RAF Scampton. 1940-43. Autograph Album. 19cm wide x 13cm tall. Green cloth. Over 250 signatures. Worthy of research as this will contain scarce signatures. The British Newspaper Archive mentions all of the variety acts listed in this album (details published in the Lincolnshire Echo). A quick look: a. Full of RAF Gang Show inscriptions (probably the best WW2 collection of Gang Show signatures in one album). Includes: i. Squadron Leader William Henry Ralph Reader. Through the pre-war Gang Shows, Reader became friends with Air Commodore Archibald Boyle, the deputy director of RAF Intelligence. The German Ambassador, Joachim von Ribbentrop, attended the 1938 London Gang Show and invited Reader to visit the Hitler Youth Movement in Germany. Boyle persuaded Reader to become an Intelligence Officer in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve with the rank of Flight Lieutenant, although the diplomatic situation had deteriorated before he could take up von Ribbentrop's invitation. On the outbreak of war, Boyle sent Reader to France for undercover work, in the guise of running a concert party, for which some former Gang Show members were recruited into the RAF. The show was entitled Ralph Reader and Ten Blokes from the Gang Show and, besides allowing Reader to complete intelligence tasks, had a positive effect on morale. On returning to England, Reader was ordered to expand the Gang Shows, while his visits to RAF stations allowed Reader to monitor subversive propaganda which was a concern of the RAF high command. Reader eventually raised twenty-four RAF Gang Show units and two female WAAF units with a total establishment of nearly four hundred serving personnel. The RAF Gang Shows toured nearly every theatre of war, from Iceland to Burma. By 1944, Gang Show units were estimated to have travelled 100, 000 miles and entertained 3, 500, 000 servicemen. Some of those who served in the RAF Gang Shows would later become well known entertainers, such as Peter Sellers, Tony Hancock, Dick Emery and Cardew Robinson. For his services to the RAF, he was awarded an MBE (Military Division) in 1943. https://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Ralph_Reader for more detail. ii. Murray Browne, Assistant to Ralph Reader; later Musical Director; later Chairman of the Gang Show committee. Died 1992 aged 84. iii. Douglas (Cardew) Robinson. Joining the RAF in 1939, AC2 Douglas Robinson found himself stationed at Uxbridge, where he quickly found a place in the camp shows. It was in 1941 that Squadron Leader Ralph Reader, arrived at RAF Uxbridge to put on a performance. Robinson seized his chance, did a working audition, and soon found himself posted to RAF Gang Show Unit Number Five. His pre-war experience now came in handy, and he was promoted to Flight-Sergeant and put in charge of the unit. They played at RAF camps all over the country, and when the 'second front' was opened up in Normandy, Unit 5 followed, eventually touring through Belgium and Holland giving concert-party entertainments on the tail-flap of their lorry. A tour of the Far East followed, including a sudden detour when the first atomic bomb was dropped on Japan. https://www. independent. co. uk/news/people/obituary-cardew-robinson-1565861. html for his detailed obituary. b. Cabaret Parade (10 signatures). c. Northern Wights (12 signatures). D Crackers (an ENSA company - cartoon drawing and 10 signatures). e. Let's Get Together (lovely sketch and 11 signatures). f. Laburnham Grove (9 signatures including: i. William Heilbronn, known for The Last Voyage of Captain Grant (1938), Geneva (1939) and Badger's Green (1938), he died on July 10, 1947, in Covent Garden, London ii. Nancy Seabrooke, known for Danger Man (1960), Spy-Catcher (1959) and The Grove Family (1954). iii. Margot Bryant, born on March 8, 1897, in Hull, Yorkshire as Kathleen Mary Margaret Bryant, known for Coronation Street (1960), Duty Bound (1958) and The Cure for Love (1949). She died on January 1, 1988, in Heald Green, Cheshire. iv. Alan Welch, known for The Devil's Jest (1954), BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950) and Who Dotes Yet Doubts (1953). v. Felicity Gower, born June 13, 1917, in Wood Green, London, as Felicite Mabel Gower, known for The Man Who Came to Dinner (1947), The Ugly Duckling (1947) and The Queen's Maries (1949). She was married to John Probert and Douglas Murray. She died in 1953 in Oxford. g. Out of the Blue (11 signatures). h. Waldini and his Gypsy Band (15 signatures). Waldini (1894-1966) was the stage name of Wallace Bishop, a musician, band leader and impresario. During WW2, he was invited by Jack Hylton on behalf of ENSA, to take his Gypsy Band to entertain the British and Commonwealth Forces at home and abroad; he later wrote of this experience in his self-published book Front Line Theatre. https://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Waldini