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Various Beatrix Potter and other children's books, small oil painting and a watercolour

Garman Morris, watercolour, view at Lizard head, signed with initials, 5ins x 15ins, gilt framed (a/f), a signed Limited Edition print of British Airways Concorde, signed by Captain Jock Lowe and Anthony Hansard, No. 1674 of 1950, a late 19th or early 20th Century Japanese painting on silk, lake scene with boats before Mount Fuji together with a similar moonlit lake scene, both in lacquer frames

A CHINESE INK AND WATERCOLOUR ‘PRUNUS AND INSECT’ SCROLL ATTRIBUTED TO YUAN HONGSONG, 1910 - 2012 the gnarled moss-covered branches painted with clusters of white prunus blossoms amongst early spring leaves, a red dragonfly atop a bare branch with a cricket descending towards another within the lower register of the painting, inscribed with script and two iron red seals, the ivory silk border woven with phoenixes amongst clouds, the seals reading Mian Sheng, a pseudonym adopted by Yuan Hongsong, the calligraphy loosely translating to, ‘following the style of Ju Lian, painted in the autumn of the Gui Chou Year (1973) by Mian Sheng 157cm high, 43cm wide

A 19th Century watercolour "The Connoisseur" subject admiring a classical or old master painting in carved giltwood frame, unsigned. H=22, W=29cm

A lot of mixed posters including a Kashmir Watercolour Painting Book by Dina Nath Wall and a 1905 calendar John Cattanach, Ironmongers, Edinburgh (a large lot)

Early 20th C watercolour painting of birds in a natural setting Larks

19th century watercolour of a girl carrying a water pitcher. Indistinct signature lower centre of the painting, framed and glazed

A fabulous and original painting of a British Racing Motors mechanic crew and No.12 racing car. Annotated by the artist to the lower edge 'Would you buy a card from this man?' 'Robin says; 1 Lady Driver Owner - Just For Shopping - unusual clearance - 4,000 miles on clock, own mechanic!'. Painted in watercolour, pastel and other media. Signed by artist Mike Francis ' Francis .'  NOTE: From a rare collection of original Mike Francis artwork for Castella Cigars ' Donington Collection ' cigar / cigarette cards and the accompanying album. Each piece is roughly 25cm x 40cm (some odd sizes). All appear centrally finished, and many have annotations such as page or size references to the margins. Each painting shows fabulous detail, many with famous drivers accurately represented. These were, at one point, on display in the Donington Racecourse Museum.   

A fabulous and original painting of a Maserati racing car with driver. Painted in watercolour, pastel and other media. Signed by artist Mike Francis ' Francis .'  NOTE: From a rare collection of original Mike Francis artwork for Castella Cigars ' Donington Collection ' cigar / cigarette cards and the accompanying album. Each piece is roughly 25cm x 40cm (some odd sizes). All appear centrally finished, and many have annotations such as page or size references to the margins. Each painting shows fabulous detail, many with famous drivers accurately represented. These were, at one point, on display in the Donington Racecourse Museum. 

A fabulous and original painting of a Lotus racing car No.12 with driver. Painted in watercolour, pastel and other media. Signed by artist Mike Francis ' Francis .'  NOTE: From a rare collection of original Mike Francis artwork for Castella Cigars ' Donington Collection ' cigar / cigarette cards and the accompanying album. Each piece is roughly 25cm x 40cm (some odd sizes). All appear centrally finished, and many have annotations such as page or size references to the margins. Each painting shows fabulous detail, many with famous drivers accurately represented. These were, at one point, on display in the Donington Racecourse Museum. 

A fabulous and original painting of a 1952 Thin Wall Special racing car with driver. Painted in watercolour, pastel and other media. Signed by artist Mike Francis ' Francis .'  NOTE: From a rare collection of original Mike Francis artwork for Castella Cigars ' Donington Collection ' cigar / cigarette cards and the accompanying album. Each piece is roughly 25cm x 40cm (some odd sizes). All appear centrally finished, and many have annotations such as page or size references to the margins. Each painting shows fabulous detail, many with famous drivers accurately represented. These were, at one point, on display in the Donington Racecourse Museum. 

A fabulous and original painting of a Lotus No. 17 racing car with driver. Painted in watercolour, pastel and other media. Signed by artist Mike Francis ' Francis .'  NOTE: From a rare collection of original Mike Francis artwork for Castella Cigars ' Donington Collection ' cigar / cigarette cards and the accompanying album. Each piece is roughly 25cm x 40cm (some odd sizes). All appear centrally finished, and many have annotations such as page or size references to the margins. Each painting shows fabulous detail, many with famous drivers accurately represented. These were, at one point, on display in the Donington Racecourse Museum. 

