Walthers Model Train HO Scale Assortment (16) items, (5) GP9M locomotives including a #931-104 Canadian National, a #931-118 Wisconsin Central, a #931-136 Farmrail, a #931-140 Canadian National and a #931-141 Rail Link, an Amtrak Metroliner Phase I cars #920-13800 snack bar coach, a #920-13840 and (2) #920-13841 coaches, a #932-3926 Milwaukee Road Flexi-Van flat car with trailers, a #931-1677 Bangor & Aroostook boxcar, a #931-1679 Northern Pacific boxcar and a #931-1780 Alaska log crane car, above all in original packaging as well as unboxed locomotives including a Milwaukee Road #728 and Ontario Northland #1300; together with an Atlas Santa Fe #979 locomotive and an unmarked NH Track Mobile Property from: an Estate, Downers Grove, Illinois Height: 5 1/4 inches, Length: 15 inches, Depth: 2 1/2 inches (longest box) Condition: most seemingly unused, light wear to packaging, unboxed having overall light wear consistent with normal use Disclaimers: not inspected out of original packaging, not tested, we cannot guarantee the operation Category: Collectibles > Model Trains - HO Scale Estimated Sale Time: 5:23 pm (America/Chicago) Shipping Status: Leonard Auction Shipping Quote Download High Resolution Photographs:Photograph #1
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Model Train HO Scale Assortment Approximately (35) items including locomotives, tenders, hoppers, log cars, cabooses, oil tankers, box cars and passenger cars from makers Lionel, Power Train, AHM, Play Art Property from: an Estate, Downers Grove, Illinois Height: 2 inches, Length: 12 inches, Width: 3 inches (largest) Condition: overall light wear consistent with normal use, some may have scuffs, nicks, chips, missing paint, loose wires Disclaimers: all items not individually inspected, not checked for replacement parts, we cannot guarantee the operation Category: Collectibles > Model Trains - HO Scale Estimated Sale Time: 5:24 pm (America/Chicago) Shipping Status: Leonard Auction Shipping Quote Download High Resolution Photographs:Photograph #1
Roco and Hornby Model Train HO Scale Boxed Assortment (50) items including passenger cars and wagons Property from: an Estate, Downers Grove, Illinois Length: 13 1/2 inches (longest) Condition: some boxes having scuffs, bent flaps, tears, bumped corners Disclaimers: items have not been removed or examined out of original wrapping, not tested, we cannot guarantee the operation, not checked for replacement parts, one car missing from 04148A box Category: Collectibles > Model Trains - HO Scale Estimated Sale Time: 5:24 pm (America/Chicago) Shipping Status: Leonard Auction Shipping Quote Download High Resolution Photographs:Photograph #1Photograph #2Photograph #3
Rivarossi Model Train HO Scale Assortment (20) items including passengers cars #261, (2) #267, #294 F, #295 F2, #295 F3, #815 02, #817 02, #819 02, #885 car set and #125 03, all by Liliput and #6635-#6639 and (3) #HR623, all in boxes Property from: an Estate, Downers Grove, Illinois Height: 12 3/8 inches, Length: 14 3/4 inches (car set) Condition: some boxes having scuffs, bent flaps, tears, bumped corners, Liliput #ROT 119 box empty, a car missing from #125 03 box, foam in some boxes broken down Disclaimers: items have not been removed or examined out of original wrapping, not tested, we cannot guarantee the operation, not checked for replacement parts Category: Collectibles > Model Trains - HO Scale Estimated Sale Time: 5:25 pm (America/Chicago) Shipping Status: Leonard Auction Shipping Quote Download High Resolution Photographs:Photograph #1
Fleischmann Model Train HO Scale Boxed Assortment (44) items including passenger cars Property from: an Estate, Downers Grove, Illinois Length: 15 1/4 inches (longest) Condition: some boxes having scuffs, bent flaps, tears, bumped corners Disclaimers: items have not been removed or examined out of original wrapping, not tested, we cannot guarantee the operation, not checked for replacement parts, #4440 and #4434 sets both missing cars Category: Collectibles > Model Trains - HO Scale Estimated Sale Time: 5:26 pm (America/Chicago) Shipping Status: Leonard Auction Shipping Quote Download High Resolution Photographs:Photograph #1Photograph #2Photograph #3Photograph #4
Model Train HO Scale Lima Boxed Assortment (42) items including passenger cars, freight cars and partial sets Property from: an Estate, Downers Grove, Illinois Length: 14 1/4 inches Condition: some boxes having scuffs, bent flaps, tears, bumped corners Disclaimers: items have not been removed or examined out of original wrapping, not tested, we cannot guarantee the operation, not checked for replacement parts Category: Collectibles > Model Trains - HO Scale Estimated Sale Time: 5:26 pm (America/Chicago) Shipping Status: Leonard Auction Shipping Quote Download High Resolution Photographs:Photograph #1Photograph #2Photograph #3Photograph #4Photograph #5
Model Train HO Scale Boxed Assortment Over (65) items including examples by Tyco, Alm and Roundhouse Property from: an Estate, Downers Grove, Illinois Length: 15 1/2 inches (longest) Condition: some boxes having scuffs, bent flaps, tears, bumped corners Disclaimers: items have not been removed or examined out of original wrapping, not tested, we cannot guarantee the operation, not checked for replacement parts Category: Collectibles > Model Trains - HO Scale Estimated Sale Time: 5:27 pm (America/Chicago) Shipping Status: Leonard Auction Shipping Quote Download High Resolution Photographs:Photograph #1Photograph #2Photograph #3Photograph #4Photograph #5
