* Fleming (Alexander, 1881-1955). A signed half-length portrait vintage gelatin silver print photograph, circa 1950, Fleming seated and smoking a cigarette while signing a book on his knee, signed 'Alexander Fleming' in dark fountain pen ink across a white area of the image between his hands, 20 x 16 cm, corner-mounted, framed and glazed with metal plaque caption for the 1945 Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine mounted beneath the photographQty: (1)NOTESAn ink annotation to the verso in an unidentified hand indicates that the autograph was obtained at the Fifth International Congress of Microbiologists at Quitandinha in Brazil, 23 August 1950.
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* George V (1865-1936). King of the United Kingdom 1910-36. Two signed Christmas cards, 1927 & 1930, both signed as King, the first 'from George R.I.' with date '1928' inserted into the greeting above, the second initialled 'G.R.I.' and addressed in the King's hand to Cecil Colville with the date '1930-1' added in adjacent to the printed greeting, both on inserted sheets in folded card with reproduction colour pictures of maritime subjects after Bernard Gribble, silk ties, a few light spots, 16 x 20.5 cm and slightly smaller, together with a third Christmas card for 1937-38, signed by both King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, 'George R.I.' and 'Elizabeth R', folded sheet within folded card with colour reproduction print of the Spithead Coronation Review pasted to upper cover and frayed silk spine tie, light crease to upper right corner, 19 x 24.5 cm, with the original envelope addressed to Admiral The Hon. Sir Stanley Colville G.C.B. in the King's hand, registered postmarks and stamps, soiled, plus a group of approximately 16 documents and letters relating to Alec Henry Sharpe Broomfield (1897-1981), all WWI/WWII and a few inter-war items from Broomfield's time in the Hampshire 'Carabiniers' Yeomanry, initially and Home Guard latterly, including two commissions from 1915 and 1952 with facsimile signatures of the monarchs, plus unrelated groups of approximately 80 mostly manuscript receipts, circa 1870s/1900s, 10 legal and administrative letters, 1830s, plus 10 P&O menus and similar, 1975Qty: (approx. 120)NOTESAdmiral Sir Stanley Cecil James Colville (1861-1939) was a senior Royal Navy officer.
* McCartney (Paul, 1942-). Signed photograph, 1960s, printed later, gelatin silver print on Fujifilm paper, head and shoulders portrait with folded arms visible in lower part of image, signed in black permanent marker to left lighter area of image (Paul McCartney), the end flourish falling across McCartney's chin and jacket, 25 x 20 cm, VG, together with a signed photograph of Ringo Starr, signed 'Ringo' in black permanent marker to right lighter area of image, a few minor marks, 30 x 21 cm, plus an autograph signature of Bob Dylan in blue felt tip on thin white card, 7.5 x 12.5 cm, fineQty: (3)
* Rouault (Georges, 1871-1958). French Painter. Signed postcard, 'Georges Rouault', no date, a vintage gelatin silver print photograph of Rouault by Yvonne Chevalier, head and shoulders pose in semi-profile, signed by the photographer lower left, and signed by the artist in blue ballpoint pen to plain back verso, 9 x 13.5 cm, together with: Delvaux (Paul, 1897-1994). Belgian Surrealist Painter. Signed and Inscribed Postcard, 'P. Delvaux', no date, a colour postcard with a reproduction of his work entitled 'La Ville Rouge', signed and inscribed by Delvaux in black ink to blank area of verso, light smudge slightly affecting final two letters of surname, 10.5 x 14.5 cm, plus: Hockney (David, 1937-). English Artist. First Day Cover, 1999, the postcard and stamp featuring Hockney's painting Salts Mill, Saltaire, (limited edition, 452/2000), artist's signed presentation inscription for James and Sally below limitation details, 10 x 21cm, Stella (Frank, 1936-). American painter. Signed postcard, circa 2000, showing a colour reproduction of Stella's painting Hyena Stomp, 1962, signed 'F. Stella' in blank ink to wide white margin beneath image, postally unused, 15 x 10.5cm, Cummings (Michael, 1919-1997). British Newspaper Cartoonist. Self-caricature, 1980, drawn in the centre of the paper in black marker pen and signed by Cummings, with a brief autograph note signed by Cummings in blue ballpoint pen to upper left corner, sending the cartoon and autograph, some overall light spotting, Daler Artboard, 36 x 47cm, plus 3 modern books signed by the British cartoonists Gerald Scarfe, Peter Brookes and Ralph Steadman, all VGQty: (8)
* Lu Yongxiang (1867-1933). Anhui clique warlord, military governor of Zhejiang, Zhili and Jiangsu. Head and shoulders portrait in military dress with 3 military orders, circa 1920s, vintage gelatin silver print photograph, 25 x 15.5cm, loosely mounted in original oval studio mat with ink presentation inscription in Chinese characters to left and right margins, presented to the British diplomat Ernest Wilton, overall 35 x 20.5cm, together with a bilingual visiting card, the English side reading 'General Lu Yuang Chiang / Director of Rehabilitation for Chekiang [Zhejiang] Military Affairs / Hangchow' [Hangzhou], 7 x 11.5cmQty: (2)NOTESProvenance: The British diplomat Sir Ernest Colville Collins Wilton, KCMG (1870-1952). Lu Yongxiang, from Shandong Province, was a graduate of the Beiyang Military Academy who worked his way up through the ranks to become a commander of the Beiyang Army under Yuan Shikai. He was appointed military governor of Zhejiang in August 1919. His refusal to hand over Shanghai caused the Second Zhili-Fengtian War of 1924.
