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Lot 144
Her Majesty Queen Victoria (1819-1901) An etching after HRH Prince Albert depicting Henry VIII and other figures, and a second etching with other figure studies, both signed in the plate and dated 1840 12 x 16 cm and 16 x 14 cm (5 x 6 in and 6 1/2 x 5 1/2 in), unframed together with an engraving, signed 'EF' and dated Oct 18th 1844, of an inkstand 'In the King's State Drawing Room, W. Castle', a pencil drawing of cattle also by EF, a drawing attributed to Joshua Cristall in pen, ink and pencil of rustic firgures, a slip of paper addressed to George Scharf, Curator of the National Portrait Gallery and a letter from the Royal Librarian dated 1946 regarding the etchings
Lot 732
Peter Schmidt 1931-1980, German, abstract organic form line drawing in red, green and blue ink, on paper, PROVENANCE: From the Derek Sorrell Collection. An acquaintance of Derek Sorrell purchased the art from the artist's family and Derek Sorrell bought it some years later. Peter Schmidt was born in Berlin, Germany in 1931, he studied Art at Goldsmith's College London and at the Slade School of Fine Art. He had a number of individual shows in the 1960's and 70's including the Lisson Gallery, London in 1968, a number of group shows in the 1950's and 60's and examples of his work can be seen in the collections of the Arts Council of Great Britain and the Victoria & Albert Museum. h: 29 x w: 22 in.
Lot 734
Peter Schmidt 1931-1980, German, abstract organic form line drawing in red, green and blue, ink on paper, PROVENANCE: From the Derek Sorrell Collection. An acquaintance of Derek Sorrell purchased the art from the artist's family and Derek Sorrell bought it some years later. Peter Schmidt was born in Berlin, Germany in 1931, he studied Art at Goldsmith's College London and at the Slade School of Fine Art. He had a number of individual shows in the 1960's and 70's including the Lisson Gallery, London in 1968, a number of group shows in the 1950's and 60's and examples of his work can be seen in the collections of the Arts Council of Great Britain and the Victoria & Albert Museum. h: 28 x w: 20 in.
Lot 1163
Attributed to Sir James Thornhill 1675-1734- "Pan and Syrinx"; pencil and watercolour wash, 16.6x11cm, together with one further pen and black ink wash study depicting a similar mythical subject, both bearing inscriptions, (2) (unframed) Note: In 1711, Thornhill was one of the 12 original directors of Sir Godfrey Kneller's academy at Great Queen Street, London. In 1716, he succeeded Kneller as Governor there and held the post until 1720. He then established his own private drawing school at Covent Garden, but this was soon closed. In October 1720, Louis Cheron and John Vanderbank opened another academy in an old Presbyterian meeting house in St. Martin's Lane, which survived a few years. One of the subscribers was William Hogarth. In November 1724, Thornhill made a second attempt to establish a new free academy in his private house at Covent Garden. This was more successful, and Hogarth must have been a member from the beginning. On 23rd March 1729, Hogarth married Sir James' daughter Jane.
Lot 193
Fuller, Edmund George (1858-1940) - Small quantity of items relating to Fuller and St Ives including photograph of Fuller, pen and ink advertisement ‘Edmund.G. Fuller, Artist, Saint Ives, Cornwall’, pen and ink drawing of St Ives, original art work for Borough of St Ives Elementary Schools Swimming Association, sketch book, and note books etc
Lot 699
Frank Wright Bourdillon, NEAC (1851-1924) IN THE WHEAT-FIELD signed, 26 x 38cm Bourdillon's newly rediscovered In the Wheat-field, undoubtedly painted en plein air is likely to date from 1885, when he was living at Oxford. He left for Cornwall in May 1886 settling first at Polperro and moving soon to Newlyn where he became a respected and popular member of the small group of painters around Stanhope Forbes. In the Wheat-field is one of several 'lost' pictures, small lyrical landscapes, recorded in the artist's notebook, other titles of which include When the Lark Sings and A Cornish Lane. Bourdillon came from an old Huguenot family and was brought up in India. Fascinated by birds and drawing he travelled to England and entered the Slade School, prior to spending a year in Paris in 1883-4. Bourdillon's work is rare as, quite suddenly, in 1892 he gave up painting and returned to India to become a missionary. See Fox (C) and F Greenacre, Artists of the Newlyn School, exhibition catalogue, 1979, pp227-233. Mellors & Kirk acknowledges the assistance of Francis Greenacre, who has commented on the work on the basis of a photograph. ++Two or possibly three minor old gum repairs to small holes or tears which could be easily rectified. Some accretion of surface dust and grime but in generally fine condition. NoT relined or patched and on the original stretchers. On the reverse of the canvas the artist's stencilled initials and the oval ink stamp of PAUL FOINET the Parisian artist's colour man, in what is presumably the original giltwood and composition reeded frame with on the reverse an illegible fragmentary label
Lot 129
Geoffrey Key (1941-), "Blackbird", signed and dated '79, label inscribed on verso, ink, 17 x 27cm.; 6.75 x 10.75in, together with a copy of the book in which this original drawing features (2). * This is the original illustration which appears on page 87 in "Geoffrey Key - Drawings and Sketches 1960 to 2000" by Judith M. O'Leary, published 2002.