A fabulous and original painting of a Porsche 718 No.17 racing car with driver. Painted in watercolour, pastel and other media. Signed by artist Mike Francis ' Francis .'  NOTE: From a rare collection of original Mike Francis artwork for Castella Cigars ' Donington Collection ' cigar / cigarette cards and the accompanying album. Each piece is roughly 25cm x 40cm (some odd sizes). All appear centrally finished, and many have annotations such as page or size references to the margins. Each painting shows fabulous detail, many with famous drivers accurately represented. These were, at one point, on display in the Donington Racecourse Museum. 

A fabulous and original painting of a Bugatti T13C racing car with driver. Painted in watercolour, pastel and other media. Signed by artist Mike Francis ' Francis .'  NOTE: From a rare collection of original Mike Francis artwork for Castella Cigars ' Donington Collection ' cigar / cigarette cards and the accompanying album. Each piece is roughly 25cm x 40cm (some odd sizes). All appear centrally finished, and many have annotations such as page or size references to the margins. Each painting shows fabulous detail, many with famous drivers accurately represented. These were, at one point, on display in the Donington Racecourse Museum. 

A fabulous and original painting of a 1966 Brabham racing car with driver. Painted in watercolour, pastel and other media. Signed by artist Mike Francis ' Francis .'  NOTE: From a rare collection of original Mike Francis artwork for Castella Cigars ' Donington Collection ' cigar / cigarette cards and the accompanying album. Each piece is roughly 25cm x 40cm (some odd sizes). All appear centrally finished, and many have annotations such as page or size references to the margins. Each painting shows fabulous detail, many with famous drivers accurately represented. These were, at one point, on display in the Donington Racecourse Museum. 

A fabulous and original painting of a racing car with driver. Painted in watercolour, pastel and other media. Signed by artist Mike Francis ' Francis .'  NOTE: From a rare collection of original Mike Francis artwork for Castella Cigars ' Donington Collection ' cigar / cigarette cards and the accompanying album. Each piece is roughly 25cm x 40cm (some odd sizes). All appear centrally finished, and many have annotations such as page or size references to the margins. Each painting shows fabulous detail, many with famous drivers accurately represented. These were, at one point, on display in the Donington Racecourse Museum. 

A fabulous and original painting of two racing 1933 Austin Sevens. Painted in watercolour, pastel and other media. Signed by artist Mike Francis ' Francis .'  NOTE: From a rare collection of original Mike Francis artwork for Castella Cigars ' Donington Collection ' cigar / cigarette cards and the accompanying album. Each piece is roughly 25cm x 40cm (some odd sizes). All appear centrally finished, and many have annotations such as page or size references to the margins. Each painting shows fabulous detail, many with famous drivers accurately represented. These were, at one point, on display in the Donington Racecourse Museum. 

A fabulous and original painting of a 1954 BRM racing car being worked on trackside. Painted in watercolour, pastel and other media. Signed by artist Mike Francis ' Francis .'  NOTE: From a rare collection of original Mike Francis artwork for Castella Cigars ' Donington Collection ' cigar / cigarette cards and the accompanying album. Each piece is roughly 25cm x 40cm (some odd sizes). All appear centrally finished, and many have annotations such as page or size references to the margins. Each painting shows fabulous detail, many with famous drivers accurately represented. These were, at one point, on display in the Donington Racecourse Museum. 

A fabulous and original painting of a March 701 racing car with crew. Detailed birds eye view. Painted in watercolour, pastel and other media. Signed by artist Mike Francis ' Francis .'  NOTE: From a rare collection of original Mike Francis artwork for Castella Cigars ' Donington Collection ' cigar / cigarette cards and the accompanying album. Each piece is roughly 25cm x 40cm (some odd sizes). All appear centrally finished, and many have annotations such as page or size references to the margins. Each painting shows fabulous detail, many with famous drivers accurately represented. These were, at one point, on display in the Donington Racecourse Museum. 

A fabulous and original painting of a Lotus 25 No.2 racing car with driver. Painted in watercolour, pastel and other media. Signed by artist Mike Francis ' Francis .'  NOTE: From a rare collection of original Mike Francis artwork for Castella Cigars ' Donington Collection ' cigar / cigarette cards and the accompanying album. Each piece is roughly 25cm x 40cm (some odd sizes). All appear centrally finished, and many have annotations such as page or size references to the margins. Each painting shows fabulous detail, many with famous drivers accurately represented. These were, at one point, on display in the Donington Racecourse Museum. 

A fabulous and original painting of a Lotus racing car No.20 with driver. Painted in watercolour, pastel and other media. Signed by artist Mike Francis ' Francis .'  NOTE: From a rare collection of original Mike Francis artwork for Castella Cigars ' Donington Collection ' cigar / cigarette cards and the accompanying album. Each piece is roughly 25cm x 40cm (some odd sizes). All appear centrally finished, and many have annotations such as page or size references to the margins. Each painting shows fabulous detail, many with famous drivers accurately represented. These were, at one point, on display in the Donington Racecourse Museum. 

