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Click here to subscribeH.M. Queen Elizabeth II Coronation chair 1953 with original velvet upholstery, gold embroidered crowned ER II cipher and limed oak frame with no 9 label to back and with stamps on underside.Provenance: Mr Frederick Mouatt Keith Thomas, the Chief Surveyor of works at Westminster Abbey for the Coronation, sold with letter of provenance.Good original condition, see extra images
Pair: Second Lieutenant R. G. Good, Royal Army Service Corps, late attached to British Mission to Royal Serbian Army, and 67th Battalion (Western Scots), Canadian Infantry British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut R. G. Good.) generally very fine (2) £60-£80 --- Richard George Good was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada in March 1895. His father was employed at the Customs Office in Nanaimo. Good was employed as a Surveyor prior to the Great War, and initially served as a Private with the 67th Battalion (Western Scots), Canadian Infantry. He was struck off strength on 6 December 1915 to join the Imperial Army Mechanical Transport while at Willows Camp, British Columbia. Good served as a Private, Reg. no. M2/153594, and served with the Royal Army Service Corps attached to British Mission to Royal Serbian Army. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in September 1917. After the war Good resided at 2815 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, California. He died in Canada in June 1963, and is buried in the Victoria (Royal Oak) Burial Park, British Columbia, Canada.
British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. C. E. V. Daveney); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (17089 A. Sjt. B. W. Frost. 7-Can. Inf.; N. Sister C. G. Green.) generally very fine or better (3) £60-£80 --- Charles Edward Vernon Daveney was born in Gladstone, Queensland, Australia in August 1883. Prior to the Great War he was employed as a Railway Surveyor, and resided in McCloud, California, U.S.A. Daveney initially served as a Private with the 47th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, before being commissioned in No. 1 Tramways Company, Canadian Railway Troops. Benjamin Wilfred Frost was born in Highgate, London in August 1882. He had prior military service of 6 years with the 1st Middlesex Mounted Infantry; and, 104th Regiment, Westminster Fusiliers of Canada. Frost served during the Great War as a Staff Sergeant with the 7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry on the Western Front. He died of wounds received in battle, 13 October 1919, and was buried in Kelowna, British Columbia. C. G. Green was awarded a class B mention in despatches, and died of disease related to service 4 April 1922.
Iraq Memoir on the Ruins of Babylon by William Beaumont Selby, Commander, Indian Navy, and Surveyor in Mesopotamia. [Series title at head:] Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government. No. LI.–New Series. Bombay: printed for government at the Education Society's Press, Byculla, 1859. First edition, 8 pp. text (single unsigned gathering, stitched as issued), 2 hand-coloured lithographic folding plans, 'Sheet I' dimensions 130 x 59 cm, with 2 inset views, 'Sheet II' dimensions 59 x 67cm, housed in original blue-green cloth chemise with printed label to front. Wear and worming to chemise, Foreign Office Library bookplate and pocket to inside cover, text with a few small worm-tracks, damp-staining and partial browning to title-page, manuscript shelfmark numbers to p. 3, both plans toned, 'Sheet I' with a few small worm-tracks, a few punctures along one transverse fold, strip of adhesive-related light browning along join of two sections, Sheet II' with a few minute worm-tracks, small tear at one intersectionNote: Note: No other copy traced in auction records.
Fife and St Andrews Two maps Duncan, J. [surveyor] Skeleton Plan of the St. Andrews District of Fife-Shire, with delineation of the turnpike and statute labour roads. Edinburgh: Forrester & Nichol, 1833, 53.5 x 64cm, rare: no copies traced, the University of Dundee archives list a photograph of a copy belonging to Dr John Berry of Tayport, mounted on linen, varnished, a few cracks and small sections missing; Fraser, James, after Greenwood & Fowler. Map of the Counties of Fife and Kinross. Edinburgh: W. and A.K. Johnston, after 1841, 124.5 x 94cm, mounted on linen, varnished, a few cracks and small sections missing
India - Bengal Presidency Collection of Calcutta imprints Directions for Revenue Officers in the North-Western Provinces of the Bengal Presidency ... New Edition. Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1858. 4to, later cloth, [4] 566 [2] pp., 4 lithographic folding maps (2 hand-coloured), 6 folding letterpress tables (counted in pagination and register), uniform moderate browning (stronger to title-page), very small worm-track to upper fore corner of initial leaves;The Journals of Major James Rennell, First Surveyor-General of India. Written for the Information of the Governors of Bengal during his Surveys of the Ganges and Brahamputra Rivers 1764 to 1767. Edited by T. H. D. La Touche. Calcutta: printed at the Baptist Mission Press, and published by the Asiatic Society, 1910. 4to, later cloth, portrait frontispiece, folding plate of manuscript facsimile (torn along fold), folding map of Bengal and Bihar to rear, uniform moderate browning;and 4 others (these not collated): The Bengal Directory and General Register for the Year 1832, Calcutta: Samuel Smith and Co., Bengal Hurkaru Press, c. 1832 (8vo, contemporary red half sheep, folding map with short closed tear, lacking pp. 173/4; The Bengal and Agra Annual Guide and Gazetteer for 1842, Vol. I, Calcutta: William Rushton an[d] Co., c.1842 (8vo, contemporary half roan by the Government Press, Allahabad, 3 folding maps and folding diagram, first folding map (frontispiece) torn, binding worn, browning; The Bengal Almanac for 1848 ... compiled and arranged by Samuel Smith and Co., Calcutta, 1848 (8vo, contemporary boards, red sheep backstrip, binding worn and worn, rear inner hinge gone); Selections from the Revenue Records of the North-West Provinces 1818-1820, Calcutta: Military Orphan Press, 1866 (8vo, original cloth, binding defective)Note: Note: Library Hub traces two copies for the Directions for Revenue Officers (NLS and Cambridge).
A very early Teddy Bear circa 1904 and 1920s German Teddy Bear the childhood toys of father and son with military connections, a rare early brown burlap teddy bear with black boot button eyes, black gutta percha nose, red stitched mouth, cloth lined ears, string-jointed neck and limbs, skinning arms and chunky legs, very large hump and inoperative rectangular squeaker, original homemade suit and waistcoat, probably German, but possibly British —10 1/2in. (27cm.) high (hole in toe) - the same bear is part of the famous Cattley family group of teddy bears at the Victoria & Albert Museum Childhood collection; and a German 1920s teddy bear with golden mohair, slotted in ear, black stitched nose and mouth, swivel head, pin-jointed limbs and homemade outfit (missing ear, eyes and wear); an original photograph of Peter as a child and in uniform and a jpeg of Cecil in uniform and his identity card 1944 - the first bear belonged to Cecil Arthur Winch (vendor’s Grandfather), born 1st October 1898 in Cranbrook Kent; attended Haileybury School. He was commissioned 2nd Lt. to The Rifle Brigade Sept 1917; transferred to Royal Flying Corps Jan 1918/RAF Jun 1918, 38 and 149 Squadron, observer/gunner in FE2B aircraft. Mentioned in despatches Mar 1919. Following demobilisation joined family firm of Winch & Sons in Cranbrook (Valuers & Auctioneers). Recalled with rank of Captain to 4th Buffs (East Kent Regiment) Sept 1939 British Expeditionary Force France Nov 1939 – Jan 1940; Major South Eastern Command ‘Q’ Section 1940; promoted (local) Lt. Colonel 1941 and awarded MBE Military Section 1944; demobilised Sept 1945. Awarded Territorial Decoration 1947 and rejoined family firm Oct 1945; retired 1958 and died 30th November 1986; and his son, the owner of the second bear, Peter Haffenden Winch (vendor’s Father) was born 15th August 1924 in Cranbrook, Kent, he attended St Andrews Prep School, Eastbourne, Canford School 1938-1940, Cranbrook School 1940-1941 RAFVR Sept 1942. Commissioned 2nd Lt. The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) June 1944 and served in India until demobilisation in 1947. Qualification and Articled as Chartered Surveyor, joined family firm (Winch & Sons) in Cranbrook in 1950; joined Ministry of Agriculture 1967; and retired 1989
Sailing.- Norwood (Richard) Norwood's Epitome: being the Application of the Doctrine of Triangles..., the last edition newly revised and corrected, woodcut diagrams, bookplates, single leaf of publisher's advertisements at rear, lacking final blank (L4), some light browning, contemporary calf, upper cover with a few faint abrasions, some wear to extremities, especially spine head, [c.f. Wing N1351B], small 8vo, for William Fisher, Sarah Passinger and Elizabeth Smith, 1690.⁂ Richard Norwood (?1590-1675) was an English mathematician, diver and surveyor. His career was divided between London and Bermuda, from whence he was appointed surveyor to the Virginia Company in May 1621 and where he lived for many years and founded the island's oldest school, Warwick Academy (1662). Norwood is noted in Isaac Newton's Principia Mathematica. Provenance: Hugh Cecil, Earl of Lonsdale; Gordon W. Jones M.D., Falmouth, Virginia; Harrison D. Horblit [bookplates and labels]