Lot 1105
SIR BERNARD PARTRIDGE (1861-1945) BRITISH Original pen and ink drawing for Punch 1918. Signed and dated 2nd Jan. 1918. 10.5 x 10.5ins. Provenance: To Sir Cecil Kisch K.C.I.E.C.B 1882, with every good wish from Derek Pepys Whitely, Pepys Librarian, Magdalene College, Cambridge. The page heading commemorated to the entry of America into the 1914-1918 war.
Lot 252
ATTRIBUTED TO CORNELIUS VARLEY (1781-1873) 'Distant lightning - twilight', inscribed to margin, pen, ink and grey wash, 4" x 7 1/2" and three 19th century watercolours to include a grey wash drawing of a tomb; brown wash drawing of a figure in a wooded landscape; a shepherd's flock in a country landscape and a print of Harrow School after Maurice Clarke (5).
Lot 205
Cottingham, Lewis Nockalds. Working drawings for Gothic ornaments selected and composed from the best examples. Consisting of capitals, bases, cornices, friezes, finials, pendants, crockets, cordrels, spandrils, bosses, roses, battlements, doors, windows, various specimens of mouldings and a design for a Gothic mansion. Elephant folio. N. D. [c1840]. Lithographed title page, and 36 lithographic plates; a single sheet (folded) with the letterpress description of the plates, headed 'address' bound in; the original lithographed upper wrapper (described in the address) present. Sadly all the plates are worn and damp stained a few with minor losses to their edges, the verso of the front wrapper has an original pen, ink and wash drawing of a finial and there are other pencil drawings pasted inside the front cover and on the rear end paper. Worn contemporary half calf binding, the backstrip missing, the covers detached.
Lot 1098
David Caplan, mid 20th century- "Platform 2 Departures"; pencil, pen and brown ink heightened with touches of white, signed, titled and dated '39, bears framer's label 'E & H Purchase 19 Station Parade Muswell Hill London N10' attached to the reverse, 26.3x20.5cm: Frank Brang wyn RA 1867-1956- "Man in Shawl Reading by Lamp"; drypoint, 6.8x12cm: Harry Blacker 1910-1999- "Kenwood"; pen and brown ink, signed with initials, titled and dated 5.IX.80, 9.4x15cm: together with one other pen and ink drawing and three reproduction prints after the same hand, two signed by the artist, (7). Provenance: The artist Harry Blacker was a longstanding friend of the current owner's grandparents (may be subject to Droit de Suite)
Lot 1108
Karl Lagerfeld, German b.1938- Design for a costume ball; black felt pen and coloured crayon, signed with monogram, dated 79, on irregular shaped paper, 30x19.5cm:Yvonne, mid 20th century- Figures in a crowded cafe interior, pen and black ink and watercolour, signed and dated 1950, 12.5x16cm., (2). Provenance: Donald Percival Savage, Fashion PR. The drawing by Karl Lagerfeld was gifted by the artist to the vendor. Yvonne was known as an illustrator on The Telegraph newspaper during the 1950's and 60's. (may be subject to Droit de Suite)
Lot 37
SIR DAVID WILKIE R.A (1785-1841) A PROTESTANT COMMUNION Signed, pen and ink 11.5cm x 12cm (4.5in x 4.875in) Provenance:Spink, London Exhibited:Dulwich Gallery, David Wilkie, Autumn 2002 p.131 Note:Hamish Miles comments in a letter that the drawing relates to 'Knox preaching' and suggests a date of c.1820/22
Lot 39
EDWARD LEAR (1812-1888) SANTA MAURA Inscribed ,'Sta. Maura' and with colour notes, dated 'noon 13 April 1863 and numbered (33), pencil, pen and ink and watercolour on grey paper, 17cm x 52cm (6.75in x 20.5in) Provenance:Spink & Son Ltd, London Literature:Vivien Noakes, Edward Lear, The Life of a Wanderer, 1968, p.159, 'At the end of March 1863 Lear decided to make a tour of the Ionian Islands before they were returned to Greece by the British. He was away for two months, walking and drawing on each island, returning to Corfu in June.' Note:the view is from the hill above Faneromeni Monastery three miles west of Lefkas town looking north to the mainland.
