYLE BINDING, frontispiece, 11 coloured plates, 36 photographic plates, tissue guards, full crushed morocco by J. & E. Bumpus, covers with all-over design incorporating the the Prince of Wales' plumes cypher and coiled-snake corner-pieces, hand-painted oval miniature of the Maharaja inset to the centre of upper cover, spine tooled in six compartments within raised bands (darkened, one band worn), slipcase, 4to (275 x 213mm.), J. & E. Bumpus, [1906]Footnotes:DE LUXE EDITION OF 12 COPIES, WITH COSWAY-STYLE BINDING INCORPORATING A PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF H.H. MAHARAJA SCINDIA.Provenance: Sir Hugh Daly (1860-1939), Agent to the Governor-General in Central India (1905-1910), inscribed by Maharaja Scindia 'With affectionate regards from M. Scindia Gawalior, 1908' inside the upper cover. In the book Daly is mentioned first amongst the one hundred guests invited by the Maharaja to attend the Gwalior Durbar for the visit of the Prince of Wales in 1905; by family descent to present owner. Sold with 2 long letters written to Daly by aides of the Maharaja Sir Madho Rao Scindia of Gwalior from Paris, discussing at length the narrative of his declining health, death and cremation. The second, written on 27 June 1925 (two days after the death) notes, 'I know how fond you were of Scindia & how earnestly he reciprocated your friendship'.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
James Baillie Fraser (British, 1783-1856)'The Ridge and Fort of Jytock'; 'Country to the Nortwhward from Nowagurgh Teeba'; 'Byramghattee' hand-coloured aquatints by R. Havell & Son after Fraser, tears repaired to first and last mentioned, all laid down and window-mounted, published by Rodwell & Martin, 1820image size 42.5 x 60cm. (16 3/4 x 23 5/8in.) (3)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
INDIAN BOTANY[The Table Fruits of India], bound in 4 parts, FIRST EDITION, 16 hand-coloured lithographed plates, each with letterpress description, lacks the original printed wrappers, later cloth, folio (395 x 270mm.), [Calcutta, Printed and Published by Ballin & Co., 1842]Footnotes:EXTREMELY RARE, with sixteen plates of fruit after drawings by anonymous Indian artists. The fruits are listed under their common names, with Latin, Hindu and Bengali equivalents. Subjects comprise: Pineapple; Custard Apple; Mango; Loquat; Plantain; Lichi: Pumplenose; Papaya; Sour Sop; Bair or Egg Plum; Jack; Star-Apple; Pomegranate; Guava; Melon; Jamarol.Three copies located in institutional libraries: Kew Gardens, Natural History Museum (lacking 4 plates), and the British Library (like ours lacking the original parts wrappers).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
![HARDINGE (CHARLES STEWART)Recollections of India... Part I. British India and the Punjab [... Kashmir and the Alpine Punjab],](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/06eec964-5eaa-4c09-8fc4-ad8a00c41dfb/2d0facb8-744a-4529-ba97-ad8a00c7f3f7/468x382.jpg)
HARDINGE (CHARLES STEWART)Recollections of India... Part I. British India and the Punjab [... Kashmir and the Alpine Punjab], 2 parts in 1, FIRST EDITION, tinted lithographed portrait frontispiece of the Maharajah Duleep Singh by A. Laby, 25 tinted lithographed plates by J.D. Harding after Hardinge, tears to margin of dedication leaf, a few other small marginal tears, contents loose in publisher's half morocco, gilt lettered on upper cover, old dampstaining and soiling [Abbey Travel 472; Tooley 244], folio (680 x 500mm.), Thomas M'Lean, 1847Footnotes:FIRST EDITION, with two parts: British India and the Punjab; Kashmir and the Alpine Punjab. Hardinge was present in India in 1845 when the Sikh army crossed the Sutlej and invaded British territory. He served as private secretary to his father, Sir Henry Hardinge, first Viscount of Lahore, who was Governor-General of India at the time. 'Hardinge was brought up among artistic influences, and was himself no mean painter in watercolours. In 1847 his friends in England published a folio volume entitled Recollections of India, consisting of twenty lithographs from his drawings made in India, particularly interesting for its portraits of Sikh chieftains [including Duleep Singh, Rajah Lal Singh, and Gulab Singh] and views of scenery in Kashmir, then an almost unknown country, which he visited in company with John Nicholson' (ODNB).Provenance: Sir Henry Dermot Daly (1821–1895), army officer in the East India Company, and by family descent to present owner.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
William Pope (British/Canadian, 1811-1902)An extensive archive of fifty-four Canadian animal studies, comprised of forty ornithological studies and fourteen ichthyological studies most signed with initials 'W.P.', dated between 1834-47 and inscribed with an identification of the animal depictedwatercolour, bodycolour and pen and ink50 x 33.8cm (19 3/4 x 13 1/4in) and smaller. (54)unframedFootnotes:ProvenanceThe artist's family and thence by descent.ExhibitedSimcoe, Ontario, Lynnwood Art Centre, Birds of a Feather, 3-31 May 1987 (a selection).Simcoe, Ontario, Eva Brook Donly Museum, May-7 June 1987 (a selection).Simcoe, Ontario, Lynnwood Art Centre, 4 August-3 September 1989 (a selection).William Pope has been described as the 'Canadian Audubon' in reference to his ornithological studies and their connection with the work of his contemporary, the great American artist and naturalist, John James Audubon. Both men had a passion for the birds of North America, their difference, however, lies in the approach to their work. Audubon was a professional whose greatest artistic achievement was the publication of his The Birds of America between the years 1827-38. On the other hand, Pope's artistic endeavours were of a highly personal nature and there is no evidence that he ever sought their publication