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Lot 212
ULSTER’S OFFICE, DUBLIN CASTLE (SIR ARTHUR VICARS). The Scale of Precedence in Ireland. By Authority. 1897, first, 16mo red pigskin, 43 pp, a.e.g., very good copy.Essential guide for the Victorian gentleman or lady of noble birth, listing the scales of precedence for men and ladies, and the relative precedence of peers and baronets. Neatly designed to fit in a pocket or handbag. Very rare; COPAC finds only one copy, in Exeter. WithTIM HEALY MPA polling slip for the North Louth constituency in the UK election of 1892, issued by Tim Healy’s opponent Philip Callan, a barrister, the slip showing how to cast a vote for Callan. Printed by W. Tempest, Dundalk, with endorsement indicating that the print order was 2,000 copies, dated 8th July ’92. Nevertheless, Healy won the seat, which he held until 1910.Tim Healy [1855-1931], born in Cork, was an MP for the Irish Party until the Parnell split, when he led the opposition to Parnell. One of the leading barristers of his time, he represented Republicans on occasion. In 1922 the British Government chose him (with Irish agreement) to be the first Governor-General of the Irish Free State, a position which he held until 1928. (2)
Lot 225
RICHMOND BARRACKS, 1916A monochrome photographic print, 10 x 6cm, depicting three prisoners and soldiers in Richmond Barracks, 1916, one prisoner believed to be John MacBride (1868 - 5 May 1916), probably taken with a Box Brownie. Following the rebels’ surrender, over 3,000 suspected rebels including 77 women were taken and held at Richmond Barracks before being sent to prison camps in England and Wales. The leaders and more prominent persons were identified and their courts-martial took place in Richmond Barracks before they were sent to Kilmainham Gaol for execution. John MacBride was executed on the 5th May 1916.
Lot 228
THE MAN SENT TO PUT DOWN THE REBELLIONA clipping with General John Grenfell Maxwell’s rare signature mounted with sepia portrait print, 35.5 x 28cm in all. Most remembered for the execution of the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising, earning him the nickname Bloody Maxwell.General Maxwell had a long military career, serving in Egypt and South Africa (in the Boer War). He served at army headquarters at the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin from 1902 to 1904. He became General Officer Commanding British Troops in Egypt in 1908 and was then deployed on the Western Front in the First World War until he returned to his role as General Officer Commanding British Troops in Egypt in late 1914.
Lot 328
THE BLACKSMITH OF BALLINALEEAn original photographic print circa 4 ins x 6 ins showing a large group of uniformed Free State soldiers and a few civilians, posed around an 18-pounder gun, probably during the ‘Truce’ in 1922, a medieval abbey behind them. The tall officer in back row second from left is probably General Sean Mac Eoin, the ‘blacksmith of Ballinalee’. The signing of the truce agreement was delayed by Michael Collins until the British agreed to release Gen. Mac Eoin, who was in prison under sentence of death.
Lot 409
MCGUIRE, JAMES & JAMES QUINN, Eds., Dictionary of Irish Biography from the earlies times to 2002. (Under the auspices of the Royal Irish Academy). 1st ed., Cambridge, 2009. 4to. Green publisher's cloth, with black and gilt labels. The most authoritative biographical reference work available both in print and online, with over 9,000 enteries by over 700 expert contributors. An outstanding scholarly work in exceptional condition. [9].
Lot 110
S*** M*** A 1930's beach scene with fashionable young women in conversation indistinctly signed watercolour 23.5 x 18cms; 9 1/4 x 7in; S*** E*** M*** "Si Alphonse Le Voyait!" - jazz musicians and dancers lithograph with hand-colouring 49.5 x 31cms; 19 1/2 x 12 1/4in; together with an early 20th Century portrait photograph of a young woman; and a print after William Ablett, c.1923. (4)
Lot 439
A Worcester slop bowl c.1765, printed in black with L'Amour to one side, the reverse with Rural Gambols, between small vignettes of Classical ruins, the interior with swans on the water, L'Amour signed R H Worcester in the print for Robert Hancock, and with an anchor rebus for Richard Holdship, some good restoration, 15.5cm.
Lot 485
After Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), Les baigneurs (The bathers). Colour lithograph laid on board. Signed in the print "P. Cezanne" at the bottom right, the image approx. 27 X 22,2 cm, the sheet approx. 35,8 X 31,5 cm. Reference: Vgl. Lionello Venturi, Cézanne, son Art, son Oeuvre, vol. I Texte et vol. II Planches, Paul Rosenberg, Editeur, Paris 1936, Nr. 1156 Note: A print from the same plate was sold in Luzern by "Fischer" auction house 21st June 2010
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