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Lot 271
A quantity of 19th century and later hardback books, mainly of natural history interest including 'A Sketch of Modern and Ancient Geography for the use of Schools', by Samuel Butler, published by Longman, Brown, Green and Longman, 1851, 'Pre-Historic Times as Illustrated by Ancient Remains and the Manners and Customes of Modern Savages', by John Lubbock, published by Williams and Norgate, 1865, 'The Great Ice Age and it's Relation to the Antiquity of Man', by James Geikie, published by W Isbister and Co., 1874, and others (21 in total) CONDITION REPORT: Please note - Descriptions do not include condition reports. Please contact us to if you require further information or images.PLEASE CONSIDER SHIPPING COSTS BEFORE BIDDING. THE COST OF SHIPPING MAY AFFECT YOUR DECISION TO BID.
Lot 324
COLLECTION OF SILHOUETTES & MINIATURES, including early 19th Century wax profile portrait medallion, five silhouettes, one inscribed 'Hutton', two 18th Century style Italian miniatures of elegant ladies in octagonal frames, ink and wash sketch portrait of a gentleman, watercolour of a gentleman and a Pre-Raphaelite print (11)
Lot 543
An antique 19th Century political satirical hand coloured engraving print entitled ' Bonne Farte raising a Southerly Wind. Depicts the Straits of Dover: Bonaparte (left) stands on the one side, stooping down with bared posteriors, from which fly through the air balloons, parachutes, infantry, cavalry, artillery, tents, and wagons. A tiny guillotine is towed and pushed towards England. The sky is sprinkled with these invaders, the largest object being a balloon whose basket bristles with tiny guns; from this an anchor hangs on a rope. Bonaparte stoops down, his hands on his knees, while an officer stands beside him feeding him with a spoon with 'Parched Peas' from the former's large cocked hat, which is on the ground, the crown filled with peas. Bonaparte says: "Oh Berthier - Berthier - I can't go through with it I fear." Berthier answers: "That's your sort my Boy. The Directory will give us Imortal Honer for this, its a new way of raising the Wind. \ come a few more they are Nice and Hot."In the sea a giant raft with one sail makes for England; guns project from its sides, and troops are indicated by flags and bayonets. On the English coast are cliffs. A huge sea monster has reached the shore and soldiers are landing from its open jaws. An English Jacobin wearing a bonnet-rouge embraces the leader, who steps ashore; he says: "My dear Monge you'r right welcom you have had a dreadful voyage". Men with fixed bayonets follow Monge. On the cliff immediately above the monster stand Sheridan and Fox, welcoming the aerial army; Horne Tooke sits at their feet; they say: "How fragrant is this Southern Breeze". Lauderdale, very small, wearing Highland dress, stands beside Fox, saying: "Hoot Mon this reminds me of sweet Edinburgh." Beneath the title: 'Or a Sketch of the Intended Invincible Invasion found at the door of Brooks's in St James's Street'. 20 February 1798 [or 10 February 1798]Framed and glazed. Measures approx; 46cm x 56cm.
Lot 91
David McClure RSA RSW RGI (British, 1926-1998)Girl in Blue and White signed and inscribed 'Girl in Blue and White (First Sketch)/David McClure' (verso)oil on cardboard24.5 x 19.5 cm. (9 5/8 x 7 11/16 in.)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
Lot 108
Sir William George Gillies CBE LLD RSA PPRSW RA (British, 1898-1973)Temple village signed 'W Gillies' (lower left)pencil sketch25.3 x 36.5 cm. (9 15/16 x 14 3/8 in.)Footnotes:ProvenanceA gift from the artistSale; Bonhams, Edinburgh, 2 December 2005, Lot 80This 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
Lot 168
λ Claude Muncaster (1903-1974) "High Tide Pool of London, 1924" Watercolour Signed to paper- attached to reverse 20 x 31cm (7¾ x 12 in.) Provenance: From The Hon. Sir William McAlpine Collection- label to reverse with inscription and note detailing how artist's son Martin had placed signature to reverse of frame. Condition Report: Looks to be a worked up sketch- St Paul's cathedral faintly visible in the distance- some fading, browning and scattered spotting throughout Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 169
λ Claude Muncaster (1903-1974) "Study of a steamer's deck- Swift London 1923", and two others Signed, inscribed and dated Pen and ink 21 x 28cm (8¼ x 11 in.) And two others; Wharf street view pen and ink, signed, 21 by 28cms; Sketch of mast and rigging, signed, 32 by 21cms (3) Provenance: From The Hon. Sir William McAlpine Collection Condition Report: First- working sketch with pencil- browned, scattered spotting- tape and stain marks to lower margin Second- browned- faded, scattered spotting Third- faded, browned, Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 171
λ Claude Muncaster (1903-1974) A set of four sketches of scenes aboard a sailing boat Pen, ink and watercolour Signed 18 x 24cm (7 x 9¼ in.) Framed and glazed (4) Provenance: From The Hon. Sir William McAlpine Collection Condition Report: Look to have come from a sketch book- all have browned and faded slightly- two with paper tears Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 375
Frederick James McNamara EVANS (1859-c.1929)The Penny WhistleWatercolourSigned and dated '9036x26cmTo verso an unfinished watercolour of the same subject Condition report: We have uploaded an image of the sketch that was found on the back of this work, we believe this shows the original colour and we suggest that although the principle work has been affected by light it is not extreme.The surface has areas of missing pigment, this can be seen in the imagesThe frame and glass are likely to be original
