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*Blundell (N., early 19th century). Two itinerant performers before a rustic audience, 1828, pen & brown ink, pencil and brown wash on wove paper, signed and dated lower right, together with another similar pen, brown ink and wash drawing of street musicians, by N. Blundell, 1828, signed and dated lower left, each 12.8 x 18.5 cm (5 x 7.25 ins), matching period gilt frames, glazed, both stamped to verso Charles Plante Fine Arts (2)

*De Morgan (William, 1839-1917). Study of a dragon, pencil highlighted with bodycolour on grey paper, showing a tethered dragon, pencil grid to aid enlargement, signed in ink lower right, lightly damp-stained to lower right (touching image), biro annotations on verso, sheet size 15 x 31cm (6 x 12ins) Drawing made for the front panel in a Morris & Co. ebonised oak cabinet which belonged to Mrs. Stirling, and is now in the collection of the De Morgan Foundation. Although the oil painting on the cabinet is attributed to William De Morgan, there is a design for the panel in the hand of his wife, Evelyn. The presence of this dragon drawing suggests that there are certainly grounds for the attribution, and probably the design was the result of a collaboration by the two artists. The hand-written note on the verso of this drawing states: "Sketch made by William De Morgan for panel in the Morris & Co built china cabinet at Old Battersea House showing the Dragon in the painting done by De Morgan. This drawing (and painting) must NOT be confused with St. George and the Dragon. It is of course St. Martha's Dragon. In this picture St. Martha has tethered the Dragon with a silken rope and is taking it back to TARRASCON in Provence, France to show the townspeople who were terrorized by it." However, the De Morgan Foundation states that the image is indeed of St. George's dragon, a theory which seems to be borne out by the knight that kneels in front of the people (in this tale the citizens of Silene) and the sword lodged in the side of the beast (St. Martha tamed her dragon, without recourse to violence and injury). Known first and foremost as the principal potter of the Arts & Crafts Movement, William De Morgan's imagery has a number of recurring themes, and one which he returned to again and again was the dragon, depicting this and other fantastical beasts in tiles, vases, chargers and dishes. (1)

*Attributed to Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550). Saint Sebaldus seated, holding a staff and a model of a church, 1521, pen & brown ink on laid paper, dated 1521, some marks and soiling, sheet size 123 x 102 mm (4.85 x 4 ins) Provenance: Private Collection, Oxfordshire. Saint Sebald is the Patron Saint of Nuremberg, and the Church of Saint Sebald is the oldest and one of the most important churches in the city. The present drawing is dated 1521, the year in which the Diet of Worms was issued and it was Nuremberg that was the first German city to adopt Luther's protestant church reforms. An engraving of Saint Sebald by Hans Sebald Beham, also dating from 1521 shows the Saint seated in the cleft of a tree, with the same attributes. (1)

*Bolswert (Schelte Adams, 1576-1659). Stormy Landscape, circa 1638, etching on laid paper, from the Set of Small Landscapes, after Peter Paul Rubens, with artist and engraver's name lower left, and name of the publisher Gillis Hendricx, Antwerp, lower right, trimmed to image, and with some marks, corner mounted on old backing paper, sheet size 300 x 420 mm (11.8 x 16.5 ins), together with Van Dalen (Cornelis, circa 1602-1665), Doubting Thomas touching Christ's wound, circa 1638, engraving on laid paper by Van Dalen after Wouter Pietersz. Crabeth (1593-1644), central vertical crease, trimmed just outside plate margin, sheet size 431 x 518 mm (17 x 20.4 ins), hinge-mounted on old backing paper, plus 9 other various Old Master prints after Rubens, Claude and others, including a hand coloured soft-ground etching of the head of a saint, possibly after Michelangelo, an etched portrait of Pietro Medici, dilettante di pittura, by Campiglia, etc., and two 19th century pen and wash drawings of Fountains Abbey and Dalswinton Castle, Scotland, and a pen & ink drawing of Indian cavalry men, by Edward Cornwall Gardner, signed and dated 1838 to verso (stained) (14)

*Flemish School. Group of Christian captives, later 17th century, pen and brown wash over black and red chalk, on laid paper, with watermark of the arms of Amsterdam, single vertical paper crease to centre of image, and another horizontal crease across the image, single rule to outer border in brown ink, corner-mounted on slightly later (probably late 17th or early 18th century) laid paper, bearing a different crowned coat of arms watermark, with thick ruled border in gold around the drawing, edged with a brown ink rule A skilfull rapidly-executed compositional study of male figures with their hands bound, perhaps depicting early Christian captives or slaves. The early backing sheet with its gold border indicates that the drawing was esteemed from an early period. The present work may be attributable to a follower of Van Dyck or Jacob Jordaens. (1)

