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A CAMOFLAGE UNIFORM, TWO CANVAS AMMUNITION POUCHES, WATER BOTTLE, CANVAS PISTOL HOLSTER ETC

A QUANTITY OF VINTAGE MOTORCYCLE CLOTHING, a J Compton, Sons & Webb Lts, 'The Corker' helmet, a Stadium helmet (made of 'Polyron' size 6 7/8), a boxed pair of Stadium Featherweight goggles, No. 366, a pair of Uniform Brand fleece lined gauntlets and a pair of North British Rubber Company Thistle thigh length rubber boots, all appear complete and in fairly good condition except that the boots have some damage, the gloves have some wear and most of the box is missing flaps from one end

Beatrix Neeld - After J Northcote, portrait of Lord Hood in naval uniform, copied from the portrait at Admiralty House, Portsmouth, signed and dated 1904 lower right corner, oil on canvas, unframed . 56 by 66cm (22 by 26 ins)Condition Reportit has been relined.some flaking to the paint upper right corner.some small white paint drips near his face (from house decoration)very dirty overall 

A British Army Air Corps uniform consisting of two jackets (with medal ribbons) and a pair of trousers formerly belonging to Major C. Hogan AAC, together with his Army Combat Helmet and an earlier pewter figure engraved to him as a Lieutenant in the Artillery serving in Northern Ireland, the engraving reads: LT. C.HOGAN. 43 BTY-ARDOYNE 78

Darstellung in Kapitäns-Uniform mit Schnurrbart, auf grün-schwarzer Marmorplinthe/Säule montiert, H ca. 37cm

Large Collection of Military Reference Books, including Ospreys, Almarks and other uniform books etc. c.50 in all, We are not able to offer in house post and packing on this lot

G.A Rowlerson MC. Substantial and Interesting Collection of Ephemera, together with a number of mainly large photographs. Rowlerson was commissioned and gained an MC in WWI while serving with the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Regiment and he was captured in September 1918 on the Western Front. While there are a number of photographs of him in uniform in WWI and as a school cadet most of the detailed information on his MC and his capture are contained in copies of PRO and other records. The main body of the of the ephemera relates to his career with Indian Railways where he held senior positions. During World War Two as a civilian in India he received the Kaiser-i-Hind or "Golden Award" for services during the war and received it apparently from the Governor and there are many letters included congratulating him for receiving this hour in 1945. Other papers indicate he retired to Eastbourne. Interesting Collection worthy of further research.

Important Royal Flying Corps Photograph Album for Second Lieutenant Richard Gerrard Ross Allen, late West Yorkshire Regiment, Casualty in a Aerial Dog Fight, Over the Somme, 16th November 1916, Contemporary Album produced as a "family" Memorial to a lost son. Album commences with images of Ross, as he liked to be called) in civilian clothes, one in a family group. On the facing page is his Imperial War Grave with other images of Serre Road Cemetery, (further photographs show the temporary contemporary grave on the battlefield), his medal ribbons etc., Interesting signed letter from the Keeper of the Privy Purse, Buckingham Palace expressing sympathy on behalf of the King and Queen. Tipped-in 1917 issue of the Tonbridgian (his old school) listing him in the Roll of honour. (School photographs of him are also included) There are some very clear group and other photographs of him with his 7th Squadron fellow Pilots. A propaganda leaflet dropped over the German lines is also included as is an original Trench map for August 1916. Also present with its original is one of the best letters from the front we have seen written by Ross to a friend and dated May, 1915." We have been in the trenches for twelve days... just about played out.. the attack started at 5.am..I can't describe the Hell that raged all day with shells flying all the time.. expected to be blown to blazes any moment.. and are happy as kings now that we are having a rest... ". There are also a couple of framed items, head and shoulders of Ross in uniform and "scroll "commemorating his sacrifice. In all a comprehensive and fascinating grouping to a Royal Flying Corps Casualty.

dating: 19th Century provenance: Italy, Portraying a navy officer in a uniform with sabre. No frame. dimensions 20 x 26 cm.

dating: Late 19th Century provenance: Austria, Oil on canvas. Fine depiction of an Austrian general in uniform with a hat, sabre and numerous orders of various countries. Small hole below on the left, easy to restore. In a modern, wooden, gilded frame. dimensions 73 x 92 cm.

dating: Second half of the 19th Century provenance: Italy, King Vittorio Emanuele II in uniform with decorations and Knightly Orders. Frame with gilded borders, matching. dimensions 60 x 44 cm.

dating: Mid 19th Century provenance: Sardinian Kingdom, Pietro Vivaldi Chabod, duke of St. John, marquis of Trivigno-Pasqua, portray in uniform with Knightly Orders. An old label on the back on the frame with ink-inscription 'S. E. Pietro Vivaldi-Chabod Duca di S. Giovanni - Marchese di Trivigno - Pasqua Cav. di G.Croce, decorato del Gran Cordone S.S. Maurizio e Lazzaro Tesoriere dell'Ordine Supremo della S.S. Annunziata Cav.re di S. Anna di ............dell'Ord.ne Piano.....San Giovanni di Gerusalemme.....Gran.... di S.M. Carlo Alberto. Maggiore Generale delle R.e Armate'. In a gilded frame. 53 x 41 cm.

dating: circa 1900 provenance: USA, In blue felt. GAR badge on the front, in gilded metal on black cloth. Enameled badge of the 1st Division, XVIII Corp on the left side. Patriotic, white, red and blue ribbon on the right, held by a uniform button of the Civil War of New Hampshire, marked 'Scovill Mfg & Co Waterbury'. Yellow and black twisted hatcord. Black, leather sweat band with small signs of use. No moths holes. A Seller's label glued inside 'HALL & KENNELL, Dealers in HATS, CAPS, FURS, and STRAW GOODS, 259 Greenwich Street, NEW YORK'. Internal dimensions: cm 18 x 15. height 14,5 cm.

dating: circa 1880 - 1900 provenance: USA, In dark-blue cloth. Metal GAR badge on the front. Square visor with leather chin-strap, fixed with two GAR buttons. Civil War badges on the top: infantry badge and brass Regiment numbers, distinctive of the XVIII Corp on top of the one of XXII Corp. Brown sweat band, partially unsewn. Black lining with glued manufacturer's label 'J.T.O’BRIAN. Manufacturer of Fine Silk and Stiff Hats AND UNIFORM CAPS. 212 Seneca St. Cleveland, O.'. height circa 11 cm.

dating: circa 1880 - 1890 provenance: USA, In dark-blue cloth. Leather chin-strap, fixed with two officer's buttons (16 mm). False embroidered 3” crossed sabres officers’ insignia, Civil War pattern, in gilded metal, surmounted with number '7'. Sweat band with signs of use and cap in good conditions. Seller's label 'W.H. HALL, Successors to Hall & Kennell, dealer in Hats, Uniform Caps and straw goods, 259 Greenwich St., N.Y.' height circa 10 cm.

dating: First half of the 19th Century provenance: France, Depicting a fountain with fire-gilt architectural elements, surmounted with a general's bust in uniform. It probably contained a now missing music box. height 32 cm.

dating: early 19th Century provenance: France, Fine casting of the era, with fire-gilding, depicting Louis XVIII in uniform with decorations. height 22 cm.

