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Click here to subscribeCAPTAIN ROBERT STREATFIELD RN (1786-1852) 'High Rock, Tunbridge Wells 1849', watercolour, 13.5 x 18cm; a 19th Century pen and ink sketch of a gentleman preparing food, signed 'I am Yours Very Sincerely Edw. Hull', 8 x 10.5cm; and a pen and ink view of Christ's Cambridge dated 3 Mount Pleasant, April 11 1888, 8 x 10.5cm (3)
ENGLISH SCHOOL LATE 19TH C THE LOWER POOL indistinctly signed with initials and dedicated to "CWP to TJW" and inscribed on the backboard with the title and A Sketch made from the Old Cherry Garden here. The barque 'Montrosa' lying off the Gridiron at Rotherhithe, watercolour, 26 x 36.5cm ++In good condition, in early window mount that is somewhat discoloured and original narrow wood frame, with on the reverse the printed label of G P Lunn, Boston
W H Bunbury (British 18thC). Recruits, cartoon engraving, 33cm x 27cm, a Rowlandson engraving, The Corporal in Good Quarters, published 1812, 28cm x 22.5cm, and William Goffe and William Kohler, Happy Exchange of Friendship between two Great Generals, engraving, political sketch by H H, 2030, published 1830, 36cm x 27cm, (3).
Evie Hone, H.R.H.A. (1894 - 1955) Watercolour: Stained glass design - "Saint Cecilia," approx. 19cms x 6cms (7 1/2" x 2 1/2"), in arched mount, framed. (1) * Inscribed on reverse, "Original Sketch for stained glass Window in Memory of Lady Collins Roberts (mother of Mrs. Ben Nicholson) at Lanercost Priory / Abbey, Brampton, Cumbria.
CARTOONISTS: Small selection of signed cards featuring printed cartoon illustrations, some original drawings and cartoons of various sizes, by various cartoonists including Osbert Lancaster, Carl Giles, Dave Berg (original signed and inscribed self caricature on a sheet of Mad printed stationery), Blaine Gibson (A.L.S. illustrated with a sketch of Mickey Mouse), Reg Smythe, Raymond Jackson ('JAK'; an original pen and ink cartoon on a 14 x 17.5 art board and another piece of similar sized art board featuring preparatory pencil sketches of three individuals, the latter unsigned, 1970) etc. G to VG, 11
PIPER JOHN: (1903-1992) English Painter and Designer of stained-glass windows. A.L.S., John Piper, on one side of a printed correspondence card, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon, 19th July 1976, to an unidentified correspondent (Piper stating 'I can't decipher your signature with any certainty!'). The artist writes 'I enclose a sketch related to illustrations I did for a specific edition of Sir William Walton's FAÇADE, published in London a couple of years ago' and concludes 'I am so glad the works of mine you have give pleasure'. Together with the original artwork referred to, being an abstract design incorporating orange, white and grey paints within a black circle, on a small 4to sheet of white paper. Signed by Piper to the lower margin and dated 1974 in his hand. VG to EX, 2
'I must try and do another rabbit book' POTTER BEATRIX: (1866-1943) English Author & Illustrator of children's books featuring animal characters including Peter Rabbit. An exceptionally fine illustrated A.L.S., Beatrix Potter, four pages, 8vo, n.p. (Ulverston), 11th August 1908, to Master William F. Warner ('Dear little William Warner'). Potter thanks her correspondent for their letter, and that of his sister, and informs him 'I have been trying dreadfully hard to think about another story about "Peter". I thinked and thinked and thinked last year; but I didn't think enough to fill a book!', further explaining 'So I made a story about Jemima Puddleduck instead - and it will be in the shops very soon. I hope you will like it'. Potter further states 'I must try and do another rabbit book; all the little boys and girls like the rabbits best' and also comments on her current activities and life, 'I am staying at a house where there are lots of wild rabbits in the garden - there is a quite black rabbit [at this point Potter adds the first of her illustrations, a pen and ink drawing of a black rabbit running, executed in a silhouette style] who lives at the top of a bank opposite my bedroom window. When I am dressing in the morning I can see him sitting on a stump washing his face with his paws [Potter adds a second illustration, a pen and ink drawing of the black rabbit seated on the stump, again executed in a silhouette style] I have got a rabbit, but it is brown; I call it Joseph. It is very tame & licks my hands, but I think if it got out, it would run away into the wood. It lives in a hutch and has a nice little yard where it can run about and eat grass. I have got a little brown mouse called Dusty [at this point Potter inserts a third illustration, a simple pen and ink drawing of her mouse seated in profile] it is running about the table while I write, it has been sniffing at this letter. I am sure it wants to send its love to you!' At the conclusion of her letter, alongside her signature, Potter has drawn a fourth sketch, a charming pen and ink fully detailed illustration of Dusty sitting up on his hind legs and apparently eating as he holds his front legs to his mouth. Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Potter. A wonderful and charming letter of excellent content, relating to Peter Rabbit and Jemima Puddleduck, enhanced in its rarity and desirability by Potter's four original illustrations. A neat split to the right edge of the central fold, not affecting the text, illustrations or signature, otherwise VG