*Circle of Giulio Romano (about 1499-1546). Battle Scene with naked warriors and rearing horsemen, circa 1520-40, pen, brown ink and wash on paper, heightened with red chalk, some marks and soiling, repaired tears to edges and circular repair below head of the central rearing horse, 295 x 275 mm, window mounted, framed and glazed Provenance: M.E. Clayton Stamm Collection; Private Collection, Berkshire, England. This lively drawing may relate to the painted decorations by Giulio Romano in the Sala di Troia or Trojan Room, at the Ducal Palace in Mantua, commissioned by Federigo Gonzaga, and executed in 1538-39. (1)

Cameron (Katharine, 1874-1965). An original watercolour bound into Lachrym‘ Musarum and Other Poems, by William Watson, 1st edition, Macmillan, 1892, pen, ink, and watercolour drawing of a young couple in a landscape with a cupid, calligraphic title at head and foot 'So light we parted at eve we knew not that love was born', signed and dated 1897 lower right, image size 15 x 6cm (6 x 2.5ins), bound between F5 and F6, latter with an additional pen, ink, and watercolour head-piece of rose stems and flowers by Katharine Cameron, initialled lower right, half-title signed by the author, book ticket of Roderick Gradidge, Architect, top edges gilt, remainder untrimmed, near contemporary red morocco by Maclehose, Glasgow, signed to front turn-in, gilt lettered spine a trifle darkened and rubbed on joints, gilt fillets on edges and turn-ins, 8vo Scottish artist and book illustrator Katharine Cameron exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy from 1894 to 1965. Prominent British architect Roderick Gradidge (1929-2000) was an apologist for traditional architecture, an author and architectural historian, and a Master of the Art Workers' Guild. (1)

*Shepard (Ernest Howard, 1879-1976). Mary she's in Eglinton, pen & black ink on Whatman drawing board, heightened with white bodycolour, signed lower left, some minor toning and traces of glue to outer blank edges, image size 305 x 230 mm (12 x 9 ins), sheet size 385 x 267 mm (15 x 10.5 ins), mounted The present work is likely to be one of Shepard's many contributions to Punch. An early exhibition label on the back of the board, bearing the monogram SG within a circle states the artist's name and the title of the work, along with the number 71 and a price of 8 guineas. (1)

SIR DAVID WILKIE R.A. (SCOTTISH 1785-1841) A MOUNTED RIDER IN BATTLE Pen and ink 6.5cm x 9.5cm (2.75in x 3.75in) and another drawing by the same hand (2) Provenance:Spink, London Lady Barbara Noble (Mounted rider sketch)

English School, 18th and 19th Century, A folio of landscape watercolours, pen and ink drawings, both Continental and English views (various sizes), including a pencil drawing attributed to Thomas Hearne of a cow resting outside a barn inscribed 'In Windsor Forrest; with a landscape near Windsor after Benjamin West; Boats in a harbour, bearing the monogram of Thomas Rowlandson, dated 1823; and Samuel Austin, William Roscoe's birthplace, pen, pencil and brown wash (approx 17) Generally good condition, two framed, remainder unframed, some stuck down, marks, generally good.

*Manuscript Calligraphy. De Grandis (Tomasso). Saggio di Calligrafia Eseguito da Tomaso de Grandis di Chieti e Dedicato a sua Sacra Maesta 'Francesco il re Del Regno delle due Sicilie ed Alla Maesta' dell'Augusta Regina Maria Sofia Amalia Duchessa di Calabria, no place or date but probably Chieti or Naples, 1859/1860, written and drawn in black ink on thick drawing paper and displaying upwards of 50 calligraphic, pictorial, phantasmagoric, floral, historiated and other ornamental Roman and exotic alphabets, chiefly of majuscules, with four finely drawn allegorical corner-pieces, numerous vignettes of landscapes and figures, floral decorations, pictorial command-of-hand figures, and large portraits of King Francesco II and Queen Maria Sophia of Naples, and Pope Pius IX, with elaborate floral cartouches, a little damage to centre fold with skilful restoration affecting half of the letters "m" and "n" respectively at the foot and a few words of the dedicatory sonnet, both skilfully restored and inked in to match, a few small restorations to the same fold barely affecting written surface, closed tear to right margin, a little spotting, mostly to outer margins, 810 x 1375 mm No published works by De Grandis are recorded and this was possibly intended as a presentation piece to the King and Queen in search of an official post as calligrapher. (1)