Centenary of the Royal Regatta, Torbay, 1913, a silver and enamel award medal by W.J. Dingley, named (H.A. Garrett Esq, Borough Surveyor), 44mm; International Coronation Regatta, Torbay, 1937, a silver medal by H.B. Sale, 51mm (W & E 7805A.1; BHM 4385); Yachting, bronze award medals, unsigned [by Pinches] (2), engraved (12 Ft National Championship, Torbay, 1953, Saturday Race, 2nd Crew; Redwing Championships, Torbay, 1954, Open Race, 1st, “Fiesta”), both 38mm; Torbay Yachting Association, a uniface bronze and enamel award medal, unsigned, engraved (1955 Firefly Championship Week, Monday’s Race Crew, 6th), 38mm; 150th Anniversary of the Royal Regatta, Torbay, 1963, a plated bronze medal, unsigned, 45mm [6]. Very fine and better, but second with some rim knocks £90-£120 --- Provenance: First, second and last D.M. Young Collection, DNW Auction M14, 25 November 2013, lot 1139 [first from T.C. Millett June 2005, second from J. Whitmore July 2003, last from A. Judd June 2003]
IRELAND, Royal Ulster Yacht Club, Shamrock III, America’s Cup, 1903, a light bronze medalet, 19mm; Irish Yachting Association, a uniface plated brass medal, unsigned, named (T.N.T. IPEC, Helmsman’s Championship of Ireland, East Antrim Boat Club, 1984), 52mm; Irish Cruising Club, Faulkner Cup, a bronze award medal, unsigned, set into a wooden plaque, named (Samharcin, Hugo de Plessis, 1996), 51mm [3]. Very fine, first with loop for suspension, second removed from a display mount £60-£80 --- Hugo de Plessis (1923-2018), b Lymington, marine surveyor and pioneer in the field of fibreglass; educ. Southampton University; served in Fleet Air Arm 1942-6, as a radar technician; founded the Ropewalk Boatyard, Lymington; moved from Boldre, Hampshire, to Bantry Bay, where he was commodore of the Bantry Bay Sailing Club. Sold with further background information
(Fucine (TN) 1851 - Cles (TN) 1923)Cm 62x100 | In 24.41x39.37Oil on canvasOn February 6, 1851, Bartolomeo Teofilo Ismaele Bezzi, son of Domenico Bezzi, a surveyor and great art lover, and Luigia Taraboi, was born in Fucine d'Ossana in Val di Sole. In 1862 he was orphaned by his father. He left Fucine to seek his fortune as a peddler. After a few years, in 1870, tired of that kind of life, thanks to savings and the help of a cousin and his uncle Don Ambrogio, a priest in Pellizzano in Val di Sole, he decided to enroll in the Brera Academy of Fine Arts. Here he became a pupil of Giuseppe Bertini and in the course of his studies he soon made a name for himself and, already in his second year, managed to obtain mentions and medals with his works. During these years he also frequented a group of young artists with a renewing and anti-academic spirit and took an active part in debates on French Impressionism. In 1876 he has his first exhibition at the annual group show prepared by the academy. He presents Landscape and Impression. The following year he exhibits At the Well and Val Solandra. Two years later, he gained recognition with his work Valle di Rabbi, which impressed the commission with its colors that succeeded in making even those sharp and steep alpine landscapes softer and softer. In 1879 he was forced to abandon his academic studies because of his poor health. But not even the illness prevented him from continuing his work as an artist, enjoying enormous success, heartened by his friends, admirers, collectors and art lovers. During these years he opened his own studio in Milan but spent several days in Trent, where he portrayed the city on a canvas of vast proportions. This is also a testimony to how Bartolomeo Bezzi remains affectively attached to Trentino. Recurring episodes will be in the capital city as well as in Val di Non and Val di Sole. In Turin he was present at the Fourth National Exhibition of Fine Arts with the works Sul Tonale, Una via di Trento, La vigna, and Una frana in Val d'Adige. In 1881 at the National Exhibition in Brera he exhibited Il mio paesello, Ricordo dei bagni, again Sul Tonale and Confidenze. At age thirty-one, in 1882, he won his first major prize in Milan: the Fumagalli Prize. A few months later he received 4,000 liras for the work Pescarenico, purchased by Prince Ruspoli. During these years he lived between Verona and Milan. During the Verona period he painted several landscape-related works and some of them were exhibited at the Esposizione di Belle Arti in Rome: Verona along the Adige, Un mattino a Verona, Pescarenico, Mulini sull'Adige and Giornata d'Autunno. Here he finds great success but, of all his paintings, the one that receives the most attention is: Mulini sull'Adige. The work Mulini a Verona was purchased by the National Gallery of Modern Art. In 1884 in Turin, at the Italian National Exhibition organized by the Società Promotrice di Belle Arti, he presented Venice, Roman Campagna, Autumn, Memories of Rome, Gray Weather in Venice, Evening. At the Brera exhibition he exhibited Bambocci, Sito alpestre and Acqua morta, purchased by Count Aldo Annoni of Milan. Shortly thereafter he became an honorary member of the Brera Academy. He exhibited Sulle rive dell'Adige, in Milan in 1885 and the following year at a group exhibition in Berlin and finally in Venice in 1887 where he was purchased by King Umberto. In 1886 he participated in the inaugural exhibition of the newly formed Society for Fine Arts and Permanent Exhibition in Milan with A Chioggia, Mulini a Verona, Paesaggio, Betulle and with the sketch Pescarenico. The following year he exhibited six works at the National Exhibition in Venice: Riva di Trento, Studio, Mestizia, Sulle rive dell'Adige, Paesaggio and Bosco ceduo, the latter painting, known as Bosco di birulle, in 1890 would be purchased for 500 florins by the Trento City Hall and placed in the city's Historical Museum. In 1888 at the Paris Exhibition he was awarded a prize for his work Falling Sun on Lake Garda, which would later be purchased by the Revoltella Museum in Trieste. The following year, he participated in an exhibition in Rome with Venezia che dorme, Armonie della sera, Raggio di luna and Amori dell'aria. He participated for the first time in the Universal Exhibition in Paris with Les bords d'un rivière. The same year he is named a Knight of the Order of St. Michael of Bavaria. He moved to Venice, where he lived on the Fondamenta delle Zattere, a neighborhood at the time frequented by many artists, poets and writers. Here he met realist and post-macchiaioli painters such as Guglielmo Ciardi, Luigi Nono, Silvio Rota, Alessandro Milesi and Mario de Maria. It was during this period, influenced by the Venetian artistic environment and especially by the works of Giacomo Favretto, that he abandoned, albeit briefly, landscape painting to devote himself to genre painting. Another important encounter is with the artist Pietro Fragiacomo and his fascinatingly luminous lagoon landscapes. In Venice, he lays the foundations of a project for an International Art Exhibition, which will materialize in the Biennale. Bezzi participated in all editions, from the first, in 1895, to that of 1914. Membership in the organizing committee enabled him to make numerous trips abroad, in 1897 to Scotland and England, in 1898 and 1901 to Germany, Austria and France, during which he came into contact with different international artistic languages. In 1891 he exhibited his work Spiaggia del Lido at the Brera Triennale in Milan. This painting is later awarded a silver medal at the 1893 Rome exhibition by the city's City Hall. In Munich he won the gold medal for the work Spring Night. In 1892 he went to Trent, where he was part of the jury to determine who should be entrusted with the creation of the monument to Dante in the square of the same name. Here he befriended Cesare Battisti and devoted himself to irredentist propaganda, participating in artistic events aimed at affirming the Italian character of Trentino. A few months later, during a visit to the home of Counts Cesarini Sforza in his homeland, he met Isabella Dal Lago of Cles and married her on September 26, 1892. The Ministry of Education awards him a gold medal for the painting Paesaggio trentino o Da Cles exhibited at the Turin exhibition. Three years later he was present at the first International Art Exhibition of the city of Venice with S. Michele all'Adige and Giorno di magro. In 1896 he participated in the Munich Secession Exhibition presenting the work Canal Grande in Venice. During this period he became acquainted with Secessionist floral art and Art Noveau however, he was not influenced by this vision of landscape softened by plant lines and decorative colors. Bezzi continued to cultivate a lyrical, twilight representation of nature that would characterize his production until about 1910. In 1897 he presented Prelude of the Evening at the Second Venice Biennale, and three years later he received a silver medal at the Universal Exhibition in Paris for the painting Day of the Skinny, executed in 1895. In 1899 he participated in the Third International Art Exhibition in Venice. At the 1901 Venice Biennale he presented the works, Autumn Vagueness, In the Evening and Night Calm. Two years later, at the Fifth Biennale: Morning on the Lake, Clear Night, The Trees, On the Shore of Lake Garda and First Snow. In 1905 his nervous illness began to worsen, but he still participated in the sixth Venice Biennale, presenting Fantasie dell'aria, Pescarenico and Acqua morta. Two years later his only solo art exhibition while alive is organized in Trent. In the same year he is in Turin with Notte di luna, in Venice with Sulle rive del Ticino, Mattino d'autunno, Tramonto and also travels abroad: to Buenos Aires, Montevideo and Valparaiso with the works Prima neve a Desenzano and Quiete del lago. In 1909 he participated in t [...]
