Australia Manuscript produced by convicts on the transport Clyde, 1863 Titled ‘The Clyde Journal, Literary and Miscellaneous … Published under the Patronage of Dr Wm Crawford R.N., Surgeon Superintendent, and H. S. Rosser Esqre, Religious Instructor. Edited by John Keeling, Published every Thursday Morning onboard the Ship “Clyde”’. Manuscript fair copy, containing 6 weekly numbers in 1 volume, folio (32.6 x 20.4cm), 42 ff., light blue wove paper with royal arms blind stamp to head, written in black ink in a single hand (possibly that of the editor John Keeling), calligraphic title-page, remaining text in double column, bound in contemporary green half roan, marbled sides, binding worn A rare primary source for the recreations and inner lives of transported convicts, dating from the relatively brief period of direct transportation to Western Australia, and a few years before the end of penal transportation in its entirety in 1868. The Glasgow-built Clyde left Portland in March 1863 carrying 320 convicts bound for the Swan River colony, Western Australia, arriving in Fremantle on 29 May. The editor and possible copyist John Keeling is recorded as a bookseller convicted for forgery at the Old Bailey in 1862. Contents include poems, stories, humorous vignettes, sanitary reports, jauntily-written accounts of onboard recreational activities (or the lack thereof), a register of births (and one death, the wife of one Corporal Webbe), and various miscellaneous pieces including ‘A Glimpse at the Ladies in the after part between decks. By one of themselves', ‘London and some of its Lights & Shadows’, and similar. The journal kept by the ship's surgeon William Crawford is held at the Public Record Office in Kew (accessible online via the National Library of Australia File 6. AJCP Reel No: 3181).SALEROOM NOTICE 13/09/2024: text ends abruptly on final page, indicating removal of at least one leaf at rear.
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French armorial bindings Three works Hardouin de Péréfixe de Beaumont, Paul Philippe. Histoire du roi Henri le grand … revue, corrigée et augmentée par l'auteur. Paris: par la Compagnie, 1767. 2 volumes in 1, 12mo (16.4 x 9cm), [12] 260, [2] 310 [4] pp., contemporary red morocco, spine gilt in compartments, covers with gilt arms of Marie Thérèse de Savoie, comtesse d'Artois (identified in a pencilled note as those of her sister the comtesse de Provence, wife of Louis XVIII), blue endpapers, all edges gilt;Bacon, Francis. Essays, or Counsels, Civil and Moral. Glasgow: R. Urie, 1752. 8vo (18.5 x 11cm), 214 [2] pp., contemporary green morocco, floral devices gilt to spine compartments, covers elaborately gilt with broad roll-tool border incorporating coronets and volutes enclosing large coat of arms with French marquis's coronet and two lions rampants regardants, all edges gilt, bookplate of Thomas Maitland of Dundrennan (inscribed ‘To G. F. M. from T. M.’);Rosinus, Johannes. Antiquitatum Romanarum corpus absolutissimum … Editio postrema, emendatior. Geneva: Pierre et Jacques Chouet, 1640. 4to (23.2 x 15.5cm), [32] 1063 [138] pp., contemporary morocco richly gilt with fleur-de-lis tools and arms of the house of Orléans to covers, 2 folding woodcut plates , woodcuts in text, binding slightly worn, upper fore corner of front board restored, light damp-staining, occasional worming to lower margins The Library of a Scottish Gentleman
Beaumont, Francis, and John Fletcher Fifty Comedies and Tragedies All in one Volume. Published by the Authors Original Copies, the Songs to each Play being added. London: by J. Macock, for John Martyn, Henry Herringman, Richard Marriot, 1679. Folio (37 x 22cm), contemporary calf, rebacked probably in the 18th or early 19th century, [10] 578 557 pp., engraved portrait frontispiece, bookplate (Macdonald of Rammerscales), early manuscript correction to p. 151, binding rubbed, occasional light browning [Pforzheimer 54; Wing B1582] The Library of a Scottish Gentleman Second collected edition, containing 52 plays and thus greatly expanded from the 1647 edition, which contained 35 only. This edition is especially notable for containing the first folio edition of The Two Noble Kinsmen, which was co-written by Fletcher and Shakespeare.
