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Lot 1
Circle of Sir Edwin Landseer and Thomas Landseer (1802-1873). A STUDY OF A VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN, DRESSED IN PERIOD COSTUME AND A TOP HAT, KNEELING ON ONE KNEE. Inscribed on the margin below the drawing with the name "Sir Edwin Landseer R.A.", charcoal, white chalk and coloured chalks, {23.5cm by 16cm (9.25in by 6.25in)}; together with five further studies A SEATED GENTLEMAN WEARING RED ROBES AND BLACK HAT, HOLDING A BOOK ON HIS LEFT KNEE Inscribed "Thomas Landseer", {24cm by 16cm (9.5in by 6.25in)}; A GENTLEMAN WEARING A MONK'S HABIT, AND HOLDING A WOODEN STAFF IN HIS RIGHT HAND, WITH A CRUCIFIX HANGING FROM HIS WAIST Inscribed "Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A. by himself", {24cm by 16cm (9.5in by 6.25in)}; A STUDY OF A YOUNG MONK WEARING A HABIT, HOLDING A LARGE PLATE Inscribed "Thomas Landseer", {24cm by 16cm (9.5in by 6.25in)}; A STUDY OF A MONK, SEATED, DRINKING FROM A VESSEL {24cm by 16cm (9.5in by 6.25in)}; A STUDY OF A MONK, RECLINING, WEARING A HABIT Inscribed "Thomas Landseer", {16cm by 24cm (6.25in by 9.5in)}, all are contained within an album inscribed on the binding "Scrope's Salmon Fishing, Landseer Drawings" with a collector's label on the inside front page, for "Ray Livingstone Murphy", together with a black and white engraved coat of arms with the name "R. Meinertzhagen"