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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]  

Circa 1930. A group of sketches for a brachiosaurus model and a line drawing of the animal in a landscape, including finished ink version; a multi-page section from a sketch book including a brachiosaurus image, landscape, etc. (11 x 8 1/2"). Mainly Fine ConditionFrom 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]  

ALBERT WAINWRIGHT (1898-1943) - 'Dilsberg', ink and wash drawing, unframed, unsigned, 25cm x 18cm also painted verso 'Young boy with a satchel'

ALBERT WAINWRIGHT (1898-1943) - 'Neckarsemund - street scene', ink and wash drawing, unframed, unsigned, 25cm x 18cm also painted verso 'Konditorei Backerei, Neckarsteinach'

ALBERT WAINWRIGHT (1898-1943) - 'Ausgang / Eingang', ink and wash drawing, unframed, unsigned, 18cm x 25cm also painted verso 'View of Dilsburg am Neckar'

ALBERT WAINWRIGHT (1898-1943) - 'Figures disembarking a paddle steamer', ink and wash drawing, unframed, unsigned, 18cm x 25cm also painted verso 'Boy wearing sailor's uniform'

ALBERT WAINWRIGHT (1898-1943) - 'Seated female nude', ink drawing on green paper, dated May 23rd '41, unframed, unsigned, 23cm x 17cm also another ink drawing by the same hand 'Standing nude' (2)

ALBERT WAINWRIGHT (1898-1943) - 'Torso study - female nude', ink drawing, unframed, unsigned, 22cm x 15cm also another ink drawing by the same hand 'Standing nude - back view' (2)

ALBERT WAINWRIGHT (1898-1943) - 'Gentleman sitting at a cafe table', ink and wash drawing, unframed, unsigned, 18cm x 25cm also painted verso 'View of Ostende'

ALBERT WAINWRIGHT (1898-1943) - 'Baden - Baden, Gasthus zur Elephanten', ink and wash drawing, unframed, unsigned, 18cm x 25cm also painted verso 'View of Graubach'

ALBERT WAINWRIGHT (1898-1943) - 'Farm hands, Graubach', ink and wash drawing, unframed, signed, 25cm x 18cm also painted verso 'Vegetable market, Heidlberg'

ALBERT WAINWRIGHT (1898-1943) - 'Woodman's shelter, Breitenbrunnen', ink and wash drawing, unframed, signed, 18cm x 25cm also painted verso 'View of the forest, Breitenbrunnen'

MANNER OF THOMAS ROWLANDSON - Topers, ink and wash drawing, bears signature, framed, 12cm x 10cm also three other drawings after the same hand (4)

A pen and ink drawing of an industrial scene by Derek H Wilkinham

School of Tiepolo Ink Wash On Paper "Old Master Drawing". Unsigned. Toning or in good condition. Measures 9-1/2" x 7-1/2", frame measures 15-3/4" x 13". Shipping $55.00 (estimate $500-$700)

Giovanni Fattori, Italian (1825 - 1908) Ink drawing on manila paper "Mounted Soldier" Signed lower right. Toning from age or in good condition. Measures 7-1/2" x 7-1/8" (sight), frame measures 17-3/4" x 17-3/4". Shipping $65.00 (estimate $800-$1000)

Contemporary pen and ink drawing of a harbour scene signed lower right corner 64 cm x 48 cm

AN 18TH CENTURY ITALIAN IVORY AND PAPER LADIES FAN the leaf with pen and ink drawing to both sides by Pietro Il Vecchio Palmieri (1737-1804), one side drawn with a depiction of the birth of Venus, the other with figure playing a stringed instrument in the countryside with a building beyond, both signed, one with initials PG Palmieri for Pietro Giacomo Palmieri, the pierced sticks in poor condition, 49cm wide x 29cm high overall (AF)

JOHN UZZELL EDWARDS ink drawing - cluster of ramshackle houses, 49 x 64cms

A Victorian walnut writing box, of oblong form, the hinged lid opening to reveal a fitted interior with inset writing surface, ink well apertures and pen tray, 40cm wide and Lilley and Son mahogany boxed drawing instruments in lift-out tray with set squares, scale rule, parallel rule etc beneath, 27cm wide (2)