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Christie, Agatha The Road of Dreams London: Geoffrey Bles, [1925]. First edition, first impression, 8vo, 111 pp., original green quarter cloth with printed paper spine-label, dust jacket, uneven fading to covers, strip of browning to free endpapers, occasional light spotting to text, dust jacket slightly marked and with toning to spine and along top edge of rear panel, short closed tear to foot lower outer corner of rear panel, and a little wear and softening to extremities Agatha Christie's first book of poetry, and one of her earliest works in any genre, printed at her own expense and today a rare book in any condition, especially with the dust jacket.
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Pontoppidan, Erich [bound with Horrebow's Iceland] The Natural History of Norway London: A. Linde, 1755. Folio, 2 parts in one volume, folding map, single-page maps, and 27 plates, some marginal dampstaining, a little foxing, lacking Kkk2 (pp.219-20 in Book 2); [BOUND WITH] Horrebow, N. The Natural History of Iceland. London: A. Linde, 1758. Folio, folding map, a little light dampstaining to upper margins, extending to inner margins towards rear, a little browning; contemporary calf with spine neatly rebacked, bookplates of Charles de Laet of Lincoln's Inn
Crowley, Aleister, & others The Equinox The Official Organ of the A ∴ A ∴ The Review of Scientific Illuminism. Vol. I. No. I [-II, III, IV, V]. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd., 1909-11. 5 volumes, 4to, [8] 254 [2] 139, [8] 397, [4] 331 75, 352 viii 113, [6] 158 [2] 176 pp., original cloth-backed printed boards, half-title and title-page printed in red and black to each volume, 19 plates in total (including a chromolithograph in volume 1, a pink-tinted photogravure portrait of Crowley in volume 3, the rest mainly halftones, including an unlisted plate in volume 5), advertisement leaves to front and rear, advertisements also printed to pastedowns, volumes 1 and 3 labels chipped, light soiling to covers and rubbing to extremities, very occasional light spotting internally, small damp-stain to head of Crowley portrait
Baikie, Robert Observations on the Neilgherries including an Account of their Topography, Climate, Soil and Productions, and of the Effects of the Climate on the European Constitution. Edited by W. H. Smoult. Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1834. First edition, presentation copy from the editor, inscribed ‘T. N. Smith, from W. H. Smoult, Earl of Hardwicke, September … 1838’ on the front free endpaper, 8vo, xiv [2] 136 pp., original cloth, 11 hand-coloured lithographic plates including frontispiece (depicting views and botanical subjects), 34 lithographic maps, all hand-coloured in outline (of which 3 folding), spine defective at head, inner hinges cracked (each just holding by bottom cord), old discolouration to endpapers and appendix leaves, occasional light offsetting, occasional light spotting The Earl of Hardwicke was an East Indiaman built and launched at Blackwall in 1838.
Burns, Robert Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect London: for A. Strahan; T Cadell; and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 1787. First London edition (third overall), 8vo (23 x 14.5cm), xlviii 372 pp., 20th-century green crushed morocco by Riviere & Son, spine gilt in compartments incorporating acorn motifs, French fillet frames gilt to covers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, frontispiece and title-page spotted, occasional light spotting elsewhere The Library of a Scottish Gentleman
Gregynog Press Substantial collection of letters to William McCance, controller of the press, 1930-3 including numerous draft responses by McCance, and various associated documents, approx. 200 separate items in total, typed and manuscript, most on stationery with the author's corporate or personal letterhead, pencilled catalogue numbers to upper left corners throughout, a few items annotated or with sketched letterforms by McCance. Authors include:Blair Hughes-Stanton (1902-1981), artist and wood-engraver at the Gregynog Press. 10 letters of which 1 to 'Naomi' (probably Naomi Mitchison) the rest to McCance, on various events and disagreements at the press, including remarks about other figures in the private press movement, the letters long and slightly rambling, with little punctuation, most written in pencil, some retaining original stamped envelope, e.g. 