Wiltshire allotment maps.- Davis (John, Surveyor) and George Barnes. The Map of Allotments in the Tithing of East Downton; The Map of Alltoments in the Manor of Hampworth, two manuscript maps, the former with a large piece of land inscribed with owner's name 'Earl Nelson', pen and ink, some watercolour wash, both on joined sheets of wove paper, one with watermark date '1835', 540 x 1700 mm (21 1/4 x 66 3/4 in) and 520 x 870 mm (20 1/2 x 34 1/4 in), respectively, both with handling creases, browning and surface dirt, marginal nicks and tears, both affixed onto wooden rollers, [circa 1830s] (2)⁂ Allotment map with inscription denoting land presumably owned by Nelson's older brother, William Nelson, 2nd Baron Nelson (1757-1835) (created Earl Nelson in 1805).
Wiltshire Estate Map.- Joliffe (Richard, Surveyor) A Mapp of Milkhills, Belonging to Robt. Eyre Esqr. of New-House, In the County of Wilts, manuscript estate map of land near Redlynch, title in the upper right quadrant, compass rose in the lower left corner, north oriented to the upper left, scale in the lower right corner, pen and ink, watercolour wash, numerous ink and pencil annotations, all within a green and white watercolour wash border, on vellum, 755 x 835 mm (29 3/4 x 32 3/4 in), some creasing, small marginal losses and pinholes, minor surface dirt and old damp-stains, mainly marginal, unframed, [circa 1730s]
Newhouse, Wiltshire Estate Map.- Joliffe (Richard, Surveyor), attributed to. A Plan of Newhouse Farme, very large manuscript estate map, title in the upper right quadrant, compass rose in the lower left corner, north oriented to the upper left, scale in the lower left corner, pen and ink, watercolour wash, numerous ink and pencil annotations, all within a red and yellow watercolour wash border, on two sheets of vellum conjoined, 1310 x 1070 mm (51 1/2 x 42 in), mounted on conservation support, some creasing, marginal losses and other losses carefully replaced in facsimile, some surface dirt and old damp-stains, mainly marginal, unframed, 1734⁂ Monumental estate map.
Lost Gardens of Newhouse.- Anonymous (English surveyor, active circa 1740s) A Mapp of the Kichen Gardens Belonging to Robert Eyre Esq. In White Parrish in Wilts. Survey'd September 1746, detailed map of the 18th century working kitchen gardens of Newhouse Estate, on 'a scale of 40 perches', with two columns to the left and right margins identifying details within the garden, mainly 'Fruit hedges', with a separate key identifying 'The Partes of the Garden and their names with the marks', which includes separate sections for asparagus, artichoke, raspberry, cherry, melon, and 'The bee garden', amongst others, pen and brown ink with watercolour, on three sheets of laid paper conjoined, total sheet 330 x 950 mm (13 x 37 1/2 in), mounted onto conservation paper support, some small losses, mainly to extremities, old handling creases, surface dirt, unframed, 1746Provenance:Newhouse Estate;Then by descent to the present owners ⁂ Rare 18th century record of a now lost garden, specifically the "Kichen" garden of Newhouse, Wiltshire. Executed by an unrecorded surveyor on behalf of Robert Eyre (c.1693-1752), the eldest son of Sir Robert Eyre, MP, of Newhouse, and his wife Elizabeth Rudge, daughter of Edward Rudge of Warley, Essex.
Newhouse, Wiltshire Estate Map.- Joliffe (Richard, Surveyor) A Map of Newhouse Farme &c., In Com. Wilts., manuscript estate map of Newhouse and its environs, title in the upper right quadrant, compass rose in the lower left quadrant, north oriented to the upper left, scale in the lower right corner, pen and ink, watercolour wash, numerous ink and pencil annotations, on vellum, 1150 x 900 mm (51 1/2 x 42 in), mounted on linen, remnants of green silk edging, heavy creasing, surface dirt, spotting, and old damp-stains, unframed, 1731
A LATE VICTORIAN SILVER CRADLE By Edward and Son, Glasgow, 1899The hooded cradle embossed and chased with Greenock Town Hall on one side and a view of the house Bagatelle; on the other, cherubs' heads, birds, flowers, and a medallion depicting the town arms and motto 'God Speed Greenock', with a waved edge, all suspended between ormolu supports on rectangular pink marble base with silver presentation plaque detailing the gift of the cradle from the Town council of Greenock, the silver cradle, 48 x 22 x 23cm , length 66cm, weight 59oz.Footnotes:This cradle was presented to Walter Washington Buchanan Rodger of Greenock, who was a well-known figure and force in harbour and municipal affairs in Greenock, of which town he was Provost from 1889 until 1892. He began his career as a civil engineer, and was an apprentice with Forman and McCall of Glasgow, whilst this firm was engaged with the Gryffe waterworks, Greenock. Later he assisted Mr. Waltor Kinipple at the harbour works, and was subsequently surveyor for Gourock and Innellan.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Benjamin Tucker (1762-1829). 'The Report of the Surveyor-general of the Duchy of Cornwall to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales Concerning the Obstacles, Facilities and Expence Attending the Formation of a Safe and Capacious Roadstead Within the Islands of Scilly,' first edition, 8vo, 58 pages with 2 folding maps, modern thin card wraps, printed by J. Walter and sold by Sherwood, Neely and Jones, London, 1810.Benjamin Tucker had been secretary to the admiral of the fleet, John Jervis, Earl of St Vincent, before being appointed surveyor-general of the Duchy of Cornwall in 1808. One of the appendices to this work is a letter (Dec 4th 1808) to Tucker from Humphrey Davy containing his analysis of 'the water from the Scilly Islands which you were pleased to put into my hands'.Bookplate of Charles Thomas. A good copy of a very scarce work.
Copper mining interest. Rowe v Brenton trial, 1830. George Concanen. 'A Report of the Trial at bar, Rowe v Brenton, tried in the Court of King’s Bench, Westmister. Michaelmas Term, 9 geo IV. As to the Right to Minerals in the Assessional Lands of the Duchy of Cornwall, with Explanatory Notes and an Appendix,' first edition, 8vo, 43 prelim and 236 pages with a hand coloured litho map drawn Nov 1827 by Richard Carveth Surveyor, St Austell, with the stamp of Birmingham Law Society, in original boards, the spine needs re-gluing, a little damp staining otherwise a very good copy, W. Walker, London, 1830.The action which forms the subject of the following report, was brought to try the right to Copper Ore raised from the East Crinnis (St Austell) mines.
