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Click here to subscribeFrederick (Fred) Lawson (1888-1968) A BARN INTERIOR WITH GRAIN, BARRELS AND OTHER IMPLEMENTS, ONE OF THE SACKS INSCRIBED "YORKSHIRE AGRICULTURAL DRIERS LTD" YARD, TOPCLIFFE, YORKSHIRE Signed and dated March 28th 1949, also inscribed "Castle Bolton", black and white pen and ink drawing, {25.5cm by 34.5cm (9_in by 13_in)}.
*English School, early 19th century- 'Drawing of a Portico'; pen and black ink and watercolour, signed with initials and dated 1838, inscribed Gray's Inn Road, 23.4x36.8cm: English School c1860- Prospect of a detached villa; pen and ink and watercolour: together with a mixed folio of drawings of architectural related subjects, various sizes, (a lot), (unframed)
Frederick William Ryan KM (1883-1956) An archive of papers, photographs and sketches. Included here are two copies of the prospectus, seven advertising flyers announcing the portraits of Tim Healy and President Cosgrave, photos and a b&w lithograph of Healy (by MacEgan); the same again for Cosgrave but with the printed folder and letterpress; the manuscript dummy copy for the Robert Emmet pamphlet, with ink lettering inside and out and the original pencil drawing of Emmet by MacEgan pasted in; a variety of photographs and manuscript material concerning the Wolfe Tone pamphlet, including MacEgan's pencil portrait of the bust in TCD library, newspaper clippings reporting the 1933 Wolfe Tone celebrations, annotated by Ryan, and a letter from Cahill & Co., who printed the Wolfe Tone Souvenir for Ryan; plus Lord Ashbourne - an Intimate Pen Picture by Charlotte Dease, published by Ryan and with eight related photos laid in. Also Dublin Shrines: Number One - Shrine of St. Anne at the Church of St. Audoen, High Street, with a lithograph by MacEgan, printed by Goodridge's and distributed by F. K. Ryan, with order form enclosed. Also a folder of 19 photographs of Irish interest; better include a scene in Castlecomer Co. Kilkenny, woodland scenes near Blarney Co. Cork, St Stephen's Green and Wine Tavern Street, Dublin. Lastly, manuscript notes relating to a pamphlet titled A French Consul in Ireland, 1789-1792: Two Note Books of the Baron Coqueber de Montbret.. By F. W. Ryan. The 22 page pamphlet (stapled wrappers, pages uncut) reproduces a talk that was read before the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland on 9 December 1930 and is inscribed by the author. Also his manuscript notes and translations of the notebooks (which are held in the Bibliotheque Nationale Paris), and typed manuscript copy of the Baron's Carnets de Voyage.. a travers Ireland. An interesting lot. €1000-€1500
William Hyde- Lighthouse viewed from a coastal path; bodycolour, en grisaille, signed and dated '99, 11.5x19.5cm: English School, c1900- Cottages; watercolour, signed with initials 'F.H.R' and dated '01: together with a pen and ink drawing, three botanical studies and three watercolours, various sizes, (9)
English School, 19th century- A castle viewed from a wooded river shore; watercolour, 23x32cm: Ernest Savage- Figure by a chateau; watercolour, signed: together with a pen and ink drawing of a fisherman by a stream by a different hand, and two oils, one of a church and the other of a coastal scene, various sizes, (5), (part unframed)
BERLIN, SVEN (1911- 1999). The original illustrated manuscript of his unpublished book "Genesis 80" comprising illustrated title in pen & ink and 61 largely full-page watercolour drawings incorporating manuscript verse. Together with 1 double-page watercolour, and at end, the 6-page manuscript "Colophon" - "The Root of Genesis "80". Signed boldly on title and signed and dated "Gaunts, Dorset, "83" at end. The leaves perforated on inner margin; two leaves removed and two leaves re-attached on inner margin with cellulose tape by the artist, occasional deletion in correction fluid by the artist. 12 x 8 inches, original grained black boards decorated and lettered in gilt; the spine lettered "Original - Genesis 80- - Sven Berlin". An exhibition catalogue of Berlin's work (1981), 1 of a limited edition of 35, signed and with an original drawing tipped-in, is included with the above.
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.
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).
(Hughes-Stanton (Blair)) The Writer, wood-engraving, 90 x 95mm., unsigned, (1948) ~ Leighton (Clare) Brother Juniper, from Thornton Wilder's The Bridge of San Luis Rey, wood-engraving, 125 x 80mm., signed in pencil, lower right, letter A of specimen copy in pencil, lower left, (1927); with 4 individual illustrations by Edward Bawden, Duncan Grant, Mariette Lydis, Janet Archer and Mona Moore, for Vathek, Cheng-en, B¿+ötes su la Terre, Pather Panchali, and the Sea Poems of Myfanwy Piper, respectively, colour lithographs, average 225 x 125mm., all unsigned, (1927 to 1968); also with a signed pen and ink drawing by Stanley Jackson, the original artwork for an illustration to May Wynne's Little Brown Tala Stories (8).
F** M** DUKE (Circa 1920) ST. IVES; POLPERRO; ST. MICHAEL'S MOUNT Three, two signed, each inscribed with title, watercolour over traces of pencil, unframed 26.5 x 38cm. and smaller; with an ink and wash drawing of a bullfight by another hand, inscribed 'Villeboeuf', circa 1920-1930, framed. (4) ++ The Dukes fair; `Villeboeuf' foxed.
Sue (Eugene) Les Mysteres de Paris, 4 vol., 2 A.Ls.s. one by the author, another from the Secretariat general, Ministere de la Marine, original pencil sketch of the author tipped-in on front endpaper, ink drawing loosely inserted, plates, illustrations, bookplates on front endpapers, contemporary half morocco over marbled boards, original printed wrappers bound in, 4to, Paris, Charles Gosselin, 1843-4.
Romain (Lothar) and Rolf Wedewer. Bernard Schultze, inscribed by the artist with original ink abstract drawing on half-title, Munich, 1991 § Descargues (Pierre) Hartung, Barcelona , n.d. § Seuphor (Michel) Abstract Painting in Flanders, n.p., 1974 § Sartoris (Alberto) Jean Gorin, Venice, 1975 § Ponente (Nello) Alberto Magnelli, Rome, 1973 § Hodin (J.P.) Manessier, Bath, 1972, plates and illustrations, original cloth or boards, all except last 2 mentioned with dust-jackets; and c.45 others, Contemporary Art, mostly Abstract, 4to & 8vo (c.50).
Shaw.- [Fishes], 48 original drawings of fish including 33 pen and ink and 15 pencil, most labelled and signed 'Shaw', contemporary half calf, gilt spine, t.e.g., rubbed, 4to, n.d., [?c.1824]. *** A note on the front free endpaper suggests these are drawings by John Shaw, author of "Observations on the Growth of Salmon Fry", etc. There is a note on one drawing which reads "Salmo Trutta, Salmon Trout Female, London market April 25 1824."
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