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LUCA GIORDANO (Naples, 1634 - 1705)."Solomon Anointed King of Israel", ca. 1660.Wash on paper.We are grateful for the invaluable help in cataloguing the lot to Doctor Nicola Spinosa.Measurements: 22 x 30 cm; 41 x 50,5 cm (frame).Luca Giordano painted this gouache in the period corresponding to his first artistic maturity. We are looking at a possible sketch of the work "Solomon anointed king of Israel", belonging to the series of oil paintings on biblical themes made for the now disappeared hermitage of San Juan del Buen Retiro. The original paintings, which are very similar to the scenes in El Escorial, are one of the most important cycles that Giordano produced in Spain. In this image we find the theme narrated in Samuel:16 (1-13): "When King Saul had sinned by disobeying God during the battle of Michmash, where he was supposed to destroy all the Amalekite enemies and did not do so. So God decided to withdraw his blessing and sent the prophet Samuel in search of a new "anointed one", a new king for Israel. His destination was Bethlehem, where Jesse lived, a shepherd with his sons. One of them was the chosen one and Samuel, as prophet, was to know which one. To avoid punishment from King Saul, the prophet excused himself on the grounds that he was travelling to make a sacrifice. Once at Jesse's house, the prophet met seven of his eight sons, but none were anointed. When he asked if any were missing, Jesse called the youngest, David, and when the prophet saw him, he knew it was him. There, in front of his father and older brothers, he anointed him as the future king of Israel. And David was a wise and good-looking man, ruddy and of a good countenance.Luca Giordano, the most outstanding Neapolitan painter of the late 17th century and one of the leading representatives of the late Italian Baroque, was a painter and engraver known in Spain as Lucas Jordán, who enjoyed great popularity during his lifetime, both in his native Italy and in Spain. However, after his death his work was often criticised for its speed of execution, which was at odds with the Greco-Latin aesthetic. It is thought that he trained in the circle of Ribera, whose style he initially followed. However, he soon travelled to Rome and Venice, where he studied Veronese, whose influence is evident in his work. This trip was key to the maturing of his style, as were the influences of other artists such as Mattia Preti, Rubens, Bernini and, above all, Pietro da Cortona. In the late 1670s Giordano began his large-scale mural decorations (Montecassino and San Gregorio Armeno in Naples), followed from 1682 onwards by other projects, including the mural paintings in the gallery and library of the Palazzo Medici Ricardi in Florence. In 1692 he was called to Madrid to paint murals in the monastery of El Escorial, where he worked from 1692 to 1694. He then executed the paintings of the office and bedroom of Charles II in the Royal Palace of Aranjuez, and after these he undertook the paintings of the Casón del Buen Retiro (ca. 1697), the sacristy of Toledo cathedral (1698), the royal chapel of the Alcázar and San Antonio de los Portugueses (1699). However, royal commissions ceased with the arrival of Philip V in 1701 and the beginning of the War of the Spanish Succession, and Giordano returned to Naples in 1702, although from there he continued to send paintings to Spain. Giordano's works are now to be found in the most important art galleries throughout the world, including the Prado, the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg, the Louvre in Paris, the Kunsthistorisches in Vienna, the Metropolitan in New York and the National Gallery in London.

PONIATOWSKI STANISLAW: (1754-1833) Polish nobleman, politician and diplomat, a member of the wealthy Poniatowski family, cousin of Prinz Jozef Poniatowski (1763-1813, Polish General who became a Marshal of the French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars) and a nephew of Stanislaw II Augustus (1732-1798, King of Poland 1764-95). Stanislaw Poniatowski served as Grand Treasurer of Lithuania 1784-91, making him a key figure in Poland during the Age of Enlightenment. A.L., unsigned, three pages, 4to, Rome, 11th October 1774, to Revd. Barker. Poniatowski states that he had much pleasure in receiving his correspondent's letter from Florence, and also wishes to have good news from Paris or England, continuing to write of his own recent activities, in part, 'I have so much to write to you about that I do not know where to begin with, this is really the first moment of real sociable pleasure I felt since your departure……The next day after your departure I went to Tivoli, and never was more sorry not to have you with me; really the country out does all description, it is not a large spott (sic) but finer than any we ever saw for natural buty (sic)……the country about Albano is as you know one great rising thrown up by volcanos, there are in it two lakes which seem plainly to have formerly been craters; notwithstanding there is nothing here so striking as a Tivoly, yet the extent and the variety of views which there are follows the hills make it much more fit for a person who intends to spend some time out of Rome: besides that the people seem to be more honest at Albano than at Tivoli……There is a curiosity at Tivoly which one might thinck (sic) of so late date, some thousand years counted but for little, and at so different a kind, that natural history being but the least interesting part of it, it is but with some difficulty it might be classed under that head. I wish I may give you a clear idea of it, it is a wheele (sic) which clearly has formerly existed in the rock of which all the country is formed of. If you thrust the wheel here by ill drawn [at this point in the letter Poniatowski has added an ink sketch of a wheel with four spokes visible] as far as goes the whole lined part into very loose weed which hardens in time and rotts (sic) away the wood of the wheel you will have the best idea of the wholes (sic) left in the rock for there still exist the wholes (sic)  which the spokes formerly occupied…..this mould of the wheel would not be as curious a thing, did not the elevation of the rock, a corse (sic) quite different which the waters have taken now make it so…..I wish you had staied (sic) to see it with your own eyes, the whole of this expedition would surely have given you vast satisfaction. I received a letter from Father in which……he repeats with much earnestness his wish to see me back next spring into Polland (sic), I am the less disposed for this that I do not see a sufficient reason for it…..never show my letters because thoug (sic) English I have the impudanse (sic) of sending them without reading them over'. In a postscript Poniatowski provides an intriguing anecdote regarding a murder, in part, 'St. Germain getting into his carriage in the night hits a man with his foot, it was one of the coachmen of the English who in a dispute had been assassinated and was dying, the other coachmen remained upon their seats…..nobody ever thought about giving assistance, because there is a law that the man found with the murdered is strait (sic) set into prison….the story is so inhumain (sic) that it becomes hardly credible'. With integral address leaf addressed to Barker in Bakewell, Derbyshire and bearing a good red wax seal with an imprint of the bust of a man in profile. Some age wear, light staining and a few minor holes, only very slightly affecting a few words of text, G

