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STUDIO OF JOSHUA REYNOLDS (1723-1792)A portrait of Captain ByronOil on canvas, 126 x 100cmJohn Byron (1723-1786) 'Foul Weather Buck' is John Byron, British vice-admiral, the second son of the 4th Lord Byron, and grandfather of the poet, was born on the 8th of November 1723. He joined the navy as a midshipman but would go on to be considered one of the finest sailors in all of England; despite his dogged bad luck for which he received the nickname of 'Foul Weather Jack’. During one of his expeditions he was wrecked on the southern coast of Chile but survived and proceeded to write up his adventures as 'The Narrative of Hon. John Byron, Containing an Account of the Great Distresses' (1768), which his grandson, George Gordon Byron, used in his satirical poem 'Don Juan' (1819-1824). Habitually in action against the French, he was chosen to command a secret British expedition in the Dolphin frigate - one of the first British ships to have a copper sheeted hull - to the Falkland Islands to break into the Spanish trade. Afterwards, he completed the circumnavigation of the globe, claiming various Pacific islands for the Crown.The provenance of the present example is with Torridon House in the Scottish Highlands, the estate, which once belonged to the Duke of Leeds and is now home to the Earl and Countess of Lovelace, is sandwiched between rugged, soaring mountains and the deep blue of a sea loch. The family auctioned the contents of the house in 2015 offering a wonderful collection of furniture, paintings and other works of art to the public. The connection with the Byron family resulted from the marriage between Lord King William who married Augusta Ada Byron, the only legitimate daughter George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron. The Lovelace title was chosen to mark the fact that Ada was, through the families of Byron, Milbanke, Noel and Lovelace, a descendant of the Barons Lovelace of Hurley. This union brought the promise, in marriage settlement, of vast estates in the Midlands and also political advantage, for Ada’s cousin was Lord Melbourne, the Whig Prime Minister.In this quarter-length portrait Byron is presented in an appropriate manner of attire wearing his captain's undress uniform and a grey wig. He is set against a dark clouded filled background, with a small patch of light blue sky out of which sails a ship from the British Fleet. Byron strikes a formidable presence in this portrait reflecting his many successive years of dedicated and hard service. The numerous long and arduous expeditions is succinctly captured in the line inscribed on the frame, from Byron’s poem, ‘Epistle to Augusta’, ‘Our grandsire’s fate of yore /He had no rest at sea.’Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) was apprenticed in 1740 to the portrait painter Thomas Hudson, (1701-90) and after early work in his native Devon travelled to Italy in 1749. He returned in 1753 to London and rapidly began to establish himself as a portrait painter, profoundly influenced by his time in Italy. He was the most influential figure of the century in elevating British painting and portraiture which paved the way for a generation of work. Reynolds borrowed poses from the old masters, such as Lord Bryon’s strong stance with arms crossed and his left hand holding onto the sword hilt, which dignified the status of the sitter.
A rococo style mantel clock in the form of Old Father Time bearing a metal scythe on a base with four scroll feet surrounded by a bocage with two candle branches, a cherub with garland beside the circular clock face, a female winged figure on a globe atop. The underside of the base bears incised “No. 1050”, (number not entirely clear) and underglaze crossed swords mark in the Meissen manner. Ht.47cm. Condition reportIn very good condition but not checked for restoration repairs. The clock face has cracks.
A Schiaparelli astrakhan and ranch mink jacket, 1960s, Paris label and with 'Rices Fur Salon' label, monogrammed 'Vasilike' to lining, with beaded globe buttons, two front pockets and silk lining, chest approx 97cm, 38in; together with a 1940s astrakhan muff (2) CONDITION REPORT: Good condition - astrakhan is very glossy. Looks unworn, very fresh. Also with 'Fur Label Authority' label inside pocket and numbered. Slight wear to fur along edge of right pocket (minor), not noticeable. Pockets lined in velvet. Beaded buttons are intact with no losses. Muff - fur has one worn spot near one edge, 1cm diam, velvet needs re-stitching to zipper approx. 2cm (minor), otherwise good.
