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Click here to subscribe§ Valerie Thornton, RE (British, 1931-1991) A collection of drawings including a sketch for a portrait of a headmistress, nudes, church interiors, including one of the Florence Baptistry, majority measuring 80 x 52 cm (31.5 x 20.5in), few smaller 40 x 28 cm (18 x 11in), unframed; together with another framed of Blythburgh church pencil (11)
§ Wilfrid Rene Wood (British, 1888-1976) Looking towards St James's Street, London signed lower right "Wilfrid R Wood" watercolour 31 x 38cm (12 x 15in) Provenance: Private collection, Stamford Exhibited: Stamford, Wilfrid Wood Centenary Exhibition, Stamford and Peterborough Museums, October - December 1988 Wilfrid Wood studied at Manchester School of Art, the Central School of Arts and Crafts and the Slade School of Fine Art in London. During the First World War he enlisted in the Artists' Rifles and was commissioned in the Machine Gun Corps, serving in France and Italy. He continued to sketch during his war service. He lived in Hampstead, London from 1920 to 1937 and in 1926 he created a series of posters for the London Underground. On 3 March 1937, he married Joan Beeby Kingsford (1883-1974) at the Church of St Martin in the Fields, London. They settled in the village of Barnack, near Stamford, in 1937 where he lived until his death. Wood's contributions to his community are remembered in the Wilfrid Wood Gallery at the Stamford Arts Centre and the Wilfrid Wood Hall - the Village Hall at Barnack. Condition is fine.
§ John Aldridge, RA (British, 1905-1983) Italian landscape pencil on paper, in a grey painted frame 16 x 21cm (6 x 8in) Provenance: The Fry Art Gallery, Saffron Walden, Essex, where acquired by the vendor Other Notes: The present sketch probably dates from the 1950s. Several foxing spots to the sky
[RUPERT - ORIGINAL ARTWORK] ORIGINAL PEN AND INK HEAD-AND-SHOULDERS SKETCH OF RUPERT BEAR BY JOHN HARROLD circa 1980's signed and inscribed, approx 12 x 8.5 cms, mounted alongside a colour reproduction of a design for a Rupert Annual, approx 23 x 18.5 cms; together with AN ORIGINAL ACETATE CELL BY ALFRED BESTALL FOR THE 1972 RUPERT ANNUAL approx 25.5 x 21.5 cms, framed and glazed (2)
ADAM & THE ANTS COSTUME DESIGNS. 3 framed design boards with each containing sample material and a sketch of how the costumes would look. Each sketch has been signed by Eve Goddard (Adam's ex wife) and dated 1980. Frame measures 15"x20" with sketches 8.5"x11.5" and material samples 7.5"x8.5".
JAMES BROWN / GEORGE CLINTON SIGNED. A copy of James Sullivan's - 'The Hardest Working Man; How James Brown Saved the Soul of America' signed to inner front cover "Love Ya James" with a sketch below, also signed by Bootsy Collins, Fred Wesley, Pee Wee Ellis and on last page by George Clinton with sketch, date and location (Martin Luther King Memorial Library, 11/1/ illegible).