Lot 1034
Maurice Edgar CONNELL(1921-2020)Eight sketch books Maurice Edgar Connell 1921-2020Born in South London to musical and theatrical parents, Maurice grew up singing and performing.He was 18 when war broke out. He joined the Air Force and was sent to Canada to train as a pilot. However, his eyesight was not considered good enough for the Air Force, he came home and joined the army. He was initially in tanks in Italy and North Africa and during this time he met the Cornish artist George Lambourne. It was a meeting that proved pivotal in his life. Lambourne ran the 'Army Decorating Section' which followed the allied armies, setting up and decorating canteens, theatres, libraries and rest centres. Between 1942 and 46, Lambourne's 'private army' followed the war through Italy, North Africa and South Austria. The unit was manned by POWs and soldiers who were no longer mentally fit for active service, and it provided a valuable therapeutic serice. Maurice never spoke of this, though he was once overheard saying 'I suppose I went a bit gaga.'He and Lambourne maintained a lifelong friendship and prior to his marriage in 1967, Maurice would regularly hitchhike to Cornwall to visit. His creative and artistic experience during the war led him to art school; Woolwich and the Central School of Art, where he was taught by the likes of Keith Vaughan and Paolozzi, and Quentin Crisp was his life model. For the next 20 years he worked in theatre, opera and ballet as a stage manager, creating sets, props, costumes or anything that was required, for companies like the Sadlers Wells Ballet, Glyndebourne, the Royal Opera House and various others. A perfectionist, he could turn his hand to anything and make it beautiful. He married late in life and lived quietly in Hertfordshire, teaching pottery and woodwork and working with learning disabled teenagers prior to his retirement. Although he constantly drew, painted and was never without a sketchbook, Maurice rarely exhibited or sold his work. He drew to please himself or to give to friends and family. Upon his death last year at the ripe old age of 98, he left a great body of work, in many mediums, a testament to a thoroughly creative life.
Lot 211
Humphreys (Henry Noel). Ancient Coins and Medals: An historical sketch of the origin and progress of Coining money in Greece and her colonies; its progress with the extension of the Roman Empire; and its decline with the fall of that power, 2nd edition, London: Grant and Griffith, 1851, 10 sunken mounts containing 114 facsimile gold, silver and bronze foil coins (some oxidization to the facsimiles), some offsetting to text, a few leaves and mounts detached, some light spotting and small marginal ink stain, original embossed calf gilt, spine torn with loss at foot, a little rubbed with some edge wear, small 4toQty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.
Lot 417
Rink (Henry). Tales and Traditions of the Eskimo with a sketch of their habits, religion, language and other peculiarities, 1st U.K. edition, Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1875, black & illustrations including folding frontispiece, bookplate to front pastedown, later endpapers, some light spotting & marginal toning throughout, rebound retaining publishers original brown cloth boards & spine, boards rubbed & lightly marked, small tear to the spine title text, 8vo, together with; Fleming (Archibald Lang), Dwellers In Arctic Night, Canadian edition, Toronto: Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada, 1928, title page inscribed by the author, 47 monochrome plates, black & white map to the rear, publishers original illustrated front wrapper, modern endpapers, bookplate to front pastedown, modern blue cloth, 8vo, and Williamson (James A.), The Observations of Sir Richard Hawkins, Edited from the Text of 1622, limited edition, London: The Argonaut Press, 1933, 4 black & white maps, bookplate to the front endpaper, some minor toning, publishers original quarter vellum to blue cloth boards spine lightly toned, 4to, 252/475, plus other late 19th & early 20th Polar exploration history & biography & related, including The Cruise of the "Catchalot", round the world after sperm whales, by Frank T. Bullen, 2nd edition, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1901, all original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/4to (52 volumes)Qty: (3 shelves)NOTESEx libris Eric Kenneth Prentice Back (1942-), meteorologist for the British Antarctic Survey, and descendant of the Arctic explorer Captain George Back. He served as base commander at Halley, Faraday, Rothera, and Station T (on Adelaide Island), over a twenty year period from 1963.
Lot 464
China. Four maps from Sir George Staunton's " An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China..., A Sketch of a Journey from Zhe-Hol in Tartary by land to Pekin and thence by Water to Hang-Tchoo-Foo in China, A Sketch by Compass of the Coast of the Promontory of Shan-Tung with the Tracks of the Ships..., to the Strait of Mi-A-Tau, Sketch of a Journey from Hang-Tchoo-Foo to Quang-Tchoo-Foo or Canton in China [and] A Chart of the Islands to the Southward of Tchu-San on the Eastern Coast of China, 1797, together 4 uncoloured engraved maps, old folds, each approximately 665 x 485 mm, together with View of the City of Ten-Tchoo-Foo from the Anchorage of the Hindostan in the Strait of Mi-A-Tau bearing Southwest, 1797, an uncoloured engraved prospect of the city and two horizon profiles on one sheet (as published), slight creasing, 530 x 750 mmQty: (5)
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