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Click here to subscribe▲ Frances Richards (1903-1985) 'The Widow', 1940signed with initials l.r., also signed, inscribed with title and dated verso, mixed media33 x 33.5cmCondition ReportFramed: 52.5 x 52cmAppears to be in good order. The mount is foxed but the work itself does not appear to be affected. Not viewed out of glazed frame.
▲ Frances Richards (1903-1985) 'Virgil, The Road to Town', 1983two lithographs in colour, signed with initials and dated '83' in pencil l.r., 31 from an edition of 50, with title page, a signed and numbered colophon, and a translation of Virgil's Ninth 'Eclogue' made and signed by Robert Well, published by Barn Elm Editions, in original foldereach sheet 37 x 30.5cm, unframedProvenance: The Estate of Stanley Jones MBE RE.Condition ReportA little light surface dirt on the title page. Appears to be in otherwise good conditon. The blue cardboard folder is faded with light surface scuffs.
Stevenson (Robert Louis). Poems, London: Chatto & Windus in association with Longmans, Green & Co., 1913, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, near contemporary maroon crushed morocco gilt by Bumpus Ltd., 4to (Limited edition 482/500 printed on handmade paper), together with:Holmes (Oliver Wendell). The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table, London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1911; The Professor at the Breakfast-Table, London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1911; The Poet at the Breakfast-Table, London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1913, together 3 volumes, frontispieces, decorative titles, plates and illustrations by Henry Matthew Brock, bookplate of Alexander Stone to front pastedowns, top edge gilt, uniform 20th-century half calf by Maclehose of Glasgow, gilt decorated spines with morocco title labels, 8vo,James (Henry). Fourteen Stories..., Selected by David Garnett, London: Rupert Hart-Davis,1946, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, 20th-century navy half calf by Bayntun Riviere of Bath, gilt decorated spine, 8vo,Burnett (Frances Hodgson). Little Lord Fauntleroy, London: Frederick Warne and Co.,1899, frontispiece, plates and illustrations from drawings by Reginald B. Birch, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, early 20th-century red half morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, 8vo, Houseman (Alfred Edward). A Shropshire Lad, reprinted, London: Grant Richards, 1908, 8 colour illustrations by William Hyde, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, 20th-century green half morocco gilt, spine faded to light brown, 8vo,Brown (Horatio F.). John Addington Symonds, A Biography compiled from his papers and correspondence, 2 volumes, London: John C. Nimmo, 1895, monochrome portrait frontispieces and plates, one colour armorial plate, light toning, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, 20th-century turquoise blue crushed half morocco by Bayntun of Bath, gilt decorated spines lightly faded, 8vo, Mitchell (Margaret). Gone with the Wind, reprinted, London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1938, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, 20th-century green crushed half morocco by Bayntun of Bath, gilt decorated spine, 8vo, plus other literature, biographies and history related, bound in 20th-century full and half morocco and calf bindings, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, Bayntun Riviere and Zaehnsdorf etc.QTY: (32)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).
After Frances Richards (1903-1985) Three framed panels, lithographs on paper, circa 1975 'Prose, Poems From Les Illuminations of Arthur Rimbaud', each scene signed in pencil and numbered 2/20, with Dawn, Bottom, Mystic, Childhood II, Being Beauteous and Devotion text, all framed and glazed, 108cm x 82cm
ROBERT MEDLEY C.B.E, R.A. [1905-94]. The Antique Room. oil on canvas; signed on the reverse. 18 x 13 cm - framed 20 x 15 cm. Provenance: The artist; Frances Richards, 1972; private collection, UK. [very good condition - unexamined out of frame]. Buyers premium of 20% + VAT is payable. ARR 4%.