for more info. i. Private Lives (6 signatures including Helen Redgrave and Peter Cushing mentioned below). j. Rhyme and Rhythm (16 signatures). k. The Scampton Station Band (4 signatures). l. Actors, including Nancy Burman, Peter Cushing (he was a member of the RAF Gang Show), Herbert Lomas Alexander Kardan, Billy Milton (signed the book and pasted-in signed photo), Yvonne Mitchell, Joy Parker, Hester Paton-Brown, Sandy Powell (signed full page sketch; https://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Sandy_Powell_(comedian)), Helen Redgrave, Kynaston Reeves, Paul Scofield, Terry Thomas (between 1940 and 1942, he staged his own shows Cabaret Parade and Stars in Battledress; see https://chartersandcaldicott. co. uk/i-say-old-man/terry-thomas), Bill West (silent film actor, born 1892; rare autograph), and many, many more. m. Art Gregory's St Louis Band in Swingtime (14 signatures). https://www. britishpathe. com/video/art-gregory-and-his-band for a film clip. n. Dancing through the show (17 signatures). o. Hal Tauber's Band (12 signatures). p. Cabaret Calling (13 signatures). q. Ladies in Waiting (13 signatures). r. Voices of the Stars (1 signature). s. RAF Swinderby (5 signatures). t. Travelling Repertory Theatre (11 signatures). u. D'Albert the Royal Ventriloquist [aka Royal Entertainer (Ernest Mortimer)] - joined ENSA to entertain the troops during WW2. v. RAF Dance Orchestra - The Squadronaires, Raf Coningsby (7 signatures). w. RAF: i. F/E Alfred Charles Elphick (574934). 149 Sqn. DFC. ii. F/L George Arthur Pettit (41461). 149 Sqn. iii. F/E Sgt J Wilson. 115 Sqn. I think this is John [Jack] Aubrey Wilson, a mid-upper gunner. x. WAAF. Pasted-in page dated 1943 (14 Swinderby signatures). y. Alhambra Co (6 signatures). z. Youth on Parade Co (1 signature). aa. Many miscellaneous pages. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
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* Yorkshire. Hull and Neighbourhood, Sketches 1882-1883, 47 watercolours by the same hand, comprising 37 large watercolours slot-mounted 1 to a page and 10 smaller watercolours slot-mounted 2 to a page, on rectos only, with a few blank leaves at rear, depicting buildings, landscapes, and seascapes, mainly of Kingston upon Hull and East Yorkshire (and some of Lincolnshire), most captioned in contemporary brown ink to album leaf (one dated 1882), e.g. 'Back of Charterhouse, Masters Garden', 'The George & Dragon, High Street', 'Back of the Grammar School', 'Old houses South End, Said to be the oldest brick work in England', 'Old house in Dagger Lane, From a sketch taken in 1873', 'Hornsea from Flambro terrace', 'Saint Austin's Stone, Drewton Dale', 'Tombs of the Hiltons In Swine Church', 'Crane on the Docks', some later pencilled annotations, approximately 17 x 25cm and 12 x 15cm, some spotting, mostly to album leaves, endpapers renewed, original maroon half morocco, rebacked, corners showing, lettered in gilt on upper cover 'Hull and Neighbourhood' and on lower cover 'Sketches 1882. 1883.', oblong folio (31 x 42cm)Qty: (1)NOTESA recent manuscript note loosely inserted states that the name 'Alderson' was visible on the inside rear cover before the book was recased, possibly relating to the prominent family of physicians who lived and worked in Hull (John Alderson, 1759-1829, and his son Sir James Alderson, 1794-1882).
ARR * Conor (William, 1881-1968). Mary Isabel Fullerton as Minnehaha, coloured chalks on pale brown paper, signed upper left, 33.5 x 28 cm (13.25 x 11 ins), period gilt frame, glazedQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Mary Isabel Fullerton (1901-1990), daughter of William Moore Fullerton (1870-1954), Chairman and Director of the Ulster Bank, Belfast, 1931-42 and Governor of Methodist College, Belfast where Fullerton House was named after him.The family resided at 19 Wellington Park, Belfast; Mary married and subsequently divorced Stephen Alexander Holgate Batten (1898-1957), Captain (and later Brigadier) Royal Engineers, and remarried Colonel Richard Shannon in 1936 or 1937. Their daughter Faith Shannon (1938-2018), artist and bookbinder, thence by descent. William Conor was a friend of the family during the 1920's and 1930's. Irish artist William Conor (1881-1968) first exhibited in Belfast in 1910, and was appointed an official war artist in both the First and Second World Wars. He moved to London after the First World War and came into contact with the Cafe Royal circle, including Sir John Lavery and Augustus John. In 1921 Conor returned to Belfast and opened a studio at 7 Chichester Street. He carried a sketch book at all times to record ordinary life in the streets. He became a member of the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1946, received an OBE in 1952 and was President of the the Royal Ulster Academy from 1957 to 1964.
