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Professor Sir Frank Job Short RA PRE 1857-1945- Mountain landscape with old trees; mezzotint etching, signed and inscribed `working proof` in pencil, 30x37.7cm: Frederick Arthur Farrell 1882-1935- The Thames at Tower Bridge; etching, signed with monogram within the plate, signed in pencil, 22x37cm: Charles William Cain 1893-1962- Family landing on a tranquil shore; etching with drypoint, signed with monogram within the plate, signed and numbered in pen, 25x32.5cm: James Dobie- "The Evening Hour", after E A Waterlow ARA, publ by The Art Journal,; etching, 18x27.5cm., (4)

Graham (Rigby).- Rilke (Rainer Maria) Die Sonette number 24 of 25 copies signed by both Rigby Graham and Douglas Martin 12 colour illustrations original cloth slightly rubbed Orpheus Press Munich [1960]; Mason (J.H.) The Twelve by Eight illustrations original parchment-backed boards Orpheus Press 1961; Best (John) Poems and Drawings in Mud Time limited edition illustrations original parchment-backed boards Orpheus Press 1960; Greer (Anne) Rigby Graham one of 150 copies only this copy specially inscribed to Douglas Martin original lithograph signed by Graham and Martin original cloth 1981; Graham (Rigby) `James Joyce`s Tower` Sandycove one of 80 copies inscribed to Doug Martin original cloth Brewhouse Press 1975; and a quantity of catalogues mostly in relation to Rigby Graham v.s. (qty)(qty)

James Paterson, R.S.A (1854-1932) Orotava, with buildings and church bell tower signed and inscribed bottom left watercolour 36 x 50.5cm. La Orotava is a municipality of Spain located on the NE coast of Tenerife within the Orotava Valley.

James Tower (British, 1919-1988) A deep Bowl, circa 1956 Earthenware, layered black over white glazes, the abstract design scratched into the surface, the rim with small cut out shape and two small pierced dots beneath the rim, incised signature Provenance: Private Collection, London" In perfect condition with no damage or restoration Diameter 31.5cm, Height 12cm View on auctionatrium.com

James Tower (British, 1919-1988) A small Bowl, 1956 Earthenware, layered green over white glazes, the abstract design scratched through the green glaze revealing the white glaze beneath, the exterior green, raised on short cylindrical foot, incised signature and date Provenance: Private Collection, London" Hairline crack running from the rim, otherwise in good condition with no further damage or restoration - detailed condition report available on request Diameter 23cm, Height 10cm View on auctionatrium.com

A fine George III Culpeper-type microscope Unsigned, mid 18th century With sliding brass shutter to eyepiece and threaded two-piece moulded lignum vitae top section above gilt-tooled green vellum covered bodytube sliding into green rayskin outer tube and fitted with objective lens to lower section, the whole raised on three double S scroll supports with circular stage pierced with a central oculus and slots for mounting accessories, the supports terminating with lozenge shaped flanges screwed to the cavetto edged square mahogany base centred with a pivoted mirror to top surface and with drawer containing four objective lenses to apron (losses to mouldings, accessories incomplete) 37.5cm high, with original oak pyramid shaped box, 43cm high overall. Provenance: The current lot was bequeathed to the present owner by his godfather, James Henry Godding, a prominent citizen of Newbury and keen amateur photographer, he is remembered for his gift of the clock in the Broadway clock tower. A related albeit slightly earlier instrument in the manner of Matthew Loft was offered in these rooms in our sale of FINE CLOCKS, BAROMETERS & SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 17th February 2010, lot 5.

A matched pair of George II and George III cast silver two-light candelabra, by Charles Kandler II, London 1783, one base by Paul Crespin, London 1748, shaped baluster stems with foliate scroll decoration and with three female busts supporting scroll capitals, on raised hexafoil bases with reeded borders and strapwork, foliate double scroll branches, each with a female bust supporting scroll capitals and hexafoil drip pans, central foliate finial, engraved with a crest and coronet, the earlier base inscribed to underside, ` Part of 2,381,000 oz of Spanish silver taken by the Prince Frederick & Duke Privateers, Amicitiae Causa`, also number `No.4` and with a scratch weight `36=5½`, the other base inscribed `No 3` and `34=2`, height 43.5cm and 42.8cm, approx. weight 168oz. (2) ** Provenance Purchased from Sotheby`s, New Bond Street, London, Fine Silver Sale, 7 November 1996, lot 185. The crest is that of Murray, Earls of Mansfield, probably for William, 1st Earl of Mansfield (1705-1793). He was born at Scone in 1705, and he pursued a distinguished legal career following being called to the English Bar in 1730. He became the Solicitor General in 1742, Attorney-General in 1754 and Lord Chief Justice of England in 1756. He died in 1793. the inscription refers to the action of 10 July , 1745, when the Privateers `Prince Frederick` commanded by Captain James Talbot and `Duke` by Captain John Morecock sighted three vessels whilst cruising the North Atlantic. They turned out to be French armed treasure ships returning from Lima- the `Louis Erasme`, `Marquis d`Antin` and `Notre Dame`. Talbot attacked immediately and captured first teh Marquis `Antin and then `Louis Erasme at one time being lodged between the two. The value of treasure captured from the two vessels amounted to £800,000 and was paraded through London in forty-five wagons on its journey to the tower.

A collection of autograph letters and signatures, including Field Marshalls and Generals, to include Prince George 2nd Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904), Field Marshall 1st Viscount Combermere (1773-1865), James Hubbard Constable of The Tower of London, Major General Sir John Garvock (died 1878), 2nd Baron Howden Aide-de-Camp to Field Marshall The Duke of of Wellington (1817-1818), Major General Sir William Forbes Gatacre (1843-1906), Lieutenant Colonel James Hunter Blair (1817-1854) killed at Inkerman, Major General Albert Gladstone, James Hunter Blair (1871-1854) Scots Fusilier Guards, General Sir A. Horsforth (1818-1886), Sir Redvers Henry Buller General (1839-1908) VC Distinguished Soldier, Lieutenant Colonel James Hunter Blair (1817-1854), Prince William Frederick (1776-1834) 2nd Duke of Gloucester known as "Silly Billy", General Sir Richard Hussey Vivian (1775-1842).

JAMES HAMILTON HAY (1874-1916), THE TOWER, etching, signed in pencil, framed. 25cm by 17cm

Rev. Sir Hubert James Medlycott, 6th Bt. (1841-1920) The Thames barge Cicely of London approaching Tower Bridge signed, inscribed and dated 'H Medlycott/London 1906' (lower left) pencil and watercolour with touches of bodycolour 20½ x 14 in. (52.1 x 35.6 cm.) View on Christie's.com

James (P.D.) The Black Tower first edition original boards dust-jacket by Errol le Cain a near fine copy 8vo 1975.