Punk/Jon Savage: A Rare Booklet The Secret Public, January 1978, produced by Jon Savage and Linder Sterling, from an edition of 1000, featuring punk rock photography, together with an 'England's Dreaming' original promotional poster from 1991 for the book by Jon Savage, and an 'England's Dreaming' lecture by Jon Savage flyer, Booklet 11 1/2in x 8 1/2in (29cm x 21.5cm) when closed, 23 1/2in x 59.5cm x 42cm 16 1/2in) when open poster 23 /4in x 16 1/2in (59cm x 42cm), (3) Footnotes: Provenance: Given to the vendor by Jon Savage, the booklet around 1985 and the poster in 2005. The poster was previously fixed to a board at Jamie Reid's 'Celtic Surveyor' exhibition, 051 Media Centre, Liverpool. Jon Savage was one of the guest speakers, promoting and selling his new book. The vendor was Jamie Reid's assistant and exhibition designer at this time. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An angel dispensing justice to other winged figures and a div Oudh, Lucknow or Murshidabad, late 18th Century-19th Centurygouache and gold on paper, laid down on an album page with a light pink border and margins ruled in colours and gold; verso, a leaf from a manuscript of Persian poetry copied in fine nasta'liq script, Persia, 17th Century, Persian manuscript on paper, two columns of text written in black ink, heading written in red, intercolumnar and inner margins ruled in gold, red inner border, wide blue outer album page borders painting 233 x 150 mm.; manuscript leaf 122 x 55 mm.; album page 347 x 258 mm.Footnotes:ProvenanceSir Charles Forbes of Newe and Edinglassie, 1st Baronet (1774–1849): probably acquired during his time in Bombay, or by one of his family.In the collection at Castle Newe, Scotland, by the early/mid 19th Century, the Baronial seat of the Forbes, amongst an extensive collection of Indian art, antiques, weapons and armour.Sir John Stewart Forbes, 6th Baronet, (1901-1984), the vendor's great-great uncle, who sold the Forbes collection of Indian paintings at Sotheby's in the 1960s (date unknown).Mr J P Foster OBE, Emeritus Surveyor of the Fabric of Westminster Abbey, the vendor's grandfather, who bought the painting back from the Sotheby's sale (and whose mother was Sir Charles Forbes, the 5th Baronet's daughter Evelyn Marjorie Forbes).Thence to the seller's mother, who presented the painting to him in 2010.John Forbes (1743-1821) known as 'Bombay Jock', made a fortune in India from trading, shipping, and banking with his firm Forbes & Company, Ltd., after serving in the East India Company for three years from the age of 21. In 1796, he returned to Britain and bought the estates of Newe. The company had, amongst other things, been appointed banker to the Government of Bombay. His nephew, Charles Forbes, the 1st Baronet, also went to India and joined the company, returning in 1810The subject of the painting is not clear: one possibility is the wisdom of King Solomon (Suleyman), who is often shown with attendant figures, sometimes winged, as well as divs (though the other beasts who normally surround him are absent here. Solomon himself is not usually winged, but on the other hand is usually bearded. Alternatively, in some respects it comprises elements of Shahnama illustrations of the court of Gayumarth, in which the first of the Persian kings sits elevated on a throne-like rock, dispensing wisdom, often with an assortment of human courtiers and divs or demons, as seen here (see for example a Mughal or Deccani depiction of the subject, dated circa 1600-10, Christie's, Islamic Art and Manuscripts, 14th October 2003, lot 148; subsequently with Francesca Galloway, Indian Miniatures, 2005, pp. 14-15, no. 5). However, the elevated figure in our painting has both wings, and is beardless and perhaps female; in addition, Gayumarth is usually shown seated on a tiger skin.The calligraphy on the reverse is from a manuscript of poetry with the unidentified text in mathnavi form. The passage relates to the reply of the beloved to the lover, with the heading in red reading, 'The reply from the lips of the beloved'.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: RR This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
India.- Surveyor General's Office, Calcutta.- The British and Native States Cis-Sutluj Division, Comprising the Districts of Ferozpoor, Loodheeanuh, Umballa, Thanesur & Simla... 1847 to 1851, large detailed regional map of the present-day Punjab and Haryana states of northern India, with roads and military settlements located, engraving with original hand-colouring, 1140 x 1610 mm (44 3/4 x 63 3/8 in), dissected and mounted on linen, some ink stains and surface dirt, minor browning, extensive ink inscription to endpaper with several names of British Captains dated '1865', and ink stamp denoting 'Government Property', folding with marbled endpapers into original brown cloth, gilt armorial device of the 'Surveyor Generals Department, India' and further gilt tooled 'Cis-Sutluj Division' to upper cover, worn, 4to, 1858.
* WWII DFC group to 'Mosquito Night Fighter' Flight Lieutenant Johnny Haddon Downes, 604 Squadron who destroyed three enemy aircraft and later became the producer of the BBC show "Crackerjack" Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated '1944' with 'Royal Mint' case of issue1939-1945 StarAir Crew Europe StarWar Medal, extremely fine and swing mounted for wearing, enclosure from Buckingham Palace, and loose France and Germany Star plus two log books (which include aircraft photographs pasted in), telegrams, photographs including a group photograph of 604 Squadron with Mosquito behind and other original documents QTY: (4)NOTE:DFC: London Gazette 3 October 1944Acting Squadron Leader Denis Chetwynd Furse (62320), R.A.F.V.R., 604 SqnFlight Lieutenant John Haddon Downes (110132), R.A.F.V.R., 604 Sqn. 'As pilot and observer respectively these officers have completed many sorties, some of them in most adverse weather. Their keenness and determination throughout has been of a high order. They have destroyed three enemy aircraft.John Haddon Downes (1920-2004) was born in Great Easton, Leicestershire. He was educated at The King's School, Grantham. After training as a surveyor he joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve at the start of WWII. He was commissioned in October 1941 and became a Flight Lieutenant Navigator in Mosquito Night Fighters.The log books included in the lot covers the period of 20 December 1940 to 6 April 1945 with a total of 592hrs20mins day flying and 421hrs25mins at night, log book two has the full operational record from 7 September 1941 to 23 December 1944.Post-war service saw Downes take up a career in theatre as a stage manager for Ivor Novello's King's Rhapsody. In 1953 he joined the BBC as floor manager and was promoted to producer, and developed the live children's television show Crackerjack, which he produced for 10 years.
* Trollope (Anthony, 1815-1882). Novelist. Autograph Letter Signed, ‘Anthony Trollope’, Waltham Cross, 21 October 1867, to [Christopher] Hodgson [Post Office Surveyor for the Northern District], mentioning his neglect for his work at the Post Office and alluding to his recent resignation, ‘… I am delighted to hear that we shall meet on the 31st. … It is not so much that the office is no long[er] worth my while, as you say, as that other things have grown apace so fast that I feel myself beginning to neglect the office and I am sure you will acknowledge that when that is the case it had better be given up', blind-embossed stationery of the Post Office, 2 pages, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Trollope - who is credited with introducing the pillar box to Britain - resigned from his job as Surveyor in the Post Office Service on 3 October 1867. In this same year he finished his novel The Last Chronicle of Barset and undertook editing the new magazine St Paul’s. According to the Spectator (2 November 1867), nearly 100 people were present at the Albion Tavern, on 31 October for the farewell dinner given to Trollope on his retirement from the Post Office. Mr F. I. Scudamore who was in the chair made an amusing speech on the difficulties Trollope had to 'contend in gaining such a place in literature without neglecting his duties in a very hard worked service'. Published in The Letters, edited by N. J. Hall (1983), p. 396; and also in N. John Hall’s biography of Trollope (1991), see pp. 311-12, where this letter is quoted in part.
Blacker (Valentine). Memoir of the Operations of the British Army in India during the Mahratta War of 1817, 1818 & 1819, 1st edition, London: printed for Black, Kingsbury, Parbury and Allen, 1821, half title, 2 folding aquatint plates (engraved by William Daniell), 45 engraved maps and plans (incorporated from the atlas volume), folding tables in appendix, some offsetting and light spotting, top edge gilt, modern red half morocco, small mark to rear cover, 4to QTY: (1)NOTE:Lieutenant-Colonel Valentine Blacker served under Lieut.-General Sir Thomas Hislop with the army of the Deccan during the Mahratta War of 1817-1819, and in 1820, after being appointed the first Surveyor General of India, initiated the trigonometrical mapping survey of the continent.
