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* HUGGINS... Figures on the dockside Signed in pencil '* Huggins' (lower right) Etching 8 x 10in. (20 x 25.5cm.); together with two further etchings comprising: 'Looe - the Ferry' by Oliver Wray; and another, after Wyllie: 'A Brunel...' (3) £150-250
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δ ROWLAND LANGMAID (BRITISH, 1897-1956) Off Sheerness, Kent; On the Clyde Signed and inscribed Each 6½ x 14½in. (16 x 37.5cm.) (2, a pair) £100-150
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δ HAROLD WYLLIE (BRITISH, 1880-1973) Shipping in an estuary; A moonlight estuary with anchored shipping Etching and aquatint Pl. 6 x 16½in. (15.5 x 42cm.) (2, a pair) £100-150
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ERNEST STUART (BRITISH, FL.1889-1915) A misty morning in Dartmouth Harbour Signed 'Ernest Stuart' (lower left) Watercolour 13½ x 21in. (34.5 x 53.5cm.) £150-250
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δ A.D. BELL (BRITISH, 20TH CENTURY) The 'Dreadnought'; The 'Thomas Stephens' (River Thames) Signed 'A.D. Bell 1947' (lower left); inscribed on mount with gallery labels to verso Watercolour and gouache 10 x 14½in. (26 x 37cm.) (2) £250-350
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δ PETER CECIL KNOX (ENGLISH, B. 1942) 'I saw three ships' Signed 'Peter Knox' (lower right) and inscribed with title lower left Watercolour and gouache 12Ό x 16in. (31 x 40.5cm.) Provenance: Marine Society, London. This is the original artwork used by the Marine Society for their 1990 Christmas card £150-250
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FOLLOWER OF THOMAS HART (BRITISH, 1830-1916) Shipping off Whitby Abbey Bears a signature Watercolour with scratching out 16 x 22¼in. (40.5 x 57cm.) £200-300
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δ PETER CECIL KNOX (ENGLISH, B. 1942) The Guiding Star Signed 'Peter Knox' (lower right) and inscribed with title lower left Monochrome and gouache 12Ό x 16.5in. (31 x 42cm.) Provenance: Marine Society, London. This is the original artwork used by the Marine Society for their 1992 Christmas card £150-250
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LOUIS PAPALUCA (ITALIAN, 1890-1934) The S.Y. Fantôme II Signed 'L. Papaluca' (lower right) and inscribed 'Fantôme II R.Y.S.' (lower centre) Watercolour and gouache 10½ x 15½in. (27 x 39.5cm.); together with a white damask tablecloth from the Fantôme II (2) Built by A. Dubigeon at Nantes in 1896 and originally christened Belem the steel barque later known as Fantôme (II), began her career as a purely commercial trader owned by Denin Crouan et Fils working out of Nantes. First registered at 546 tons gross (407 net) and measuring 168 feet in length with a 29 foot beam, her working life came to an unexpected end when, shortly before the Great War, she was purchased by the Duke of Westminster for cruising. Presumably laid up for the duration of hostilities, in 1920 the Duke installed two disel engines by Bolinders of Stockholm and enjoyed the use of her until 1922 when he sold her to the Hon. Arthur Guinness. Since her new owner already had a steam yacht called Fantôme , he renamed his new acquisition Fantôme (II) and sailed her until his death in 1949 when she was sold for use as an Italian sail training ship and re-christened Giorgio Cini. Subsequently sold back into French ownership, she resumed her original name of Belem and is still sailing as a sail training ship. £250-350
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δ GRENVILLE COTTINGHAM (BRITISH, 1943-2007) Preparing to coal the ship Signed 'Grenville Cottingham' (lower right) Watercolour heightened with white 11 x 15½in. (28 x 38cm.) Provenance: Marine Society, London £150-250
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δ PETER CECIL KNOX (ENGLISH, B. 1942) 'Steamer about to enter the [Liverpool] dock' Signed 'Peter Knox' (lower right) and inscribed with title lower left Watercolour and gouache 13 x 20in. (33 x 52.5cm.) Provenance: Marine Society, London. £150-250
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ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS GOLDSWORTHY DUTTON (BRITISH, 1819-1891) The cutter yacht 'Godiva' preparing to race Watercolour and scratching out 9½ x 11½in. (24 x 29cm.) £800-1200
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IRISH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1830 A convict ship and other shipping in Kingstown (now Dunlaoghaire) Harbour, Ireland Inscribed on reverse with vessel names and other data Watercolour 11¾ x 18½in. (30 x 47cm.) £500-800