MONTAND YVES & GRECO JULIETTE: Yves Montand (1921-1991) French-Italian Actor and Singer. Attractive vintage signed and inscribed 5.5 x 7.5 (14 x 19cm) photograph by Montand `..Tres amical souvenir, Y. Montand´, the image showing the French awarded actor in a close-up portrait pose, with his hands partially hiding his face. Dated 1963 in his hand, & Juliette Greco (1927-2020) French Singer and Actress. Signed 10 x 8 photograph `Amities Greco´, adding a heart sketch beneath. The 20th Century Fox promotional image showing Greco standing outdoors in a three-quarter length pose, alongside Stephen Boyd and David Wayne in a scene of  The Big Gamble (1961). From the prestigious Pierre Goulliard collection. Together with Sacha Distel (1933-2004) French Singer and Actor. Signed 3.5 x 5.5 photograph, the promotional Philips image showing a very young Distel in a head and shoulders smiling pose. Signed in bold black ink, with his name alone, across the image. VG, 3    

CINEMA: A good selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs by various film Actors and Actresses, comprising Ryan Gosling, Kim Basinger, adding a heart sketch, Kate Mara, Ann Reinking and Alexander Skarsgard. All are boldly signed and most to clear areas of the images. VG, 5

VISITOR'S BOOK: A 4to hardback bound Livre D'or visitor's book containing over 110 signatures by a variety of famous individuals, many of them French actors and entertainers, and all of them guests at the restaurant of Jean Cassini in Avignon, including Paul Meurisse (1912-1979, French actor), Marie Bell (1900-1985, French tragedian, comic actor), Annie Girardot (1931-2011, French actress), Andre Luguet (1892-1979, French actor), Micheline Dax (1924-2014, French actress and singer), Dany Robin (1927-1995, French actress), Gilbert Becaud (1927-2001, French singer, composer, pianist & actor), Jean-Claude Pascal (1927-1992, French comedian and singer), Yves Vincent (1921-2016, French actor), Jean Desailly (1920-2008, French actor), Jacques Francois (1920-2003, French actor), Luis Mariano (1914-1970, Spanish tenor), Jacqueline Brumaire (1921-2000, French soprano; A.M.Q.S. from Cosi fan tutte, the opera buffa by Mozart in which she made her debut performance at Teatro alla Scala), Georges Sebastian (1903-1989, French conductor), Georges Moustaki (1934-2013, Egyptian-French singer & songwriter), Raymond Pellegrin (1925-2007, French actor), Gisele Pascal (1921-2007, French actress and the lover of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, before her marriage to Pellegrin), Roger Pierre (1923-2010, French comedian & actor), Gloria Lasso (1922-2005, Spanish singer), Robert Lamoureux (1920-2011, French actor & film director), Evelyne Dandry (1939-     , French actress), Lila Kedrova (1909-2000, Russian-born French actress, Academy Award winner), Lucia Bose (1931-2020, Italian actress), Philippe Clay (1927-2007, French mime artist, singer & actor), Max Favalelli (1905-1989, French journalist and game show host; the page also signed by his daughter Agnes), Francoise Arnoul (1931-2021, French actress), Giuseppe Campora (1923-2004, Italian tenor), Tino Rossi (1907-1983, French singer & actor), Sacha Distel (1933-2004, French singer, guitarist & actor; with a sketch of a guitar in his hand beneath his signature), Colette Ripert (1930-1999, French actress), Eddie Constantine (1917-1993, American-born French actor & singer), Maria Pacome (1923-2018, French actress & playwright), Edwige Feuillere (1907-1998, French actress), Pierre Dux (1908-1990, French actor), Louis Jourdan (1921-2015, French actor), Henri Tisot (1937-2011, French actor, writer & humorist), Christian Ferras (1933-1982, French violinist), Petula Clark (1932-     , British singer & actress), Sacha Pitoeff (1920-1990, Swiss actor), Romy Schneider (1938-1982, German-French actress), Guy Lux (1919-2003, French game show host), Jean Boutiere (1898-1967, French philologist), Tony Curtis (1925-2010, American actor; two entries, the first stating 'It's been a great pleasure for me to sign your most beautiful book, Tony Curtis, Late Summer 65', and the second, 'Here I am again, thanks, Tony Curtis, 1970'), Trevor Howard (1913-1988, English actor; dated on his birthday, 29th September 1965), Trini Lopez (1937-2020, American singer, guitarist & actor), Rosanna Schiaffino (1939-2009, Italian actress), James Baldwin (1924-1987, American novelist, playwright & poet), Emile Griffith (1938-2013, American boxer, World Champion in the welterweight and middleweight classes), Jean-Louis Trintignant (1930-     , French actor), Serge Reggiani (1922-2004, Italian-French actor & singer), Stirling Moss (1929-2020, British Formula One motor racing driver), Jacques Dutronc (1943-     , French singer & songwriter), Nino Benvenuti (1938-     , Italian Welterweight boxer, Olympic Gold medallist), Michel Jazy (1936-     , French middle and long-distance runner, Olympic Silver medallist) and others. Most of the entries date from the 1950s and 1960s. The majority of the pages are multiple signed, have signatures to the recto and verso, and most of the signatories have added inscriptions or sentiments in their hands, some also adding small drawings. Half morocco bound in blue and with marbled paper wrappers (some age wear) and with Cassini's ownership in stamps to the fly leaf. Some pages loose, otherwise generally VGJean Cassini - renowned French restaurateur in Avignon, both at the Hotel d'Europe and his own establishment, Restaurant Cassini.