Original vintage advertising poster for the World Youth Christian Congress, Brussels 1935. Rare poster for the the first International Congress of the Young Christian Workers (YCW) or Jeunesse Ouvriere Chretienne (JOC). Art Deco design of ships around the globe. Good condition, folds, repaired tears. Belgium, design by Gillelmet (?), 1935, size 27.3x19.5cm
IRWIN JIM: (1930-1991) American Astronaut, Lunar Module pilot of Apollo XV, the eighth man to walk on the moon. Signed colour 10 x 8 photograph, the image depicting Irwin standing in a full length pose, wearing his spacesuit, on the surface of the moon as he salutes the United States at the Hadley-Apennine landing site. The Apollo XV lunar module can be seen in the immediate background. Signed by Irwin in bold black ink to a clear area of the image beneath the facsimile sentiment His Love from the Moon. Together with Al Worden (1932- ) American Astronaut, Command Module pilot of Apollo XV. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Worden standing in a three quarter length pose wearing his white spacesuit and resting his hands on a globe of the moon at his side. Signed in black ink to a clear area of the image, adding Apollo 15 in his hand beneath his signature. A slight crease runs vertically through the centre of the image, G to VG, 2
SCHMITT HARRISON: (1935- ) American Astronaut, Lunar Module Pilot of the Apollo XVII mission. The twelfth man to walk on the Moon. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Schmitt standing in a three quarter length pose wearing his white spacesuit and resting one hand on a globe of the moon at his side. Signed ('Jack Schmitt') in bold black ink with his name alone to a clear area of the image. About EX
A very rare collectable Chronicles of Narnia musical snow globe representing the movie / book " Lion Witch and the Wardrobe " by C.S. Lewis book & Disney / Walden movie. Having Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy with Aslan standing proudly above. Plays the tune '' La Primavera (Spring). '' With the original box. Measures 30cm high.
THEATRE, scrapbooks, laid down with programmes, London, Bath, Little Theatre, Hippodrome, Princes (all Bristol), All Saints Hall & Victoria Rooms (both Clifton), St Martins, Lyric, Savoy, Dalys, Theatre Royal Haymarket, Globe, Strand, Alhambra, Wyndhams, Royalty, Aldwych etc; cast lists (removed from programmes), newspaper cuttings & photos etc., a few French, 1920s-1930s, G, 3
*Globe. Cram's Universal Terrestrial Globe, printed George F.Cram, Indianna, circa 1940, twelve inch floor standing globe, twelve lithographic gores with a printed analemma, steel calibrated meridian ring and hour circle, some abrasion and wear to printed surfaces, presented on a turned stained wooden stand with four fluted legs, height 900 mm (1)
World. Wells (Edward), A New Map of the Terraqueous Globe according to the latest Discoveries and the most General Divisions of it into Continents and Oceans, circa 1701, hand coloured engraved map on a hemispheral projection, insular California, 375 x 510 mm R.Shirley. The Mapping of the World, no.609, plate 420. (1)
"The Cust's Star-Finder" - An early 20th Century 6ins diameter celestial globe with composition body and printed gauzes showing positions of stars in various constellations, mounted on brass azimuth ring and on turned walnut stand, the flanged rim with paper gauzes and on three turned supports with conforming stretchers, 10.5ins high, (glass cracked and damage to top and base around centre pin and rubbed at joints - stand open at joints and loose and generally scuffed and damaged), and with black and white photograph of Admiral Herbert Edward Purey-Cust (1855-1938), Hydrographer to the Navy and produced the "Star-Finder" globe, the three quarters length photograph showing him in full Naval uniform, 7.5ins x 5.5ins, signed and dated 1919, in gilt metal easel pattern frame, and his gilt brass cased pocket barometer by Dixey, New Bond Street, London with silvered dial, 2ins diameter inscribed Herbert Edward Purey-Cust R.N. from M.A. 1870, in maroon leather travelling case and a Sea Chart of Logie Head to Tarbat Ness, surveyed by Capt. H.E. Purey-Cust R.N. assisted by the Officers of H.M. Surveying Ship 'Triton' 1902-03, re-published 1914, 26.5ins x 44.5ins Note : This globe is thought to have been made by F. Barker & Sons, 12 Clerkenwell Road, London circa 1900
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