French School (18th century), A figure released from imprisonment, pen ink and wash, 19cm x 31cm.; together with a further ink drawing of Putti by L.F. du Pre.(2)

Framed alphabet sampler by Mary Eve Terling, dated 1821; two maps of Northumberland; map of Yorkshire; map of Tynemouth and Carlisle; four pressed flower pictures; a pen and ink drawing of a dog; and a small silkwork picture

ANTHONY TWENTYMAN (1906-1988) - 'Rock Forms, Pembroke', ink and wash drawing, signed with initials and titled verso, framed, 74cm x 55cmArtists resale right may apply to this lot

DIANE ELSON (B.1953) - Cats in the Conservatory, ink and wash drawing, signed, framed, 33.5cm x 49cm Artists resale right may apply to this lot

Howell Davies small framed oil on board - 'Big Pit, Blaenafon' together with a Howell Davies pen and ink drawing - 'Village Street & Figures'

AN OLD MASTER STYLE DRAWING, head study, indistinctly signed lower left and dated 1845 lower right, pen and ink, framed and glazed, 8 x 5 cm

WILLIAM JOHNSTONE [1897-1981]. Abstract. ink and wash drawing. Signed with initials. Provenance: private collection, UK - acquired directly from the artist. 14 x 10 cm [overall including frame 40 x 30 cm]. [good condition - unexamined out of frame]. Great Scottish painter, who began painting abstracts in the 1920s and was perhaps the first Abstract Expressionist in the 1930s. Buyers premium 20% [+ VAT] is payable.

KEITH VAUGHAN [1912-77]. Two Figures in a Tent, c. 1941/2. ink drawing. studio stamp initials lower right. 13 x 20 cm. Provenance: artist's estate; Prunella Clough collection; Peter Adam collection; private collection, UK. [good condition - unexamined out of frame]. From a WW11 sketchbook.

WILLIAM JOHNSTONE [1897-1981]. Abstract. ink and wash drawing. signed with initials. 15 x 21 cm [overall including frame 30 x 40 cm]. Provenance: private collection, UK - acquired directly from the artist. [good condition - tear at right edge]. Very underrated painter, who started painting abstracts in the 1920s and was an Abstract Expressionist in the 1930s - one of the first. Buyers premium 20% [+ VAT] is payable.

MICHAEL AYRTON [1921-75]. Bartoll an Italian [Unfortunate Traveller], 1947. ink drawing. annotated by artist. 24 x 14 cm [overall including frame 43 x 34 cm]. [good condition - 2 or 3 very small foxing spots - unexamined out of frame]. Buyers premium 20% [+ VAT] is payable.

JOSEF HERMAN R.A. [1911-2000]. Mother and Son, c. 1989. ink drawing. 25 x 20 cm [unframed]. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist. [good condition]. Buyers premium of 20% + VAT is payable.

KEITH VAUGHAN [1912-77]. Two Standing Nudes, c. 1941/2. ink drawing, studio stamp initials on reverse. 13 x 20 cm. Provenance: artist's estate; Prunella Clough collection; Peter Adam collection; private collection, UK. [good condition - unexamined out of frame]. From a World War 11 sketchbook, depicting 2 of Vaughan's fellow conscripts. Buyers premium of 20% + VAT is payable.

KEITH VAUGHAN [1912-77]. Two Studies: Legs and Buildings, c. 1941/2. Ink and wash drawing. studio stamp initials on reverse. 13 x 20 cm. Provenance: artist's estate; Prunella Clough [the artist] collection; Peter Adam collection; private collection, UK. From a World War 11 sketchbook. [good condition - unexamined out of frame]. Buyers premium of 20% + VAT is payable.

ROGER HILTON [1911-75]. Figures, c.1970. ink drawing. studio stamp on reverse. 18 x 25 cm. [good condition - slight soft crease at the right - unexamined out of frame]. Buyers premium of 20% + vat is payable.

KEITH VAUGHAN [1912-77]. Two Figures Writing Home, c. 1941/2. ink drawing. studio stamp initials on reverse 13 x 20 cm. Provenance: artist's estate; Prunella Clough collection; Peter Adam collection; private collection, UK. From a WW11 sketchbook - the importance of the written wartime word is what Vaughan is celebrating here [good condition - unexamined out of frame]. Buyers premium of 20% + VAT is payable.

KEITH VAUGHAN [1912-77]. Two Studies of Figures, c. 1941/2. ink and wash drawing. studio stamp initials on reverse. 13 x 20 cm. Provenance: artist's estate; Prunella Clough collection; Peter Adam collection; private collection, UK. From a World War 11 sketchbook. [good condition - unexamined out of frame]. Buyers premium of 20% + VAT is payable.