'They [the Gregynog board of directors] are furious with you … for having consulted experts or anyone without their consent in other words they dislike being shown up as fools … They all rave about [Eric Gill's] Four Gospels down here. I think its a pigs breakfast … DJ [Dora Jones?] again said at the board meeting how he objected to the Kessler Hamlet fussy he called it “but of course thats just a personall [sic] opinion”. I dont think hes taken the trouble to study it for more than 10 minutes no they all think they are safe with Gill and the Gospels and think it so cheap at 8 guineas';Stanley Morison (1888-1967), typographer. 28 letters, all on Monotype Corporation stationery, in a warm and jocular tone, filled with polysyllabic humour and containing discussion of business matters (e.g. preparation of typefaces for the press, Gill italic and Perpetua italic, etc.) interspersed with constructive criticism and advice regarding Gregynog presswork, lyrical disquisitions on the craft and philosophy of printing, ironic anti-Welsh sentiment ('I think that you and I, as non-Cambrians, may learn something from the incident'), etc. Together with 4 draft letters from McCance to Morison;R. A. Maynard, McCance's predecessor as controller of the Gregynog Press. 5 letters, arranging the hand-over, to McCance, praising McCance's productions at Gregynog (on Esope, ‘Did you, I wonder, manage the engravings without damping on that very soft sized paper. A technical detail this, but I’m interested'; and Comus, ‘a stunning book’), commiserating over disagreements with the directors of the press (‘I was sorry to hear of the contretemps over your Esope colophon. Twas inevitable! You'll get tons of it, as I did … Don't make it a life or death business - as I did. A grave mistake - the Welsh only understand talkie talkie: work doesn't count'; ‘What you say of Wales and Welsh would be illuminating did I not know the blighters so well. In my day the chief sauce [sic] of unpleasant and unexpected surprises was T. W. H. but I can see that the good work is being carried on by others. I can give you no comfort: you will never eliminate the background to your labours’);Major W. J. Burdon Evans, director of the Gregynog Press. 48 letters, concerning McCance's appointment, contractual, administrative and financial matters, press matters including leather samples and the disappointment of Miss Davies with McCance's designs for an edition of Benedicite by Ralph Vaughan Williams, McCance's resignation, etc., the letters ranging from business-like to peremptory in tone. Together with 13 draft letters from McCance to Evans, concerning the day-to-day running of the press, with strong disagreements evident: 'We have again gone into the matter [of changing from quarterly to monthly salaries] and perhaps it is that we are not so much off the rails as running on different lines, you on the Cambrian Railway we on the L.M.S.'; ‘My position, ill defined at the beginning, has become more more one of responsibility without adequate control' (issues raised including unauthorised access to the press's office safe); ‘I submit, however, that the design was both original and distinctive, being well proportioned and effectively adapted to its purpose’ (a response to criticism of his design for Benedicite); ‘I do not wish to belittle the function of the bindery but I should like to point out that its importance is secondary to the actual printing …' (a lengthy draft letter recapitulating disagreements with the Directors esp. focus of attention and resources on the bindery); a discussion of Blair Hughes Stanton's work on an edition of White's Selborne; the appointment of McCance's successor.Dora E. Yates (1879-1974), Romani scholar. 11 letters, concerning the production and design of Gregynog's XXI Welsh Gypsy Folk Tales (1931), Yates contributing the foreword;Thomas Jones (1870-1955), director of the Gregynog Press. 11 letters on various press matters (e.g. 