Model Train HO Scale Boxed Assortment (39) items including individual model train cars from makers including Athearn, Bachman, Con-Cor, Jouef, Life-Like, Powerline, Schicht and Walthers, a Lemax Christmas train set, Classical Train locomotive, tender and two car set and (4) kits from Life-Like and Mantua, all in original boxes Property from: an Estate, Downers Grove, Illinois Height: 4 inches, Length: 20 inches, Width: 11 inches (largest box) Condition: seemingly unused, overall light wear to packaging consistent with normal use Disclaimers: not inspected out of packaging, not tested, we cannot guarantee the operation, not checked for replacement parts Category: Collectibles > Model Trains - HO Scale Estimated Sale Time: 5:27 pm (America/Chicago) Shipping Status: Leonard Auction Shipping Quote Download High Resolution Photographs:Photograph #1Photograph #2Photograph #3Photograph #4
Model Train HO Scale Assortment Over (30) items, (5) boxed Spectrum Master Series cars including a #27199 unlettered ON30 tank car and (4) Pennsylvania passenger cars #89005 coach, #89011 combine, #89014 diner and #89016 observation as well as unboxed including (8) steam locomotives, some with tenders, (2) diesel locomotives, freight and passenger cars Property from: an Estate, Downers Grove, Illinois Height: 3 3/4 inches, Length: 15 1/2 inches, Width: 2 1/2 inches (longest) Condition: boxed items seemingly unused, overall light to moderate wear to unboxed items consistent with normal use, may have scratches and scuffs Disclaimers: not tested, we cannot guarantee the operation, not checked for replacement parts Category: Collectibles > Model Trains - HO Scale Estimated Sale Time: 5:28 pm (America/Chicago) Shipping Status: Leonard Auction Shipping Quote Download High Resolution Photographs:Photograph #1Photograph #2Photograph #3
Model Train HO Scale Assortment Over (30) items including locomotives, tenders, freight cars, sets, parts, some railroad lines being Chicago Northwestern, Denver and Rio Grande, Burlington from makers Life-Like, Piko, Broadway, some having boxes Property from: an Estate, Downers Grove, Illinois Height: 3 inches, Length: 13 1/2 inches, Width: 2 inches (largest) Condition: overall light wear consistent with normal use, some cars may have scuffs, nicks, chips, missing paint, loose wires, some boxes having scuffs, bent flaps, tears, bumped corners Disclaimers: not tested, we cannot guarantee the operation, not checked for replacement parts Category: Collectibles > Model Trains - HO Scale Estimated Sale Time: 5:28 pm (America/Chicago) Shipping Status: Leonard Auction Shipping Quote Download High Resolution Photographs:Photograph #1Photograph #2Photograph #3
Model Train HO Scale Assortment (11) items including unmarked engines having the D.C.C. option Property from: an Estate, Downers Grove, Illinois Length: 15 inches (longest) Condition: overall light wear consistent with normal use Disclaimers: all items not individually inspected, not checked for replacement parts, we cannot guarantee the operation, N.S engine missing control cover Category: Collectibles > Model Trains - HO Scale Estimated Sale Time: 5:29 pm (America/Chicago) Shipping Status: Leonard Auction Shipping Quote Download High Resolution Photographs:Photograph #1Photograph #2Photograph #3
MTH Model Train G Scale Tinplate Traditions Train Set (10) items including a #10-1222-1 New York Central 2-4-0 steam locomotive #384 with tender and (9) cars including (2) boxcars, a cattle car, a coal hopper, a gondola, a tank car, a flatcar having lumber load, a search light car and a caboose Property from: an Estate, Downers Grove, Illinois Height: 5 1/4 inches, Length: 20 inches, Width: 3 1/2 inches (longest) Condition: overall light wear consistent with normal use, no boxes Disclaimers: not tested, we cannot guarantee the operation, not checked for replacement parts Category: Collectibles > Model Trains - G Scale Estimated Sale Time: 5:30 pm (America/Chicago) Shipping Status: Leonard Auction Shipping Quote Download High Resolution Photographs:Photograph #1Photograph #2Photograph #3
Lionel Model Train HO Scale Locomotive Assortment (30) items, (8) Lionel locomotives including Southern Pacific Alco PA diesel locomotive #6012 with #6014 AA set, (3) U33C diesel locomotives including Illinois Central #5054, Milwaukee Road #5705 and Penn Central #6560, a Spirit of '76 switcher #805, Bethlehem Steel switcher #71, Santa Fe 2-8-8-2 steam locomotive #1797 with tender, Pennsylvania 2-8-2 steam #9628 with tender; together with a Bachmann Rudolph Christmas steam locomotive, tender and gondola and (21) cars from various makers including (4) Amtrak coaches, a Great Northern coach, boxcars, tank cars, flatcars with loads, a hopper and a crane car Property from: an Estate, Downers Grove, Illinois Height: 3 inches, Length: 25 inches, Width: 2 1/2 inches (longest) Condition: overall light wear to moderate consistent with normal use, may have occasional scratches and scuffs, Bachmann locomotive having detached parts (present and bagged), no boxes Disclaimers: not tested, we cannot guarantee the operation, not checked for replacement parts Category: Collectibles > Model Trains - S Scale Estimated Sale Time: 5:31 pm (America/Chicago) Shipping Status: Leonard Auction Shipping Quote Download High Resolution Photographs:Photograph #1Photograph #2Photograph #3
Model Train Z Scale Assortment Over (30) items including locomotives, flatcars, freight cars, passenger cars and box cars from makes such as Marklin and Microtrains Property from: an Estate, Downers Grove, Illinois Height: 3/4 inches, Length: 4 1/2 inches, Width: 3/4 inches (longest) Condition: overall light wear consistent with normal use, some may have scuffs, nicks, chips, no boxes Disclaimers: all items not individually inspected, not checked for replacement parts, we cannot guarantee the operation, we cannot guarantee all faults have been noted Category: Collectibles > Model Trains - Z Scale Estimated Sale Time: 5:31 pm (America/Chicago) Shipping Status: Leonard Auction Shipping Quote Download High Resolution Photographs:Photograph #1