GREAT FEMALE SINGERS: A good small selection of three signed 8 x 10 photographs, comprising ARETHA FRANKLIN (1942-2018) American Singer, Pianist and civil rights Activist. Signed with inscription and small sketch in bold blue ink, also dated 2010 in her hand. The colour image shows Aretha in a head and shoulders pose; PATTI SMITH (1946- ) American Singer and Songwriter and poet, an influential component of the New York City punk rock movement. A colour image depicting Patti Smith in a head and shoulders pose. Attractively signed in bold black ink to a clear area of the image, and JOAN JETT (1958- ) American rock Singer and Songwriter. Jett is best known as the frontwoman of her band Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, and for founding The Runaways. Signed in bold black ink `Keep Rock…, Joan Jett´ across the image. Dated 1994. VG, 3

ARMAN: (1928-2005) Armand Fernandez. French-born American artist. Black ink signature and inscription ('Pour Monsieur Gerard Leman, Arman') to the base of a slim 8vo white card, with a colour photograph of one of the artist's creations neatly affixed above. Alongside his signature Arman has added a black ink sketch of a partially squeezed tube of paint. EX     

KOONS JEFFREY: (1955- ) American Artist. His works deal with popular culture, his sculptures depict simple objects, including balloon animals, and have sold for substantial sums, including two record auction prices for a work by a living artist, reaching 91 million for Rabbit in 2019. A very fine signed 8 x 10 photograph by Koons, the image showing him holding a rabbit toy. Signed in bold black ink, adding a sketch alongside. Autograph obtained by collector in person in Vienna. EX

MCCAY WINSOR: (c.1866/71-1934) American cartoonist and animator, remembered for the comic strip Little Nemo (1905-14, 1924-26) and the animated film Gertie the Dinosaur (1914). A good original black pen and ink drawing signed by McCay, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., n.d. Within a black bordered box McCay has drawn an ink sketch (with feint pencil lines beneath) of the cigar smoking clown Flip, companion of Nemo, in a head and shoulders pose wearing his top hat. Boldly signed by McCay with his artist's signature and adding Thanks in his hand beneath. Three file holes to the upper edge, not affecting the drawing or signature, VG

FRELENG FRIZ: (1905-1995) American animator and cartoonist associated with the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons, creator of the Pink Panther. An original pencil sketch drawn and signed by Freleng on a 3 x 5 pink coloured card. Freleng has drawn a portrait of the Pink Panther and signed his name immediately beneath. One heavy crease to the lower right corner, not affecting the drawing or signature, about VG

FAIZANT JACQUES: (1918-2006) French Cartoonist, best known for his caricatures in the newspaper Le Figaro and Match Point magazine. A colourful signed original sketch, Jacques Faizant, a bold and attractive signature, to the blank verso of an 8vo card bearing to the upper left corner his black embossed full name. The original ink drawing above his signature showing one of his comics roles, his French Marianne, France´s national symbol of liberty. VG

PUVIS DE CHAVANNES PIERRE: (1824-1898) French Painter. Best known for his works on mural painting. Zola described his work as `An Art made of Reason, Passion and Will´ A very fine A.L.S., `P. Puvis de Chavannes´, three pages, 8vo, Paris, 1st of June 1892, to Monsieur Renaud, in French. A boldly and cleanly written letter, Puvis de Chavannes tries hard to help someone in need, stating in part `J´ai reçu ce matin la visite d´une pauvre femme bien affligée, Madame Lépine don't le mari est paralysé…sans aucun Espoir d´amélioration. Il lui reste du une somme de deux mille francs sur une commande de la ville, mais il parait qu´on ne peut les toucher faute de présenter l´esquisse destinée au musée d´Auteuil. Or cette esquisse aurait été faite, exposée à l´Hotel de ville, puis aurait disparu. Comment faire?... je le répète, la situation est bien pénible et grave..´ ("This morning I received a visit from a poor and very distressed woman, Madame Lépine, whose husband is paralyzed... without any hope of improvement. He is still due the sum of two thousand francs on an order from the Town hall, but it seems that they cannot get the payment until the painting sketch intended for the Auteuil museum is presented. However, this work was finished, exhibited at the Town Hall, and then would have disappeared. How to do?... I repeat, the situation is very painful and serious..") Puvis de Chavannes further suggests a quick solution and insists on his purpose. Paper with attractive watermark. VG Puvis de Chavannes refers to Stanislas Victor Lépine (1835-1892) French Painter. A pupil of Corot. Lépine passed away three months after the present letter was written.