Goldsmith (Oliver). The Haunch of Venison, a Poetical Epistle to Lord Clare, 1st ed., issue not stated, 1776, etched portrait frontispiece by Bretherton after Henry Bunbury, upper margin trimmed affecting some pagination, one or two light spots, early 20th c. brown half morocco, lightly rubbed, 4to, together with Vade (James, pub.), The Sentiments. A Poem to the Earl of Danby in the Tower, by a Person of Quality, 1st ed., 1679, pp.11, (1), some marginal dampstaining, modern boards, slim folio, together with D’Urfey (Thomas), The Progress of Honesty: Or, a View of a Court and City. A Pindarique Poem, 1681, modern boards, slim folio, with [Armstrong, John], Of Benevolence: An Epistle to Eumenes, 1st ed., 1751, pp.(iv), 11, modern boards, 4to, plus Courtenay (John), A Poetical Review of the Literary and Moral Character of the Late Samuel Johnson..., 3rd ed., 1786, slight browning and light dust soiling, modern boards, slim 4to. (5)

THOMAS CECIL HOWITT (1889-1968) ARCHITECT HOWITT`S ARCHIVE comprising: i) approximately 1,100 fine professional photographs of Howitt`s most prestigious civic and other buildings many by the leading architectural photographer Stewart Bale Ltd of Liverpool, 1920s-1950s, arranged alphabetically in sixty files and catalogued, including: The Exchange Buildings and Council House, Nottingham, the Portland Building at the University of Nottingham, the College of Technology for Nottingham and Derby Regional Board [subsequently Nottingham Trent University], alms houses, the one thousandth council house for Eastwood UDC, Pearson Brothers` department store, offices for The Raleigh Cycle Co, the Maudsley Building and Goldsmith House both for Trent Polytechnic, Staythorpe and other power stations, [the rebuilding of the tower of] Morley Town Hall, Leeds, the Bairnswear factory worksop, BTH offices and factory, Leicester, Birmingham Municipal Bank Headquarters, Newport, Birmingham and Oldham Civic Centres, Manvers School, Nottingham, chapels, churches, public and private houses including Howitt`s own ("The Thatch", Wollaton), interior and exterior views and progress photographs, mainly mounted whole plate [c24 x 29cm] and half-plate [c17 x 22cm] vintage silver prints and a similar file of large format photographs of the work of the Liverpool stonemason John Stubbs [when tendering for the Exchange Buildings, Nottingham contract]; a large quantity of miscellaneous photographs of the Howitt practice`s architectural projects, c1930s-70s, mostly identified; ii) a box of material relating to Howitt`s work for Oscar Deutsch`s chain of Odeon Cinemas, including plans/contracts and/or photographs, etc of the Doncaster [1937; £60,000] and Cambridge [1938; £57,600] Odeons iii) approximately 200 building contracts, mostly including plans, specifications and bills of quantities for new buildings and other works, 1930s-60s, arranged alphabetically in eleven boxes and catalogued, the clients including Barclays Bank, The Home Brewery Co, Martins Bank, the University of Nottingham, Messrs J D and W G Player, The Raleigh Cycle Co and James Shipstone & Sons, iv) Twelve ledgers including `Private Ledgers` and four Cash Books, 1929-63 v) Glass photographic negatives by Howitt, taken whilst touring Europe in the early 20th c, all quarter plate [c8 x 11cm], approximately 400, including views of buildings and street scenes in Florence, Rome and other Italian cities, Greece, Austria, Germany and the low countries vi) Approximately 40 framed photographs of the official opening of Howitt`s buildings, by the Prince of Wales [Exchange Buildings, Nottingham, May 1929] the Duke of Gloucester [Birmingham Municipal Bank, November 1933] and the Queen Mother [Oldham Civic Centre, March 1979], mainly large format silver prints, numerous emphera and press cuttings

THE MEDIEVAL WORLD England, James I, Double Crown, 4.8gm, fifth bust, mm Tower, crimped heavily then flattened, nice clear portrait, mostly F

A good quantity of Various Makes. Including Tekno Scania Reefer articulated truck. EFE – Plaxton coach SUT, Bedford TK Artic VG Foodstores, Bedford TK Flatbed Artic SGB. AEC Box Van Bouts. Minichamps – 3 F1 cars: Ferrari 412T1 Larini, Benetton Ford B194 Verstappen, Ligier Honda JS41 Brundle. 3 Solido Helicopters: Gazelle, 2 x Super Puma. Gonio Dodge WC51 military ‘jeep’. Burago Jaguar XK120 roadster. Subbuteo Euro 96 set. Cararama 6 x Landrover set. Matchbox 4 vehicle James Bond set. 3 x Wiking articulated trucks. Lledo 3 vehicle LNER National Railway Museum set. Corgi Sikorsky Skycrane Casualty Helicopter. Siku Liebherr Bulldozer. Vanguard VW Beetle cabriolet. Matchbox Dinky 1939 Triumph Dolomite. Hornby Superslot Opel Vectra & Audi A4 race car set. Joal Michigan L320 4-wheel articulated Loader. Battle Squads: C-130 Warbird. 3 sets of Combat Platoon figures. Jeep/Howitzer/Troops set. Ferret Mk 4/Hawk Missile System/Troops set. Corgi Aviation: WW11 Control Tower kit. Model Aeroplane Hanger kit. Revell Metal Box Trailer. Corgi Grand Prix Racers: 5 F1 cars. Bachmann/Lintoy Saab 35X Draken aircraft. Most items boxed, minor wear to some .Contents GC-As New.

Charles I, Tower mint, Shilling, Gp F, mm. triangle, 6.07g/1h (N 2231; S 2799); together with other hammered and milled coins in silver (12), including a James II Shilling, 1688 [13]. First good fine, others in varied state

JAMES BURRELL SMITH (1824-1897). Signed and dated 1888 watercolour on paper `Llanberis Pass and Dolbarton Tower, North Wales`, see labels verso. 22" x 35"

A George IV Irish silver finial by James le Bass, Dublin (no date, duty mark shape for 1829), modelled as a standing horse crest, on a circular grassy base, 9.2cm (3.5in) high, 289 g (9.3 oz), on an ebonised socle, 15cm (6in) high overall (probably a meat dish cover finial) The crest recorded for PLUNKET co. Galway, Earls of Fingall of Killeen Castle, co. Meath, Ireland. Arthur James Plunkett born 1759 succeeded his father in 1793 to become 8th Earl of Fingall. He married Frances Donelan of co. Galway in 1831. They had six boys and two girls. As an Irish peer he was made a KP. Summoned to a place in the English House of Lords in 1831 as Baron Fingall of Woolhampton Lodge, Berks. In 1786 the Earl of Fingall, the squire of Woolhampton sold his Woolhampton estate and moved to Ireland. His family had been recusant catholics and had maintained a chapel and chaplain at Woolhampton House (now Elstree School). On leaving the neighbourhood he left his chaplain to minister to the local catholics and endowed him with some seven acres of lands and some cottages. Three of these cottages stood on the site of the entrance tower of what later became Douai Abbey, and in one of these Woolhampton Lodge, the priest lived and had a chapel.