WILLIAM JOHNSTONE [1897-1981]. Abstract Figure. ink and wash drawing. 21 x 10 cm [overall including frame 40 x 30 cm]. Provenance: private collection, UK - acquired directly from the artist. [good condition - unexamined out of frame]. Johnstone is one of the UK's greatest abstract painters - he started painting abstracts in the 1920s and by the 1930s he was one of the first Abstract Expressionists. Buyers premium 20% [+ VAT] is payable.

WILLI SOUKOP R.A. [1907-95]. Goat. ink and crayon drawing. Signed. 18 x 18 cm [overall including frame 35 x 35 cm]. private collection, UK. [good condition - some slight creasing, particularly top right]. Good sculptor who taught Frink and Clatworthy. Buyers premium of 20% + VAT is payable.

MAURICE SUMRAY [1920-2004] Refugees, 1950. ink drawing. Provenance: Gillian Jason Gallery [label on reverse]; private collection, UK. 41 x 30 cm [overall including frame 63 x 46 cm]. [good condition - unexamined out of frame - slight brown colour at top edge and part of right edge, which might suggest previous mounting - it is now floated on acid free card - possibly a tiny tear less than 1 cm long at top right edge - some slight roughness to paper surface and a couple of back marks in the top right corner]. Buyers premium of 20% [+ VAT] is payable.

KEITH VAUGHAN [1912-77]. Figures Resting During Fatigues, c. 1941/2. ink and wash drawing. studio stamp initials on reverse. 13 x 20 cm. Provenance: artist's estate; Prunella Clough collection; Peter Adam collection; private collection, UK. From a World War 11 sketchbook - Vaughan served in the Royal Pioneer Corps and was stationed for a time at Codford in Wiltshire with Ashton Gifford House closeby - the soldiers often worked in the grounds digging trenches etc. [good condition - unexamined out of frame]. Buyers premium of 20% + VAT is payable.

MICHAEL AYRTON [1921-75]. Lord Fermor [Picture of Dorian Gray], 1948. ink drawing, studio stamp signature on reverse. 6 x 11 cm [overall including mount 20 x 25 cm - unframed]. [good condition - time toning of paper]. Buyers premium of 20% + vat is payable.

KEITH VAUGHAN [1912-77]. Four Studies of Soldiers, c. 1941/2. ink drawing. studio stamp initials on reverse. 13 x 20 cm. Provenance: artist's estate; Prunella Clough collection; Peter Adam collection; private collection, UK. [good condition - unexamined out of frame]. From a World War 11 sketchbook, this drawing captures some of the overcrowded confinement of their wartime quarters in bell-tents. Buyers premium of 20% + VAT is payable.

MERVYN PEAKE [1911-68]. Walking Figure, 1957. ink drawing. signed and dedicated. 31 x 20 cm [overall with frame 48 x 37 cm]. Provenance: Phyllis Dohoo [1922-89] - theatre designer and friend of Peake - acquired directly from the artist. [good condition - some slight soft creasing in places]. Buyers premium 20% [+ VAT] is payable.

KEITH VAUGHAN [1912-77]. Four Figures from a Working Party, c. 1941/2. ink drawing. studio stamp initials on reverse . 13 x 20 cm. Provenance: artist's estate; Prunella Clough collection; Peter Adam collection; private collection, UK. From a WW11 sketchbook. [good condition - unexamined out of frame]. Buyers premium of 20% + VAT is payable.

*** John Ward (1917-2007) - Ink drawing - Half-length portrait of a man reading a book, 5ins x 6ins (unsigned), in gilt frame and glazed

Thomas Airey (19th Century English) - Ink and wash drawing of a sterling single locomotive, No. 664, made for The Great Northern Railway, made by The Doncaster Works 1881, 21ins x 30.75ins, in Victorian rosewood moulded frame and glazed

An early 20th Century ink and watercolour engineers drawing - "Borough of Southend-on-Sea. Pier Improvement. Extension of Outer Head. Part Elevation", prepared by the Southend-on-Sea's Borough Engineers Office, 1913 (office copy), with Borough Engineers stamp and signature of Borough Engineer, 23.75ins x 36.75ins, unframed

Guillermo Benguria, signed ink and wash, Dickensian scene together with an ink drawing of a newspaper seller