SAINT-EXUPERY ANTOINE DE: (1900-1944) French writer, poet, aristocrat, journalist and pioneering aviator, remembered for his novella The Little Prince (1943). An original bold pencil drawing by Saint-Exupery, unsigned, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d. To the lower half of the plain sheet of stationery Saint-Exupery has drawn a sketch of a fish, seemingly tempted by a piece of bait on a hook, which the writer has drawn in the upper half of the page. Saint-Exupery has also added various apparently random figures ('2,500,000,000', within a rectangular box,'50,000', '1000' etc.) in his hand, in pencil, to various parts of the page, along with a few other symbols and two words ('tonne Km'?). Two very small, minor pinholes to the upper left corner and some very slight creasing to the edges and corners, VG

BARJAVEL RENÉ: (1911-1985) French science fiction Author. A bold black ink Autograph Statement signed `R. Barjavel´, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., 6th October 1984, in French. Barjavel play on words and states `Il ne suffit pas d´être en vie, il faut être vivant´ (“It's not enough to live, you have to be alive”). Barjavel adds a small sketch of a sun. VG to EX

DICKENS CHARLES: (1812-1870) English novelist. Autograph envelope (front panel only) signed, addressed by Dickens to Mrs. [Elizabeth] Gaskell at Plymouth Grove, Manchester. With a Penny Red postage stamp affixed. Signed ('Charles Dickens') to the lower left corner. Matted in black and cream beneath a reproduction image of a sketch of Dickens captured during his first American tour (1842) to an overall size of 11.5 x 15.5. Some light staining, creasing and age wear, G Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) English novelist, biographer and short story writer, some of whose works were published by Dickens in his journal Household Words.

PREVERT JACQUES: (1900-1977) French Poet. A very attractive signed and inscribed book with sketch, an oblong 10 x 7 hard cover copy of Lettre des Iles Baladar by Prevert. Signed and inscribed to the front end page `a Christiane, Jacques son ami..´ also dated in his hand `cold summer 1953´. Prevert adds alongside two sketches, one of them being a colourful man wearing a hat and with a red flower in his hand. The 50 pages book containing over twenty full page drawings, is published by Gallimard, 1952. Small overall age wear, mostly to spine. G

BUCK PEARL S.: (1892-1973) American writer and novelist, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1938. A printed 4to booklet entitled A Biographical Sketch of Pearl S. Buck, published by the John Day Company, New York, n.d. (c.1968/69), featuring a biography of the writer, a bibliography and partial list of awards, citations, honorary degrees and memberships. Signed ('Pearl S. Buck') by Buck in fountain pen ink with her name alone to a clear area of the cover beneath her portrait. Some light foxing to the outer covers, otherwise VG

STEINBECK JOHN: (1902-1968) American author, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1962. A charming and amusing fountain pen ink drawing and sentiment signed by Steinbeck to the head of a 4to page removed from an album, n.p. (Avignon), n.d. (annotated 20th November 1961 in another hand to the upper right corner). In bold blue fountain pen ink Steinbeck has penned a sentiment, in French, 'J'y suis, J'y mange, J'y reste' (translation 'I am here, I eat here, I rest here'), adding his signature beneath, immediately followed by an amusing ink sketch of a large, round flying pig, beneath which Steinbeck has added the French phrase Ci-git, usually used to precede a name on a tombstone. The lower half of the page bears a blue ink signature and sentiment ('With very pleasant memories of lovely Avignon, Byron Janis') by Byron Janis (1928-    , American pianist), dated November 1961 in his hand. A rare and attractive example of Steinbeck's signature, which could be neatly excised from the page if so desired. VG Pigasus, the flying pig, was used by John Steinbeck throughout his life as a trademark symbol of himself, earthbound but aspiring.  Provenance: The present page originates from the restaurant visitor's book of Jean Cassini, a renowned French restaurateur in Avignon, both at the Hotel d'Europe and his own establishment, Restaurant Cassini. The visitor's book was in use from 1957-82.

WELLES ORSON: (1915-1985) American Actor & Film Director, Academy Award winner. Vintage black ink signature ('Orson Welles') to the head of a 4to page removed from an album, dated September 1960 in an unidentified hand. The page also bears eight other signatures to the recto and verso including Bourvil (1917-1970, French actor and singer), Andre Dassary (1912-1987, French operetta tenor and 'chanson' singer; adding a sketch of two mountains and a rugby ball in his hand), Jean Marais (1913-1998, French actor), Michel Bouquet (1925-     , French actor) etc. VG Provenance: The present page originates from the restaurant visitor's book of Jean Cassini, a renowned French restaurateur in Avignon, both at the Hotel d'Europe and his own establishment, Restaurant Cassini. The visitor's book was in use from 1957-82.

Magda Bednar, 'Egyptian Fantasy', 20" x 15", along with 3 other works by the same hand of animals, and an indistinctly signed pencil sketch of a King Charles Spaniel, (5).

Clifford Hall (1904-1973), study of the artist's model, signed and dated 1955, 21" x 15", along with an unrelated sketch of a female figure, indistinctly signed, 20" x 15" (2).

Meta Pluckebaum (1876-1945), an etching of a kitten, signed in pencil, 3" x 2.5", along with a pencil sketch of a pig, indistinctly signed, 3.5" x 5.5" (2).

Feszty Arpad (1856-1914) Hungarian, a sketch of a river landscape, oil on board, signed verso, 4.75" x 10".