GILES CARL: (1916-1995) British Cartoonist. A good original pen and ink sketch, with colour pencil additions, by Giles on an oblong 12mo card, the image depicting George Jr., of the Giles Family, standing on his head and saluting. Signed ('Giles') and inscribed in bold black ink at the head of the card. Together with a second oblong 12mo card signed and inscribed in bold black ink by Giles beneath a printed image of George Jr. and a monkey reading a copy of Origin of Species by Darwin. Also including a small selection of signed pieces and cards etc., by other British cartoonists including Osbert Lancaster, Ronald Searle, Reg Smythe etc. Generally VG, 6
KNIGHT LAURA: (1877-1970) English Painter, famous for her works of London's theatre, ballet and circus. A good original pencil drawing signed by Laura Knight, on a 4to sheet of artist's drawing paper, most likely a preliminary sketch for a larger work, the image depicting three circus acrobats standing on each other's shoulders, the highest acrobat preparing to propel himself towards a fourth acrobat standing on the ground below. Signed ('Laura Knight') in bold pencil to the lower edge. Some slight foxing, otherwise VG
ARTISTS: Selection of signed pieces, cards, a few A.Ls.S., signed photographs (2) etc., by various artists and illustrators, cartoonists etc., including Norman Hepple (illustrated A.L.S.), Arthur Ransome, Dr. Seuss (2), Maurice Sendak, John Ward (original signed sketch of a bird), John Ryan (original signed sketch of Captain Pugwash, Cut-Throat Jake and Harris Tweed), Ronald Searle (3), Carl Giles, Chic Young, Frank Auerbach, Joan Miro (envelope signed with his initials in the return address to the verso) etc. Generally VG, 18
Attributed to LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY (1887-1976); pencil sketch, figure and dog, bears initials lower left, 14.5 x 12cm, framed and glazed. (D) CONDITION REPORT: Cannot remove from frame so we cannot take any photos of underneath. Some surface dirt towards corners. Very minor foxing/staining. This lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit http://www.dacs.org.uk
GORDON MITCHELL FORSYTH R.I., A.R.C.A. (1879-1952); watercolour and pencil sketch "Wymondham Abbey 1936", signed in pencil lower right, titled and dated verso, also with further biographical detail, 35 x 48cm, framed and glazed. (D) CONDITION REPORT: This lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit http://www.dacs.org.uk
Gentleman's Magazine, Or, Monthly Intelligencer, 151 vols. bound in 259, a near-complete run, 1731-1886, only lacking 1843 part 2, 1868 part 1 and 1886 part 2, volumes from 1783 onwards each bound in two parts, numerous copper-engraved maps and plates (a few close-trimmed), wood-engraved illustrations, a few repaired tears, some occasional spotting and offsetting, a few leaves loosening, bookplates of the Library of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society at front of each volume, 1731-1834 bound in contemporary brown half calf (each neatly rebacked), 1835 onwards mostly bound in navy half calf (rubbed with some covers detached), together with A List of Plates, Maps &c. Contained in the Gentleman's Magazine, from the Year 1731 to 1813 Inclusive, 1814; General Index to Fifty-Six Volumes of the Gentleman's Magazine, from its Commencement in the Year 1731, to the End of 1786, Compiled by Samuel Ayscough, 2 volumes, 1818, and Index to the Biographical and Obituary Notices in the Gentleman's Magazine from 1731 to 1780, 3 vols, 1886-91 Contains sixty-four of the required sixty-nine American maps, as listed in David Jolly's 'Maps of America in Periodicals Before 1800', lacking 'An Accurate Map of the West Indies...' and 'A New Map or Chart of the Western or Atlantic Ocean...' (both in volume 10, 1740), 'A New Chart of the Coast of New England...' (volume 16, 1746), 'South America Drawn from the Best Maps...' (volume 32, 1749) and 'Sketch of the Country Illustrating the Late Engagement in Long Island' (volume 46, 1776). The Gentleman's Magazine, founded by Edward Cave, was a long-standing periodical, running from 1731 to 1922, and includes the first British printing of the US Declaration of Independence (volume 46, 1776), the US Constitution (volume 57, part II, 1787), early works by Samuel Johnson, among other scientific, philosophical, artistic and literary contributions. (265)