'I was looking at the Esope, Singing Caravan and Erewhon leathers yesterday. Together they have an accumulatively depressing appearance to me');Dora Herbert Jones (1890-1974), secretary of the Gregynog Press, 3 letters, on press matters including a request for a selection of engravings by Agnes Miller Parker for exhibition during a visit to Gregynog by George Bernard Shaw.And from others including Gwendoline E. Davies (1882-1951), co-founder director of the Gregynog Press, 4 letters; J. Barcham Green, paper maker, 2 letters (with a draft letter from McCance to Barcham); Francis Meynell, director of the Nonesuch Press, 4 letters (with a draft letter from McCance to Meynell), J. G. Wilson (1876-1963) managing director of booksellers John & Edward Bumpus Ltd, 6 letters; Hugh Blaker (1873-1936), artist and connoisseur; and more.The associated documents including: 2 carbon copies of a report on the work of press by W. J. Burdon Evans (each 6 ff., foolscap leaves, rectos only, headings comprising ‘Work in hand’, ‘Work in Prospect’, ‘Policy’, ‘Welsh Books’, ‘Costings’ and ‘Generally’, remarks include ‘Eric Gill is not satisfied but the Monotype people hope to supply in November’); 4 copies of William McCance's employment contract (one typed, the rest carbons); a manuscript booklet largely in an unidentified hand, 11 pp., include draft schedule for work at the press, ‘Plan of development through apprentices’, ‘Structural alterations’ including a workshop diagram notes on typefaces in stock, etc., approx. 10 ff. further notes. Mrs Margaret McCance, second wife of William McCance. A voluminous archive shedding light on the personalities and day-to-day functioning of one of the great private presses during its interwar heyday, providing an in-depth and often richly comic insight into the harried tenure of William McCance as controller of the press, with informative business correspondence interspersed with philosophical reflections, indiscreet gossip, and splenetic rants from several correspondents, some of whom might on present evidence be justifiably described as unsung belle-lettrists. William McCance (1890-1974) was a Scottish artist notable as an exponent of the Vorticist style developed by Wyndham Lewis. Succeeding R. A. Maynard in 1930 and remaining in post until 1933, assisted by his his wife, the wood-engraver Agnes Miller Parker, he appears to have quickly found himself out of sympathy with the directors of the press and resentful of their excessive interference. See further: Kathleen Ladizesky, ‘Aspects of the Gregynog Press 1930-33', The Private Library, Third Series, 7:2, 1984.
Power Rangers - Three boxed Bandai Power Rangers figures to include 2260 Megazord with instructions, 2270 Dragonzord with instructions and 2271 White Tigerzord with instructions, all showing very light signs of sticker peeling, but vg overall, boxes showing signs of wear and some squashing in places, but fair-gd overall
Three carded Bluebird Ideal Mighty Max playsets to include Horror Heads Mighty Max Neutralises Zomboid and Horror Heads Mighty Max Tangles With Lockjaw Super Promotion Pack with Super Promotion Tape and Doom Zones Mighty Max Sinks Nautilus, all sealed and in ex condition, waffling present, bubbles vg with light discolouring to Zomboid, cards gd overall with signs of edge wear throughout, rip to top of one and signs of curling due to storage
26 Boxed 1/72 scale plastic figure model kits to include 18 x Italeri Historics and Soldiers sets featuring 6008 French Hussars, 6003 French Heavy Cavalry, 6081 Prussian Light Cavalry, 6018 French Artillery, 6062 Gladiators, 6002 French Line Infantry, etc, 2 x Airfix kits to include A01720 Robin Hood and A01721 Sheriff Of Nottingham, 2 x Revell kits featuring 02554 Cowboys Wild West and 02555 Indianer, 1 x Zvezda 8005, etc, all contents appearing complete and unbuilt with some sealed examples, boxes vg overall
Six Bandai Robo Machine / Super Go Bots featuring Boxed Vamp (complete with instructions), Spy Eye (complete with instructions & unused sticker sheet missing styrofoam inner), Leader 1 (complete with part used sticker sheet & instructions), Throttle (complete with instruction, no sticker sheet, missing styrofoam inner), Fairlady 280Z Black T-Bar Roof (complete with unused sticker sheets & instructions, missing outer box) & Volkswagen 1303S Yellow Beetle (complete with instructions & unused sticker sheet), boxes gd overall, diecast varies from light to heavy play wear
Five boxed Sideshow Collectibles Monty Python And The Holy Grail 12 Inch action figures to include Terry Jones As Sir Bedevere, Michael Palin As Sir Galahad, Terry Gilliam As Patsy (Discolouration to window and box), Graham Chapman As King Arthur and Eric Idle As Sir Robin, all contents complete and ex overall, boxes vg overall with some light signs of storage and edge wear unless stated otherwise
