John Ferneley Snr. (1782-1860) Portrait of Sir Francis Grant on Grindal Oil on canvas, 83.5 by 110cm Provenance: Sir Francis Grant, thence by descent John Ferneley Snr. was arguably the most gifted painter of sporting subjects of his generation. What set him apart was his ability to pinpoint equine characteristics and to faithfully record the surrounding landscape. In this way, his works are some of the most important records of 19th Century Sporting Britain. Ferneley was the sixth son of a Leicestershire wheelwright, his talent was spotted at a young age by the Duke of Rutland who, in 1801, is said to have persuaded Ferneley's father to allow him to become a pupil of Ben Marshall, himself of Leicestershire origin who was then working in London. Ferneley studied and lodged with Marshall between 1801 and 1804 and was enrolled by him in the Royal Academy Schools. Ferneley's rise to prominence was fast, exhibiting his first picture at the Royal Academy in 1806. By 1814 he had set up his studio in Melton Mowbray, the hub of the fox-hunting scene with three fashionable packs, the Quorn, the Belvoir and the Cottesmore, providing hunting six days a week. Each winter an influx of 250-300 sportsmen, distinguished by birth, profession and intellect and unaccompanied by their wives, entered into a world obsessed by the chase. Ferneley flourished with a steady stream of patronage and his work became increasingly desirable. His patrons included many of the famous sportsmen of the day, and members of some of the most prominent aristocratic families. Sir Francis Grant PRA (1803-1878) was one such gentleman, his life-long passion for fox-hunting led him eventually to move to Melton Mowbray. Ferneley and Grant met during the 1820s when Grant studied under him. Following Grant's launch as a professional artist in the 1830s, he and Ferneley frequently collaborated, Grant providing portraits and Ferneley the animals. Portrait of Sir Francis Grant on Grindal is a wonderful example of this partnership, executed in 1851 when Grant was 48 years old, the face is a self-portrait by Grant. The present picture is not recorded in Ferneley's account books. This can be explained by the existence of an almost identical version of the work, commissioned by Ferneley's friend and patron Little Gilmore. Portrait of F. Grant, Esq., A.R.A., on a favourite hunter was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1850, no. 536 (see Major G. Paget, The Melton Mowbray of John Ferneley, 1782-1860. The account books of John Ferneley, Leicester 1931, facing p. 51). As Ferneley exhibited only 22 works at the Royal Academy throughout his career, he was clearly extremely pleased with the portrait of Grant. Indeed, both artists were so delighted with the work that the following year they collaborated to bring about the present picture, with a few compositional alterations, for Grant's own personal collection. The work is a fine example of Ferneley's brilliance in rendering a remarkable horse portrait as well as his skill in conveying a sense of space and fresh air in the harmonious palette of the scenery, punctuated by the vibrant red of the huntsmen's coats.
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An Indian Silver Cigar-Box, Apparently Unmarked, probably Late 19th/Early 20th Century, oblong, the hinged cover chased with a scene of a figure on horseback pig-sticking, within a landscape and with a foliage border, the long sides chased on one side with two elephants and on the other two tigers, the short sides with differing scenes of animals hunting, wood lined, 18.5cm long. There is some overall surface scratching and wear, consistent with age and use. The wear is noticeable as a very minor softening to the high points. There is some staining to the wood lining. The hinge is bruised so that the cover sits slightly forward when closed.
NO RESERVE Madan (Falconer) The Lewis Carroll Centenary in London 1932, number 133 of 400, frontispiece and plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, slight chipping to corners and extremities, 1932 § Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge) "Lewis Carroll", The Hunting of the Snark and other poems and verses, frontispiece and plates by Peter Newell, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, New York and London, 1903 § Two Letters to Marion from Lewis Carroll, original paper wrappers, a little rubbed, Bristol, Douglas Cleverdon, 1932; and others, mostly on Lewis Carroll, v.s. (c.50)
NO RESERVE Birds.- Collaert II (Jan) Four plates from 'Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium', after Jan van der Straet, each showing birds and various hunting practices, including Hawking, engravings, sheets approx. 200 x 260 mm. (7 7/8 x 10 1/4 in), trimmed just within platemarks, tipped at corners onto paper support, with two plates per support presented recto and verso, ink collector's stamp to lower right of each [see provenance below], some minor surface dirt, unframed, [circa 1596 or slightly later]; together with a small group of 17 items, prints and ephemera, relating to birds, unframed, mainly 19th century (21)Provenance:(Collaert II) Georg Hamminger, Regensburg, (died 1895) [Lugt 1159]
