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THOMAS RYAN P.R.H.A. Hon R.A. (b.1929- ) "Pansies" (still life). Oil painting on board, signed, see labels to reverse, 30cm x 25cm, silvered frame, mounted & glazed

BRITISH MILITARY: A good, small series of A.Ls.S. by various British military officers comprising Dighton Probyn (1833-1924) English General, Victoria Cross winner for his numerous actions during the Indian Mutiny 1857-58. Keeper of the Privy Purse, Secretary to Edward, Prince of Wales and Comptroller of the Household. A.L.S., D. M. Probyn, four pages, 8vo, Marlborough House, London, 1st November 1879, to Dr. Stedman. Probyn expresses his concerns about his wife's health, stating 'She never complains, but I know that at times she is worse, or at any rate feels much worse, than she allows she is' and continuing 'You know her case, and what treatment she has received. I want her to see Sir William Gull before she goes to Sandringham, and Sir William has kindly promised to see her', adding 'I told Sir Wm. however that I would ask you to write to him….telling him what you know about Lady Probyn's ailment. Will you please do this for me, without fail' and further providing Gull's address at Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, concluding 'Nobody knows as much about Ly. Probyn's health as you do, and she kicks against seeing anybody else, but you will pardon a husband's anxiety in wanting a second opinion. I don't think she has ever been really strong since that illness she had at Milford, in 73 I think, when you were so kind to her'; Francis Grenfell (1841-1925) 1st Baron Grenfell. British Field Marshal who fought in the Battle of Ulundi during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. Grenfell also served as aide-de-camp to the Commander-in-Chief, South Africa. A.L.S., Grenfell, four pages, 8vo, Wantage, Berkshire, 3rd January n.y. (c.1902-03), to [T. Douglas] Murray. Grenfell states that he would be very interested in his correspondent's book on Joan of Arc 'as I really know but little of her true life' and remarking 'I was looking at her Gilt Statue in the Rivoli last week & thinking of her wonderful achievements'. The Field Marshal continues 'Her canonization could be very popular in France', adding that he had an interesting sight of the Borgia apartments and 'As regards the canonization I should fear that the presence of Royalty could, while being good as regards the "Entente" - might alarm the non-conformist conscience'; Frederic Thesiger (1827-1905) 2nd Baron Chelmsford. British Imperial General who served in the Anglo-Zulu War, Commander in the defeat to the Zulus at the Battle of Isandlwana. A.L.S., Chelmsford, four pages, 8vo, Knaresborough Place, Cromwell Road, London, 2nd May 1890, to Dr. [Herbert Armitage] James. Chelmsford states that he and Lady Chelmsford will be staying with the President of Magdalen College in Oxford on 17th May and will therefore not be able to be present at the meetings his correspondent mentions, further adding 'I am very sorry not to be able to support the movement for initiating a mission in South London in connexion with Cheltenham College by my presence on the occasion; but you may rest assured that the movement has my hearty sympathy'; Courtney Chambers (d.1848) British Lieutenant-Colonel who served at the Battle of Waterloo under the Duke of Wellington and later Commanded the 25th Regiment of Foot at the Cape of Good Hope. A.L.S., C Chambers, three pages, folio, Cape Town, 10th August 1842, to [Abraham Josias] Cloete. Chambers states 'It occurred to me a few days ago that from your having had 400 of the 25th Regiment under your command at Natal you might probably wish to have my opinion upon the measures you carried into effect when employ'd upon a service of no ordinary nature, but one that required as much discretion and sound sense as any that ever perhaps agitated the minds of the Colonists at the Cape - English and Dutch' and continues to inform Cloete that, having considered the matter with close attention, he is 'quite satisfied that the course you pursued was not only the best, but the only judicious right and just one', further remarking 'I cannot understand the motives or views of those who have manifested so much hostility to your proceedings'. In a postscript Chambers also adds 'Major D'Urban who was with you fully concurs in my opinion and indeed so do all the officers of the Regiment whose age and experience enable them to form a correct judgement'; and Peregrine Maitland (1777-1854) British General who fought in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, later a Colonial Administrator serving as Governor of the Cape Colony 1844-47. An interesting A.L.S., P Maitland, four pages, 4to, Romney, Hampshire, 1st January 1848, to [Abraham Josias] Cloete. Maitland states that he is obliged to his correspondent for their letter 'and Sir H. Pottinger's proclamation against Sandille' and continues to explain that he has made use of the document in a letter to Lord Grey 'who has been pleased to affirm on the faith of Sir H. Pottinger's despatches, that I have made much too favourable representations of affairs in Kafirland, and conveyed to him very erroneous information on that subject' further reflecting 'Hence, I suppose arises one difficulty that stands in the way of my getting anything done for the officers I recommended by the Duke of Wellington's permission, for some mark of Her Majesty's favour', explaining 'Three or four times have I written, and three or four times I have seen Fitzroy Somerset on this subject, but still nothing has been done. I thought some demur might arise from the notion that to confer honours or promotion on the officers immediately under me, while I was passed over, might be considered as casting a shade on my conduct, and to obviate this, I assured Fitzroy Somerset, that I desired nothing for myself. Still nothing has been done'. Maitland further makes reference to the Cape Colony, 'The accounts I have seen from the Cape have seemed to me highly corroborative of my position that British Kafirland was virtually subjugated. If the Savages can't be provoked into any fresh hostilities after the lapse of nine months but submit to the marching of the troops through their fastnesses without attempting retaliation on the Colony, it is clear they have had enough of War and had already given in. In my despatch from Block Drifts…..I said "They are now fully convinced that though they may elude us in the bush for a time, and plunder the Colony in small parties with some success, yet when we encamp in their Country and scour it, they cannot hold out but must starve or submit." I seem to have had said this truly of them, with the exception of Landilli and his few followers…..' VG to EX, 5   £150-200      