GILES CARTOON & LETTER - 1950 Ronald Carl Giles (1916-1995) a pen and ink drawing on card of Vera titled 'Miss World', with an inscription below To Kathleen M Gabb, With Best Wishes - Giles. With an accompanying letter and envelope, the letter reads 'Dear Miss Gabb, I am afraid I was unable to use your suggestion for a cartoon, but I enclose a personal sketch of Vera for you with many thanks for your nice note, Sincerely Giles, dated 31st July 1950. Card 24cms by 17cms

*Intelligence Section. Evans (D), Halifax MkII Series IA, watercolour and ink drawing, showing a detailed cutaway of this famous aircraft produced for the Intelligence Section - RAF Burma 1945, 31 x 54cm, framed and glazed (some spotting) The aircraft was used for special duty spy dropping operations in Germany, France & Belgium, Italy, Balkan States, Poland & Norway. (1)NB: Provenance : Previously owned by Squadron Leader T.C.S. Cooke, DFC, AFC, DFM, and depict the aircraft flown by him on his missions (as described in Flying Among Heroes by Norman Franks and Simon Muggleton) 

*Intelligence Section. Evans (D), Whitley MkV, watercolour and ink drawing, showing a detailed cutaway of this famous aircraft produced for the Intelligence Section - RAF Burma 1945, 31 x 54cm, framed and glazed (some spotting) The aircraft was used in bombing raids on Berlin, Leuna, Aosta, Milan, Hamburh, Essen, Dusseldorf, Duisburg, Ruhland, Dunkirk, Boulogne, Brest, Bremen, Stettin, Politz. (1)NB: Provenance : Previously owned by Squadron Leader T.C.S. Cooke, DFC, AFC, DFM, and depict the aircraft flown by him on his missions (as described in Flying Among Heroes by Norman Franks and Simon Muggleton) 

*Intelligence Section. Evans (D), Wellington MkIII, watercolour and ink drawing, showing a detailed cutaway of this famous aircraft produced for the Intelligence Section - RAF Burma 1945, 31 x 54cm, framed and glazed (some spotting) The aircraft was used in bombing raids on Bremen, Kiel, Shwerte, Duisburg, Cologne, Essen, Manheim, Ludwighaven. (1) NB: Provenance : Previously owned by Squadron Leader T.C.S. Cooke, DFC, AFC, DFM, and depict the aircraft flown by him on his missions (as described in Flying Among Heroes by Norman Franks and Simon Muggleton) 

*Intelligence Section. Evans (D), Stirling MkI, watercolour and ink drawing, showing a detailed cutaway of this famous aircraft produced for the Intelligence Section - RAF Burma 1945, 31 x 54cm, framed and glazed (some spotting) The aircraft was used in bombing raids on Milan, Frankfurt, Nuremberg, Stuttgart, Diepholz Airfield, The Ruhr, Berlin, Lorient, St Nazaire also Minelaying, Bordeaux (Gironde Estuary). (1)NB: Provenance : Previously owned by Squadron Leader T.C.S. Cooke, DFC, AFC, DFM, and depict the aircraft flown by him on his missions (as described in Flying Among Heroes by Norman Franks and Simon Muggleton) 

§ Leslie Hurry (British, 1909-1978) Abstract drawing with figures in a Cathedral pen and ink 19 x 18cm (7 x 7in) Other Notes: Leslie George Hurry was a British artist and set designer for ballet, theatre and opera. He attended St. John's Wood Art School and the Royal Academy Schools. Leaving the Royal Academy School of Painting in 1931, his first commission was from a brewing firm to decorate a chain of public houses with landscape murals. After the Second World War he isolated himself in his secluded cottage at Thaxted, Essex, where he was befriended by Grace Sholto Douglas. From 1940–1941 he produced two books of intricate automatic drawings which were exhibited at the Redfern Gallery, leading to his acclaim as an "ultra-surrealist". Hurry's first stage work was for a production of Hamlet for the Sadler's Wells Ballet in 1942, commissioned by Robert Helpmann, who had seen his paintings in a London gallery. He subsequently worked for Sadler's Wells, the Old Vic, the Aldwych Theatre, Glyndebourne, the Royal Opera House, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the theatre in Canada, particularly in Stratford, Ontario. Slight wrinkling to the paper vertically.