•GERALD EDWARD MOIRA (1869-1957) VILLAGE WOMEN DRYING LAUNDRY Watercolour and gouache with pencil, sketch verso 14.5 x 37.5cm. ++ Good condition; needs a light clean

AFTER JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER "St. Benedetto looking towards to Fusina", a Venetian scene with gondolas (after the oil in The National Gallery - No. 0534), watercolour, unsigned, glued down on card, 17.8 cm x 25.5 cm, together with a companion "The Bridge of Sighs, Venice" (after the original oil in The Tate), watercolour, unsigned, glued down on card, 17.5 cm x 25 cm CONDITION REPORTS Bridge of Sighs - the paper has been glued down. Has staining to the card from previous framing in vertical line particularly but in other areas too - see image of reverse. See images for further detail.St. Benedetto - similar condition to the first though the vertical brown mark not so visible - see images for detail.These pieces appear to have come from a sketch book judging by the slightly rough cutting to the edge but further provenance unknown.

One volume "The Studdy Dogs Portfolio" fifteen plates in colours published by The Sketch London

A 19th century scrap book of portrait engravings, varying sizes; together with assorted unframed prints and engravings to include: Norman Wilkinson - A Hulk at Sea; R.A. Maynard - woodcut; French school - Figures approaching a church, pencil sketch; Lord Viscount Castlereagh mezzotint; Farewell Miss Julie Logan publication for the Times 1931; etching in the manner of Rembrandt etc

Nikos Ghika (Greek 1906-1994)Ballerina sketch, signed and inscribed 'To Svetlana en Souvenir Dec. 12 1960', watercolour, mounted but unframed

Peter La Cave (act. c.1769-1816)Travellers with horses in a landscape, pencil sketch, 11 x 21cm

Five Linda Jane Smith signed limited edition novelty cat prints comprising 'Down The Pan' artist's proof with pencil sketch of a mouse in a chamber pot to margin, 'Kittens & Cushions' 127/850, 'Top Cat' 518/750, 'Who Dunnit?' 502/850 and one untitled

Scott (Peter). Wild Chorus, 1st edition, Country Life Limited, 1938, decorative title, 24 colour plates and numerous black and white vignette illustrations and plates throughout, endpapers with flying geese silhouettes, limited edition 735/1250, signed by the author, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, publisher's cloth gilt, spine a little faded, contained in a contemporary card slipcase, slipcase worn, folio, together with: Thorburn (Archibald). A Naturalist's Sketch Book, Longmans, Green & Co. 1919, additional half-title, numerous colour and black and white plates throughout, publishers' cloth gilt, a little bumped and worn spine slightly faded, folioQty: (2)

Ferrerius (Vincentius). Sermones sancti Vincentii fratris ordinis predicato[rum] sacre theologie professoris eximii de te[m]pore per te[m]pus hyemale in hoc libro co[n]tine[n]tur, parts 1 and 2 only (of three), Cologne: [Heinrich Quentell], 1487, title to first leaf (a1) closely cropped and relaid, double-column text with some initials in red or embellished in red, some words also underscored in red or blank, recto of a2 repaired to lower blank margin and following seven leaves also with repairs to lower blank margins (few other leaves with discreet repairs mostly to margins), lower outer blank corner of o6 torn, occasional early marginalia and title to second part with early ink sketch, lacking final leaf (blank?), damp stained throughout majority of volume, 18th century marbled sheep, gilt decorated spine, lower board detached and upper board near detached, worn, folioQty: (1)Footnote: Goff F130.

Elgar (Edward, 1857-1934). English composer. Autograph Musical Sketch unsigned, [Malvern], c. 1902/3, from his part-song Weary Wind of the West, two bars in 6/8 on 5 staves, 3 voice parts (with piano left blank), titled ‘Weary Wind’ by Elgar and with an autograph instruction that there is to be ‘four bars intro. pp’, folds and one file hole not touching text or music, 1 page, 115 x 240 mm, window-mounted and presented with a reproduction portrait of Elgar and an original telegram from Elgar to his publisher Novello, 27 October 1906, asking to meet at Paddington and exchange proofs while en route to Norwich, framed and glazed, 43 x 43 cm overallQty: (1)Footnote: Elgar’s part-song Weary Wind of the West was commissioned by Canon Charles Vincent Gorton (1854-1912) and performed at the Morecambe Festival in May 1903.

Korngold (Erich Wolfgang, 1897-1957). Austrian composer. Portrait of Korngold's head by Tabor [of Hamburg], no place or date, c. 1920s, pencil sketch on textured wove paper, signed by the artist and sitter with a large signature in pencil beneath the image, ‘Erich Wolfgang Korngold’, small nick to right corners, 200 x 150 mmQty: (1)Footnote: This highly unusual, and seemingly unpublished, piece of Korngold memorabilia shows a relatively youthful Korngold in a thoughtful pose. There is a record of one other portrait by Tabor of Hamburg of the Italian composer Pietro Mascagni (see Sotheby’s Fine Printed and Manuscript Music Sale, London, 17 May 1990, Lot 167).