[[FOCH FERDINAND]: (1851-1929) French General, Supreme Allied Commander during World War I.  EDWARD VIII (1894-1972) King of the United Kingdom January - December 1936. Later Duke of Windsor. A fine autograph manuscript, unsigned, four pages, 4to and slightly smaller, n.p. (London), n.d. (July 1919). The boldly penned holograph manuscript, with a number of corrections, is the draft of a speech made by the Prince of Wales at a dinner in honour of Marshal Foch following the end of World War I and states, in part, 'This is an occasion of such unique & historical interest that I find it very difficult to address such a so distinguished an assembly. It is indeed a great honour for me to be presiding here this evening & that it should fall to my lot to propose such a wonderful toast; it is almost impossible for me to find adequate words……to welcome so many famous allied commanders…..At this dinner are gathered together, comrades in arms drawn from many nations…..who have been engaged in a long & desperate (sic) struggle against the most powerful military combination that the World has ever known & who have emerged from the struggle completely victorious……France & Paris have already celebrated peace & our overwhelming victory; the other allied nations & their capitals will doubtless do the same. But just now we are celebrating it all in the British & London way & I feel that yesterdays triumphal pageant was a brilliant success. We feel that it represented the great war, that it represented victory in every sense of the word & that no one who was present could fail to carry away but the proudest & most inspiring memories which will last a life time……To me as one of the younger generation these memories will be specia particularly vivid as during my periods of active service in several theatres of war I often had the priviledge (sic) & good fortune of being closely associated with many of our allied armies army corps divisions & even regiments…….It is obvious that this last greatest of world struggles has broken all records from every point of view but I would venture to point out that never before has so large a number of allies been fighting & working together…..Now that the great war is over & the powerful enemies that have so long disturbed the peace of the World & menaced our freedom are finally overthrown & subdued we all rejoice to welcome here those who have shared with us the perils & sufferings of the trying & strenuous campaign & who now share with us the joy of our victory. Representative of every allied power are present this evening but there is one power whose representative has occupied a unique position. In Marshall (sic) Foch we salute the great captain…..His position as a Supreme C. in C. has no comparison in history either from the point of view of power or responsibility. In this position he has revealed a genious (sic) for war equal to the greatness of his task & the magnitude of his difficulties'. Together with a further selection of holograph notes, unsigned, four pages, oblong 4to and 8vo, n.p. (London), n.d. (July 2019), being the Prince's briefer manuscript notes prepared in composing his speech, with various corrections and the different sections each marked with an ink and blue indelible pencil line, the notes concluding with a passage in French, 'C'est pour moi un tres grand honneur et tres grande joie de vous acceuillir ici au nom du Roi et de boire a la sante des grandes nations allies dont vous etes les representants distingues Je n'ai qu'une pensée ce soir "vive nos braves allies"' and his Toast to Foch, 'The Commanders & representatives of the armies forces of our allies coupled with the name of Marshall (sic) Foch'. A rare manuscript with interesting content. A few slight stains and minor age wear to the preparatory notes, the manuscript speech VG, 2   £800-1000     Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929) French Marshal, a General and military theorist who served as the Supreme Allied Commander from March 1918. The 'triumphal pageant' which the Prince of Wales describes as having taken place the day before in the present manuscript was undoubtedly the Victory Parade Peace Day held in London on 19th July 1919. Although fighting on the Western Front had ceased in November 1918, peace negotiations would continue for many months and the Treaty of Versailles was not signed until June 1919. When negotiations were reaching their conclusion and a 'proper peace' was within sight, a peace committee was founded to decide how Great Britain would publicly mark the end of World War I and acknowledge the widespread feelings of jubilation within the country. With a Bank Holiday having been agreed upon, on the morning of the 19th July thousands of people gathered in London to participate in a spectacle, the likes of which had not been witnessed before. Almost 15,000 troops participated in the victory parade which was led by the Allied commanders Douglas Haig (British Commander-in-Chief), John Pershing (Head of the United States Expeditionary Force) and Ferdinand Foch (Allied Supreme Commander). The latter received the honour of being created a Field Marshal in the British Army on the same day and was evidently honoured at a dinner the next evening when the Prince delivered his speech. A monument to those killed and wounded, designed by Edwin Lutyens, was unveiled in Whitehall to mark the end of the victory parade. Although it was a temporary construction, another made from Portland stone and designed by Lutyens was to replace it in 1920 and, known as the Cenotaph, still stands today. 

