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Lot 240
Comic books - Robert Crumb - A special edition sketch book by American cartoonist Robert Crumb (1943). 'R.Crumb Sketch Book Nov. 1974 to Jan 1978' published by Zweitausendeins, 1978. First edition hardcover book in black and burgundy, with turquoise text block edges and marbled endpapers. Comes with card slipcase and German descriptve booklet. Excellent condition but please refer to photos.
Lot 140
Autographs - an autograph album from 1924 featuring signatures of entertainers, bands, sportsmen and radio personalities of the period. 1920s to 1940s. Autographs include: The Bristol Rugby Football Club 1924-1925 including a signed laid-in photograph of Leonard Corbett (played for England), a sketch by 'Blos' - Evening World illustrator 1935, 'Alfredo And His Band,' The Bristol Glee Singers, Jack Stanley, Stanelli and his 'Hornchestra!' 'Uncle' Leonard Henry, The Radio Three, Lord Mayor of Bristol HJ Maggs, Geraldo, Will Hay (clipping from a letter), Bobby 'The Uke' Henshaw, Marion Navarre, Marius B. Winter's Orchestra, several signatures from the 1935 / 1937 / 1938 Bristol Radio Exhibition, Gordon Freeman, Gert & Daisy, Pat O'Brien, Beryl Orde, Standford & McNaughton, Phyllis Smale, Band Of The Royal Marines 1937, Harry Hemsley, Jean Melville, Jan Ralfini & His Band, Chick Farr, George Hughes, Doris Cuban, Bennett & Williams, Suzette Tarri, The Four Aces, Leslie Hinton, 1938 Royal Marines Band, Claire De Lys, Charles Clapham (of Clapham & Dwyer), Herman Darewski & His Band, Lord Mayor & Lady Mayoress of Bristol 1940-41, Wilfred Pickles (clipping from a letter), Morans (Bristol store owners) and many others. Approx 50% full, and extremely well presented. A unique and fascinating local interest autograph album from the period.
Lot 18
Batman - DC Comics - Bob Kane (1915-1998 - co-creator) - framed display featuring a hand drawn sketch of Batman in black ink with 'Bats Wishes, Always' added above, and signed by Kane. Matted alongside a First Team Press Inc limited edition Batman print, further signed by Kane in pencil to the margin. No. 2475/2500. Professionally framed and glazed. Total size: 60cm x 61cm.
Lot 36
Marvel Comics - Dimitris Patelis (Marvel artist) - original hand-drawn illustration / sketch of Spider-Man and the Green Goblin. Sketched in pencil, signed to the corner. Matted above a signed print 'Spider-man Vs Green Goblin', further signed by Patelis is gold ink. Ready for framing. Total size: 75cm x 45cm.
Lot 40
Aardman Animations - Morph - Peter Lord - hand drawn large sketch of Morph with a birthday cake. Drawn in coloured pencil by Lord, and further signed in black ink to the lower margin. Undedicated. Total size: 25cm x 21cm. Morph was produced for the BBC by Aardman Animations, later famous for Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep. Morph appears mainly in one-minute "shorts" interspersed throughout the Take Hart show.
