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ALICE BURTON SKETCH, STUDY OF A LADY WITH A PEARL NECKLACE IN A GLAZED FRAME, APPROX 18 X 14.5 ins.

ALICE BURTON, SKETCH OF A NUN APPROX. 14 X 11 ins. AND 2 OTHERS ALL IN GLAZED FRAMES

CAVALRY SKETCH BOARD BY HOUGHTON BUTCHER, LONDON, DATED 1916 HAVING COMPASS AT THE TOP AND INCLINOMETER TO THE REVERSE, WITH A LEATHER STRAP

JOHN SHIRLOW (Australian 1869-1936) Sunset, River Yarra etching pencil signed (lower right) on mount, and numbered ‘1/150’Pl. 6 1/2 x 12in (16.5 x 30.4cm)sold with an etching by Stephen Parrish depicting Hastings (1884); and a dry point etching by J. V. Glarp (?) titled ’Surrey Meadows’; together with an oil sketch by Grace Butler depicting Lake Kanieri (N.Z.); four (4)

GEORGE LESLIE HUNTER (1879-1931) A Cottage in a Landscape, Fife, pen, ink and crayon 8 1/2 x 11in (21.6 x 27.9cm) sold with a pen and ink sketch of farm buildings in a landscape by the same artist; 9 x 11in. two (2) For other comparable drawings by the artist cf. ‘Farm buildings, Fife’ (Bonhams, Edinburgh, April 17th 2013 lot 48); ‘A Cottage in Fife’ (Sotheby’s Gleneagles, August 29th 2007 lot 154) and ‘Cottages and Haystacks, Fife (Bonhams, Edinburgh, August 20th 2004 lot 1206)

‡PATRICK PHILLIPS ARWS RP (1907-1976) A Folio containing a selection of pencil sketches, comprising figure and portrait subjects; including A Portrait of a Lady, wearing a fur Cape and Hat; Studies for a Portrait of Canon Nathaniel Woodward of Hurstpierpoint College (1934); Portrait sketch of Frank Low (drawn in Cairo during WW11; Portrait sketch of the actor Ernest Thesiger; and Bishop de Salis of Southwell in his coffin; (approx 25)

‡PATRICK PHILLIPS ARWS RP (1907-1976) ’Women at the Empty Tomb’ charcoal and wash, squared, 14 1/2 x 26 1/2 in (36.8 x 67.4cm) Dateable to 1939. Sold with a gouache costume study by Elizabeth Montgomery; a chalk sketch by Charles Shannon RA depicting a kneeling Figure; a drawing by Patrick Phillips depicting a drapery costume subject; and a nude figure study by Patrick Phillips; five (5)

‡PATRICK PHILLIPS ARWS RP (1907-1976) Coronation Day, 1953, oil sketch, on canvas, unframed, unstretched 27 x 38 in (68.6 x 96.7cm) Sold with two other unstretched canvases by the artist depicting ‘Students at the Byam Shaw School of Art’ (the students depicted are Mora Dickson, painter, writer, poet and co-founder with her husband, Alec, of VSO and (seated) Nancy Ballantine Dykes later Bartlett; and ‘The artist’s wife dressing’ (a study for a painting exhibited at the 1937 RA Summer Exhibition); three (3)

‡PATRICK PHILLIPS ARWS RP (1907-1976) ’A Kensington Back Garden that was’ signed ‘Phillips’ (lower right) oil on panel15 1/2 x 20 in (39.4 x 50.8cm); and three unframed oil sketches by the artist depicting ‘A Garden Pond’; ‘The Serpentine, Hyde Park’; and ‘A Room interior’ (a self-portrait sketch of the artist verso); four (4)

