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Lot 174
The Tichborne Case. A significant archive album of letters, related ephemera, press cuttings, cabinet photographs, and pencil drawings of court room figures from life, by Lady Louisa Rawlinson (nee Seymour), a witness at the criminal trial of Arthur Orton, the `Tichborne Claimant`.Included in the rather worn album are: Letter from Sir Edward Doughty (or his wife) apologising that their old Jamaican servant Andrew Bogle was accompanying Orton to England; letter from Sir Roger Tichborne dated 1850 from his barracks in Tipperary, 4 pages; letter of December 10th 1866 from Sir Roger`s mother to Mrs Seymour `...I am happy to say that I expect my dearest Roger home at the end of this month… he [Orton] says in his letter to me that he has found health in Australia and that he is much stouter than he was...`; another Seymour letter to her son dated 1867 `...they had poor Roger`s letter to me from Buenos Ayres and I believe he gave it to the lawyers, but of course they have it still...`; Letter from Lord Arundell of Wardour (nephew of Sir Roger`s mother) `...My dear Mrs Seymour, I enclose an account of a recent interview with Castro [i.e. Orton], copied from a letter... I think it will amuse you and it certainly settles the question of the man being an imposter. I hear he is trying to get himself recognised as Sir Roger by old servants and soldiers of Roger`s former regiment`; Also Lady Rawlinson`s summons to give evidence against Castro (Orton) and her statement of evidence as used in the criminal trial. Also significant are several cabinet type photographs, mainly of Orton, and 72 competent pencil drawings and sketches of the courtroom characters with captions, one signed with her initials; several of these are of Orton `butcher`, others include the judge, jury members, `Whicher the Detective`, etc. Lady Louisa Rawlinson (1833-1889) was an aunt of Sir Roger and married in 1862 Sir Henry Rawlinson (1810-1895) famous for his work on deciphering cuneiform inscriptions. She was a daughter of Henry Seymour of Knoyle, as was Sir Roger`s mother, Henriette, though illegitimate. The facts of the Tichborne case are well known, and stem from Sir Roger`s mother`s desperate attempts to find her son, whom though lost at sea, was, she believed, still alive somewhere. The collection shows that Orton (or Castro) had support for his claim from many quarters, partly as a result of his selling Tichborne Bonds that would benefit purchasers if he won the case. Orton lost the civil case, and was convicted of perjury in the criminal case that followed. He died in poverty in 1898Provenance: By descent through the Rawlinson family
Lot 72
CAPTAIN MARRYAT`S TELESCOPEa rare model by Thomas Jones, London comprising a 5½in. objective lens with removable lens cap, tapering leather-covered tube with carry strap and single drawer with dust slide, signed Captain Marryat C.B. / Thomas Jones, Charing Cross, London — 21in. (53.5cm.) high (closed) Captain Frederick Marryat (1792-1848) joined the navy in 1806 and, although he missed all the big fleet actions, he enjoyed a lively naval career and seemed to take his lead from his first Commander, Lord Cochrane. By the close of the Napoleonic Wars, he had guarded Napoleon, assisted in several spirited frigate actions, survived serious fevers, saved five lives in action and had been promoted Commander. Despite this, he found fame initially for his signal code, first published in 1817. The Code of Signals for the Merchant Service became an international success going through no less than nineteen editions (not including foreign ones) through to 1879 and which was still used by some merchants until the 1890s. When he retired from the Navy (or rather hot-headedly resigned on the nominal grounds of `private affairs`) in 1830 he became a man of letters and it was in this part of his career that he became a highly popular author, spawning many famous works drawn from his own experiences: Newton Forster, Peter Simple, Jacob Faithful, Midshipman Easy, and Japhet came first to great acclaim. The last eight years of his life were devoted to children`s stories including Masterman Ready, or, The Wreck of the Pacific (1841) and The Children of the New Forest (1847). He also colluded with George Cruickshank who wittily illustrated his Midshipman Ben Blockhead series which are duplicated often in modern references.The instrument offered is a very rare form and the huge objective lens gives a bright and wide field of vision suited more to celestial navigation than signals. It is thought that only four others by Jones exist, one of which is in the national collection at Greenwich.
Lot 96
AFTER PATRICK PROCTOR (1936-2003) "A Thames river scene with sailing boat and people lined along a bridge, the Tower of London rising in the background", coloured aquatint, signed in pencil in the margin, also inscribed "XLVIII/2", dated 16 3 73, 34 x 54 cm, AFTER JOHN R SKEAPING "A bullfighter", coloured print, F F BRESLER (published) "A figure with horsedrawn carriage in a wooded landscape, coloured lithograph, indistinctly signed in pencil in the margin, bearing blind stamp and No`d 317, two further lithographs of a still life and a coastal scene and CLIFFORD WEBB "A wooded copse", watercolour, signed lower right
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