Brangwyn, Frank and Sparrow, Walter Shaw "A Book of Bridges", the Bodleyhead, colour and other illustrations, library stamps on plates, rebound, original cloth laid down Caroe, William Douglas "Tom Tower Christchurch Oxford", Oxford Clarendon Press, February 25th, 1923, illustrated, blue cloth, armorial crest, "The Fourth Bridge", reprinted from "Engineering", February 28th, 1890, illustrated, red cloth, folio, Coney, John "Church Architecture of the Middle Ages, Part 4, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire", London, James Bone, bound designs, large folio (4)

Tower Models (Sancheng): dark green electric Great Western 4-6-0 King James II Locomotive and Tender 6008 in original wooden case

A George III mahogany bracket clock, the bell top with brass handle and pineapple finials to the corners, the arch top front door with pierced top spandrils and having foliate pillars to the sides, the back door with plain arch top panel and having arch top brass grilles to the sides with pleated backs, the arch top brass dial with strike/silent dial and pierced spandrils, having a steel chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals, the inner circumference with date dial having a centre sweep hand, the crescent shaped aperture inscribed James Mitchell, Tower Hill, London, the back plate engraved a basket of fruit, scrolls etc, fitted an eight-day twin fusee repeat movement with verge escapement, having a bob pendulum striking on a bell, 53.5cm (21") high, 28.5cm (11.25") wide see illustration

A Collection of Topographical and Architectural Studies, Relating to the Property of Judge Jeffries(reys), (The hanging Judge) Duke Street, St James`s, London, early-mid 19th century- "Judge Jefferies House..."; watercolour over pencil, with various inscriptions, "Plan of the Proposed Alterations in St James`s Park"; hand-coloured engraving with an early Albumen print depicting the house: together with other watercolour and pencil studies all with inscriptions and mostly dated. largest 68x48cm: Note: George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem; Remembered for his conduct at the Bloody Assize in September 1685 after the defeat of Monmouths West Country rebellion. James II appointed Judge Jeffreys to try the rebels, and he was so brutal that he became known as the hanging judge. The trials were held at several places but the main centre was Taunton where the rebel army had assembled. Jeffreys sentenced 200 to hanging and another 800 to transportation to the West Indies. Monmouth himself was beheaded on Tower Hill in London on 15 July. "His behaviour was beyond anything that was ever heard of in a civilized nation. He was perpetually either drunk or in a rage, liker a fury that the zeal of a judge. He required the prisoners to plead guilty. And in that case he gave them some hope of favour, if they gave him no trouble; otherwise he told them, he would execute the letter of the law upon them in its utmost severity"; Gilbert Burnet`s The History of My Own Times, (speaking of Judge Jefferys)

A mid 18th century Dutch engraving of London, inscribed `C Phillips 1754`, 18.5 x 23.5cm, three 18th century prints under single frame, Curzon House, Guild Hall and Royal Exchange, a pair of 19th century engravings of fashionable females, two original etchings by James Grant, The Old Curiosity Shop and London Tower Bridge and an 18th century hand coloured engraving, The Music Room in Vauxhall Gardens (printed for Thomas Bowles in St Pauls Churchyard) (7)

Corporation of Glasgow Bravery Medal, 2nd type, silver, with 2nd Award Bar (?) (Hugh Kennedy) with hallmarks for Glasgow 1935, lacking brooch bar, some edge bruising, very fine £100-140 Hugh H. Kennedy, of 11 Tower Street, Glasgow. Awarded the Glasgow Bravery Medal on 9 March 1937. ... who rescued a boy from drowning in the Monkland Canal at Castle Street on 14th September last (1936). Again awarded on 14 December 1937. ... who (with Peter Murphy and James Boyle) ... made repeated but unsuccessful efforts to rescue a child from drowning in the Forth and Clyde Canal near Castle Street on 15th June last. It is possible that Kennedy was awarded a second medal rather than a clasp for his second act of bravery. The above slip-bar is not confirmed as the 2nd Award Clasp for the medal. With some copied research.

Pannini (Giovanni Paolo) Funeris Apparatus elaborate funerary canopy in St Peter`s Rome for Maria Clementina Sobieska wife of Prince James styled James III the Old Pretender engraving 640 x 480mm. c.1735; with a similar view of the funeral of Pope Clement XIII by Marchetti the Tirumphal Arch for Clement XIV by Pannini a sheet of views plan and section of the Colisseum by Specchi the Amphitheatre of Capua by Clerisseau perspective view of the Vatican Loggie by Volpato and a group of 5 sections of a German tower by Sturm(12)

Paradoxe against Life and 30 others Eng. Lit written by the Lords in the Tower ff. silked stained antique style calf stained and warped [Wing P331] James Vade 1681 § Temple (Sir William) An Introduction to the History of England 2 pp. advertisements at end contemporary speckled calf for Richard Simpson 1695 § Petronius Arbiter. The Works engraved frontispiece and plates wormholes to lower margins contemporary polished calf rubbed for Sam.Briscoe 1714 § Pope (Alexander) Letters engraved portrait frontispiece lightly browned a few small stains contemporary panelled calf foot of upper split rubbed 1735 § The cases of polygamy concubinage adultery divorce &c ink stamp to title browned occasional spotting later cloth worn for T.Payne 1732; and c.25 others most 18th century Literature & History v.s. sold not subject to return.(c.30)

Cambridge, James Burleigh, Trial Penny, 1799, in white metal, Thomas Hobson on horseback right, rev. water tower on cobbled square, unfinished die with no inner legend or artist’s name, edge plain, 30.75g/12h (DH 8). Minor blistering on rider’s leg, otherwise about extremely fine, extremely rare Provenance: F.S. Cokayne Collection; T.A. Jan Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 20; W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 40; bt J.A. Bobbe September 1998