Scotland. A collection of fifteen maps, 18th & 19th century, engraved county, country, regional, city, and road maps, including Clerk (Thomas). Sketch of the Roads within the Eastern Division of the District of Calder in the County of Edinburgh [and] Sketch of the Roads of the Western Division of the District of Calder in the County of Edinburgh, circa 1820, two uncoloured engraved maps, the first on three conjoined sheets, 470 x 1300 mm, the second on three conjoined sheets, some dust soiling, 680 x 1300 mm, together with Arrowsmith (John). Map of Scotland constructed from original materials obtained under the Authority of the Parliamentary Commissioners..., 1807, large engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, some spotting, staining and dust soiling, 1815 x 1435 mm, with Wallis (J, publisher). A Commercial Map of Scotland with the Roads, Stages and Distances brought down to the present time by J. Knox, January 11th 1791, engraved map with contemporary wash colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, inset map of the Shetland Islands, some dust soiling and staining, slight offsetting, near-contemporary ink ownership signature and address to verso,735 x 560 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase with oval publisher's label to the upper cover, worn and rubbed, plus Wood (J. surveyor). Plan of the Town of Dunfermline from Actual Survey..., Edinburgh, 1823, engraved map with contemporary wash colouring, laid on linen, some spotting and overall toning, presented on contemporary turned and stained wooden batons, 540 x 580 mm, with another 10 maps by or after Morden, Moll, Harrison, Ordnance Survey, Cary, Thomson and Neele, various sizes and conditionQTY: (15)
Johnston (W. & A.K.). Atlas of India containing sixteen maps & complete index with an introduction by Sir W. W. Hunter, Edinburgh and London: W. & A. K. Johnston, 1894, double-page colour lithograph maps, patterned endpapers, original decorated red cloth gilt, rubbed and somewhat faded to edges, with some damp marking to lower margin of rear cover, 4to, together with Walker (Lieut. J. T.), Map of India (South-East and South-West), Calcutta: Surveyor General's Office, 1881, hand-coloured lithograph map, sectionalised on linen, plus three others: Johnstons' New Map of India with the Roads, Railways and Military Stations noticed in the insurrectionary movements... Edinburgh, W. & A. K. Johnston, 1857, folding wood engraved map with outline colouring, somewhat worn with a few tears and some damage, folds re-strengthened with modern paper to verso, 8vo, India to accompany Taylor's Illustrated Guide, corrected to June 1899, and a folding road map of India, 1942QTY: (6)
Charles E Hines (county surveyor 1924) County of Westmorland, Milnthorpe-Arnside Road, Proposed improvement at Arnside 'scheme A' drawing number 132, a folded and material backed 70cm x 132cm sold along with a War Office 1915 revised edition map of North West Europe, sheet 1 and part of 4, folded and material backed. 71cm x 84cm
An original bronze plaque with wooden frame for the opening of The Kitty Wilkinson Baths and Wash House, City of Liverpool the Rt. Hon. Thomas Dowd J. P. Lord Mayor 'This 'Kitty Wilkinson' Baths and Wash-House was erected by the Baths Committee of the Corporation of Liverpool and was opened on the tenth day of September 1925 by the Lord Mayor. Baths Committee Chairman Alderman Harold E. Davies. Deputy Chairman Councillor W. T. Roberts. Alderman J. W. Walker.', various councillors' names, and Walter Moon, Town Clerk, names of Land Steward and Surveyor and Engineer and Chief Superintendents of Baths, with Liver Bird emblem to the top, dated either side 1924-1925, within a shield-shaped wooden frame, 74 x 57cm.Footnote: Catherine Wilkinson was an Irish immigrant, wife of a labourer who became known as 'The Saint of the Slums'. In 1832 during a cholera epidemic, she had the only boiler in the neighbourhood, so she invited those with infected clothes or linens to use it, thus saving many lives.
Thomas Luny (British, 1759-1837)H.M.S. Bellerophon leaving Torbay with the defeated Emperor Napoleon aboard, 26th July 1815 signed and dated 'Luny 1826' (lower left)oil on panel20.3 x 27cm (8 x 10 5/8in).Footnotes:Despite a service career as illustrious as any fighting ship in the Royal Navy, Bellerophon is principally remembered as the vessel to whose captain Emperor Napoleon surrendered after Waterloo and which then conveyed him to Plymouth, via Torbay, on the first stage of his long journey into exile.One of the fourteen 'Arrogant' class 74-gun Third Rates designed by Surveyor Slade in 1758, Bellerophon was built in Edward Greaves' yard on the Medway at Frindsbury, near Rochester, where her keel was laid in May 1782. Launched on 17th October 1786, she was measured by her builder at 1,613 tons and was 168 feet in length with a 47 foot beam. Completed at Chatham in March 1787 at a total cost of £38,608, she was laid up for three years until fitted for sea in August 1790 and commissioned under Captain Thomas Pasley. By 1794 Pasley had been promoted to Rear-Admiral and Bellerophon acted as his flagship at the battle of the 'Glorious First of June' where she engaged the huge 110-gun Révolutionnaire alone for an hour-and-a-half before the Russell and the Marlborough came to her assistance. Because of the damage she had sustained aloft, Bellerophon had then to withdraw from the scene but her conduct at this opening fleet action of the War laid the foundations for what was to follow.By the time Nelson located the French fleet anchored in Aboukir Bay on 1st August 1798, Bellerophon was commanded by Captain Henry Derby and when he took his ship in to engage the enemy she found herself pitted against Admiral Bruey's 120-gun flagship L'Orient. In a fierce action exactly reminiscent of what had happened at the 'Glorious First of June', Bellerophon pounded her greatly superior adversary but was completely dismasted in so doing. Despite heavy casualties, including Captain Derby, she remained at her station and was the nearest vessel to L'Orient when the latter finally blew up during the night. Repaired and refitted, she was continually in action until Trafalgar where, under Captain John Cooke, she fought nobly, first against the combined fire of four enemy vessels, then in a spectacular duel with L'Aigle and, finally, with the Spanish Monarca which surrendered to her. Her gallant fight cost her the second highest casualty list at the battle and amongst the dead was Captain Cooke himself.After extensive repairs at Plymouth, she returned to sea and, by the War end, it was said that 'during the period 1793-1815, she saw more action than any other ship.' Her enduring claim to fame however came when, after fleeing the field at Waterloo, the defeated Emperor Napoleon made his way to Rochefort where, on 15th July [1815], he surrendered to Captain Maitland of the Bellerophon. Maitland had been sent to Rochefort when intelligence reached the Admiralty that Napoleon was planning to embark there for America; in the event, the Emperor chose to place himself under the protection of British law, whereupon Maitland sailed for England, Napoleon catching his final glimpse of the French coast (off Ushant) on 23rd July. The English coast was sighted the same evening and, early the next morning, Bellerophon anchored in Torbay where Maitland awaited his orders. As soon as news of the former Emperor's arrival became known, presumably by means of a careless word ashore from one of the ship's officers, large numbers of small craft packed with curious spectators made for the ship and provided a carnival atmosphere all around her. Two days later, on the 26th, Maitland weighed anchor for Plymouth where he and his celebrated passenger arrived within hours; Napoleon remained aboard Bellerophon for twelve days whilst the government decided what to do with him and, on 7th August, he transferred into H.M.S. Northumberland and embarked for St. Helena and exile. With the War over and the need for warships sharply decreased, Bellerophon was afterwards fitted out as a convict hulk and served thus for the remainder of her career, being renamed Captivity in 1824, until broken up in 1836.A larger work of the same subject and similar composition by Luny sold in these salerooms on 26 May 2020, lot 19.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Office of Woods. 1803-10 Acts on the Office of Surveyor General of Woods (3); 1837-39 O.H.M.S wrappers with "Office of Woods, &c" imprint, the first posted within the London Local Post with unusual "FOR DELIVERY" handstamp charged 2d (faults), the second with 10 Dec 1839 Free datestamp sent during the Uniform 4d Post Period; and 1834 letter from the Commissioner of Woods and Forests to Sir Francis Freeling requesting franking be extended to his office and asking for a refund of postage on an enclosed letter. (6).
Seven: Lieutenant-Colonel R. Watson, Royal Engineers General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (Lieut. R. Watson. R.E.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (1853743 W.O.II. R. Watson. R.E.) mounted as worn, light contact marks, clasp facing on first slightly bent and a couple of small edge bruises to the last, nearly very fine and better (7) £240-£280 --- Richard Watson, a native of North Shields, Tynemouth, enlisted in the Royal Engineers as a boy soldier on 20 June 1916, becoming a Bugler on 5 February 1917. His trade in the corps was that of electrician. He finished his boy service on 7 August 1919, and was promoted Sergeant in 1925; Staff Sergeant in 1927; and Warrant Officer Class II, Clerk of Works, and Quarter Master Sergeant in 1933. He was commissioned Lieutenant (Surveyor of Works) on 25 July 1934 and served on the R.E. Staff, in Palestine. He was promoted Acting Captain in 1940 and Major on 15 July 1946. In 1951 he was senior Quantity Surveyor, Eastern Command. He was promoted to his ultimate rank of Lieutenant-Colonel (Quantity Surveyor) on 28 March 1953, and retired on 31 August 1954. He died in 1979. He is confirmed on the medal roll for the 1937 Coronation Medal as Lieutenant and Clerk of Works, R.E.
