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Lot 664
William Cruickshank 1841-1822- Still life of flowers, a bird`s nest, an egg and a dead bird on a ledge; watercolour, signed, 14x12cm: together with one other watercolour of a dead bird, bird`s nest and eggs on a mossy bank and flowers, watercolour, oval, signed and dated 77, 12.5x9.5cm., (2) NOTE: The two paintings in this lot are both on watercolour/body colour on ivorine rather than on paper as described.
Lot 781
Ken Moore b.1923- The dressing room; 1983, off-set lithograph, signed and numbered 3/25, 52x26cm: Jo Oakley, late 20th century- Mosaic; etching: Robert Heinbel, late 20th century- Deux Filles; off-set lithograph: Patricia Emery, late 20th century- still-life; reproductions printed in colours, and others (7) (may be subject to Droit de Suite)
Lot 532
RAFAEL (MID TO LATE 20TH CENTURY) "Nude study", oil on canvas, signed; JAMES WOOD "Evening light", study of a sail boat, watercolour, ANNE ELIZABETH ROOKE "Irises and tulips", a still life study of flowers in a vase, watercolour, signed, and an early 19th Century coloured map of Wiltshire (4)
Lot 325
AN HISTORIC CHINESE 12 PDR. BRONZE CANNON, CAPTURED AT THE BOGUE FORTS IN 1841 with bronze multi-stage barrel, formed with pronounced astragal mouldings behind the muzzle, at each end of the chase and the reinforces, a pair of plain trunnions, moulded globose cascabel drawn-out to a moulded baluster-shaped button, incised with inscriptions over its length and an additional brief inscription on the first reinforce, and remaining in green patinated condition throughout (the surface with scratches and wear): on a stepped wooden carriage applied with a later plaque inscribed `Captured in the Bogue forts (near Canton) by the expedition under Sir George Bremer in 1841, in consequence of which operations the Chinese agreed to cede Hong-Kong` 292cm; 115in barrel 11.5cm; 4 1/2in bore The capture by British forces of the `Bogue Forts`, at Zhu Jiang in the Chinese province of Guangdong, on 7th January 1841 was a major incident in the 1st China (or `Opium`) War between Britain and the Chinese Empire of 1839-42 and one that had great significance in both British and Chinese history. The forts were situated in the Bogue, or Bocca Tigris, a narrow strait in the Pearl River delta downstream from the port of Canton, or Guangzhou, which was (and still is) capital of the province of Guangdong. The forts` capture or destruction was necessary to British strategy in a war provoked by Britain in order to gain major trading concessions from the Chinese, particularly in relation to Chinese purchase of British opium, and the opening of Chinese ports to British trade. The forts, at Chuenpi/Chuanbi and Tycocktow (or Dajiaotou Dao), faced each other across the Bogue and represented a threat to British forces moving up stream to assault or threaten Guangzhou. All the forts possessed considerable numbers of guns, were well-entrenched and fortified and appeared to be resolutely defended. The forts at Chuenpi were the first to be assaulted, with a 1,500-strong force of sailors, artillery, infantry and Royal Marines being landed downstream and marching to attack their landward side, while two armed steamers, NEMESIS and QUEEN, moved into position to shell the forts from the river. The co-ordinated shelling and subsequent assaults by infantry and Royal Marines rapidly overcame the forts` defences and the Chinese defenders - while not lacking in courage - were unable to compete in ordnance with that deployed by the British attackers: the Chuenpi forts fell quickly with immense loss of life among the Chinese but few British casualties. The forts at Tycocktow suffered the same fate, from the same British tactics, as those at Chuenpi and by the end of the day of battle all the Bogue forts were in British hands, for the total cost of 38 British casualties. It was later estimated that 173 Chinese guns were captured from the forts on 7th January 1841 and so the one offered here is clearly one of that number. As a result of the capture of the Bogue forts, the port of Canton (Guangzhou) lay undefended and so the Chinese had no alternative but to agree to British demands and concessions, one of which was the granting to Britain of the island of Hong Kong (which had been captured by the British on 23rd August 1839). Hong Kong was formally occupied by the British on 26th January 1841, formally ceded to Britain in 1842 and remained in British hands until 1997. The plaque on the carriage appears to be misprinted, with Sir George as opposed to Sir Gordon Bremer. The latter being the Commodore who raised the Union Jack and claimed Hong Kong as a colony on 26th January 1841. The inscriptions include `Pingyi jingguan jiangjun`, in translation, `Barbarian Suppressing, pacifying General` and `Bingbu`, or `Board of War`. The characters on the first reinforce give the weight of the cannon as 1309 catties. It should be borne in mind that the weight of a catty varied. This lot is on view outside of London, by appointment with Thomas Del Mar Ltd.
Lot 818
Sheila Walker, Three continental landscape and town scenes and two still-life paintings of flowers, signed with initials, oils on board, (5), NOTE: Sheila Penelope Dunbar-Walker started to develop her personal artistic style after the Second World War. She developed her landscape paintings under the tutelage of artist Tim Havers on painting holidays in Provence, France and continues to paint today.
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