PITT WILLIAM to WILBERFORCE: An exceptional and historical content correspondence set of twenty three A.Ls.S., `W. Pitt´, by William Pitt the Younger to William Wilberforce, 78 pages in total, 4to (19 letters), and 8vo (5 letters), twelve of them from Downing Street, also from Pembroke Hall, from the House of Commons, etc.., dated from 31st July 1782 the first to 14th August 1800 the last. Few of the letters are docketed by Wilberforce. Plus one copy of a letter also docketed. WILLIAM PITT THE YOUNGER (1759-1806) British Statesman, one of the most prominent politicians of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He held the post of Prime Minister for close to twenty years, 1783-1801 & 1804-1806. The youngest Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1783 at the age of 24, and the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. To the 2nd October 1785 letter, Downing Street, at the time of Wilberforce´s conversion, an extremely important and exceptional content letter, referred to by William Hague in his work William Pitt the Younger (2005), Pitt states in part `..I am indeed too deeply interested in whatever concerns you, not to be very sensibly affected by what has the appearance of a new Era in your Life, and so important in its consequences... I will not disguise to you that few things could go nearer my heart than to find myself differing from you essentially on any great principle. I trust and believe that it is a circumstance which can hardly occurr.. They are sentiments engraved in my heart, and will never be effaced or weakened…´ further saying `..You will not suspect me of thinking lightly of any moral or religious motives which guide you.. But forgive me if I cannot help expressing my fears that you are nevertheless deluding yourself into principles which have but too much tendency to counteract your own object, and to render your Virtues and your Talents useless both to yourself and Mankind… But why then this preparation of solitude, which can hardly avoid tincturing the mind either with melancholy or superstition? If a Christian may act in the several relations of life, must he seclude himself from them all to become so..´, and further again and before concluding `..You do not explain either the degree or the duration of the retirement which you have prescribed to yourself… And if you will open to me fairly the whole state of your mind on these subjects, tho´I shall venture to state to you fairly the points where I fear we may differ, and to desire you to re-examine your own ideas, where I think you mistaken..´ To the 19th December 1785, Pitt states in part `.. as much as I wish you to bask on, under an Italian sun, I am perhaps likely to be the instrument of snatching you from your present paradise, and hurrying you back to “The Rank Vapours of this Sin-Worn World”.´ To the 8th April and 28th June 1788 letters, and referring to the Slave Trade cause early first motions, Pitt states in part `..As to the Slave Trade, I wish on every account it should come forward in your hands rather than any other. But that in the present year is impracticable; and I only hope you will resolve to dismiss it as much as possible from your mind. It is both the rightest and wisest thing you can do. If it will contribute to setting you at ease, that I should personally bring it forward (supposing circumstances will admit of it being brought forward this session) your wish will decide… In one word however be assured, that I will continue to give the business constant attention, and do every thing to forward it..´, further in June saying `..The business respecting the Slave Trade meets just now with some rub in the House of Lords.. I wonder how any Human being can resist... There seems not a shadow of doubt as to the conduct of the House of Commons next year, and I think with good management the difficulties in the other House may be got over..´ Further again in Spring 1789, `..to have the day for the Slave Trade postponed.. Grenville and I have formed a project, of reducing the case.. into a string of resolutions.. The more we consider the Case, the more irresistible it is in all its parts.´ To the 8th August 1792, referring to King George III, `..I must be at Windsor on Sunday.. Immediately on Lord Guildford´s death the King has written to me in the most gracious terms to say that he cannot let the Wardenship of the cinque Ports go to any one but myself.. in the manner in which the offer came, I have had no hesitation in accepting, and I believe you will think I have done right.´ To the 7th September 1796, referring to continental Europe and war, Pitt states in part `..The message of the Directory confessing in such strong terms their distress, and the Archduke´s recent Victory on the 22nd give some chance that our overtures may be successful. In the meantime it will be indispensable to take very strong measures indeed both of Finance and Military Defence; and if the spirit of the Country is equal to the exigency, I am confident all will yet end well. An immediate Spanish War is I think nearly certain. The only motive to it is the fear of France preponderating over their fear of us; and the pretexts as futile as could be wished.´ Small overall minor age wear, otherwise G, 24 £15000-20000 William Wilberforce (1759-1833) British Politician, a 45 years member of Parliament 1780-1825. Philanthropist and leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. One of the leading English abolitionists who headed the parliamentary campaign against the British slave trade for twenty years until the passage of the Slave Trade Act of 1807. His first campaign proved to be the world's first grassroots human rights campaign. On 2 April 1792, Wilberforce brought again a bill calling for abolition. The memorable debate that followed drew well-remembered contributions from the greatest orators in the house, William Pitt the Younger and Charles James Fox, as well as from Wilberforce himself. Lord Melville as Home Secretary, proposed a compromise solution of so-called "gradual abolition" over a number of years. The bill was passed. In 1785 Wilberforce underwent an evangelical conversion, resolving to commit his future life and work to the service of God. At that time, religious enthusiasm was generally regarded as a social transgression and was stigmatised in polite society. Wilberforce's conversion led him to question whether he should remain in public life. Both John Newton, a leading evangelical Anglican and Pitt counselled him to remain in politics, and he resolved to do so with “increased diligence and conscientiousness”. Wilberforce also championed causes such as the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. His campaigns led to the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 which abolished slavery in most of the British Empire. Wilberforce died just three days after hearing that the passage of the Act through Parliament was assured. The leading members of both Houses of Parliament urged that he be honoured with a burial in Westminster Abbey, and while tributes were paid, both Houses of Parliament suspended their business as a mark of respect. He was buried in Westminster Abbey, close to his friend William Pitt the Younger.. William Wilberforce said about William Pitt, "For personal purity, disinterestedness and love of this country, I have never known his equal." Grenville William (1759-1834) British Prime Minister 1806-07. He succeeded Pitt who died being still in office. Home Secretary 1789-91 & Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1791-1801 under Pitt´s Prime Ministry. George III (1738-1820) King of the United Kingdom 1760-1820. The Confederation of Cinque Ports is a historic series of coastal towns in Kent, Sussex and Essex. It was originally formed for military and trade purposes.