Model Train Assortment (16) various S scale and O scale items including passenger cars, locomotives and train cars, mostly Lionel Property from: an Estate, Downers Grove, Illinois Length: 23 1/4 inches (#485) Condition: overall light wear consistent with normal use, some may have scuffs, nicks, chips, missing paint, loose wires Disclaimers: not tested, we cannot guarantee the operation, not checked for replacement parts Category: Collectibles > Trains Estimated Sale Time: 5:32 pm (America/Chicago) Shipping Status: Leonard Auction Shipping Quote Download High Resolution Photographs:Photograph #1Photograph #2Photograph #3Photograph #4
Piko Model Train G Scale Assortment (3) items including a #218 Denver & Rio Grande Western locomotive with tender, a #1399 Reading locomotive with tender and a #25 Denver & Rio Grande Western locomotive Property from: an Estate, Downers Grove, Illinois Length: 13 inches (#218) Condition: overall light wear consistent with normal use, some may have scuffs, nicks, chips, missing paint, loose wires Disclaimers: not tested, we cannot guarantee the operation, not checked for replacement parts Category: Collectibles > Model Trains - G Scale Estimated Sale Time: 5:34 pm (America/Chicago) Shipping Status: Leonard Auction Shipping Quote Download High Resolution Photographs:Photograph #1Photograph #2
MARUYAMA OSHIN (1790-1838): 'YUREI AND SICKLE'Japan, 19th century. Ink, gouache, and watercolor on paper. Mounted as a hanging scroll, with a silk brocade coated paper frame and lacquered wooden handles. Painted with attention to detail, the ghostly figure has one recessed eye, barely open, and another bulging, bloodshot eye, with its mouth agape showing its rotting teeth above pink gums, bleeding from its neck which is being gored by a sickle.Inscriptions: Artist seal 應震.Provenance: From a British private collection of Japanese paintings, mostly focusing on paintings of Yurei and other bakemono.Condition: Wear, few folds, some creasing, small losses with associated touch-ups. The silk brocade has similar wear, traces of age, small tears, and a few loose threads.Dimensions: Image size 54.5 x 23 cm, Size incl. mounting 101 x 31 cmMaruyama Oshin (1790-1838) was the third headmaster of the Maruyama School. He was the son of Oju, an adopted son of Maruyama Okyo, the school’s founder. Oshin, like his father and grandfather, devoted himself to small-scale paintings. His paintings frequently include Japanese poems or took inspiration from them. His works can be seen today in the British Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.The Maruyama School was founded in the mid-18th century by Maruyama Okyo (1733-1795). Originally founded in Kyoto, the school opened several other locations, including a branch in Osaka. Maruyama Okyo, himself a student of the Kano School, founded the school after gaining popularity from several commissions which were met with great excitement. Today much of the school's work is preserved at Daijo-ji, a temple in Kasumi. Noteworthy pupils include Okyo's son, Maruyama Ozui, Nagasawa Rosetsu, and Matsumura Goshun.Yurei-zu are a genre of Japanese art consisting of painted or woodblock print images of ghosts, demons, and other supernatural beings. They are considered to be a subgenre of fuzokuga (‘pictures of manners and customs’). These types of artworks reached the peak of their popularity in Japan in the mid to late 19th century.
A fine George III satinwood, yew wood, palmwood crossbanded, sycamore and marquetry commode attributed to Ince and Mayhew (active 1758/9-1804)Circa 1780The moulded rectangular top centred by a yew wood oval medallion bordered by paterae-filled lappets and an outer band of stylised laurel leaves on a calamander ground within a broad satinwood crossbanding, the frieze drawer above a pair of cupboard doors with circular vase-filled medallions and flanked by leaf carved and fluted engaged columns, the sides with further vacant circular medallions, the slightly outset base-moulding on leaf carved and baluster turned feet, with palmwood crossbanding, pearl motif bandings and stringing throughout, traces of the original ebonised finish to the mouldings, 128.5cm wide x 63cm deep x 89cm high, (50 1/2in wide x 24 1/2in deep x 35in high)Footnotes:ProvenanceReputably previously from the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.Acquired by Hotspur Ltd., London until sold at The Grosvenor House Antiques Fair, 10th June 1988, £70,000. A copy of this Hotspur invoice is available to view.The present lot relates to certain documented English Neoclassical commodes in the Louis XVI taste associated with the Soho, London cabinet making partnership Messrs. Ince & Mayhew. Their unifying characteristics are engaged fluted columns of a distinctive design to the front corners and ebonised mouldings to the tops and aprons. Arguably pre-eminent among these is an example almost certainly supplied by the firm to George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea and 4th Earl of Nottingham for Burley-on-the-Hill, Rutland circa 1773-1775, sold Christie's, London, Simon Sainsbury: The Creation of an English Arcadia, 18 June 2008, lot 250. Aspects of the offered lot are paralleled on the Rutland commode comprising the almost identical engaged columns to the front corners, the profiling of the mouldings to the top and base and the use of an ebonised finish to the latter. Furthermore, the subtly concave front to the frieze drawer and doors is also featured on the Rutland commode. The Swallowfield Park commodes, sold Christie's London, Important English Furniture, 9 June 2005, lot 250, also represent an important pair of cabinets belonging to the aforementioned group which are of a serpentine configuration with marquetry including similar (possibly yew wood) laurel bound top medallions. These were possibly supplied to Charles, 1st and last Earl Whitworth (1752-1825) and by descent to his sister and thence by descent to Swallowfield Park (see also Lucy Wood op. cit., P. 213, fig. 201). Other related cabinets