Antiquarianism - Association Copy, Anon [Sparrow (Anthony)], A Collection of Articles, Injunctions, Canons, Orders, Ordinances, & Conftitutions Ecclefiaftical (sic), With other Publick (sic) Records of the Church of England [...], fourth impression with additions, Blanch Pawlet at the Bible in Chancery Lane, London 1684, flyleaf inscribed in pencil: F. Atterbury, Bsp of Roch (Francis Atterbury (1663 - 1732), Bishop of Rochester from 1713 - 1723), and further inscribed throughout in the same hand with marginalia, engraved title-piece The Seales (sic) of Armes (sic) of the Bifhops (sic) of England, Restoration calf board only, 8vo; Barlace (J.G.), An Historical Sketch of the Progrefs (sic) of Knowledge in England, from The Conversion of the Anglo-Saxons, to the End of The Reign of Queen Elizabeth, with notices of Learned Men and Specimens of the Ancient Language & Poetry [...], J. and A. Arch, London 1819, lithographic title-piece of the author, further illustrated in the early 19th century with harlequin early 18th century and later engravings connected to text, contemporary black leather binding (faults), 4to; Chamberlayne (John), Magnæ Brittanniæ Notitia: Or, The Prefent (sic) State of Great Britain [...], D. Midwinter, London 1726, engraved frontispiece, contemporary calf, 8vo (faults); Memoirs of Sir Robert Naunton, Knt., Author of "The Fragmenta Regalia"; With Some of His Posthumous Writings, From Manuscripts in his Own Hands [...], Printed and Sold by G. Smeeton, London 1814, 50pp, 20th century boards, pictorial bookplate: Ex Libris S.F. Watson, 4to; The Harleian Mifcellany (sic): or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, As well in Manufcript (sic) as in Print, Found in the late Earl of Oxford's Library, Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes [...], volume VI only, T. Osborne, London 1745, contemporary speckled calf boards with double fillett gilt, 20th century buckram spine, 4to; Historie (sic) of the Arrival of Edward IV [...], edited by JohnBrudce, Printed for the Camden Society by John Bowyer Nichols and Son, London 1838, contemporary green buckram boards (disbound), square 8vo; Boutell (Chales), Heraldry, Historical and Popular, With Nine Hundred and Seventy-Five Illustrations, third edition, Richard Bentleu, London 1864, quarter-green morocco and buckram, spine and marbled pastedown relayed and rebacked, 8vo; The Port-Folio; A Collection of Engravings From Antiquarian, Architectural, and Topographical Subjects, Curious Works of Art [...], With Descriptions, volumes III & IV only, Nornaville & Fell, London 1824, contemporary quarter-calf and marbled boards (disbound), contemporary bookseller's label: B. Benson, Weymouth, 12mo, (2); Provincial Imprint, Yorke (Philip), The Royal Tribes of Wales, John Painter, Wrexham 1799, [x], 192pp, [2], advert [i], lacking plates, contemporaneous boards, large 4to; Wilkins (Charles), Tales and Sketches of Wales, Daniel Owen and Company, Cardiff 1879, mauve buckram as issued, 4to; Boniface (Eleanor), S'Nellie's Welsh Fairly Tales, Illustrated by Wynona Garfitt, Welsh Outlook Press, Newtown 1929, inserted with b/w portrait photographs, coloured postcards and further ephemera, 8vo; Calendar of Inquisitions Post Portem [...], Volume I, Henry III, Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, London 1904, contemporary green buckram, 4to; English Dialect Society, Fifth Report, 1877; etc
Art History - Ruskin (John), The Seven Lamps of Architecture, With Illustrations Drawn by the Author, third edition in small form, George Allen, London 1891, contemporary full maroon morocco, soft 12mo; Ruskin (John), Modern Painters, six-volume set bound as three, George Allen, London 1904, contemporary vellum spines with gilt sinuous foliage, maroon morocco title labels, green cloth boards, 12mo; Collingwood (W.G.), The Art of Teaching John Ruskin, Rivingtons, London 1900, contemporary full black pebble morocco, marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate: Lt Colonel John Acton Brooke, 12mo; Townsend's System of Foliage, bound collection of early 19th century lithographic plates, embossed buckram, oblong 4to, [sold as a collection of plates and not subject to