‡PATRICK PHILLIPS ARWS RP (1907-1976)Portrait of H.R.H. The Queen Mother, seated half-length, outline sketch, squared, oil on canvas, unframed 40 x 31 in (101.7 x 78.8cm) A preparatory composition for the artist’s portrait of HRH Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, 1975. Sold with five other unframed portraits by the artist depicting Patricia Willis (b. 1914); Judge Randolph (painted 1939); Biddy in a Ball Gown; The Rt. Worshipful Recorder of London Sir Gerald Dodson MA LLM, in session at the Old Bailey; Lord Justice Lawrence, PC, DSO, TD, later Lord Oaksey, in his robes as Lord Justice of Appeal; and a framed oil sketch depicting The Rt. Hon The Lord Mayor of London 1950-1, Mr Alderman Denys Lowson MA LCC; seven (7) Patricia Willis was a student at The Byam Shaw. Lord Oaksey was President at the trial of major War Criminals in Nuremburg, 1945-6.The portrait sketches of Sir Gerald Dodson, Lord Oaksey, and Deny Lowson were painted for the exhibition ‘London Ceremonies and Personalities’ in the Festival of London Year 1951, which was an exhibition of the work of three artists, Patrick Phillips, Peter Greenham and Brian Thomas. It was held at the Guildhall in the City of London.

‡PATRICK PHILLIPS ARWS RP, Portrait of the Rt. Hon Viscount Templewood, Chancellor of Reading University wearing academic robes, signed ‘Phillips’ (lower right) oil on card, inscribed on a label on the reverse 15 x 12 in (38.2 x 30.5cm) Dateable to 1952. A sketch for the finished portrait at the University of Reading. Sold with three unframed oil portrait sketches by the artist, one depicting Viscount Templewood in civilian dress (a posthumous sketch for the portrait commissioned in 1966 by The Royal Air Force College, Cranwell); A Portrait of the artist’s wife wearing a black evening dress (believed to be a sketch for a portrait exhibited at the RA in 1947); and two further sketches depicting female nudes; five (5)

‡FRANCIS ERNEST JACKSON ARA (1872-1945) Portrait of a Girl, wearing a green waistcoat oil on board 12 x 10 in (30.5 x 25.4cm) A demonstration picture given by the artist to Patrick Phillips. Sold with a lithograph by F.E. Jackson depicting Sir Arthur Frederick Peterson, KC; and a pen and ink sketch by another hand depicting Boats in a Harbour; three (3) Sir Arthur Peterson was a distinguished scholar and leading London barrister in the years leading up to The Great War.

English School (19th century), Portrait of a Man with a Plate of Cheese and Grapes, oil on card, and a sketch of a Horse and Groom

Northumberland – Sawdon small group of late 18th c documents relating to Sawdon in Northumberland^ including a small group concerning the building of new roads in the area^ with a ms sketch map^ an interesting petition of various tenants and farmers against a local miller who is not doing his job properly and a few documents concerning a dispute over the inheritance of an estate in Jamaica. Note: miscellaneous lot not subject to return

A collection of books about art and related subjects, titles include A Way of Life, Kettle`s Yard, L S Lowry, Tunnicliffe - A Sketch Book of Birds, The Challenge of Watercolour, etc

A 9ct gold dance medal awarded for "Rainbow Waltz" by the Daily Sketch, Blackpool Palace in 1922 - 4.3 grams

A tavern scene sketch

THOMAS MILES RICHARDSON (1813-1890). `In Glencoe`, watercolour sketch, monogrammed lower right and dated 1848, Christies No verso, framed and glazed, 31 x 47 cm S/D

J. P. R. Wallis THOMAS BAINES Explorer and Artist 1820-1875 225 x 145 x 30 mm Baines` extensive travels and his detailed observations both written, sketched or painted, give us a rare record of the times. Many black-and-white and colour illustrations. Sketch map of Baines` travels and his voyage in a longboat around part of the North Australian coast. 1982 Facsimile Reprint of the original 1941 edition, with a new Publisher`s Introduction and a selection of additional colour plates and black-and-white illustrations. Pages [1-14]15-351. Dust Jacket has a crease at front top near spine, otherwise in Very Good condition. Orange paper-covered boards, gilt title on spine. Book in Very Good condition. Bulawayo Books of Zimbabwe 1982

Finch-Davies, C.G. A Celebration of Birds 189mm x 259mm `C.G. Finch-Davies`s final album of southern African birds - facsimile reproduction of 21 coloured paintings, each accompanied by a page of hand-written notes, covering the period 28 March 1918 to 4 April 1920.`Copy number 21 of the Collectors` Edition limited to 200 copiesContained in the original slip case covered with a textured bookcloth with marbled paper and leather trim.Original red leather goatskin and marbled paper binding by Peter Carstens with gilt titling on the spine. Light brown end papers. Black and white photographic portrait of Finch-Davies. Text on Finch-Davies by Dr. Alan Kemp. The sketch book facsimile is repeated with clear text and black and white illustrations.CONDITION DETAILS: A lightly used and attractive copy. Attractive Johannesburg Natural History Books C.C. 1990