Charles “Pete” Conrad (1930-1999) – American Astronaut, Commander of the Apollo XII mission (1969). The Third man to walk on the Moon. Apollo 12 astronaut Charles “Pete” Conrad signed large format black and white photograph signed in blue marker “Charles Conrad Apollo XII”. The official Nasa image of Conrad examining the TV camera aboard Surveyor III, launched two years prior to scout the surface properties of the moon and potential landing sites. Conrad was challenged with making a pinpoint landing near the Surveyor, and returning its camera to Earth (it was later hacksawed off). With Novaspace galleries Certificate of Authenticity, signed Kim P.Poor (President). Framed and glazed. 48cm x 37.5cm.
Shipwreck Artefact - East India Company, Madras Presidency, European Minting, 1803-8, Soho, copper 10 Cash, 1808, light issue, arms and supporters, East India company above, date below, rev. dah kas do falus ast [Ten cash make two falus], x . cash in exergue. Housed in East India Company Ship Admiral Gardner sunk Goodwin Sands 1809 box with Man of War St. Mary’s, Isles of Scilly Certificate of Authenticity that the coin was recovered from the wreck of the English East Indiaman Admiral Gardner which was wrecked on Goodwin Sands on 24th January 1809 signed by T.J. Heron (Chartered Surveyor).
Richardson (Thomas Miles). Memorials of old Newcastle upon Tyne ... comprising forty etchings from original drawings of the towers, gateways, churches, streets and ancient buildings of Newcastle upon Tyne in the early part of the present century, nearly all of which have been removed, Edinburgh: Thos. Gray & Co.; Newcastle on Tyne: James Garland, [1880], lithograph title with signature J.H. Horsley to upper margin, 42 etched & engraved plates, occasional light spotting, original cloth, rebacked, few marks, folio, together with:Richardson (Thomas Miles), Antiquities of the Border Counties from original drawings by T. M. Richardson, Senr. with descriptive letterpress to which is added a reprint of Grey's Chorographia, Edinburgh: T. Gray & Co.; Newcastle on Tyne: J. Garland, 1881, lithograph portrait frontispiece, illustrated title and 20 mounted etched plates (two plates frayed to margins and detached), occasional light spotting and minor dust-soiling, all edges gilt, original cloth, light fraying to extremities, folio,Surtees (Robert). The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham, 4 volumes, facsimile reprint, Wakefield: E.P. Publishing, 1972, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets, folio, together with other facsimile reprints including Drake (Francis), Eboracum: or, the History and Antiquities of the City of York, facsimile reprint, Wakefield: E.P. Publishing, 1978, monochrome map & plates (some folding), illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, folio, and Nicolson (Joseph & Burn, Richard), The History and Antiquities of the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland, 2 volumes, facsimile reprint, Wakefield: E.P. Publishing, 1976, two monochrome folding maps, original cloth in dust jackets, 4toQTY: (a carton)NOTE:Provenance: Sir William Whitfield CBE (1920-2019), one of the most significant British architects of the second half of the 20th century, notable for his ground-breaking designs for major public projects including Glasgow University Library, the Hunterian Art Gallery (1960-1968), Richmond House in Whitehall (1982-1984), recently selected as one of London’s ten most iconic Postmodern Buildings, Hereford Cathedral’s Mappa Mundi Library (1996), and Hawksmoor’s Baroque masterpiece Christ Church Spitalfields, slowly and carefully restored over three decades from 1970 to 2000 under his direction. He was Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul’s Cathedral between 1985 and 1990.
Ogilby (John). The Road from London to Aberistwith on the Sea Coast com. Cardigan, The Continuation of ye Road from London to Aberistwith Plate ye Second commencing at Islip com. Oxford..., The Continuation of the Road from London to Aberistwith, The Extended Road from Oakham to Richmond in Yorkshire, The Continuation of the Road from York to Wets-Chester [and] The Road from Glocester to Montgomery North Wales [1676 or later], together six uncoloured engraved strip road maps, the first map described with a cartouche showing a surveyor using a waywiser, some creasing, slight marginal fraying and spotting, each approximately 315 x 435 mmQTY: (6)NOTE:The map sheet numbers are 1, 2, 3, 48, 90 & 71.
Swimming.- Frost (J.) Scientific Swimming; being a Series of Practical Instructions, on...the Art of Swimming, first edition, 12 folding engraved plates, advertisement leaf at end, title with price at foot corrected in ink and slightly soiled, some light foxing to plates, mostly marginal, traces of embossed stamp to a few margins, modern calf-backed marbled boards, uncut, 8vo, 1816.⁂ Scarce work on swimming. The author describes himself as "many years teacher of the art at Nottingham". He lived at a house on Middle Pavement, Nottingham, where his principal business seems to have been as a "surveyor of chimneys in all cases of annoyance by smoke", but it is this pioneering work on swimming that remains his more enduring legacy.
Post Office.- Palmer (John) Debates in Both Houses of Parliament...relative to the Agreement made by Government with Mr.Palmer, for the Reform and Improvement of the Post-Office and its Revenue, folding table, some spotting, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, 1809 § House of Commons. Report from the Select Committee on Postage Label Stamps, modern boards preserving original wrappers on covers, 1852; and another on the London to Edinburgh mail, 8vo (3)⁂ A theatre proprietor in both Bath and Bristol, John Palmer (1742-1818) is now remembered perhaps most of all for his promotion of a network of mail coaches for the safe and speedy conveyance of mails on the principal routes from London. In 1784 a trial run on the Bristol-Bath-London road was hugely successful and Palmer was appointed surveyor and comptroller-general with a salary of £1500 and a 2½% share in the increased revenue of the Post Office. Palmer eventually fell out with the Post Office over contractual arrangements and was suspended but given a Post Office pension granted by William Pitt. This volume relates to Palmer's claims for compensation.The second item was the ground-breaking report concerning perforated postage stamps which were introduced in 1854, the first use of such in the world.
A rare, small and narrow Charles I oak, elm and fruitwood canted cupboard, in the Laudian Manner, circa 1630Having a one-piece top with unusual angled and chip-carved ends, a deep frieze with reeded reserves spaced by split-baluster mouldings and button boss, atop a cupboard of canted form, enclosed by a central panelled door, the panel with bold turned concentric circles centred by carved cardinal points and button boss, with conforming spandrels, and matching side panels, flanked by unusual elm 'reel' and inverted-baluster turned end-columns, the lower-section with a pair of panelled cupboard doors, each with a conforming applied arch, raised on fluted columns, with a central acorn and baluster-turned split-moulding, the mouldings repeated to the front stiles, twin-panelled sides, traces of painted decoration, doors with original tenoned riveted hinges, 120.5cm wide, 129cm high, 40.5cm deepThis cupboard is an early example of ‘The Laudian Style’ in England, named after William Laud (Bishop of London 1628-33, Archbishop of Canterbury 1633-40, d. 1645). It is characterised by a very pure architectural form, and mature Roman-Italianate decoration, very much in the style of Indigo Jones, appointed surveyor of James I's Royal Works, and the beginnings of Palladianism.