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ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES MARTIN POWELL (BRITISH, 1775-1824) An English warship and Dutch shipping in a heavy swell Oil on canvas 27½ x 37½in. (70 x 95cm.) £1000-1500
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DUTCH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY A Dutch boeier yacht with other shipping sailing off a headland Oil on panel 18¾ x 24¾in. (48 x 63cm.) £800-1200
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DUTCH SCHOOL, LATE 18TH CENTURY Fishing boats at dawn Oil on canvas 11½ x 15in. (29 x 38cm.) £400-600
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DUTCH SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY A two-masted Dutch armed merchantman in company with an English warship and other shipping Oil on canvas 30½ x 41in. (77.5 x 104cm.) £800-1200
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δ MARCEL MOUILLOT (FRENCH, 1889-1972) A four-masted barque Signed 'Marcel Mouillot' (lower right) and counter-signed and numbered '292' on reverse Oil on canvas 8Ό x 10in. (21 x 26cm.) £300-500
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FOLLOWER OF JOHN WILSON CARMICHAEL (1800-1868) A rescue off Whitby Abbey Oil on canvas 13 x 17in. (33 x 43cm.) £400-600
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LAI FONG OF CALCUTTA (CHINESE, ACTIVE 1870-1910) The four-masted iron barque 'County of Edinburgh' Signed and dated 'Lai Fong Calcutta 1895' (lower right) Oil on linen 25 x 35in. (63.5 x 89cm.) Built by Barclay, Curle & Co. in 1885 for R.&J. Craig Ltd, County of Edinburgh registered 2160 tons (1903 net) and was nearly twenty years old when she was sold to Russian owners in 1904 and renamed Frieda. On November 7th, 1916 she was on passage from Mobile to Greenock with a cargo of timber when she was wrecked on South Rock, near Cloughey, Co. Down £2000-3000
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δ JAMES WILLIAM BLANCH (BRITISH, 1905-) The Golden Hinde (II) lying off the Tower of London, circa 1992 Signed 'J.W. Blanch' (lower right) Oil on canvas 23½ x 27½in. (60 x 70cm.) £200-400
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δ WILLIAM J. POPHAM (BRITISH, 20TH CENTURY) 'The Taiping' Signed 'W.J. Popham' (lower left) and inscribed as per title to gallery label verso Oil on canvas 23½ x 35½in. (60 x 89cm.) £400-600
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FOLLOWER OF WILLIAM CLARK OF GREENOCK, 19TH CENTURY The P.S. 'Marquis of Bute' Oil on canvas laid down on board 15½ x 30¾in. (39.5 x 78cm.) Built by Barclay, Curle & Co. of Whiteinch in 1868, the Marquis of Bute was a finely proportioned passenger steamer typical of the many which competed for commuter and pleasure traffic around Glasgow. Registered at 173 tons she was 196.6 feet in length and was powered by a single diagonal engine of 85h.p. Owned and run by A. & T. McLean, she entered service on the Glasgow-Rothesay run where she remained until 1889. Sold several times after this date, she ran railway connected services between Princes Pier and Fairlie for the Glasgow & South Western Railway 1891-1904 during which she had an aft deck saloon added. Thereafter she was used for excursions from Preston and was finally broken up in 1908 after forty years' service £1000-1500
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* GIANNI (ITALIAN, 19TH CENTURY) A two-masted Maltese mystique sailing off the Grand Harbour, Valetta Signed '* Gianni 1887' (lower right) Oil on board 10¼ x 15¾in. (26 x 40cm.) £150-250
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δ FRANK HENRY MASON (BRITISH, 1876-1965) A motor launch of the Royal Thames Yacht Club off Cowes; and off Calshott Castle Signed 'Frank H. Mason 1945' (lower right; lower left) Oil on canvas 16 x 24in. (40.5 x 61cm.) (2, a pair) Provenance: Bonhams Knightsbridge, Marine Paintings & Works of Art, 10th August 2000, lot 208 £600-800
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δ PETER CECIL KNOX (ENGLISH, B. 1942) Storm Petrol Signed 'Peter Knox' (lower right) and inscribed with title lower centre Oil on canvas 20 x 30in. (51 x 76cm.) Provenance: Marine Society, London. £200-400
