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Click here to subscribeWilliam Joseph Shayer (1811-1892) Hunting vignettes; Coaching vignettes Two sets of five in two frames one signed and dated 1879 per set All oil on board in a gilt frame with applied leaf fern and sporting features Each set with one central: 16 x 13.5cm; 6¼ x 5¼ and four: 9 x 13.5cm; 3½ x 5¼in (2) ++Good condition
French School (18th Century) Caricature Studies of Ladies as Chickens, with a Supercilious Gentleman Watching as a Pigeon in a Tree; and a Centaur Suitor Charming Ladies as Deer, watercolour (a pair) 35 x 25cm (13.65 x 9.75in) Possibly the King and Queen portrayed in a sylvan landscape, at the Parcs aux Cerfs, where Louis XV maintained a number of pretty girls at great expense after the passing of Madame de Pompadour. The doves could be Louis XV`s daughters of whom he had four, one who entered a convent. The style is reminiscent of Claude-Louis Desrais, but they probably date from around 1770. The one with the chickens is poking fun at Madame du Barry, Louis XV`s last mistress. Louis himself is represented by the bird at upper right; Madame du Barry is probably the female "poule" (old and modern slang for prostitute) seated on the lower step. The "man" next to her might be a religious advisor, but it could also be her husband (Comte Guillaume du Barry) who was found for her to allow her to become the King`s official mistress and to take her place at court (she was illegitimate, of low birth, a courtesan, and she needed a title) The centaurs might represent both Louis XV and, even more, his son the Dauphin, who became Louis XVI - both were hunting mad and it is likely that women who hunted had a special allure for them. It has the appearance of an actual incident in which the King, when out hunting, singled out one of the women for special attention - and presumably she became his mistress for a brief time, but I does not appear to be one of the famous ones… Chateauroux, de Pompadour or Du Barry
F C (English, 19th Century) A Satirical 19th Century watercolour depicting:, A Soldier in a Bearskin, A Gentleman in Hunting Pink, with Jockey Cap and Whip, Queen Victoria, John Bull, A Ballerina, Man in a Mortar Board, Man in a Turban, Man Carrying a Scroll, signed with initials "FC", watercolour, 32 x 23cm (12.48 x 8.97in) Professor Robert Tombs of the Cambridge University History Faculty, whose area of specialism is in nineteenth-century French political history, confirmed the satirical quality of the piece. He thinks the target to be British, though the picture itself could conceivably be French - it is reminiscent of French Anglophobic caricatures of the late nineteenth/early twentieth century - because of various details, such as the soldier`s red tunic and bearskin, which are typical to England. He suggests that the top figure might be Queen Victoria/Britannia, with John Bull just below her, and he offers suggestions for other depicted characters as well: a ballerina, a man in a mortar board, a man in a turban - representing Imperial possessions perhaps , a man carrying a scroll - perhaps a lawyer or politician, and a worker. As a theme, he puts forward the issue of British upper class wealth, corruption and ostentation
A collection of three early 20th Century photographs of emigrés in Queensland Australia, one depicting the English family together with locals, a hunting scene with figures on horseback, titled "The Lagoon, Chinchilla, Queensland", and one depicting the family and dog titled "Burning out Timber in a small paddock", together with one volume "The School for Scandal", published Raphael, Tuck and Sons Limited, illustrated by Lucius Rossi
James Gillray Set of 4 caricature hunting scenes Hounds Finding Hounds Throwing-Off Hounds in Full-Cry Coming-In at the Death [BM Satires 9588-9591] hand-coloured engravings first issued 1800 but these issued later each c.285 x 390mm (11 1/4 x 15 1/4 in) unframed (4). Condition report: taped at edges into mounts impressions rather worn.
Richard Barrett Davis After Stag Hunting; Fox Hunting also Hare Hunting and Kennel Scene 4 vertical panels for decorative room borders aquatints with original hand-colouring 1810 C. Random at his Sporting Gallery each c.130 x 470mm. (5 x18 1/2 in) 2 unframed (4) Condition report: Minor handling creases.
A small mixed group of late Victorian and Edwardian prints chromolithographs including a family of cats and a Nelson commemorative scene 1904 both for Pears Soap a hunting scene after Herring for an 1898 calendar and others similar v.s.; also 2 large watercolours each of a mother and child signed Ernest F. Baker 1921 each c.51 x 41 cm. (20 x 16 in) (11).
A ladies 9ct gold circular cased wristwatch, on an expanding gold bar link bracelet, import mark London 1916, a ladies 9ct gold circular cased wristwatch on a ribbon strap, import mark London 1914 and a ladies silver half hunting cased wristwatch, import mark London 1914, with a black strap.
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