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Lewis Carroll - The Wonderland Postage Stamp Case, containing stamps from 1/2d to 1s, the stamp case with Alice holding the pig, the reverse inscribed "Invented By Lewis Carroll, 1889", contained within a paper slip, inscribed "Published By Emberlin & Son, 4 Magdalen Street, Oxford, (Post Free 13d) price one shilling"; together with a pamphlet inscribed "Eight Or Nine Wise Words About Letter Writing By Lewis Carroll, Emberlin & Son, 4 Magdalen Street, Oxford, 1890", all contained within an envelope (4) £80 - 120
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Thomas Sidney Cooper - cattle in a meadow, a summer scene, coloured mezzotint, 37cm x 54cm, framed £25 - 40
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A set of eight 19th Century coloured engravings: Cherries, Knives To Grind, Hot Spiced Gingerbread, Band Boxes, Cats & Dogs Meat, Strawberries, Hair Brooms, and Bellows To Mend, all delineated with specific London areas, images 11cm x 8cm, framed £30 - 50
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R. W Symonds - Masterpieces of English Furniture and Clocks, published by B.T. Batsford Ltd, limited edition of 750, 1940; Art From Britain, British Week Tokyo, September 26 - October 5 1969, published by B.N.E.C with forward by John Pilcher, Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to Japan (2) £30 - 50
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A three dimensional Crimean War print - Martial Glory, The Raw Material and the Manufactured Article, 29.5cm x 19.5cm, framed £50 - 80
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A 19th Century hand coloured engraving - 'Turnout', 24.5cm x 35cm, framed (faults) £40 - 60
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Sydney Edwards (by), R. Pollard (after) - a set of four cock-fighting prints: Phenomenon, The Champion, Yorkshire Hero and The Cheshire Pile, hand coloured lithographs, published Haymarket by R Pollard & Sons, London, images 28cm x 25cm, framed £120 - 180
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A pair of 19th Century coloured aquatints, 45cm x 58cm, black and gilt mounts, gilt frames £60 - 100
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The Connoisseur, 1902 and other years (large quantity) £40 - 60
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Three hand coloured mezzotints of children, 14cm x 11.5cm and smaller £20 - 30
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A set of six hunting prints after Sheldon Williams, published London March 2nd 1870 by J McQueen, 27 Great Marlborough Street, coloured lithographs, 16cm x 32cm, framed £40 - 60
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Continental School - Blacksmith's Workshop, etching, signed in pencil and inscribed with title, image 28cm x 35cm, framed £25 - 40
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Cornelis Visscher, Dutch 17th Century School - eleven religious engravings, all 6cm x 10cm approx., mounted £30 - 50
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A quantity of 19th Century Belgian coloured lithographs of natural history subjects after Burggraaff £100 - 150
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V. Adam. Dell, Gelee.Sc. - a quantity of 19th Century hand coloured lithographs of birds £80 - 120
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Rembrandt (after) - a small quantity of engravings of Rembrandt, his mother and with Saskia; others after Raphael, etc. (8) £50 - 80
| PORTRAIT MINIATURES | |
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English School, mid 19th Century - half length portrait of Elizabeth Lowten, seated before a window, 8.5cm x 6.5cm, framed, the reverse with newspaper cutting, In Memoriam Of The Deceased £80 - 120
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An early 19th Century head and shoulder portrait miniature of George Washington Irving (1783-1859), wearing black jacket, white shirt and waistcoat with gold chain, oval, contained within a copper mount with milled edge and contained within white metal cushion moulded border, ebonised frame with foliate clasp, the reverse inscribed and with Christie's New York label, April 24th 1984, Lot 101 £300 - 400
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A fine early 19th Century portrait miniature of a seated young girl holding a basket of flowers, her hat on her right arm, an extensive wooded vista beyond, oil on ivory panel, contained within a fine quality contemporary ormolu cast frame with palmette borders and leaf and flower head pierced scrolling top, image 12cm x 9.5cm, frame 21cm high, 16cm wide, Circa 1830 (minor rubbing to painted decoration at margins) £500 - 700
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A fine portrait miniature of Louis XVI, full length standing before draped pillars and balcony, holding a scepter in his right hand his hat in his left, the portrait inscribed "Louis XVI 1774 = 1793", watercolour, 20cm x 15cm, framed £600 - 800
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English School, late 18th Century - head and shoulder portrait of a man, watercolour on ivory, 4.5cm x 3cm contained in a gold coloured metal frame £150 - 250
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English School, mid-19th Century - head and shoulder portrait of a cleric, watercolour on ivory, 6cm x 4.75cm, contained within a copper frame with suspension mount £30 - 50
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Continental School, early 19th century - a pair of oval half length portraits of infants, watercolour on ivory, 6cm x 5cm, framed
Both bearing photocopies verso with age of infant and dated 1829 £70 - 100