or sale. Instead, his drawings were left to his family, and a large number are subsequently in the collection of the Toronto Public Library. The present collection comes from his direct descendants and represent the first of Pope's work to have ever been offered at auction. Born in Kent in 1811 to a wealthy family, Pope was able to indulge in his two great passions of painting and shooting. In 1834 he made his first journey to Canada to explore what he understood to be a place of great natural beauty, but also opportunity. In his journals from the time, he outlines his excitement upon setting sail from the UK:'...thoughts of a brighter hue rose quickly in my breast while fancy and imagination were busy picturing scenes and objects of the country I am going to visit'Although an arduous journey plagued with extreme weather, Pope recalls with great humour the delights to be found in these more difficult situations:'One other great source of fun and amusement was created by the total disarray of the eatables and drinkables at mealtimes, it being almost impossible sometimes to keep anything on the table... Sometimes legs of mutton and pork would all at once have the life instilled into them again, would quit their respective places and scrape an acquaintanceship with your person by bounding into your lap from which curious freak your dress would assuredly receive most sad and lasting remembrances of their close embrace.'These journals not only shed light on the realities of travel during this time, but they also highlight Pope's knowledge of birds, as from the moment of setting sail and throughout his travels, he lists the various species that he sights. Belonging to a different time, we also receive a first-hand account of how Pope came to get such a close look at these animals: 'To help pass away the time which hung heavily and wearily in travelling by tow boat at the rate of two miles per hour I got my gun out and amused myself in shooting some small birds. I killed a yellow bird a species of gold finch very similar to the European. I also shot a bird called the brown thrush. I saw several of both sorts of these birds and many others, robins, blue jays, kingfishers, crows and woodpeckers. I also observed some of the pretty little blue bird and some sand pipers.' He goes on to describe in greater detail his observations and interactions with some species:'I also saw many other sorts of birds, most of which were quite new to me (...) One (...) called the red headed woodpecker is a very beautiful and brilliant bird, its colours are bright scarlet upon the head and neck, back wings and tail black rump, secondaries of the wings and breast white. It is a very conspicuous and sprightly bird flying and sitting upon fences having but little fear or regard for man.'Returning to England in 1835, Pope would go on to make several more trips to North America before settling permanently near Port Ryerse, Ontario, in 1859 until his death in 1902. Throughout this time, he continued to document with great artistry the wildlife of North America. He summarises this passion in his journal:'[I]n the morning I went out shooting the rest of the day I was occupied in painting a bird – these were my two principal amusements during the [time in Upper Canada].'For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
SHACKLETON (ERNEST HENRY)South. The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 191-1917, FIRST EDITION, with errata slip tipped in, half-title, colour frontispiece, 87 photographic plates on 44 leaves (one double-page), folding map, publisher's pictorial blue cloth, upper cover lettered and stamped with image of 'Endurance' in silver gilt, rubbed, gilt dulled [Spence 1107; Taurus 105], 8vo, William Heinemann, 1919Footnotes:Provenance: Ralph Dickinson, armorial bookplate.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
![[EYRE (VINCENT)]Portraits of the Cabul Prisoners, 32 hand-coloured lithographed plates (25 portraits; 7 landscapes) on card](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/06eec964-5eaa-4c09-8fc4-ad8a00c41dfb/0bb6ebc0-f76d-4649-a930-ad8a00c82959/468x382.jpg)
[EYRE (VINCENT)]Portraits of the Cabul Prisoners, 32 hand-coloured lithographed plates (25 portraits; 7 landscapes) on card mounts, each captioned in blue ink lower right, some spotting to mounts, loose as issued in cloth-backed portfolio boards, gilt morocco lettering label on upper cover, rubbed, images approx. 170 x 110mm., mounts 275 x 220mm., [John Murray, c.1843]Footnotes:A complete set of the handcolored lithographs after drawings made by Lt. Vincent Eyre whilst he, his own and other British families (including Lady Florentia Sale) were imprisoned for nearly nine months by Akbar Khan in Kabul during the First Afghan War.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
![JAPANESE ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1910-1912[SHIRASE (NOBU] Nankyoku-ki, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, 4 coloured plates, 33 ful](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/06eec964-5eaa-4c09-8fc4-ad8a00c41dfb/eb59076a-5afa-4b3a-b48a-ad8a00cada6d/468x382.jpg)
JAPANESE ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1910-1912[SHIRASE (NOBU] Nankyoku-ki, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, 4 coloured plates, 33 full-page photographic illustrations (one double-page), one folding colour-printed map, illustrations in the text, publisher's red-printed colophon mounted on card (as issued), toning to a few leaves of text but generally clean, publisher's dark blue cloth, blindstamped pictorial decoration and silver gilt lettering on upper cover, silver gilt lettering on spine (rubbed), joints neatly repaired [Rosove 309.A1a ('rare'); Ross 1.5.1 ('rare')], 8vo, Tokyo, Seikô Zasshisha, 15 December 1913Footnotes:RARE first edition, first printing of the 'official account' of the Japanese Antarctic Expedition 1910-1912. Based upon the journals and logs of team leader Nobu Shirase and other exhibition members it also includes information on the scientific findings.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
BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1910-1913British Museum (Natural History). British Antarctic (Terra Nova) Expedition 1910. Natural History Reports, 62 parts (of 63) in 43 vol., wanting Zoology vol. 1 no. 1, all but a few parts the British Museum's own copies, numbered 1 from an issue of 25 copies 'printed on special paper', general title and contents leaf for each section (lacking that for Zoology vol. 1), numerous plates, maps, charts, graphs and illustrations, publisher's red or grey printed wrappers, or near-contemporary cloth (for Zoology vol. 2 and 3, original wrappers bound in) [Rosove 292-1.A1 to 292-6.A1, 292-7.A2 to 292-12.A2, 292-14.A2 to 292-63.A1], 4to, British Museum and Oxford University, 1914-1964, sold as a periodicalFootnotes:A NEAR-COMPLETE SET OF THE NATURAL HISTORY REPORTS FOR SCOTT'S TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION, wanting just one part. This first series covers Geology, Botany, and Zoology, the second Meteorology, Physiography, and other matters; for the scientific reports see the following lot..Provenance: British Museum (Natural History) Board Room, stamps.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
ECKSTEIN (OSCAR)The Karakorams and Kashmir. An Account of a Journey, FIRST EDITION, advertisement leaf before half-title, light spotting, uncut in publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt with printed view of the Karakorams mounted on upper cover, age soiled [Neate E07; Yakushi E10], 8vo, T. Fisher Unwin, 1896Footnotes:'Eckenstein was both a pioneer in the development of the athletic potential of the human body on rock, and an innovator in the technology of mountaineering' (ODNB). The work is devoted to a climbing expedition to the Karakorams in India, undertaken in April-August 1892. In later years Eckenstein was a climbing companion of Aleister Crowley.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
ROSS (JAMES CLARK)A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions, during the Years 1839-43, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, 8 tinted lithographed plates (one folding), 8 engraved maps (3 folding), text illustrations, 16 pp. of advertisements (dated January 1847, earliest issue), occasional light spotting, publisher's blue-green pictorial cloth gilt, with the binding ticket of Edmonds & Redmond on rear paste-down endpaper of volume 1, some fading to spines with small abrasions at spine ends but generally a bright copy [Abbey Travel 610; Ferguson 4636; Hill 1487; Sabin 73367; Denucé 2467; Spence 993; Renard 1328; Conrad, p.61; Rosove 276.A1a ('scarce')], 8vo, John Murray, 1847Footnotes:'This is one of the most important works in the history of Antarctic exploration' (Hill). The author, nephew of the Arctic explorer Sir John Ross, led this expedition for the purpose of Antarctic discovery and magnetic surveys, during which Antarctica was circumnavigated. Ross discovered what are now Ross Sea, Ross Island, the Ross Ice Shelf, Victoria Land, Erebus and Terror Gulf, and attempted to penetrate the Weddell Sea.Provenance: James Frampton, armorial bookplate.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
WILLIAMSON (THOMAS) AND FRANCIS WILLIAM BLAGDONThe European in India; From a Collection of Drawings by Charles Doyley; With a Preface and Copious Descriptions... Accompanied With a Brief History of Ancient and Modern India, FIRST EDITION, 20 uncoloured aquatint plates after D'Oyly, without half-title, good margins, occasional light toning or odd spot, modern boards [Abbey Travel 435; Tooley 185], 4to (300 x 235mm.), Edward Orme, 1813This 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
CHERRY-GARRARD (APSLEY)The Worst Journey in the World, first one volume edition, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED '... To Commander Tony Barley by Apsley Cherry-Garrard, June 20th 1950' on the front free endpaper, half-title, 10 plates, 4 folding maps, some light spotting, publisher' cloth, spine sun soiled, 8vo, Produced by the Author, and Published for Him by Chatto & Windus, 1937Footnotes:AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY of a true classic of Antarctic literature, recounting the 'Winter Journey in 1911 to obtain specimen eggs from the emperor penguin rookery at Cape Crozier.... a hazardous round trip of 120 miles in darkness, at temperatures in excess of -70 °F, an exploit which is still without parallel in the annals of polar exploration... later Scott described their journey as 'the hardest that has ever been made'' (ODNB). First published in 1922, this single volume edition was produced at the instigation of the author, retaining the full text, and with a new preface by Cherry-Garrard noting that the production of a book 'is fun - paper, print, margins, maps...', but mostly devoted to a eulogy of his companion on the 'Worst Journey' E.A. Atkinson who had died in 1929, and a plea to avoid a further war.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