HAVILLAND OLIVIA DE: (1916- ) American Actress. Academy Award winner. An attractive original pencil 11 x 14 drawing portrait by D. A. Amrens, in 1941, signed and inscribed by Havilland, the drawing depicting the golden age star seated in a head and shoulders smiling pose. Signed in bold black ink to the lower right corner beneath the drawing (`To Dorothy Ahreus, with very best wishes, Olivia de Havilland´). Some corner creasing to the upper border, and few satins to left edge, none affecting the drawing or signature. The drawing paper has been neatly affixed to a larger black card, with damaged corners, to an overall size of 13 x 16.5. G £100-120

CHAPLIN CHARLES: (1889-1977) English Film Comedian, Academy Award winner. Unusual colour signed printed comic book front cover, the drawing showing The Tramp having a cup of coffee alongside a heating coffee machine on an ice skating ring. Entitled "Charlot, in Business", the remaining of the comic book not longer present. Signed (`Charles Chaplin´) in bold blue ink to a clear area of the printed drawing. VG £300-400

MATISSE HENRI: (1869-1954) French Artist and renowned Painter. A leading figure in modern Art. An excellent A.L.S., `H Matisse', with drawing, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d. [1949-50], [to his son?], in French. The letter bears at the heading a sketch in Matisse´s hand, depicting a child face with a crown on his head, and states in part `Happy father and mother of this beautiful child! Thank you for thinking in showing to us this masterpiece.. All goes well here, good health, the chapel goes well too..´ and further concluding `I give up wanting to understand people…´ Written and drawn in bold blue ink by Matisse, an attractive document with sketch. About EX £4000-6000The present letter is probably written to his son Pierre Matisse (1900-1989) and refers to one of Matisse´s grandchildren. The chapel Matisse refers to is the Chapelle du Rosaire at Vence, a village between Nice and Antibes in the south of France. He worked on the chapel project using the cut-out method from 1948 to 1951. Matisse was diagnosed with abdominal cancer in 1941 and surgery left him chair and bed bound. Painting and sculpture became almost impossible physical challenges which made him turn to creating cut paper collages and decoupages with the help of assistants. His closest collaborator was Monique Bourgeois, a student nurse who helped Matisse after his surgery, also his model, who became a nun in 1946, and the reason of this chapel work by Matisse. Bourgeois joined Matisse in Vence and helped him to achieve his chapel painting project.

FINI LEONOR: (1907-1996) Argentine surrealist Painter. An attractive signed and inscribed 10 x 15 printed photograph of a Fini painting, the image depicting is work “La Leçon de Fragance” (“The Fragrance Lesson”). Signed and inscribed in bold black ink `To Gérard Vié, with my admiration and great rapture for his huge inventiveness and poetic sense.. Leonor Fini´ in French. The document is printed on a drawing card paper, bearing at the base the printed name of the Restaurant´s owner which inscription is dedicated to. With blank integral leaf. Very small discoloured area to the upper adge due to former mounting and a small tear, none affecting the image or text and signature. VG £100-150La Leçon de Fragrance (“The Fragrance Lesson”) is one of the twelve prints composing her album work entitled The Lessons.

VOSTELL WOLF: (1932-1998) German Painter and Sculptor. A pioneer of Happening and Fluxus. A rare and attractive signed and inscribed 14,5 x 21 abstract drawing by Vostell, the large folio work depicting an aerial view of the Palace of the Kings of Navarre of Olite. Signed `Vostell´ to the lower right corner, also dated 23rd October 1990, in his hand. Inscribed in Spanish `To Sebastia and Conchita of Girona´. The German artist has also added an annotation in an artistic way, stating `Madame du Barry, dreaming about a night at the Olite Palace!´ also in Spanish. A very artistic bold black ink drawing. Folded, with very small remnants of former mounting to the four corners verso, otherwise VG £800-1200The Palace of the Kings of Navarre of Olite was begun around the 13th century. At one time it was regarded as one of the most beautiful palaces in Europe, but was later abandoned and burned in 1813 to prevent it from falling into the hands of the French. Countess du Barry (1743-1793) Jeanne Beçu, was the last mistress of King Louis XV of France. Known for her great beauty and extravagant dresses. She was beheaded during the Reign of terror following the French Revolution.

