Secret Orders Issued To Military Officers - Known as ''The Castle Document'', leaflet 7 1/2" x 5", one side only, April 1916 ''The following precautionary measures have been sanctioned by the Irish Office on the recommendation of the General Officer Commanding the Forces in Ireland ... .'' - As circulated by P.J. Little, ed. New Ireland office 13 Fleet Street, Dublin, 15 April, 1916. An article published in An t-?glac -The Irish Volunteer) on 8 April 1916 called for Volunteer manoeuvres on Easter Sunday 23 April 1916. On Wednesday,15 April 1916, the IRB forged a notice supposedly decoded from a communication emanating from Dublin Castle. It was printed on a hand press by Joseph Plunkett and Rory O'Connor at Larkfield House, Plunkett's home off the Lower Kimmage Road. It excluded punctuation marks and capitalisation due to the poor supply of printing font available to them. Known as the 'Castle Document', apparently ordering the execution of Eoin Mac Neil, arrest of Volunteer leaders and occupation of Dublin by the British Army, it was shown to MacNeill. He was then easily persuaded to give an order to the Irish Volunteers 'to resist any British action.' This was the order that the IRB needed to go ahead with the Rising. On 19 April 1916 Alderman Tom Kelly read the ''Castle Order'' to a meeting of Dublin Corporation. The Nationalist weekly paper, New Ireland, edited by Patrick J. Little (1884-1963), published the text of the document, a single sheet handbill entitled ''Secret Orders issued to Military Officers'' in its issue for Saturday 22 April 1916 (vol. II no. 49), just two days before the Easter Rising began. However MacNeill discovered, sometime around 20 April that the 'Castle Document' was a fake. He put an advertisement in the Irish Independent newspaper which told all volunteers that 'No parades, marches or other movements of the Volunteers will take place.' This cancellation caused the IRB to move back the rebellion one day to Easter Monday - 24 April, 1916. Many rural Volunteers, who had come to town on Sunday only to hear the rebellion was cancelled, returned home. Although all the Rising's leaders now realised that they were doomed, they still went ahead with the plans for rebellion. There are only one or two recorded copies of this important document in public records. Very few can have survived as the printing would appear to have been small and the method of distribution via newspapers aborted. None of the textbook histories actually quote from it but rather paraphrase its content.. In terms of this identification, the only full printing of this was in the last issue of New Ireland before its suppression just prior to the Rising. The only reproduction of the handbill accompanied the Irish Press article of January 4 1937 by Hanna Sheehy Skeffington. Colm ? Lochlainn gave it an incorrect caption title in his short piece on Joseph Mary Plunkett as a printer, published in The Irish Book Lover for March 1954. Charles Townshend wrote in Easter 1916: The Irish Rebellion: ''There had been a scare from a leaked Dublin Castle document apparently planning for repressive measures to be taken in the event of introducing conscription. This led to the ramping up of tension and expectation, and seemed to offer an excuse to start the rebellion on Easter Sunday. Eoin MacNeill, of course, countermanded the orders; but as things turned out, he was not fully in control, and the rebellion went ahead, though on a smaller scale, on Easter Monday instead.'' A little browned, but a good copy of a Scarce and Vulnerable Item. (1)
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Laler (Richard), compiler Map of the Kildare Hunting District. Folding map, cloth backed, printed in colours, covering Kildare and the adjacent counties, scale 1 inch to 2 statute miles, based on Ordnance Survey, showing railways etc., circa 18" x 22½" opened, folding into a pocket-sized red cloth case, gilt titled. Hodges Figgis, D. n.d., c. 1893. Not found in NLI online catalogue (which has a similar map for Meath/Louth), only 3 locations in COPAC. Attractive item, scarce. (1)
A finely detailed 4in gauge nickel-plated 4-4-0 live steam locomotive 'Argentina' and tender,c.1900, spirit fired with detailed scale back head fittings including a pressure gauge, marked 'VER, B.Aires', sight glass, regulator, feed water pump, firebox door and brake; external details include steam whistle, safety valve, sprung buffers, hinged front buffers, spring and brake detail, internal mechanism, full boiler tubing and burner detail, bell, headlamp, Stephenson weighted reverse gear, cylinder drain cocks, water and spirit storage to tender, extensive rivet detail and wooden-clad cylinders, 80cm long, on a display track,92cm long,within an oak-framed display case,102cm wide28cm deep44cm highProvenance: The Railway Collection of Leopold de Rothschild CBE (1927-2012);Special Auction Services, 'Trains Galore', 5-6 December 2012, lot 1404.Condition ReportSome very minor denting and surface tarnishing, but good overall.
Jan Abrahamsz. Beerstraten (Amsterdam 1622-1666)A winter landscape with skaters on a river near a town signed 'J Beerstraaten. f' (lower left)oil on canvas94.3 x 128.5cm (37 1/8 x 50 9/16in).Footnotes:Provenance:With Newhouse Galleries, New York, 1993, where acquired by the late ownerThe founding member and one of the most successful members of a family of painters, Jan Abrahamsz. Beerstraten, was best known for his winter landscapes, along with sea battles and Mediterranean ports scenes. Both he and his son, Abraham, established themselves amongst the leading landscape artists of 17th century Holland. Jan Abrahamsz. may initially have been a pupil of Claes Claesz. Wou, a marine painter active in Amsterdam, but he soon expanded his output to include works such as the present Winter landscape with skaters on a river near a town. Painted on an impressive scale, this signed work is a classic example of Beerstraten's frozen landscapes. With their broad, leaden skies, and sometimes including topographical elements or views, the artist's winter landscapes are amongst his most atmospheric compositions.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot 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
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