A fabulous and original painting of a 1968 Lotus Ford 493 racing car with driver. Painted in watercolour, pastel and other media. Signed by artist Mike Francis ' Francis .'  NOTE: From a rare collection of original Mike Francis artwork for Castella Cigars ' Donington Collection ' cigar / cigarette cards and the accompanying album. Each piece is roughly 25cm x 40cm (some odd sizes). All appear centrally finished, and many have annotations such as page or size references to the margins. Each painting shows fabulous detail, many with famous drivers accurately represented. These were, at one point, on display in the Donington Racecourse Museum. 

A fabulous and original painting of a 1950's Maserati racing car with driver. Painted in watercolour, pastel and other media. Signed by artist Mike Francis ' Francis .'  NOTE: From a rare collection of original Mike Francis artwork for Castella Cigars ' Donington Collection ' cigar / cigarette cards and the accompanying album. Each piece is roughly 25cm x 40cm (some odd sizes). All appear centrally finished, and many have annotations such as page or size references to the margins. Each painting shows fabulous detail, many with famous drivers accurately represented. These were, at one point, on display in the Donington Racecourse Museum. 

A fabulous and original painting of a Ferrari veteran racing car with driver. Painted in watercolour, pastel and other media. Signed by artist Mike Francis ' Francis .'  NOTE: From a rare collection of original Mike Francis artwork for Castella Cigars ' Donington Collection ' cigar / cigarette cards and the accompanying album. Each piece is roughly 25cm x 40cm (some odd sizes). All appear centrally finished, and many have annotations such as page or size references to the margins. Each painting shows fabulous detail, many with famous drivers accurately represented. These were, at one point, on display in the Donington Racecourse Museum. 

A fabulous and original painting of a 1971 Lotus Gas Turbine F1 racing car with driver. Painted in watercolour, pastel and other media. Signed by artist Mike Francis ' Francis .'  NOTE: From a rare collection of original Mike Francis artwork for Castella Cigars ' Donington Collection ' cigar / cigarette cards and the accompanying album. Each piece is roughly 25cm x 40cm (some odd sizes). All appear centrally finished, and many have annotations such as page or size references to the margins. Each painting shows fabulous detail, many with famous drivers accurately represented. These were, at one point, on display in the Donington Racecourse Museum. 

A fabulous and original painting of a Formula One racing car with crew. Painted in watercolour, pastel and other media. Signed by artist Mike Francis ' Francis .'  NOTE: From a rare collection of original Mike Francis artwork for Castella Cigars ' Donington Collection ' cigar / cigarette cards and the accompanying album. Each piece is roughly 25cm x 40cm (some odd sizes). All appear centrally finished, and many have annotations such as page or size references to the margins. Each painting shows fabulous detail, many with famous drivers accurately represented. These were, at one point, on display in the Donington Racecourse Museum. 

A fabulous and original painting of a 1951 Cooper Norton racing car with driver. Painted in watercolour, pastel and other media. Signed by artist Mike Francis ' Francis .'  NOTE: From a rare collection of original Mike Francis artwork for Castella Cigars ' Donington Collection ' cigar / cigarette cards and the accompanying album. Each piece is roughly 25cm x 40cm (some odd sizes). All appear centrally finished, and many have annotations such as page or size references to the margins. Each painting shows fabulous detail, many with famous drivers accurately represented. These were, at one point, on display in the Donington Racecourse Museum. 

A fabulous and original painting of a 1978 Brabham Fan Car racing car with driver. Painted in watercolour, pastel and other media. Signed by artist Mike Francis ' Francis .'  NOTE: From a rare collection of original Mike Francis artwork for Castella Cigars ' Donington Collection ' cigar / cigarette cards and the accompanying album. Each piece is roughly 25cm x 40cm (some odd sizes). All appear centrally finished, and many have annotations such as page or size references to the margins. Each painting shows fabulous detail, many with famous drivers accurately represented. These were, at one point, on display in the Donington Racecourse Museum. 

A fabulous and original painting of a 1966 Eagle Coventry Climax racing car with driver. Painted in watercolour, pastel and other media. Signed by artist Mike Francis ' Francis .'  NOTE: From a rare collection of original Mike Francis artwork for Castella Cigars ' Donington Collection ' cigar / cigarette cards and the accompanying album. Each piece is roughly 25cm x 40cm (some odd sizes). All appear centrally finished, and many have annotations such as page or size references to the margins. Each painting shows fabulous detail, many with famous drivers accurately represented. These were, at one point, on display in the Donington Racecourse Museum. 