BELGIAN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION - ADRIEN DE GERLACHE'La Belgica 1898', photograph showing the ship stuck in the ice with three crew members in the foreground, INSCRIBED BY ADRIEN DE GERLACHE 'Souvenir cordial à mon amie Berthe. A. de Gerlache' with caption on the mount, albumen print, light abrasions upper right, on original mount (small loss to one corner), image 115 x 163mm., mount 220 x 270mm., [1898, printed later]Footnotes:Fine photograph of the Belgica held fast in the ice, inscribed by the expedition leader Adrien de Gerlache.The Belgica set out from Antwerp at the end of August 1897, on what was 'one of the most fascinating of the early Antarctic expeditions and also probably the least comfortable one to have taken part in for all concerned' (Cool Antarctica website). By March 1898 the ship was stuck in the ice, forcing the crew to remain in the Antarctic over winter (including 63 days of total darkness) before eventually escaping the ice in February the following year.In the face of such adversity the expedition still managed to gather an important collection of scientific data (which had been the expedition's main goal), hugely beneficial for the following voyages to Antarctica, including that led by Roald Amundsen, who served on Belgica as first mate.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
RICHARDSON (JOHN)Ichthyology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, Under the Command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross [... During the Years 1839-1843], FIRST EDITION, 60 lithographed plates, light foxing to plates, shelfmark pencilled on title, later cloth, lightly rubbed [Nissen IVB 3386; Spence 971], folio, [Janson & Sons], 1844-1848This 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
AMUNDSEN (ROALD)The South Pole: an Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the 'Fram', 1910-1912, 2 vol., first English edition, translated by A.G. Chater, half-titles, portrait frontispiece, plates (mostly photographic) and maps (2 folding), light spotting, new endpapers, publisher's maroon cloth, upper covers and spines with Norwegian flag and lettered in gilt, t.e.g., rubbed, with some abrasions to spine flags [Rosove 9.A1; Spence 16; Taurus Collection 71], 8vo, John Murray, 1912Footnotes:First edition in English of Amundsen's account of his triumphant expedition to the South Pole. 'To their credit, John Murray produced a two volume set of real quality, incorporating the Norwegian flag, despite realizing that British disappointment at being beaten to the Pole would ensure that it was not a publishing success in the United Kingdom' (Taurus Collection). The English edition also saw the inclusion of ten additional photographic illustrations not used in the original Norwegian version.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
COPE (JOHN LACHLAN)Album containing 100 images of the John Cope Expedition, INSCRIBED BY COPE 'The British Imperial Antarctic Expedition 1920-1922 To my friend Mr. Vivian Osborne. John L. Cope Commander BIAE' on front pastedown, gelatin silver prints, mounted four to a page recto only with numbers pencilled in the margins, most images approximately 70 x 98mm, contemporary brown canvas, oblong 4to, 1920-1922Footnotes:Cope's expedition was conceived to comprise about 50 people with the goal of circumnavigating Antarctica in Terra Nova, making the first flight over the South Pole, and to carry out detailed work on the western shore of the Weddell Sea. For all this a sum of £100,000 was sought, but as Shackleton was discovering on his own account, in the years immediately after WWI money was needed elsewhere.The reality was that no ship was found, and a mere four men had to rely on the kindness of a whaling company to drop them off from catchers at a location where a landing could be made, rather than where Cope planned. Cope decided he should not stay, but instead try to find a relief ship for the following year. Hubert Wilkins (with previous experience in the Arctic with Stefannson), became pardonably disillusioned and decided to quit the expedition altogether (but was soon back in Antarctica with Shackleton and Quest). This left just two men, Maxime Charles Lester and Thomas Bagshawe. Without a proper hut they elected to stay, and settled down as a more-or-less static weather station, also making tidal observations and studying the four species of penguin to be found locally.The images include: views of Gritviken; factory ships, catchers and whaling operations; unloading the expedition's packing cases before bewildered penguins; various views of the hut made from packing cases and the meteorological screen; many studies of seals, penguins and the mountains and ice of the Antarctic Peninsula.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
CHANDLER (RICHARD)Travels in Greece: or an Account of a Tour Made at the Expense of the Society of Dilettanti, FIRST EDITION, 7 engraved plates and maps (some folding, some off-setting and spotting), later half calf over marbled boards, red gilt morocco spine label [Blackmer 319; not in Atabey], 4to (260 x 215mm.), Oxford, Printed at the Clarendon Press, 1776Footnotes:Chandler's 'account of Athens is very important; it was the most detailed that had yet appeared, and Chandler made the first public announcement of the discovery of the temple of Apollo Epikourios at Bassae' (Blackmer). Marathon, Attica, Corinth and Olympia are amongst other important classical sites described.Provenance: David Rhys-Phillips, bookplate.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
KASHMIRCOLE (HENRY HARDY) Illustrations of Ancient Buildings in Kashmir. Prepared under the Authority of the Secretary of State for India in Council from Photographs, Plans and Drawings taken by Order of the Government of India, FIRST EDITION, 43 mounted carbon autotype prints (numbered 1-44), 14 plates, one colour-printed lithographed map ('Skeleton Map of Kashmir') by W. Griggs after Cole, publisher's orange cloth gilt, g.e., rebacked [cf. Gernsheim 485, recording 2 editions of that year], folio (335 x 245mm.), W.H. Allen, Publishers to the India Museum, 1869Footnotes:The fine photographs were taken by John Burke (1843-1900), a commercial photographer operating from Murree and Peshawar. He accompanied, alongside two 'native surveyors, Thakoor Dass and Habeeb-oo-lah', Cole's expedition to the Kashmir Valley in October 1868 to survey the great pre-Islamic temples scattered through the region.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
