Binding. A remboîtage notebook, the binding Italian, late 18th/early 19th c, the 20th c text block possibly used as a visitors' book, bearing dates and three signatures only, some preliminary leaves now lacking, the earlier binding of red morocco gilt, the covers with a supralibros of a crowned monogram, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, 8vo, a commonplace book, dated 1998-2001, [20]pp only of original prose and verse, evidence of some removed leaves, 20th c purple moiré silk, all edges gilt, 8vo, & an early 19th c English caricature, presumably Napoleonic Wars period, An Obstruction to Peace, s.l., s.n., n.d., but presumably London, c. 1810, hand-coloured etching, the upper-margin numbered 576.5 in pencil, 11 x 9cm, (3) Provenance: 1st & 2nd: the Brett family, formerly of Watlington Park, Oxfordshire. The first inscribed, Lionel from Daddy/July 18th 1928, i.e. Oliver Brett, 3rd Viscount Esher (1881-1963), to his son Lionel, later 4th Viscount Esher (1913-2004); later presentation inscription from the former recipient, dated 1938.
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New Bon Ton Magazine; or, Telescope of the Times, 3 volumes (of 6), May 1818-October 1819, containing issues 1-3, 5, 7-18 bound in three volumes, lacking issues 4 and 6 to first volume, 14 hand- coloured caricature plates, (no colour plate present to issue number 1 and 8), some scattered spotting and marks, one or two plates with closed tears, contemporary uniform straight-grained red half morocco, gilt decorated spines, 8vo QTY: (3)NOTE:Sold as a periodical, not subject to return
Malcolm Taylor 1929 England Tour of South Africa scrapbook The personal 1929 English FA tour scrapbook meticulously produced by Malcolm Taylor of the South African FA's Selection Committee entitled ''ENGLISH SOCCER TOUR 1929'' along the spine, the English FA toured South Africa & Rhodesia in 1929 from 22nd May through to 17th July, winning all seventeen matches, 145-Page scrapbook extensively detailing the tour, includes South African daily sports newspaper reports, original photographs of players and team groups, newspaper clippings, newspaper style programmes etc with line-ups previewing the games, match by match in date order, with other tour related material, signed letters etc sent to Malcolm Taylor from the FA and individual caricature drawings of the full English touring squad by the English FA tour's Captain Jimmy Seed of Sheffield Wednesday
Large caricature print that originally hung in the Subscription Rooms at Newmarket titled "A Great Trio" and featuring the three brothers Sir Jack Jarvis, Basil Jarvis and Willie Jarvis, probably by The Tout, unsigned, monochrome, framed & glazed, 82cm. square The three brothers all trained racehorses at Newmarket in the 20th century and all sent out English Classic winners.
Original vintage movie poster for Hurra - ein Junge! / Hooray, It's a Boy!, a 1953 West German comedy film directed by Ernst Marischka and Georg Jacoby, starring Walter Muller, Theo Lingen, and Ingrid Lutz. The poster features caricature images of a man in a sailor's outfit enjoying himself on the balcony with the ladies, with a distressed family portrayed below, stylised yellow and red lettering over the image. Large size. Fair condition, folds, repaired tears, paper losses, staining, minor creasing, repaired pinholes, backed on linen, linen trimmed to edges. Country of issue: Germany, designer: Atelier Bott, size (cm): 142x95, year of printing: 1931.
19th century Watkins combined clinometer and compass, patent 217, by J. Hicks Maker 8 Hatton Garden London No.5829, of drum shaped form in lacquered brass case D7cm; both instrument and case bear the name of former owner Thomas S.N. Hardinge; with early 20th century postcard caricature of a serviceman (2)Condition Report: Instrument in reasonable condition and appears to function OK.Case with age and use related wear and scuffs.