Lot 162
A poignant First World War M.M Killed In Action medal group with death plaque and related letters. Corporal George Jay, Military Foot Police, No. 3 Traffic Control Company. Medals: Military Medal, 1914 Mons Star, 1914-18 War Medal and Victory Medal, named to "P-416 L.CPL G. JAY M.F.P". Death plaque to 'George Jay' with original envelope. With an extract from routine orders regarding the award of the Military Medal, "On 5th June 1917, A/Cpl. Jay was on traffic duty on a road which was being shelled. There was a convoy of lorries containing Gas Cylinders, one of which had been struck by a shell, and there were several casualties:- including two deaths. Cpl. Jay got the remaining lorries out of the way without delay, and sent for ambulances. He then assisted in rendering first aid to the wounded men and stayed with them until the ambulances arrived. Having seen the wounded men removed in the ambulances Cpl. Jay removed the bodies of the men who had been killed, and took charge of their effects. He then resumed his patrol on the road, which was still being subjected to heavy fire." Further included is a photograph of the temporary gravesite cross, three photographs of George Jay and his wife, two regimental photographs, four silk postcards home from George, and several heartfelt letters, clearly showing how much he meant to his fellow serving police: 1. Captain M Peace, Commanding No. 3 Traffic Control Company (Mobile Police), 26th March 1918: "It is with the most profound regret that I have to transmit to you the unhappy news that your husband was most severely wounded about midday on the 24th inst & succumbed to his wounds about two hours later. I feel his loss very severely for, not only by myself, but by everyone who came into touch with him, he was regarded as the very essence of courage and devotion. He joined my company a year ago, & during that time, by his untiring devotion to duty, his fearless bravery, he carried with him the men the men under him, & won the confidence & deepest respect of his officers. He was buried yesterday, in a little field cemetery close to the spot where he fell & with the full honours of a brave soldier..."2. Sgt. C Gray, 3rd T.C.C, condolences to his wife, 'he was one of the very best. Well liked by everybody and a more cheerful comrade one could never wish to meet. He gave his life for his King and Country and died whilst doing his duty in trying to look after others ... I am enclosing a sketch of the cross we have had erected over his grave. I am trying to get a photo taken and if I succeed I will be sure to get a copy. he N.C.O's and men of the 3rd Traffic Control Co and the Military Police in the immediate neighbourhood all join me in deep sympathy for you and the children and hope that the enclosed sum of £20-8- which has been contributed by them, will assist you in a practical way..."3. P.1261 Corporal F. Blythe, 2nd April 1918, similar contents, 'No N.C.O enjoyed greater love and respect than did Corporal Jay, from the rest of the N.C.Os & men and his loss has been deeply mourned by all but by none more than by myself. I am an old G.E. Ry policeman, a pal of poor old George in civil life as well as Army life ... As soon as I heard he was wounded I went to him at once, but he was unconscious & remained so till the end. He has been buried amongst other heroes, & a nice cross erected over the grave, which will always receive attention from us while we are here."4. Sympathy letter from Major A.C. Chauncy, Chief of Police of the Great Eastern Railway, 4th April 1918 Corporal Jay was born on 8th August 1879. He joined the Great Eastern Railway in 1911 and was one of the first to answer the call at the outbreak of war. He died from wounds sustained in action in France on 24th March 1918. He left behind his widow, Rosena, and four children. He is buried at the Ypres Reservoir Cemetary in Belgium, and his portrait can be viewed on findagrave.com. The British Transport Police History Group also recently worked with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission to get George Jay's Military Medal recognised on his headstone. Condition:Please see photos for the death plaque and the edges of the medals. There are some very minor small knocks and a couple of scratches to the edge of the MM. The Victory has the usual expected tarnishing and likewise some small edge knocks. The star has a small knock to the reverse of one point. No signs of any significant knocks, bruising, repolishing or renaming.
Lot 382
CONTINENTAL SCHOOL "Study of castle by lake with trees" pastel study, unsigned, 37.5 cm x 40 cm together with J.D.H. "Lake at Geneva" pastel and pencil sketch, titled, initialled and dated 1850 lower right, 36 cm x 50 cm and "Abstract study" patched brown paper with markings, approx. 80 cm x 98 cm (3)
Lot 438
DAME ETHEL WALKER DBE ARA (1861-1951) “Dancing nude” a study, pencil wash, signed and dated 1928 in pencil to base, inscribed on Blond Fine Art Limited Gallery label verso together with copy of receipt “Blond Fine Art Limited, 33 Sackville Street, London …” 31.5.83, 36.5 cm x 31 cm CONDITION REPORTS Not inspected out of frame or glass. The sketch has been done on watermarked paper inscribed "The Safe Bank 1780" with images of the safe repeating. Image also appears slightly discoloured throughout as in a slightly browny tinge to paper. Mount has discolouration, in need of a good clean. There is some faintness - unsure if this is faded or because of the positioning of the hands over the watermark, the left hand on her thumb and the right hand with the fingers at the top of the hand. The frame is chipped and knocked throughout. General wear and tear conducive with age and use, in need of a good clean - see images for more details
Lot 1359
*Augustus John (1878-1961) pen and ink sketch of figures, 15cm x 19.5cm, in glazed gilt frameProvenance: purchased by the Viscountess Blakenham from Admiral Sir Caspar John, circa 1968 A couple of tears to the outer edges, very much torn from a sketchbook and framed in the late 60s/early 70s. Discolouration to the ink but this does not detract from the overall look. It doesn't appear to be laid down. Ready to hang.