include a chest of drawers sold Sotheby's, Arts of Europe, 12 May 2015, lot 186 and a serpentine chest, sold Christie's London, The Collector: English Furniture, 22 May, 2019, lot 59. The oval medallion to the top of the offered commode features the use of yew wood, a timber identified as 'possibly unique to Mayhew and Ince among London cabinet makers of this date' (C. Gilbert, The Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840, Leeds, 1986, pp.'s 589-593). The firm supplied a veneered yew wood commode to Sir Brook Bridges of Goodnestone Park, Kent, that was exhibited in Treasures from Kent Houses, Royal Museum, Canterbury, September-October 1984, no. 57.The firm of Ince and Mayhew (active 1758/59-1804) were best known for their skilled innovative use of marquetry. Their earliest known commode decorated solely with marquetry dates from as early as 1764. They were also the first to produce semi-elliptical commodes through their involvement with the Countess of Derby's Etruscan commodes for which they were employed by Adam in 1774. Ince and Mayhew's mature Neoclassical marquetry depended upon a vocabulary of large scale motifs, such as urns, tripods and swags, 'coloured and boldly inlaid upon contrasting fields [and] subtle foliage inlaid in different woods'.Comparative LiteratureR. Edwards and P. Macquoid, The Dictionary of English Furniture, rev. edn., 1954, vol. II, p. 52, fig. 56L. Wood, The Lady Lever Art Gallery: Catalogue of Commodes, London, 1994, p. 213, fig. 201.H. Roberts and C. Cator, Industry and Ingenuity: The Partnership of William Ince and John Mayhew, 2022, p. 311, pl's. 165-166 and p. 326, pl's. 213-214.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A William IV or early Victorian 'Antiquarian' yew wood centre table of large proportions1830-1845, possibly after a design by Thomas WillementThe circular segmented radiating veneered top with a twin ebony and boxwood strung border and an ogee moulded edge, on three spiral twist turned columnar supports, the concave tripartite base carved with a gadrooned edge and surmounted to the centre by an egg-and-leaf moulded baluster urn finial, terminating in hipped scrolled acanthus, beaded and foliate carved S-scroll form feet with recessed ceramic castors, approximate diameter of the top: 162cm; approximate height: 73.5cm.Footnotes:An early Victorian walnut and ash centre table attributed to Thomas Willement (1786-1871), which is of similar design to the offered lot and has closely comparable spiral twist turned legs, sold The Pedestal, 24 April 2018, Fine Furniture and Objects, lot 199. Willement is renowned for his furniture, wallpaper, panelling and stained glass designs which were directly influenced by the medieval and English Renaissance periods. Another related table, also attributed to Willement, albeit one of rectangular outline, appears illustrated in Signed and Designed II, the Origin of Ornament, the Country Seat catalogue, p.2. In this Country Seat catalogue it is noted that this 'Antiquarian' style (or perhaps more accurately movement) arguably found most favour at two specific English country houses during the mid 19th century. These are Charlecote, Warwickshire, where Willement was employed for a time, and Mamhead, in Devon. For more information on the origins of this style one must refer to O. Jones, 'Grammar of Ornament', Elizabethan No. 1, pl. LXXXIII, along with the text written by J.B. Waring which accompanies it.Another major figure closely associated with 'Antiquarianism', and who worked during the same period of 1830-1850 was Richard Bridgens (1785-1846). Furthermore, a burr elm and elm oval table with a marquetry top, which is defined as being 'in the manner of Bridgens' and has almost identical large scale spiral twist turned legs, sold Christie's, London, 7 May 2008, Fasque: the Scottish Seat of the Gladstones, lot 138.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP For auctions held in Scotland: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Constantine, Constantine House, North Caldeen Road, Coatbridge ML5 4EF, Scotland, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please refer to the catalogue for further information.For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton P.R.A., R.W.S., known as Sir Frederic Leighton (British, 1830-1896): An important bronze figure of 'An Athlete Wrestling A Python'The posthumous cast published by Ernest Brown and Phillips at the Leicester Galleries, circa 1909On rectangular naturalistic base, signed, dated and numbered to one side F. LEIGHTON 1877 XVI, and inscribed to the base verso PUBD BY ERNEST BROWN & PHILLIPS AT THE LEICESTER GALLERIES, LEICESTER SQUARE, LONDON., brown patina, raised on a corresponding verde antico shallow square plinth, the bronze, 52cm high, 34m wide, 29cm deep, the marble plinth, 2.5vm high, 31cm wide, 22cm deepFootnotes:ProvenanceAcquired by Sunderland businessman, Paul Wayman, circa 1920Thence by family descent to the present owner. Although Leighton's fame as a renowned and celebrated painter was firmly established by the close of the third quarter of the 19th century, his success in sculptural terms did come until 1877 when he debuted his work 'Athlete Wrestling with a Python' at the Royal Academy. At the time of exhibition, it was also alternatively known to reviewers as 'An Athlete Strangling a Python' and 'An Athlete Struggling with a Python'. Whichever title its reviewers used, the finished work was held to great acclaim by both critics and the public and it catapulted Leighton to an international spotlight, later leading him to be proclaimed as 'the father of the English New Sculpture movement'. However, even though he only returned to the medium of sculpture on two subsequent occasions with his figures of 'Needless Alarms' and 'The Sluggard', both of which also proved highly successful, it was this sculpture that defined