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Click here to subscribeUngerer (Tomi) Collection of Original Drawings, five of bizarre sexual contraptions, thirteen of couples and groups, fifteen in pen on thin paper, one with red crayon, sheets 210 x 295mm., one with an additional drawing on a conjugate leaf, three in pencil on thin paper, sheets 265 x 330mm., four with cartoon captions, ?1970s (18).
Sir William Orpen RA RI HRHA (1878-1931). NOLL POSING AS AN EGYPTIAN, signed in monogram and inscribed lower right. pencil drawing. 28 by 23cm., 11 by 9in. The drawing comes with a letter of valuation from art dealer and restorer James Gorry, dated 3 September 1987 (attached at reverse). 2,000-3,000 Euros (IR £1,600-£2,300 approx.)
Kick (Paul de) Huit jours au pas de Charge en Savoie et en Suisse, lithographed title, illustrations and letterpress, some slight foxing, drawing of a horse on front free endpaper, modern calf-backed boards, original lithographed boards inset, stained, slip-case, (Meckly 104), oblong 4to, (1845?).
Portraits.- The Drawing Room Portrait Gallery of Eminent Personages, 2 vol, portraits including Isambard Kingdon Brunel, W.E. Gladstone, Alexander von Humboldt and David Roberts, 80 engravings, each 400 x 270mm., some slight spotting, mostly marginal, original decorated cloth, slightly worn, folio, John Tallis, 1859-60. (2).
GEORGE CATTERMOLE (1800-1868) THE OPENING OF THE CASKET Bears a signature, watercolour and gouache 21.5 x 27.5cm.; with a watercolour and ink drawing attributed to WILLIAM STRANG, 24 x 30.5cm.; and another watercolour, indistinctly inscribed, 20.5 x 34. 5cm.(3)++ Mixed; generally fair to good.
FOLLOWER OF FREDERICK GOODALL, RA (1822-1904) HEAD STUDY OF A BEARDED ARAB; ARAB IN A TURBAN Two, each indistinctly inscribed in pencil, oil on canvas laid down on card Each 18 x 15cm. approx.; with an oval watercolour and pencil study of a gentleman's head, follower of RICHARD COSWAY, oval, 13 x 9.5cm.; and a pencil drawing of a standing lady, circa 1850, 15.5 x 7.5cm. (4)
Anna Mary Howitt (19th century), Two sheets bearing text inscribed by the artist, the first with a roundel depicting a pencil drawing of an old man above an extract of text; the second a poem 'The Spirit of Poetry', each signed and inscribed The Hermitage, Highgate, 1854, lower left, the first, text 25 x 35.5, roundel 23.5 cm diameter, the second 33.5 x 21.5 cm, each bears impressed mark upon the mount upper left, for De La Rue & Co., London Board, each unframed
Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827), Drawing for Twelfth Cake at St. Annes Hill, hand coloured etching, s. 27 x 41.5 cm, published by S.W. Fores, 50 Picadilly, January 16th, 1799, bears paper label verso for The Parker Gallery, 2 Albermarle Street, London, and three other similar satirical chromolithographs
Hamilton (George) The Elements of Drawing, 51 engraved plates (?of 52) including 10 hand-coloured, 8pp. advertisements at end, frontispiece and title browned, light foxing, mainly to plates, ink inscription to title, bookplate, contemporary boards rebacked with later red morocco, gilt, boards slightly rubbed, 8vo, 1812.
Wale (Samuel R.A.) (Sailors bringing tea ashore), drawing, pen and black ink over pencil, with grey wash, 163 x 150mm., unexamined out of frame, framed and glazed, mid 18th century. *** The drawing shows three women drinking tea around a fire in the countryside, as sailors unload a further shipment onto the shore. In the background a "Crown Inn" stands neglected and dilapidated. A label on the reverse suggests this to be a preparatory drawing for an engraving.
Architecture.- Hollar (Wenceslaus) (A Chalice), after a finely detailed drawing by Andrea Mantegna in the collection of the Earl of Arundel, etching, 465 x 240mm., narrow margins, upper three-quarters laid at edges onto a loose album leaf, horizontal fold, with a slight split, above lower quarter with an area of loss to the left side, not affecting image or title, two short tears and light creasing in this section, a surface abrasion, spotting and surface dirt, 1640; (The Tower St Rombaut's, Mechelen), detailed elevation of the 13th century structure, without background, etching, two plates joined, 740 x 155mm., laid down, old horizontal folds, slight browning and spotting, a few light surface abrasions, not affecting the engraved area, surface dust, Antwerp, 1649; with an early 19th century engraved view of Harefield Palace and a pen and ink drawing of a monastery interior (4).
Illingworth (Leslie Gilbert) (Apartheid), original cartoon of South African prime minister Daniel Malan as Don Quixote, bearing the standard of Apartheid, beside the figure of Havenga as Sancho Panza, pen and black ink over pencil, on card, 385 x 290mm., signed in ink, lower middle, inscribed in pencil on the reverse, Punch, and dated, 1954 ~ (Weisz (Victor)) "Vicky", Funny to think that they may remember me as a "moderate" man, once he started, original cartoon of an apparition of Johannes Strijdom, in Apartheid Valhalla, floating above the seated figure of Dr. Verwoerd, new Prime Minister of South Africa, pen and black ink, with wash and blue crayon, on card, 475 x 400mm., signed in ink, lower left, the figure of Strijdom redrawn on an overlay, with an autograph letter from the artist to Mr Koston, thanking him for his letter of appreciation of the cartoon and offering him this original drawing, 1958 (2).
Lobel-Riche (Almery) Un Crepuscule d'Islam, by Andre Chevrillon, numbered 48 of 315 copies, the frontispiece an original drawing, with a composite set of plates by Lobel-Riche, comprising 23 images only, of 36, some in 2 or 3 states, 54 plates in total, including 4 duplicates, 20 further plates within the text, the frontispiece, pen and ink over pencil, signed and dated in pencil, lower right, the plates, etchings, the variant states with drypoint or plate tone, and occasional marginal vignettes added, printed in black or brown ink, almost all on vellum-type paper, text uncut, printed by R. Coulouma, the plates printed on the artist's own press, loose in original printed wrappers, as issued, additional blue boards and slip-case, small folio (330 x 250mm.), Paris, by the artist, 1930 ~ Besancenot (Jean) Bijoux Arabes et Berberes du Maroc, from an edition of 650, title, coloured frontispiece and 40 plates of jewellery designs, uncoloured lithographs, each c.195 x 250mm., or the reverse loose as issued, in original printed wrappers, in cloth-backed printed boards with ties, small folio, Casablanca, Editions de la Cigogne, 1953 ~ Irwin (Eyles) A Voyage up the Red-Sea, 2 engraved maps, only, and 4 aquatint coastal views, only, these trimmed within the platemark and inset on support sheets, contemporary mottled calf, worn, covers detached, 4to, J. Dodsley, 1780; sold not subject to return (3).