Sir Alfred Gilbert, A.R.A., R.A., M.V.O (British, 1854-1934): A rare and probably unique patinated and parcel gilt bronze 'double size' figure of St Georgeordered by John Charles Williams of Werrington Park, Launceston, Cornwall directly from the sculptor and probably cast by Broad & Son, circa 1895-6the figure with helmeted downcast head modelled in contrapposto and clad in elaborate armour with shell cast pauldrons and winged poleyns, one arm raised and with a slightly turned hand, the other arm down and outstretched, his straight sword with a corpus crucifix to the hilt (now lacking finial), on swirling base, raised on an ebonised shallow square plinth, the figure, 88cm high, 93cm high overall including wood plinth base Footnotes:ProvenanceJohn Charles (J.C.) Williams (1861-1939), Werrington Park, Launceston, Cornwall.Ordered by J.C. Williams in 1895 as apparently the first part of a commission for four double size figure replicas, St George being the first figure representing England, the others as the second part of the commission being saints representing Ireland, Scotland & Wales (these three figures apparently never realised).Thence by descent.John Charles Williams (1861-1939) of Caerhays Castle, St Austell, Cornwall was an English Liberal Unionist politician, collector and keen horticulturalist, noted for his philanthropic interests in botany.Affectionately known as 'J.C.', he was the second son of the miner, landowner and banker John Michael Williams (1813-1880) and Elisabeth Maria (d. 1884), of Caerhays Castle and was educated at Rugby School and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. The Williams family of Caerhays, Burncoose and Scorrier were prominent owners of mines and smelting works for several generations during the Cornish Industrial Revolution. In 1882 'J.C.' Williams acquired the estate of Werrington, an 18th century house with earlier origins (then in Devon, but since 1974 in Cornwall) as his home and set about furnishing with furniture and artworks, some possibly from an earlier dispersal sale of the original contents but the majority acquired himself from other sources following the fashions of the day. His own wealth combined with the fact that his elder brother Michael Williams took over running the family's business interests meant that he was able to devote time to collecting including amassing three major noted mineral collections and in particular his interests in breeding rhododendrons, camellias and daffodils amongst other plants. He married Mary Christian Williams (1861-1922), the second daughter of Sir Frederick Martin Williams, second baronet of Tregullow in 1884 and in that same year he returned to live at Caerhays Castle when his mother died. However, he remained Squire of Werrington Park even when he returned to his ancestral home as he reputedly enjoyed the good hunting on the Werrington estate and as such it is recorded that the he and his family lived partly at Caerhays and partly at Werrington in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Elected at the 1892 general election as the MP for Truro, he held the seat until he stood down at the 1895 general election and was also High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1888, and Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall from 1918–36.During the Great War Werrington was turned over to the Red Cross becoming Auxiliary Home Hospital Werrington and accepting injured troops from the frontlines in France and Belgium. Mrs Williams is recorded as being 'Officer in Charge and Organising Secretary' and the hospital treated 1128 patients between January 1915 and March 1919.John Charles and Mary Christian Williams had five sons and one daughter: The Honourable Charles Williams of Caerhays Castle, Conservative MP for Tavistock 1918-1922 and Torquay 1924-1955.John Francis Williams, killed in 1916 serving as Sub-Lieutenant of the St. George flotilla on the 'HMS Russell'.Alfred Martin Williams, CBE, Conservative MP for North Cornwall 1924-29.Robert Williams, killed in 1915 serving as Second Lieutenant of the 1st Guards Brigade, 2nd Battalion of the Grenadier Guards at the Battle of Loos.Peter Michael Williams, known as 'PM', High Sheriff of Cornwall, 1952.May Williams, who nursed her father after her mother's death. Alfred Gilbert's St George and The Duke of Clarence MemorialAlfred Gilberts depiction of St George can perhaps be described as the emblematic zenith of the New Sculpture movement. However its conception and realisation on what was perhaps Gilberts most prestigious commission of the his career, that of the tomb of the The Duke of Clarence in the Albert Memorial Chapel at Windsor Castle was also the cause of much controversy.Ten years previously however, Gilberts accent to the position of England's premier sculptor had seemed a natural and inevitable progression following the death of his former master and sculptor to the Royal family, Joseph Edgar Boehm in 1890. His success was subsequently sealed with the most prestigious commission of the day from the bereaved Prince and Princess of Wales to design a tomb for their eldest son, Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale who had tragically died from influenza on the 14th January 1892. Summoned three days after the funeral to discuss plans with the royal couple, Gilbert's preliminary sketch for the tomb of her grandson was approved by Queen Victorian on the 6th March 1892.Although the finished tomb itself was a tour de force of the sculptors art incorporating an effigy of the recumbent Prince in his Hussar uniform beneath the figure of a kneeling angel holding a heavenly crown realised in bronze, brass, aluminium and white & coloured marble, it was the extraordinary hybrid Gothic and late Victorian surrounding grill designed to pay homage to the tombs of Cardinal Wolsey / Henry VIII that led to the inception of the figure of St George.After seeing a monograph of the Wolsey / Henry VIII tomb prepared by the scholar Alfred Higgins and also seeing its inspiration which was the earlier tomb of Henry VII, Gilbert decided to emulate the use of such similar grills to these tombs incorporating twelve polychrome niche figures of saints into a fantastically elaborate design. The royal family were then consulted as to which saints should be represented. These were in order around the tomb, St George, The Virgin, St Elizabeth of Hungary, St Michael, St Margaret, St Patrick, St Catherine of Siena, St Edward the Confessor, St Hubert of Liege, St Ethelreda of Ely, St Nicholas of Myra and St Catherine of Egypt. Of these saints, St George is undoubtedly the most famous and was the first to be cast. Epitomizing the last traces of Pre-Raphaelitism merging into Art Nouveau but perhaps also idiosyncratically paying homage to the armour of French and German medieval tomb figures rather than those of the Italian Renaissance, the warrior saint is depicted as a sinuous long limbed effete youth clad in fantastical separately cast armour incorporating swirling shell motifs. The first figure of St George, cast in 'white metal' by George Broad & Son with carved ivory hands and face, was presented to the Prince and Princess of Wales. Delivered to Sandringham in November 1895 and intended as a private 'household' memorial to the Duke of Clarence it was subsequently installed in the Church of St Mary Magdalene at Sandringham.The second figure of St George, cast in aluminium, again by George Broad & Son with carved ivory hands and face was the model that was installed at the tomb. As the first of the twelve saints surrounding the tomb to be cast, it was unveiled by Queen Victoria and positioned in its niche in July 1898. Nevertheless at that moment in time, five figures of saints were still missing and it was not until 1928 that the tomb was actually finally completed, thirty six years after the o... For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Naval Uniform: a comprehensive collection of Royal Naval Reserve Surgeon Lieutenant Commander's uniforms.

Naval Uniform: a Womens' Royal Naval Service Reserve Chief Officer's No.1 uniform and other related.