Circa 200 theatre programmes and sheet music, including American productions, to include approximately 55 signed - several of which have multiple autographs, to include Liv Ullmann, Terry Moore, Ian Richardson, Celia Imrie, Tommy Steele, Brian Deenehy, Elizabeth Franz, Ron Eldard, Stewart Permutt, Lisa Forrell, Timothy West, Rosleen Linehan, Dearbhl Molloy, John McMartin, Linda Lusadi, Arthur Bostrom, Anna Karen, Sylvester McCoy, Gary Lyons, Charles Kay, Alison Fiske, Frances de la Tour, John D. Collins, Anne Baxter, Brian d'Arcy James, Martin Sherman, Lindsay Duncan, Peter Egan, Keene Curtis, Conor Mcpherson,Judy Cornwell, Jane Krakowski Toyah Willcox, David Hare, Kristin Chenoweith, Elizabeth Power, Jan Austin, Anne Mary Duff, Crytstal Gayle, Janie Fricke,Gail Davis, Lynn Anderson, George Hmilton IV, Kim Wilde, Barbara Mandrell, Tammy Wynette, Juice Newton, Nickolas Grace, Angela Richards, Anne Wood, David Kernan, Roger Sllam, Richard Dormer, James Nesbit, Mark Lambert and many more (a full list of all the signatures is not available) (circa 200)
John Piper, fifteen books, booklets & exhibition catalogues by or relating to John Piper and associated contemporary artists, including 'Piper's Places. John Piper in England and Wales', London, Chatto & Windus/Hogarth Press, 1983, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper, 'To John Piper on his Eightieth Birthday', L, The Stourton Press, 1983, 1st edition, limited edition (900), orig. pictorial cloth, Walter de la Mare: 'The Traveller', L, Faber, 1946, 1st edition, 4 colour lithograph plates by Piper as called for, orig. cloth, d/w, Frances Spalding: 'John Piper - Myfanwy Piper: Lives in Art', OUP, 2009, 3rd impression, orig. cloth, d/w, J.M. Richards: 'The Castles on the Ground', L, Architectural Press, 1946, 1st edition, 8 lithograph plates by John Piper as called for, original cloth, d/w by Piper, Myfanwy Piper: 'Sea Poems', L, Muller, 1944, 1st edition, 16 lithograph plates by Mona Moore as called for, orig. pictorial cloth & dust wrapper by Mona Moore, Kenneth Clark: 'Landscape into Art', John Murray, 1949, numerous plates, orig. cloth, pictorial dust wrapper by Graham Sutherland, 'Poetry London X', L, Nicholson & Watson/Editions Poetry London, Dec. 1944, 3 full page colour lithograph plates by Gerald Wilde (of which 1 double page) + 8 b/w plates by Mervyn Peake etc, original cloth gilt, 'Roy Campbell: 'The Gum Trees', ill. David Jones, Ariel Poems No. 30, orig. pictorial wraps (detached but present), 'David Jones', Tate Gallery, 1981, orig. cloth lettered in silver, dust wrapper, 'Unknown Colour - Paintings, Letters, Writings by Winifred Nicholson', 1987, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, 'The Rape of Lucretia - a symposium by Benjamin Britten...John Piper...Angus McBean', L, 1948, 1st edition, 8 colour plates by John Piper (of which 3 folding) + 5 full page ills. from photos by Angus McBean as called for, orig. cloth gilt, d/w, etc etc (21)
A GEORGE III IRISH SILVER SHAPED CIRCULAR SALVER JOHN LOCKER, DUBLIN 1778 With a gadrooned border, engraved with an armorial and on four pad feet 41cm (16in) diameter 1774g (57 oz) The marshalled arms are for Solomon RICHARDS (1713-1784) of Solsborough, co. Wexford and his wife Frances VIGORS (1742-1799) daughter of Urban VIGORS (1705-1766) of Ballyconnick, co. Carlow by Alice THOMAS (1715-1767). They married in 1760. Solomon RICHARDS was the son of John RICHARDS (died 1749) of Solsborough. In 1753 he was Sheriff of co. Wexford. The RICHARDS family were descendants of a Colonel Solomon RICHARDS (1619-1691) who was born in Holborn Middlesex and buried in Westminster Abbey, he was a soldier in Cromwell's army and later the army of William of Orange. The RICHARDS family were earlier of Kent. These arms were used by the couple between, 1760 and 1784 and the engraving would then have been carried out in the period 1778 and 1784. Blazon: quarterly of four - 1,4: sable, a chevron between three fleurs de lis argent (Richards). 