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AN ADMIRALTY SHEER DRAUGHT PROFILE PLAN FOR THE 74-GUN 'ARMADA' CLASS SHIP BARHAM, 1806 pen and ink drawing on three conjoined sheets of paper inscribed and dated Navy Office, 21st Nov 1806 with further details including a list of ships proposed - 20 x 54¾in. (51 x 139cm.) As a result of Trafalgar Napoleon initiated a massive building programme to restore his fleet. The Royal Navy had to respond and its two surveyors - Peake and Rule - were ordered to work together to combine the best of their designs. The result was the largest offensive class ever built to a single design in the Royal Navy, although they were delivered towards the end of hostilities and so had few battle honours to their credit. Nicknamed the '40 Thieves' for their alleged excessive cost, the class comprised Agincourt, Ajax, America, Armada, Asia, Anson, Berwick, Blenheim, Barham, Benbow, Boscawen, Clarence, Conquestadore, Cressy, Cornwall, Cornwallis, Defence, Dublin, Duncan, Devonshire, Edinburgh, Egmont, Gloucester, Hercules, Hero, Hogue, Indus, Mulgrave, Medway, Pitt, Poictiers, Pembroke, Redoubtable, Rodney, Rippon, Russell, Scarborough, Stirling Castle, Vigo, Vengeur and Vindictive £1500-2500
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A COLLECTION OF EARLY TO MID-18TH CENTURY NAVAL PORTRAIT MEZZOTINTS comprising Lord Anson; Sir William Bartley; George Lee (x2); Edward Vernon; Sir Edward Hawke; Henry Medley; Sir Chaloner Ogle (x2); Edward Boscawan; Sir Charles Hardy; Augustus Keppell (x4); Captain Arthur Forrest; William Rowley; Charles Saunders; together with a sea officer by Hogarth and one unidentified, various sizes and conditions (20) £500-800
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A COLLECTION OF LATE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY NAVAL PORTRAIT MEZZOTINTS comprising Hyde Parker (x2); Sir Samuel Hood; Lord Gambier; Sir Edward Codrington; Sir Harry Neale; Sir George Murray; Captain George Farmer; Lord Duncan; Earl of St Vincent; Sir William Sidney Smith; Edward Bruce; Sir Charles Saxton; Admiral Sir Richard King; James Hawkins Whitshed; John Stewart; James Vachon; Sir Henry Fletcher; Lord Hugh Seymour and two unidentified portraits, various sizes and conditions (21) £500-800
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JOHN RAPHAEL SMITH (BRITISH 1752-1812) Captain William Hotham, circa 1806 Inscribed on verso in Painted in April 1806 at Bath by J. R. Smith of 33 Monmouth Street, London Pastel 18¼ x 14¼in. (46.5 x 36.5cm.) Provenance: Dominic Winter, British & Continental Picture Sale, 3 Dec 2008, lot 145 Admiral Sir William Hotham, GCB (1772-1848) came from a distinguished military and naval family. He served actively throughout the Napoleonic Wars including the Battle of Camperdown in 1797, for which he was awarded the naval gold medal depicted in this portrait. His ship, the Adamant (50), was also one of the very few not to mutiny at the Nore a few weeks before this battle. Whilst blockading Toulon his health suffered to the extent he resigned his command in September 1803 and he came ashore in June 1804 to marry, not returning to sea until 1808. Taking the 'cure' in Bath would have been a normal part of Georgian recuperation and many portrait artists set up studios to meet demand, the date of 1806 falls neatly into this middle of this period on half pay. He returned to semi-active service and commanded the Sea Fencibles off Hull and then the Royal Yacht Royal Sovereign which he relinquished in 1814. Thereafter he became a Gentleman at Court and a knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in 1840; He died at New Windsor in 1848 by when he had risen to the rank of a full Admiral. £1500-2500
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ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN RAPHAEL SMITH (BRITISH 1752-1812) Lieutenant William Hotham, circa 1790 Pastel 13 x 10in. (33 x 25.5cm.) Provenance: Dominic Winter, British & Continental Picture Sale, 3 Dec 2008, lot 146 £300-500
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THOMAS BUSH HARDY (BRITISH, 1842-1897) H.M.S. 'St. Vincent' Off Portsmouth at Sunset Signed and inscribed 'T B Hardy / HMS St. Vincent, Portsmouth' (lower left) Watercolour 26 x 41in. (66 x 104cm.) H.M.S. St. Vincent, a large First Rate of 2,612 tons designed to mount 120 guns, was laid down at Plymouth in May 1810 and launched on 11th March 1815. By that date however the Napoleonic Wars were effectively over and, with plans already in hand to reduce the activities of the fleet, she was laid up "in Ordinary" until first commissioned in February 1831 for service with the Mediterranean Fleet. Recommissioned for the Channel Squadron in 1841, she was frequently in Portsmouth where she was twice visited by Queen Victoria in 1842 and 1847. During the 1842 visit, she acted as flagship to the 'Experimental Squadron' at the last Royal Review of a fleet in which all the major vessels were sailing ships. In 1854 she took part in the war in the Baltic having first carried 1,300 French troops from Calais and returned to Portsmouth after the surrender with Russian prisoners-of-war aboard her, this operation marking the end of her sea service. In 1862 she became a training ship for boys and was given a permanent mooring off the entrance to Haslar Creek in Portsmouth Harbour where she is depicted in this picture. On 1st March 1906 she was towed to Falmouth and broken up that summer £2000-3000