GERTLER MARK: (1891-1939) British Painter. A scarce A.L.S., Mark, to the verso of a colour picture postcard featuring a reproduction of a painting by Rubens, Paris, 1932, to his aunt, Annie Gertler. The artist writes, in full, 'I heard from Minnie that Harry is better. I am very glad. I hope all goes well still. I will phone when I return to London. Love to all'. Together with an original sepia 4 x 5.5 photograph of Gertler standing outdoors in a full length pose accompanied by the writers and academics Hewy Levy, Walter J. Turner, Edward Arthur Milne, Ralph Hodgson, J. W. N. Sullivan and Samuel S. Koteliansky, who are seated and standing in two rows alongside the artist. The photograph, apparently taken in London in 1928, appears to be signed by several of the individuals to the verso (although not by Gertler himself). Also including a few pieces of unsigned printed ephemera comprising two different invitation cards to exhibitions of Gertler's works at The Leicester Galleries and Whitechapel Art Gallery in London and a small 8vo catalogue of the New Year Exhibition of Pictures, Drawings and Sculpture by Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Artists at The Leicester Galleries in London, January 1954, featuring works by L. S. Lowry, Ford Madox Brown, Frank Brangwyn, Amedeo Modiglaini, Augustus John, Graham Sutherland, Henry Moore, Stanley Spencer, Wyndham Lewis, Paul Signac, Alfred Sisley, Duncan Grant, Walter Sickert, Terry Frost, John Piper, Ben Nicholson, Edgar Degas and Mark Gertler amongst others. Further including a series of unsigned incomplete autograph letters and notes by Valentine Dobree (1894-1974, Indian-born English Artist, associated with the Bloomsbury Group and the lover of Gertler), four pages, 8vo, Richmond, n.d., to Mark Gertler, in ink and pencil. Dobree commences the first page of one letter 'Terms like the “aura of my disfigured mentality” and the “rigidity of puritanical labels” occur to me as the memory of my first confused correspondence sweeps into my mind like a dark cloud which flashed thunder……' further writing 'I experienced the fever & madness of love, then the idyllic strain of fanciful pleasure, which shocked me out of myself with its sweetness & unrealism. I descended to earth filled with the fright of you', and also adding a  note in the margin, 'I know I never ought to right (sic) like this to you because you do not love me but you can decide for yourself whether you want me or not'. The other pages state, in part, 'The unconscious growth of nature creates shapes of life with an unpremidated (sic) spontanity (sic)….The Artist in you is mostly unconscious if it exists at all….sex is definitely unconscious liquid in the mind poisoning the grey matter…..I don't think anybody else has felt love like I have. It is because I have suppressed myself to such an extent that it has burst upon me…..'Some age wear and creasing, particularly evident to Gertler's postcard (which also has the postage stamp neatly removed), and a few small tears and areas of paper loss, FR to generally G, 9   £200-300 

