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Lot 156
*English school. Portrait of a young girl, circa 1830, circular oil on canvas, head and shoulders portrait of a young girl wearing a white shift, her short dark curls crowned with a red-ribboned wreath of Morning Glory flowers, and her cheek resting on her hands clasped atop a column, against a ground of blue sky and two fluttering peacock butterflies, sometime relined, diameter 43cm (17ins), stretcher 46 x 46cm (18 x 18ins), stretcher with impressed stamp 'W. Morrill Liner', gilt moulded frame, with remains of label 'Aitken Dott, Carver and Gilder, 26 South Castle Street [Edinburgh]' The sitter, with her pretty elfin face, bears a marked resemblance to Lady Gertrude Fitzpatrick (daughter of John FitzPatrick, 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory), who was the subject of Sir Joshua Reynolds's 1779 painting entitled 'Collina', held by Columbus Museum of Art. The present work however is more likely to be a fancy picture than a conventional portrait. The column and butterflies suggest the Greek goddess Psyche, although the girl may also represent a month or season, or simply be a fairy figure. The picture restorerr William Morrill (1838-1910) took over his father's business in 1866, working extensively for the National Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, Royal Collections and other prominent collectors. Dante Gabriel Rossetti described him as 'skilfull and careful' and Burne-Jones and Whistler also employed him. The leading Edinburgh firm of Aitken Dott was founded in 1842. It exhibiited and sold work by the leading Scottish artists of the day, as well as carrying out carving, gilding and framing work. The business traded from 26 South Castle Street from 1874 until 1982, and is still in existence today as fine art dealers in Dundas Street, The Scottish Gallery. (1)
Lot 245
*Continental School. Head and shoulders of an elderly woman in profile, circa 1700, red chalk on pale grey paper, 12 x 9.5 cm (4.75 x 3.75 ins) mount aperture, small printed collector's stamp in the form of an eye lower right, framed and glazed Provenance: Nathaniel Hone (1718-1784) Lugt 2793. Private Collection Bristol. (1)
Lot 253
Hogarth (William). The Original Works of William Hogarth, John and Josiah Boydell, 1790, letterpress title and list of plates, 110 engravings on eighty-eight sheets, portrait frontispiece with printed publication date 'June 4 1795', plates 56-60 and 80-81 mounted to wove sheets, plate 71 torn without loss, some old damp-staining to lower and outer margins throughout, sometimes affecting plate impressions, evidence of library stamp removal to lower outer corner of title with resultant paper thinning, title spotted, a little occasional finger soiling, contemporary calf with later antique-style morocco gilt reback to match, scratched and rubbed, a little wear, folio (645 x 490 mm) (1)
Lot 323
*Indian miniatures. Calendula, early 19th century, pen, ink and watercolour on recycled paper, old calligraphy and ink stamp, some toning to paper, 20 x 16 cm (8 x 6.25 ins), framed and glazed, together with Hunting scene, 19th century, group of Indian huntsmen dismembering a bear, opaque watercolour on paper within decorative border with deer, lions and tiger, manuscript text to verso, a few small wormholes, image 25 x 13 cm (9.75 x 5.25 ins), plus Female musician, late 19th/early 20th century, standing female with veena and peacock, Persian text at head and foot, image 15 x 12 cm (6 x 4.75 ins), framed and glazed, with three other watercolours, including a landscape with elephants and deer (6)
Lot 36
ARTHUR DELANEY. Two town scenes with figures and trams, signed lower right in pencil, coloured prints on paper, one with blind stamp. the other number 393 of 500, largest 36 x 45 cm, together with a Trevor Grimshaw modernist study of standing stones, signed lower left in pencil, limited edition print, number 150 of 150
Lot 705
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A FRUIT VENDOR, seeing the gentleman in a tricorn hat with a basket of grapes under one arm and weighing scales in the other, crossed swords stamp to base, H 14 cm A/FCondition Report:the scales are missing the hanging ropes. Chip to inside of top of hat - see images
Lot 856
Ephemera/Postcards, Aviation, Louis Bleriot, 13 sheets with c/m postcards, covers & articles, some vintage & some more recent, covering his historic Channel crossing by plane, noted 14 vintage postcards, RP's & printed, two French commemorative covers issued in 1972, 1935 French commemorative stamp etc, nice collection (gd)
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