Autographed BILL FOULKES 12 x 8 Caricature : A superbly produced Caricature, by renound artist Philip Neill, depicting several members of Manchester United's 1968 European Cup winning team including centre-half BILL FOULKES, measuring 12 x 8 it has been signed in black marker by Foulkes. . Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Rare 1935 original mixed media Presentation Golfing Caricature Montage Drawing signed by each artist Harry Rountree, Hassall, Bertram Prance, Divotee, D L Ghilchik presented to "To Our Own Rowland - From a Few Savages (G S) - 1935" signed by other members of the golfing society mf&g 23" x 16.25" Note: From The Estate of The Late David Easby
F.A. XI TOUR OF THE WEST INDIES 1955 Joint issue programme for the 3 away matches v North Trinidad 26/5/1955 and Trinidad & Tobago 30/5, 2 & 4/6/1955. Signed inside by 4 players Syd Owen, Harry Wright, Jimmy Kelly and Jimmy Hill. Each F.A. players has page caricature and details of their career. Included is the original page drawing by Hu Sealey. Generally good
ROWLANDSON'S (THOMAS) CARICATURE ETCHINGS ILLUSTRATING BOSWELL'S TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES, ENGRAVED 1786, PUB. E. JACKSON, MARYLEBONE STREET, GOLDEN SQUARE Twenty Caricature Plates, each with title and description within plate, held within a gilt tooled burgundy cloth folioeach etching on paper 27.5cm x 37.9cm including marginsQty: 20
Phil May RI., RP., NEAC., (1864-1903) - Caricature of a gentleman standing wearing a grey suit and holding a bowler hat in his left hand his walking cane in his right hand, signed, watercolour, oval, 11" x 8"; also a companion "A Pardonable Mistake", signed, inscribed with the title together with a further inscription and dated 95 (1895), black and white pen and ink drawing, 11.5" x 8.75" (2)
Chris Eubank Snr Signed The Ultimate Gladiator 6. 5 x 4 inch colour caricature signature on reverse. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY (5)Caricature of a schoolmaster indistinctly signed with initials 'RPD'? (lower right) watercolour and gouache 24 x 16cm (glazed but unframed) together with four other watercolour and gouache by the same hand of caricatures of school masters, each signed with initials, each 24 x 16cm (3 glazed but unframed, 1 unglazed and unframed) (5)
FREDERICK WALKER (BRITISH, 1840-1875)Self-caricature and caricature of his friend W. C. Phillips, 'Up instead of getting fat like you' pen and ink 8.5 x 10.5cm Provenance J S Maas & Co Ltd, Clifford Street, London; Private collection, UKCondition reportAcidic mount.A vertical crease down the middle and a horizontal crease across the centre. A few other small creases.A small vertical tear to lower left edge.A few small spots of foxing.A little discolouration to edges.Under glass and unexamined out of frame.
Local Interest* 'WILK' John William (Bill) Wilkinson (British 1906-1994) an amusing ink and watercolour caricature, entitled 'Believe It Or Not It Happened At Grasmere' a depiction of five 'tups' painted in the colours of the tricolor, the onlooking animals including 'The Lion and The Lamb' watching in astonishment, signed lower right, within a slender ebonised frame, under glass 40cm x 50cm & 42cm x 52cm overall. *'Wilk' or John William 'Bill' Wilkinson was born, lived and died in Brigham, Keswick. On leaving school he started work at a bobbin mill and went on to become a fitter for the Keswick Gas Company. In 1954 with his wife Mary he opened a shop in the front room of his house 'Greta Cottage'. He became famous for his gentle and amusing caricatures of Lakeland life and characters.