2,3: vert, a bend lozengy or (Knight). - impaling - argent, three stags heads erased gules, attired or (Vigors) Condition Report: Maker's mark lightly rubbed, rest are clearStands wellEngraving clearLight scratches and wear commensurate with age and useCondition Report Disclaimer
‡ CERI RICHARDS CBE artist's proof lithograph - handwritten by artist on back of paper 'A first print from set of lithographs Homage to Dylan Thomas' with Christmas and new year wishes from Frances (Richards's) and CeriDimensions: 38 x 44cmsProvenance:private collection Monmouthshire, by descent, consigned via our Cardiff officeCondition Report:framed and glazed, with glazed back showing important correspondence from artist
Austen (Jane).- Lefroy (Frances Phoebe, daughter of John and Sophia Lefroy, sister of Anthony Cottrell Lefroy, married George Richards, of Ashe, Hampshire, 1811-59) Scrap book, 61pp. excluding blanks, of watercolours, drawings, manuscripts etc., by various members of the Lefroy family, including: drawing of Ashe Rectory by J.C. Lefroy and watercolour of Church Crookham Parsonage by Anne Lefroy, presentation inscription from her brother Anthony to Frances Lefroy on front free endpaper, some ff. loose, others working loose, free endpapers loose, original straight-grain morocco, rubbed, g.e., sm. 4to, 1836-57.⁂ The Austen and Lefroy families were close friends and socialised frequently; Madame Lefroy was Jane Austen's mentor and Jane fell in love with her nephew Tom Lefroy.
Volumes of poetry, to include: ' Some Poems by Richard Burns' eliminated and lettered by Frances Richards 1976, 'Principles of Line Figure Drawing', by Alexander Dobkin, other pamphlets, with poets and drawings by Frances Richards, 'The Road to Town', 2 folders of lithographs by Frances Richards and other ephemera. (B.P. 21% + VAT)
WW2 Robert Taylor's Memorial Flight print with 150 signatures. It's about 69cm wide x 51cm tall in a frame that is 100cm wide x 87cm tall. Dennis Lockhart Armitage Dennis DFC, Frederick James Barker Frederick DFM, Patrick Peter Colum, Paddy, Barthropp DFC, Anthony Charles, Tony, Bartley DFC, Roland Prosper, Bee, Beamont CBE DSO* DFC*, Robert Arthur, Bob, Beardsley DFC, Hugh John Sherard, Beazle, Beazley DFC, George Herman, Ben, Bennions DFC, Vaclav, Vic, Bergman DFC, John Derek, The Bish, Bisdee OBE DFC, Peter Malam, Pete, Brothers DSO DFC*, Cyril Bob, Cyclops, Brown, Frank Reginald Carey DFC** AFC DCM, Wallace Cunningham DFC, Christopher Frederick, Bunny, Currant DSO DFC* CdeG, William Dennis, Dennis, David DFC*, Robert Francis Thomas, Bob, Doe DSO, DFC*, Billy Drake DSO DFC*, Paul Caswell Powe Farnes DFM, Robert William, Bob, Forster DFC, Peter Hutton Fox, John Connell Freeborn DFC*, Robert Carl, Moose, Fumerton DFC* AFC, John Albert Axel Gibson DSO DFC, Peter Raymond Hairs MBE, Norman Patrick Watkins Hancock OBE DFC, Ronald Cuthbert, Ronnie, Hay DSO DFC*, Clive Geoffrey Hilken AE, Thomas Clifford, Tony, Iveson DFC AE, James Edgar, Johnnie, Johnson CB CBE DSO** DFC* DL, Alexander Vallance Riddell, Sandy, Johnstone