Sir Joshua Reynolds (Plympton 1723-1792 Richmond), and StudioPortrait of Sir John Lockhart-Ross, 6th Bt., three-quarter-length, in naval uniform oil on canvas126.8 x 101.8cm (49 15/16 x 40 1/16in).Footnotes:ProvenancePossibly painted for Lord HyndfordPossibly Collection of Sir William BassPossibly, his sale, Knight, Frank & Rutley, Berkeley Lodge, 30 June 1913, lot 1475Sale, Christie's, London, 29-30 September 1977, lot 88 (bt. D C Cooke)Collection of James W. DeLasho, USA, until 2018Private Collection, USALiteratureA. Graves and G. Cronin, A History of the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A., London, 1899, vol. II, cat. no. 591D. Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds, A Complete Catalogue of his Paintings, New Haven and London, 2000, p. 310, cat. no. 1141, fig. 545 John Lockhart was from a Scottish family and was the fifth son of Sir James Lockhart, 2nd Baronet of Carstairs. He had a distinguished naval career and served as Hawke's flag-captain in the Royal George. Two years before he married in 1762 he inherited his brother's estate at Balnagown in Ross-shire, as a condition of which he changed his name to Ross. For a number of years he managed his estates, returning to sea to command the Shrewsbury in the Channel Fleet in 1777. The following year he inherited the family baronetcy and was made a Rear-Admiral soon after, subsequently being elevated to Vice-Admiral of the Blue in 1787.This painting appears to be the version of the Ross portrait painted for Lord Hyndford, possibly sold in the Sir William Bass sale at Berkeley Lodge in 1913 and subsequently at Christie's, London, September 29-30, 1977 (lot 88). A payment was logged in Reynolds's records for 1763 for a painting of 'Capt. Lockhart for Lord Hindford'.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

BEATON (CECIL) - ELIZABETH IIFine portrait photograph of Princess Elizabeth, seated facing forwards in the official uniform of the Colonel of the Grenadier Guards, SIGNED BY BOTH THE PHOTOGRAPHER ('Cecil Beaton' in pencil) AND SITTER ('Elizabeth/Colonel 1942' in ink), on mount beneath the image, gelatin silver print, mounted on card, image 228 x 180mm., [1942]Footnotes:Striking portrait of the future Queen Elizabeth II, signed by both Elizabeth and Cecil Beaton. Following the death in January 1942 of the Duke of Connaught, Princess Elizabeth was appointed on 24 February to succeed him as the Colonel of the Grenadier Guards. Officers of the regiment presented her with a diamond brooch in the form of the regimental badge, worn in this portrait. 'The brooch was presented on 20 April 1942 at the Princess's first official audience, and the following day - on her sixteenth birthday - an inspection of the Grenadier Guards was the Princess's first official public engagement' (Royal Collection Trust website). This sitting was the first time that Elizabeth was photographed by Beaton, who was over the next three decades to be invited to photograph the Queen on many significant occasions, including the time of her Coronation.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

LAWRENCE (T.E.)Three autograph letters signed ('T E Lawrence') to Lieutenant Colonel Sir Henry McMahon, regarding the commission of a portrait for inclusion in Seven Pillars of Wisdom, comprising: (i) Autograph letter signed ('T.E. Lawrence'), mentioning he '...wrote a yarn of the Arabian effort – in no sense a history, but a personal narrative. You figured in it, just a little, at the opening...', and is '...collecting illustrations for its eventual publication (no present intention that way, though sometimes I'm tempted to publish part of it)...', asking McMahon if he would sit for a portrait and suggesting '...a powerful young artist called Roberts. He's very young, very callow: like a hollow oyster: but draws wonderfully. He was a Cubist...', and apologising for the odd request ('...It's rather like head-hunting, & a thousand times worse than autographing: but I've made the same request to several other of my victims, & have got callous over it...'), and for his handwriting ('...I'm in a boy's camp, writing on a crazy bed!...'), 2 pages, 8vo (174 x 113mm.), 14 Barton St., S.W.1, 25 August [19]22(ii)Autograph letter signed ('T.E. Lawrence'), writing after the sitting to ask McMahon's opinion of the picture ('...The first writing to one newly drawn is like going to congratulate an oriental, when you don't know if it was a boy or a girl... It's very severe & structured, wickedly like you, wickedly unlike: technically of course nearly a great piece of work. Lady McMahon, if she saw it, is no doubt furious: yourself I expect are mildly amused: & your critical self is probably pleased. He's a very uncommon youth, that little oyster-artist, & will make a name for himself...'), and comments on Roberts' portrait of Robin Buxton ('...An astonishing thing, more modelled than yours, but less individual...'), 1 page, 4to (220 x 177mm.), [no place], 17 October [19]22(iii)Autograph letter signed ('T.E. Lawrence'), arranging to meet, 1 page, on Colonial Office embossed headed paper, 8vo (188 x 115mm.), Colonial Office, 3 March [19]22Footnotes:'I WROTE A YARN OF THE ARABIAN EFFORT – IN NO SENSE A HISTORY, BUT A PERSONAL NARRATIVE': LAWRENCE COMMISSIONS THE PORTRAITS FOR SEVEN PILLARS.To illustrate his 'yarn of the Arabian effort', Lawrence commissioned the 'uncommon youth, that little oyster-artist' Slade-trained William Roberts, a self-described 'English Cubist' who had spent the war as firstly a gunner at the front and latterly as an official war artist. He was also to undertake an oil painting of Lawrence wearing his RAF uniform, the sittings taking place 'in a room I was using at Coleherne Terrace, Earl's Court' (Roberts' memoir Early Years).Roberts was a very suitable choice. The powerful personalities Lawrence depicts in his book demanded a powerful artistic style such as Roberts could offer, and Lawrence described McMahon's portrait as 'absolutely splendid: the strength of it, and the life: it feels as though at any moment there might be a crash in the paper and the thing start out' (21 October 1922) (quoted in www.englishcubist.co.uk/mcmahon). What McMahon thought of it is not known, neither seemingly is the current whereabouts of the original, but Lawrence notes with wry humour that McMahon's wife would be less than impressed with the depiction. The portrait was exhibited at the Leicester Galleries in 1927 as item 1 in a selling exhibition of illustrations from the book. In the preface to the exhibition catalogue, Bernard Shaw explains how Lawrence '...made up his mind to lose money... He set able painters to work to make portraits... and imaginative draughtsmen... He had paper specially made, and directed the printing himself in the manner of Morris or Caxton...' and urges people to purchase the pictures for 'extravagant sums' to benefit a Trust set up to firstly cover the costs of publication and thereafter benefit 'a fund for the relief of the Belisariuses of the Air Force. Not one farthing of the price of Arabia's independence and her timely aid to England will ever go into the pockets of the Prince of Damascus...' (Catalogue of an Exhibition of Paintings, Pastels, Drawings and Woodcuts illustrating Col. T.E. Lawrence's book 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom', The Leicester Galleries, 5 to 21 February 1927).Sir Henry McMahon, first high commissioner for Egypt, is perhaps best known for the McMahon-Hussein correspondence, a secret correspondence with the sharif of Mecca on behalf of the British government encouraging an Arab uprising against the sultan-caliph. He is described by Sir Ronald Storrs (his papers sold in these rooms 26 June 2019, lot 223) as ''slight, fair very young for 52, quiet, friendly, agreeable, considerate and cautious'' but quite out of his depth, lacking 'any knowledge of Arabic... forced to deal with a complex political situation... In return for an Arab rebellion McMahon loosely promised independence in certain areas of the Middle East, but he failed precisely to stipulate which parts... The extreme vagueness of the often confused and ambiguous correspondence between McMahon and Hussein... caused almost immediate controversy between the Arabs and the British empire over its differing interpretations, especially about whether it included Palestine...' (T.R. Moreman, ODNB), thus sowing the seeds of discord for years to come. In Seven Pillars, however, Lawrence praised McMahon's 'shrewd insight and tried, experienced mind' and his success in having 'achieved our foundation stone, the understanding with the Sherif of Mecca', writing that McMahon was kept in the dark about the British government's real intentions and was not to blame. Lawrence's guilt over his own part in what he saw as a British and French betrayal of the Arabs was to haunt him for the rest of his life. This correspondence is unpublished and has remained in the McMahon family until now.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