Hope, Eva STANLEY AND AFRICA Octavo Book Condition: Good. Navy blue Decorative Cloth HB. Contents include the following `Stanley`s Introduction, In Ashantee, Off to the Dark Continent, Stanley and King Mtesa, From Lake Victoria to Tanganika. Navigating Lake Tanganika, The Great Mysterious Rive, A Year`s Work, The State-Maker, To Stanley Falls and Back, Successes, Old Work and New, The Congo Again, The Story of the Rear-Guard, Difficulties and Triumphs, Jephson`s Story, Emin and Stanley, The March to the Coast.No Dust Jacket dark blue embossed decorative cloth hardback with small gilt block on front with gold lettering. Spine slightly sunned, dark blue board with gilt title and decoration, rear boards slight rubbing. slight foxing on edges, frontispiece (black and white sketch of Henry M Stanley), otherwise internally very clean tight copy in good condition, 433pp plus book titles, 30 illustrations Undated published by Walter Scott Limited. Standard issue had red decorated boards, I can’t find any on the internet with boards this colour??? Good New York Scott Publishing Co. Limited Circa 1902

Maclean (G.L.) & Darroll (G.) DUCKS OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA Folio (430 x 325 mm) 150 pages, folio, frontispiece, 36 colour plates, pencil sketches in the text, green cloth, a very good copy in the dust jacket. Ducks of Sub-Saharan Africa covers all thirty of the waterfowl species, both breeding and non-breeding found in Africa south of the Sahara. These species are individually described in a text that is not only scientifically accurate but delightfully informative, and illustrated by superb paintings of the adult birds in their habitats, as well as by some studies of ducklings in the nest. In addition, the text is embellished with attractive pencil-sketch vignettes of other waterside birds, mammals, insects and plants. The thirty six colour plates have been produced to the same size as the original watercolours, and show plumages and environmental features in an atmospheric blend of detail, colour and life. In his Foreword to the book Sir Peter Scott, renowned conservationist and bird painter, writes of the paintings: `As a bird painter for more than sixty years, I welcome and greatly admire the fine portraits of waterbirds by Miss Darroll`. Number 381 of the Subscribers` edition limited to 2500 copies. Very good Johannesburg Acorn Books 1986

Autographs - Ernest Shackleton, Guglielmo Marconi and others - A collection of seventeen autographs comprising: Shackleton, Marconi, Harry Lauder (with sketch), Arthur Whitten Brown, Viscount Grey Of Falloden, Luisa Tetrazzini, Clara Butt, Arthur Rostron, William Pakenham, Sir A.E. Kemp, William Bramwell Booth, Patrick Geddes?, Earl Of Dunmore?, Lord Queenborough?, William.F. Massey?, Mal Marsh? and S.V. Lang, all on a single piece of Cunard headed note paper and collected by Stanley Brown, Chief Radio Officer on the Cunard Line The sheet of paper folded a number of times with some very minor discolouration - ** General condition consistent with age

Paul Veronese (Circle of Poussin) circa 1650 ink sketch framed together with three further drawings (with 1981 Christie`s appraisal)

J Dudley O`Donnell `44: pen and ink sketch, "USA `ducks` on the sands: Devon - 1944 (DUKWS)", 7 1/2" x 11", unframed

*ENGLISH SCHOOL CIRCA 1875.’ Colonel Middleton-Son-and Miss Middleton, in Church at Sandhurst’, initialled ‘C.H.M’, and inscribed as title, pen and ink sketch, on blue paper, laid down on backing card, irregular edges, 8 x 7 1/2 in; and a collection of pencil, pen and ink drawings by various hands, the majority circa 1880-1910

*FRED ROE. Study for Procession in the Passing of John Sargent, signed and dated ‘22nd July 1925’, charcoal and chalk sketch on paper laid down on backing card, unframed, 19 1/2 x 15 in; and a miscellaneous collection of other drawings by the artist including portrait and genre studies (qty)