A fabulous and original painting of a Cooper Bristol No.39 racing car with driver crossing the finishing line. Painted in watercolour, pastel and other media. Signed by artist Mike Francis ' Francis .'  NOTE: From a rare collection of original Mike Francis artwork for Castella Cigars ' Donington Collection ' cigar / cigarette cards and the accompanying album. Each piece is roughly 25cm x 40cm (some odd sizes). All appear centrally finished, and many have annotations such as page or size references to the margins. Each painting shows fabulous detail, many with famous drivers accurately represented. These were, at one point, on display in the Donington Racecourse Museum. 

A fabulous and original painting of a 1961 Ferguson racing car with driver. Painted in watercolour, pastel and other media. Signed by artist Mike Francis ' Francis .'  NOTE: From a rare collection of original Mike Francis artwork for Castella Cigars ' Donington Collection ' cigar / cigarette cards and the accompanying album. Each piece is roughly 25cm x 40cm (some odd sizes). All appear centrally finished, and many have annotations such as page or size references to the margins. Each painting shows fabulous detail, many with famous drivers accurately represented. These were, at one point, on display in the Donington Racecourse Museum. 

A fabulous and original painting of a 1972 Lotus John Player Special racing car with driver. Painted in watercolour, pastel and other media. Signed by artist Mike Francis ' Francis .'  NOTE: From a rare collection of original Mike Francis artwork for Castella Cigars ' Donington Collection ' cigar / cigarette cards and the accompanying album. Each piece is roughly 25cm x 40cm (some odd sizes). All appear centrally finished, and many have annotations such as page or size references to the margins. Each painting shows fabulous detail, many with famous drivers accurately represented. These were, at one point, on display in the Donington Racecourse Museum. 

A fabulous and original painting of a veteran racing car with driver. Painted in watercolour, pastel and other media. Signed by artist Mike Francis ' Francis .'  NOTE: From a rare collection of original Mike Francis artwork for Castella Cigars ' Donington Collection ' cigar / cigarette cards and the accompanying album. Each piece is roughly 25cm x 40cm (some odd sizes). All appear centrally finished, and many have annotations such as page or size references to the margins. Each painting shows fabulous detail, many with famous drivers accurately represented. These were, at one point, on display in the Donington Racecourse Museum. 

A fabulous and original painting of a 1971 Tyrrell Ford racing car with driver. Painted in watercolour, pastel and other media. Signed by artist Mike Francis ' Francis .'  NOTE: From a rare collection of original Mike Francis artwork for Castella Cigars ' Donington Collection ' cigar / cigarette cards and the accompanying album. Each piece is roughly 25cm x 40cm (some odd sizes). All appear centrally finished, and many have annotations such as page or size references to the margins. Each painting shows fabulous detail, many with famous drivers accurately represented. These were, at one point, on display in the Donington Racecourse Museum. 

Theodore Howard Somervell (1890-1975), watercolour, "St. Sophia". 28 cm x 37 cm, framed, signed (see illustration). ARR CONDITION REPORT: We are unable to decipher the date of the painting. It could be 1970 however this would seem a little late.

Carol McDermott, watercolour, "Near the Tarn". 28 cm x 28 cm, signed. CONDITION REPORT: The painting is framed and glazed. The condition is generally good. There is a slight crease to the paper on the right hand side through the right hand tree. This is however fairly insignificant. The picture could be hung and enjoyed in its current state without the need for any work.

Arthur Severn, watercolour, coastal scene. 50 cm x 72 cm, signed and dated 1889. CONDITION REPORT: The painting is under glass. The back of the glass is very dirty and gives the impression that there are numerous brown spots to the watercolour. In reality the majority of these are actually on the back of the glass. There are however traces of foxing to the mid section of the painting which in our opinion is not particularly problematic. The picture needs removing from the frame, remounting and reframing. We cannot see any damage to the picture itself and there is no evidence of any repairs or restoration.