‘Spiritualism is the basis of the religion of the future’  DOYLE ARTHUR CONAN: (1859-1930) Scottish Author, creator of Sherlock Holmes. A scarce original mimeograph typed manuscript, unsigned (although with nine words of holograph text in the form of a correction to the second page, marked in bold within this description), four pages, 4to, n.p., n.d. (c.1930), marked 'Confidential' in Doyle's hand at the head of the first page. The typescript states, in part, 'These various forecasts of the immediate future of the world should be used with the utmost discretion. We have above all to avoid sensationalism and undignified newspaper stunts. We have to remember that there have been alarms before which have come to nothing…..They have also been accompanied by a notable increase in the seismic activity of the world which shows itself in those very quarters with which the warnings deal. It is impossible in my opinion not to take them seriously for they represent in themselves a psychic phenomenon for which I know no parallel. Our circle seems to have been chosen as the clearing house for these messages, for though we would not venture to claim that all have reached us still it is very remarkable how they have converged upon us from all quarters. Some have been oral but taking the whole series it would not be an exaggeration to say that we have had one hundred messages all independent of each other. But these must be taken as supplementary to our own direct information got during the last four or five years through my wife with the aid of my own control Pheneas. These cover in detail every phase of my predicted crisis. As to time we never have had anything really definite in our own circle such terms as "soon" and "very soon" being always used. It is a belief that the control sees things in pictures and not in terms of worldly time. My American coooperators working with a proved and excellent medium were told on the 8th of Jan that six months of preparation from that date could be relied on. They did not say that that was an absolute minimum and clearly they have placed the date too early. We have ourselves always been given the autumn as the time of year. If we state the course of events as outlined in these various documents and check them with our own information the result is overwhelming. It would entail a period of terrific natural convulsions during which a large portion of the human race would perish. Earthquakes of great severity, enormous tidal waves would seem to be the agents. There is mention of war but that would appear to be only in the early stages and to be in some way the signal for the crisis. What makes the matter more difficult to understand is that we are always told that the deaths are not indiscriminate but selective. One could only explain this by supposing that it is the gases released from the earth which are fatal and that some are rendered immune……The following general details may be gathered. That the crisis will come in an instant. That the general destruction and utter dislocation of civilised life will be beyond belief. That there will be a short period of utter chaos followed by some reconstruction. That the total period of the upheavals will be roughly three years. That the chief centres of disturbance will be the Eastern Mediterranean basin where not less than five countries will entirely disappear. Also the Atlantic where there will be a rise of land which will be a cause of those waves which will bring about great disasters upon the Americans, the Irish, and the Western European shore involving all the low lying British coasts. There are indicated further great upheavals in the Southern Pacific and in the Japanese region. These are the main points indicated some in one corroboration some in another and all in our messages. It is however continually rubbed in that the really important side is the psychic side and that all the physical is subservient to that. During the whole course of events there is a psychic accompaniment with manifestations of spirit power which is to culminate in a complete rending of the veil so that spirit and matter will be face to face for a time. When they separate again a great number of those who have worked in the same cause will be privileged to pass over with their spirit friends and without death in the ordinary sense of the word. Others of the "Elect" if I may use the current word are retained for a few years to establish the new order on a solid basis. Thus the race may be divided into three sets - the hopeless material who are swept away, the "Elect" who change their sphere, and the central body who carry on under picked leadership. The whole object of the spiritualist movement from the beginning has I think been to prepare a body of thought which will understand and be able to cooperate in such a crisis. In the course of these world shaking events there will be on earth a single strong spiritual influence which working either directly or through others will control events. At the supreme moment this high spirit will be visible to all and will command the reverence of all. This would seem to correspond with the idea of a second coming. Indeed the whole course of events ending in a happier world will follow the general line of what was vaguely seen by the prophets of old. When these things come it will be the duty of all who have any knowledge of spiritual facts and the meaning of these events to go forth and devote themselves entirely to the comfort and instruction to the terrified and bewildered human race. Therefore we must cultivate knowledge and spiritual strength ourselves to meet what may be a very great strain. Spiritualism is the basis of the religion of the future. I repeat that I have no certainty over these events. I can but pass on what has been passed to me but I would not take the responsibility of doing that if I were not deeply impressed by the facts which have actually occurred. A huge conspiracy to deceive upon the other side would seem to be the only alternative and that is hardly consistent with the lofty teaching which goes with the messages. I need not ask you to handle this paper with discretion. We want no hysterical developments, nor do we wish to commit the spiritualistic movement to a prophecy which may not materialise. At the same time without publicly committing the movement in any way I should wish to let individuals know [what] my own individual point of view is so that they may now watch the course of events for themselves and form their own conclusions and the line of action. Let those hear who have an ear to hear but let it not be broadcast'. A manuscript of remarkable content, seemingly Doyle's own retained copy with a few corrections to be made before distribution between presumably only a very small circle of like-minded Spiritualists. The four pages are joined with the original brass fastener to the upper left corner. Together with a scarce unsigned printed 8vo pamphlet entitled A Word of Warning by Arthur Conan Doyle, published by The Psychic Press, London, n.d. (February 1928). Some very light age wear and creasing, otherwise VG, 2   £400-600    Doyle's manuscript prophesying the end of the world was not published in his lifetime and first appeared in The Sunday Express on 20th July 1930 under the title How the World Will End. The newspaper reported that the 'extraordinary document' was presented to them 'in the form of a letter written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle some time before he died to Mr. S. Fowler Wright, the author of "Deluge", the much-discussed novel which gives an imaginary description of the end of the world'.

A J A FREE. A LATE 19TH CENTURY OIL ON CANVAS DEPICTING A STILL LIFE OF FRUIT AND FLOWERS signed and dated 1880 - 22cm high 29.5 wide - mounted in a gilt swept frame

A MID 20TH CENTURY STILL LIFE WATERCOLOUR OF ANEMONES 21.5cm wide by 14cm high, together with ANOTHER MID 20TH CENTURY STILL LIFE WATERCOLOUR OF ROSES 16cm wide by 21cm high Signed by Nixon 1936/7.