W W JACOBS DEEPWATER HUDDER & STAUNTON, TOGETHER WITH R W FRAZIER, BRITISH INDIA LEATHER BOUND, REVEREND ALFRED CHURCH STORY FROM VERGILE 1894 LEATHER BOUND CONVERSATIONS OF GEOLOGY 1828, SPINE LEATHER BOUND. ANACDOTE LIVES JOHN TIMBS LONDON 1881, LEATHER BOUND. SKETCH OF A TOUR INTO DERBYSHIRE AND YORKSHIRE WILLIAM BRAY 2ND EDITION 1783 LEATHER BOUND
Alec WILES (1924)UntitledOil on boardSigned and dated '9361x80cmAlec Ernest Wiles was born in Southampton in 1924, after leaving school he trained briefly as a draughtsman before WWII broke out, he then enrolled in the RAF and spent the war in North Africa.After the war he followed his passion as an artist and sculptor. He worked in most media specialising in portraiture and the female form. During the 1950s Alec and his brother Arnoldalso drew cartoons for the satirical magazine Punch.He lived and worked across Southern England until 1961 when he moved to Cornwall with his wife and three daughters, settling at Twelveheads near St Day.Alec’s life was recording the world, whatever he saw he would sketch or paint. He drew tourists on Newquay pier and painted directors of public companies in board rooms, town councillors, fishing boats and flowers. He was most widely known for his sculptures, mainly working direct from life in bronze, resin-bronze, ciment-fondu and plaster. Epstein and Rodin were his main influences and he said that he only strove for 'quality' in his work.His bronze portrait head of “Miriam” was exhibited at The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, 1977 (No.1052)He was an Associate of The Penwith Society of Arts and a Member of the Newquay Society of Artists.
Alec WILES (1924)Nude drawingsA collection of twentyMostly signedMostly 60x42Alec Ernest Wiles was born in Southampton in 1924, after leaving school he trained briefly as a draughtsman before WWII broke out, he then enrolled in the RAF and spent the war in North Africa.After the war he followed his passion as an artist and sculptor. He worked in most media specialising in portraiture and the female form. During the 1950s Alec and his brother Arnoldalso drew cartoons for the satirical magazine Punch.He lived and worked across Southern England until 1961 when he moved to Cornwall with his wife and three daughters, settling at Twelveheads near St Day.Alec’s life was recording the world, whatever he saw he would sketch or paint. He drew tourists on Newquay pier and painted directors of public companies in board rooms, town councillors, fishing boats and flowers. He was most widely known for his sculptures, mainly working direct from life in bronze, resin-bronze, ciment-fondu and plaster. Epstein and Rodin were his main influences and he said that he only strove for 'quality' in his work.His bronze portrait head of “Miriam” was exhibited at The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, 1977 (No.1052)He was an Associate of The Penwith Society of Arts and a Member of the Newquay Society of Artists.