CB DFC AE DL, Richard Leoline Jones, Terence Michael Kane, Jan Kowalski VM KW** DFC, Kenneth William, Ken, Mackenzie DFC AFC AE, Ludwik Martel VM KW**, Jocelyn George Power, Joce, Millard AE, Percy Frederick Morfill DFM, Christopher John, Mickey, Mount DSO DFC, Alan Duncan Murray DFC, Thomas Francis, Ginger, Neil DFC* AFC AE, Peter Olver DFC, Eric Gordon Parkin, Peter Lawrence Parrott DFC AFC, John Ralph Alexander Peel DFC, Arthur Herbert Dorrien Pond AFC, Stuart Nigel Rose MID AE, Desmund Frederick Burt Sheen DFC*, Gordon Leonard Sinclair DFC, Basil Gerald Stapleton DFC, Ronald Leslie Stillwell DFM, John Marlow, Tommy, Thompson CBE DSO DFC* AFC, Peter Wooldridge Townsend CVO DSO DFC*, George Cecil, Grumpy, Unwin DSO DFM*, Timothy Ashmead, Tim, Vigors DFC, Sydney Anthony Hollingsworth, Tony, Whitehouse, Kenneth Astill Wilkinson, Archibald Little, Archie, Winskill DFC. Bomber Command, Norman Allen, B Armitage, Arthur John, Jack, Ball DFC, F Barber, Michael James Beetham DFC, A Belson, Edwin Edward Bowry, Peter Bray DFC, Dudley Henderson Burnside DSO OBE DFC*, Dennis James Chapman, E Clark, R Clarkson, Rupert, Tiny, Cooling, Frank George Diamond DFC AE, George Lawrence, Larry, Donnelly DFM, William Lyall, Bill, Farquharson DFC*, D Frances, G Freacher, L Godfrey Alan Goldby D. 2011, Jeffery Goodwin, J Grimstone, D Hargreaves, Leslie Hay, G Hedges, Eric Hookings, Harry Hooper D. 2008, A F Hulyer, Thomas Clifford, Tony, Iveson DFC AE, Bob Jacobs, K James, Frank Jeffries, F D Jones, Harold Victor Albert Kirby, John Oliver, Jo, Lancaster, Harry LeMarchant, J B Lewis, R W Lewis, F Liner, Alfred Markham, J Mason, N Mason, William Earnest, Bill, McCrea DFC, Jim McGillivray, K Meen, Gordon Herbert Mellor, R Menzies, D Newham, G Nicholls, Ronald Frederick Penney, Geoffrey Deny Perks DFC, R J Potts, Arthur Henry Douglas, Doug, Radcliffe MBE, E Richards, E R Roland, P Rowland, P Rowney, Kenneth, Ken, Ruskell MBE DFC, C F Scandrett, Roy Smith LdH, K Stewart, I Sturges, Gerald Hubert Taylor, David Wesley, E Wheeler, Sydney Thomas, Tom, Wingham DFC, USA, Peter Rowlands Woodard. Dambusters, Kenneth William, Ken, Brown CGM, George Alexander, Jock, Chalmers DFC, Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire VC OM DSO** DFC, Raymond Ernest, Ray, Grayston, Malcolm Lennox, Mac, Hamilton DFC*, Grant Stuart Vincent McDonald, Stefan, Steve, Oancia DFC, David, Dave, Rodger, Frederick Edwin, Fred, Sutherland. Fighter Pilots, Neville Frederick Duke DSO OBE DFC** AFC FRAeS, Alexander Adolphus Dumphries, Alex, Henshaw MBE, Albert Ulrich, Bert, Houle DFC*, Irving Farmer, Hap, Kennedy DFC*, William Walter John Loud DSO DFC*, Douglas, Duggie, Oxby DSO DFC DFM*, Sir Alan Smith CBE DFC* DL. Framed within the mount, Michael John Appleby, Denis Crowley-Milling KCB CBE DSO DFC* AE, Wilfred George Gerald Duncan-Smith DSO* D FC** AE, Arthur Travers Harris GCB OBE AFC, Michael Roscoe, Mike, Ingle-Finch DFC, Wallace Hart, Digger, Kyle GCB KCVO CBE DSO DFC, Thomas Gilbert, Hamish, Mahaddie DSO DFC AFC* FRAeS, William, Bill, Reid VC, John Henry Searby DSO DFC.
Collection of Signed First Editions,to include Leonard Nimroy, I Am Spock, 1995, signed first edition; Andrew Morton, Madonna, 2001 first edition signed by Morton; Kenneth Branagh, Begining, 1989, first edition signed; Tom Baker, Who on Earth is; 1997, signed first edition; Frances Zagni, Uncle Ernie - the biography of Ernest Read, first edition signed by Zagni; Dick Richards, Ginger, Salute to a Star, 1969, first edition, indistinct signiture.