A folio of Old Master and other prints, 18th c and later, including George Vertue FSA (1684-1756) after Lucas de Heere (1534-1584), Frances, Duchess of Suffolk and her Husband Adrian Stokes Esq:r, double-portrait, London, 1748, etching and engraving, 48 x 55cm, Thomas Watson (1750-1781) after Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680), [Barbara Palmer, Duchess of Cleveland, as Minerva], proof before title, London, 1779, mezzotint, 47 x 34cm, six further portrait mezzotints, 18th and 19th c, after Piranesi, Outside View of the Colosseum, s.l. [London], n.d. [c. 1775], engraving, 28 x 41cm, [satire/caricature] Anon, The Monkey's Downfall or Cat's-Paw Rescu'd, s.l. [?London], n.d. [c. 1767], etching, later laid on card, 28 x 40cm, Plate No. 117 from Sir William Hamilton's Collection of Antiquities and Vases, s.l. [Naples], n.d. [c. 1767], copperplate engraving, contemporary hand-colouring, 29.5 x 26cm, Giovanni Girolamo Frezza (1659–1730) after Carlo Maratta (1625-1713), Pan Foiled by Diana, s.l. [Rome?], n.d. [c. 1680-1720], engraving, trimmed with loss of some lettering, 36 x 25.5cm, pasted watercolour frieze mount, various other prints with conforming mounts, Francesco Bartolozzi RA (1727-1815) after Richard Cosway RA (1742-1821), Princess of Charlotte of Wales as Baby, [London], [1797], stipple engraving and etching, trimmed with loss of all lettering, 35 x 27cm, etc., others, mixed media and sizes, (approx. 40) Mixed condition.
Peter Archer limited edition print entitled 'The Convoy' nr 205/850 signed in pencil to the margin. The SAS had been active behind enemy lines for three weeks. Given the wear on the vehicles and indeterminate length of deployment it was decided to refurbish the columns inside enemy territory. A convoy of ten 4 ton trucks, manned by members of the Regiment crossed into Western Iraq on 12th February. This scene shows the convoy making rendez-vous with the columns in Wadi Tubal, eighty-seven mildes behind enemy lines. This print bears an inscription to Warrant Officer Class II [.....] (RSM) ILRRPS by WO's and Sgt's Mess 22 SAS Regiment, March 1996. This lot includes a coloured caricature print by JAK (Raymond Jackson) showing a humorous military scene titled "Mess Meeting, Wadi Tubal, Iraq, 16th February 1991", 31 x 47cm in gilt aluminium style frame. (2) Note: Warrant Officer Class II [...] was the President of the SAS Sergeants' mess, this mess meeting behind enemy lines was one that was conducted with weapons locked and loaded. Interestingly mess funds were flush at the time, so the proposed purchase of new leather Chesterfield sofas was approved for the Sergeants Mess at this meeting, these sofas are very much a feature of the Mess to this day. This print was presented to WOII [...] personally by the artist. The original was sold by Bespoke Auctions in 2022.
Posters a group of four includes, American Film Market Los Angeles, 1989, artwork by Bryan Haynes, rolled, 14 x 21 inches; Berlinale Internationale Filmfestspiele, Berlin, 1990, rolled, 33 x 46 ¾ inches; The Berlin Wall, November 9, 1989, rolled, 27 ½ x 19 ½ inches; World Premiere Battle of Britain, Harry Salzman Production, a caricature poster captioned lower centre Fritz, old boy-now there goes a good loser! rolled, 23 ¾ x 19 ¾ inches. (4)Provenance: The Collection of John Willis, film publicist, who worked for many film companies in the UK. during the 1960s-70s specialising in marketing and publicity for clients such as Disney, Columbia, United Artists, the Rank Organisation, and 20th Century Fox. Willis worked on numerous film productions including several of the James Bond series such as Casino Royale, as well as The Battle of Britain, Heroes of Telemark, Living Free and In Search of the Castaways. Condition Report: Berlinale Internationale Filmfestspiele, Berlin, 1990 - clean edge tear to top centre edge.World Premiere Battle of Britain - some marks, browning and foxing.