English hammered AR coins: Henry III, cut halfpenny and cut farthing, Edward I, penny, plugged and halfpenny, large segment missing from bottom, Henry VIII, halfgroats, young portrait, rev. `LE`, heavily scored, with three flan cracks and posthumous issue, open crack at top, Mary, groat, crimped and worn, Philip and Mary, sixpence, 1554, poor, Elizabeth I, sixpences, "1566", chipped at top left and 1595 and threepences, 1562 and 1568, latter with large hole before bust, James I, sixpence, 1605 and penny, latter very fine, with two small holes, Charles I, Aberystwyth, threepence, hole before bust and Tower, halfgroat, plus Charles I, AE `Richmond` farthing and debased Irish shilling of Philip and Mary, 1555, latter poor, otherwise almost fair to fair, unless stated (19)

A rare and early George I Scottish silver teapot stand Colin MacKenzie, Edinburgh 1718 - 19, Assay Master Edward Penman, of simple shallow dished form on slightly flared collet foot, with crest and motto engraved to centre 10.7cm diameter, 2.7oz Note: this is the earliest known Scottish silver teapot stand and would have been an integral part of the serving of tea in any Scottish home, keeping the hot base of the flat based apple teapot off the highly polished wooden table surfaces. The earliest recorded Scottish teapots date to 1714 - 15, this piece only a few years after this date, shows the truly remarkable survival for such a small item of Scottish silver. The crest and motto engraved to the centre are that of SMITH, Robert Claude Esq, of Redcliffe Tower, Paignton Devon Provenance: James Ivory collection Private collection Exhibitions: Royal Scottish Museum `Exhibition of Scottish Silver` 1948 item 79 National Museum Scotland `Silver; Made in Scotland` 2008 item 4.16

Four English Coins, comprising: Charles II Threepence 1675 Fine/about Fine; James II 1685 Threepence Fine/about Fine; Charles I Half Groat Tower Mint mm BELL bust type 3a; and Charles I Penny 1625/49 Tower Mint 1634/5 mm Two Pellets; and Two Other Coins

English School (late 17th century). The Seven Bishops Committed to the Tower in 1688. Seven portraits on one canvas, each in a mitred named oval, oil on canvas, 106cm by 89cm, unframed, In 1688 William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury, with six other bishops, petitioned James II against the Declaration of Indulgence which suspended the Test Act. They were sent to the Tower and tried for seditious libel, of which they were acquitted, becoming popular heroes and serving to undermine the King`s authority. A comparable, although slightly smaller, version of this subject, by an unknown hand, is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery (NPG 79), at Beningborough Hall. The NPG also possesses a number of prints from the period, all of variation sof this same theme.. See illustration

A Dutch 6-pdr bronze naval cannon, dated 1694, Claude Fremy, Amsterdam, 1694. Recovered from the wreck of the Dutch East-Indiaman Hollandia,The barrel with five moulded turns, the breech with monogram VOC cast in relief and surmounted by an A for the Amsterdam chapter of the Dutch East India Company above a struck proof mark in the form of the Amsterdam Town mark and an inscribed band CLAUDY FREMY ME FECIT AMSTELODAMIA o 1694, engraved number 1640, with a pair of scrolled dolphin handles and swamped muzzle, 8ft 1in long, 3.67in bore, on a later stepped wooden carriage built by the late James Close. Provenance: Sotheby & Co., 18th April 1972, sale of Artifacts etc. recovered from the wreck of the Dutch East-Indiaman "HOLLANDIA" (sunk 1743), lot 503, purchased by James Close for £2000. The James Close Collection of Historic Naval Cannon. Historical Notes: The cast inscription indicates that the current lot was cast by Claude Fremy (1646-1699) who was appointed as the Master Gunfounder of Karthhuizerstraat in Amsterdam in 1681. He is known to have cast several guns for the Amsterdam chapter of the VOC and probably others for the Amsterdam Admiralty. A bell, also cast by him and dated 1697, hangs in the bell tower at the Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town, South Africa`s oldest surviving building. The Hollandia was constructed by the Dutch East-India Company in Amsterdam in 1742. Built to a new experimental design, she was 150 (Amsterdam) feet in length, displaced 700 tons and carried 32 guns. On 3rd July 1743, she sailed from the Friesland Island of Texel bound for Batavia (in modern day Jakarta) with a complement of 276 men, commanded by Captain Jan Gelder, and laden with a cargo of 129,700 guilders in silver coin. In addition to the crew, the Hollandia sailed with several important passengers, including a brother of Gustaaf Willem Baron van Imhoff, the Dutch Governor-General of the East Indies, with the former`s wife and sister-in-law who belonged to the aristocratic Bentinck family of Bevervoerde. Ten days into the voyage the Hollandia had strayed off-course and become separated from the two other vessels accompanying her to Batavia. In the early hours of 13th July 1743 she struck the Gunner rock, off Annet, Isles of Scilly. Making for St. Mary`s and taking on water fast, she managed to fire her guns as a signal of distress but to no avail. She went down around 15 minutes after striking the rock in approximately 100 feet of water with the loss of all hands. Contemporary accounts suggest that all attempts to locate and salvage the Hollandia`s cargo were abortive; John Troutbeck in his 1794 publication Survey of the Ancient and Present State of the Scilly Islands noted:- (The wreck) still remains a booty for those who can find it. In 1968 Rex Cowan, a former lawyer, charged himself with the challenge of locating the wreck. After two years of searching by his team of experienced divers, assisted by knowledge gained through exhaustive research in the English and Dutch archives and a specially-developed electronic instrument called a proton magnetometer, the wreck was finally located on 16th September 1971. The shipwreck site was spread over an area of approximately 180 by 100 metres and comprised three main clusters. The southern cluster consisted of the remains of the lower part of the hull and included two bronze short mortar-type cannon which probably spilled out of the damaged hull whilst the Hollandia was adrift and taking on water. The two northern clusters were probably the remains of the main body of the ship, with the stern facing south. The heavier artifacts, which included 5 anchors and 28 iron guns, settled in gullies on the seabed whilst many of the smaller items were randomly dispersed across the area making archeological interpretation of the site extremely difficult. At the time of the loss of the Hollandia the current lot would have been almost 50 years old. This, coupled with the fact that 28 iron guns were located amongst the wreckage, suggests that it probably was not amongst the principal armament of the ship but may (along with the two mortar cannon) have been part of the vessel`s cargo or perhaps installed as supplementary armament. The current lot must have been one of the earliest artifacts recovered from the wreck (during the short window of suitable weather after its discovery in September 1971) as it was immediately offered for sale at Sotheby`s on 18th April 1972 where it was purchased by James Close. A bronze 16-pdr Land Service mortar by Ciprianus Crans, Amsterdam, and a bronze 2-pdr breech-loading cannon both of which which were also recovered from the wreck of the Hollandia, were sold at Bonhams Fine Arms & Armour from the Henk L. Visser Collection, London, 28th November 2007 for £26,400 and £9,840 respectively. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.