Lot 359
John Mills, ARCA, PPRBS, FRSA (British, 20th Century) Hanging Service Jackets signed lower right "John Mills" watercolour 41 x 28cm; and Bronze Panels - Hanging Uniform and other Service Equipment signed lower right "John Mills" watercolour 50 x 33cm; and 2nd Projection Drawing for the Monument to the Women of World War II signed lower right "John Mills" pen and gold ink 56 x 42cm (3) These are unique preliminary planning drawings for the Monument to the Women of World War II unveiled by HM Queen Elizabeth II The National Monument to the Women of World War II is situated in Whitehall, London to the north of the Cenotaph It was sculpted by John W Mills and was dedicated by HM Queen Elizabeth II on July 11th 2005 The Monument stands 22 feet high, 16 feet long and 6 feet wide. The lettering on the sides replicates the typeface used on war time ration books. There are 17 individual sets of clothing and uniforms around the sides, symbolising the hundreds of different jobs women undertook in World War II and then gave back to the homecoming men at the end of the War (see also lot 402) #700-
Lot 80
A group of ten Grand National and steeplechasing pictures, i) a pen and ink and wash drawing heightened with gouache signed and dated Graham Smith '46 and titled THE COUNTY STAND, AINTREE, AS THE RACEGOERS NEVER SEE IT; ii) an Illustrated News Grand National supplement dated April 8 1905; iii) two aquatints in poor condition after James Pollard from the eight plate series titled CHANCES OF THE STEEPLECHASE; iv) a pencil drawing and written verse relating to Devon Loch; v) a hand coloured photograph of the paddock turn at Aintree; vi) The Penny Illustrated paper dated March 21 1891 and featuring an engraving of Becher's Brook; vii) a small engraving titled THE LIVERPOOL GRAND STEEPLE CHASE; viii) a photogravure of the 1869 & 1870 Grand National winner The Colonel; ix) a modern print of Desert Orchid
Lot 324
Basil Rakoczi (Irish School; 1908-79), 'Red figure with flowers', ink and wash drawing, signed, 27cm x 38cm. Note: Rakoczi was born in London to Hungarian parents. He founded the White Stag Group in London in 1935 with fellow artist Kenneth Hall. In 1939 the group relocated to Ireland where they became the leading exponents of modern artistic thinking and experimentation, both in visual and musical fields.