Power Rangers - Two boxed Bandai Power Rangers figures to include 2263 Thunder Megazord with instructions (complete with some sticker peeling, but vg overall) and 2493 Titanos (complete, stickers showing some peeling, but vg overall) boxes gd with some tearing to end flaps and light signs of storage and edge wear
Around 90 boxed diecast models to include 12 x boxed Franklin Mint Precision diecast models, Lledo Days Gone, Lledo Promotional Models, Matchbox Models Of Yesteryear, etc, all diecast vg, boxes vg overall, together with 2 x tin plate models including locomotive train and fire engine with red light and ladder and display shelf
Three boxed emergency service related diecast models to include 2 x Corgi (464 Commer Police Van with flashing light, decals show wear, diecast with some marks and scratches, box vg, and 448 BMC Mini Police Van with Policeman and tracker dog figure, no inner display stand, diecast showing paint chips, box gd-vg) and Dinky 278 Vauxhall Ambulance with stretcher figure (diecast gd with paint chips, box gd)
16 Boxed diecast models to include Crescent, Dinky, Corgi, No Rev, Nacoral etc featuring Corgi 651 Air France Concorde, Dinky 1/25 2253 Ford Capri Police Car (poor box), Crescent Military Equipment 1250 25 PDR Light Artillery Gun, Nacoral Mercedes C111 in orange, Pilan M326 Ferrari 512 etc, diecast vg-ex, boxes vary
Six carded Polistil GI Joe Action Team clothing sets to include AT 24 Desert Explorer, AT 25 High Mountain Rescue, AT 23 Counterintelligence Agent, AT 26 Mission Intelligence, AT 22 Arctic Explorer and AT 21 Treasure Hunter, all showing some light edge wear and some creasing but gd overall
Three boxed Corgi diecast models to include 457 ERF Model 44G Platform Lorry in light blue cab and dark blue flatbed with 1487 Milk Churns accessory (paint chips, gd box), 353 Decca Airfield Control Radar 424 Scanner (diecast vg, box with tape repair to end flap, fair otherwise) and 101 Platform Trailer in silver / yellow with 1486 Bricks accessory (diecast vg, box gd with white mark to one end flap)
Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767 - 1849) Equestrian portrait of a lady, traditionally said to be Miss Mary Jane Keith (1811 - 1891), with Lord Rivers’ groom and a black spaniel Oil on canvas Provenance: Private collection, England; Robert Early Strawbridge (1871-1963), Pennsylvania, USA, before 1930; By inheritance to his son, Robert Early Strawbridge Jr. (1896-1986), Pennsylvania, USA; By inheritance to his son, Robert Early Strawbridge III by 1986; Private collection, England; With Stair Sainty Gallery, London; Sotheby's, London, 7 December 2023, Lot 77. Born into a wealthy and politically influential Huguenot family at Geneva, Agasse first trained at the École du Colibri, before moving to Paris in 1787, where he trained under Jacques-Louis David, and possibly also with Horace Vernet. His interest in animal portraiture eventually led him to London, where, following the precedent of George Stubbs, his evident talent found a ready demand at the hands of the great patrons of the Turf. Such was his success in England that he emigrated there permanently in 1800. With support of important supporters, such as the French-born George Pitt, 2nd Baron Rivers (1751–1828), the artist was swiftly put to work producing paintings and portraits for Lord Rivers and likeminded patrons in his circle. The sitter of this equestrian portrait has traditionally been identified as Miss Mary Jane Keith (1811-1891). Little evidence survives detailing her life, apart from the fact that she married James Booth (1812-1882) in 1836. It is possible that this portrait was executed on the occasion of her marriage in that year. Notably, the Booth family were notable friends and patrons of the artist. It is almost certain that James was related to George Booth, the artist's landlord at No. 4 Newman Street in London from the year 1810, whose children and family were a constant source of inspiration for the artist's brush. Agasse was fastidious record keeper, and many of his surviving paintings and portraits can be identified in his manuscript Record Book, now held by the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire in Geneva, which covers the period from November 1800 until his death in 1849. Although several portraits of unidentified ladies on horseback are listed for the years 1813, 1825, 1835 and 1842 respectively, this portrait of Miss Keith cannot be readily identified within the manuscript. Despite this, scholars have not been able to link