JAMES MILLER (1893-1986) - View of the Doges` Palace and the Bell Tower of St. Mark, Venice, signed, gouache, 10" x 16 1/2".

Leizelt (B.F.) Vue du Pont de Westminster perspective view, original hand-coloured engraving, 295 x 425mm., slight dampstaining in the lower margin, framed and glazed, Augsburg, c.1720; with a good group of 6 London views, including Temple, the Tower, Kensington Palace, St James`s Park, Ironmongers` Hall in Fenchurch Street, and Covent Garden, by or after Parr, Rigaud, Maurer and others, hand-coloured engravings, each average 250 x 420mm., uniformly framed and glazed, variously by Thomas Bowles, John Bowles and Robert Sayer, mid 18th century(7)

James Pryde (1866-1941), The Tower, watercolour and gouache, signed, 14cm x 10.5cm. Illustrated.

A Royal Worcester commemorative plate `Tower Bridge` Ltd, and a James Dean pottery plate, `Tercentenary of The Bank of England` 1994, Limited Edition

A group of assorted prints and engravings, including a Perspective view of the inside of The Royal Exchange, London by Bartolozzi after Chapman; London Bridge, lithograph after E. Walker; A North East view of the New General Post Office after James Pollard; London plate II (Tower of London) after William Daniell; the Tower of London after C. E. Holloway; St Pauls after John Fullwood; Southwark Iron Bridge after J. Gendall; and London Bridge after Thomas Shotter Boys. (qty)

Clarke (Rev. James Stanier & M’Arthur, John). The Life of Admiral Lord Nelson, K.B. from His Lordship’s Manuscripts, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1809, twenty eng. plts. incl. plans and letterpress engs., correct as list, plus facsimile plt. and plan of Martello Tower, Corsica, not incl. in plt. list, occn. minor marks and foxing, marbled endpapers and edges, hinges split, contemp. armorial bookplate of Sir Archibald Edmonstone of Duntreath, contemp. diced calf gilt, extrems. rubbed and some sl. wear to spine ends, folio (2)

A DERBY COFFEE CAN AND SAUCER, painted by James Banford with a view of a tower house, a young woman and dog in the park to fore or Scofton Hall near Worksop Nottinghamshire in a 'washline' frame and gilt border with bound handle, saucer 13.5cm diam, William Duesbury & Co, painted crown, crossed batons, D and numeral 1 of the gilder Thomas Soare in puce, c1795, collector's label Provenance Foden Collection; Esmé M Godkin, Woodhouse Eaves, Leicestershire, from whom bought by the late owner on 26 October 1968 for £350. Literature: Foden, op cit, col illus, p67. The attribution to Banford is based on the close similarity of style with patterns 271 and 275, both of which are given to Banford by name in the Derby Factory's Tea Pattern Book 1. Margaret Foden's article draws attention to the artist's characteristic palette and minute detail, such as the painting of the figure and dog, which were presumably what he had in mind when he referred in a letter to the painting of porcelain as "straining his optic nerves". ++Slight stacking wear on the ring which frames the panel on the saucer

A Mid XIX Century Ebony Table Cabinet, of exceptional quality, by F. L. Hausburg of Liverpool, modelled in ecclesiastical style as a cathedral, in similar Gothic style to Westminster Abbey; it is beautifully carved and profusely inlaid with brass, tulip wood, abalone and mother of pearl. Both of the two side door panels are elaborately inlaid with scenes from the interior of King's College Chapel, Cambridge. The left hand side is inscribed to the bottom with "F L Hausburg Fecit Liverpool" "Begun in 1840 Finished in 1857"; and the right hand side is inscribed "King's College Chapel, Cambridge". These doors, when opened, reveal each side shaped and fitted with seven highly decorated graduated drawers inlaid with scenes of castles and landmark buildings, plus two hinged doors enclosing two further plain drawers. The drawer fascias on the left hand side of the interior feature scenes depicting Kew Palace; Entrance Old House of Lords; Kenilworth Castle; Brighton Pavilion; Windsor Castle; Dover Castle and Caernarvon. The two hinged doors depict Holyrood House and Westminster Abbey. The right depicts Virginia Waters; Hampton Court Palace; Edinburgh Castle; Busby Park; Kensington Palace; Buckingham Palace and The Tower of London. The two hinged doors depict St Paul's Cathedral and St James Palace. The exterior of the piece features turret compartments with inlaid sliding panel covers. DIMENSIONS; overall 44.8 cms sitting on square base 37.5 cms

ASCRIBED TO PAUL SANDBY, R.A. (1730 - 1809) Bridlington Priory Church, Yorkshire, bears old inscription, initials and date on the backboard 'Bridlington Church, Sept 4th 1786, P.S.' pen, ink and watercolour 11 1/2 x 16 1/2 in (29.3 x 41.9 cm) This painting shows Bridlington Priory Church as viewed from the South West. The building depicted was once part of the Augustinian Bridlington Priory, dissolved in 1538 by Henry VIII. During the dissolution of the Monasteries the Priory was largely razed to the ground. For three centuries after the Dissolution, the surviving nave continued to the used as the Parish Church. By the eighteenth century, the building was in a ruinous state. The great West Window was blocked in, and a small brick cupola had been added to the south-west tower to house a clock. Inside that tower, three bells, all cast by James Harrison of Barton-on-Humber were added in 1763 and 1782. The Church was not significantly restored until the 19th Century, when the Church employed Sir George Gilbert in 1874 to completely refurbish the Church as it is today.

A Selection of Old Blends: Old Tower (Blended and bottled by Alistair Graham Ltd, 75cl, 43 Degree G.L.), Glen Calder (Blended and bottled by Grant Bonding Co. Ltd, 26 2/3 fl. ozs., 70 degree proof), Glen Sloy Over 5 years- old (Blended and bottled Rutherford & Boyd, Glasgow, 26 2/3 fl. ozs., 70 degree proof ), Spey Cast (Propritors James Gordon 7 Co. Elgin, 26 2/3 fl. ozs., 70 degree proof), Kinleet Scotch Whisky (Blended and bottled by W. Sanderson & Son, Ltd.), Crawford's Old Matured Scotch Whisky (Blended and bottled by daniel Crawford & Son Ltd. All labels are faded and some ripped. 6 Bottles

JAMES GREIG (1861-1941) - 'Cloister Quad, Magdalen College, Oxford, signed, watercolour, 13" x 18"; and an etching by M. Oliver Rae - 'Tom Tower', Oxford, both items unframed (2).