Louis le Brocquy HRHA (1916-2012)Fan Tailed Pigeons (528)Oil on canvas, 38 x 46cm (15 x 18'')Signed and dated 1985 verso and inscribed on stretcher 528, Fan Tailed Pigeons 1985Provenance: From the collection of the late Gillian Bowler.Exhibited: The Taylor Gallery, Dublin (label verso)For someone who devoted so much of his career to representations of humans, either as travellers, mythical warriors, or studies of individual or generic presences, Louis le Brocquy was a particularly fine interpreter of animals and birds. Some of his most powerful paintings were of Irish Travellers in the 1940s and it is in his depictions of their lives that we find his first images of animals and birds. One of these, ‘Tinker Group’, a 1947 watercolour shown in ‘Louis le Brocquy; Allegory and Legend’, at the Hunt Museum in 2006, has as its shocking central motif a traveller woman dangling a mouse by the tail, to be followed a year later by ‘Man Creating Bird’ shown in the same exhibition. Later he based one of his most important early tapestries, ‘The Garlanded Goat’, 1949, on the goat at Puck Fair in Killorglin and later still, in 1969, he produced one of the most powerful birds in Irish visual culture - the Morrigan, as part of his illustrations to Thomas Kinsella’s translation of ‘The Táin’ legend. With the possible exception of the mouse, all of these portrayals of the bird and animal kingdom are symbolic, they represent remnants of a pagan culture, of beauty and creativity, and of the heroic. What they share is le Brocquy’s acute observation of the creatures’ salient features and an effortless ability to transmit their animal outrage, terror or sense of self-worth in paint. The dove, is widely recognised as a symbol of peace. Picasso is one of many artists who have painted it for this reason and having lived through two devastating world wars and decades of strife in Northern Ireland, it might be expected that Le Brocquy’s doves would also carry this symbolic weight. However, his ‘Fan-tailed Pigeons’ are too caught up in the flurry of their mating rituals to embody anything else. Instead the painting seems to belong, like his occasional still life paintings, to those moments when the artist relaxed and painted the things closest to him simply for the pleasure of it. The white, blue-grey palette, so familiar from his head paintings, is enlivened here by the vigour of the brushwork.Catherine Marshall, April 2017

Yu Sheng,Watercolour scroll painting, pheasant & songbirds, text inscription, main panel 36" x 16.5", & 4 Oriental scroll prints by Kong Xiasyu (5)

Flann O'Brien's Bookcase / DeskA large William IV period Irish mahogany Secretaire Bookcase, the moulded cornice over two glazed doors, and a pull out writing drawer with drop front and moveable writing slope, and with two panel doors underneath, 84" high, 46"wide; together with a watercolour painting of the same bookcase by his late brother, Michael O'Nuallain, and two black and white photographs of Brian O'Nolan & the other of his mother with three children of the family. (4)

A watercolour painting of St. Andrew's castle, Fife, signed J Hennah

20TH CENTURY WATERCOLOUR PAINTING "Dessert Landscape with Camel Train", monogrammed V.H.B., 37cm x 53cm, mounted in gilt glazed frame

HENRY DRAGE "Fishermen Return" beaching sail boats, figures on the fore shore, Watercolour painting, signed, 21cm x 29cm, mounted in gilt glazed frame

Small maritime oil painting, watercolour portrait, enamel thermometer, plaster figure of Lil Bilocca, mantel clock etc

Francis E. Nesbitt 1864 - 1934 Titled ' On The Nile ' Watercolour. Painting Size Only 3.5 x 9 Inches. Mounted and Framed Behind Glass. Ex Artists Studio Collection.

Watercolour of a landscape signed George Oyston together with an oil painting of a lakeland view. Label to reverse saying S Lawson Booth

MARK AVERILL, The Last Defence War scene, watercolour, signed and dated (19)92, 45.5cm x 55cm, together with Dresser, Seascape, oil on canvas, 59.5cm x 90cm, together with another modern oil painting (3)

Circa 1930. A framed and glazed watercolour painting (unsigned) by Vernon Edwards depicting a Jurassic marine scene with fish, reptiles and other ancient life forms. 2.4 kg, 68 x 41cm (26 3/4 x 16"). Fine ConditionFrom the historic collection of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd; acquired by Percy Bottley of Gregory, Bottley & Co. in the 1930s; formerly from a historic natural history art collection, the artistic work of palaeontologist, Commander Vernon Edwards. See Swinton, Dr William Elgin, Monsters of Primeval Days, London, 1931; see also, same author, The Dinosaurs - A Short History of a Great Group of Extinct Reptiles, London, 1934 wherein many of the drawings, models and dioramas created by Edwards are published, described and illustrated (the author at the Natural History Museum, London, 1924-1961 later Director of Life Sciences, Royal Ontario Museum, Canada, died 1994").Vernon Edwards is credited as being one of the most talented and influential dinosaur model makers of the 20th century. His work has appeared in museums and galleries around the world; it was a major influence on movie producers and early special effects creators, particularly when films such as The Lost World and King Kong began to showcase dinosaurs as part of the increasingly popular ‘monster movies’ of the 1920's and 30's. Edwards was born in 1891 into a naval family and attended Weymouth College. In 1914 he joined the navy and served throughout World War One; after the war he found it difficult to adjust to civilian life and, among other professions, tried his hand at farming. His greatest passion was model making, being self taught in art and anatomy, and it was whilst staying with family in Sussex in the early 1920's that he met Dr F.A. Bather, Keeper of Geology at the British Museum. Dr. Bather was impressed by the detailed and accurate models that Edwards was producing and asked him to produce a series of prehistoric models for the British Museum (Natural History), now known as the Natural History Museum. Vernon Edwards was given access to the museum's collections and scientific monographs, so the models he produced were up to date reconstructions which were then authenticated by Dr. Bather and later by Dr. W.E. Swinton for scientific accuracy. His major work for the Museum was a series of dioramas which graced the 'Fossil Fish' gallery until the late 1970's.The models proved to be very popular and many museums around the world would order them to highlight their growing and increasingly popular collections of paleontological specimens; the largest collections in the UK can now be found in Bolton Museum and the Horniman Museum, London. At this time Edward’s work would also go on to be used for cigarette cards, as well as appearing in many popular magazines, such as The Illustrated London News and The Listener, but it was the publication of The Dinosaurs: A Short History of a Great Group of Extinct Reptiles, by W.E. Swinton, the first serious dinosaur book ever produced, that would place his work at the forefront of academic and popular imagination.Commercial production of the models was time-consuming, which made the models expensive, so very few were produced other than for museums. Being of plaster they were also fragile, so very few outside well-conserved museum collections survive undamaged. The items in this collection are a selection of original sketches and paintings by Vernon Edwards, master models from which moulds were taken, and stock models produced for sale by Gregory Bottley & Co.M.E. Howgate M.Sc. FLS (Authority on Vernon Edwards) [7 No Reserve]   