Lot 1361
*Augustus John (1878-1961) watercolour, pen and ink sketch of a Woman and Child, 14cm x 11cm, in glazed gilt frameProvenance: purchased by the Viscountess Blakenham from Admiral Sir Caspar John, circa 1968 Although the work has not been removed from the frame it does not appear to be laid down. Some discolouration and staining around the outer edges from the mount. Some scuffs to the gilt frame.
Lot 209
A framed and glazed abstract watercolour on paper by Leslie William Orriss, signed and dated 1963 to the lower right, along with an ink drawing on paper by Peter Campbell (1931-1989), figures in a rural landscape, signed to the lower right in a glazed gilt frame with a sketch and a label to the reverse. H.46 W.37cm
Lot 272
A pen and ink sketch of Sur Rodney, relating to Cavellini 2014, 40x30cm, and two related black and white portrait photographs. Condition - fair to good. For sale by order of the executors. The Estate of Edi Chin, former bass guitarist with The Tourists, alongside Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart, 1976-1980.
Lot 70
Attributed to John Varley (British 1778-1842) watercolour, mother and child within a rural landscape, unsigned attribution to Ruskin Gallery label verso, within a broad card mount and moulded gilt frame, under glass 10cm x 11.5cm & 32.5cm x 27.5cm overall, sold along with a 19th century watercolour sketch, father and child, in the manner of Julius Caesar Ibbetson (British 1759-1817) and a small watercolour study Felton Mill, attributed to Thomas Churchyard (1798-1865) in ink verso, mounted framed and glazed 30cm x 26.5cm overall. (3)
Lot 66
A 19th century English school watercolour sketch, rural village scene with church tower, unsigned within a washline card mount and moulded gilt frame under glass 19cm x 11cm & 37.5cm x 32.5cm, Hand written label verso reading 'Thomas Churchyard (1798-1865) inscribed verso 'this watercolour is from an old album formerly belonging to to Miss L Churchyard of Woodbridge Suffolk, The album contained according to a note at the beginning drawings by Miss Churchyards father T Churchyard and several believed to be by John Constable who was a friend and were neighbours of the family at Beigholt - (this may be one of Constables sketches)'
Lot 115
Attributed to Ronal Gray (1868-1951) watercolour portrait entitled and attributed to printed label verso, the label indicating the reverse has a pencil sketch of a woman' within a stepped card mount and slender moulded frame under glass 29cm x 37cm & 57cm x 48cm overall. Some discolouration, image and inner mount slipped within frame.
Lot 1294
Bernard F. Gribble (1873-1962) A pastel/ charcoal sketch of a steamship at sea. Dedicated to the front 'Sketches on the night 9th July a slight token of the operations to Lady Parsons, Bernard F. Gribble 1914'. Initialled B.F.G. lower left. Glazed and framed. Image 51 x 73cm. From the Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company, at Wallsend, Newcastle.
Lot 216
Jack Grandfield (1911-1949) - One gouache and one mixed media work - Dark haired lady in white negligee, circa 1940s, signed, gouache on artist's board, 19.25ins x 24.25ins and unfinished portrait of a lady in an orange top, circa 1940s, signed and with 'Rough sketch' to lower left, mixed media on artist's board, 18ins x 24ins Note: The artist lived locally and worked in Whitstable These paintings are not framed.
Lot 1192
Frederick ROBERTS JOHNSON (1900-1986) Aldous Huxley Portraits of Aldous Huxley, 39cm x 26cm and a gentleman in a wingback chair, together with a sketch titled 'Finkelstein - I used to work for a man called Finkelstein', and further loose sketches.Frederick Roberts Johnson and Arthur Wragg, two friends who met whilst training to become commercial artists, moved together to Polperro in 1924, staying at 'The House on the Props'. They had somewhat contrasting styles which somehow sometimes overlapped; Wragg's style was likened to David Low and Victor 'Vicky Weisz, sharing within his lifetime the same respect and public interest as the two aforementioned. His work was also regularly compared to that of Aubrey Beardsley, though Wragg's own heroes were Cruickshank, Albrecht Durer and William Blake, the latter being someone he was also compared to within his lifetime. Wragg's first book was hugely successful, having to be reprinted three times in one year and it became Book of The Year in America.Frederick Roberts Johnson was a very succesful commercial artist and was often the one who usually went to London in search of commissions for the pair. He often used the name 'Essex' or 'Sax', drawing funnies for Punch, Everyman magazine and Tribune, as well as advertisements for Lyons Tea Shops and producing dustjacket book illustrations for various authors. His style was more varied and experimental, with impressionism, cubism and abstract examples of his work within the sale.