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ENGLISH PROVINCIAL SCHOOL, LATE 18TH CENTURY A warning shot Oil on panel 9¾ x 11¾in (24.8 x 30cm.) £100-150
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SIX 19TH CENTURY COLOURED PRINTS AFTER THOMAS GOLDSWORTH DUTTON depicting the 16-gun brig Acorn chasing a pirate slaver; H.M.S. Collingwood (80); H.M.S. Daphne (18); H.M.S. Thetis (36); H.M.S. Superb (80); and H.M.S. Cornwallis (72), each approximately - 11 x 15in. (28 x 38cm.) mounted with cut-away titles, framed and glazed (6) £400-600
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SIGNAL LOGS FOR H.M.S. ST. VINCENT, 1847-1848 kept between 20th May 1847 and 4th November 1848 whilst under the command of Rear Admiral Sir C. Napier, three volumes (of four, lacks vol. IV), vol. I contemporary black half roan, other vols contemporary red roan (all vol. rubbed) - 10¼ x 8¾in. (26 x 22cm.) (3) Please refer to lot 32 for a history of H.M.S. St. Vincent £400-600
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'A TRUE DESCRIPTION OF HIS MAJESTIES ROYALL SHIP, BUILT THIS YEARE 1637, AT WOOLL-WITCH IN KENT' published by Thomas Heywood, first edition 1637, engraved frontispiece (slightly shaved at fore-margin, lower part of inner margin of title reinforced), early 19th century calf, (rubbed) Sovereign of the Seas was the first ship in the Royal Navy to mount 100 guns: Her layout was well described in the words... of the playwright Thomas Heywood, who designed her decoration... (Winfield, pp. 4 & 5), and mentions Selden's Mare Clausum STC 13367 £1000-1500
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THE LOSS OF THE WAGER: 'THE NARRATIVE ... CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE GREAT DISTRESSES ... ON THE COAST OF PATAGONIA' John Byron, first edition 1768, engraved frontispiece by Grignon after Wale (with a few minor stains and offset onto title), 20th century half calf An interesting account of Byron's travels in Patagonia until his return to England in 1746. He also relates the loss of the Wager, one of Admiral George Anson's squadron £400-600
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'MARSHALL'S NAVAL BIOGRAPHY' John Marshall, London, 1823, twelve vol. spanning 1760-1823, list of officers in each vol., contemporary half calf with marbled boards, (spines a little rubbed) - 9 x 6in. (23 x 15cm.) (12) £200-300
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COPY LETTER BOOK OF ADMIRAL CORNWALLIS 112 leaves and 13 leaves blank, contemporary reverse calf (a little rubbed, hinges worn) - 12¾ x 8in. (32.5 x 20cm.) A remarkable letter book of 191 letters containing letters to and from Admiral Sir William Cornwallis (1744-1819), brother of Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, British commander at the Siege of Yorktown. William Cornwallis took part in a number of decisive battles including the Battle of Saintes, but is best known for his friendship with Nelson and as the commander-in-chief of the Channel Fleet during the Napoleonic Wars. There are 85 letters to and from him including an allusion to Rhode Island and Florida. There are 14 letters to and from Sir Philip Stephens, secretary to Lord Anson and later appointed assistant to secretary of the Admiralty, also, a friend of Cook. Walter Stirling (1718-1768) was, in 1780, Captain of the Gibraltar and was present when Admiral George Rodney captured the island of Sint Eustatius during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch war (one letter). Sir Peter Parker began his naval career during the War of Jenkin's Ear and assisted in the capture of New York and Long Island in the American War of Independance (eight letters). The remainder consist of Charles Middleton (16), A. Chorley (1), Thomas Pye (3), George Marsh (5), A. North (1), Evan Napstock (1), George Gayston (1, one of the victuallers bound for New York), Charles Emery (2), Caleb Barton (3), John Todd (7), Joseph Beale (4), William Munro (1), James Melling (6), Thomas Spry (1), Thomas Pakesham (1), Nicholas Watson (4), Charles Inglis (1, one of the two prominent loyalists in New York during the War of Independence), Henry Martin (1), Jonas Hanway (1, celebrated traveller and philanthropist), C. Bates (1), Joseph Sparrow (1), John Darby (1), Rupert Digby (2, admiral after whom Digby, Nova Scotia is called), John Hamilton (3), William May (1), G.B. Rodney (2), John Colburn (1), R. Barber (1), James O'Hara (1), J. Townshend (4), J. Hood (1) and Admiral Graves (1) £2000-3000