Lot 495
Continental School (19th century) Portrait of a lady seated with flowers, Oil on board, 30.5x24.5cm and a classical figure drawing English School (19th century) A Waterloo Hero! The Major part o' the Scot grays!, Coloured engravings, 25x18.5cm P Sellers (19th century) Bonaparte, Pen, ink and watercolour, 27x 19cm
Lot 765
A good Fire Brigade group of six awarded to Chief Officer T. H. Mather, who commanded East Ham Fire Station at the height of the Blitz, prior to taking command of a flotilla of fire-boats at Bristol: he would later recall the devastating raid of 7 September 1940, when around 200 Eastenders were killed, and another 800 wounded, and dealing with the carnage caused by an explosion aboard a ship carrying 15,000-tons of fuel at Avonmouth Docks British War and Victory Medals (Bosn., M.F.A.); Defence Medal 1939-45; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Association of Professional Fire Brigade Officers Long Service, silver (Chief Officer, 1929), mounted as worn from two separate wearing bars (excepting the Defence Medal), generally good very fine (6) £400-450 Thomas Harold Mather was born at Port Talbot, Wales in August 1890, and first entered the Fire Brigade with an appointment in the Liverpool Fire Salvage Corps in 1912. Having then served in the Merchant Fleet Auxiliary in the Great War, he returned to his former profession with an appointment in an industrial fire brigade in Birkenhead, and thus ensued a long and memorable career best summarised by a feature which appeared in the (Portsmouth) News on 14 August 1970: Three huge fires - when the bombers set Britains biggest gas-works ablaze, when Bristol suffered its biggest petrol-ship explosion, and when 600 homes were razed in Hartlepool - were recalled by a Portsmouth man who remembers them better than most people. Drawing on a well-worn pipe in his quiet flat at Vernon Court, London Road, North End, former Chief Fire Officer Thomas Harold Mather reminisced on his 80th birthday over his career in the fire service. Mr. Mather, one of only two Honorary Life Members of Britains senior fire organisation, the Institution of Fire Engineers, made history during his career by becoming the first professional Chief Fire Officer in two local authority brigades. He remembered his three largest blazes, one of which was a peace-time fire, and two of which were wartime fires. First he recalled the "Great Hartlepool Fire" of January 1921, when flames destroyed part of Hartlepools docklands and residential areas. Mr. Mather was in charge of some of the fire-fighters, and he recalled how "great piles and stacks of pit-props and dock goods were blazing, and the great poles carrying overhead tramlines had buckled over like hair-pins. The fire swept through the docks and into houses. Before it was out, 600 families were homeless," he said. "About one square mile of the city was ablaze at one time." Later in his career, while Chief Fire Officer of East Ham in London, Mr. Mather was in charge of fire-fighting during the Blitz when the biggest gas works in Britain and two of the largest dock installations were both in his care. "On the night of 7 September 1940, the bombers hit the gas works in a particularly bad raid and before we had the fire under control, we had 40 fire engines on the scene. We suffered these kind of raids night after night until the fire service was nationalized," he said. During the latter years of the War, Mr. Mather moved to Bristol where he was in charge of 13 fire-boats - and it was there that he had "the biggest petrol fire of my whole career. It happened at Avonmouth Docks when a ship carrying 15,000 tons of petrol exploded, causing the petrol to cascade into the engine room where three engineers were drowned in petrol. The fire spread and soon the whole ship was blazing from end to end. There were fire engines on the dock side, and I had my fleet of fire-boats on the seaward side," he said. His distinguished career in the fire service started in 1912 when he joined the Liverpool Fire Salvage Corps after being in the Merchant Navy. From Liverpool he went to the Birmingham Fire Brigade, and then his maritime interests tempted him to join the Navy during World War One. While based in Portsmouth he watched as a Zeppelin flew over the city. At the end of the War, he moved to an industrial fire brigade in Birkenhead and then he made history by becoming the first professional fire chief at the Seaham Harbour Combined Fire and Ambulance Brigade. There he was in charge of two fire brigades and an ambulance. He then became the first professional Chief Fire Officer at Gellygaer, near Cardiff in South Wales, where he was in charge of a main station and six sub-stations. In 1928 he moved to the East Ham Fire Brigade as Chief Fire Officer, and there he stayed for 14 years, including the initial years of World War Two. After getting Blitz experience, he moved to Plymouth where he became Commandant of the Regional Fire School for nearly a year. Because of his maritime experience he was then moved to Bristol, where he took charge of the fleet of fire-boats. He remained there until the end of the War, and in 1946 he retired and moved to Portsmouth. Mather was awarded the Jubilee 1935 and Coronation 1937 Medals while serving as Chief Officer at East Ham (the official rolls refer); sold with original cutting of the above quoted newspaper feature, and an old picture postcard of East Ham Fire Station, the reverse ink inscribed, Supt. T. H. Mather, Fire Station, East Ham, E. 6.
Lot 189
Old Master equestrian drawing - Manner of Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641) - Single sheet composed of four life studies of horses heads in various poses executed in iron gall ink on paper, the central horse having white body colour. Backboard bears label for The Rowley Gallery Ltd, 23cm x 34cm - see illustration on catalogue cover (detail)
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