GOULD CHESTER: (1900-1985) American Cartoonist. Best known as the creator of the Dick Tracy comic strip, which he wrote and drew over forty years. A.N.S., Chester Gould, alongside a sketch of his hero Dick Tracy, a profile head and shoulders drawing in his hand, one page, 12mo card, n.p., 2nd June 1978, to Chris. Drawing and text in red ink. Gould states in part `I hope our new team keeps you reading Tracy´. To the right side of the card bearing a printed sketch of Dick Tracy, identical to Gould´s hand drawing. A good and clean signature example and sketch. EX £80-100

GROENING MATT: (1954- ) American Cartoonist. Creator of the television series The Simpsons. Signed sketch on a 4to drawing paper, featuring his Simpson´s character Marge. A bold black ink sketch and signature. EX £100-150

CAMPBELL ROY: (1901-1957) His name being Ignatius Royston Dunnachie Campbell. South African Poet. A controversial figure, widely considered one of the best poets of the 20´s and 30´s. An excellent signed black ink drawing with annotation, `Roy Campbell´, twice, oblong 4to, the attractive drawing being a Bullfighting scene, showing a bullfighter horse rider confronting the bull, the whole beneath a bull head sketch. Signed in bold black ink `By Roy Campbell, with drawings by Roy & Teresa Campbell´. Annotated at the base of the page `Dear Poet, Forgive me, I forgot to add the autobiographic information on the other envelope.´ Framed in wood and glazed to an overall size of 12 x 9 (30 x 23 cm). VG £250-350It has often been suggested by critics and his own daughters that his support for Franco´s Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War caused him to be blacklisted from modern poetry anthologies.

[RUSSIA]: An excellent selection of Autograph Statements signed by a variety of famous Russian personalities, beneath an original pen and ink drawing by the German-Swiss artist Robert Kastor, the well executed works depicting each Russian personality in head and shoulders poses, each one page, large folio, various places and dates, including GEORGY LVOV (1861-1925) Russian Statesman and the first post-Imperial Prime Minister of Russia in 1917. Lvov states `I testify that Great Russia is alive and recovering.´, in Cyrillic, 1918; Pavel Milyukov (1859-1943) Russian Politician and founder of the Constitutional Democratic party, the "Kadets". He was at the head of the foreign policy during the Russian provisional government. Milyukov states `Witness of two revolutions in Russia and enemy of both despotisms, I still hope to see my homeland politically free and socially released´, in French, 1921; Alexander Guchkov (1862-1936) Russian Politician, Chairman of the Third Duma and Minister of war. Guchkov states `It is with my life that I would lose my life in Russia resurrection´ in French, 1919; Sergey Muromtsev (1850-1910) Russian Politician and Chairman of the first Imperial Duma in 1906. A lengthy statement in French, 1906; Count Pierre Heiden (1840-1907) Russian Poitician and member of the first Duma, and Minister of Justice; Mikhail Khilkov, Russian Prince and Minister; VG, 6 £100-150

[RUSSIA]: An excellent selection of Autograph Statements signed by a variety of famous Russian personalities, beneath an original pen and ink drawing by the German-Swiss artist Robert Kastor, the well executed works depicting each Russian personality in head and shoulders poses, each one page, large folio, various places and dates, including BORIS SAVINKOV (1879-1925) Russian Writer and a revolutionary Terrorist. Responsible for the assassinations of high-ranking Imperial officers. It is unclear if he was killed in prison when returning to the Soviet Union or if he committed suicide. Savinkov states `On these sorrowful days, when disdain, derision, and mockery of the fools have fallen to the diseased and prostrated Russia, I proudly call myself Russian, and I have a strong belief in Russia´s coming glorious life.´, in Cyrillic, 1919; VLADIMIR KOKOVTSOV (1853-1943) Prime Minister of Russia 1911-14 under Tsar Nicholas II. Kokovtsov states `Feri-quod potui - Faicant meliora potentes´, in latin, Saint Petersburg January 1914; Nikolay Tchaikovsky (1850-1926) Russian Revolutionary and leader of the Narodnik movement. Tchaikovsky states in part, in English `…the future belongs to those who know how to construct a better, a more harmonious and more beautiful human society.´ dated in Paris, 1919; Mikhail Muravyov (1845-1900) Russian Statesman, he initiated the Hague Peace Conference; Alexey Yermolov (1847-1917) Russian Politician; Nicolay Mouraviev, Russian military figure under the Tsars; Arthur von Mohrenheim (1824-1906) Russian Diplomat, credited as the responsible of the success of the Alliance of France and Russia of 1894, called “Two Dressing”. Eugene Bogdanovich, Russian military figure; Constantine Pobebonostsev (1827-1907). VG, 9 £100-150