Garden statues/Sculpture: An important life size lead figure of Hygieia by Bromsgrove Guild and modelled by Charles Bonnet, early 20th century, 196cm highThe Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Arts was established in 1894 by Walter Gilbert who took over a foundry in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. It was first involved with decorative ironwork, but the business soon expanded into a great many other fields. By 1900 Gilbert had gone into partnership with a Mr McCandlish and had taken over further premises in the town which housed bronze and lead foundries, as well as wood and stone carving studios. By 1908 they had established an outlet in London, and as a result of their most famous commission, the iron and bronze gates outside Buckingham Palace, they were issued with a Royal Warrant appointing them metal workers to Edward VII (an honour repeated two years later under George V). Unlike the majority of other contemporary English manufacturers of garden ornaments most of the Guild's figurative subjects were modelled in the popular styles of the day. In 1921 the Guild became a limited company, but by this date some of the members had left to start companies of their own. However, the Guild continued to produce a variety of garden ornaments for many years finally closing in 1966.The modeller of this statue, Charles Bonnet, despite his English sounding name was from Barcelona. Much of his work was of animals and birds and many of his statues were displayed in the show garden at the back of the Bromsgrove works in Station Road. Most of the Bromsgrove products were produced in quantity, and were available to purchase from the various catalogues produced by the Guild. This rare figure does not appear to have been illustrated in any of Bromsgrove Guild's literature and the only other known example of this figure was commissioned for the garden of Chequers, which was originally the Buckinghamshire mansion belonging to Lord Lee, who presented the house to the nation in 1917 as a country residence for the use of future Prime Ministers. It still stands on the lawn in front of the main entrance to the house.Hygieia was a goddess in Greek mythology and was the daughter and chief attendant to Asklepios, the god of medicine.The cult of Hygieia started in Athens in the 600s BC, in connection with the cult of Athene, goddess of wisdom and purity. Statues of Athene and Hygieia stood at the entrance to the Acropolis temple in Athens. In classical sculpture she was often shown holding or feeding a large snake, (the symbol of Asklepion medicine).Literature: The Bromsgrove Guild - an Illustrated History, edited by Quintin Watt, published by the Bromsgrove Society 1999, page 63.

Jonas Wood (b.1977)Large Shelf Still Life 2017Offset lithograph printed in colours, 2017, on wove paper, the full sheet printed to the edges, 595 x 595mm (28 3/8 x 28 3/8in) (unframed)

RINGO STARR ANOTHER DAY IN THE LIFE GENESIS BOOK. A collector''s copy of Ringo Starr's Another Day In The Life from Genesis Publications. This item is still sealed in original packaging. Limited number 942/1650.

A still life watercolour study of flowers, in gilt frame, 22 x 15cm

Oliver Clare, oil on canvas, Still Life of fruit, signed, 15 x 20cm

Mary Fedden (1915-2012), 'The Tabac Jar', signed and numbered 534/550 and various other modern limited edition prints and posters comprising: Dale Devereux Barker (b. 1962), two screenprints 'Another Day in Paradise', signed, dated '92 and numbered 8/12 and 'Still Life II', signed, dated '92 and numbered 12/20 (both framed but needing attention); John Carter RA (b. 1942), 'Thirds I & II', a set of two abstract screenprints created for the Daedalus Print Club, signed, dated '19 and numbered 12/50 (unframed), another screenprint by Carol Robertson, 'Maya', signed, dated '14 and numbered 12/50 (unframed) and three unframed posters, Marlborough Fine Art Fernando Botero exhibition 1983, John Piper, 'Death in Venice VII' and another (9)

A modern oil on board still life study depicting a vase of flowers indistinctly signed contained in gilt frame

A framed watercolour still life signed T W Headlam .40 cm

A still life painting and various prints including one of Brighton pier - NO RESERVE

DEREK BUTTON (20TH CENTURY), FLORAL STILL LIFE watercolour and gouache on paper, signed in pencil 30cm x 49cm Mounted, framed and under glass Label verso: T&R Annan and Sons Ltd, 130 West Campbell Street, Glasgow

* NORMAN SMITH (1910 - 1996), STILL LIFE WITH PEARS AND ORANGE; and STILL LIFE WITH BOTTLES a pair of oils on board, one signed and dated '87 Each 18cm x 24cm One framed, one unframed Artist labels verso

* NORMAN SMITH (1910 - 1996), STILL LIFE OF BOTTLES; STILL LIFE WITH PEARS; and TABLE TOP STILL LIFE three oils on board, two signed, one unsigned 30cm x 45cm,22cm x 31cm and 15cm x 32cm All framed

HENRI CATARGI (ROMANIAN1894-1976) Still Life with Apples, 1967 oil on canvasboard 33.5 x 48 cm (13 1/8 x 18 7/8 in.) signed and dated lower left PROVENANCEMainichi Auction, Tokyo, November 28, 2015, lot 898

ANDRIES CORNELIS LENS (FLEMISH 1739-1822) Still Life with Baluster Vase with Tulips, Chrysanthemums, Sunflowers, and Other Flowers, with Apricots, Pears and Grapes, 1740 oil on canvas 143 x 103 cm (56 1/4 x 40 1/2 in.) Signed lower right quadrant

YULIY KLEVER THE YOUNGER (RUSSIAN 1882-1942) Still Life with Daisies and Fruit, 1906 oil on canvas 86 x 44.5 cm (33 7/8 x 17 1/2 in.) signed and dated lower right PROVENANCESotheby's, London, May 20, 2005, lot 148

ILYA YATSENKO (RUSSIAN B. 1975) Still Life with Caviar Tartine, 2004 oil on canvas 20.7 x 25.5 cm (8 1/8 x 10 in.) initialed and dated lower right PROVENANCELazare Gallery, Charles City, Virginia (label on stretcher)

DMITRIY KOSMIN (RUSSIAN 1925-2003) Still Life with Milk, 1973 oil on canvas 59.7 x 69 cm (23 1/2 x 27 1/8 in.) signed and dated lower right; signed, dated, titled and inscribed to Mrs. Nakamura from the author on verso LOT NOTESThis painting was dedicated to Yoko Nakamura, the director of Gekkoso Gallery in Tokyo. Ms. Nakamura visited the Soviet Union numerous times on buying trips, beginning in 1969, and exported paintings by the top Soviet artists of the day.