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AN IRON GRENADE RECOVERED FROM THE WRECK OF H.M.S. INVINCIBLE, 1744 with casting mark impressed to one side, and wooden plug-fitted fuse - 4in. (10cm.) diameter Provenance: Christie's South Kensington, 10th March, 1988 £80-120
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A QUANTITY OF TREEN RECOVERED FROM THE WRECK OF H.M.S. INVINCIBLE, 1744 probably elm or laurel and comprising three plumbers' turn-pins and a roller from a parrel truck, the largest turn-pin - 4¾in. (12cm.) high (4) Provenance: Christie's South Kensington, 10th March, 1988 £80-120
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GEORGE VANCOUVER'S SEXTANT A 14½IN. RADIUS VERNIER SEXTANT BY JESSE RAMSDEN, LONDON, CIRCA 1772, AND PROBABLY USED DURING CAPTAIN COOK'S SECOND AND THIRD VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY constructed in brass, signed on the lower cross bar Ramsden London, scale divided to 130º direct to arc, vernier inscribed G. Vancouver, braced index arm, index mirror with Maskelyne flap, sighting tube, four shades, secondary mirror on rear-mounted adjusting lever, wooden handle and brass pin feet (missing secondary mirror and part of sighting tube) - 17 x 17in. (43 x 43cm.) overall Provenance: Acquired unidentified 2005 from the estate of a retired R.N. officer in Devon George Vancouver (1757-1798) joined the Royal Navy as a 'young gentleman' in 1771 and served as a midshipman on Captain Cook's second and third Voyages of Discovery (1772-75; 1776-79) during which he is recorded as using a Ramsden sextant. Promoted Lieutenant upon his return in 1780, he served on several foreign tours thereafter and proved adept at hydrographic survey work. Latterly given his own command he was sent on his own 'voyage of discovery' in command of the Discovery (1791-95) where he produced some of the most significant and accurate surveys of the Pacific and North West coast of America. Like Cook, he was sent off with a selection of instruments to test including no less than twelve sextants by various makers including Ramsden, Adams, Dollond, Troughton and Gilbert and which he reported agreed exceedingly well together upon his return. In Canada, Vancouver Island and the city of Vancouver are named after him, as are Vancouver, Washington, in the United States; Mount Vancouver on the Yukon/Alaska border; and New Zealand's sixth highest mountain. His final promotion was to Captain in August 1794 however, despite his impressive achievements, his work was never fully recognised in his own time and he died unmarried at Petersham, Surrey, on the 18th May 1798, his grave marked by a plain stone Ramsden's Sextant for Vancouver It seems Vancouver was not entirely satisfied with this instrument's error and wrote a stiff enough letter of complaint that Ramsden - who brooked very little criticism - responded with a robust defence of it to the Board of Longitude, claiming the error was no more than a 1/4 of a minute of arc having re-tested it on Vancouver's return. As a midshipman on Cook's Second and Third voyages, he would certainly have taken many of the measurements recorded and possibly used them in conjunction with the trial 'sea clocks' sent by John Harrison to determine their location - an error of just 1 minute of arc equates to two nautical miles which would have to be compensated for. It would have been produced on Ramsden's first circular dividing engine of 1768 which, whilst representing a great leap forward in scale division, he himself found wanting mainly for ease of usage, and he had completed new updated engine in 1774, selling the first engine to a French collector. The instruments he would have sent for testing with Vancouver would have had smaller radii and therefore frames as this second engine could divide accurately and to a finer degree. The instrument offered here conforms closely to the example held by the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, believed to have been taken by Cook on his Third Voyage, item number NAV1236. Literature: McConnell, A: Jess Ramsden (1735-1800) London's Leading Scientific Instrument Maker, Ashgate, 2007 £10000-15000