him for posterity to both critics and the public alike. Influenced by antique Greek sculpture and particularly 'The Laocoön' which formed part of the Vatican sculpture collection, the work represents a dramatic life and death scene of a classical male nude contending a python which is coiled around his left thigh and whose head is held at bay by his rigidly outstretched arm. Leighton's powerful and complex design commands a sense of suppressed energy and opposing forces momentarily balanced at a point of supreme tension. Although the realism of the figures anatomy was undoubtedly influenced by the sculptors of antiquity and the Renaissance including the work of Michelangelo, it also owned a debt to contemporary French sculpture which gave it a naturalism far removed from the uniform excesses of the neo-classical works produced by sculptors of a generation before.The model for the work was the professional sitter, Angelo Colorosi who was a leading figure in the Italian group of professional male models in the later 19th century. From contemporary interviews which Leighton made with the Studio magazine in the early 1890's, he confirmed he originally modelled the piece as a small-scale clay figure. However, the decision to turn it into a large-scale bronze was made on the encouragement of either the sculptor Jules Dalou (French, 1838-1901) who was in exile in London during that time or perhaps his contemporary, Alphonse Legros (French, 1837-1911). Assisted by Leighton's protégé, Thomas Brock (British, 1847-1922), the full-size model was first modelled in plaster and then cast in bronze by Cox & Son before it was exhibited at the Royal Academy. Its influence was also far reaching to the new generation of emerging New Sculpture artists including the young Brock, Hamo Thorneycroft, Edward Onslow Ford, George Frampton and interestingly, Alfred Gilbert, who's first work, a figure of 'Icarus' was coincidentally commissioned by Leighton. The sculpture's popularity was sealed when it was purchased on behalf of the Tate by the Chantrey Bequest in 1877 and it won the gold medal when it appeared at the prestigious Exposition Universelle in Paris the following year. A monumental marble replica of the sculpture was subsequently commissioned by the wealthy Danish brewer Carl Jacobsen for the museum bearing his name in 1882 and much of the carving for this work was done by the New Sculpture sculptor Frederick Pomeroy (British, 1856-1924) at the start of his career whilst still working in Brocks studios.Reductions of the bronze were posthumously published in edition casts of two similar sizes between 1903-1910. The first edition was published by Arthur Collie. The second edition was published by Ernest Brown and Phillips at the Leicester Galleries. In 1909, The Magazine of Art announced that the Leicester Galleries were to publish Leighton's 'An Athlete Struggling with a Python' in an unspecified limited edition. The offered lot appears to be a relatively early cast from this second edition.Frederic Leighton was the son of doctor and began his artistic education in Italy when he travelled to Rome and Florence in 1840 before becoming a pupil of Zanetti and meeting the American sculptor Hiram Powers. Moving to Frankfurt in 1844 he studied under the Nazarene painter E. J. von Steinle at the Institut Staedel before travelling to Brussels and Paris then finally returning to Rome in 1852.Surrounded by a group of ex-patriot writers and artists such as Thackeray, Browning and Gibson, he established his reputation as a painter with his work 'Cimabue's Madonna carried in Procession' which was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1855 and subsequently purchased by Queen Victorian and Prince Albert for the Royal Collection.At the Royal Academy, Leighton progressed from ARA in 1864 and RA in 1868 to become President in 1878. At the same time in keeping with his growing stature he also began work on his house, no. 2 Holland Park Road (now the Leighton House Museum) in 1865. In public life, he was the only sculptor to receive a barony being created a baronet in 1886 and Baron Leighton of Stretton in 1896.Related LiteratureStephen Jones, Christopher Newall, Leonée Ormond, Richard Ormond, Benedict Read, Frederic, Lord Leighton, Eminent Victorian Artist, 1996, Harry N. Abrams, Inc, Pub. with The Royal Academy of Arts, London, p. 182-183.Peyton Skipwith, Sir Alfred Gilbert & The New Sculpture, British Sculpture 1850-1930, The Fine Art Society in association with Robert Bowman, p. 72-75.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
BERLIOZ HECTOR: (1803-1869) French composer and conductor of the Romantic era. An excellent content and unusual A.L.S., `H. Berlioz´, three pages, Saint Petersburg, 19th-31st March 1847, to his father, in French. Berlioz writes to his father from Saint Petersburg, and announces the euphoric success of his works in Russia, referring also to the Russian Empress, and stating in part `Cher père, J´ai fait sans encombres ce grand voyage de Pétersburg qui vous a peut-être inquiété, et je pars tout à l´heure pour Moscou où je ne demeurerai que quinze jours, ainsi mes soeurs peuvent me répondre ici. Voici mon adresse Maison Kosikowski, perspective Newski au coin de la petite Morskoïa (Pétersburg). J´ai eu le bonheur de réussir dans mes entreprises musicales au-delà de toutes les prévisions. Ma musique a fait fureur dans toutes les classes de la Société Russe. L´impératrice m´a comblé de gracieusetés de toute espèce, et les enfants les Grands Ducs Alexandre et Constantine et la Duchesse de Lichtenstein ont suivi son exemple. L´empereur seul n´a pu assister à aucun de mes concerts. Il est malade d´une gastro-entérite qui l´inquiète et le tourmente beaucoup´ (Translation: “Dear father, I made this long trip to Petersburg, which perhaps worried you, without incident and I am leaving shortly for Moscow where I