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Lot 13
Churchill (Winston Spencer). The Story of the Malakand Field Force, First Edition, portrait and 6 maps, front free endpaper with edges chipped and loose, one map loose and with one edge slightly chipped, original cloth, bookplate, rubbed, slightly soiled, head and foot of spine and corners knocked, small tears at foot of spine, 1898.
Lot 80
Lear (Edward). Autograph letter addressed to Miss Selwyn, San Remo, 19 April, 1883, 3 pp., 8vo, with two pen and ink drawings of skipping lambs and a large self-portrait caricature of Lear taking a tumble, writing of his "head being bad. It was blown off in the high wind here some weeks ago, & was only found .... after a severe search, & then so covered with grasshoppers and dust that it had to be put in the cistern...." in his characteristic self- mocking tone, signed "Yours sincerely Edward Lear" small tear to second sheet, the two sheets separated at the fold and with a small tear of c.1cm just touching the writing.
Lot 57
A Victorian decorative gold mourning brooch, oval with cast scrolling frame, black enamelled centre with raised white metal flowers set with seed pearls and small diamond, the locket back with photographic portrait and engraved inscription (lacks pin) together with a Victorian decorative gold metal locket brooch centred with a photographic portrait of a gentleman (2)
Lot 498
IN THE STYLE OF JEAN BAPTISTE AUGUSTIN (French) - Portrait of a young Woman her hair simply dressed in a band, unsigned but faint inscription at the bottom of the portrait, in contemporary gilt frame, 44.5cms x 29cms on blue paper laid onto card Provenance: the family history with this picture is that the portrait is of Mell De Lacaze, a great, great Aunt - who was a pupil of Augustin c.1785
Lot 85
ASCRIBED TO SIR JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS Portrait of a huntsman, watercolour 6" x 3" Pencil inscriptions to the reverse state "Sketch by Sir JE Millais Bart P.R.A., state 5, Johnnie gave me this Sept 97, ‘PJS’... "Given to me by father in 1900, Y E Skipwith" (‘Johnnie’ refers to John Guille Millais, John Everett Millais’ son, who wrote the accompanying books in this lot). Together with J G Millais: The Life and Letters of Sir John Everett Millais, 2 vols, inscribed by the author and dated 1900.
Lot 202
DUTCH SCHOOL, 17th century (?) A bust-length portrait of a lady wearing a lace headdress and ruff, the reverse with various labels, oil on panel, 151/2" x 111/2", in a red-stained "tortoiseshell" and ripple-moulded frame. Provenance: Lieutenant Colonel Sir Michael Peto, Iford Manor, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire. The reverse of the panel with an E. Stacy-Marks Ltd label bearing his name and the date "10th March 1961".
Lot 207
MANNER OF ALESSANDRO ALLORI A portrait of a woman against a green background, the reverse branded with an old inventory number, oil on panel, 143/4" x 113/4", in a giltwood frame boldly carved with scrolls and stylised leafage. Provenance: Almost certainly acquired by Harold Newgass, Esq. of Seaborough Court in the 1930's and afterwards at Stafford House, West Stafford, Dorset. Thence by descent to the Honourable Mrs Baillie.
Lot 230
CIRCLE OF SIR GODFREY KNELLER A portrait of a gentleman, probably Sir John Crewe of Utkinton, wearing a lace jabot, inscribed on the reverse, oil on canvas, 291/4 " x 241/4 ". The reverse of the canvas bears the name of "Mr Crewe" but it probably represents Sir John Crewe of Utkinton, son of John Crewe (second son of Sir Randolph Crewe) and Mary Dunne; born 1641. He married first, Mary, daughter of Thomas Wagstaff, of Catchebrook, Co. Warwick and secondly Mary, daughter of Sir Willoughby Aston, Bt. "He revered the memory of his excellent grandfather, Sir Randolph, who familiarly called him in childhood his "Jolly Jack". He was a portly gentleman as his portrait bespeaks". (Hinchliffe, Barthomley page 366).
Lot 266
ENGLISH SCHOOL, circa 1830 A portrait of a lady, said to be the wife of William Barnes, oil on canvas, 10" x 8". Provenance: According to a label on the reverse the property of Colonel Lawrence Barnes. Private Collection, Dorset. There are many similarities between the subject of this portrait and the only other known portrait of Mrs Barnes. The costume dates the work to around 1830, so it seems probable that the sitter is, indeed, Mrs Julia Barnes. We are grateful to Dr. Alan Chedzoy for assisting with the cataloguing of this lot.
Lot 436
ALEXANDER MUNRO RA: A white marble bust of Kenneth James Matheson (Second Baronet of Lochalsh) looking slightly to dexter and wearing a shirt with a lace collar and tassels, on a marble socle, 20" high. Provenance: Alexander Matheson, later Sir Alexander Matheson, and thence by descent to the vendors. Exhibited: Inverness Museum and Art Gallery from 1994 until August 2008 The Birmingham City Art Gallery, January - March 1992 - "Pre-Raphaelite Sculpture: Nature and the Imagination in British Sculpture 1848-1914". According to Rupert Gunnis in "Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851": "Alexander Munro's father was a stonemason employed on the Duke of Sutherland's property in Scotland and his artistic abilities were brought to the notice of Harriet, Duchess of Sutherland, wife of the Second Duke, who assisted in his education". In 1848 she brought the young man to London and introduced him to Sir Charles Barry, who employed him on the sculpted works intended for the Houses of Parliament which were then under construction. Munro soon turned to portrait- sculpture and produced a number of busts. According to Redgrave his works were of "true genius and feeling and graceful and spirited". It is as a sculptor of children, however, that he is celebrated and Rupert Gunnis refers to a number of groups including "the Matheson children" (1861). Alexander Munro is regarded as a pre-Raphaelite sculptor. He met Rossetti at the Royal Academy, who confided in Munro about his secret signing of the pre- Raphaelite brotherhood. His work embodies the ideals of the pre-Raphaelites combining formal purism that harks back to early Italian Renaissance models with the realism of Holman Hunt and Millais. Between 1852 and 1858 he lived with another pre-Raphaelite, Arthur Hughes. Kenneth Matheson (1854-1920) was the eldest son of Alexander Matheson, who returned from a successful business career in China to become a leading Scottish landowner and MP for Inverness Burghs. In 1882 he became First Baronet of Lochalsh. Kenneth and Mary (see lot 437) were his children by his second wife, Lavinia Mary Stapleton, who died tragically by drowning in Loch Duich on her way to church in 1855. They were brought up by their Great Aunt until their father remarried in 1860, apparently the year in which this bust and lot 437 were executed. See lot 437
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