BIBLE, IN ENGLISH, RHEIMSThe New Testament of Jesus Christ Faithfully Translated into English... Annotations, and Other Helps, for the Better Understanding of the Text... By the English Colledge then Resident in Rhemes, 'fourth edition, enriched with pictures', additional engraved title-page, 7 full-page engraved illustrations (Evangelists, St. Paul, St. John and Pentecost) by Picquet and Michel van Lochom, additional title cut to size and laid down, headlines to approximately 20 pages shaved along with a couple of catchwords, dampstain to 2 leaves, upper cover and spine detached [ESTC S102550; Herbert 479], 1633; The Holy Bible... with Arguments of the Bookes and Chapters,... By the English Colledge of Dovvay, 2 vol., second edition of the Roman Catholic version, each with separate letterpress title, printer's licence leaf at end of second volume, without the additional engraved titles, first volume without final blank, title with repair resulting in some loss to one letter, small repairs to final 4 leaves, extreme corner tip of 4 leaves repaired, second volume title with one corner torn away, and some abrasion resulting in loss of a few words, upper joint of volume one cracked, lower part of spine of volume 2 detached [ESTC S1501; Herbert 499], 1635, woodcut ornaments and decorative initials, red edges, uniform nineteenth century blindstamped calf, worn, 4to, [Rouen], John Cousturier (3)Footnotes:The second edition of the Roman Catholic version of the Old Testament, which had first been published in Douai in 1609, and the fourth edition of the New Testament.Provenance: New Testament, James Atkinson (1759-1839, Surgeon, of York), inscription on aii (Preface to Reader), 'Atkinson' bookplate; Old Testament, 'Will Johnston bought this book 1712', inscription on final leaf of first volume; John Macfarlane, Writer to the Signet, bookplate in both New Testament volumes; James Dix, of Bristol, 'Biblical Collection', bookplate dated 1850 in each volume.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

NEUVILLE (ALPHONSE DE)Portrait of John Chard V.C., head and shoulders, facing right, in the uniform of the Royal Engineers, oil on panel, inscribed and signed 'Au major Chard souvenir amical A. de Neuville' on the image, framed, 280 x 195mm., [c.1879-1880]Footnotes:A PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN PORTRAIT OF JOHN CHARD BY ALPHONSE DE NEUVILLE (1836-1885), who included a prominent depiction of Chard in his painting The Defence of Rorke's Drift. In the 38-page catalogue published by the Fine Art Society to accompany the exhibition of the painting, it is noted that 'the painter has had sittings of all the principal actors in the scene who were in this country while he was at work - Major Chard, the Rev. G. Smith.... As for the localities he had the benefit of all forms of topographical record; official plans, Major Chard's sketches..., As to the incidents of the defence, he has had the use not only of Major Chard's official report, and all the letters which appeared at the time, but of many others from actors on the scene'. It is therefore probable that this rapid oil sketch portrait was taken from life at one of the men's meetings to discuss the events of Rorke's Drift.Provenance: John Chard V.C., R.E., gift from the artist Alphonse de Neuville; by descent to the present owner.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A collection of World War I and II militaria, including medal ribbons, a TA badge with receipt, Special Service badges, Royal Artillery uniform badges, a prisoner of war photograph frame on wrist strap, together with a photograph of Bert Hollick in carved wooden frame from Ypres, France and a 1914 Christmas card from Princess Mary

Hough (Frank et al). History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II, 5 volumes, reprint edition, Battery Press, Nashville, 1993, black & white illustrations, uniform publishers original red cloth, 8vo, together with; Maurer (Maurer [editor]), The U.S. Air Service in World War I, 4 volumes, The Office of Air Force History, Washington, 1978, numerous monochrome illustrations, some marginal toning, uniform publishers original brown cloth, 4to,Qty: (9 )

* Hitler Youth. A photograph album entitled 'Meine zeit under AHS Dresden' 1940-1942, with a pencilled swastika beneath pencil manuscript title, a Hitler Youth membership card for Sven Ludowig loosely inserted, containing approx. 68 monochrome photographs, mounted (a few with photo corners) to both sides of album leaves, comprising images relating to the Hitler Youth, such as a Landjahr camp, with several photos of individuals and groups of young men in uniform, sometimes marching, doing sports and other activities, shooting practice, ceremonies, officers giving speeches, the final filled page with the manuscript caption 'Die AHS bestanden und zum ein mitglied in der SS' and a photograph of a young man in SS uniform (head and shoulders portrait), occasional discolouration, contemporary cloth with spine tie, a little wear to extremities, small oblong folio, together with: BDM, A photograph album with a pencil manuscript title relating to the BDM in Dresden, containing approx. 38 monochrome photographs, with the pencilled date 1934 to 1st leaf, several images of a young girl on her own or with others, taking part in dancing, exercises, washing, doing gymnastic-style movements, and other activities (some nude), also at ceremonies, some images of the 1936? Olympic Games, a few photographs of a young girl costumed in a long dress with the Olympic Rings visible on the dress and also on her headdress, some discolouration generally, especially to margins, contemporary cloth with spine tie, rear cover with round stain, front cover with applied cloth letters 'E K' and applied cloth Hitler Youth symbol (lightly spotted and dust-soiled), rear cover with plastic ring and elastic closure, fixing to metal hook on front cover (elastic stretched), oblong 8vo, plus a third photograph album, dated ...Dresden 1939, comprising numerous monochrome photographs in and around Dresden and the wider area (including family photos, mountain scenes, city scenes etc), none labelled, the first page with a photograph of German soldiers, contemporary cloth with spine tie, small oblong folio, and several items of ephemera relating to Dresden, comprising: a baptism certificate for Gerry? Zimmermann, son of Maria Zimmermann, 1919 (1914?) in Dresden; a Guidebook for the Green Vault museum, 1930s; several Dresden gas, water and electricity bills, all 1935; a single-page leaflet for a Christmas Party 1918, in the Herzogin Garten, Dresden; a 'Zenfurbuch', or school report book, for Maria Grodn???, for the years 1916-1924; and a front cover (only) of a ReichskarteQty: (13)