Alec WILES (1924)Female Torso Cold cast bronze sculpture Signed Height 34cmAlec Ernest Wiles was born in Southampton in 1924, after leaving school he trained briefly as a draughtsman before WWII broke out, he then enrolled in the RAF and spent the war in North Africa.After the war he followed his passion as an artist and sculptor. He worked in most media specialising in portraiture and the female form. During the 1950s Alec and his brother Arnoldalso drew cartoons for the satirical magazine Punch.He lived and worked across Southern England until 1961 when he moved to Cornwall with his wife and three daughters, settling at Twelveheads near St Day.Alec’s life was recording the world, whatever he saw he would sketch or paint. He drew tourists on Newquay pier and painted directors of public companies in board rooms, town councillors, fishing boats and flowers. He was most widely known for his sculptures, mainly working direct from life in bronze, resin-bronze, ciment-fondu and plaster. Epstein and Rodin were his main influences and he said that he only strove for 'quality' in his work.His bronze portrait head of “Miriam” was exhibited at The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, 1977 (No.1052)He was an Associate of The Penwith Society of Arts and a Member of the Newquay Society of Artists.Condition report: We can see no condition issues but we have not seen beneath the working platform
Stanhope Alexander FORBES (1857-1947)Tom Spargo, the gardenerOil sketch 23 x 12cmCondition report: This oil has not been examined out of the frame. It is glazed and looks as if it has been for many years, such is its fresh appearance.This along with several other lots in the sale comes from the estate of the last in the line of the Peak family. Long established picture framers of this town. The siblings can remember being told of Stanhope Forbes visiting the Causeway head shop
Andy Goldsworthy (British, born 1956)Clay Tree Wall, Jupiter Artland signed and dated 'Andy Goldsworthy 2008' (on mount)pencil and chalk on paper29 x 20cm (11 7/16 x 7 7/8in).(unframed)together with a further pencil and chalk drawing, Clay Hole, by the same hand(2)Footnotes:ProvenanceThe Artist, by whom gifted to the present owner, December 2008Private Collection, U.K.The present lot is a sketch for the installation at Jupiter Artland, just outside Edinburgh. The installation was created by affixing a tree to the wall before covering the entire wall and tree with wet clay, which cracked as it dried.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Roger Fry (British, 1866-1934)Cypresses, Broussa oil on board35.5 x 25.5cm (14 x 10 1/16in).Painted in 1911with a further unfinished landscape sketch on the reverse, by the same handFootnotes:ProvenanceThe Artist, and thence by family descentPrivate Collection, CanadaExhibitedCanada, Edmonton, Edmonton Art Gallery, Roger Fry, Artist and Critic, 19 March-18 April 1976, no. 23 The present lot was painted on a visit to Turkey accompanied by Clive and Vanessa Bell.We are grateful to Richard Shone for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.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
Cumming (Constance F. Gordon). From the Hebrides to the Himalayas. A Sketch of Eighteen Months' Wanderings in Western Isles and Eastern Highlands, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1876, 27 wood-engraved plates, 24 pp. publisher's catalogue at rear of volume 2, some minor spotting and soiling, original green cloth decorated in green and black, rubbed, volume 1 cocked, 8voQty: (2)
* Autograph and Scrap Albums. A group of 22 small format autograph, sketch book and scrap albums, mostly early 20th century, mostly with manuscript quotations, amateur drawings, signatures of friends, some military interest (mostly first world war), one album including signatures of Britt Ekland, Diana Rigg, Sid James (in pencil), another with autographs of Portsmouth Football Club and Billy Cotton's Band, plus other music hall and amateur dramatics interest, mostly contemporary cloth, some wear, oblong 8vo and smallerQty: (22)