ELIZABETH I – PRIVY COUNCIL & THE NAVYDocument signed by four members of Queen Elizabeth's Privy Council, Robert Devereaux, Earl of Essex (favourite of Elizabeth I, Master of the Horse and of the Ordnance), William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (Lord High Treasurer), Charles Howard, 2nd Baron Howard of Effingham (Lord High Admiral and victor over the Spanish Armada) and Henry Carey, first Baron Hunsdon (Lord Chamberlain and patron of Shakespeare's company), confirming '...We do think fit that there be one thousand pounds payde upon this bill to... James Quarles and Marmaduke Durell esquires, By virtue of the privie seale...', the payment being a request for £3,000 revenue for 'victuals for the navye', listing the counties of Middlesex, Surrey, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Hampshire and Bedfordshire and levies per quarter, docketed on verso, one page on a bifolium, dust-staining and discolouration particularly to verso where folded and exposed, folio (308 x 205mm.), dated 1 November 1595 and 12 January 1595/6Footnotes:'TO BE DELIVERED TO THE SURVEYORS OF THE VICTUALLS FOR THE NAVYE'.James Quarles (1555-1599) of Stewards, Romford, Essex and Marmaduke Darell (c.1559-1631) of Fulmer, Buckinghamshire held the post of Surveyor of Marine Victuals jointly as was customary for this office. Prior to this appointment Darell had been Clerk of the Avery to Elizabeth I, charged with keeping an account of the expenses of Mary Queen of Scots and her household whilst held at Tutbury Castle from 1585-6 (it was £3440-11s-8d), and attended her execution at Fotheringay in 1587. He held the post of Surveyor of Marine Victuals from 1595-1623.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
HAITI - ST. DOMINGUE, 1778 - MANUSCRIPT MAP'St. Domingue. Plan d'une partie de la côte du sud de Dominigue, contenant les Baies de St. Louis et de Mesle, levé par M. [Jean-Baptiste] Moreau ingeniéur...', manuscript on paper, in black ink with grey and blue wash, St. Louis ground plan and villages in red, a few small old repairs and marginal tears, 930 x 1130mm., signed by De Boisfôret, 'l'Ingeniéur en chef de St. Louis et de toute la partie du sud, en Mai 1778'Footnotes:Manuscript map centred on St. Louis, St. Dominigue [now Haiti] made by a French surveyor-engineer in 1778, the year before the storming of the Bastille and three years before the revolutionary uprisings led by Touissant Louverture in 1791, which resulted in independence in 1804, and the abolishment of the slave trade. Several charts by De Boisforet are held at the National Maritime Museum, London.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Merchant Navy Officers grouping, including Jacket and trousers, gilt Merchant Navy buttons, no size label, officers cap with white cap cover, ephemera relating to Mr James Stevenson of Falkirk, National Institute in Mechanical Engineering Certificate dated October 1929, a similar one dated June 1938, Royal Technical College, Glasgow Certificate in Mechanical Engineering dated December 1938, Lloyds Register of Shipping Certificate appointing Stevenson Ship and Engineer Surveyor dated 1944, New Zealand Shipping Company competency as an engineer Watch Officer certificates dated from the 1930's, personal letters, wartime leaflet for use in case of evading capture with phrases in Hebrew, Yiddish, Arabic and German, etc, (qty)
East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1893-94 (13456. Sergt. D. Clarke. R.E.) officially engraved naming, minor edge bruising, very fine and scarce £200-£300 --- Donald Clarke was born in Golshire, Sutherland, Scotland. He was a Surveyor by trade, and joined the Royal Engineers aged 22 at Chatham in February 1876. Clarke was classed as a very superior land surveyor, and his service included the Anglo Portuguese Boundary Commission of 1892, and the Sofa Expedition, 1893-94 (entitled to L.S. & G.C.). He was discharged in February 1896, having served for 21 years and 66 days. The medal roll for this clasp gives awards to 2 officers, 2 Sergeants and 8 Sappers of the Royal Engineers. Sold with copied research.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ O.B.E. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel H. M. Whitehead, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. H. M. Whitehead.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Comdt. Herbert M. Whitehead.); France, Third Republic, Order of Agricultural Merit, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, obverse centre loose on last, and this with enamel damage, otherwise generally very fine and better (6) £300-£400 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1919: ‘For valuable service rendered in connection with military operations in France and Flanders.’ French Order of Agricultural Merit, Chevalier London Gazette 17 October 1919. Herbert Mansfield Whitehead was born in Kent on 25 May 1875, the son of Sir Charles Whitehead, and was educated at Tonbridge and Christ’s College, Cambridge. He was commissioned second lieutenant in the 1st Nottinghamshire (Robin Hood) Rifle Volunteer Corps on 14 November 1894, and having been advanced captain in the 7th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Territorial Force), he resigned his commission on 21 November 1909. Following the outbreak of the Great War he re-joined his old unit and served on the staff of the 59th Division in both Ireland during the troubles and on the Western Front. For his services during the Great War he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 30 December 1918) and created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. Promoted lieutenant-colonel on 29 July 1920, he relinquished his commission the following year. In civilian life Whitehead served as Divisional Surveyor to Staffordshire County Council, and was awarded the Jubilee Medal in 1935 as ‘Engineer and Surveyor, Channock Rural District Council.’ He died on 17 October 1935. Sold with copied research.
NOBEL ALFRED: (1833-1896) Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman and philanthropist who bequeathed his fortune to establish the Nobel Prize. The scientist's most famous invention was that of dynamite, which was patented in 1867. An outstanding archive relating to the establishment of a dynamite factory in Italy, comprising - (i) A.L.S., A Nobel, three pages, 4to, Paris, 6th September 1872, to [Paul] Barbe, in French. Nobel provides his detailed requirements for establishing a factory to produce dynamite at Avigliana, near Turin, under the guidance of his agent Casimir Robaudi ('Voici le petit devis pour la Fabrique Italienne et le projet de contrat avec Robaudi') setting out his requirements in a detailed table, with their immediate and defrayable costs, including specifications for brick buildings, power of the traction engines, nitrite grinders, and other machinery, a building to house nitric acid, an ice room, various other wooden buildings for the production and washing of glycerine and dynamite, and for packing the dynamite, cartridge making, water heaters, and enclosures, and remarking that he envisages the quick production and sale of the dynamite, financed by three months' credit. Nobel then proceeds to define the terms of the contract under which the business should operate, giving the outlines for a five-year contract with Robaudi in nine numbered paragraphs, explaining that Robaudi will be named as agent for the Italian business and will be responsible for the costs of selling the dynamite sent to him, for which he can set a price above market rates, provided that the company can cancel the contract if Robaudi's consumption and marketing contravenes their policies, or if the company does not receive payment for the dynamite. Nobel advises Barbe to revise the contract as he sees fit before sending it to Carstens, the merchant in Hamburg. (ii) A fine, large original pen and ink plan of the proposed site of the dynamite factory in the Commune di Avigliana, prepared and signed by the surveyor Giuseppe Ferando, one page, large oblong folio, Turin, 27th July 1872, entitled Planimetria di parte della regione Valoja presso il trucco di San Martino, coloured in two shades of blue (one defining the waterways) and also featuring light pencil drawings of buildings to the left margin. (iii) A pencil sketch of several buildings at Avigliana entitled Croquis de fabrique de nitroglycerine a Avigliana, one page, oblong 4to, n.p., n.d., including the facilities labelled for 'Preparation, separation et lavage a l'eau'. (iv) A finely executed and detailed pen and ink plan of various constructions and buildings, one page, oblong folio, n.p., n.d., captioned in French, including cartoucheries, magasin, filtrage & dynamiterie, lavages, pompe pour l'appareil, glacier & magasin a glycerine, hanger a bomb acide nitrique. Maison de garde, chien de garde etc. (v) A scale drawing from a patent application on transparency paper (some tears and a few large areas of paper loss to the edges) bearing the official oval stamp of Jannot ('Constructeur - Mecanicien') and two other pen and ink and pencil sketches and drawings of machinery and apparatus. (vi) An autograph manuscript entitled Regolamento dei transporti delle Materie infiammabili ed esplodenti ('Regulations for the transportation of flammable and explosive materials') approved by the administrators Bolmira and Guglianetti, twelve pages, 4to, n.p. (Italy), 9th April 1872, commencing 'Flammable materials, such as phosphorus, phosphor matches, gun powder, turpentine, alcohol, and derivatives, objects for fireworks and any other material…..that easily starts or transmits fire, are excluded from transport if the sender has not subjected himself to the cautionary measures established by the administration' and continuing to outline the regulations concerning packaging, supervision, means of transport and other precautions which it is necessary to adhere to. (vii) Small collection of ten manuscript technical and legal documents, in Italian and French, over twenty pages in total, largely 4to, various places, 1870s, some regarding Nobel's patent and one on the printed stationery of the Dinamite Nobel factory at Avigliana. (viii) Autograph manuscript of the Atto di Costituzione della Societa per la Fabbricazione della Dinamite and Statuto della Scoieta Anonima per la Fabbricazione della Dinamite, in all over sixty pages, folio, Turin, 5th June 1873, in Italian, identifying the main shareholders, and accompanied by an eleven-page summary including a manuscript list of the shares allocated to each shareholder. A comprehensive archive relating to the Swedish chemist's important invention of dynamite and featuring an extremely rare autograph letter signed by Nobel himself, particularly desirable owing to its content. Some light overall age wear and minor faults and Nobel's letter with some light, minor staining and a few small tears to the edges. Generally G to about VG, Sml Qty. At the end of December 1871, Alfred Nobel obtained a six-year patent for the exploitation of dynamite from the Italian government, to be financed by both French and German investors. In April 1872, Nobel reached an agreement with five Parisian financiers (and engineers) to found a public limited company. Among the shareholders mentioned in the present archive were Paul Barbe, Amedeo Hoffer (director of the factory), Casimir Robaudi (agent for the Nobel company in Hamburg), Antonio Campagna (formerly mayor of Avigliana), the Hamburg merchants Carl Ferdinand Carstens and Edouard Bandmann, and the Parisian banker Gunzbourg. They acquired land near Avigliana, some thirty kilometres west of Turin, and set up a factory through a commissionaire, Robaudi, obtaining a patent for the manufacture of dynamite. The company established by Nobel continued production until being destroyed during the World War II.