A Mortlake Pottery stoneware vase by George J Cox, dated 1913, shouldered form with collar rim, covered in a mottled puce glaze with sky blue running glaze from the neck, another smaller Mortlake Pottery vase dated 1912 and a Frances Richards stoneware vase incised Mortlake 1913 and artist monogram, hairline to top rim, 24.5cm. high (3) Provenance Peter Myers and David Coachworth
FRANCES RICHARDS pencil drawing - female group, signed with initials, 30 x 39cmsProvenance: private collection consigned via our Carmarthen office, purchased from Abbott & Holder, London 1990s, exhibited at Frances Richards: An Artist Apart at Glynn Vivian Museum, Swansea, 2019Presentation & Condition: discolouration, restored (details verso), framed and glazedPlease note that this lot may be subject to Droite de Suite at 4% of the hammer price (Please see terms / enquire)
Rare collection of WW2 RAF Signatures Eight signed Guinea Pig Club annual dinner menus for 1943-1945, and 1947-1951, each contained in a high quality double-sided mount, the set presented in a custom-made book designed and made by John Richards, bookbinder of Leamington Spa. Signatures include Sir Archibald McIndoe, Arthur Riscoe, Frances Day, Tom Gleave, A. S. Dredge, Len Caddel, Harry Chater, Freddie Whitehorn, Roy Hocken, Geoffrey Clarence Bennett, Air Vice-Marshal William Tyrrell, Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Charles Frederick Algernon Portal, High Commissioner for Canada the Rt. Hon. Vincent Massey, Wing Commander Geoffrey Page who shot down a plane for each of his fifteen operations, Bill Foxley, who appeared in the film 'Battle of Britain' and was very badly burnt after trying to rescue his fellow crew members from their Wellington bomber. Two unsigned dinner menus for 2001 and 2002, the later with a handwritten note Pacemaker. Last time Daddy was able to attend. A good run of Guinea Pig, the Club magazine dating from 1951 to 2004. The Guinea Pig Club were patients of Archibald McIndoe who had plastic surgery at Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead, Sussex, during World War II after being burnt in their aircraft. The term Guinea Pig refers to the experimental nature of the surgery the patients underwent, treating burn injuries with surgery was very new at that time. The original members were RAF aircrew usually with severe facial and hand burns. Good condition Est.
FRANCES RICHARDS mixed media - entitled verso 'Flower Study No 1 White Musk Roses', signed with initials, 25 x 17cms Provenance: private collection, Powys, handwritten label verso with artist's address at Edith Grove, Chelsea which she shared with her husband Ceri Richards and family Presentation & Condition: no problems, neat contemporaneous deep frame, glazedPlease note that this lot may be subject to Droite de Suite at 4% of the hammer price (Please see terms / enquire)
FRANCES RICHARDS tempera on board - single figure on yellow background, entitled verso 'Honey', signed with initials and with full signature and artist's address verso, 28 x 22cms Provenance: Betty Evans Collection, former President of CASW (see catalogue foreword) Presentation & Condition: neat contemporaneous deep frame of the period, glazed, no problemsPlease note that this lot may be subject to Droite de Suite at 4% of the hammer price (Please see terms / enquire)
‡FRANCES RICHARDS (1903-1985)Two Figures holding handssigned with initials 'F.R' and dated 78pen, ink and watercolour sketch17 1/4 x 12 1/2 inSold with a signed lithograph by the artist which depicts a Hieratic Figure; two unframed lithographs depicting figurative subjects (from an edition of 20); a folio titled 'Virgil the Road to Town' (text and two lithographs); together with various privately printed literature associated with the artist; comprising 'Some Poems' by Richard Burns, Emitharmum Press 1976; 'Poems of Experience' by Frances Richards; 'More Poems and Drawings' by Frances Richards, 1983; and 'More Poems with Drawings' by Frances Richards, 1984; and 'A Friendship with John Tessimond' by Frances Richards 1979 (qty)Provenance; Margaret Pond, and thence by descentFrances Richards though perhaps best known as the wife of the painter Ceri Richards was also an accomplished artist in her own right. Mel Gooding wrote that her work though appears to have been little influenced by her husband's painting-'for over fifty years her own quiet and formalised figurative art was unaffected by her daily closeness to the extravagant and sometimes violent drama of (Ceri) Richard's paintings'