will only stay for fifteen days, so my sisters can write to me here. Here is my address Kosikowski House, Newski Prospect on the corner of Little Morskoia (Petersburg). I have had the pleasure of succeeding in my musical endeavours beyond all expectations. My music has had enormous success among all society levels of Russian Society. The Empress showered me with graces of all kinds, and the children, the Grand Dukes Alexander and Constantine and the Duchess of Lichtenstein followed her example. The Emperor alone was unable to attend any of my concerts. He is sick with gastroenteritis which worries and torments him a lot”) Berlioz further sends details of the artists performances and expresses with great enthusiasm how flattered he feels and what an unexpected experience this travel to Russia is resulting, saying `J´ai eu un orchestra excellent compose d´artistes Allemands qui m´ont interprété avec une fidélité et une verve extraordinaires, on a mis à mes ordres pour les choeurs, les choristes des theatres, ceux de la chapelle impériale et ceux de plusieurs regiments de la garde qui ont marché parfaitement. L´effet produit par mon dernier ouvrage surtout a été magnifique, on a fait répéter une foule de morceaux, l´Impératrice m´a fait appeler après la première partie du concert et m´a chaleureusement complimeenté ainsi que ses fils´ (Translation: “I had an excellent orchestra composed of German artists who interpreted my works with extraordinary fidelity and verve, they put at my command for the choirs, the choristers of the theatres, those of the Imperial chapel and those of several regiments of the guards who worked perfectly. The effect produced by my last work especially was magnificent, we had a host of pieces rehearsed, the Empress called me after the first part of the concert and warmly complimented me as well as her sons”) Further again, Berlioz refers to the concerts important box-office collection, and compares France and Russia in different ways, stating in part `Les recettes des deux concerts ont attaint un chiffre où nous ne pouvons pretendre en France, et malgré l´énormité des frais il me reste à cette heure une quinzaine de mille francs de benefice…Peut-être à mon retour la direction du grand theatre pourra-t-elle interrompre les travaux de son repertoire pour monter ma partition de Roméo et Juliette… Toute l´aristocratie Russe me comble de politesses de toute espèce. On me prédit un très beau résultat de ma course à Moscou. Tout ici est grandiose, et rien ne ressemble ni pour les moeurs ni pour les institutions aux idées saugrenues que nous nous en faisons en France…´ (Translation: “The funds collection from the two concerts have reached a figure which we cannot imagine in France, and despite the enormity of the expenses involved, I have at this time around fifteen thousand francs of profit left... Perhaps on my return the management of the Grand Theatre will be able to interrupt the work on their repertoire to produce my score for Romeo and Juliet... The entire Russian aristocracy showers me with politeness of all kinds. I am predicted a very good result for my concerts in Moscow. Everything here is grandiose, and nothing resembles either the morals or the institutions of the crazy ideas that we have of them in France…”) With address page to the fourth and last page, in his hand `Monsieur Berlioz´, bearing remnants of a red wax seal, and two ink stamps. Overall age creasing with several tears to the folds, and a small hole to the last page as a result of the letter opening, although the full letter remains perfectly legible. About G Louis Berlioz (1776-1848) Father of Hector Berlioz, was a respected Physician credited as the first European to practise and write about acupuncture. He had planned a medical career for his son Hector. Louis and his wife Marie-Antoinette Joséphine had six children, three of whom died in infancy, the eldest being Hector, and his two surviving daughters Nanci and Adele who Berlioz mentions in the present letter, remained close to Hector throughout their lives. Berlioz composed his “Symphonie dramatique” Roméo et Juliette in 1839, a large-scale symphony based on Shakespeare´s play Roméo and Juliet. Widely regarded as one of Berlioz´s finest works. Berlioz refers to the Royal Russian family of Emperor Nicholas I, the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia), and their sons Grand Duke and future Tsar Alexander and his younger brother Grand Duke Konstantin
GOUNOD CHARLES: (1818-1893) French Composer. An excellent and curious A.L.S, `Ch. Gounod´, addressed to French author Alexandre Dumas fils, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., n.d., in French. Gounod congratulates Dumas as inventor, referring to a tool permitting to separate each finger and allowing more independence on each of them, and stating `J´ai été instantanément séduit par l´appareil de Mr. Dumas fils, comme on l´est par une pensée véritablement ingénieuse et par une chose vraiment trouvée. C´est un procédé très pratique et qui conduit, par une échelle très ingénieusement graduée, à la complète indépendance des doigts. J´en fais à l´inventeur mes sincères félicitations´ (Translation: `I was instantly seduced by Mr. Dumas´ artefact, in the same way you you are by a truly ingenious thought and by a truly discovered thing. It is a very practical process that leads through a very ingeniously graduated scale to the complete independence of the fingers. I give my sincere congratulations to the inventor´) To the verso, written in another hand, in pencil `From Dumas´fils autograph album´ and numered to the upper left corner as number 14. Accompanied by a vintage postcard photograph of Gounod, unsigned, the Paul Boyer image showing the French composer in a half-length pose in his later years. Very small minor creasing, otherwise G Alexandre Dumas Fils (1824-1895) French author and playwright.