* A WWI TFWM group to Bombardier S.R. Gibbs, Royal Artillery Territorial Force War Medal, G.V.R. (1165 S.R. Gibbs. R.A.), British War and Victory Medals (860842 Bmbr. S.R. Gibbs: R.A.), extremely fine and lacquered, mounted as worn with pocket diary inscribed 'Bdr S.R. Gibbs Inland Water Transport Royal Engineers Force "D" Mesopotamia', commencing 31 December 1916, covering time in Basra and Baghdad (April 1917), a humorous cartoon of a soldier captioned 'Baghdad 1917+1918 Who Said Blighty', an account of a moonlight raid on Baghdad (24 January 1918), final entry once returning to Southampton on 27 January 1919, the back with technical diagrams of piping, photographs of the recipient in uniform, identity tags and other related itemsQty: (3)

* Smith (Major General Charles Hodgkinson, 1826-1897). An archive of documents and ephemera, comprising: 8 commission documents, pre-printed on vellum or paper and completed in brown ink, appointing Charles Hodgkinson Smith to various military positions, dated 1845-1877, with embossed paper seals, 5 signed upper left by Queen Victoria, vertical folds as issued, 2 dust-soiled and rubbed, one spotted and toned, approximately 30 x 40 cm (12 x 15.75 ins); an albumen print photograph of 4 soldiers beside a field gun (Charles on left), circa 1860, frayed and marked, trimmed along left-hand edge; a photographic studio portrait of Charles in cravat and bowler hat in later years; a pre-printed letter completed in brown ink dated 27 May 1841, accepting Charles for admission to the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich; and the related commission document dated 1 August 1841 admitting Charles as a Gentleman Cadet in the Royal Artillery, large bifolium, pre-printed and completed in brown ink, horizontal folds as issued, watermarked 'Joseph Coles 1837', together with: Smith (Captain John Weatherell, 1790-1839). An archive of documents and ephemera, comprising: 5 commission documents pre-printed on vellum and completed in brown ink, appointing John Weatherell Smith to various military positions, dated 1807-1832, with embossed paper seals, variously signed upper left by George III, George IV, or William IV, vertical folds as issued, some light dust-soiling and creasing but generally in good condition, approximately 29 x 39 cm (11.5 x 15.25 ins); and 8 items of correspondence, mostly relating to the Captain's retirement, including a printed document stipulating in detail the uniform to be worn whilst on half pay, dated 25th March 1833, and a bifolium written in manuscript entitled 'The Memorial of John Weatherell Smith, Second Captain and Adjutant in the Royal Regiment of Artillery'Qty: (-)NOTESMajor General Charles Hodgkinson Smith was the only son of Captain John Weatherall Smith (1790-1839), grandson of General Sir John Smith (1754-1837), Governor of Gibraltar, and the fifth of six successive generations of one family to serve in the Royal Artillery (of which five are documented). He entered the Royal Artillery in 1845 and saw a great deal of active service overseas whilst serving in the Crimean War, Indian Mutiny, Australia and New Zealand. He was by all accounts a brave and flamboyant young gentleman, apparently risking his own life when cholera was rife during the Crimea, by visiting his men in hospital and rubbing their stomachs to try and relieve their suffering. He was a magnificent horseman and a fine shot, and at one time he owned a famous race horse called Muster Roll. Charles is remembered for his nerves of steel, particularly evident in an incident documented by his cousin: on one occasion, when crossing a narrow bridge over a deep gorge, his nervous charger reared up and pivoted round to face oncoming troops in the opposite direction, necessitating him to force the horse onto its hind legs again and repeat the manoeuvre. He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath, and was awarded the Crimean Medal, the Turkish Medal and the Indian Mutiny Medal. John Weatherall Smith was the father of Major General Charles Hodgkinson Smith, and the son of General Sir John Smith, and was therefore the fourth of six successive generations of one family to serve in the Royal Artillery. He entered that regiment in 1807 and in 1810 he served as aide-de-camp under his father in Gibraltar. He subsequently saw active service in the Peninsular War, after which he served in Gibraltar under his father again between 1812 and 1814. Here he suffered a severe attack of the prevailing fever; he survived and went on to fulfil the role of Permanent Adjutant of the Royal Artillery at Woolwich, but he never recovered from the effects of the fever, and died a comparatively young man.

* English School. Captain John Smith (1722-1783), Royal Artillery 1742-1783, watercolour, half-length portrait of a young gentleman in military uniform, somewhat spotted, 19 x 15.5 cm (7.5 x 6 ins), mounted, framed and glazed, frame with title plaque, together with commission document, pre-printed on vellum and completed in brown ink, appointing John Smith as Lieutenant Fireworker in the Royal Artillery, dated 1760, with embossed blue paper seals to left margin and signed by the King 'George R' to upper left corner, vertical folds as issued, 27.5 x 39 cm (11 x 15.5 ins)Qty: (2)NOTESCaptain John Smith was the second of six generations of his family to serve in the Royal Artillery, the first being his father, about whom nothing appears to be known. The service of the subsequent generations, however, is well documented. John Smith joined the Artillery in 1742 as a cadet-gunner, subsequently serving as a matross, and eventually receiving his commission as a Lieutenant Fireworker in 1758 (as George III was the first monarch to sign and give commission papers, and he didn't ascend to the throne until 1760, the commission document is dated two years after the commission was given). He was First Lieutenant until 1768 when he was made Captain and given the appointment of Captain Gentlemen Cadet Company, probably as Instructor. John Smith's son was General Sir John Smith (1754-1837), Governor of Gibraltar between 1813 and 1814.

* Regimental uniform. A tunic and trousers worn by General Sir Anthony Stephen Jeremy Blacker, KCB, CBE (1939-2005), with Westminster Dragoons collar badges and buttons, riband bar to left breast, with Conway & Williams tailors label to pocket lining inscribed with recipients nameQty: (1)NOTESGeneral Sir Anthony Stephen Jeremy Blacker, KCM, CBE (1939-2005), was educated at Sherborne School and Corpus College, Cambridge, after completing training at Sandhurst he was commissioned into the Royal Tank Regiment in 1959, he was deployed to Northern Ireland in 1974. In 1979 he was appointed Commanding Officer of 1st Royal Tank Regiment, after various other appointments including Colonel Commandant of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, of the Royal Tank Regiment and of the Royal Armoured Corps, he retired from service in 1995.

* Rommel (Erwin J., 1891-1944). Signed Postcard photograph of the German Field Marshal, c. 1942, postally unused, the picture a full-length study of Rommel in uniform in profile, boldly signed in blue indelible pencil to lower area, a few minor spots, the postcard preserved in a protective plastic sleeve and mounted to the front free endpaper of an English translation of Rommel's book Attacks, 1st edition, Athena Press, Vienna, Virginia, 1979, black and white map illustrations, ex libris embossed stamp to front free endpaper, original cloth in dust jacket, a little chipped and frayed at edges, 8voQty: (2)