VALIGNANO (ALESSANDRO)Advis de la bien heureuse mort de cinq religieux de la Compagnie de Jesus... aux Indes Orientales, first French edition, woodcut printer's device on title, faint waterstain at head, without final blank, repaired losses to blank areas of final two leaves, contemporary limp vellum, spine strengthened with paper, 8vo, Paris, T. Brumen, 1584Footnotes:The Italian Jesuit missionary Valignano reports on the deaths of five of his colleagues in Goa, including the nephew of the Society's Superior General, Rodolfo Acquaviva. The group was attacked by Hindus on 15 July 1583 in the village of Cuncolim, with a Portuguese layman and fourteen native Christians also killed. The account was published in Italian and Latin in the same year; no copies traced at auction.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
TAGORE (SOURINDRO MOHUN)The Ten Principal Avataras of the Hindus. A Short History of Each Incarnation and Directions for the Representation of the Murttis as Tableaux Vivants, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED 'To the illustrious E.C. ?Van-Catsen, Consul for Netherlands at Calcutta with S.M. Tagore's highest regards..., Calcutta, 22 July 1880' on the front free endpaper, title printed in red and black, 12 lithographed plates printed by Kristobury Das, mounted as issued within decorative border printed in purple, new endpapers, publisher's blue cloth gilt, joints neatly repaired, extremities rubbed with a few small losses, 4to (305 x 245mm.), Calcutta, Printed by I.C. Bose & Co., and Published by the Author, 1880Footnotes:Raja Sir Sourindro Mohun Tagore (1840-1914) was a composer, musician, musicologist and educator and the founder of the Bengal Music School and Bengal Academy of Music. In the preface he expresses his hope to make Tableaux vivants popular on the native stage, to establish that 'our ancestors were past masters, not only as dramatic authors, but also in the management of the stage...', and to produce a work suitable for 'every Bengali lady and child'.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
TAYLER (WILLIAM)Sketches Illustrating the Manners & Customs of the Indians & Anglo Indians Drawn on Stone from the Original Drawings from Life, FIRST AND ONLY EDITION, title, dedication leaf to Lady William Bentinck, 6 hand-coloured lithographed plates by J. Bouvier after Tayler, each with letterpress description, some toning to plates (3 with minor loss to lower fore-corner), some spotting and foxing to text leaves, contents loose in publisher's cloth, gilt lettered on upper cover, rebacked [Abbey Travel 465; Colas 2858], folio (538 x 264mm.), Thomas McLean, 1842Footnotes:RARE suite of plates, captioned: The Young Civilian's Toilet; The Young Lady's Toilet; The Breakfast; The Women Grinding at the Mill; The Sunyasees; The Village Barber.William Tayler (1808–1892), educated at Charterhouse, arrived in Bengal in 1829, where he served in various capacities for the East India Company. 'A keen amateur dramatist and skilful caricaturist, but while his witty portraits of Anglo-Indian notables won him some influential friends in Calcutta, the light-hearted nature of his artistic pursuits earned for him a reputation as a somewhat flighty, unserious officer' (ODNB).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
George Chinnery RHA (Tipperary 1774-1852 Macau)A Chinese man having his ears cleaned by a street barbertogether with a sketch of a street hawkerpencil and pen and ink the first 9.3 x 10.5cm (3 3/4 x 4 1/8in); the second 7.4 x 8.9cm (3 x 3 1/2in). (2)Footnotes:For a similar sketch of a man cleaning ears please see the example held in the HSBC collection, see G.H.R. Tillotson, Fan Kwae Pictures, the Hongkong Bank Art Collection, 1987, ill. p.31, no.38.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
CHERRY-GARRARD (APSLEY)The Worst Journey in the World. Antarctic 1910-1913, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, half-titles, 48 plates (6 colour, 10 folding panoramas), 5 maps (4 folding), light spotting particularly to fore-edges, vol. 1 with 2 pages loose and panoramas roughly folded, publisher's cloth-backed blue-grey boards, paper spine labels, vol. 1 soiled and rubbed, vol. 2 with dust-jacket (soiled, short tears and small loss to blank area of lower panel) and additional label tipped-in [Spence 277; Taurus 84], 8vo, Constable & Co., 1922Footnotes:First edition of a classic work of literature from the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration, recounting Cherry-Garrard's Winter Journey, as part of the Terra Nova expedition 'to obtain specimen eggs from the emperor penguin rookery at Cape Crozier.... a hazardous round trip of 120 miles in darkness, at temperatures in excess of -70 °F, an exploit which is still without parallel in the annals of polar exploration... later Scott described their journey as 'the hardest that has ever been made'' (ODNB).Provenance: E.M. Kingdon, ownership inscriptions on front free endpapers dated Christmas 1922.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
Captain Henry Edward Napier (British, 1789-1853)'Esquimauxs' mounted on a sheet of paper with a watercolour of a dwelling overleafbears inscription 'Esquimauxs by/Capt Henry Napier' (on the sheet)oil on ivoryimage 7 x 9.1cm (2 3/4 x 3 1/2in), full sheet 23.2 x 17.5cm (9 1/8 x 6 7/8in).unframedFootnotes:ProvenanceLady Emily Charlotte Bathurst (1798-1877); her son General Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Frederick Ponsonby (1825-1895); by descent in the Ponsonby family; private collection, UK.Born into an illustrious military family, his father a Colonel and three brothers reaching the rank of General, Napier entered the Royal Naval Academy at Portsmouth Dockyard on 5 May 1803, and on 20 September 1806 joined the 74-gun Spencer, as a first-class volunteer. In 1810, he rose to the rank of Lieutenant and finally Captain in 1830.The present work depicts an Inuit encampment in eastern Canada. Napier was posted in the North Sea and North America from 1812-13. The following year, in 1814, he was promoted to Commander and took up the role of protecting merchant vessels in the Bay of Fundy, Canada. Later, in 1821-23, he was positioned in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Given Napier's extensive service in eastern Canada and North America, the scene depicted is likely to have been observed first-hand. This is further confirmed by the level detail shown in the work, ranging from the subjects' clothing to the hide finish on the end of the canoe to the right of the scene.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY 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
KIRKPATRICK ((WILLIAM)An Account of the Kingdom of Nepaul, Being the Substance of Observations Made During a Mission to that Country, in the Year 1793, FIRST EDITION, half-title, engraved vignette on title, 14 engraved plates (one hand-coloured), large folding engraved map (short tear), spotting, contemporary half calf, defective, covers detached, 4to, William Miller, 1811Footnotes:Provenance: Sir Hugh Daly (1860-1939), Agent to the Governor-General in Central India (1905-1910), and Resident of Mysore (1910-1916), bookplate.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
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COOK (JAMES)[MAGRA (JAMES)] A Journal of a Voyage Round the World, in His Majesty's Ship Endeavour, in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, and 1771... To which is added a Concise Vocabulary of the Language of Otahitee, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with the dedication leaf to Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander, early half calf over marbled boards, spine label lettered in gilt ('Cooke's Journal'), slightly rubbed [Hill 1066, without dedication; Holmes 3], 4to (265 x 200mm.), T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, 1771Footnotes:THE FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST PUBLISHED ACCOUNT OF COOK'S FIRST VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC, AND THE FIRST TO DESCRIBE THE DISCOVERY OF THE EAST COAST OF AUSTRALIA. This account was surreptitiously edited and published less than three months after the return of the expedition, and nearly two years before John Hawkesworth's official account. The dedication leaf to the Admiralty, Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander (with note 'Place this next to the Title' in lower margin) implied their approval of its publication. However these parties immediately published an advertisement denying all knowledge of this work and the dedication was quickly removed - the result being that very few copies exist with this suppressed leaf. The authorship of the work is still not confirmed, but it generally attributed to James Magra, an American-born midshipman on board the Endeavour.Provenance: Thomas Wickins (1767-1842) of Bath, ownership inscription dated 1805 on the front free endpaper; probably bequeathed with the rest of his library to his friend John Williams (1794-1859), 2nd Baronet Williams of Bodelwyddan; thence to his daughter Margaret Maria Hay-Williams (1844-1930); thence by descent to the present owner.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
CALCUTTAGRANT (COLESWORTHY) Lithographic Sketches of the Public Characters of Calcutta, FIRST EDITION, lithographed title and 37 portrait plates, title with light stain and repair to inner border touching rule border, modern green half calf over marbled boards, large 8vo, Calcutta, W. Thacker, [c.1850]Footnotes:Colesworthy Grant (1813-1889) arrived in India in 1832, as a freelance journalist and artist. The portraits included in Public Characters first appeared in the India Review, Calcutta Monthly, India Sporting Review and other journals. In 1861 he was instrumental in founding the Calcutta Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, but ten portraits show the sitters with guns, pig sticking pikes or hunting trophies.Provenance: J.A. Crawford, gift inscription from C. Palmer, Surbiton, June ?1857 or 1887 on title.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
ROBERTS (DAVID)The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia, 6 vol. bound in 3, 248 tinted lithographed plates (including pictorial titles and portrait), 2 engraved maps, early red morocco gilt by J. Leighton, g.e., a few ink stains on upper cover of the first volume, rubbed at extremities [cf. Abbey Travel 272, 385 & 388, folio edition], 4to (290 x 200mm.), Day & Son, 1855-1856Footnotes:An exceptionally clean copy.Provenance: Mary Banting, presentation inscription from her husband W. Banting (3 February 1857) on blank verso of opening plate in first and third volumes, and in upper margin of the title-page to volume 3.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
A pair of chandelier ear pendants and a pair of gem-set ear pendants, the first pair with pyramidal surmounts, black and white enamel decorated, one side depicting the Egyptian god Anubus, god of the afterlife, with hollow scrollwork sections below, supporting fringe terminals, to hook fittings, the second with flowerhead surmounts suspending a pear-shaped drop, pierced decorated and set throughout with chrysoprase cabochons, rhodolite garnets and mother-of-pearl, to screw back fittings, both gilt metal mounted, lengths 8.5cm and 5.6cm. £100-£200