Circa 1930.A framed and glazed watercolour painting (unsigned) by Vernon Edwards depicting a Devonian marine scene with fish, and other ancient life forms in the foreground, arid landscape in the background. 3.3 kg, 82 x 51cm (32 x 20"). Fine ConditionFrom the historic collection of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd; acquired by Percy Bottley of Gregory, Bottley & Co. in the 1930s; formerly from a historic natural history art collection, the artistic work of palaeontologist, Commander Vernon Edwards. See Swinton, Dr William Elgin, Monsters of Primeval Days, London, 1931; see also, same author, The Dinosaurs - A Short History of a Great Group of Extinct Reptiles, London, 1934 wherein many of the drawings, models and dioramas created by Edwards are published, described and illustrated (the author at the Natural History Museum, London, 1924-1961 later Director of Life Sciences, Royal Ontario Museum, Canada, died 1994").Vernon Edwards is credited as being one of the most talented and influential dinosaur model makers of the 20th century. His work has appeared in museums and galleries around the world; it was a major influence on movie producers and early special effects creators, particularly when films such as The Lost World and King Kong began to showcase dinosaurs as part of the increasingly popular ‘monster movies’ of the 1920's and 30's. Edwards was born in 1891 into a naval family and attended Weymouth College. In 1914 he joined the navy and served throughout World War One; after the war he found it difficult to adjust to civilian life and, among other professions, tried his hand at farming. His greatest passion was model making, being self taught in art and anatomy, and it was whilst staying with family in Sussex in the early 1920's that he met Dr F.A. Bather, Keeper of Geology at the British Museum. Dr. Bather was impressed by the detailed and accurate models that Edwards was producing and asked him to produce a series of prehistoric models for the British Museum (Natural History), now known as the Natural History Museum. Vernon Edwards was given access to the museum's collections and scientific monographs, so the models he produced were up to date reconstructions which were then authenticated by Dr. Bather and later by Dr. W.E. Swinton for scientific accuracy. His major work for the Museum was a series of dioramas which graced the 'Fossil Fish' gallery until the late 1970's.The models proved to be very popular and many museums around the world would order them to highlight their growing and increasingly popular collections of paleontological specimens; the largest collections in the UK can now be found in Bolton Museum and the Horniman Museum, London. At this time Edward’s work would also go on to be used for cigarette cards, as well as appearing in many popular magazines, such as The Illustrated London News and The Listener, but it was the publication of The Dinosaurs: A Short History of a Great Group of Extinct Reptiles, by W.E. Swinton, the first serious dinosaur book ever produced, that would place his work at the forefront of academic and popular imagination.Commercial production of the models was time-consuming, which made the models expensive, so very few were produced other than for museums. Being of plaster they were also fragile, so very few outside well-conserved museum collections survive undamaged. The items in this collection are a selection of original sketches and paintings by Vernon Edwards, master models from which moulds were taken, and stock models produced for sale by Gregory Bottley & Co.M.E. Howgate M.Sc. FLS (Authority on Vernon Edwards) [7 No Reserve]   