*CONTINENTAL SCHOOL CIRCA 1910. Figures at a market, signed with initials and date ‘W.F (19)12’, pencil sketch, unframed, 7 x 8 1/2 in; and five other pencil drawings by the same hand; six (6)

KEVIN HUNT ‘Kiwi and Poly’(Jack Russells), pastel, 16 x 19 1/2 in; and a further sketch by the same artist depicting ‘Topaz’ (Alsatian) ; two (2)

ENGLISH SCHOOL CIRCA 1880. The Prayer, oil on canvas, laid down on board, 11 1/2 x 9 3/4 in; an oil sketch by another hand depicting the head of a Child; a print of a lady after G. Baxter; and an engraving depicting ‘Simon, Lord Lovat’ by William Hogarth; four (4)

Oil on board of a man sitting on driftwood on the beach, signed F Penny 1867 together with a print of a lady baring her bosom, a pencil sketch of a horse and various prints and engravings

Jack Merriod, study of cottages and barns, signed pencil sketch, 28cm x 35.5cm

A black chalk study of three plough horses, initialled `WHC, 1827`, the mount inscribed `Sketch by W H Crome, Norwich 1827, together with a watercolour landscape sketch

Rosemary Seaton: `Orange Dream`, pen and watercolour, an oil on canvas by the same artist and a similar sketch

SPORT. Golf, Angling, Diving etc. approx. 250 plus from Punch, Sketch, ILN etc.

1921 The IRA GHQ Staff. A sketch by Leo Whelan. An oil sketch for Whelan`s famous painting which depicted the GHQ staff shortly after the Truce of June 1921, which he completed in 1923 and which is now in the National Museum, Collins Barracks. This sketch includes only 12 figures whereas the completed work features 13 - Michael Collins (intelligence), Richard Mulcahy (chief-of-staff), Gearóid O’Sullivan (adjutant-general), Eamon Price (organisation), Rory O’Connor (engineering & OC Britain), Eóin O’Duffy (assistant chief-of-staff), Seán Russell (munitions), and Seán McMahon (quartermaster-general). Standing: J. J. O’Connell (training), Emmet Dalton (operational training), Seán Donovan (chemicals), Liam Mellowes (purchases), and Piaras Beaslai (publicity). See History Ireland, Vol. 17, 1, Jan.-Feb., 2009. 10 by 7in., 25 by 17.5cm.

Collection of Irish interest books including Moore`s Irish Melodies and Buck Whaley`s Memoirs New Edition, Longmans Green & Co, London 1873. Also with The Irish Sketch-Book Mr. M. A. Titmarsh (William Makepeace Thackeray), 2 vols., Chapman and Hall, London, 1845 and Buck Whaley`s Memoirs, Alexander Moring Ltd., London, 1906, original cloth with gilt. (4)

GEORGE HORTON (1859-1950) STRANDED ON WHITLEY SANDS, NORTHUMBERLAND, pencil sketch, signed and inscribed, pencil sketch, framed and glazed. 17.5cm by 26.5cm

Framed in maple frame, unsigned, pencil and pastel sketch on paper, 19th Century portrait of two young ladies, one seated holding a book in her lap, the other standing behind with rose blossom in hand, 37cm x 25.5cm.

A parcel lot of unframed pictures to include GIROLOMO. Signed, wash on paper, Old Master style sketch of St Peter, holding the keys to heaven, three after ALBRECHT DURER (1471– 1528) stipple engravings on paper, two after REMBRANT VAN RIJN (1606 - 1669) stipple engravings, `La Toilette de Venus`, and four other stipple engravings, average: 27cm x 18.5cm, (10).

ERNEST BLAIKLEY M.B.E., F.R.S.A., (1885 - 1965) Framed, signed and dated 1925, watercolour over pencil sketch on paper, figures working in quarry, titled on labels verso, `Lime Burning, Amberley, Sussex`, Provenance: Exhibited in 1962 in `Britain in Watercolours` exhibition, see label verso. 24.5cm x 34.5cm.

LYNN POLAND Framed, signed, pencil on paper, Contemporary sketch of two young boys wearing caps, one cycling, the other playing the trumpet on the back of the bike with dog behind in pursuit, 57cm x 96.5cm.