Regimental interest: A pair of matched diamond and enamelled Regimental cufflinks, for the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada, (post 1935) and the Royal Highland Fusiliers, both set throughout with single-cut diamonds, with chain connectors to ropetwist batons, the first with sugarloaf sapphire terminals, the second with cabochon emerald terminals, both two colour precious metal mounted, unmarked, (adapted from sweetheart brooches), lengths 30mm and 32.5mm. £1,800-£2,500
Two cameo brooches, the first hardstone cameo brooch carved to depict the Greek god Apollo, god of archery, music, and dance, shown with his lyre, yellow precious metal mounted and set within a surround of seed pearls, the second shell cameo brooch of Achilles, Greek hero of Troy, mounted in silver and collet set with ropetwist decoration, first brooch length 38mm. £200-£300
A collection of assorted jewellery, including an oval silver mounted brooch depicting an Indian scene, a fire opal and half seed pearl bar brooch, a pair of malachite cameo earrings with screw back fittings, a gold mounted pietra dura brooch, an 18ct gold safety pin, a 19th century pendant on chain with filigree decoration (later pendant fitting), a silver violin brooch, and a turquoise pendant with glazed central compartment, first brooch length 48mm. (8) £200-£300
Georg Jensen: a Danish silver circular bird and berries brooch, No. 53, designed by Johan Rohde, circa 1917, marks for 1915-1919, stamped ‘COPENHAGEN’ in oval punch with studded border, numbered ‘53’, diameter 56mm. £150-£200 --- Johan Rohde (1856-35) was a Danish artist, lithographer and designer. He was the first design collaboration that Georg Jensen made, and paved the way for many future collaborations which kept the company at the forefront of design throughout the 20th century . His collaboration started in 1906 when he commissioned Jensen to design some objects drawn by himself, for his own use. Jensen was impressed with his work. Rohde also worked for other producers until Jensen secured exclusive contact in 1913. The collaboration continued until Rohde’s death in 1935, just a few months before Jensen died. Rohde’s early designs incorporated an Art Nouveau influence with a more structured element, evolving later to a more Art Deco style. This bird and berries design for brooch No 53 dates from 1917.
Assorted cultured pearls, comprising a two row uniform pearl necklace to a 9ct gold cluster clasp, a single row uniform pearl necklace to a 9ct gold circular pearl clasp, a single row graduated cultured pearl necklace to an orange and white paste set clasp, a pair of pearl bracelets and a multi-row pearl necklace (all pearls untested for saltwater/freshwater origin), first length approximately 48cm. (6) £200-£300
An interlocking gem-set double ring, each ring with textured finish and designed as interlocking crowns, the first set with baguette-cut diamonds, rubies and sapphires, the second with a uniform line of bezel set single-cut diamonds, inscribed ‘With Love To C 24-12-14’, ring size M½. £500-£600
A late 19th century diamond cluster ring and an Art Deco diamond ring, circa 1930, the first set with a cushion-shaped diamond within a surround of rose-cut diamonds, the shank of foliate design, mounted in silver and gold, the second of interlocking loop design, set with brilliant and single-cut diamonds, mounted in gold, both stamped ‘585’, the second with maker’s mark ‘LB’, ring sizes K-M. £500-£700
Three dress rings, comprising two interlocking rings, the first set with a brilliant-cut diamond between crossover shoulders, UK hallmark for 14ct gold, the second, of crossover design set with two panels of brilliant-cut diamonds, UK hallmark for 14ct gold, the third with two bouton pearls between crossover shoulders, UK hallmark for 9ct gold, (pearls untested), ring sizes J-L. (3) £100-£200
A Snow White enamelled charm by Cartier, circa 1937, the charm enamelled in shades of yellow and blue, stamped to the reverse ’14k’, ‘Cartier @ W.D.ENT’ for Walt Disney Enterprises, with unassociated curb-link bracelet stamped to the ring bolt clasp ‘14kt’, and similarly stamped to the connecting link ,with letter ‘F’ to the reverse, together with a circular white enamelled greyhound charm, and with Cartier case, Snow White charm length 27mm. £500-£700 --- The animated feature film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was released on 21 December 1937 by Walt Disney Productions and by RKO Radio Pictures. Based on the 1812 German fairy tale by the Brothers Grim, it was the first full-length traditionally animated Disney feature film and premiered at the Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Snow White was nominated for Best Musical Score at the Academy Awards in 1938 and the following year Walt Disney was awarded an honorary Oscar for the film. In the 1930s and 40s, Disney collaborated with Cartier to produce souvenir jewellery for some of the Walt Disney Productions. The individual charms, decorated in coloured enamels, were advertised with a price tag of $100 and were retailed through I. Magnin in Los Angeles, a high-end fashion department store with locations across the West Coast.
A Colombian emerald and diamond brooch, first quarter of the 20th century, set with a step-cut emerald within a knife-wire tracery surround of Persian inspiration, the border set with old brilliant-cut diamonds and step-cut emeralds to the cardinal points, mounted in platinum, numbered ‘7150’, later brooch fitting, emerald approximately 7.00 carats, total diamond weight approximately 1.30 carats, length 35mm. £5,000-£7,000 --- Accompanied by a report from GCS stating that the emerald is of Colombian origin with a minor amount of oil in fissures. Report number 81317-33, dated July 12 2021. Accompanied by a report from AGL stating that the emerald is of Colombian origin with insignificant to minor clarity enhancement (traditional). Report number CS63460, dated October 6 2014.