1928-1937. A mixed group of photographs and documents relating to the work of Vernon Edwards comprising: a typescript article titled 'Photographing Extinct Vertebrates' with pencilled notation 'Sir Wm Bragg before 10th' and covering enclosure note from Vernon Edwards dated 16th August 1930 to 'Baker'; a monochrome photograph of a tree-felling diorama with inked notation 'This appeared in the Museums Journal Feb 1939; a monochrome photograph of a coaching diorama with inked notation 'Will appear in the Museums Journal'; four monochrome photographs with fossil fern texture and advertisement; in an envelop marked 'Edwards 1937'; a monochrome photograph of a fossil fern with pencil notation 'Adiantite Hibernia from the Devonian Kiltorean Co. Kilkenny Ireland'; set of fifteen glossy flyers for the Moropus model issued by R.F. Damon & Co., London; five sets of monochrome photographs illustrating painted scenes, each with folded typescript detailing the species illustrated;monochrome photograph on card of a dinosaur, pencil notation to the reverse, signature and date 1928; pencil sketch titled 'Middle + Upper Devonian' with fish and notation '12 species 5 models'; monochrome frontispiece to the 'B.M. Guide Geology' with seascape and fish; a hand-tinted background sketch with pencilled fish; various paper sheets with calculations and draft accounts, etc.; a tracing paper image of the Virgin Mary with child; two display cards with text and a third with images of Ostracoderms; a watercolour sketch with notation to the reverse 'Preparatory sketch for the painting of the Coal Measures Scene now in Aylesbury Museum'.531 grams total, watercolour: 50 x 103cm (20 x 40 1/2"). Fine ConditonFrom the historic collection of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd; acquired by Percy Bottley of Gregory, Bottley & Co. in the 1930s; formerly from a historic natural history art collection, the artistic work of palaeontologist, Commander Vernon Edwards. See Swinton, Dr William Elgin, Monsters of Primeval Days, London, 1931; see also, same author, The Dinosaurs - A Short History of a Great Group of Extinct Reptiles, London, 1934 wherein many of the drawings, models and dioramas created by Edwards are published, described and illustrated (the author at the Natural History Museum, London, 1924-1961 later Director of Life Sciences, Royal Ontario Museum, Canada, died 1994").From the historic collection of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd; acquired by Percy Bottley of Gregory, Bottley & Co. in the 1930s; formerly from a historic natural history art collection, the artistic work of palaeontologist, Commander Vernon Edwards. See Swinton, Dr William Elgin, Monsters of Primeval Days, London, 1931; see also, same author, The Dinosaurs - A Short History of a Great Group of Extinct Reptiles, London, 1934 wherein many of the drawings, models and dioramas created by Edwards are published, described and illustrated (the author at the Natural History Museum, London, 1924-1961 later Director of Life Sciences, Royal Ontario Museum, Canada, died 1994").Vernon Edwards is credited as being one of the most talented and influential dinosaur model makers of the 20th century. His work has appeared in museums and galleries around the world; it was a major influence on movie producers and early special effects creators, particularly when films such as The Lost World and King Kong began to showcase dinosaurs as part of the increasingly popular ‘monster movies’ of the 1920's and 30's. Edwards was born in 1891 into a naval family and attended Weymouth College. In 1914 he joined the navy and served throughout World War One; after the war he found it difficult to adjust to civilian life and, among other professions, tried his hand at farming. His greatest passion was model making, being self taught in art and anatomy, and it was whilst staying with family in Sussex in the early 1920's that he met Dr F.A. Bather, Keeper of Geology at the British Museum. Dr. Bather was impressed by the detailed and accurate models that Edwards was producing and asked him to produce a series of prehistoric models for the British Museum (Natural History), now known as the Natural History Museum. Vernon Edwards was given access to the museum's collections and scientific monographs, so the models he produced were up to date reconstructions which were then authenticated by Dr. Bather and later by Dr. W.E. Swinton for scientific accuracy. His major work for the Museum was a series of dioramas which graced the 'Fossil Fish' gallery until the late 1970's.The models proved to be very popular and many museums around the world would order them to highlight their growing and increasingly popular collections of paleontological specimens; the largest collections in the UK can now be found in Bolton Museum and the Horniman Museum, London. At this time Edward’s work would also go on to be used for cigarette cards, as well as appearing in many popular magazines, such as The Illustrated London News and The Listener, but it was the publication of The Dinosaurs: A Short History of a Great Group of Extinct Reptiles, by W.E. Swinton, the first serious dinosaur book ever produced, that would place his work at the forefront of academic and popular imagination.Commercial production of the models was time-consuming, which made the models expensive, so very few were produced other than for museums. Being of plaster they were also fragile, so very few outside well-conserved museum collections survive undamaged. The items in this collection are a selection of original sketches and paintings by Vernon Edwards, master models from which moulds were taken, and stock models produced for sale by Gregory Bottley & Co.M.E. Howgate M.Sc. FLS (Authority on Vernon Edwards) [7 No Reserve]   