[JAPAN]: An excellent selection of Autograph Statements signed by a variety of famous Japanese personalities, beneath an original pen and ink drawing by the German-Swiss artist Robert Kastor (4), the well executed works depicting each Japanese personality in head and shoulders poses, each one page, large folio, various places and dates, including ITO HIROBUMI (1841-1909) Also known as Hirofumi Hakubun and Shunsuke. Japanese Statesman, four times Prime Minister of Japan from 1885 to 1901. Samurai of Choshu domain. Resident General of Korea. Assassinated by Korean nationalist. Signed `Hirobumi Ito´ 1901; Komura Jutaro (1855-1911) Japanese Statesman in Meiji period; Motono Ichiro (1862-1918) Japanese Statesman and Diplomat in Meiji period; Matsui Keishiro (1868-1946) Japanese Statesman and Diplomat. Keishiro states `Truth and Justice always triumph´ 1920; Norikatsu Yasuma Secretary of the League of Nations Association of Japan. Statement in English and Japanese characters, 1928; Kenkichi Yoshizavva Ambassor of Japan to France. Statement in French, Representative to the League of Nations Council, Kengo Mori Lengthy statement in French and Japanese, and Mineikiro Adatchi (1870-1934) President of the Permanent Court of International Justice. A very attractive statement. VG, 8 £100-150Some of the statements were prepared for publication in the Pax Mundi book; an anthology of sentiments on peace published in Switzerland by the World League for Peace. Between 1925 and 1932 many notable persons from around the world were asked to comment on the prospects of world peace and the volume included contributions from Marie Curie, Guglielmo Marconi, Albert Einstein, Rabindranath Tagore and many others.

[JAPAN]: An excellent selection of Autograph Statements signed by a variety of famous Japanese personalities, beneath an original pen and ink drawing by the German-Swiss artist Robert Kastor, the well executed works depicting each Japanese personality in head and shoulders poses, each one page, large folio, various places and dates, including YAMAGATA ARIMOTO (1838-1922) Also known as Yamagata Kyosuke. Japanese Field-Marshal of the Imperial Army. Prime Minister of Japan 1889-91 & 1898-1900. Arimoto is widely considered the father of the Japanese militarism. In Japanese characters, 1896; SAIONJI KINMOCHI (1849-1940) Japanese Statesman, Prime Minister of Japan 1901, 1906-08 & 1911-12; Hayashi Tadasu (1850-1913) Japanese Minister in Meiji period, and Diplomat. Hayashi states `Doubt and distraction are on earth, the brightness of truth, in heaven.´, both in English and Japanese, 1906; Ishii Kikujiro (1866-1945) Japanese Diplomat and Minister in Meiji period. Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Empire 1915-16. Kikujiro states `For the international justice´. Chinda Sutemi (1857-1929) Japanese Diplomat. Sutemi states `League of Nations is the pillar of fire leading humanity into the land of peace and justice.´ 1921; Hayashi Gonsuke (1860-1939) Japanese Diplomat. Generally VG, 6 £100-150Some of the she statements were prepared for publication in the Pax Mundi book; an anthology of sentiments on peace published in Switzerland by the World League for Peace. Many notable persons from around the world were asked to comment on the prospects of world peace and the volume included contributions from Marie Curie, Guglielmo Marconi, Albert Einstein, Rabindranath Tagore and many others.

Local Interest. A print depicting Frant High Street, written annotation to bottom ''A pen and ink drawing of Frant High Street, it was probably colour tinted by another artist, there is no date but almost certainly about 1880''.

Ruth Collet (1909-2001) framed and glazed impressionist watercolour of a woman walking through an orchard. Signed bottom left, with info to verso. Together with a framed and glazed Cynthia Lear RWA stylised watercolour of morning glory and clematis, signed with monogram and label to verso, plus a framed and glazed pen and ink drawing of roses, signed

Alfred Wainwright, original pen and ink drawing, "Askival". 17 cm x 15 cm, framed, signed (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: The image is a little discoloured. It is universally the same colour which is a sort of beige tone. Other than this the picture is in good condition with no other issues.

Alfred Wainwright, original pen and ink drawing, "The Great Frost of 1895, Kendal", signed. 15 cm x 20 cm (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: The drawing is in generally good condition. There is no evidence of any damage to the paper. There is some discolouration around the edges and the odd brown spot. The paper is also slightly wrinkled and in our opinion requires remounting. Over the years we have sold in the region of 100 or so Wainwright drawings. He did use Tippex on his drawings for corrective purposes. There is some Tippex to the wall on the top of the bridge, and also to the edge of a gull wing. At the right hand side of the picture it looks as if he has Tippexed out a complete figure.