A rare Victorian silver and enamel ‘horseless carriage’ vesta case by Sampson Mordan & Co., 1896, of rectangular form, the front enamelled with a scene of an early tiller-driven automobile, with driver and two seated passengers, on a country road, with hinged lid, numbered ‘18’, maker’s mark, London hallmark, dimensions 57 x 33 x 10mm. £800-£1,000 --- The Locomotive Act of 1865, also known as the Red Flag Act, had required self-propelled vehicles or ‘horseless carriages’ to be led by a pedestrian walking 60 yards ahead of the vehicle waving a red flag or carrying a lantern to warn bystanders of the vehicle’s approach. The Red Flag Act was repealed on 14th November 1896. To celebrate this event, Harry Lawson of Daimler and his friends organised the London to Brighton Emancipation run, and at the start of the run, a red flag was symbolically destroyed by Lord Winchelsea. The run of 33 cars started at the Metropole Hotel in London and finished at the Metropole Hotel in Brighton. The London-Brighton run became a regular annual event from 1927, (except from the onset of the second World War up to 1947, owing to petrol rationing). The event takes place on the first Sunday of November, commemorating the famous run of November 1896. This vesta case is illustrated in Exceptional Match Safes edited by Shapiro & Koenig (An International Match Safe Association Publication).
A Victorian silver gilt memorandum purse by Sampson Mordan, 1885, the front and reverse engraved with scenes of children playing in rustic landscape settings, in the style of Kate Greenaway, the blue taffeta lined interior enclosing concertina action compartments, and fitted with an engine-turned pencil, London hallmark, in original fitted case, interior silk stamped forretailers Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company, 112 Regent Street, London, dimensions 10.5 x 7.0cm. £300-£400 --- Kate Greenaway (or Catherine Greenaway) (1846-1901) was a Victorian children’s book illustrator and writer. Daughter of a successful draftsman and wood engraver, she studied graphic design and art between 1858-69. Her first book “Under the Window” was an instant best seller and bought her immediate fame, and was followed by numerous highly successful publications. At the same time as her writing career, she excelled as a watercolourist, working with illustrators Walter Crane and Randolph Caldecott. Her distinctive old fashioned style depicting children and young ladies dressed in early 19th century costume in quaint settings, a style of grace and charm that transformed the children’s book market, her talent described by Walter Crane as “captivating the public in a remarkable way”.
A late 17th century oval portrait miniature depicting Jean-Francoise Colbert, attributed to Petitot, facing left, in brown cloak, lace cravat and with full bottomed wig, in later 19th/early 20th century pendant mount, the reverse engraved ‘Colbert Secretary to Louis 14th by Petitot’ (sic), on suspensory loop, length 45.5mm (excluding suspensory loop). £2,000-£2,600 --- Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619-1683) was born in Rheims, France, to a family of merchants. In 1649, he was appointed Councillor of State. He was recommended to King Louis XIV’s attention by Cardinal Mazarin, and from 1652, whilst Mazarin was in exile, was asked to manage the Cardinal’s affairs. After Mazarin’s death in 1661, Colbert’s rise to power continued: in January 1664 he became the Superintendent of Buildings: in 1665, Controller-General of Finances and in 1669, Secretary of State of the Navy, becoming highly influential in the much needed fiscal reforms. In particular, his actions aided the downfall of Nicholas Fouquet, who as Superintendent of Finances from 1553-61, had acquired enormous personal wealth, and was later imprisoned for alleged financial misconduct and embezzlement, where he remained until his death in 1680. Colbert served as First Minister of State to Louis XIV until his death in 1683. Through excessive hard work and thrift, Colbert proved to be a highly respected minister, credited by many for bringing France’s finances back from bankruptcy. His lasting impact on the organisation of France’s politics and markets led to the term Colbertism. Jean Petitot (the Elder) (1607-1691) trained as a goldsmith in Geneva before coming to England, where he received instruction from the master Sir Anthony Van Dyck. He, in turn, taught his son Jean Petitot (the Younger) the art of enamelling, and both were employed by King Charles I and King Louis XIV. Jean Petitot (the Elder)’s career as an enamellist spanned seven decades of the seventeenth-century. He first developed his skills in enamelling at the court of Charles I in 1637, quickly earning respect for his highly accomplished portraits with their rich colouring and smoothly blended brushstrokes. After the outbreak of the Civil War, he left England in 1643 or 1644 and sought refuge at the French court in Paris, where he was soon in demand and appointed Court Painter in Enamel to Louis XIV. He received extensive patronage from the king and his circle at court until the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685) when, as a Protestant, he was forced to return to Geneva where he died in 1691. Jean Petitot (the Younger) (1653-1702), the eldest son of Jean and his wife, Marguerite Cuper, learnt his trade from his father, and early in his career settled in London, where he remained until 1682. During the years 1682-1695 he lived and worked in Paris, thereafter returning to London where he remained until his death in 1702. For examples of Petitots’ work, a major collection is in the Jones Bequest at the Victoria and Albert Museum.; many works are in the Louvre, at Chantilly, and at Windsor.
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