DUGDALE FREDERIC: (1877-1902) British Lieutenant, Victoria Cross winner for his actions near Derby, South Africa, on 3rd March 1901 during the Second Boer War. Rare A.L.S., Frederic, two pages, slim 4to (folding letter card composed from letters of a notebook), Ladysmith, 13th March 1900, to his sister, Maudie Dugdale. Dugdale thanks his sister for her letters and continues to express his sympathy concerning a horse, Monte Carlo, who was 'one of the finest hunters in the stable and I know he suited you down to the ground', also commenting 'This notebook is coming in most useful as I have clean run out of paper to day and I only got it three days ago when the Ladysmith bags were opened, 7 tons of letters came up one day and 35 tons the next….', further writing of his activities in South Africa, 'I am still staying on at the transport game as nearly all the Ladysmith garrison has gone on leave for a month and there aren't any horses so it wouldn't be much good my going to the regiment. I went and saw them three or four times before they went away and found them an excellent lot of chaps as far as one can judge in so short a time', and also writing of a mutual acquaintance who has gone on six weeks leave to Cape Town, as well as his sister's season of hunting, remarking 'It has become a bit thick when Master of hounds volunteer for this show instead of looking after their job at home. There are lots of people out here without sending any more. I wonder what sort of a job the yeomanry will make in S.A. I suppose they are just as good as anyone else and will think they're a dashed side better, but that doesn't matter as long as they're happy'. Dugdale concludes 'They needn't have been frightened at home as the cavalry don't get much knocked about….' With address panel in Dugdale's hand and post marked at Ladysmith. Autographs of Dugdale are rare in any form as a result of his tragically early death at the age of 25 when he was killed in a horse riding accident whilst participating in the North Cotswold Hunt. Some light age wear at the folds of the letter, one very neatly repaired, otherwise about VG
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LARGE HUNTING DIARY of a gentleman, believed to be the Fawcett Family, commencing with the fox hunting season 1882, & including shooting, fishing, butterflies collected in the North West Himalayas & pig sticking in India; a section of travelling - a journal from a trip Calcutta 1895 and Ceylon. Many loose drawings & extensively illustrated with black and white newspaper cuttings, many photographs, drawings and intricately handwritten on a daily basis. Covering principally the "Shires" in England, & also Scotland, Ireland & India. Includes a handwritten note "My first attempt at keeping a hunting diary", signed JM FAWCETT, SCALeBY CASTLE CARLISLE. A unique and exceptional record, much used, and in a very worn and delicate condition. Found by local vendor in a barn clearance
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell, with coloured illustrations & signed by Lucy Kemp Welch, no 86 of 600, Gilt embossed collar; & Just dogs by KF Barker; Memoirs of Racing & Hunting The Duke of Portland; & Shires & Provinces by Sabretache illustrated by Lionel Edwards colour plates, part dust jacket, 2n impression, 1927 (4)
A collection of equestrian related pictures and prints including a coloured print after Madeline Selfe of race horses, a set of four coloured prints of circular form showing hunting scenes after W J Shayer, a pair of coloured prints after F A Stewart showing the Earl of Berkeley's Hunt, a watercolour after Karen Draper of horses, inscribed to mount Chantilla, etc
A quantity of Samford ware Art Deco dinner wares with orange and yellow painted floral decoration comprising a pair of tureens and covers with angular knops, three oval graduated meat plates, sauce boat, twelve dinner plates, twelve dessert plates and twelve side plates together with a Shelley green and buff coloured banded bowl and a Arthur Wood relief moulded jug with hunting scene detail
An extensive collection of ceramics including a Royal Doulton rectangular box with printed hunting scene decoration comprising four matching small rectangular dishes, a Series ware vase showing Sam Weller, a quantity of Torquay wares including a puzzle jug, a Copeland Spode blue and white printed bowl, an oval meat plate with armorial crest, two Hummell figures, etc
A set of four black and white photographs dating from the 1930s and 40s showing horse racing scenes and variously inscribed to mounts Lancaster King Winning the Rosehill Trial Stakes 1933, Red Gleam Winning the Richmond Windsor Novice Handicap 1939, etc, three inscribed bottom right Lazern Kensington, 28 x 50 cm approx in oak frames with gilt slips, together with a 19th century oleograph of a hunting scene
A signed coloured print after Michael Lyne showing a hunting scene, published 1956 by Frost & Reed, 55 x 69 cm approx, a further coloured print after Michael Lyne, an early 19th century coloured engraving of native troops in the East India Company's Service, published by Colnaghi 1815, 34 x 26 cm approx, a further small coloured print of a mounted soldier, early 20th century photographs of postal workers, soldiers, etc
A collection of mainly 19th century ceramics, including an early 19th century blue and white Willow pattern punch bowl, further blue and white wares including a teapot and stand, a set of three soup plates with chinoiserie style flower basket decoration, a pair of 19th century Imari bottle-shaped vases with drawn necks, a Stoneware jug with relief moulded hunting scene decoration, etc, together with a Beswick model of a pug, marked to base Cutmill Cupie
KINGSTON DUCHESS OF: (1721-1788) Elizabeth Chudleigh, Duchess of Kingston-upon-Hull, also known as Elizabeth Pierrepont or Countess of Bristol. Chudleigh had a controversial life due to her marriages and to her relationships with Royalty and Aristocracy members, she was accused and taken to court with charges of bigamy. Rare L.S., La Duchesse de Kingston, Countess of Worth, three pages, 4to, Paris, 19th June 1787, to Monsieur le Baron [Alcide Beauchêne], in French. The Countess sends to her correspondent a lengthy letter, asking him to forward her request to the King. The request refers to the land property she had recently purchased to her correspondent, and her wish of changing the name of this land, stating `..I beg you to permit that the land I have acquired is named with my family name. A family which has carried the name of Chudleigh in England since the Saxons conquered the island…´ further referring to her merits, and explaining that `I have given instructions in order to cultivate hemp from now on and to send it to the poor people in Paris so they can work the hemp rope…I have renounced to the rabbit hunting which is more profitable…I will also create a manufacture of fabrics…this will be a benefit for the government as they will save a large amount of money being paid now abroad to bring these products from foreigner countries.´ Elizabeth Chudleigh insists on her merits, and kindly asks her correspondent to properly explain to the King that `..although I am a foreigner, I am extremely close to this country and to His Majesty, and I have always been so, and wherever I travel I always praise His merits, and this is the reason why I intend to please him and give joy to my heart creating schools in Calais for the children of the poor people and also the rich ones, teaching them how to read and write…´. To the heading, the receiver has added in his hand that the king has approved the change of name of the St. Assise land, the 30th June 1787. With remnants of former seal to the fourth blank page. Area of paper loss at the head of the first page, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise VG £400-600 Louis XVI (1754-1793) King of France. 1774-91 & King of the French 1791-92. Executed in January 1793.
FRANCO FRANCISCO: (1892-1975) Spanish General, Head of State of Spain from 1936 and de facto Regent of the Kingdom of Spain 1939-75. Signed and inscribed 9 x 11,5 photograph of Franco, the image showing the Spanish General in a formal head and shoulders profile pose, wearing his uniform. Signed (`F. Franco´) to the lower white border, dated 22nd June 1955 in his hand, and inscribed `To the Spanish Hunting Federation´ in Spanish. Some creasing and very small tears to the right edge, and small staining to the borders. F to G £150-200
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