COURBET GUSTAVE: (1819-1877) French Painter. An innovator who rejected academic convention and leaded the French Realist movement. Courbet was active in politics and was imprisoned in 1871 for his involvement with the Paris Commune, having to live in exile in Switzerland until his death. An excellent content and rare A.L.S., `Gustave Courbet´, two pages, 8vo, Ornans, 15th August, n.y., to Mr, Verveer, in French. Courbet refers in the present letter to four of his well-known paintings Retour de la Conférence, Vénus et Psychée, Les Femmes and one of his masterpieces which brought fame to Courbet L´Enterrement à Ornans (`A Burial at Ornans´). His painting Les Femmes having been refused to be exhibited at the Paris Salon exhibition, Courbet states `Il parait que par souvenir de la Conférence les curés auraient agi de représailles et qu´ils auraient obtenu par l´influence de l´impératrice que soit refusé le tableau de cette année Les Femmes que je vous envoie´ («It seems that by memory of the Conference the priests would have acted in reprisals and that they would have obtained by the influence of the Empress that the painting of this year The Women, which I send to you, be refused ») Courbet further remembers his own actions in Belgium and expects there a different welcome to his works saying `Je me souviens de l´action que j´ai pris à Gand et Bruxelles et à Anvers dans la révolution des libéraux et des catholiques… Je suis en droit de croire que le tableau n´aura pas à Bruxelles le même blâme qu´à l´administration des Beaux-Arts à Paris´ («I remember the action that I took in Ghent and Brussels and in Antwerp during the revolution of the liberals and the Catholics… I have the right to believe that the painting will not have the same blame in Brussels as in the Administration of Fine Arts in Paris »)Before concluding Courbet explains to his correspondent the updated situation of his painting A Burial at Ornans, stating `Quant au tableau de l´enterrement il m´est impossible d´accéder à vos désirs malgré tout mon désir et l´honneur que vous me faites en le désirant. Le cadre est démoli, le chassis a servi, la toile est roulée et en mauvais état par le temps. J´ai donné ordre à mon concierge de délivrer le tableau de Venus et Psychée à Mr. Carpentier et Desforges et de l´avertir qu´il était à sa disposition s´il ne venait pas le chercher avant le temps indiqué par vous. Veuillez m´avertir de ce qui se passsera à propos de ce tableau qui m´intéresse beaucoup´ («As for the burial painting, it is impossible for me to accede to your wishes despite all my wishes and the honour you do me by wishing it. The frame is demolished, the stretcher has resisted, the canvas is rolled up and in poor condition because of the time passing. I instructed my concierge to deliver the painting of Venus and Psychée to Mr. Carpentier and Desforges and to inform him that it was at his disposal if he doesn´t pick it up before the time indicated by you. Please let me know what will happen to this painting as I am very interested in it ») A letter of very interesting artistic and historical content. With blank integral leaf. Small overall age wear and minor creasing. Few extremely small professional repairs to the verso. G Salomon Leonardus Verveer (1813-1876) Dutch Painter, a marine and landscape artist. Verveer was one of the most successful artists of his time. Retour de la Conférence (1862) was a painting by Courbet showing drunk priests. The watercolour was destroyed by fanatics and can only be seen on photographs. Courbet said about this painting `Ce tableau fait rire tout le pays et moi-même en particulier. C'est le tableau plus grotesque qu'on aura jamais vu en peinture. Je n'ose pas vous le dépeindre, seulement c'est un tableau de curés´ ("This painting makes the whole country laugh, and myself in particular. It is the most grotesque painting that we will have ever seen in painting. I dare not depict it to you, only that it is a painting of priests")Courbet refers to Empress Eugénie de Montijo (1826-1920) spouse of Napoléon III. A Burial at Ornans was painted in 1849-50, and is considered one of the major turning points of the French art of the 19th century. Ornans was Courbet´s birthplace and the funeral records his great-uncle funeral. His exhibition at the 1850-51 Paris Salon created an immediate and explosive reaction. The very large scale Painting is displayed at the Musée d´Orsay in Paris. Courbet said `The Burial at Ornans was in fact the burial of Romanticism´. Twenty years later, when Courbet´s political views had changed , he repudiated this work saying that it was `worth nothing´
Attributed to Corneille de Lyon (1500 - 1575) A portrait of a gentleman Oil on panel Note: Corneille de Lyon was a Dutch portraitist who was active in Lyon, France, from 1533 until his death in 1575. A leading painter of the French 16th century style, few identifiable portraits exist as the artist rarely signed or dated his works. The first identifiable work was established only in 1962. Works therefore tend to be attributed to Lyon on quality alone. The artist's portraits are typically miniature in scale, his signature green backgrounds painted thickly against thinner skin tones. Excellent examples survive in the Louvre, Paris, and Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Dimensions: (Panel) 9 in. (H) x 6.75 in. (W) (Frame) 12 in. (H) x 10 in. (W)
Rousseau (Jean Jacques) A Treatise on the Social Compact: or The Principles of Politic Law, first edition in English, 3pp. advertisements at end, contemporary annotation to pp. 2 & 3, otherwise remarkably clean internally, endpapers browned, contemporary calf, a little rubbed, lacking most of morroco spine label, [PMM 270], 8vo, for T. Becket and P. A. de Hondt, 1764.⁂ Rare philosophical treatise by Genevan philosopher instrumental in the Age of Enlightenment. "The Contrat Social remains Rousseau's greatest work... Rousseau believed passionately in what he wrote, and when in 1789 a similar emotion was released on a national scale, the Contrat Social came into its own as the bible of the revolutionaries in building their ideal state. Still in print, translated into every language in cheap editions and paperbacks, it remains a crucial document of egalitarian government" (Printing and the Mind of Man, 270, discussing the 1762 first edition).
A WORCESTER PORCELAIN TEA CUP AND SAUCER circa 1768-70, with scale yellow ground and panels painted with "dishevelled birds and insects", with borders of gold rococo tracery, blue crossed sword and "9" marks, the cup 5cm high, the saucer 13.5cm diameterProvenance: The Zorensky sale Part III, Lot 129.Illustrated by Sandon and Spero in 1996 catalogue of the Zorensky collection, fig. 267.The collection of the late Anthony du Boulay FSA (1929- 2022).