‡FRANCES RICHARDS (1903-1985)A Girl in a gardenwith woven initials 'F.R.'embroidered panel, mounted on linen14 1/2 x 11 1/2 inFrances Richards initially attended the Burslem School of Art 1920-1924, and later became a pottery designer at the Paragon China Company. From 1928-1939 Richards worked as a teacher in the textile department at the Camberwell School of Art and throughout her life she experimented with embroidery amongst other mediumsProvenance: Given to Margaret Pond by the artist Thence by descent
‡FRANCES RICHARDS (1903-1985) and MARGARET POND (1920-1990)'Had I the Heavens's Embroidered Clothes' (W.B. Yeats)signed with embroidered initials and date 'F.R. & M.P., 1984'embroidered picture14 x 11 in; and six other embroidered pictures depicting'Face in a Vase''Mother and Child''Maternal Love''Eve' 'A Kiss''Allegory of Spring'all with sewn joint initials or signatures, variously dated between 1980-1984, varying sizes, but all circa 14 x 11in or a little smaller; seven (7) These embroidered pictures were joint creations by Frances Richards and Margaret Pond her friend (and GP). Frances drew the initial designs and Margaret Pond undertaking the needleworkProvenance: Margaret Pond, and thence by descent
§ Richard Eurich, OBE, RA (British, 1903-1992) Buttercup Field signed 'R Eurich' (lower left) oil on canvas 37 x 45cm (14 x 18in) Exhibited: London, The Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1948 London, The Redfern Gallery, 'Richard Eurich, Walter Goetz, Frances Richards', 8 March-2 April 1949, cat.no7 Bradford, Cartwright Hall, Retrospective Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Richard Eurich, ARA, 1st June-26th August 1951, cat.no.39 Other Notes: We are grateful to Philippa Bamback, Christine Clearkin and Edward Chaney for their kind assistance with this catalogue entry. Oil on canvas. Support and paint layers in a good condition overall. At the upper left corner there are minor scuffs and dents to the paint layer. There is a light layer of surface dirt present.
‡ Ian Tyson (b.1933) Screens I-XIV; The Utamaro Variations) Two folders of prints, the first all signed on 4 double sheets and one single, the second 5 all signed, inscribed PP and dated 78 The first screenprints published by Kelpra Editions, London, 1976, the second etchings, both in original folders 50 x 35 and 45 x 63cm With two further folders of prints by Ian Tyson - 8 untitled embossed prints and De Morandi 1979 (text only); Quercy Spine by Tyson, signed and dated 1980 printer’s proof, 4 (boxed); Zen Gardens, 7 prints by Birgit Skiold, 1973 (boxed); Chimes, signed artist’s proof by Birgit Skiold 7 prints, 1969 (boxed); The Acts of the Apostles engravings by Frances Richards, 1980, 7 signed printer’s proof (boxed); Martin Ware Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor, 6 signed etchings, 1971 (folder) (9 items in all)
An important and incredibly rare unique personal archive of candid images documenting the return of Ernest Shackleton and his crews: The Weddell Sea Party and the Ross Sea Party after the failed 'Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914–17'. The collection, comprising of one photograph album, and several related loose images, documents Shackleton & his Party on their return journey to New Zealand, and then shortly after at a private party - likely a 'welcome back' party (also in New Zealand.) Many of the images are presumed to have been taken on board the ship ' Aurora ' shortly after returning to port in Wellington when Shackleton opened the ship to the public in Feb 1917. A letter which accompanies the collection (Written by a relative of the original photographer) reads, in part: '...Photographs are from the effects of the late Mrs Alice Enid Blomfield, whose Father... Hon. FMB Fisher, was Minister of Trade and Customs in the New Zealand Government...as children my mother and her sister met visiting explorers etc on their return from the South Pole. On this occasion, my mother told me, she had the only camera available, although she was only 12 years of age, and took the enclosed photographs herself.' 'FMB Fisher' relates to Francis Marion Bates Fisher who, as well as being a member of New Zealand's parliament was also a noted Edwardian Tennis Player - and had many 'celebrity' friends during this period. The collection consists of the following images: A small 5x8 cm photograph of ' Gunnar ' - one of the expedition dogs - shown aboard Aurora. Another 5x8cm photograph depicting ' Oscar ' which is annotated to reverse ' one of the two dogs that saved the mens lives ' and to the front 'one of Shackletons dogs' A 5x8cm photograph labelled to verso ' Gazelle - pet mascot ' depicting a young tethered Gazelle aboard the ship. A larger photograph measuring 8cm x 10.5cm, in album, depicting Shackleton and crew at a party held in the ' Harcourt's Garden '. Heavily