Henry James Stuart-Brown-The Norman Tower, Bury St Edmunds, etching, dated to the plate 1916, signed in pencil to the margin, 20.5 x 12.5cm

A Victorian 1855 Tower Musket, the 76.5cm steel barrel octagonal at the breech, the lock plate stamped with crowned VR 1855 Tower, walnut half stock with brass trigger guard and butt plate, with steel ramrod; an Early 19th Century Percussion Cap Sporting Gun by James Wilkinson & Son, converted from a flintlock, the barrel with inlaid gold double lines to the breech, signed and inscribed "Gun Makers to His Majesty", walnut half stock and chequered grip, with wood ramrod-poor order (2)

Muller, William James (1812-1845) - Oil on canvas - A view looking across the Avon Gorge, a completed Suspension Bridge Tower in the distance, signed, 49cm x 66cm

A group of assorted lithographs and engravings, mainly hand coloured of architectural subjects, including the Tower of London, The Savoy from the Thames; Somerset House and St Mary le Strand; The Guildhall; Bank of England; Conservative Club and St James' Palace; Privy Garden, Westminster; Lambeth Palace and Palais du Justice, together with three prints of fishing subjects. (12).

Charles I, Shilling, Tower mint, i.m. triangle, good fine, Commonwealth, Shilling 1653, i.m. sun, good fine but creased, and a James I Sixpence 1621, clipped, fair, (3).

Five: Major J. Cairns, Royal Engineers, late East Lancashire Regiment and Brabant’s Horse Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Wepener, Wittebergen, Cape Colony (1051 Trooper J. Cairne, 2/Brabant’s Horse) note spelling of surname; 1914 Star (Capt., E. Lancs. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Major); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1919-21 (Major, R.E.) first with edge bruise, very fine and better (5) £520-580 During the Boer War James Cairns initially served in the ranks of Brabant’s Horse. He was commissioned in January 1900 with the 1st Edinburgh Royal Garrison Artillery Volunteers and being promoted to Lieutenant in June 1901, resigned his commission in December 1903. Commissioned a Captain in the Tower Hamlets R.E. Volunteers in 1905 and from April 1906 was a Captain in the 3rd Battalion East Lancashire Regiment. Still with the battalion with the onset of the Great War, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 8 September 1914 attached to the 1st East Yorkshire Regiment. He was transferred to the Royal Engineers in 1917 and served from April 1918 as Temporary Major and D.A.A.G. at H.Q., India. Cairns was promoted to Major in August 1924 and later served as Assistant Commanding the Royal Engineers with the 4th Indian Infantry Brigade. He died on 29 January 1944, aged 64 years at Fecock, Cornwall. Sold with copied research. .

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William James Boddy (1832-1911): Lawrence's Tower York with St Lawrence's Church in the background, watercolour signed titled and dated Sept 1897

The Companion of Honour group of three awarded to Harold Arthur, Viscount Dillon, first Curator of the Tower of London Armouries, Chairman of the Trustees of the National Portrait Gallery, President of the Royal Archaeological Institute and of the Society of Antiquaries, Trustee of the British Museum and of the Wallace Collection, a leading authority on the history of arms and armour and medieval costume the Order of the Companions of Honour, G.V.R., neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse inscribed ‘Harold Arthur Viscount Dillon 1921’, with length of neck ribbon; Jubilee 1897 (Harold Arthur Viscount Dillon PSA, PRIA); Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued, good very fine (3) £2500-3000 Ex Hayward’s Gazette, December 1975. harold Arthur Lee Dillon was born on 24 January 1844, and was educated at a private school at Eltham, Kent, and at Bonn University. He joined the Rifle Brigade in 1862, was promoted to Lieutenant in 1866, and served in India and Canada during the Fenian troubles of 1868-71. He left the regular army in 1874, but was promoted to Captain in the Oxfordshire Militia and eventually retired with the rank of Major in 1891. In the following year he succeeded his father as the 17th Viscount Dillon of Costello-Gallen. on leaving the army Dillon became interested in modern military subjects such as equipment and dress, which eventually led him to the history of arms and armour and medieval costume. Dillon traced hundreds of illuminated manuscripts and illustrated works and made a series of brass rubbings. When he would enter a gallery he would focus only on those paintings with military themes, concentrating on sword hilts, armour and horse trappings, and skillfully copied them. his first works were published shortly after he left the army. These articles related to his home, Ditchley in Oxfordshire and described flint tools excavated from the area and objects from the collections in the house. He published many articles on the subjects of arms and armour and military history which appeared in academic journals such as the Archaeological Journal and Archaeologia as well as journals of popular and military general interest such as Antiquary and Colburne's United Service Magazine. He would also write on the subjects of arms and armour in pictures, on monuments and in Shakespeare, on tournaments, military equipment, soldier's arms, equipment and life. His first major undertaking was a revised edition of F. W. Fairholt's two volume Costume in England, published in 1885. Three years later he published a paper on the sections of the great 1547 Inventory of the possessions of Henry VIII. In his writings Dillon focused on the defensive and offensive characters of armour rather than as a work of art. many of his articles appeared under his own name, but he would sometimes use the pseudonym 'Armadillo.' The animal was so closely linked with Lord Dillon that the designer of a commemorative medal produced for the National Portrait Gallery used an image of an armadillo for the reverse of a medal bearing the portrait of Lord Dillon. although Dillon was associated with the Tower of London Armouries from 1892, serving as the consultant scientific expert, he was not officially appointed curator of the Armoury until 1895. He was tasked with producing an accurate and up to date catalogue of the collection. As curator he was able to reduce historic inaccuracies that had built up over the previous years. In 1827 Samuel Meyrick had brought expert knowledge to the collection, but it had then fallen into the hands of the War Office storekeepers and unfortunately most his work was lost. Labels were misplaced, and suits wrongly mounted and erroneous traditions had been established for public amusement. his research led him through the State Papers, especially those of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, in which he discovered interesting and valuable details about the making and issue of arms and armour. Dillon dismantled nearly every piece of armour in the collection to see how it was worn and the reason for certain constructional details. Most of the pieces were those of Henry VIII. Dillon even tried them on himself to see how the rivets and the joints of the harness worked and discovered that many of the suits had been wrongly assembled This exercise enabled him to rectify countless inaccuracies. He also examined the internal mechanisms of the crossbow, pistol and gunlocks. in 1910 Dillon's Illustrated Guide to the Armouries was published, being a summary catalogue of the arms and armour as he had arranged and exhibited them, and the various manuscript inventories of the collection. Dillon carried out a complete reorganisation of the collection in preparation for the new catalogue, and made a detailed examination of all the major pieces as well as identifying a number of those with important historical associations, and corrected inaccuracies. The catalogue was more in the format of a guided tour rather than a systematic catalogue. dillon considered his task to be one of preserving and studying a closed collection rather than expanding it and spreading knowledge of it outside the Tower. His two significant acquisitions for the collection were a pistol of Prince Charles, purchased in 1898 and a part visor of King Henry VII found in St James' Palace in 1906. One of his most valuable contributions was the Armourer's Album which appeared for sale in Paris and by Dillon's efforts was purchased and preserved in the Victoria & Albert Museum. The album contained a number of watercolour drawings of suits of armour of the Elizabethan period that were made at Greenwich, many of which were in the Tower, together with the names of the owners, which proved invaluable for establishing provenance and for identifying pieces in the Tower, Windsor and other private collections. lord Dillon contemplated retiring in 1909, but finally retired from his post of Curator in 1912, and handed the Armouries over to Charles Foulkes. Dillon left the Armouries on its way to becoming a modern museum. A catalogue had been completed, a programme of inspections of loans had been established, and regular inventory checks were carried out. Armour and weapons were displayed according to the techniques of the day, with labels and a guidebook describing the displays. he received an honourary degree of Doctor of Civil Law from the University of Oxford and the Order of Companion of Honour by the King in 1921. Dillon served as a trustee to the British Museum, secretary to the Royal Commission on Westminster Abbey, President of the Royal Archaeological Institute of the Wallace Collection, Trustee and Chairman of the Board of the National Portrait Gallery, Honourary Member of the Armourers and Brasier's Company of London, Fellow of the British Academy and Antiquary of the Royal Academy. Harold Arthur Lee Dillon died on 18 December 1932. The group is sold with a ‘Souvenir Album of the Tower of London, with Historical and Descriptive Notes by The Viscount Dillon P.S.A.’ £2500-£3000