* Sun Chuanfang (1885-1935). Also known as the 'Nanking Warlord' or leader of the 'League of Five Provinces'. Three-quarter length portrait in military dress with military order and sword, circa 1920s, vintage gelatin silver print photograph, 25 x 19cm, original studio mount with imprint at foot, ink presentation inscription in Chinese characters to left and right margins, presented to the British diplomat Ernest Wilton, overall 40.5 x 28cmQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: The British diplomat Sir Ernest Colville Collins Wilton, KCMG (1870-1952). Sun Chuanfang, from Shandong Province, became an officer of the Beiyang Army and later joined the Zhili clique following the Xinhai Revolution. Sun became the military governor of Fujian in 1923 and in 1924 at the beginning of the First Jiangsu-Zhejiang War he commanded the 4th Army in Fujian Province. One of his first acts was to support his ally Qi Xieyuan, moving up from the south in a move that was responsible for the defeat of rival warlord Lu Yongxiang and the capture of Shanghai. He was subsequently rewarded with the military governorship of Zhejiang. The Northern Expedition ended his rule in 1926 and in 1935 he was assassinated in Tianjin by Shi Jiangqiao, the daughter of Shi Congbin, who ten years earlier had been commander of units in Shandong.
* Younghusband (Francis Edward, 1863-1942). British Army Officer and Explorer. Signed Photograph, 'Francis Younghusband', Abel Lewis & Son, Clifton, [Bristol], circa 1905, sepia-toned platinum print, head and shoulders portrait, signed in dark ink diagonally across lower right corner, a few trivial scratches to extremities, 14 x 9cm, original studio card mount with printed details at footQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: The British diplomat Sir Ernest Colville Collins Wilton, KCMG (1870-1952). Wilton had a 30-year relationship with Chinese affairs beginning in 1890. He was employed with the Mission to Tibet in 1903-04, as adviser to Younghusband on Chinese affairs.
* WWI & Battle of Arras. First Army panorama no. P.111, B.20.b.00.45, sheet 51B, including a field of view of 83° from about 39° – 122° (approximate scale of degrees (1° = 1 inch), made from Vimy Ridge, 22 April 1917, panoramic gelatin silver print photograph on 4 joined sheets, place and building identification details clearly marked in the negative, printed labels to left margin, No. 2 Advanced Section Army Printing Stationery Services and 50th (S.A.) Brigade R.G.A. ink stamps to verso, some age soiling and creasing, overall 16 x 210 cm. together with a few miscellaneous military photographs including Hampshire Regiment interest, one captioned ‘Minden Day’, 1922, studio photographs of General Archibald Hunter by Bassano, weapon training staff, officers training school Mhow 1945, no. 22 class (T.C.) SME, Chatham, 19 July 1915, a group of 13 vintage RFC aerial black and white photographs, 1915, including Farnborough (3), Thames Ditton, Long Ditton, Oxford Aerodrome, etc, images 9 x 10.5 cm, 3 military cabinet cards, 3 small albums of Ogden’s photographic miniature cigarette cards including some military interest, 3 unconnected partially completed photo albums, each including some mostly WWI military interest, plus family snapshots, etc, plus a small quantity of printed and manuscript military ephemera relating to various families, 4 small boxes of lantern slides showing drawings of postal history interestQty: (a carton)NOTESFrom the Library of Lt. Col. R.J. 'Bob' Wyatt MBE TD (1931-2019).
[India]. [Commemorative photograph album of the 22nd (Residency) Field Battery, Royal Artillery], Lucknow: I. P. Press, [1931], 5 linen-hinged stiff card leaves, introductory text in gold to first leaf, leaves 2-5 with 23 gelatin silver print photographs mounted rectos and versos with captions printed in gold, laid-in tissue-guards, original two-tone cloth binding, oblong 4to, related group photographic portrait (mounted on card) laid in, together with: Brooke (Philip Acton). History of the 22nd (The Residency) Field Battery Royal Artillery, 1st edition, Allahabad: The Pioneer Press, 1931, [10] 47 pp., halftone photographic plate, 3 folding maps, original blue cloth, 8vo, and Callwell and Headlam, History of the Royal Artillery, 3 volumes, Woolwich, [1931]-1940 (not collated)Qty: (6)NOTESThis photograph album was issued to celebrate the awarding of the 22nd Field Battalion with the 'Residency' battle-honour in commemoration of their role in the India Mutiny. No other copy is traced. Library Hub traces one copy only of Brooke's work, at the British Library.
John Chancellor (British 1925-1984) - HMS Beagle in the Galapagos, signed limited edition coloured print 8/50, 53 x 74.5 approx visible sheet size, framed, but together with a further coloured limited edition print after the same artist - Thrashing Home in a South Westerly, also together with an unframed but mounted coloured print after Sir William Russell Flint of two female characters (3)
Joaquin Endoza Ruiz (20th century Ecuadorian) - Mountainous landscape with thatched buildings, oil on board, signed, 51 x 83cm, framed, together with two further 20th century continental oil paintings of coastal or estuary scenes, one signed Grotte, the other indistinctly signed, also together with a coloured print of a Parisian winter scene after Charles Janin, various sizes all framed (4)
A reproduction Chippendale style flight of open wall shelves with blind and pierced fretwork detail, together with a small Edwardian walnut drop leaf Sutherland type tea table, a Japanese lacquered two fold screen, a rectangular stool with cane panelled seat and barley twist rails, and an oak tea tray, together with a large coloured print of highland cattle in gilt frame (6)

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