Military, Medicine, Politics, Clergy, etc. A collection of approximately 140 autographs of British military men, politicians and civil servants, nobility, surgeons and doctors, academics, etc., mid 19th to mid 20th century, including: Birdwood (William Riddell Birdwood, 1865-1951). Autograph Letter Signed, Fort William, Calcutta, 24 February 1908, to Colonel Walton, sending the Chief’s thanks for sending the sports programme, Commander in Chief in India embossed stationery, 4 pages, 8vo, Roberts (Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts, 1832-1914), Autograph Letter Signed, ‘Roberts’, Royal Hospital, Dublin, 24 January 1897, to (?)Sichhart, sending a copy of his Indian Reminiscences in the hope that it is worthy of a place in the Regimental Library, 1 page with integral blank leaf, 8vo, plus a second autograph letter signed by Roberts, 21 October 1888, to Keir, concerning plated tumblers received and saying what he need is ’10 tumblers, 10 wine glasses, 10 finger bowls, 4 peg tumblers to put one inside the other…’, 3 pages, 8vo, an incomplete autograph letter signed from General Sir L. Simmons, autograph letters signed from Thomas Babington Macaulay, Randolph S. Churchill, Benjamin Jowett, F. W. Farrar, Dr King, Bishop of Lincoln, W. E. Norris, Roundell Palmer, Earl of Selborne (incomplete letter), Henry Brougham, Lord Eldon, Lees Knowles, Bill Croker, Henry Ponsonby, John Bright, Sir Henry McCallum, Sir Charles Warren; autograph envelopes signed by Lord Brougham, [Archibald Campbell Tait], Archbishop of Canterbury, [Samuel Wilberforce], Bishop of Winchester, William Maule, Earl of Lothian, signatures of Garnet Wolseley, George Bruce Malleson, Friedrich Max Muller. H. Bismarck, Lord Brassey, 7th Earl Cowper, Stanley Lane-Poole, Piers Claughton, Harold Browne, 1st Baron Revelstoke, Michael Hicks Beach, Henry Hobhouse, Lord Winchelsea, Bernard Coleridge, etc., plus some medical interest including autograph letters signed from John Lubbock (1834-1913) x 2; Friedrich von Esmarch (1823-1908, German surgeon who developed the Esmarch bandage), in German to John Furley, 1891; Prescott Hewett (1812-1891); Morell Mackenzie (1837-1892); Thomas Longmore (1816-1895); Francis H. Champneys (1848-1930); Henry Drummond (1851-1897); Dr [Emile] Roux (1853-1933); Lord Rayleigh (1842-1919), Royal Society printed form letter signed; autograph signatures of Robert Christison (1797-1882); William Henry Dallinger (1839-1909); pencil sketch of a running dog, early 20th century, inscribed in ink, ‘rough sketch by Professor [?Julian] Huxley, J.W.’; plus other miscellaneous autograph letters and signatures including politicians and Indian civil service, military, clergy, academics, etc., together with the autograph collection’s original embossed morocco album and bespoke leather box with monogram E.M.R.L. to upper lid, album in fine condition with ties, oblong folio, box heavily scuffed and lacking key, 28 x 34 x 7 cm Qty: (approx. 140)Footnote:Provenance: From the family of autograph collector Emily Mary Rose Lee (1869-1949), wife of Colonel William Crawford Walton (1864-1937). Emily was the daughter of William Lee, Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Glasgow from 1874 to 1886, and granddaughter of John Lee (1779-1859), Principal of Edinburgh University from 1840 to 1859.

Bagster (Samuel, 1772-1851). Publisher and author. A pair of half-plate daguerreotypes of Samuel Bagster and his wife Eunice (1777-1877), c. 1845-1850, the first showing Samuel and Eunice seated at a small table with some needlework in front of Eunice, the second similarly set with some blue tinting showing Samuel and Eunice full length and seated with their eldest daughter Eunice (1804-1878) standing next to her mother, Samuel reading a book, Eunice junior using knitting needles while her mother looks on, the first image with a little marginal solarisation, visible image area of each 132 x 94 mm, matching elliptical brass mats, glazed, original leather-covered hinged boards with bevelled edges and clasps, both somewhat scuffed, velvet pad to first daguerreotype missing from inside lid, together with a pair of one-sixth plate near-identical daguerreotypes of Mary Ellen & Cornelia Susannah Bagster (1844-1921 & 1846-1913), 1851, both portraits showing the two girls and a doll, both with some speckling and spider mould on plate and glass, bevelled wall frames with eye hooks [?Richard Beard studio], one with contemporary identification inscription to label at rear, 'Mary and Cornelia, taken 1851' and later inscription noting that the photograph of 'Mother and Aunt Cornie' was taken in Regent Street, London, 1851, plus 4 one-ninth plate daguerreotypes of Bagster family members, mid-1840s to early 1850s, including one in a wall frame with hook (with 'Beard Patentee' stamp) and pencil identification of subject as Aunt Emma Bagster [Emma Maria Dyson, 1814-1888; married Benjamin Bagster, 1812-1891], one of an unidentified Bagster woman and one of a younger girl, both with lids detached, the one of the girl with gilt stamp of 'Mayall, Argyll Place, 224 Regent Street' to base, the last ninth-plate daguerreotype of a young man, [1843?], possibly John Bagster (1802-1843, second son of Samuel the Elder and Eunice), his personal business card for S. Bagster & Sons (partly folded and split) with a lock of hair attached found loosely inserted in the caseQty: (8)Footnote:These are possibly the only two extant photographs of Samuel Bagster the Elder. The National Portrait Gallery owns a portrait of Bagster by John Linnell, drawn from life at Windsor, c. 1852, itself an 'improved' version of a sepia ink sketch still in the Bagster family collection. Another drawing with watercolour acquired by the NPG in the same lot at the Linnell Sale (Christie's, 15 March 1918, lot 82) was sold by the NPG Trustees to Sir John Lane. The family photographs in the following two lots all date from after Samuel's death in 1851 and therefore include no more images of him.