Map.- DETAILED PLAN OF THE PROPOSED STREET FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD TO LONDON BRIDGE, TOWER HILL, ALDGATE AND THE COMMERCIAL ROAD, TO RELIEVE THE PRESENT THROUGHFARE OF CHEAPSIDE, THE POULTRY, CORNHILL AND WHITECHAPEL, extracted from Report on Metropolis Improvements 1838, handcoloured, some folds, slight mark left by rusty paperclip, framed and glazed, signed 'T[homas] Marsh Nelson Architect, Charles Street, St James' Square 1838', 970mm x 390mm.

James Thomson, British/Australian b.1937- "Noah's Ark under Tower Bridge"; oil on board, signed, inscribed 'James Thomson, Royal College of Art, Exhibition Road, London SW1', 160x243.5cm, (unframed). Provenance: Purchased by the current owner directly from the artist whilst visiting his tutor Sir Carel Weight at The Royal College of Art, London circa 1968 (may be subject to Droit de Suite)

A COMPOSITE PIKEMAN'S ARMOUR, LONDON, CIRCA 1630 comprising pot with hemispherical crown formed in two pieces joined medially along a low comb and fitted at the nape with a plume-holder, integral brim turned down at each side and projecting to an obtuse point front and rear (each pierced with a later wiring-hole), and pendent cheek-pieces of truncated triangular form, collar with raised neck-opening, formed of one plate front and rear, each with an obtusely-pointed lower edge, one-piece breastplate of vestigial 'peascod' form fitted at each side of the chest with a pierced stud and swivel-hook to secure a shoulder-strap, the hooks (the left with incomplete tip) formed proximally as stylised thistles and riveted over pierced quatrefoil washers, struck at the neck with the maker's mark A within a pearled circle, the crowned IR government ownership mark of the time of James II and the serial number 14, and flanged outwards at its lower edge to form an integral fauld bearing at either side a pair of pierced studs to receive the hinges of a pair of pendent tassets, the hinges fitted at their upper ends with swivel-hooks and tapering at their lower ends to trefoil terminals, the one-piece tassets of trapezoidal form each embossed to simulate six lames, and one-piece backplate flanged outwards at its lower edge and fitted with scaled shoulder-straps and waist-belt, the main edges of the armour decorated with plain inward turns variously accompanied by either recessed borders or incised lines, the pot decorated around the base of its crown with a pair of incised lines, the fauld and tassets decorated with vertical columns and circles of rivets, the surfaces of the armour retaining much of their black finish (refreshed in the case of the breastplate and otherwise pitted and russeted overall; the cheek-pieces of the pot, the rear plate and upper edge of the front plate of the collar, the left tasset and outer hinge of the right tasset, and the backplate expertly restored, each struck, in most cases internally, with a maker's mark and variously dated 1991, 1994 & 1995), stand not included It has been suggested that the mark of an A within a pearled circle is that of Edward Ansley, the only maker with his final initial known to have been active in London in the relevant period. Ansley was apprenticed to William Crouch for 8 years commencing 1614. He became a freeman of the Armourers' Company in 1622, was elected its Renter Warden in 1645, Upper Warden in 1646 and 1647, and Master in 1648 and 1649. In 1650 he was appointed Clerk of the Armoury at the Tower of London and Master of the Amoury at Greenwich. He died in the following year (T. Richardson 2004, pp. 24-5). The swivel-hooks on the breastplate of the armour can be compared with those on other of this maker's works which are typically of above average quality.

James Basire after H.O"Neill magdalene Tower and Grove from Christ-Church Meadow, coloured engraving, 32 x 45.5cm (image); a.Rooker the New Building of Magdalen College from the Grove, coloured engraving, 29 x 45cm (2)