Circa 1930.A monochrome watercolour painting signed by Vernon Edwards depicting a Dimetrodon gigas in a natural environment; plain card reveal. 85 grams, 30.5 x25.5cm (12 x 10"). Fine ConditionFrom the historic collection of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd; acquired by Percy Bottley of Gregory, Bottley & Co. in the 1930s; formerly from a historic natural history art collection, the artistic work of palaeontologist, Commander Vernon Edwards. See Swinton, Dr William Elgin, Monsters of Primeval Days, London, 1931; see also, same author, The Dinosaurs - A Short History of a Great Group of Extinct Reptiles, London, 1934 wherein many of the drawings, models and dioramas created by Edwards are published, described and illustrated (the author at the Natural History Museum, London, 1924-1961 later Director of Life Sciences, Royal Ontario Museum, Canada, died 1994").Vernon Edwards is credited as being one of the most talented and influential dinosaur model makers of the 20th century. His work has appeared in museums and galleries around the world; it was a major influence on movie producers and early special effects creators, particularly when films such as The Lost World and King Kong began to showcase dinosaurs as part of the increasingly popular ‘monster movies’ of the 1920's and 30's. Edwards was born in 1891 into a naval family and attended Weymouth College. In 1914 he joined the navy and served throughout World War One; after the war he found it difficult to adjust to civilian life and, among other professions, tried his hand at farming. His greatest passion was model making, being self taught in art and anatomy, and it was whilst staying with family in Sussex in the early 1920's that he met Dr F.A. Bather, Keeper of Geology at the British Museum. Dr. Bather was impressed by the detailed and accurate models that Edwards was producing and asked him to produce a series of prehistoric models for the British Museum (Natural History), now known as the Natural History Museum. Vernon Edwards was given access to the museum's collections and scientific monographs, so the models he produced were up to date reconstructions which were then authenticated by Dr. Bather and later by Dr. W.E. Swinton for scientific accuracy. His major work for the Museum was a series of dioramas which graced the 'Fossil Fish' gallery until the late 1970's.The models proved to be very popular and many museums around the world would order them to highlight their growing and increasingly popular collections of paleontological specimens; the largest collections in the UK can now be found in Bolton Museum and the Horniman Museum, London. At this time Edward’s work would also go on to be used for cigarette cards, as well as appearing in many popular magazines, such as The Illustrated London News and The Listener, but it was the publication of The Dinosaurs: A Short History of a Great Group of Extinct Reptiles, by W.E. Swinton, the first serious dinosaur book ever produced, that would place his work at the forefront of academic and popular imagination.Commercial production of the models was time-consuming, which made the models expensive, so very few were produced other than for museums. Being of plaster they were also fragile, so very few outside well-conserved museum collections survive undamaged. The items in this collection are a selection of original sketches and paintings by Vernon Edwards, master models from which moulds were taken, and stock models produced for sale by Gregory Bottley & Co.M.E. Howgate M.Sc. FLS (Authority on Vernon Edwards) [7 No Reserve]  

A late 19th century oil painting on canvas of a river scene with figure in a punt, cattle watering, etc, signed bottom left Kate E Foster and dated 1891 (?), inscribed verso On The Old Lea, 31 x 50 cm approx together with a further late 19th century oil painting on board, signed with initials bottom right EB and inscribed verso Warwick, a further watercolour and three coloured prints of marine subjects.

Martin Hardie, Watercolour Painting in Britain, 3 volumes - The 18th Century, The Romantic Period and The Victorian Period, published by Batsford

A framed and mounted Watercolour of a country Landscape with figures on a path, an Oil painting depicting Still life of flowers and four prints of sailing ships

An Egyptian watercolour painting on papyrus - study of wild geese

An oil painting of a sailing boat by D. Deakin, along with large watercolour wash of clowns

A Chinese hanging scroll painting, 20th century, of five tigers, watercolour, Chinese character marks, 102 x 270 cm

LI XIONG CAI (1910-2001) Fishing vessel in deep gorge, watercolour on paper laid to silk, inner painting 143cm x 76cm, as a whole 218cm x 89cm. See illustration Li Xiong Cai was born in Gaoyeo or Guangdong Province. He received a basic training in art from his father. From 1935 he held various posts in the Guangzhou Art Institute, the Guangzhou Academy and the National Art Academy in Chonqing. He held a number of one-man exhibitions, including one in Hong Kong in 1982 - he produced many huge paintings from a few metres to over ten metres long. Condition report foxing and staining in several areas, it is rippling, not lying flat in the frame.

A FRAMED WATERCOLOUR PAINTING OF A CAMP FIRE SCENE

SIR FRANK BRANGWYN RA watercolour - three figures being a depiction of 'Susanna and the Elders', signed with initials, 18 x 25cms Auctioneer's note: an oil painting by the artist of the same subject is exhibited at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff