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Lot 255
W PASCOE "Oriental deity and flowers in pot", still life study, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1938 lower right, together with a tiled framed wall mirror in a picture frame and R HENRY JUNIOR "Figures on bridge over river", oil on canvas, indistinctly signed lower right CONDITION REPORTS Large cut right down the middle, various scrartches, scuffs and marks. The frame with various losses and cracks. Various considerable signs of wear and tear. The frame with various chips and losses. The mirror with various scratches, scuffs and marks throughout coming out of frame. General signs of wear and tear, in need of attention.
Lot 1064
Suffield (J. T.). Birmingham photographer and Associate of the Royal Photographic Society. Archive of original photographic prints (people/portraits, landscapes/topography, studies/still life), many bearing original exhibition labels and photographic society awards to verso, most signed in pencil. Approx. 70 in total, most measuring 50cm x 40cm (including boards). To include a few experimental paper negatives. In two box files.
Lot 252
A Japanese silver, Shibayama and enamelled chest, Meiji period, 1868-1912, octagonal pagoda form, the six sides with gilt lacquered panels of hanging baskets, interior still life and birds in blossom, within tooled bamboo leaf ground, the central door opening to reveal a Maki-e lacquered interior of three graduated drawers with leaf decoration, below a dome of champleve enamel with ring handle, on fretted bracket feet, mother of pearl seal mark to underside, 25cm high
Lot 798
Follower of Sir Anthony van Dyck, portrait of Margareta de Vos, oil on ceramic, 52cm by 37.5cmNote: Margareta de Vos was the sister of the two Antwerp painters Cornelis and Paul de Vos. In 1611 she married Frans Snyders, the still life and animal painter, who was a friend of Anthony van Dyck and collaborated with his master Peter Paul Rubens. Van Dyck painted both Frans and Margareta, and this picture is clearly related to the portrait in the Frick Collection, New York.
Lot 870
George Leslie Hunter (Scottish, 1877-1931), 'Flowers and Fruit', signed u.r., oil on board, 55cm by 45cmNote: Hunter along with Samuel John Peploe, Francis Cadell and John Duncan Fergusson, were the four leading members of the Scottish Colourists. Hunter is best known for his landscapes and striking still life and interior scenes. This painting exemplifies Hunter's talent for depicting light and colour, at its best, in an otherwise ordinary domestic environment.Provenance: T & R Annan and Sons, Glasgow, 1965
Lot 516
*The Important Union Brigade Charger’s Waterloo Medal awarded to Captain Edward Holbech, 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, who as Troop Commander of No.1 Troop led his men during the most famous cavalry charge of the battle of Waterloo, that of the Union Brigade. His troop suffered the heaviest casualties in his regiment, and soon after taking part in the charge, Holbech was placed in command of the regiment’s captured French prisoners, escorting them to Brussels after the battle, comprising: Waterloo, 1815, with replacement silver clip, suspension and bar, with two pins for wear (Captain Edward Holbech 6th or Inniskilling Drag.), upon original ribbon, with additional section of early ribbon with button hole, and a musket ball, possibly removed from a wound received during the battle; Attractive cabinet tone, one or two small hairlines, otherwise extremely fine Captain Edward Holbech (1785-1847) was born on 31 May 1785, the 4th son of William and Anne Holbech, of Farnborough Hall, Warwickshire, just a few miles from Banbury. Serving with the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, he arrived at Herzele on 11 May 1815, where he and his fellow officers and men were quartered in several small villages to the west in the Dender valley, close to the Royals and the Scots Greys. Holbech is mentioned in the book ‘Waterloo General: The Life, Letter and Mysterious Death of Major General Sir William Ponsomby’ by J. Morewood, in a letter written by Lieutenant Johnson, which describes the scene in the days before the battle: ‘(we were housed) at one wretched farmhouse with one room and a closet to do everything…Holbech sleeps on a table, Dames on six chairs, and I in a closet where there is a bedstead which Holbech would not take for fear of the bugs…Still we are very happy…some other officers have three Dutch officers sleeping in the room with them which must be very disagreeable…’ Despite the makeshift accommodation provided for the officers, on the day of the battle, the Inniskilling Fusiliers were ready, and played a central role in the day’s events. As part of Major-General Ponsomby’s 2nd Cavalry Brigade, or ‘Union Brigade’ (alongside the 1st (Royal) Regiment of Dragoons, and the 2nd Royal North British Dragoons, better known as the Scots Greys), the Inniskilling Dragoons took part in what was arguably the decisive moment and turning point of the battle. Charging at from a position on the left of the British and Allied line, the Union Brigade smashed into the opposing French infantry and nearby cavalry, leaving them in complete disarray and confusion. As the officer commanding No. 1 Troop, Holbech himself would have been in the thick of the action. In fact, the Inniskilling Dragoon suffered the heaviest casualties of the charging regiments, and Holbech’s troop suffered the heaviest casualties of these six troops, with a reported 17 killed, 2 died of wounds, and 9 wounded from a nominal strength of 73. Following the charge, and presumably after a short period of re-organisation, research suggests that Captain Holbech was instructed by his superior Major Fiennes Sanderson Miller to take charge of the regiment’s captured French prisoners and escort them to Brussels for imprisonment and eventual exchange, as the battle’s latter stages continued. After Waterloo, Holbech continued to serve for several years of further service until he was eventually placed on half-pay on 11 April, 1822. He died on 24 June 1847 at Alveston, near Stratford-upon-Avon, aged 69. His death is recorded in the ‘Gentleman’s Magazine’ of that year, recording also that he had ‘distinguished himself at the memorable battle of Waterloo.’ Another brother, George, served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy. For the Waterloo Medal to his nephew Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Henry Holbech, see lot 536.
Lot 538
*A Rare Sudan Campaign Officer’s ‘Bahr-El-Ghazal’ Exploration Group of 6 awarded Major Ronald Anthony Markham, Coldstream Guards. An important and largely unsung figure in the early exploration of the Bahr-el-Ghazal region, he is a rare and officially confirmed officer recipient of the Bahr-el-Ghazal clasp, serving as A.D.C. to Sirdar Sir Reginald Wingate between 1900 and late 1901. He travelled up the White Nile from Khartoum on 3 July 1901 with Pasha Von Slatin in the gunboat ‘Sheikh’ to deliver important communications from the Sirdar to local commandants in the region, and to seek news from the Austin-Bright Survey Expedition in July 1901. In the course of this journey he travelled inland, meeting and negotiating with local Sheikhs and tribal leaders. Serving later in the Great War, he was second in command of the 2nd Coldstream Guards when he received a bullet to the temple and later died of wounds on 25 October 1914 at St. Julien, comprising: 1911 Coronation; Turkey, Order of the Medjidie, Officer’s 4th class breast badge in silver, gold and enamels, reverse engraved (Capt: R. A. Markham. Coldstream Gds); Khedive’s Sudan, 1896-1908, 2 clasps, Sudan 1899, Bahr-el-Ghazal 1900-02 (Capt: R. A. Markham. Coldstream Gds), these three court-mounted on bar with reverse brooch pin; 1914 Star with loose clasp ‘5th Aug.-22nd Nov. 1914’ (Major R. A. Markham. C. Gds.), with fitted black leather case; British War and Victory Medals (Major R. A. Markham.), with original boxes of issue; Trio loose, toned, extremely fine, with some lustre (6) Turkey, Order of the Medjidie, 4th Class: London Gazette: 19 April 1901 M.i.D.: London Gazette: 8 October 1914, and 14 January 1915 “Major Ronald Anthony Markham (1870-1914) was born on 15 October, 1870 at West Cowes, Isle of Wight, and was the only surviving son of the late Colonel William Thomas Markham (and Annie Markham), of Becca Hall, Yorkshire, who served in the Crimean War in the Rifle Brigade and Coldstream Guards, and grandson of Sir Francis Grant, P.R.A (‘The Bond of Sacrifice’, Volume I, refers). He was also cousin to Sir Clements Markham, who became President of the Royal Geographical Society, and was an important and ardent advocate of Polar exploration (in particular, helping to organise Scott’s ‘Discovery Expedition’ of 1901-04). Educated at Charterhouse, Ronald Markham received his first commission as Second Lieutenant in the 3rd Prince of Wales Volunteers on 16 April 1889, afterwards joining the Coldstream Guards in December 1890, becoming Lieutenant in August 1896 and Captain in December 1899.” He took part in the first advance against the Khalifa in the Nile Expedition of 1899, for which he received the Khedive’s Sudan medal and clasp, and then between August 1899 and August 1903 he served as a Bimbashi with the Egyptian Army, acting as A.D.C to Sirdar Reginald Wingate (Governor General of the Sudan) from April 1900 to December 1902. For this service he received the Order of the Medjidie, 4th Class on 19 April 1901. After the murder of Bimbashi Scott Barbour on 10 January 1902 and the subsequent punitive expedition, there was much tension and potential danger in the region. A few months later, Bimbashi Markham was sent on an expedition up the White Nile from Khartoum (with Pasha Von Slatin) in the gunboat ‘Sheikh’ with several private communications from the Sirdar to the local commandants. Leaving on 3 July 1902, his expedition took several weeks. As recorded in The Sudan Intelligence Report No.84 (1st to 31st July 1901): ‘Bimbashi Markham left Khartoum on the 3rd instant in the gunboat “Sheikh” for Sobat, Baro, and Pibor rivers to endeavour to open up communication with the Austin-Bright Survey Expedition, about which no news is as yet forthcoming. He carried letters from the Sirdar to the commandants of the Abyssinian posts at Gore and in the neighbourhood of Lake Rudolf, as well as one for Major Austin himself. Whether any of the letters will ever reach their destinations is extremely doubtful, as the tribes who will have to provide the messengers are for the most part hostile to the Abyssinians.’ His own letters written back to Sirdar Wingate, from Sobat, dated 29 July 1901, give an insight into the great variety of dangers and difficulties which he encountered: ‘My Dear General…I got to Nasser on the 20th July and next day interviewed Sheikh Luantia (of the Nuer), and after a great deal of haggling, backsheeshing, finally told him he would incur your displeasure if he didn’t provided 2 guides for 3 men I had found in Nasser, willing to take the letters, but ignorant of the way…our transport occasionally got badly bogged; sleep at nights was an impossibility, mosquitoes beat all description. On the way we had a few adventures – at one village, where apparently white men have never been…a woman came by carrying a pitcher of water – she took one look at me, dropper her pitcher – then ran round us yelling and screaming…One night our poor donkey, which was not more than three yards from me was attacked and badly bitten by a hyena which got into the long grass before I could get my gun out…’ Markham was also with Miralai Sparkes Bey, Commandant of the Bahr-El-Ghazal Expedition, when they arrived at Khartoum from Wau on 28 September 1901. Markham had joined him from Meshra er Rek, as mentioned in Sudan Intelligence Report No.86 (1st to 30th September 1901). While he is not listed amongst the 7 recipients of the Bahr-el-Ghazal Cigarette cases issued by Sparkes Bey, his presence as an officer and key figure at precisely the same time is confirmed in contemporary sources, as well as in a formal letter concerning the issue of his Bahr-El-Ghazal clasp (a copy of which is included with this group). He was promoted to Major in 1907. Serving afterwards during the Great War, he took part in much of the early fighting of 1914, and was hit with a bullet to his temple at St. Julien, France, on the 23rd October 1914, dying two days later. At the time of his death he was Second in Command of his battalion. He was mentioned in Sir John French’s Despatches of the 8th October 1914, and the 14th January 1915. He was a member of the Guards’ Nulli Secundus, and the Turf Clubs; also of the M.C.C. and I Zingari. He was fond of cricket and shooting, and was a very keen and hard rider to hounds. He was born at Melton Mowbray, from which place he had hunted all his life, and is buried in Sysonby Churchyard. An early casualty of the Great War (during which the repatriation of the bodies of officers and soldiers was still possible), he is remembered with honour at the Sysonby Churchyard, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. Offered with: two original M.i.D. certificates in original O.H.M.S. envelope; a formal portrait photograph taken by G. Lekegian of Cairo; a formal portrait photograph of the recipient on horseback during a hunt by Heawood’s of Leicester; a privately printed diary recording Markham’s service in 1914; a hand-typed copy of the Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel C. E. Pereira’s 1914 service with an accompanying handwritten letter dated 5 November 1915; delivery letters for his Great War trio; an official copy of his last will and testament; and a quantity of related research.
Lot 137
Son of a Rake.- Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley (William Richard Arthur, fifth earl of Mornington, 1813-63) Approximately 28 Autograph Letters signed to Captain Arthur Palliser. 8vo and smaller, c. 78pp., Paris and addresses in London, 9th July 1857 - 27th July 1863, a sad correspondence, mostly concerning the earl's poor health, in the initial letter the earl is introduced into the House of Lords, and thereafter much of the content concerns his life in Paris and his growing illness, he talks of operations, goes to the consulate to sign a new will, and discusses selling bonds and property. The earl died unmarried, in Paris, in July 1863, still a rich man, folds; and 2 others, a draft letter by Mornington to his sister Victoria (1819-97), referring to a painful decision she has taken concerning a gentleman identified only by his initials, and a copy of the 1812 marriage settlement which prevented Long-Wellesley from completely devastating the family fortune, v.s., v.d. (c. 28).⁂ The fifth earl of Mornington was the son of a notorious rake. The fourth earl, William Long-Wellesley (1788-1857), married Catherine, the sister and coheir of Sir James Tylney-Long, of Draycot, Wiltshire. On her marriage her estates were said to beworth over £1 million a year. In 1823 Long-Wellesley abandoned his wife, who died two years later, and eloped with Helena Patterson Bligh. Spending as much as he could from his wife's estate, he was prevented by only having a life interest and the estate's devolvement on his eldest son William. When he sought to gain control of his children and their money, he was met with a furious defensive action by his uncle, the Duke of Wellington. Eventually he would be committed to the Fleet prison for contempt of court. His later years were spent in dissipation. He was financially supported to some extent by the Duke, "who suffered fools only when they came from the family." - Oxford DNB. On his mother's death in 1825 William inherited property which included what was left of the family's Wanstead Park estate in Essex laid waste by his father during his parents' brief marriage.
Lot 233
Nigel John Wilde R.C.A.,an extensive collection of sketches, oils, watercolours and collages taken from the artist's student years,including four atmospheric mixed media scenes of London, a large group of preliminary designs for coffee and tea services, a group of photographs and sketches relating to costume design, still life studies, etc.,contained in two portfolios and loose*The artist was a ceramicist who lectured at Staggord College and with the Inner London Education Authority. He is best known for his work for Midwinter Pottery including the 'Cherry' pattern.
Lot 839
Attributed to William Jones of Bath (fl. 1764-1777) - Still life of peaches, a pomegranate, melon, grapes and red currants with a parakeet and another bird, oil on canvas, 16.25" x 19" ** The painting also bears some similarity in style to George William Sartorius (1759-1828) who exhibited at The Free Society of Artists between 1773-1779,
Lot 28
Attributed to Giacomo Piazetta, (Venetian 1640 ~ 1705), an impressive sculpted wood model of Ezekiel, late 17th century, portrayed in strong contrapposto stance, his gnarled and thickly bearded face turned to dexter, a staff held out in both hands, the voluminous drapery falling around his raised left knee, his left foot resting on two volumes, atop a rectangular base, 111cm high overall PROVENANCE: With Bruno Cooper, United Kingdom, September 2001; European private collection; Private Collection, London CATALOGUE NOTES: In 1683 Giacomo Piazzetta carved twenty-eight moralising statues of heretics for the Biblioteca dei Domenicani in Venice, which is adjacent to the Basilica of SS. Giovanni e Paolo. The statues were removed in the early 19th century and disappeared so that only the ceiling decorations and a frieze by Piazzetta survive in the space. Twenty-four terracotta bozzetti for the heretics have been identified in several museums, including the Bode-Museum, the Ca' d'Oro, and the National Gallery of Canada. The whirling composition and tension created by the ascent of the present figure on the two books underfoot compares well to several figures in Piazetta's Scenes from the Life of Christ and the Virgin now in the SS. Giovanni e Paolo (see Bacchi, op.cit., pp. 775-776). Even though one of the bozzetti compares to the present figure in certain elements, four more are still missing and the sculptor could have changed his composition, suggesting that this could be one of the lost heretics from the Dominican Library RELATED LITERATURE: A.Bacchi (ed.), La scultura a Venezia da Sansovino al Canova, Milan, 2000, pp. 775-776, figs. 568-571
Lot 848
MARYAN HATTON; oil on board, still life study of vase of flowers, signed bearing numerous labels verso including New English Art Club, N.E.A.C 1959, etc, 49 x 39cm, framed. (D) CONDITION REPORT: This lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit http://www.dacs.org.uk
Lot 182
Italian School, Still life of tulips, chrysanthemums, roses and other flowers, oil on canvas 118x98cm Likely to be a 20th Century copy. Oil on canvas, the canvas is unlined and the tension is slightly slack. The marks of the stretcher are starting to show in the paint layer. There is a network of age cracks. The paint layer is stable and secure. The varnish is glossy and even. There is a layer of surface dirt and some slight white hazing on the surface. The frame is in a good condition.
Lot 226
Sophie Anderson (British, 1823-1903):Still life with strawberries, ferns & flowers, oil on canvas, signed lower centre, H 25 x W 30 cm. Note: Born Sophie Gengembre in Paris, the artist left France for the United States to escape the 1848 revolution. There she met her husband, the British genre artist Walter Anderson, & the couple moved to London in 1854. She subsequently exhibited widely at the Royal Academy, the Royal Society of British Artists, & the British Institution before moving to Capri, eventually returning to England to Falmouth, Cornwall, where she died. A significant Victorian female painter, her work, 'Elaine', was the first public collection purchase of a woman artist. In 2008, the world record price for her work of more than £1 million was achieved by 'No Walk Today' at Sotheby's, London. CONDITION REPORT: Excellent, original condition
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