The Grammar of Ornament, London: Day & Son, folio, 335 x 230mm, no date, colour plates as required, some typical foxing and age staining, original cloth gilt, inner hinges repaired; SECCOMBE. Army & Navy Drolleries, first and second editions, no date, small 4to, colour illustrations, some leaves loose, covers worn; HERRING (Ben) Illus. Hunting, Steeple-Chasing and Racing Scenes, London: James Peddie [no date], small 4to, steel engraved plates, cloth gilt, rebacked (4)
BLEW (W) A History of Steeple Chasing, 1901; DIXON (W) Hunting in the Olden Days, 1912; DELME-RADCLIFFE. The Noble Science, 1893; all morocco gilt by Bickers and Bumpus; MYTTON (J) Memoirs of the Life of --, 1835, Ackermann, 8vo, coloured aquatint plates, original cloth (re-cased); Harold Wernher bookplates (4)
Various mainly early 20th century works, including: EDWARDS (L) My Hunting Sketch Book, 1928, 4to colour plates; My Scottish Sketch Book, 1929 first edition, mounted colour plates, cloth; others by Payne-Gallwey, Munnings, Nimrod [Pseud. C J Apperley], Hawker, Simpson, etc. Kings of the Rod and Hunting Field, in 3 vols, 1899-1901, 8vo, half morocco; Hawker etc
George Finch Mason (1850-1915) Mr Jorrocks.., watercolour, inscribed and signed, 25 x 35cm; JALLAND (G H) The Sporting Adventures of Mr Popple, c.1909, pictorial boards; ARMOUR (G D) three vols. hunting, red cloth; WOLF (J) Life and Habits of Wild Animals, 1874, folio, plates by Whymper, cloth gilt; BEWICK (T) Life and Works, by D Croal Thomson, 1882, folio, no. 31 of 75 copies, cloth; MOORE (David) Concise Notices of British Grasses, 3rd edition, 1851, folio, mounted specimens, boards; etc
Snaffles, Being a Selection of his Hunting and Racing Prints. New Zealand: Millwood Press, Wellington, 1983, oblong folio, no.272/750, tipped in printed letter from H.R.H. Princess Anne, eighty-two tipped in colour prints, including several folding (complete as list) each with facing explanatory text, catalogue of the artist's work at rear, quarter morocco gilt, with red cloth drop back box
A group of five 9ct yellow gold necklace chains with one having a 9ct gold pendant with a J initial and another having a Pamela 9ct gold pendant. Varying styles of chains to include mostly fine link examples. Together with a 9ct gold mounted cameo brooch and 9ct gold fox hunting brooch moulded as a ridding crop (A/F). Some chains A/F. Gross weight 10.1g.
A mixed selection of pottery and porcelain to include a Dresden twin-handled candelabrum with figural putto and applied flowers, a pair of German figures of figures rearing on horseback, a Meissen outside dish and cover, small Meissen twin-handled dish with green flowers, three German porcelain figures, a Copeland and Garrett tureen, cover and stand transfer-printed with figures hunting, a parian figure of Anna Pavlova issued by the Pavlova Society to commemorate the 100th anniversary of birth, with black circular stand, a Royal Crown Derby imari plate and two small spoons
A George III oak and mahogany longcase clock by Thomas Lister of Halifax, the eight day brass movement with four turned pillars and an anchor escapement striking on a bell, the arched thirteen inch dial with a silvered chapter ring, with Roman and Arabic numerals, with a subsidiary calendar dial with engraved flowers and foliage and signed 'THOS. LISTER HALIFAX', with engraved gilt hands, the moon-phase painted with a sailing ship and a hunting scene with engraved globe details, with gilt Rococo spandrels, the case with a broken swan neck arched hood centred with an eagle finial, the trunk with lozenge bands and fluted quarter pilasters and inlaid with oval paterae, 240cm high. Provenance: By family repute, Colonel Schletter of The Priory, Orpington, gifted it to the current vendor's family.
A Song Of The English by Rudyard Kipling with illustrations by W. Heath Robinson, published Hodder & Stoughton (1909) with mounted colour plates & text illustrations in gilt decorated cloth; Black Beauty by Anna Sewell illustrated by Cecil Aldin (c.1930) with tipped in colour plates in gilt pictorial cloth and Hunting by J. Otho Paget 1900 with decorated chapter headings by Arthur Rackham in original gilt cloth (3)
The Horse by William Youatt with a Treatise of Draught published Chapman & Hall 1843 illustrated bound in half leather with raised bands with gilt decoration & lettering, The Analysis of The Hunting Field being a Series of Sketches forming a slight Souvenir of the Season 1845-6, Edward Arnold 1923 with colour plates & text drawings, Hunting Lays & Hunting Ways 1924, Sporting Verse illustrated by Lionel Edwards 1927, British Ponies 1936, Mountain Craft 1920 first edition and 3 others (9)
A Fox-Hunting Anthology E.D. Cuming 1928, More Fox-Hunting with foreword by Viscount Halifax 1937, Hunting Lore Shocks for Fox and Field by Crascredo & The Wag 1928, Observations on Fox-Hunting with coloured plates 1922 and Letters to Young Sportsmen illustrated by Lionel Edwards 1930 Enlarged with R.S. Surtees 1952 (6)
British and continental ceramics from the 19th and 20th Centuries, to include several shell bordered Bonn fish plates diameter 22cm, a pair of transfer printed vases in the aesthetic manner, height 26cm, a prattware jar with hunting theme and registration mark to base, a blanc de chine study of a bird, designed and modelled by T.Jones for Crown Staffordshire, a miniature Worcester jug, and a silver collared globular bottle, height 8.5cm (20+)
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