every single surviving work of his with those encountered in the document. The gentleman in the background of this portrait has also traditionally been identified as the groom of Lord Rivers. It is possible that the portrait is set in a quiet corner of Stratfield Saye, Hampshire, the home of the family which also served as the site for his famous stud. Agasse had produced a very striking painting showing a Groom under the employment of his lordship leading a chestnut hunter towards a coursing party in Hampshire, a work which is now in the collection at Tate Britain. The costume of this groom, which a gentleman in a top hat with a distinctive yellow collar and belt, is not too dissimilar to the gentleman found in the background of this painting. However, there is little surviving evidence to either confirm or deny this identification. This painting, which shows the sitter against a backdrop of softly painted foliage, is typical for the artist's interest for capturing sensitive light and textures. It is also clear that the artist made subtle changes to the composition, as there are pentimenti visible in the lower outline of the black cloth and the positioning of the horses back right leg. Dimensions: (Canvas) 30 in. (H) x 24.75 in. (W) (Frame) 36 in. (H) x 31 in. (W)
Henry IV (1399-1413), Light Coinage, Groat, London, m.m. cross pattée, type III, tressure of nine arches, slipped trefoil at end of obv. legend and after posvi on rev., 3.43g/5h (N 1359(b); S 1728). Fine, weak on portrait, very rare £600-£800 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
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Kings of Wessex, Edward The Elder (899-924), Penny, Two Line type [HLT 1], North-East Mercia, Winegear, + eadvveard rex around small cross, rev. pinegear mon in two lines divided by three cross, trefoil of pellets above and below, 1.54g/12h (CTCE 294; SCBI East Anglia 170, same dies; N 649; S 1087). Good very fine, light patina £700-£900
Kings of Mercia, Offa (757-96), Penny, Substantial Light coinage, London, Dudda, offa rex in two lines divided by beaded bar with fleured ends, rev. +jnd in two lines divided by beaded bar with fleured ends, cross above and below, 1.21g/6h (Chick 27a-c, same dies; SCBI BM 62, same die; N 297; S 904). Better than very fine, dark patina, rare thus £1,500-£2,000
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Eadred (946-955), Penny, Two Line type [HT 1], North-Eastern dies, Hunred, +eadred rex’ around small cross, rev. hvnred mo in two lines divided by three crosses, trefoil of pellets above and below, 1.49g/8h (CTCE 96; Tetney 29; N 707; S 1113). Very fine, well centred with light grey toning £600-£800
George III (1760-1820), Pre-1816 issues, Halfpenny, 1806 (late Soho), proof in bronzed-copper, by C.H. Küchler, laureate bust right, k on shoulder, brooch with third and sixth jewels broken off, faint line flaw extending right from base of 6 in date, rev. Britannia seated left, olive branch with 10 leaves and 2 berries, no line under soho, edge centre-grained, 9.51g/12h (BMC 1361 [KH 35]; Selig 1402; S 3781). Light surface stains, extremely fine or better £90-£120 --- Provenance: bt R. Ingram May 2016
Victoria (1837-1901), ‘Gothic’ Proof Crown, 1847, edge undecimo, 28.31g/12h (ESC 2571; S 3883). Toned with light hairlines in fields, otherwise extremely fine [graded NGC PF 61] £4,000-£6,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
James III (1460-1488), Base silver issue, 1471-83, Groat, Edinburgh, mm. cross pattée, tressure of eight arcs, rev. thistle-head in first and third, six-pointed mullet in second and fourth quarters, double saltire stops both sides, 2.02g/1h (SCBI 35, 749ff; cf. B 7, fig. 578; S 5270). Fine, light traces of verdigris £150-£200
Henry IV (1399-1413), Light coinage, Primary series, Penny, London, type II/III mule, slipped trefoil on breast, annulet to left and pellet to right of crown, slipped trefoil before civi, 0.84g/4h (Stewartby P II/P III; Potter II-3/2; N 1363a/1363b; S 1731). Trace of cross showing on obverse, otherwise good very fine and beautifully toned, very rare thus £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: E.J. Shepherd Collection, Sotheby Auction, 22 July 1885, lot 156; H. Montagu Collection, Part II, Sotheby Auction, 11-16 May 1896, lot 494; J.G. Murdoch Collection, Part I, Sotheby Auction, 31 March-4 April 1903, lot 319; S. Mitchell Collection
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