ANANIY UDALOV (RUSSIAN 1915-1993) Still Life with Salo, 1983 oil on board 49.5 x 69.7 cm (19 1/2 x 27 1/2 in.) signed upper right; signed, dated and titled on verso

DAVID SHTERENBERG (RUSSIAN 1881-1948) Still Life with Wine Bottle, Glass and Fruit, oil on canvas 70 x 60.9 cm (27 9/16 x 24 in.) signed lower right PROVENANCECollection of Carol Robinson (probably acquired directly from the artist circa 1925)Private collection by descent from the aboveJames D. Julia Auctions, Fairfield, Maine, August 25-27, 2004, lot 116Acquired at the above by the present ownerEXPERTISEAccompanied by an authenticity certificate from the Tretyakov Gallery signed by Yulia Rybakova, 2012. (Copy available upon request)LITERATUREG. D. Gloss, Music and the Moderns: The Life and Work of Carol Robinson (Metuchen: Scarecrow Press, 1993), p. 89, 257LOT NOTESThe present work comes from the collection of renowned American pianist and teacher Carol Robinson. She was an avid participant of the Parisian avant-garde scene, and counted among her milieu many artists and authors, such as Fernand Léger, Cocteau, Hemingway, Tchelitchew, Grosz and Terechkovitch. As documented in Robinson's biography, her impressive art collection comprised many works by such illustrious acquaintances, most gifted by the artists themselves. Robinson and Shterenberg met at a Parisian salon likely in 1925 or 1927, at which point this work (referred to in the biography as Still Life) entered Robinson's collection, where it would remain for several decades.By the 1920s, Shterenberg, who had lived in Paris for over a decade in 1906-1917, returned to Moscow in the pursuit of possibilities offered by the new communist state. These opportunities – to direct, for example, major international exhibitions of Soviet art and to display his own works — brought Shterenberg back to Paris at various points in the 1920s (Mikhail P. Lazarev, David Shterenberg, Painter and Era: the Artist's Path, (Moscow: Galaktika, 1992), pp. 174-200). He would continue his association with the Parisian avant-garde, including its primary actors, such as Picasso, Modigliani, Chagall and Kees van Dongen. Despite his involvement with proponents of Cubism and Fauvism, Shternberg did not follow any particular school or faction, preferring instead a syncretic approach.The present work is part of Shterenberg's most important and well-known genre: the still life. His fascination with materiality and the artist's role as its mediator made still lives the ideal vehicle through which to realize objects' essence. Here, the sharply tilted tabletop is populated by an empty wine bottle, delicate etched glass, brilliantly red strawberries, pear and apple in a basket and, finally, an oblong melon — all precariously teetering on the surface, yet modelled with all the gravity of real weighty objects. The painting surface — here striated and resembling wood grain, there scraped, revealing the plain weave of the canvas — is, too, both strikingly formalistic and suggestive of a somatic connection to the objects. Shternberg's powerful composition and perspective, coupled with his deft, detailed handling of the paint, create a layered vision that rewards attentive inspection.

SACHA MOLDOVAN (RUSSIAN 1901-1982) Still Life with Dried Flowers and Persimmons, 1959 oil on canvas 97 x 46 cm (38 1/4 x 18 1/8 in.) signed lower left; signed and dated on verso LOT NOTESSacha Moldovan was born into a Jewish family in Kishinev, Moldova in 1901. Emigrating to the United States around 1915, Moldovan lived with his family on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, helping to support his family by working numerous jobs, while visiting museums and studying art at nights. After studying art at Cooper Union and the National Academy of Design in New York, he left in 1922-23 for Paris, where he met a fellow Jewish artist and émigré from Russia with whom he would maintain a life-long friendship, Chaim Soutine. Moldovan lived and worked in Paris for numerous years, where he developed his trademark style of thick outlines and masterful impasto painting. He exhibited widely at the Salons and various galleries in Paris before World War II, returning to the United States before the war and continuing an active and successful career as a painter.

Coalport cup and saucer hand-painted with a still life of fruit by Derek Pass and Malcolm Harnett and a collection of Aynsley Orchard Gold ceramics including a two-handled urn shaped vase & cover, biscuit barrel, cups and saucers, vase, plate and other pieces (15) Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs

M Stewart (20th century): Still Life of Flowers, watercolour signed 35cm x 42cm Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs

Gregori (Lysechko) Lyssetchko (Russian 1939-): Still Life of Flowers Fruit and Tea ware, oil on canvas signed and dated 2001, 72cm x 59cm Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs

Still Life of Flowers, 20th century oval oil on board unsigned 35cm x 45cm in gilt frame Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs

Ernest Chesmer Montford (1844-1922) Floral Still Life, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 59cm x 49cm

CLAUDIA WILLIAMS mixed media - still-life, entitled verso 'The Old Glass Bottle', signed, 56 x 39cms

JOSEF HERMAN RA watercolour - still life, entitled verso 'Red Flower, Blue Vase', 25 x 19cms Provenance: 2011 purchase receipt from The Albany Gallery, Cardiff

VIVIENNE WILLIAMS mixed media - still life study of a jug and bowl, entitled verso on Martin Tinney Gallery label 'Table-Top with Plums', signed, 50 x 41cms

WILL ROBERTS oil - still-life, entitled verso 'Pot of Flowers' on Mall Galleries label, dated 1990, signed with initials, 24 x 18cms

PAUL MARTINEZ FRIAS oil on canvas - still-life of flowers in a glass on a window sill, harbour beyond, signed and dated 2001, 49 x 39cms

GWILYM PRICHARD oil on board - still-life of a vase of flowering thorns, signed, 76 x 34cms

SHANI RHYS JAMES oil on gesso - still life, entitled verso 'Jug & Roses', signed and dated 2012, 18 x 13cms                                                                                                 Provenance: 2012 purchase receipt from Oriel Tegfryn Gallery.

Follower of Juan de Arellano (1614-1676) Spanish Still life of tulips, iris, peonies and morning glory arranged in a glass vase on a stone ledge Oil on canvas, 65.5cm by 49cm See illustration

John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893) Still life of grapes, an apple and a spig of heather before a mossy bank Signed and dated 1862, oil on panel, 22cm by 29.5cm See illustration

Cecil Kennedy (1905-1997) ''Winter'' - A still life of white Hellebores in a vase decorated with a putto Signed, oil on canvas, 59cm by 49.5cm Provenance: commissioned directly from the artist as part of a set of ''The Four Seasons'' *Artists' Resale Rights/Droit de Suite may apply to this lot, please refer to our Terms of BusinessGlazed. In overall very good condition. Not examined with a UV light.

Henry George Todd (1847-1898) - Pair; Still life with fruit and flowers , oils on canvas, one signed and dated 1881, each framed as circles, dia.28.5cm

Carmel Mooney - Still Life Fruit in a Bowl with Jug and Saucer, palette knife oil on canvas, signed lower right, 41 x 51cm

Carmel Mooney - Still Life Floral Study, oil on canvas, signed lower right, with David Hendrix Gallery, 119 St Stephens Green, Dublin, label verso, 25.5 x 30.5cm

Eugène Demester (b.1914) - Still Life Flowers in a Vase, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 55 x 46cm

Nicola Slattery (b.1963) - Portrait of a Seated Girl with Still Life Flowers, oil, signed lower right, 62.5 x 38.5cm

•ANNE REDPATH OBE, RSA, ARA, LLD, ARWS, ROI, RBA (SCOTTISH 1895-1965) STILL LIFE WITH FLOWERS AND HEN Lithograph, 43 x 64cm (17 x 25") Condition Report: There is a very small trace of surface dirt on the top margin at middle but overall in good condition with no significant issues.

•JAMES ORR (SCOTTISH 1931-2019) STILL LIFE WITH PLUMS Oil on board, signed, 29 x 33cm (11 1/4 x 13") Inscribed with title on board and Smithy Gallery label verso Condition Report: The board is slightly bowed in a convex manner.

•DONALD BAIN (SCOTTISH 1904-1979) STILL LIFE AND WINDOW Ink, watercolour and coloured crayon, 21 x 27cm (8 1/4 x 10 1/2") Tom Bell Fine Art label verso Condition Report: The paper is very uneven in appearance. There is a small area of erroneous looking pigment located in proximity to the top left corner which may be as a result of a little restoration. There is a pin hole in the paper located outside of the black outlined image in the bottom left corner.,

L. PARSONSON - TWO WATERCOLOURS 'ROUEN' AND 'SOUTHGATE, LAUNCESTON' together with another of a sailing boat by Louie Berry, an indistinct pencil signed watercolour, pen & ink and a still life oil painting (5)

CONTINENTAL SCHOOL (XIX Century) Still Life of Flowers and Butterfly, oil on board, unsigned, 43 x 34cm.

ENGLISH SCHOOL (Late XIX Century) Still Life of Fruit on a Ledge, oil on canvas, unsigned, 16 x 21cm.

E. STEELE (English School, Late XIX Century) Still Life of Flowers and Fruit on a Ledge, oils on board, signed lower right, a pair, 21 x 29cm. (2)

EUSTACE LISCARD (XX Century English School) Still Life of Red Roses in a Vase, oil on board, signed lower right, 49 x 39cm.

Royal Worcester cabinet plate, the centre painted with a still life of peaches and grapes by H. Henry within a deep acid etched gilt border 23.5 cm together with an acid etched gilt cabinet plate 23.5cm and another cabinet plate painted with flowers by Charles Newbold Wright, impresses Derby mark to base, 23.5cm. .

Elsie Wilson two framed and glazed still life watercolours of flowers, signed bottom right, 32 x 22cm each

P. Fortunato framed oil on panel still life, signed bottom right, 15 x 20cm

ISLWYN WATKINS. WELSH 1938-2018 Still Life with Wine Bottles 1956-1957. Oil on hessian 24' x 18'. Prov: Estate of Islwyn Watkins