LYNN POLAND Framed, signed, pencil on paper, Contemporary sketch of two young boys wearing caps, playing trumpets with dog and bunting overhead, 63cm x 75.5cm.

A parcel lot of assorted items to include; two autograph books, one containing a small quantity of signatures including Gracie Fields, the other containing autograph versions with some sketches and photos, a sketch book with botanical and anatomy related sketches, assorted postcards, cabinet card photo depicting a man with a penny farthing, oil on board painting of a nude, 1923 Les Cloches de Corneville theatre program and other items.

A parcel lot of horse riding and hunting prints to include framed set of Players types of Horses cigarette cards, two Cecil Aldin prints of a hunt dated 1900, Leesa Sandys limited edition signed print, no 367/500, lithographic print entiitled ` A Canter Down`, pencil sketch of two horses, and four other prints, all framed (10).

NORMAN CLIFFORD JAQUES (b. 1922) Framed, signed, dated 1948, and indistinctly titled in pencil to margin, etching on paper, cottage kitchen interior of a kettle and range, together with a framed, unsigned, dated 1954, pen, ink and wash on paper, monochrome sketch also by Jacques, inscribed, `The Fountain of All Saints,` Manchester, and a small sketch book inscribed in front cover in artist`s hand, `Please return to N. C. Jacques, Regional College of Art, All Saints, M/C`, containing various pencil and ink sketches, 20cm x 16cm x 20cm x 16.5cm and 14.5cm x 10.5cm (3).

ANONYMOUS EARLY 20th century school, riverside houses and path with figures conversing and moored barges, pencil sketch with colour notes, unsigned, 17 cm x 22 cm

A 19th Century rosewood framed and glazed humorous Watercolour Sketch of two ladies seated before a single tripod table with lighted candle ``A Miss Is As Good As A Mile!``, 11.5cm x 15cm

*A pair of gilt framed and glazed gouache Sketch Studies for The Paddock, Longchamp, by de Bruyne, each approx. 16cm x 22cm , original John Noott Gallery label verso

DAME LAURA KNIGHT (1877-1970) Maria D`Albaicin wearing Picasso`s costume for Cuadro Flamenco for the Diaghilev Ballet Company Pencil sketch, signed `Laura K` lower right 33 x 23cm Provenance: Gifted to the current owner by the artist *This lot may be subject to Artists Re-Sale Right

Royal Doulton figure The Sketch Girl, impressed date 1924 (restoration toToys)

Ottilie Tolansky (Austrian, 1912-1977), 'Studio Window Sketch', monochromatic interior study of a still life of fruits, signed lower right, gallery label to verso, watercolour on paper, W. 54 cm, H. 38 cm.

Attributed to Sir Matthew Smith, an oil sketch portrait, sold together with a pen and coloured design by `Dugger` for a Meltzer Banner 1981, and a framed pen and wash work, indistinctly signed. (3)

A WWI period sketch book containing 31 loose pen and ink cartoon sketches depicting various satirical and contemporary cartoon scenes of the war, drawn by E Masters together with five other drawings and sketches. These unpublished and superbly executed cartoons depict various aspects of the First World War in the style of the best Punch cartoons in an original manner. The sketchbook inscribed to front board E Masters 1916. This lot is sold with full copyright to purchaser.

James Calvert Smith - chalk and pencil sketch of a nude - framed and glazed - 24 x 15cm

J. Nash (19th century British) original mounted water colour sketch of the Duke Of Wellington`s funeral in St Pauls cathedral Nov 1852, 59 x 76cm

Graham Symonds, (British 1937 - 2006), (Olympic athlete, designer and artist), 16 mounted pencil sketches and water colours. Each sketch 29 x 19cm

Graham Symonds (British 1937 - 2006), ink and water colour sketch of sand dunes 52 x 43cm

Graham Symonds (British 1937 - 2006), 10 framed pencil sketches, each sketch 29 x 18cm

Louis Wain pen and ink, cat holding cards, signed Letter from Douglas Stuart dated February 2002, confirms that the sketch was done in the early thirties following a lunch of the Guildford and District Club, in Guildford. The sketch was given to the vendor by Walter Read`s daughter, Miss Joan Read, in 1999, when she was some 87 years old. 4 x 3½in. (10 x 8cm)