* WWII POW. A collection of WWII RAF memorabilia belonging to 1335893 L.A.C John G. Morton, comprising, Caterpillar Club badge, gilt metal with ruby eyes, engraved 'W/O JG Morton', contained in a combination cigarette/lighter case, engraved 'John Morton, Stalag-Luft VI Heydekrug, Deutschland' with Observers badge insignia, 8 x 12cm, Caterpillar Club membership card, cloth blazer badge, tie, related booklet and other items relating to the Caterpillar Club, RAF officer's service dress hat by Tress & Co, London with brass kings crown badge, brown leather sweatband and original tailors label WWII Medals, comprising 1939-1945 Star with Bomber Command clasp, Air Crew Europe Star, War and Defence Medals, extremely fine, all later issues with transmission slip, first in official black plastic box with typed label to the recipient Two Pilot's Flying Log Books, commencing 6 February 1942 - 25 September 1942, the other commencing 22 October 1942 - 15 February 1944, Royal Air Force Service and Release Book plus Missing in Action letter dated 16 February 1944 from 626 Squadron, 8 black and white snapshot-size photographs of the recipient in uniform and a multi-signed group photograph from C Flight, No.2. Squadron I.T.W. (International Training Wings) January 1942 (Morton, back row centre)Qty: (a small box )NOTES1335893 Leading Aircraftsman John G Morton was born on 7 April 1921, joined the RAF on 15 September 1941 and trained in Ontario, Canada. Morton returned to England and qualified as an Air Bomber on 4 December 1942. He served with No.626 Squadron and flew many raids over Germany. On 15 February 1944 JB595 UM-B2 crewed by seven was on its first operation when a JU88 shot the aircraft down over Erfurt, the aircraft suffering from serious damage with the crew having to bale out. They were all taken prisoner of war including L.A.C. George Morton (PoW No.1619), with many of the crew injured including Sergeant A.A. Phillips, who later died of his wounds. The letter included in the lot states 'It was with great regret that I had to advise you this morning by telegram that your son Sergeant John George Morton was missing as the result of air operation last night. He was the Air Bomber in one of our aircraft which took off yesterday evening on a mission against the enemy, and which unhappily has failed to return. Unfortunately since the aircraft left base we have had no news of the crew or their aircraft. In cases such as these, it is always possible that the crew may have escaped with their lives and been taken prisoners of war ...' Morton was captured after 3 days on the run and was taken to Stalag Luft VI in Heydekrug, Lithuania, in July 1944 it housed over 9000 Allied airmen. When the Russian front approached, orders were given to move the prisoners to the other camps further west. Most of the men were moved by train to Stalag XX-A in West Prussia, however, some 900 including Morton were taken to the port of Memel and boarded a merchant ship to Swinemunde. There they were forced to march from Kiefheinde with many men being bayoneted or shot before they reached Stalag Luft IV in Gross Tychow. This march was one of the famous "Long Marches". The lot includes a letter to the recipient dated 1982 from the Caterpillar Club stating "we have been able to confirm your original application for membership and can therefore supply you with a replacement pin'.

* Churchill (Winston Spencer, 1874-1965). An original copper plate used in the preparation of colour transfer prints of the portrait of Churchill in the uniform of Air Commodore, Royal Air Force, photographed by David Waddington, 1945, plate size 23 x 15.5 cmQty: (1)NOTESThe image on the plate here is in the reverse to the known positive images. David Waddington was serving as an airman when he was sent to photograph Churchill as part of the RAF Colour Portrait Project. His work was to be used to raise money for the joint benefit of United States Army Air Forces Aid Society and Royal Air Force Charities. Churchill was so pleased with this study that he later requested and signed 5 direct-colour transfer prints of it for presentation, and nearly-identical transfer prints were produced in larger quantities for fundraising purposes. The plate here does not bear any signature but evidence of its working use can be seen on the surface.

* A WWI pair to Private G.W. Kane, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (41157 Pte. G.W. Kane. D. Of. Corn. L.I.), extremely fine, with related cap badges, photograph of the recipient in uniform, related documents including Soldier's Small Book and framed certificate presented to the recipient from the Mayor or Swindon giving thanks for service during WWI, 43 x 33cmQty: (2)NOTES41157 Private George William Kane was born Swindon in 1896, he served on the Western Front from 9 August 1915, he was wounded on 16 October 1916 (War Badge), and on 30 August 1918 was listed as suffering from a "Gunshot wound knee, right", he was transferred to a casualty clearing station and discharged on 17 April 1919, post-war service saw Kane working as an engine fitter in the locomotive works of the Great Western Railway, Swindon.

* Third Reich. An impressive Hitler Youth uniform with provenance, comprising, cap with Hitler Youth badge, brown shirt brass 'Overhoff' buttons, '663' epualettes and insiginia to the arm, red and white cloth armband with Hitler Youth insignia, brown leather belt with die stamped Hitler Youth buckle with Hitler Youth dagger with RZM mark and M/38, black velvet cloth shorts, socks and brown leather studded boots, presented on a composite mannequin which is included with the lot plus a Wehrpass belonging to Johann KruttQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Believed to have been owned by a British Soldier who was serving in Germany, where it was acquired from one of the old German wartime barracks they were billeted in. The uniform has been displayed on the mannequin for 45 years. The uniform is attributed to Johann Josef Krutt who was born Eilendorf on 10 December 1928, a blonde hair blue-eyed boy who was an apprentice wool maker before joining the Hitler Youth. See lot 260.

* Royal Navy. A 1950s Royal Naval Reserve uniform belonging to Lieutenant Commander Sir Howard Christian Sheldon Guinness Kt VRD (1932-2109), comprising black cloth tunic with 8 aligned RV buttons, with Lt-Cdr cuffs together with two further tunics, officers hat, sword belt with gilt metal RNR buckle, trousers, shoulder cords and other items, all contained in an old suitcaseQty: (suitcase )NOTESSir Howard Christian Sheldon Guinness (1932-2019), was the son of Captain Edward Douglas Guinness, he educated at Eton College and gained the rank of Lieutenant Commander in the Royal Navy Reserve. He was awarded the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Officers’ Decoration (V.R.D.).

* Yates (Frederic, 1854-1919). Major Charles Hodgkinson Smith (1877-1952), pastel on paper, head and shoulders half-profile portrait to right, of a WWI military gentleman in uniform, signed in pencil lower left, some spotting to background, 58.5 x 48 cm (23 x 19 ins), framed and glazed, manuscript note on backboard pertaining to the sitterQty: (1)NOTESMajor Charles Hodgkinson Smith (1877-1952) was the eldest son of Major General Charles Hodgkinson Smith (1826-1897), who was in command of the Horse Artillery, London District at the time of his son's birth. The Major's military career commenced in 1899 when he joined the yeoman cavalry at the start of the Boer War, receiving a commission in the Royal Artillery the following year and serving until 1904, when he retired in favour of agricultural pursuits. At the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914 he rejoined the Royal Artillery (Reserve of Officers), and fought at Ypres, amongst other places. In 1916 he was invalided home, although he was later sent to Egypt with the Royal Flying Corps in 1917. He served, therefore, in three branches of the armed forces - the Cavalry, the Artillery and the Air Force - and saw a great deal of active service. He was awarded a number of medals, including two South African medals, the Victory Medal and the Croix de Guerre, and was also made a Member of the British Empire. He married and had one daughter, but no son to carry on the family tradition of serving in the Royal Artillery.