return];Wright (Thomas), A History of Caricature & Grotesque In Literature and Art [...], Virtue Brothers & Co., London 1864, Pictorial bookplate by William Bell Scott (1811 - 1890), monogrammed and dated 1881: Ex Libris Joseph Knight and further inscribed in MS purple ink to endpaper: Joseph Knight (1829 - 1907, the book collector and theatre critic), inserted manuscript note detailing the purchase of the book from the third portion of Knight's 'Poor old [...] Book Sale' by Frederick Vernon, Lot 1576, 23rd June 1905, square 8vo; The Works of Mr Hogarth, Moralized, J. Goodwin, London [early 19th century], full-page engraved plates and vignettes, contemporary quarter-leather and marbled boards, armorial bookplate: William Thomas Latham, 4to; another edition of Hogarth's works; Crowe (J.A.) and Cavalcaselle (G.B.), The Early Flemish Painters: Notices of Their Lives and Works, second edition, John Murray, London 1872, full contemporary blue leather binding, marbled endpapers, 12mo; Conway (William Martin), Dawn of Art in the Ancient World: An Archaeological Sketch, Percival and Co., London 1891, contemporary maroon buckram, early 20th century Pictorial bookplate, 12mo; Waterhouse Hawkins (B.), The Artistic Anatomy of Cattle and Sheep, With Twenty Illustrations Drawn on Wood by the Author, and Engraved by H. Orrin Smith, second edition, Winsor and Newton, London 1869, pamphlet, 12mo; Country Life, Great Houses of France, folio; etc, [18]
Walsh, Wendy. An Irish Florilegium. Volumes I and II. Volume I with signed original watercolour to the half title page. Thames & Hudson Ltd., London, 1983, first edition, 224pp with large format collection of forty-eight illustrations, all hand-tipped colour plates of exquisite drawings by renowned botanical artist Wendy Walsh, brown cloth gilt, with original dust jacket. Loosely inserted four page subscribers list with original signed sketch by Walsh also signed by Dr Charles Nelson. Together with An Irish Florilegium II: Wild and Garden Plants of Ireland. London: Thames and Hudson, 1987. first edition. The second volume of the much acclaimed work, with 48 colour plates by Wendy Walsh and text by Charles Nelson, green cloth gilt with original dust jacket.
Mel Smith 6x4 signed B/W photo. Melvin Kenneth Smith (3 December 1952 - 19 July 2013) was an English comedian, writer, film director, producer and actor. Smith worked on the sketch comedy shows Not the Nine O'clock News and Alas Smith and Jones along with his comedy partner Griff Rhys Jones. Smith and Jones founded Talkback, which grew to be one of the UK's largest producers of television comedy and light entertainment programming. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95
Moira Anderson 10x8 signed colour photo. Moira Anderson was born on 5 June 1938 in Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. She was educated at Lenzie Academy, she then attended the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, before getting her big break in the media after a successful audition at the BBC. She landed her first job in the media, presenting the radio programme Can't Help Singing where she sang with some prestigious names from the world of opera. She went on to make many appearances in the TV series The White Heather Club hosted by Andy Stewart. She subsequently hosted her own television show, the popular Moira Anderson Sings on BBC1 in 1968. By 1970 she had signed up with the Decca Record Company, performed at the London Palladium and was hosting another show Stars on Sunday which ran for a decade from 1969. She is renowned for her charity work. In her early career Anderson made frequent appearances alongside fellow Scottish music stars, Kenneth McKellar and other Scottish stars. The pairing was celebrated in the 1971 Two Ronnies spoof sketch (Programme 3, 1st Series) featuring Kenneth Anderson and Moira McKellar, in which Ronnie Corbett's Ken described Ronnie Barker's (rather hefty) Moira as that beautiful lump of Dundee cake In the early 1980s she made a successful album of duets with Sir Harry Secombe. She recorded A Perfect Day by Carrie Jacobs-Bond Her musical directors over the years have included Peter Knight, Peggy O'Keefe and Nick Ingman. She has recorded many albums, including an Ivor Novello collection, conducted by Robin Stapleton, and made many appearances on the BBC TV's popular, long running series, The Good Old Days. She received an OBE in July 1970. In 2010, she sang two songs at the funeral of Sir Norman Wisdom. Anderson lives in retirement in the Isle of Man with her husband of nearly 50 years, Dr Stuart McDonald. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95