The superb Army Gold Cross group to General Sir Ulysses Bagenal Burgh, G.C.B., K.T.S., Second Lord Downes, 92nd Foot, Aide de Camp and Assistant Military Secretary to the Duke of Wellington throughout the Peninsular War The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, G.C.B. (Military) Knight Grand Cross set of insignia, comprising sash badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1814, makers mark IN for John Northam, and breast star in silver, gold and enamels, enamel damaged on upper reverse arm, otherwise a magnificent set; Army Gold Cross 1806-14, for Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nive, and Toulouse, 1 clasp, Nivelle (Lt. Coll. Ulysses Burgh / Aid de Camp to the / Comr. of the Forces) with additional clasp, Pyrenees, with original gold swivel-ring bar suspension, but lacking intermediary gold suspension ring and usual ribbon fitments; Field Officers Gold Medal 1808-14, for Vittoria (Lt. Coll. U. Burgh, Aid de Camp) lacking gold ribbon buckle; Military General Service 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes DOnor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca (Lord Downes, K.C.B. Capt. 92nd Foot & A.D.C.); Portugal, Military Order of the Tower and Sword, Knight Commanders set of insignia, comprising neck badge in solid gold, and breast star by Beaugeois, Paris, silver and enamels with gold motto and central device and gold applique tower, together with engraved portrait print of Lord Downes, in uniform wearing decorations, in gilt frame surmounted by Barons Coronet, the whole displayed in an ornate gilt frame, generally good very fine or better (7) £35000-40000 Ulysses Bagenal de Burgh was born in Dublin on 15 August 1788, the only son of Thomas Burgh, Comptroller-general and Commissioner of the revenue of Ireland. After attending Trinity College, Dublin, Burgh was commissioned as Ensign into the 54th Foot on 31 March 1804, being promoted Lieutenant in the following November and Captain in October 1806. During this period he served at Gibraltar, where he was spared the ravages of yellow fever, and afterwards in the West Indies. In November 1808 he transferred, as a Captain, to the 92nd Highlanders, and went to Portugal as Aide de Camp to Sir John Craddock. On the latters recall home he stayed in Portugal as A.D.C. to Craddocks successor, Sir Arthur Wellesley, later Duke of Wellington, a close friend of his fathers. Burgh was also Wellingtons Assistant Military Secretary and remained on his Staff for the remainder of the Peninsular War. Burgh was present at the battle of Talavera, was slightly wounded while at Sir Arthurs side, and was mentioned in his despatch. After the battle of Busaco he carried Wellingtons victory despatch to England and was promoted Major in March 1811. On returning to the Peninsular he took part in the actions of Fuentes DOnoro, El Boden, the storming of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz, and the battle of Salamanca. After Wellingtons triumphal entry intyo Madrid in August 1812, he again carried home a despatch to England and was consequently advanced to Lieutenant-Colonel. Once more back with Wellington, he was at the battles of Vittoria and the Pyrenees, the storming of St Sebastian, the battle of Nivelle, where he had a horse killed under him, the battles of Nive and Toulouse, where he was once again wounded. At the conclusion of hostilities in 1814, Burgh transferred, as Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, to the 1st Foot Guards, and served briefly with his Company at Brussels. For his services in the Peninsular he was made a Knight Commander of the Portuguese Order of the Tower and Sword and, on 2 January 1815, one of the first Knight Commanders of the Bath. He also received the Gold Cross and one clasp for Vittoria, the Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, and Toulouse, and, once it became available in 1848, the Military General Service medal with clasps for Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes DOnor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, and Salamanca. In March 1820 he was appointed Surveyor-General of the Ordnance and an Executive Member of the Board of Ordnance, remaining in that post until 1830, when Wellingtons administration came to an end. In addition to his military duties, he served as Member of Parliament for County Carlaw from 1818-26, and for Queensborough from 1826-30. He succeded his second cousin once removed as the 2nd Baron Downes in 1826, the title formerly held by William Downes, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland from 1803-22, and created with special remainder to Ulysses Burgh. Inheriting a substantial residence in County Kildare, he became a representative Irish peer in 1833, but was not poliotically active, although he did support Peel over repeal of the corn laws. He advanced to Major-General in January 1837, and to Lieutenant-General in November 1846. He had been appointed Colonel of the 54th Foot in April 1845, and was then Colonel of the 29th Foot from August 1850 until his death. He was married twice; firstly, in 1815 to Maria, daughter and heir of the late Walter Bagenal of Athy, County Kildare, and thereafter added Bagenal to his name; and secondly, in 1846, to Christopheria, widow of John Willis Fleming and daughter of James Buchanan. In 1848 he was authorized to take the name de Burgh in lieu of Burgh. Downes acted as pallbearer on 28 July 1855, at the funeral of Lord Raglan, Wellingtons military secretary in the Peninsula and more recently commander of British troops in the Crimea. Promoted to General in June 1854, two years later Downes received the Russian Order of St Anne, 2nd Class, and was appointed G.C.B. in May 1860. He died on 26 July 1863 at Bert House, Athy, County Kildare, and with no male heir, the peerage became extinct. Sold with some further research including an original manuscript note, signed by Downes, admitting the bearer to the Gallery of the House of Lords, dated 11 July 1862.

J Steuart-Seton early 20th century- "Scottish Seascape"; oil on canvas, signed, 59.5x90.3cm (may be subject to Droit de Suite) Note: This painting may be by Reginald MacDonald of Staffa who married into the Steuart family of Allanton and inherited the title and assumed the name Steuart-Seton (transposing the original order of the family surname). The demolition of Allanton House removed a link with the stirring days of Scottish history, The Stuarts whose line has now died out, wore one of the old-established families of Scotland. They were related to Lord Darnel, the unhappy husband of Mary, Queen of Scots; and their story is rich with romantic incident. Successor to this James Steuart was Henry, born in 1759. He was quite a remarkable gentleman. In the army till 1747, he retired to Allanton to devote himself to literary pursuits and the improvement of his estate. In 1807 he published a pamphlet advocating the construction of a canal from the Lanarkshire coalfields to Edinburgh. At his death in 1838 he left in manuscript a fragment of a history of the rebellion of 1745, and notes for -a history of Scotland, His magnum opus was "The Planters Guide", in which he described a new method or planting trees. His own estate was a witness to the soundness of his ideas; much of its beauty is due to his care. Henry's literary attainments won for him the degree of LLD., and he was a fellow of the Royal Society, and of the antiquarian Society of Edinburgh. In 1787 he married Lillias, daughter or Hugh Seton, Squire of Touch, and about the same time built the present mansion house, as the cold Tower of Allanton was in a state of decay. In 1814 he was created a Baronet; and he died in 1836. Sir Henry's only surviving child was his daughter, Elizabeth Margaret, who married in 1812 Reginald Macdonald, of Staffa. In 1835, on the death of her mother, she succeeded to the estate of Touch, and on the death of her father the title devolved to her husband, who assumed the name of Steuart-Seton, of Edinburgh.

LITERATURE.-P.D. JAMES. The Black Tower. London: Faber & Faber, 1975. First edition, 8vo (196 x 125mm.) Original cloth. – And a quantity of other literary works, 20th Century, including some other first editions (a quantity).

James Lawrence Isherwood (1917-1988), The River Thames at Tower Bridge, oil on board, signed lower right and inscribed verso, 26 x 36 cm (10 x 14 in), unframed