The Beatles - Two Original Concert Programmes (1963-1965) - includes, The Beatles Show UK Tour Programme (1963) with silver foil covers, produced for the Beatles Autumn Tour which ran November 1-December 13, the full line-up for the tour included, The Beatles, Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers, The Kestrels, The Vernon's Girls, The Brook Brothers, The Rhythm & Blues Quartet, with Frank Berry as compere, photo. illustrated throughout, printed by Hastings Printing Company, 20 x 26cm; with a loosely inserted 6 x 8inch black and white photograph of the Fab Four; together with, The Beatles UK Tour programme (1965) blue covers with caricature of the group on front cover, (lacks poster) photo. illustrated throughout, produced for the Beatles last tour of the UK. which ran from December 3 through to December 12, the full line-up for the tour included, The Beatles, The Moody Blues, The Marionettes, The Koobas, The Paramounts, Beryl Marsden with Steve Aldo, compered by Jerry Stevens and Denny Piercy. The Beatles last tour of the UK was comparatively small visiting only nine venues and their set list was limited to eleven songs, 27 x 18 cm. (2) Condition Report: The Beatles Show UK Tour Programme (1963) - creasing to covers, silver lifting from front cover especially around the red and black text, some rubbing to spine and corners, internally clean.The Beatles 1965 programme - overall creasing, rubbing to spine and corners, staining to top edge of rear cover affecting top r.h. corners and edges of internal pages.
* Williams (Charles). A Neck of Lamb - A Round of Beef and a Scrag of Mutton, T. Tegg, circa 1816, etched caricature with contemporary hand-colouring, 345 x 240 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQTY: (1)NOTE:BM Satires number 12844. A social caricature with the title indicative of the three characters in the foreground. An elegant and well-dressed young woman, peers through a monocle at a rotund butcher. Behind them, sitting rather primly, is the butcher's wife, observing the scene with a sour and disapproving expression, which almost certainly bodes ill for the flirtatious butcher in the very near future.
* English playing cards. Crowquill Transformation pack, Reynolds & Sons, circa 1850, the complete deck of 52 stencil coloured lithographed playing cards (French suits), designed by Alfred Henry Forrester, also known as Alfred Crowquill, single figure caricature courts, the pip cards with uncoloured suit signs each containing small caricatures, on plain backgrounds (pink for hearts & diamonds, blue for spades & clubs), Old Frizzle ace of spades with maker's name (toned), lightly dusty, some minor marks (mainly to pip cards), few pip cards with minor dents to an edge, 6 of diamonds with two tiny spots of surface loss (centrally and near right edge), square corners, versos blue dotted hexagons, each card 92 x 65 mm, 32 cards mounted with photo corners onto a double (folding) display board, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of board), the remainder in a plastic bag, the board 54.5 x 40 cm (folded)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Cary collection, ENG 148; World of Playing Cards website, Crowquill Transformation page; World Web Playing Cards Museum, WWPCM03552.
Φ Sir Max Beerbohm (1872–1956)Caricature of Henry Labouchere (1831-1912)Signed Max (lower centre) and inscribed m. Labouchere (lower right)Watercolour and black ink20.6 x 19.1cmProvenance:Leicester Galleries, London, where purchased by John Murray Esq, 1952Literature:Rupert Hart-Davis, A Catalogue of the Caricatures of Max Beerbohm (Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1972), p.89, no.880Exhibited:London, Leicester Galleries, Exhibition of Works by Sir Max Beerbohm, May 1952, no.20
Daumier, Honoré: (1808-1879). Cortège du commandant Général du Apothicaires... Bl. 299,300 aus La Caricature Nr. 143. Dplblgr. kolor. Lithogr. 1833. 29,5 x 50,5, Blgr. 36,2 x 52,8 cm. Mit dem (etw. verblassten) Namenszug im Stein. Verso wohl kein Text. Im Passep. unter Glas mont. (nicht ausgerahmt). DR 65. Zustand 1 (von 1) mit Beschriftung. - Mehrf. gefaltet, li. Rd. unregelmäßig geschnitten. Leicht gebr. u. etw. stockfl., Falze tls. eingerissen. Selten.
A mid-20th century ink and watercolour caricature cartoon of H.S.N Simms Adams, Winning the Cup at Cannes, indistinctly signed and dated 1950, framed and glazed. 54.5 x 37 cm.(He was the first skipper to take a British Sailing Team abroad after WWII and also founded the Brancaster Sailing Club).
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