annotated to the base of the photograph, Shackleton and his crew are shown grouped and posing for the photographer. The crew shown, all from the expedition party, comprise of: Alexander Stevens (Chief Scientist), John Cope (biologist), Joseph Stenhouse (First Officer aboard The Aurora ), Irvine Gaze (General Assistant), Ernest Joyce (Explorer - in charge of Sledging the dogs), Ernest Shackleton, Frank Wild (Shackleton's Second in Command), Keith Jack (Chemnist), Dick Richards (Physicist), and Frank Worsley (Captain of Endurance). A slightly smaller printing of the same image ( 7.5cm x 10cm) annotated to margin ' Sir Ernest Shackleton and Party ' and then dated, somewhat illegibly, ' 1917 .' Also in the same album; a photograph taken of ' Sir Ernest Shackleton ', likely at the Garden Party, shows Shackleton in hat and jacket, standing alone outside. Measures approx 10.5cm x 8cm. A 10.5cm x 8cm photograph showing Irvine Gaze , likely at the same garden party as the aforementioned. Standing, posing for the photographer. A loose photograph 10.5cm x 7.5cm depicting Ernest Joyce aboard Aurora with one of the dogs and her litter of puppies - which were rather famously reported as later being put up for auction in Wellington as 'souvenirs' of the expedition. Joyce sits alongside the dog whilst looking towards the camera. A rather charming image, seeing as the dog somewhat had saved his life. The photograph album included within this lot is also rather interesting. Belonging to the young lady who photographed Shackleton, the album shows pre-WWI First World War scenes of New Zealand Naval ships, crews and officers. Also photographed are the ships: HMS Philomel , HMAS Encounter , HMS Torch , various on-board views of HMS Philomel (including several of her crew and officers ), various Garden Parties and similar events (usually involving high-ranking military personnel), Japanese Officers, and various other related images - themselves - fascinating. A rare and interesting insight into the lives of the New Zealand owner. Supplied with the photographs and album are some original gelatin negatives - some of those being of the Shackleton images, others for related images within the album. Accompanying the collection is a 1923 reprint edition of ' South ' ' The Story Of Shackleton's 1914-17 Expedition ' by Ernest Shackleton. Neatly inscribed to the inner frontis ' Raymond S Shackleton - for my Father, Ernest Shackleton ' and is dated 8.1.39. Presumably given to the family many years later by Shackleton's son. An incredible and important collection. About the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914–17: The fateful Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition started in 1914, and was an attempt to make the first land crossing of the continent. The expedition failed, and instead became recognised as an incredible feat of endurance. Split into two crews – the Ross Party and the Weddell Party. The Weddell Party – including Shackleton himself - ran into trouble almost immediately when their ship HMS Endurance became stranded in the ice and later sank, stranding the 28 man crew on the ice. The crew remained in makeshift camps for months, until they manned the remaining lifeboats and rowed to the uninhabited Elephant Island. From there, Shackleton and five others were then able to make an 800 mile journey in an open boat to South Georgia where they could mount a rescue mission for their comrades. Meanwhile the Ross Party also faced hardships when their ship the Aurora was blown from her moorings and drifted away, similarly stranding its crew on the ice. Three lives were lost from the Ross Party. Shackleton would later rescue, and refit the Aurora and use it to rescue the stranded men. Note: from the large Fisher / Blomfield family archive consigned to this sale. The collection comprises of items from Francis ' FMB ' Marion Bates Fisher (a famous Edwardian Tennis Player ) and features items from the lives of his entire family (most notably that of his eldest daughter Esther Fisher who went on to become an international pianist, his other daughter was Lady Esther Frances Barron and his youngest daughter Alice Blomfield (nee Fisher) whose husband - Siegfried Blomfield - was a noted soldier during WWII and whose daughter (Juliet Blomfield) went on to become a ballet dancer). The family owned many properties both in the UK and New Zealand, and were extremely well travelled. Their friends and acquaintances were some of the most notable characters of our time - Ernest Shackleton , Winston Churchill , Maxine Elliott , Henry Wadsworth Longfellow , John Singer Sargent but to name a few. An incredible collection, of great social interest.