12 Cased Polistil / Politoys diecast model racing cars to include FX4 B.R.M. Marlboro P.160, FX1 Tyrrell Ford - F.1, F1 Matra - F.1, F.8 McLaren - F.1, FX3 Lotus J.P.S., F.9 Brabham - F.1, etc (diecast gd-vg; some cases cracked); plus six 1/24 scale diecast models to include 4 x Maisto Special Edition, Revell Gemballa Avalanche & Burago William FW 08C (squash to box)
Two boxed Burago 1/18 scale diecast models to include 3006 Jaguar SS 100 & 3002 Mercedez Benz SSKL (diecast ex, boxes showing some squash); together with a boxed Lledo diecast model, nine unboxed diecast models (featuring Matchbox Models of Yesteryear & Lledo), and a small collection of mid 20th C play worn metal figures to include Britains guardsmen
Five boxed 1/50 scale diecast construction models to include ERTL Mighty Movers Replica 2430 Caterpillar 631E wheel Tractor Scraper (2430), Komatsu HD1200M Dump Truck (broken wheel, tatty box), Norscot 55096 CAT 320C L Excavator, Cararama Volvo BM & Volvo BM L150C; plus 2 x unboxed diecast construction models (Motorart Volvo A40D (vg) & NZG Caterpillar 825B (play worn)). (Diecast vg-ex unless stated, boxes show some storage-related wear)
Seven boxed diecast models, 1/18 scale or similar, to include 3 x Maisto (Peugeot 307 WRC (bent wing mirror & split box window), Special Edition McLaren F1 & Special Edition Jaguar XJ 220), 2 x Burago (3378 Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge & 3025 Dodge Viper RT/10 - split box window), Chrono H1040 Triumph Spitfire Open Convertible 1970 "White" & Shell Collezione Classico Ferrari 1958 250 Testa Rossa. Diecast ex unless stated, boxes show storage wear including squash to windows
22 diecast models, 1/27 to 1/16 scale, to include Burago, Polistil & Maisto examples, featuring Burago 1/18 Maserati 3200GT, Polistil 1/16 Porsche 911 Turbo, Maisto 1/18 Lamborghini Diablo, Burago 1/18 Ferrari Testarossa, Burago 1/18 Murcielago, Maisto 1/18 Jaguar S-Type, Burago 1/18 Jaguar "E", etc. Diecast generally gd-vg (2 trays)
Two boxed Corgi The Aviation Archive 'Jet Fighter Power' 1/72 scale ltd edn diecast models with CoAs, to include AA32703 Hawker Hunter & 49402 EE Lightning F2 (models missing stands / stand bases, otherwise contents appear gd with accessories but unchecked; boxes show storage wear - including squashing & small tears); plus a boxed Union Model 1/48 Gee Bee Model-Z diecast model plane (tail wing detached, box shows light storage wear). (3)
Collection of six boxed 1:18 scale diecast models to include Auto Art Performance Lamborghini Diablo, Maisto Special Edition Audi Supersportwagen, Maisto Premier Edition Aston martin DB7 Vantage, Ford GT Conceptr and Minichamps Car Collection Aston Martin DB9 Convertible, plus a unboxed Aston martin Vanquish, diecast ex, boxes vg overall with some signs of storage and edge wear
Collection of four boxed Corgi Aviation Archive diecast models to include 1:72 scale AA34006 War In The Pacific Collection B-24J Liberator, 1:72 scale AA99151 The Suez Crisis D.H Mosquito, 1:44 scale United States Coast Guard Boeing PB-1G Flying Fortress and 1:72 scale Birth Of The Jet Engine Gloster Meteor, all ex, appearing complete, boxes vg overall with some signs of light storage wear
Collection of four boxed Corgi Aviation Archive Thunder In The Skies Military Air Power diecast models to include 1:72 scale AA34104 Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer, 1:72 scale AA33407 Westland Sea King Mk 50 50th Anniversary, 1:72 scale AA33206 McDonnell F-4J Phantom and 1:144 scale Boeing B-52D Stratofortress, diecast ex and all appearing complete, boxes vg overall with signs of storage wear and slight fading
Collection of six 1:72 scale diecast aviation models to include 4 x Corgi Aviation Archive featuring AA32402 Jet Fighter Power British Aerospace Sea Harrier Royal Navy, AA32504 World War 2 Europe & Africa Junkers Ju87B-2 Tropical Stuka, AA99110 World War 2 Europe & Africa DH Mosquito PR MkIV & Supermarine Spitfire and AA33201C Jet Fighter Power McDonnell F-4N Phantom II 151000 US Navy and 1 x Corgi Predators Of The Skies Series 3 Ultimate Squadrons PR99416 No. 28 SQN Indian Air Force and 1 x Vickers Supermarine Walrus MKI RAF Air Sea Rescue Service, all appearing complete, diecast ex, boxes showing some signs of storage wear but vg overall
Five boxed Lotus 1/18 scale diecast models to include Kyosho Lotus Europa Special - Green (08151G - missing wiper), A Model Classic Models Lotus 49 - Winner British G.P.67 - Jim Clark (Q9001), Sun Star 1966 Lotus Elan S3 Coupe (4071), Anso Lotus Super Seven 1957-1973 & Road Signature 1960 Lotus Elite. (Diecast generally vg unless stated, boxes gd-vg)
Collection of eight boxed and cased diecast models to include Maisto 1/18 scale Marvel Hulk Hummer H2 SUV, Maisto 1/18 scale special edition 1948 Chevrolet Fleetmaster, Maisto 1/18 scale premier edition Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz, Gate 1/18 scale VW New Beetle, cased Revell Collection diecast model, Maisto 1/25 scale Marvel Spiderman Chevrolet SSR Concept, Ixo models diecast model truck and Jada 1969 Chevy Corvette Stingray, all boxed and unopened, diecast ex, boxes vg
Five boxed aviation diecast models to include 2 x Aviation Archives featuring AA36204 1/72 scale World War 2 In Winter J-8A Gladiator Royal Swedish Air Force, AA33413 1/72 scale Westland Sea King Royal Navy Tiger Meet (discolouration to plastic), 2 x Oxford diecast models to include Vickers Supermarine Walrus MkI RAF Air Sea Rescue Service and Beech Aircraft Company Twin Beech 51244 US Navy Nas Miramar and 1 x Corgi WB99632 RAF Hurricane, all diecast ex and all appearing complete, boxes vg overall with some signs of storage wear
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