Lot 465
(Pottery and Porcelain) Richard Champion and Hugh Owen Two Centuries of Ceramic Art in Bristol - Being a History of the Manufacture of "The True Porcelain" 'With an Account of the Delft, Earthenware and Enamel Glass Works from Original Sources,' boards debound and lacking backstrip, some spotting and loose plates, fair to good, Printed Privatley for the Author, By John bellows, Gloucester, 1873; Alexandre Brongniart. 'Traite des Arts Ceramiques ou des Poteries,' Deuxieme Edition, half black morocco with marbled boards, compartmentalized spine with morocco label and gilt decorations, light rubbing to extremities, ex libris label Courtney Library gifted by Cyril & Jean Staal, marbled edge, pp.80, sixty plates, spotting throughout, good, Bechet Jeune, Paris, 1854; With two volume set of the 1844 edition, again with some spotting; William Burton. 'Porcelain. A Sketch of its Nature, Art and Manufacture,' first edition, original cloth, ex libris label, 50 plates, vg, Cassell & Company, London, [1906]; Dora M. Billington. 'The Technique of Pottery', third impression, B.T. Batsford, 1962; With five other works on Pottery and Ceramics. (11)
Lot 354
Ephemera, photographs, sketches &c. &c. An early 20th century scrapbook that never was 'Massonnet, Nassivet & Cie. Constructeurs-Mécaniciens, Membres de L'Académie Nationale de Paris,' printed advertisement with certificate to verso, pp.4 steel engraving of a steam sheafing machine, winner of the Medaille d'Or and Medailles d'Argent, fold lines, vg, Imprinerie Charpentier, Nantes, [c.1860]; Later handcoloured engraving on card of the Eddystone Lighthouse, [circa 19th century]; Ink sketch of a royal court signed Frank Hamilton Begbie, 1883; Two early photographs showing a game of Croquet, place unknow but churh to background will help identify, late 18th early 19th century; With a good collection of ephemera, book plates, sketches etc.
Lot 1077
Arthur WRAGG (1903-1976) Unconditional Surrender Mixed media on paper, signed and titled, inscribed 'sketch only', 56cm x 38cm. Frederick Roberts Johnson and Arthur Wragg, two friends who met whilst training to become commercial artists, moved together to Polperro in 1924, staying at 'The House on the Props'. They had somewhat contrasting styles which somehow sometimes overlapped; Wragg's style was likened to David Low and Victor 'Vicky Weisz, sharing within his lifetime the same respect and public interest as the two aforementioned. His work was also regularly compared to that of Aubrey Beardsley, though Wragg's own heroes were Cruickshank, Albrecht Durer and William Blake, the latter being someone he was also compared to within his lifetime. Wragg's first book was hugely successful, having to be reprinted three times in one year and it became Book of The Year in America.Frederick Roberts Johnson was a very succesful commercial artist and was often the one who usually went to London in search of commissions for the pair. He often used the name 'Essex' or 'Sax', drawing funnies for Punch, Everyman magazine and Tribune, as well as advertisements for Lyons Tea Shops and producing dustjacket book illustrations for various authors. His style was more varied and experimental, with impressionism, cubism and abstract examples of his work within the sale.
Lot 642
A group of British unframed landscape sketches by various artists, 19th century, Frank Rutley "Leatherhead" very small pencil sketch on paper of figures in a landscape; together with Charles Dilworth Ford, a monochrome watercolour of figures in a landscape, signed with initials 'CDF' lower right and inscribed in pencil 'Charles Dilworth Ford of Morcombe Lodge - who was blind for more than 30 years - his horse having run away with him - against the branch of a tree' paper mounted on on a pressed paper mount; G A Williams (British 1814 - 1901) Coastal Scene with wood, and "Hawkesyard Park", unframed, pencil paper; George Harley (British 1791-1871) 'On the Thames' signed and dated lower right 'Geo Harley 1841', 'On the Dover Road' signed 'Geo Harley' lower right, pencil on paper. 22 x 27cm and smaller (6)
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