* Roussel (Theodore, 1847-1926). French-born English Painter and Graphic Artist. An autograph autobiographical account of his own life, circa 1920, describing his artistic beginnings and later professional life from his birth up until at the mid-1880s, with references to his picture The Reading Girl [1886] and ending with the sentence 'It is through one of those exhibitions I was speaking above, at the Dowdeswell, that in the later part of the winter of 1885 I have known Whistler', written with numerous crossings out and corrections in his hand on rectos of 10 leaves with concluding page in pencil on verso of final leaf, together with a separate one-page start of an autobiographical account from when he came to England [1878], 'forty-five years ago', this leaf browned, all 4to, together with an unsigned pen and ink sketch of trees, 6 x 14.5 cm, and a pen and ink sketch of a man in a kilt (?), 12 x 9.5 cm, both attributed to Roussel; plus a small thumbnail pencil study of a woman's head on a plain postcard, initialled by Roussel, 'Th R'; plus an etching of a Breton woman, 9 x 7 cm, with signed presentation inscription from W. Lee Hankey to lower margin; plus an autograph letter signed from Roussel, St. Leonard's on Sea, 11 September 1919, to Annie [his sister?], 3 pp., 4to, plus 3 small photographs of Roussel, including 2 identified as with [Agnes] Ethel, circa 1920, each 10 x 6 cm; plus a manuscript draft of Roussel's will from 1924 in an unidentified hand, a solicitor's letter concerning Roussel's affairs after his death addressed to A[gnes] E. McKay, an invoice from James J. Brett for a monument erected in Crowhurst Churchyard to the memory of the late Theodore Roussel, made out to Miss [Agnes Ethel] McKay, 25 May 1927, 2 receipt letters from the British Museum to Miss [Marion] Melville and Miss Agnes McKay for the gifting of 70 proofs of etchings by Theodore Roussel, 23 March 1927, a certified copy of Ethel Roussel's death certificate, 30 March 1917 and a Goupil & Co. Catalogue of Colour Etchings by Roussel, July 1899, with some manuscript price insertions, 8voQty: (16)NOTESProvenance: Acquired from the sale of the estate of Marion Melville (1903-). Marion was the daughter of the artist Arthur Melville (1855-1904) and Ethel Constance Melville (died 1917). Theodore Roussel had first married Frances Amelia Smithson Bull but after her death he married Melville's widow Ethel in 1914. Marion was therefore Roussel's step-daughter. Roussel also had a daughter, Ivy (born c. 1900), with his mistress Hetty Pettigrew. Agnes Ethel Mackay (1889-1980) was a poet and critic by vocation. She was the niece of Roussel’s second wife, Ethel, and cousin to Marion Melville. After Ethel’s death, Agnes moved to St Leonards-on-Sea to take charge of the household, which comprised Roussel and the 13-year-old Marion Melville. Agnes acted as studio assistant and companion to Roussel until his death in 1926. She then moved with Marion to Upper Cheyne Row, London, and then to France in 1937. An interesting and apparently unpublished account of the early part of Roussel's artistic life up until his significant first meeting with Whistler. A transcript of the autobiographical text is available on request.
Butcher (Edmund). The Beauties of Sidmouth Displayed; Being a descriptive sketch of its situation, salubrity and picturesque scenery. Also an account of the environs within fifteen miles round, interspersed with authentic anecdotes, 3rd edition, Sidmouth: printed for John Wallis, circa 1820, 12 uncoloured aquatint plates, including folding frontispiece, some light offsetting and a few spots, two previous owner inscriptions including Andrew Vincent Corbet, July 29, 1821 (possibly Sir Andrew Vincent Corbet, 2nd Baronet, 1800-1855), contemporary half calf, a little rubbed with small indentation to upper cover, 8voQty: (1)
ATTRIBUTED TO ANTONIO DOMENICO GABBIANI (1652-1726) CHRIST AND THE WOMAN TAKEN IN ADULTERY (?) sketch of `The Brazen Serpent` verso, each pen and ink with wash 13 x 20cm. Provenance: London, Phillips, February 16th 1988, lot 148 (as `Noli me Tangere`) ++ The recto with slight foxing and an old soft crease upper right; the verso stained by ink from the recto
•CLAUDE HARRISON (1922-2009) TOBIAS, THE ARTIST'S SON, 1961; SKETCHES OF HENRIETTA ROBINSON (?), c.1962; SKETCH OF A GIRL, 1956 Three, each signed, two dated and/or inscribed, ink and wash, various sizes The largest 34 x 25.5cm.; with a framed photocopy of the artist's obituary (4) ++ Generally good; the `unknown girl` faded
ERNEST PROCTER, ARA (1885-1935) NEWLYN HARBOUR A pair, both signed and dated 14, watercolour and gouache Each 34.5 x 24.5cm approx.; with a watercolour and crayon sketch of Blue Anchor (Somerset) by Wilfrid Williams Ball, 11 x 20cm. (3) ++ One of the Procters with slight staining upper right
•NORMAN THELWELL (1923-2004) YOU ARE NOT GOING TO THE MEET IN THE HORSE BOX.. Signed, pen and black ink, black crayon and pencil 21 x 18.5cm.; with `I hate mice` by Thelwell, signed, pen and black ink, 11.5 x 15cm. (2) IIlustrated: (principal item) Norman Thelwell, Some Damn Fool's Signed The Rubens Again (London, 1987, preliminary sketch for page 54) Exhibited: London, Chris Beetles Ltd, September 1990 ++ Former item lightly stained (by an old backboard, perhaps); the latter good.