Corbett (Julian S.). Naval Operations [History of The Great War], 5 volumes, reprint editions, The Battery Press, Nashville, 1997, uniform publishers original blue cloth, 8vo, includes Volume 1 (Maps), Longmans & Co., circa 1937, 18 monochrome maps, publishers original blue cloth book box, boards & spine lightly marked & faded, 8vo, together with; Pope (Stephen), The First Tank Crews..., 1st edition, Helion & Company, Solihull, 2016, colour & black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, and Girardet (Jean-Marie et al), Somewhere on the Western Front, Arras 1914-1918, new edition, Éditions Degeorge, Arras, 2007, numerous colour & black & white illustrations, publishers original boards, large 8vo, plus other modern Great War/World War I reference, including publications by Pen & Sword, Spellmount, Grub Street, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, VG, 8voQty: (56)

* Middlesex Regiment. The Middlesex Regiment (The Duke of Cambridge's Own) embroidered silk picture circa 1920s, showing crossed regimental standards each with battle honours, with a black and white photograph of a soldier in tropical uniform, 39 x 54cm, period maple frame, glazed, together with a 77th (East Middlesex) Foot woollen picture showing the Battle Honour Ladysmith, 44 x 27.5cm, oak frame, glazed, plus another for 23rd Bn The London Regt', 38.5 x 31.5cm and other related picturesQty: (6)NOTESProvenance: Collection of Jack Webb (1923-2019), London.

NO RESERVE Bindings.- Grote (George) A History of Greece, 8 vol., engraved portrait and folding maps, 1862 § Carlyle (Thomas) Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, 6 vol., engraved portrait, 1869 § Butler (Joseph) The Works, 2 vol., Oxford, 1849-50 § Alford (Henry, editor) The Greek Testament, 4 vol., contemporary vellum, gilt, some spotting and staining to upper covers, 1868, occasional spotting, the first three near-uniform handsome contemporary mottled or tree calf, gilt, all with central gilt arms with motto "Munificentia Hulmiana" (Hulme Bequest), spines finely gilt in compartments with black, red or green roan labels; and c.70 others, bindings, mostly calf, a few vellum, many with the same arms, 8vo (c.90)

NO RESERVE Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Poetical Works, 6 vol., 1883 § Dryden (John) The Poetical Works, 5 vol., 1875, Aldine Editions, frontispieces, some light offsetting, bookplates and ink gift inscriptions to endpapers, uniform in contemporary red morocco, spines lettered in gilt, an attractive set; and 27 others, sets, 8vo (38)

Churchill and India.- [Fearon (Percy Hutton)] "Poy". The Critic, pen and ink cartoon with blue pencil shading and heightened with white corrections, signed, pencil caption and explanatory notes beneath, Churchill dressed as a professor critiques the artist Ramsay MacDonald's painting of an elephant called "Government's India Policy" compared to his own version, 296 x 368 mm., 1931; "Younger Police", pen and ink cartoon with some blue pencil shading, signed, pencil caption and explanatory notes beneath, Churchill shows John citizen a young strong policeman in a uniform marked "No surrender" whilst 3 old policemen laze nonchalantly round the corner in India Street, 265 x 370 mm., 1933; The Million-To-One-Chance, pen ink cartoon, pencil caption and explanatory notes beneath, dressed in thick furs "North-Pole Winston" and "South Pole Sam" meet at the equator and simultaneously exclaim "Fancy meeting you!", signed, 321 x 196 mm., [1935]; and 18 others, all India and all signed, v.s. (21)

Lacroix (Paul) Au Moyen Age en l'Époque de la Renaissance, 3 vol. only (of 5) comprising, 'Les Arts'; 'Vie Militaire' and, 'Sciences et Lettres', frontispieces, plates and illustrations, occasional faint spotting, bookplates, original decorative cloth, gilt, Paris, 1869-77; Directoire, Consulat et Empires, Paris, 1884; XVIIIme Siecle, Institutions, Usages et Costumes, Paris, 1885; XVIIme Siècle Institutions Usages et Costumes, Paris, 1891, frontispieces, plates and illustrations, occasional faint spotting, bookplate, uniform contemporary half-calf, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 4to (6)

A collection of RAF memorabilia and assorted items to include prints, a wall clock, books, mugs and a uniform and hat (Sergeant), with cloth badges and an RAF hat badge attached, together with four cricket books

A wooden deed box containing First World War service papers of a Stoker at Portsmouth aboard HMS Gandes and Victory, a miniature prayer book a fan, photographs and other items along with a service uniform

Emil Werz, Portrait of Adolf Hitler, standing, three quarter length, wearing the uniform of the NSDAP, a mountainous landscape beyond, signed and dated 1937, oil on canvas, the reverse stamped 'Invantra Berghof', 126cm by 93cm, in a gilt frameFootnote:- Purchased in the 1960's from the Berchtesgaden antiques dealer ,Robert Bremner

A Second World War Soviet Russian Major General's Uniform, comprising an olive green twill tunic with shoulder boards, embroidered collar, green plastic buttons and medal ribbon bars for Order of Lenin, Order of the Red Banner x 4, Order of Kutuzov 2nd class, Order of Patriotic War 1st and 2nd class, Order of the Red Star, Centenary of Lenin 1969, 20 Years Service from Civil War, Victory over Germany, 20th Anniversary of Victory over Germany, 250th Anniversary of Leningrad, 30th and 40th Anniversary (1948 *1958), and 50th Jubilee, together with a pair of olive green breeches with red wool side stripes, and blue wool peaked cap and a pair of black leatherette long boots (5)

A Bronze Medallion Commemorating Sir Winston Churchill's Role in the Liberation of France, by PierreTurin, the obverse with a bust of Winston Churchill in uniform of Colonel, the reverse with the Coat of arms of the Churchill family over the inscription 'NOUS N'AVONS QU'UN DÉSIR VOIR UNE FRANCE FORTE ET LIBRE ENTOURÉE DE SON EMPIRE ET RÉUNIE A L'ALSACE-LORRAINE 10 NOVEMBRE 1942.', the edge stamped VISITE DU COURS SUPERIEUR INTERAMEES A LATIMER EN 1966 and BRONZE, in original red leather fitted caseFootnote:- Said to have been purchased from the Royal Air Force Sale conducted by Phillips Auctioneers

* Three-quarter-plate daguerreotype of a military and family group outdoors, Calcutta, February 1847, a group of five British men including three officers standing informally around a seated elderly lady, photographed in a compound courtyard with sunlit trees seen through the archway behind them, slight edge tarnish, hinged leather case with broken fasteners, heavily rubbed, 17 x 13 cmQty: (1)NOTESJack Webb (1923-2019) was a well-known North London antiques dealer for 70 years and a passionate collector of antiques and militaria. We were delighted to sell his extraordinary collection of antiques and militaria in sales earlier this year, while his prestigious collection of medals of the Middlesex Regiment were sold in a special summer sale by Dix Noonan Webb. Jack also had a passion for military photographs, especially daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and cartes de visite and we are pleased to offer this final part of Jack's collection here. Jack kept most of the cased images in a glass display cabinet in his 'Museum Room' at home in Islington, London. While he cherished these images he never attempted to clean or restore them and bidders should be aware that our photographs show these cased images as found and that many of the items would improve with professional cleaning. A rare outdoor military daguerreotype by an unidentified photographer. A contemporary manuscript note is included with the photograph and identifies the army officers as, [left to right], Lieutenant [John?] Staples, Brigadier General [Richard] Powney and Captain [Francis Claude?] Burnet[t] with ‘My dear Father, Mother & myself. Taken in Capt Burnet’s compound in Dum Dum Artillery Station, Nr. Calcutta in February 1847, J.F.C.’. Richard Powney (1786-1865) of the Bengal Artillery was stationed at Dum Dum c. 1831-33. He is listed as Lieutenant General of 24th Brigade, Royal Artillery in his death notice. The identity of J.F.C. and his parents has not been established. J.F.C.'s father appears to wear a uniform cap but is otherwise in civilian dress and may be a chaplain, surgeon, judge or some other sort of administrator.

* Quarter-plate ambrotype of a young boy (army cadet?) in uniform with Prince of Wales plume badge, late 1850s, three-quarter length and seated, gilt buttons and fleur-de-lys cap insignia, 10 x 8 cm, blue paper mat to underside with stencilled oval stamp, ‘Taken by Herve at the Celebrated Lyceum Gallery, 114 Strand’, gilt and black passepartout frame, glazed, gilded thick wooden wall frame with eye hook, overall 15.5 x 13.5 cmQty: (1)

* 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot. A group of 27 portraits of officers of the regiment, c. 1860s/1880s, albumen prints cartes de visite, mostly individual officers in uniform but including 8 with more than one figure, various photographersQty: (27)

* 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars. A group of 18 portraits of officers of the 8th Hussars, c. 1860s/1880s, albumen print cartes de visite, mostly full length and three-quarter length in uniform and 4 vignetted half-length portraits, various photographers, window-mounted on loose album leavesQty: (18)

* Military Officers. A partially complete album of approx. 150 window-mounted cartes de visite, c. 1860s/1880s, mostly albumen print portraits of British officers in uniform, various regiments and ranks, some officers identified including General J. Burgoyne, R.E., J.F.M. Winterscale, 3rd Royal Berkshire, Alfred St George Stewart, 74th Light Infantry, Lord Dudley, Lieutenant Colonel A. McIntyre, 6th Regiment, Robert Henry Verscoyle, 11th Hussars, Major M.J. Moore, 12th Bengal Lancers, some mounts chipped and detached, late 19th-century album with inset albumen print photograph, gilt and perspex frame, velvet-covered spine and lower board, gilt clasp with regimental monogram, slight wear and a little split along joints, oblong folio (28 x 40 cm)Qty: (1)

* Miltary Officers. An album containing 10 cabinet cards and 70 cartes de visite of volunteer officers and militia, c. 1860s/1890s, mostly full length in regimental dress and uniform, a few hand-coloured, various photographers, large unidentified but including officers from Royal Berkshire, Black Watch, 5th East Kent R.V., 1st Northants R.V., 4 cartes de visite of Lord Elcho, 3rd London R.V., etc., a complete album with chromolithograph military mounts, contemporary embossed padded morocco with gilt clasp, rubbed, spine defective, 4toQty: (1)

* Military Officers. An album of 28 cabinet cards and 44 cartes de visite, c. 1870s and later, including a Sergeant of the 17th Lancers with Afghan medal and 2 clasps, Major General Ormsby, Royal Artillery, Lord Cardwell, a Field Officer in the 42nd, 7th Earl of Granard with Grand Cross of Gregory the Great, Colonel Milward, Royal Artillery, a Sergeant in the KRRC with India 1895 medal and clasp, plus many others unidentified, the majority in regimental dress or uniform, all window mounted with some chromolithographic military leaves, contemporary embossed morocco with gilt clasp, some wear to spine and extremities, 4toQty: (1)

* Military Officers. An album containing 23 window-mounted cabinet cards, mostly of high-ranking British officers and some medal winners, c. 1870s/1900s, including Lord Roberts, Lady Roberts, Lieutenant General G.L. Goodlake VC (not in uniform), Quartermaster Sergeant W.T. Marshall, 19th Hussars, General Sir George Graham VC, (x2, wearing medals including Crimea medals), Major-General Herbert Stewart, General Sir Garnet Wolseley and a group of 4 young men in suits and bowler hats depicting officers of the 49th Regiment including 2nd Lieutenant A. Honywood (killed at Maiwand, July 1880, carrying the Queen's colour), contemporary padded morocco with gilt clasp, rubbed and some wear, 4to (23 x 18 cm), together with a group of 7 later photographs of VC and other medal-winning British soldiers, including Viscount Gort, VC, Corporal James Welsh, VC, General Neville Smyth, VC, Sergeant John Ripley, VC, Lieutenant General Sir W. Stirling and Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Kelly Kenny, all but one larger than cabinet size, loosely contained in a plastic folder, plus a bromide portrait of Frank Crowther Roberts, VC, DSO, by Dorothy Wilding, c. 1920ss, framed and glazedQty: (3)

* Cartes de Visite. An albumen print carte de visite of Lieutenant Alexander Roberts Dunn VC, c.1864, full length and standing in uniform with cap of 33rd Foot tucked under one arm, wearing two medals, some spotting, plain card back, presented in an embossed leather desk frame, stand partly broken, together with a hand-coloured carte de visite of a Hungarian hussar, full length and standing, some spotting, printed paper label of the Hungarian photographer Abrahamovits Ferenc pasted to card mount verso, worn leather half case with gilt-embossed studio name of Mayall to base, plus 2 ninth-plate cartes de visite, one of a seated British officer, slightly cracked and scratched in lower corners, leather half case, the other identified in contemporary ink manuscript to lower mount and paper seal verso as Don Theodosio Noeli y White, a major with the Spanish Artillery at Fernando Po [West Africa] in 1862, gilt case, plus a half-length portrait of a young man in a suit [Thomas Sweetingham, c.1881-1902, 1st Tower Hamlet Rifles and No. D100 City Imperial Volunteers], gelatin silver print, creased and split, 9 x 6 cm, laid down and window-mounted in a small leather carte-de-visite desk frame, all glazed, plus A hand-painted salt print of a British Naval Officer, c.1840s, three-quarter length and standing, hand-coloured in gilt, silver, red and blue against a brown ground, wearing Naval Long Service medal and possibly St Jean d’Acre medal, contemporary manuscript colour details to card verso and possibly with the sitter’s name trimmed at head (?’Admiral Harvey’), 10.5 x 8.5 cm, contemporary blind-stamped morocco case with gilt clasp, glass looseQty: (6)NOTESAlexander Roberts Dunn VC (1833–1868) was the first Canadian awarded the Victoria Cross. He was born in York (later Toronto) in 1833, and in 1852 he purchased a commission in the Hussars. Dunn was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions at the Charge of the Light Brigade during the Battle of Balaclava on 25 October 1854 when he was 21 years of age and serving in the 11th Hussars. Dunn rescued a sergeant by cutting down two or three Russian lancers who had attacked from the rear. Later in the battle he killed another Russian who had been attacking a private. He sold his commission at the end of the Crimean War but rejoined the Army in 1858 as a major in the 100th Regiment of Foot. He exchanged into the 33rd Regiment of Foot in 1864, in which regiment he remained until his death in the Abyssinian War.

* Middlesex Regiment. A group of approximately 60 photographs, mostly portrait groups of various battalions and individual subjects from the Middlesex Regiment, 19th & 20th century, albumen prints and gelatin silver prints, many formal portrait groups in full uniform, mostly approximately 30 x 20 cm and smaller, including real photo postcards, some postally used, varied conditionQty: (approx. 60)