Michael Palin 10x8 signed colour photo. Michael Edward Palin CBE born 5 May 1943 is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter. He was a member of the comedy group Monty Python and later made a number of travel documentaries. Palin wrote most of his comedic material with fellow Python member Terry Jones. Before Monty Python, they had worked on other shows such as the Ken Dodd Show, The Frost Report, and Do Not Adjust Your Set. Palin appeared in some of the most famous Python sketches, including Argument Clinic, Dead Parrot sketch, The Lumberjack Song, The Spanish Inquisition, Bicycle Repair Man and The Fish-Slapping Dance Palin continued to work with Jones after Python, co-writing Ripping Yarns. He has also appeared in several films directed by fellow Python Terry Gilliam and made notable appearances in other films such as A Fish Called Wanda (1988), for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. In a 2005 poll to find The Comedians' Comedian, he was voted the 30th favourite by fellow comedians and comedy insiders. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95
Rowan Atkinson 10x8 signed colour photo. Rowan Sebastian Atkinson, CBE (born 6 January 1955) is an English actor, comedian, and screenwriter best known for his work on the sitcoms Blackadder and Mr. Bean. Atkinson first came to prominence in the BBC's sketch comedy show Not the Nine O'clock News (1979-82), receiving the 1981 BAFTA for Best Entertainment Performance, and via his participation in The Secret Policeman's Ball from 1979. His other work includes the 1983 James Bond film Never Say Never Again, playing a bumbling vicar in Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), voicing the red-billed hornbill Zazu in The Lion King (1994), and featuring in the BBC sitcom The Thin Blue Line (1995-1996). His work in theatre includes the 2009 West End revival of the musical Oliver! Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95
William Sadler II (Irish, c.1782 - 1839) 'Charge of the 4th Dragoon Guards on green horse at the Battle of Vinegar Hill 1798' 'Original Pen Sketch by Sadler', pen and ink on paper, 20 x 33cmThe Battle of Vinegar Hill was an engagement during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 on 21 June 1798 when over 13,000 British soldiers launched an attack on Vinegar Hill outside Enniscorthy, County Wexford, the largest camp and headquarters of the Wexford United Irish rebels. It marked a turning point in the rebellion, as it was the last attempt by the rebels to hold and defend ground against the British military.
Early 19th Century Sketchbook of Irish & English Views[Anon] Sketchbook: An oblong 4to bound volume of pencil drawings of various Irish villages, ports, harbours, etc (some English) in the 1830's, each sketch identified and dated including, Port at Cork Harbour, some figures, The Gap at Dunloe, Lakes at Killarney, O'Donohue's Prison, Eagles Cliff, Muckross Abbey, Lough Foyle (Moville), Magillen Head (Irishowen), Windemere, Old Stone House (Devon) Valley of Rocks (Devon), Stonehenge, 24 views, (some landscapes, donkey) As a sketchbook, w.a.f. (1)
An 18th Century Irish Log Book and Guide to NavigationManuscript: Paper-bound Volume compiled in 1764 by William Farrell, Commander of the ship William of Dublin. Headed: Navigation. Teaches to guide any Ship or Vessle from one Harbour to another, the Chief Instrument of which is the Mariners Compass,," of which a coloured sketch follows. As a m/ss., w.a.f. Most of the volume consists of case studies of navigational problems, copiously illustrated with diagrams. The remainder comprises details of a series of voyages - to Nantes, Bordeaux, Bilbao, Cadiz, Bermuda, Barbados, Charlestown..., some from Tuskar Rock.