Charles Griffin (born 1946),Pen & ink original cartoon drawing - the wedding of Prince Andrew & Sarah Ferguson, signed, 16" x 14" framed

Inscribed by Oliver St. John Gogarty[Joyce (James)] The Venture. An Annual of Art and Literature. 1915. Baillie, L., 4to Dec., cloth. Includes Two Songs by James A. Joyce, also Two Songs by Oliver Gogarty, various essays, engravings etc.. Inscribed on prelim by Gogarty, 'To my friend Mrs. E. de Verdon Corcoran, with grateful acknowledgements'. Minor damage to head of spine. Laid in at rear is a competent ink drawing of a woman's head in profile; also The Life of Bret Harte, by T. Edgar. L. 1903. Inscribed on f.f.end to Mrs. E. de Verdon Corcoran by Gogarty. (2)

Coach & Harness Armorial Fittings, 4 vol., numerous pen and ink and pencil drawing designs for various firms and individuals, some laid down, some slight soiling and browning, later half calf, gilt spines, original cloth boards, 4to, 1888-1915.

Richard Prince (American, b.1949)UNTITLED (HIPPY DRAWING)Lithograph printed in colours, 2006, signed, dated and numbered 41/50 in black ink, from the portfolio 'In the Darkest Hour There will be Light', works from Damien Hirst’s 'Murder Me' collection, published by Serpentine Gallery, London and Other Criteria, on wove paper, the full sheetsimage 28 x 21.5cm, unframed

Circa 1930. A surface-treated plaster model Drepanaspis with dark brown upper face and white underside; a preparatory ink drawing with pencilled calculations; an advertising leaflet for Gemündina and Drepanaspis models; pamphlet Palaeontology Teaching & Student Collections. See Swinton, Dr William Elgin, Monsters of Primeval Days, London, 1931; see also, same author, The Dinosaurs - A Short History of a Great Group of Extinct Reptiles, London, 1934 wherein many of the drawings, models and dioramas created by Edwards are published, described and illustrated (the author at the Natural History Museum, London, 1924-1961 later Director of Life Sciences, Royal Ontario Museum, Canada, died 1994"). 450 grams total, model: 27cm (10 1/2"). Fine condition.From the historic collection of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd; acquired by Percy Bottley of Gregory, Bottley & Co. in the 1930s; formerly from a historic natural history art collection, the artistic work of palaeontologist, Commander Vernon Edwards. See Swinton, Dr William Elgin, Monsters of Primeval Days, London, 1931; see also, same author, The Dinosaurs - A Short History of a Great Group of Extinct Reptiles, London, 1934 wherein many of the drawings, models and dioramas created by Edwards are published, described and illustrated (the author at the Natural History Museum, London, 1924-1961 later Director of Life Sciences, Royal Ontario Museum, Canada, died 1994").Vernon Edwards is credited as being one of the most talented and influential dinosaur model makers of the 20th century. His work has appeared in museums and galleries around the world; it was a major influence on movie producers and early special effects creators, particularly when films such as The Lost World and King Kong began to showcase dinosaurs as part of the increasingly popular ‘monster movies’ of the 1920's and 30's. Edwards was born in 1891 into a naval family and attended Weymouth College. In 1914 he joined the navy and served throughout World War One; after the war he found it difficult to adjust to civilian life and, among other professions, tried his hand at farming. His greatest passion was model making, being self taught in art and anatomy, and it was whilst staying with family in Sussex in the early 1920's that he met Dr F.A. Bather, Keeper of Geology at the British Museum. Dr. Bather was impressed by the detailed and accurate models that Edwards was producing and asked him to produce a series of prehistoric models for the British Museum (Natural History), now known as the Natural History Museum. Vernon Edwards was given access to the museum's collections and scientific monographs, so the models he produced were up to date reconstructions which were then authenticated by Dr. Bather and later by Dr. W.E. Swinton for scientific accuracy. His major work for the Museum was a series of dioramas which graced the 'Fossil Fish' gallery until the late 1970's.The models proved to be very popular and many museums around the world would order them to highlight their growing and increasingly popular collections of paleontological specimens; the largest collections in the UK can now be found in Bolton Museum and the Horniman Museum, London. At this time Edward’s work would also go on to be used for cigarette cards, as well as appearing in many popular magazines, such as The Illustrated London News and The Listener, but it was the publication of The Dinosaurs: A Short History of a Great Group of Extinct Reptiles, by W.E. Swinton, the first serious dinosaur book ever produced, that would place his work at the forefront of academic and popular imagination.Commercial production of the models was time-consuming, which made the models expensive, so very few were produced other than for museums. Being of plaster they were also fragile, so very few outside well-conserved museum collections survive undamaged. The items in this collection are a selection of original sketches and paintings by Vernon Edwards, master models from which moulds were taken, and stock models produced for sale by Gregory Bottley & Co.M.E. Howgate M.Sc. FLS (Authority on Vernon Edwards) [7 No Reserve]