Two albums of autographs, mainly 1920 & '30s including movie stars, music, sportsmen, TV & radio etc. approx 213 pages of autographs. Signatures including; George Formby, Margaret Lindsay, Loretta Young, G.H. Elliott, Fred Duprez, Annette Kellerman, Little Rich, John Birmingham, Alan Cobham, Clara Kimball Young, Robb Wilton, Bert Ralton, Will Fyye, Betty Blythe, Jack Barty, Renee Kelly, George Robey, Nellie Wallace, Winnie Melville, derek Oldham, Louis Bradfield, Flora Le Breton, Fred Barnes, Daisy Wood, Arthur Sinclair, Leslie Hatton, Doris Ashton, Ivor Novello, Douglas Fairbanks, Denis Horn, C.W. Horn, Lawrence Gertrude, Alex James, Cliff Bastin, S Matthews, Dixie Dean, P.F. Warner, J.B. Hobbs, S.J. McCabe, T. Wall, Fay Compton, Jack Doyle, Johnny King, Gene Gerrard, Gracie Fields, Binnie Barnes, Jock McAvoy, June Clyde, Jackie Brown, E.H. Temme, Bobby Howes, The Two Leslies, Roy Fox, Nel tarleton, Edna Best, Fred Fox, Maurice Chevalier, Henry Hall, Evelyn Dall, Mary Brian, Jack Hylton, Nat Gonella, Larry Adler, Bob Harrison, Frank Hough, Phil Milligan, binnie Hale, Frederick John Perry, Walter Hagen, Patricia Ellis, Henry Cotton, ginger Rogers, Cecilia Colledge, Sonja Henie, Claudette Colbert, E. Hendren, Joyce Gardner, The Western Brothers, Harry Preston, Lord Burghley, Malcolm Campbell, Gerry Davey, James Sullivan, Frances Drake, Jessie Matthews, Reginald Gardiner, June Knight, Jean Muir, Elsie Randolph, John Gilbert, Renee Houston, Bette Davis, Robert Donat, Rita Howorth, Richard Dix, Joe Davis, Horace Lindrum, Dorothy Lamour, Ruth Chatterton, Frank Lawton, Laurel & Hardy, Dan Maskell, Gordon Richards, Will Hay, Together with Midnight with the Stars programme signed by Gracie Fields. Please see images for complete collection.
CERI RICHARDS original colour printed Christmas Card - reproducing Ceri's painting 'The Supper at Emmaus', 1958, boldly inscribed by Ceri 'Frances and Ceri with Love, the card was sent to Vernon & Gwen Watkins, 15 x 10cms (framed illustration side up together with an enlarged copy of the attribution)
CERI RICHARDS R.A. [1903-71] Study for Mural, c.1970. pastel on 4 sheets of paper mounted on board. Thought to be a study for a proposed mural at Cardiff University, according to Frances Richards from whom it was acquired. 29 x 38 cm [overall including frame 50 x 59 cm]. [good condition – unexamined out of frame]. Buyers premium of 20% [+ VAT] is payable.
‡ Frances Richards (1903-1985) Lady in a jug Signed with initials and dated ‘78 Pen, ink and watercolour 41.5 x 27cm Frances Richards was the wife of artist Ceri Richards Provenance: Lots 273-323 The Collection of the late Betty Sutton (Betty Middleton-Sandford) Condition report: Two light vertical creases upper half, one or two minor blemishes, otherwise good condition
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