With Cartoon Drawing of the Author[Stephens (James)] Green Branches, D. (Maunsel & Co. Ltd.) 1917, (2 versions) New Editions, variant cloth backed boards, each annotated; Bramsbach (Birgit) James Stephens - A Literary and Bibliographical Study, 8vo Upsala 1959, port. frontis, ptd. wrappers, recent hf. cloth & marble boards, included is a m/ss letter from "Maelseachlainn" to Dr. Birgit Bjersby and an original caricature sketch of James Stephens by Simon Coleman R.H.A. - 1958 (reproduced in the Bibliography on page 21); together some relevant paperwork. As a coll., w.a.f. (1)
'Vigour and Vivacity'[Yeats, Jack] Phil May [1864-1903]. An impressive Drawing, pen and ink, 23cms x 36cms (9" x 14"), signed upper left and dated '91', mounted, titled in manuscript 'Players out of work: A sketch at a dramatic agent's office', showing about fifteen various 'characters', all individually modelled and no doubt recognisable to theatre-goers of the day. Inscribed rear of mount 'Phil May', possibly in Jack Yeats' hand.Phil May, one of the leading illustrators of the day, was a precursor of JBY on 'Punch' and other illustrated papers. 'A rapid cartoonist of vigour and vivacity' [D.N.B.]. Yeats admired his work, and may have modelled his early graphic style on it.Provenance: The Yeats Family
Important Late 18th Century Irish Topographical DrawingsPen & Ink Sketches: A very good group of 9 pen & ink sketches of Dublin City & County and parts of County Wicklow, some dated between 1787 - 1789, each approx. 15cms x 23cms (6" x 9") on hallmarked paper, including:1. "View up the Liffey from the Phoenix Park, nr. Chapalizod," from a sketch of Mr. Campbells, 23 July 17892. "Dalkey Island taken from the Commons of Dalkey"3. "View in the Mountains between Wicklow & Baltinglass"4. "A view of the Hill of Howth from Dunleary, 26 July 1789"5. "Sugar Loaf Hill, Co. Wicklow from Old Court," taken from a Sketch of Mr.Campbells, 30 July 1789.6. "View from Phoenix Park, opposite Lord Abtams Hill" 21st August 1787.7. "View on the Strand, between Sandymount & Booterstown,"8. "Ruins of the Church on Dalkey Island"9. "View up the Liffey from Lord Abtams Hill - 21 August 1789"Together 9 sketches, some dam., unframed. As drawings, w.a.f. Important lot. (9)
A collection of pictures to include a 19th century river view oil on canvas, 17 x 25cm, an early 20th century British school sketch of a river, an oil on board titled 'Sunlight and Shadow, Norfolk', by Kenneth Denlow, an early 20th century watercolour of a lady in continental dress, an oil on panel coat of arms in a burr maple frame, a modern oil of a big cat, a 20th century coastal view oil on canvas, six assorted prints and six 19th century framed tapestries, (quantity)
A SMALL COLLECTION OF FIRST WORLD WAR MAGAZINES ETC. to include 'Aerbut and Gaertie in War-Time', six dialect monologues by Graham Squires, Birmingham Cornish Brothers 1917 together with five issues of 'The Bystander' February/March 1915, 'Fragments' edited by Capt. Bruce Bairnsfather March 1920 and one issue of 'The Sketch' dated January 1909 (8)
Large collection of Enid Blyton books, some with dust jackets, various editions and dates, two trays. Together with single volume Doktor Schrecklichkei StruwwelHitler a Nazi story book, a parody of the original by Robert & Phillip Spence presented by them to the daily sketch war relief fund. (B.P. 24% incl. VAT)
EDOARDO DE MARTINO (ITALIAN, 1838-1912), The Royal Yachts ~Victoria & Albert III~ and ~Alexandra~ with King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra aboard, passing a Solent fort in passage to meet the Tsar at Revel, June 1908, Oil on canvas, Signed ~E. De Martino~ (lower right), 12 x 19in. (30.5 x 48.5cm.), The R.Y. Alexandra (about a third smaller than the Victoria & Albert) entered service in May 1908 and was used almost immediately for the King~s visit to Russia, departing Portsmouth on the 5th June. This was the first time a British monarch had visited Russia and the vast suite accompanying the King needed the additional yacht to accommodate it all. Such an important meeting required pictures to record the event and this must have been one of De Martino~s last commissions before suffering a stroke in 1909. The meeting at Revel (modern Tallinn) was considered a great success and Nicholas paid a more discreet visit to Royal Cowes the next year. It seems highly likely this is a preparatory oil sketch for a larger work that, if completed, has yet to be located.
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