•BETTY SWANWICK, RA (1915-1989) THE FOLLY Signed and dated 83, pencil, preparatory study for a watercolour 43 x 49cm.; with a copy of Country Bazaar, Summer 1985; and a copy of Bonhams catalogue of the Studio Sale from January 1990 (in which a similar sketch constituted lot 40 and the footnote states that a further version of this subject was exhibited at The Royal Academy in 1989) (3) Provenance: Stow on the Wold, Fosse Gallery, acquired from the artist. In correspondence with the former owner in September 1986, Miss Swanwick identified the subject as a tramp in Kent who looked like a `sort of hermit-prophet` and was rather fussy about how he took his tea. This lot was previously sold in these rooms, April 20th 2007, lot 1502. Illustrated: Country Bazaar, Vol. 3, no. 4, Summer 1985, in which the lot is illustrated as a centrefold ++ Good condition; titled under the mount
•EDWARD ARDIZZONE, CBE, RA (1900-1979) SKETCH OF THE GARDEN AT 88 MAIDA VALE, FROM THE DINING ROOM WINDOW, c.1947-1948 WHEN THE ARTIST WAS USING THE BASEMENT AS A STUDIO Signed with initials, pen and black ink with grey wash 32 x 27cm. Exhibited: Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, Edward Ardizzone, September-November 2000 Provenance: By descent in the family of the artist ++ Good condition
ALBERT WAINWRIGHT (1898-1943) - A sketch depicting a portrait of a young male before a beach scene, a young boy reading while seated and other figure seated around a fire pit, to the reverse various pen sketches including two male figure on a horse and religious figures, pen, ink and watercolour, 1930s, 23cm x 18cm.
ALBERT WAINWRIGHT (1898-1943) - Lordlings Listen to Our Lady, a sketch depicting various scenes including a female figure with red hair holding a basket of fruit, young boys in conversation, a house on a hill etc., to the reverse an execution scene and female figures in various poses, pen, ink and watercolour, 1930s, 23cm x 18cm .
ALBERT WAINWRIGHT (1898-1943) - Shakespeare in Modern Dress, a sketch depicting sailors, a female in a white dress and a red robed character, to the side smaller sketches, to the reverse figures walking through the woods and singing morning hymns, pen, ink and watercolour, 1930s, 18cm x 23cm.
A George IV mahogany chamber table attributed to Gillows The rectangular top with reeded edge and hinged stationery compartment to the rear, above a frieze drawer on turned fluted tapering legs with brass cappings and castors, 66cm wide, 48cm deep, 72cm high. This form of table was popularised by Gillows, who included a sketch for a 'chamber writing-table' in their Estimate Sketch Book, dated 1810 (No. 344/144, p.11, Westminster City Archives). See Christie's, London, Interiors - Style & Spirit, 27 November 2007, lot 135 for an identical chamber table (realised £4750 including buyer's premium).
A Regency rosewood double-side book carrier attributed to Gillows of Lancaster and London The rectangular top with spindle divider and ends with 'S' scroll supports and carrying handles, above a frieze drawer fitted with stationery compartments, with beaded mouldings and on lobed feet, 43cm wide, 31cm deep, 36cm high. See Gillows of Lancaster Estimate Sketch Book, for a design of the same model supplied to the firm's London partners Ferguson and Co. on October 16th, 1830. N.B: This lot is subject to CITES regulations
THE SWORDS AND PORTRAIT OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR GEORGE MONTAGUE HARPER KCB DSO HIGHLAND DIVISION, comprising an 1831 Pattern General Officer's sword by DANIELS, 80cm curved clipped back blade etched with scrolling foliage, crowned crossed sword and baton, laurel wreaths, crowned GVR cypher, and maker's panel, retaining good original polish and matt ground, regulation gilt hilt, two-piece ivory grips, one chipped, contained in its plated steel scabbard, some lifting, complete with knot, together with his 1897 Pattern Royal Engineers Officer's sword by ROBERT MOLE, contained in its field service scabbard, a framed and glazed pencil portrait of Harper in service dress titled "France 1916" and signed Leonard Smith, a boxed pair of General Officer's cufflinks and one shoulder insignia, a 9ct gold First War tank tie pin, a 1913 dated half crown engraved with a tank and a bi-plane and 1918, a later? Highland Division sleeve patch and a copy of The History of the Fifty First Division 1914-1918 by Brewsher. (Group) Lieutenant General Sir George Montague Harper (1865-1922) was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers in 1884, serving at the School of Engineering and promoted Captain while serving in India in 1892. Twice mentioned in Despatches during the Boer War he saw extensive service and rounded the campaign off with the receipt of the Distinguished Service Order. There then followed a number of staff appointments during the inter-war period, before going on to half-pay in 1911. The onset of the First World War saw Harper's appointment to the headquarters of the BEF. Principally his service during the First War was known for his command of the 51st (Highland) Division in France, serving at the Somme, Ancre, Arras, Menin Road and the Tank campaign at Cambrai. Leonard J. Smith (1892-?) was an artist, infantryman, sniper and camouflage designer who also made daring trips in to No Man's Land to map and sketch the German positions.
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