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English School, early 19th Century - head and shoulder portrait miniature of a young gentleman wearing green coat, watercolour on ivory, 3.5cm x 3cm, oval, gold coloured metal frame £120 - 18072
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English School, late 18th Century - head and shoulder portrait of a man wearing blue coat and red waistcoat, watercolour on ivory, 3cm x 2.75cm oval, gold coloured metal mount £120 - 180
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English School, 19th Century - half length portrait of a young man wearing green coat and white cravat, oil on copper panel, 8.5cm x 6.5cm, framed £100 - 150
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English School, mid 19th Century - head and shoulder portrait of a young gentleman wearing black coat and bright blue cravat, watercolour, 9cm x 7cm, framed £60 - 90
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English School, mid 19th Century - head and shoulder portrait of a woman with lace ruff and coral necklace, watercolour, 5cm x 4cm oval, framed £70 - 100
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A George III oval portrait miniature of a young gentleman in red coat, gold frame with detachable clasp, 3.5cm x 3cm (faults) £500 - 700
| WATERCOLOURS & DRAWINGS | |
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Ebeneezer Alfred Warmington (1830-1903) - On The Heather Moors, an evening scene with figure and dog crossing a river, watercolour, signed lower right and dated, 21.5cm x 48.5cm, framed £100 - 150
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Forster Robson - A Stormy Sky with figure gathering wood,an autumn scene, watercolour, signed lower left, 25cm x 35cm, framed £60 - 90
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Thomas W. Hammond - a sunlit summer river scene with hay in field, trees beyond, pastel on buff paper, 34cm x 59cm, framed £200 - 300
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James Stephen Gresley - Bolton Abbey, an extensive landscape with cattle watering, watercolour, signed and dated '81 lower left, 50cm x 78cm, framed £450 - 600
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Dennis George Wells - church exterior, watercolour heightened with ink, 40cm x 30cm, framed £80 - 120
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Nick Plumley - church group, Walpole St Peter, Walsoken, Gedney, Long Sutton, West Walton, Walpole St Andrew, Terrington St Clement, watercolour heightened with bodycolour, signed and dated 1995 lower right, 23cm x 36cm, framed £70 - 100
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English School, late 19th Century - sailing boat on lake, an autumn landscape, watercolour, 27.5cm x 42cm, framed £40 - 60
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Emil Axel Krause (Danish 1871-1945) - Bowswater, Lake District, watercolour signed lower left and inscribed with title, 16.5cm x 35cm, framed £100 - 150
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English School, early 19th Century - portrait of Samuel Johnson, pen, ink and watercolour, dated lower right March 27th 1805, 25.5cm x 20cm
This image is that of Dr Johnson in his travelling dress as described in Boswell's Tour by Thomas Trotter, published by George Kiersley £80 - 120
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Sophie Turner - Hansom cab drivers in conversation, watercolour heightened with bodycolour on grey paper, signed and dated lower right 1906, 21cm x 27cm, framed £70 - 100
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Michael Crawley - The First Jump, Aintree, watercolour heightened with bodycolour, signed lower right in red, 28cm x 39cm, framed £70 - 100
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Michael Crawley - Fort St Elmo, Valetta, Malta, watercolour heightened with white, signed lower right, 24cm x 48cm, framed £70 - 100
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Michael Crawley - The Pool From Tower Bridge, watercolour heightened with bodycolour, signed in red lower right, 30cm x 39cm, framed £70 - 100
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Michael Crawley - Broadway, New York, watercolour, signed lower right, 36cm x 27.5cm, framed £80 - 120
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Michael Crawley - Appleby Fair, watercolour, signed lower right, 27cm x 35cm, framed £80 - 120
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Michael Crawley - Belvoir Point-to-Point, watercolour heightened with bodycolour, signed lower right in red, 33cm x 48cm, framed £120 - 180
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William Ramsey - Abinger, Surrey, thatched cottages, an autumn scene, watercolour, signed lower left, 29cm x 43cm, framed £70 - 100
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Arthur Bradbury A.R.W.A - Ploughing In Purbeck, watercolour, signed and dated 1975 lower left, image 27.5cm x 36.5cm, framed £70 - 100
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Samuel Hart Turpin - A backwater near Newark-On-Trent, watercolour signed lower left, 33cm x 51cm, framed
Samuel Hart Turpin was the co-founder of The Nottingham Society of Artists £80 - 120
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E. H. R. - full length portrait of two young women, one resting against a balustrade, the other seated holding her bonnet, watercolour, initialled and dated 1835 lower right, 23cm x 19.5cm, framed £100 - 150
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English School, early 20th Century - Fedora, a fashion study of woman in black and white fur trimmed coat, watercolour and pencil, inscribed with title lower centre, 31cm x 23cm, framed £70 - 100
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