† ERNEST BURNETT HOOD (Scottish 1932-1988); oil on canvas, 'The Original Glasgow Underground Maintenance Depot', signed with elaborate inscription verso 'This painting of the original Glasgow underground maintenance depot built in 1896 was presented on 25th June 1976 by the consultants employed on the reconstruction on the underground to Ronald Cox to mark the occasion of his retiral as the first director general of the Greater Glasgow passenger transport executive', the inscribed card is then signed by the architect, two engineers and surveyor, 50 x 60cm, framed.Condition Report: Image appears in good condition, the frame has minor scuffs and scratches.
Caylus (Anne Claude Philippe, Comte de). Recueil d'Antquities Egyptiennes, Etrusques, Grecques et Romaines,7 volumes including Supplement, mixed editions, Paris: Desaint & Saillant and others, 1756-67, volume I nouvelle edition, 1761, half titles for volumes I, III-VI, numerous (over 800) engraved plates, occasional light spotting, one or two small marginal water stains, all edges gilt, bookplate, contemporary French Cat's Paw calf gilt, joints cracked, spines and edges rubbed, 4to QTY: (7)NOTE:Blackmer 303; Cohen de-Ricci 211."This work is remarkable for its range and for the number of pieces which have been illustrated. Even more remarkable his the fact that most of the objects have been engraved after the originals and have not been taken from other illustrations. Many of the objects came from Caylus's own collection and are now in the Cabinet des Medailles of the Bibliotheque Nationale. Caylus travelled extensively in Italy and continued on to the Levant in the suite of the French ambassador to the Porte, c. 1715-20, but certainly well before 1731 when he was elected to the Academie Royale de Peinture. He was one of the most interesting figures of his time, an archaeologist, connoisseur, litterateur and a competent engraver." (Blackmer).Provenance: Sir William Whitfield CBE (1920-2019), one of the most significant British architects of the second half of the 20th century, notable for his ground-breaking designs for major public projects including Glasgow University Library, the Hunterian Art Gallery (1960-1968), Richmond House in Whitehall (1982-1984), recently selected as one of London’s ten most iconic Postmodern Buildings, Hereford Cathedral’s Mappa Mundi Library (1996), and Hawksmoor’s Baroque masterpiece Christ Church Spitalfields, slowly and carefully restored over three decades from 1970 to 2000 under his direction. He was Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul’s Cathedral between 1985 and 1990.
A collector's lot to include: 1. 1937 Coronation (Edward VIII) leaflet for London transport arrangements (Bus, Underground, Tram, Cars & Taxicabs)2. Liverpool Bay 1925, bound map issued by Marine Surveyor & Water Baliff Drawing Office3. early 20th Century album with dedication dated May 10th 1920 containing a large collection of photographs, postcards - military, topographical, birthday, Sweetheart, animals etc 4. early 20th Century brass bugle (4)
A rare Indian Navy Officer’s China 1842 Medal awarded to Lieutenant, later Commander, A. M. Grieve, who during his service was reputed to be one of the ablest surveyors in the Indian Navy China 1842 (A. J. Grieve, Lieut. H.E.I.C. S. Sesostris) edge bruising, otherwise very fine or better £1,400-£1,800 --- Of the 577 medals issued to European crew of H.E.I.C. Ships, just 37 were recorded as known giving a survival rate of around 6%. As such medals to H.E.I.C. ships are very rare. Of these medals, just 7 medals were recorded as known to Officers ranked Lieutenant or above. Albany Moore Grieve was born on 21 June 1817 at Llanfair Kilgedin, Monmouthshire and joined the Indian Navy as a Midshipman on 20 May 1831, and served aboard Elphinstone (1833-35), Coote (1835), Palinurus (1837), and Shannon (1838-39). A memorial signed by twenty four officers, including Midshipman Grieve, was sent in February 1838, stating that they agreed to abide by certain changes to service conditions, namely the conversion of the Indian Navy from sailing to steam vessels, and that they would stay in the service despite the stagnation in promotion prospects. Grieve was promoted to Lieutenant in 1841 (seniority date of 11 October 1841) and served in the First China War 1841-2, when it seems he initially served aboard the 6-gun paddle-steamer sloop, Atalanta in 1841. Atalanta was attached, and was mentioned in despatches for his part in the storming of the French fort and line of the batteries in front of Canton on the 26th of May 1841. Atalanta returned to Bombay in August 1841 and it seems likely that Grieve joined the 4-gun steam Sesostris at some point between June and August 1841 as Sesostris on arrived on Station in shortly before Atalanta left. At the capture of Amoy, on the 26th of August 1841, the Sesostris and Queen steamed up to the long battery, consisting of seventy-six guns, on the right of the harbour; these allowed them to come very near without firing. The first shot was fired at the Sesostris and was followed by eleven others before she returned the compliment; she then, however, kept up a good fire from three of her guns, passed along the whole length of the battery (more than half a mile) till she came opposite the white semicircular battery, behind which the suburbs of the town on this side of the hill commence ; here she remained all alone for more than half-an-hour, firing shot and shell at the battery and into the town in right good style, when she was relieved by the Wellesley and Blenheim. More details of Atalanta and Sesostris service can be found in the books included with this medal. In late 1845 he did important work when employed as an assistant surveyor on the Arabian Coast whilst aboard Palinurus (1844-50), also producing an unpublished survey, a large scale plan of Masireh Island and Straits in 1846 and in 1848, Grieve was employed in surveying the Somali coast in Africa. Reputed to be one of the ablest surveyors in the Indian Navy, he served in command of Euphrates from 1853 until promoted to Commander on 3 July 1856. Grieve commanded the sailing Sloop-of-War Clive during the Persian War, and was closely involved in the bombardment of Mohammerah on 26 March 1857, when the firing of simultaneous broadsides with Falkland into the opposing batteries ‘drew forth expressions of admiration from nautical spectators aboard the on-looking transports’. It was later reported that ‘this eminent surveyor and smart officer died suddenly on 17 January 1858’. Sold with copied research. Note: Grieve’s India General Service Medal with clasp Persia was sold in these rooms in March 2020.
Moller (Georg). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der deutschen Baukunst des Mittelalters, Darmstadt: Heyer and Leske, 1821, 72 engraved plates, fore and bottom edge untrimmed, lightly spotted, contemporary half calf gilt over green marbled boards, joints weak, rubbed, folio, together with:Society of Antiquaries of London. Vetusta Monumenta quae ad rerum Britannicarum memoriam conservandam Societas Antiquariorum Londini sumptu suo edenda curavit, volumes 4 & 5 only [of 6], London: 1815, 84 engraved plates, armorial bookplate of F.E. Sotheby to front pastedown, lightly dust-soiled, hinges repaired. later blue half morocco gilt, rubbed, folio, with another relatedQTY: (3)NOTE:Provenance: Sir William Whitfield CBE (1920-2019), one of the most significant British architects of the second half of the 20th century, notable for his ground-breaking designs for major public projects including Glasgow University Library, the Hunterian Art Gallery (1960-1968), Richmond House in Whitehall (1982-1984), recently selected as one of London’s ten most iconic Postmodern Buildings, Hereford Cathedral’s Mappa Mundi Library (1996), and Hawksmoor’s Baroque masterpiece Christ Church Spitalfields, slowly and carefully restored over three decades from 1970 to 2000 under his direction. He was Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul’s Cathedral between 1985 and 1990.
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