Griffith (Elizabeth). The School for Rakes: A Comedy. As it is performed at The Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, 1st edition, 1769, 92 [+ 1 leaf], bound with [Cumberland, Richard]. The West Indian: A Comedy, 3rd edition, 1771, 102 pp., bound with [Cumberland, Richard], The Fashionable Lover; A Comedy, 2nd edition, 1772, 63 pp., bound with [Sheridan, Frances Chamberlaine], The Discovery, A Comedy, 2nd edition, 1763, 94 [+ 1 leaf] pp., final leaf with lower portion missing, bound with Colman (George). The Man of Business, A Comedy, 2nd edition, 1774, 80 pp., bound with [Kelly, Hugh], The School for Wives, A Comedy, 3rd edition, 1774, 88 pp., without the etching by Loutherbourg called for on the title page, bound with Colman (George and Garrick, David), The Clandestine Marriage, A Comedy, 2nd edition, 1766, 95 pp., bound with [Cowley, Hannah], The Runaway, A Comedy, 2nd edition, 1776, 72 pp., a few minor marks, all bound in contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, gilt, a little rubbed, together with 6 other similar bound volumes of 18th century plays, including works by Samuel Foote (The Lyar, 1805, The Commissary, 1765, The Mayor of Garratt, 1776), Miles Peter Andrewes (The Mysteries of the Castle), George Colman the younger (The Mountaineers, 1795), Richard Brinsley Sheridan (The Critic, 1791), Arthur Murphy (The Apprentice, n.d.), Richard Cumberland (The Note of Hand; or Trip to Newmarket, 1st edition, 1774), M. G. Lewis (The Minister; A Tragedy, 2nd edition, 1798), Sir Walter Scott (Halidon Hill; A Dramatic Sketch, from Scottish History, 1st edition, Edinburgh, 1822), etc., all bound in contemporary half calf gilt, one volume with backstrip deficient, rubbed and some marks, 8vo (3 volumes small 8vo) (7)
*McBryde (James, circa 1875-1904). A group of 10 autograph letters initialed 'J. McB', 1897-1902 and 1 undated, all seemingly to Walter Morley Fletcher, 6 of the letters with pen and ink illustrations by McBryde, the earliest from 19 January 1897 at St Helen's, Lancashire, with humorous illustrations of moving furniture, playing hockey, etc., 6 of the late letters written from Kensington Crescent, London, one with a sketch of a cricketer being bowled by a Yorker, one of a marching band, an anthropomorphic elephant figure, 1 page browned, a total of 36 pp., 8vo, plus 6 of the postally used envelopes (10)
A remarkable autograph book consigned by the daughter of O.V. Lucas, former captain of the RMS Aquitania and RMS Queen Elizabeth. Lucas was captain of the ships in the 50s and early 60s and during this time, the many autographs he managed to collect include: Aristocracy - Edward Duke of Windsor & Wallis Windsor, Lord Cornwallis & Esme Cornwallis Military & Political figures - Montgomery of Alamein, Fraser of North Cape (Admiral of the Fleet), Dwight Eisenhower Hollywood Stars - Danny Kaye, Alec Guinness, Gregory Peck, David Niven, Van Johnson, Burt Lancaster, Jimmy Stewart, Elizabeth Taylor, Bette Davis, Jackie Cooper, Angela Lansbury, Anna Neagle, Deborah Kerr, Tyrone Power. Also Christian Dior, Frederick Lonsdale, Irving Berlin, Somerset Maugham, Sir Oswald Birley (renowned artist with sketch) and many others. Many of the autographs are signed "To Margaret" as Lucas collected them for his daughter. Every time he returned from a trip, he had more autographs for her. CONDITION REPORT Book contains 42 autographed pages which have been signed on both sides, a further two pages signed only on one side and a few vacant pages. Some pages have been signed more than once. App. 90 signatures in total. Other signatures include; David Cohen, Anne Blythe, Van Johnson, Myrna Loy, David Farrar, Gary Merril, Binnie Barnes, Dolores Gray, Myrna Hess, The Hedley Ward Trio, Peter Cavanagh, Clifton Webb, Donald O'Connor, Jean E Day etc.
'The Kinora' reel viewer,mounted on an oak hinged stand, with a black view finder, with sixteen reels:Punting on the Thames (4282)Man Drinking Wine (476)J H Taylor - Golf ((4356)Pillow Fight (467)Cricket (4327)Railway Journey (4335)Shadow Puppets (4346)Launching a Liner (4222)Skiing (4317)Comedy Sketch (4143)Alec Herd - Golfing (355)Boat in Rough Seas (478)Rolling Pastry (1)Donkey Race (4215)Dogs on a Ladder (470)Smoking a Cigarette
A collection of pictures comprising two coloured engravings - one depicting "Diana the Huntress", the other of "Flora", together with "Cottage within wooded and mountainous landscape", oil on glass, ELIZA ALLIES "Studies of Wales" three pencil drawings set in embossed mounts and framed as one, together with J NEWBOLT "Italian landscape", pencil sketch heightened in white, signed lower right
A box of various antique prints and old master style drawings to include: an indistinctly signed pen and ink drawing of a classical figure; a sketch of a country house after Fragonard; a tondo drawing on vellum of the Madonna (initialled on tab); an engraving 'SVBs Masq Ranelagh X1111.June 1776' after G.B. Cipriani engraved F. Bartolozzi; drawings of facial expressions initialled 'E.W.'; manuscript plan of 'The Battle of Valleggio (1796)', etc.
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