[Dance of Death]. La grande danse macabre des hommes et des femmes precedee du dict des trois mors et des trois vifz, du debat du corps et de l'ame, et de la complaincte de l'ame dampnee, Paris: Baillieu, [1862], numerous woodcut illustrations, original printed wrappers bound-in (lined to verso), modern calf, 4to, together with:Baron (Auguste). La Belgique monumentale, historique et pittoresque, 2 volumes, Brussels: A. Jamar et C. Hen, 1844, half-titles (contemporary ownership to first half-title), engraved plates and illustrations (some plates hand-coloured), occasional scattered spotting and light toning, all edges gilt, modern blue half calf, gilt decorated spines with red morocco title labels, 8vo,Rockstro (Richard Shepherd & Georgina M.), A Treatise on the Construction, the History and the Practice of the Flute, including a sketch of the elements of acoustics and critical notices of sixty celebrated flute-players, London: Rudall, Carte & Co., 1890, few monochrome illustrations and music to text, modern red morocco, gilt decorated spine with black morocco title label, 8vo,Ashton (John), A History of English Lotteries Now for the First time Written, London: Leadenhall Press, Ltd., 1893, monochrome frontispiece and illustrations, modern calf, gilt decorated calf, red skiver title label to spine, 8vo,Davy (Humphry), Salmonia: or Days of Fly Fishing. In a series of conversations. With some account of the habits of fishing belonging to the genus Salmo, by an angler, 2nd edition, London: John Murray, 1829, engraved plates and wood engraved illustrations, modern speckled calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, small 8vo,Betjeman (John), Continual Dew. A Little Book of Bourgeois Verse, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1937, monochrome illustrations, all edges gilt, original cloth in slightly frayed dust-jacket, 8vo,Mackenzie (Compton), Extraordinary Women theme and variations, London: Martin & Secker, 1928, original cloth-backed boards, frayed & slightly torn dust-jacket, 8vo (signed limited edition 75/100), and other miscellaneous books including Blakeney (Edward Henry), The Angel of the Hours and other Poems, London: Elkin Mathews, 1907; Koehn (Alfred), Abundance of All, Peking: Lotus Court, 1948, The Ford Times, Dec 1926-Nov 1927; and Paris and France topography related etc. and two volumes containing a selection of albumen photographs of British and continental topographical views, 1875-88Qty: (a carton)

§ ALASDAIR GRAY (SCOTTISH 1934-2019) STUDY OF A SUSAN BOYD With a further sketch of a woman's head verso, biro(52cm x 65cm (20.5in x 25.5in), unframed)

§ EDUARDO PAOLOZZI K.B.E., R.A., H.R.S.A. (SCOTTISH 1924-2005) UNTITLED (SKETCH) Pencil(7.5cm x 12.5cm (3in x 5in), unframed)Provenance: The artist's family

WILLIAM CLARK (19th century); pencil sketch, 'A Frigate in Gareloch - 1849', signed and dated 1849 lower left, 14 x 21cm, framed and glazed.

EARLY 20TH CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL; pencil sketch, study of a barque, initialled 'PC' lower right, 15 x 14cm, together with another maritime sketch of a ship on an embossed card (2).

Steven Newell, milk glass 'Dresser sketch' tall glass vase, height 56cmThe base is signed to the vase with a rough pontil mark. Extra photos will be available.

*Anne Harriet Fish (1890-1964)Violet - a study of a catsigned 'Fish' and inscribed 'Violet to Edmond & Don', pencil and watercolour16 x 34cmAnne Harriet Fish was successful cartoonist and illustrator contributing works to Vanity Fair, Vogue, The Sketch and Tatler. Her illustrations for the ‘Letters of Eve’ in Tatler caused a sensation and this illustrated figure became the influence behind subsequent films, theatre and books. Fish remained the illustrator of ‘Eve’ until 1920. Included in this lot are: ‘The Eve Book’, ‘The New Eve’, ‘The Third Eve Book’ and ‘Eve and her Evolution of a Pretty Kettle of Fish’.*Artist's Resale Right may apply to this lot.Condition report: Framed size: 37 x 53.5cmNot viewed out of glazed frame. No obvious condition issues to visible paper.

*Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887-1976)'Deal Beach Sketch' offset lithograph in colours, 1973, signed 'L. S. Lowry' in pen l.l., stamped 445 verso, with Fine Art Trade Guild blind stamp, published by Venture Prints Ltd.17.8 x 25.5cm, unframed*Artist's Resale Right may apply to this lot.Condition report: Mounted, unframed: 26 x 38cm. Printed onto green-grey paper. In good condition. Fine Art Trade Guild Stamp Letters are 'BHL'.

*Sir Stanley Spencer RA (1891-1959)Sketch of a Beseeching Man and a Clothes Linepencil, with Christie's 'Stanley Spencer Studio Sale' stamp versosheet 41 x 50.5cm, unframedProvenance: 'Stanley Spencer Studio Sale', Christie's, 5 November 1998.*Artist's Resale Right may apply to this lot.Condition report: Some handling creases, time staining and some small repaired tears to the extreme edges.

*Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959)Sketch for 'Day'signed 'Epstein' l.l., pencil, ink and wash57 x 42.5cmProvenance: The Redfern Gallery(?);Lady Epstein (Kathleen Esther Garman);with Obelisk Gallery, London, c.1965:Anon, Bonham's, London, 29 November 2005, lot 69.Sketch for 'Day' is a preparatory drawing of c.1929 for the monumental sculpture 'Day' commissioned along with its pair 'Night' for London Transport HQ (55 Broadway, a Grade 1 listed building close to St James's Park, London). The sculptures, completed in 1929, are amongst Epstein’s most celebrated and, at the time, controversial public works. On their unveiling, there was outcry over the explicit nudity of the boy, which led to the offer of resignation from the Managing Director of London Underground (UERL), which had commissioned the works. In the end, Epstein made a compromise - shortening the boy's penis - and the uproar was forgotten. The inscription verso, in (the elderly) Lady Epstein’s hand on an Obelisk Gallery label, states it was exhibited in 1927 at The Redfern Gallery - but this could be inaccurate as the commission for 'Day & Night' was received in 1928, and other 'Day' related studies are dated '28 or '29. See related Epstein studies in 'Jacob Epstein Sculpture and Drawings'. Leeds City Art Galleries, 1987, pp.224-5. (Lot 47, Modern and Contemporary Art - 05/04/2022).*Artist's Resale Right may apply to this lot.Condition report: overall: 89.5 x 70cm

Glyn Philpot RA (1884-1937)Study of the Artist's sister, Gertrude;Study of the Artist's sister, Daisytwo, pencil18.7 x 12.5cm each, framed as oneProvenance: Gabrielle Cross, the artist's niece;with the Fine Art Society, London.Preparatory sketches for the oil painting 'The Sisters of the Artist', 1922, Bonhams, '20th Century British Art', 26 June 2007, lot 16.Glyn Philpot was a British painter and sculptor, best known for his portraits of contemporary figures such as Siegfried Sassoon. This drawing is a preparatory study for one of the few portraits Philpot painted of his family members; the final painting was exhibited at the Academy of 1922 to wide acclaim. It is an intimate sketch of his two older and much-loved sisters, Gertrude and Daisy. Daisy often posed for her brother, but this is the first portrait featuring Gertrude. Philpot’s light pencil line, executed in swift movements, captures his sisters with great sensitivity. It creates a feeling of familial intimacy aided by their unforced expressions and composure, neither looking deliberately towards the painter nor away from him.

WELL FRAMED STILL LIFE PRINTS, A PARCEL (13), and a parcel of prints and pictures including an ink and watercolour sketch of the demolition of the Colwyn Bay Hotel April 1075

An interesting 19th century artist's sketch book containing thirty-one pen and ink sketches and drawings of views in the Lake District, including 'Bassenthwaite from Skelgill', 'Rossthwaite, Crummock on the road to Lowerswater', 'Langdale Pikes', 'Conniston' and another sketchbook containing watercolours and pencil sketches of the Lake District, (2).

Late-19th/early-20th century COASTAL VILLAGE WITH HARBOUR Unsigned pencil sketch, 9.5 x 6.5cm, later inscribed verso Grace H Hastie 1874-1925.

A Framed Pastel Sketch, Shopping Street with Figures, Signed M Richards, 41x29cm

David Shepherd (British, 1931-2017), Men of the Woods, Orang-utans', limited edition print, no. 595/950, frame size, 68cm x 89cm, together with a print sketch of an Orangutan

Emilio Camillo Leopoldo Tafani, a small folio of drawings, mostly portrait studies and student work, together with emphema relating to the artist, including a sketch book and a catalogue of the Memorial Exhibition, Woking, 1965.Footnote: Emilio Tafani studied at the Academia di Brera, Milan and exhibited widely.

A large portrait sketch of a woman, of oval form, framed and glazed in gilt frame, 84cm x 71cm Condition Report: The glazed panel is flat glass.

Betty Curran WatercolourPurple hellebores, monogrammed lower left Helen Hatt-Cook Sketch Boy's head, labelled verso After Agnes Miller-ParkerWood engravingBird (3) 

Vesalius, Andreas. De humani corporis fabrica libri septem. Faksimile der Ausgabe Basel 1543 und Kommentarheft. 40 x 28 cm. Halbleder mit RSchild und RVergoldung in HLeinenschuber. O. O. und J. (Nieuwendijk 1975). Mit dem beiliegenden Essay (15 S., OBroschur): "Andreas Vesalius and his opus magnum. A biographical sketch and an introduction to the Fabrica" von G. A. Lindeboom. - Nahezu verlagsfrisch.

COLLECTION OF PRINTS AND PICTURES TO INCLUDE SMALL SKETCH OF A MILITARY FIGURE, VARIOUS ENGRAVINGS OF COUNTRY HOUSES TO INCLUDE COSTESSEY HALL, CASTLE RISING PLUS NORWICH CATHEDRAL AND OTHERS, VARIOUS SIZES, F/G

A collection of vintage toys including a model garage/petrol station on a base 61 x 46cm, with a hand built model fort height 37cm base size 50 x 61cm, a tinful of plastic soldier figures by Airfix etc, Wooden guard toy, presentation model 4-4-0 locomotive 'Stowe' in bubble packaging, Etch A Sketch and boxed Tetley and PG Tips Music Stars and dinosaurs.

Robert Davies, pencil signed sketch of a kneeling nude male, dated November '86

Susan Einzig (British, 20th century) sketch for 'The Treasure Seekers' by E.S. Nesbitt, first pub. 1899, signed, 11x7.5ins, framed and glazed.