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AN INTERESTING ARCHIVE OF EPHEMERA FOR THOMAS LOWTON ROBINS, R.N comprising his appointment to third lieutenant of the Egmont dated 29th June, 1793 and signed Hood; a message of truce carried by Robins to Admiral St. Julian, Toulon, demanding the removal of powder from their ship dated 28th August, 1793; a gilt embossed prisoner-of-war permit to travel inscribed to Robins and dated 18 January, 1812, and other documents concerning his son E.V. Robins' naval appointment; together with a six livre silver coin dated 1793 and pierced for neck chain (A lot) £300-500
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AN OFFICER'S COMMISSION TO THE BELLEROPHON, CIRCA 1804 issued to William Pryce Cumby, appointing him lieutenant of the Bellerophon, dated for the 3rd November 1804, printed on vellum and completed in manuscript - 7¼ x 10in. (18.5 x 25.5cm.) William Pryce Cumby (1771-1837) fought at Trafalgar on board Bellerophon and was obliged to take command after the death of the captain, John Cooke. He was raised to captain, 1st January 1806, and Companion Order of the Bath in 1831 £300-500
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H.M.S. NEPTUNE: A HURT TICKET FROM TRAFALGAR FOR JOHN WILD, QUARTER GUNNER on vellum - 13 x 9in. (33 x 23cm.) The Chatham Chest award isn't noted, but Wild received severe burns over several parts of his body and eyes from a large quantity of gun powder being ignited. Wild was 29 years old and from St. Ives, Cornwall £300-500
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H.M.S. ROYAL SOVEREIGN: A GREENWICH CHEST AWARD FROM TRAFALGAR FOR WILLIAM DAVIS, ORDINARY SEAMAN for £8, on vellum - 13 x 8¾in. (33 x 22cm.) William Davis, ordinary seaman, on board H.M.S. Royal Sovereign at Trafalgar for receiving a wound in the groin. He was about 22 years old and from Barton St. David, Somerset £300-500
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A NAVAL UNION FLAG, PROBABLY FROM H.M.S. TÉMÉRAIRE, CIRCA 1810 comprising thirty hand-stitched bunting panels with sleeve, lanyard and toggle (holes, old repairs) - 8 x 16½ft. (244 x 503cm.); together with a pennant of similar provenance - 75in. (190.5cm.) long; historical notes; and an early 19th Century navy blue frock coat with non-regulation buttons, together with a pair of flecked silk stockings (4) Provenance: Captain Hyde John Clarke, R.N. (1777-1857) and thence by descent; purchased in these rooms 27th October 2010, lots 80 and 81 (part) This officer enjoyed a full naval career and has an entry in O'Byrne's Naval Biographical Dictionary of 1848. By family tradition this flag was "at Trafalgar", however, as Clarke himself was serving in the East Indies, this seems unlikely. More plausible however is the attribution to Téméraire, which Clarke joined in 1810, being promoted auspiciously on Trafalgar Day that year to the rank of Commander. He seems to have left the navy soon thereafter making this a likely souvenir which, because of Téméraire's history, family folklore fused together. The Naval system of retired officers continuing slowly up the promotions ladder on half pay was still used and Clarke was made Captain in 1840, his final promotion £2000-3000
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AN AMBROTYPE CABINET PORTRAIT BELIEVED TO BE OF HORATIA NELSON, CIRCA 1850 depicted half-length in black satin costume with white frilled bonnet cap and delicately rouged cheeks, mounted in decorative gilt brass surround and set within folding plush-lined leather pocket case - 3¾ x 3¼in. (9.5 x 8.5cm.); together with a letter sent by Mrs Alexander Wilson, Ballarat, Austrailia, on behalf of her ailing husband to his brother, dated May 2nd 1869 and relating the family's connection to Lord Nelson; an English School miniature portrait of Horatia Nelson's doctor, John Mace Jnr., dated 6th June, 1843; and an associated black leather wallet with mss owner's name inside inscribed Benjm. Colby / Mar 1823 containing three Bank of Ireland treasury cheques from March 1799 signed by Col. H.J.A. Woodward; and a quill pen by tradition believed to have been one of Nelsons. (5) Provenance: Mrs Colby Borley née Wilson and thence by decent. A paragraph in the above-mentioned letter states: "...Lizzie is very happily & comfortably married to a Mr. McKibbin from Down. His mother was niece to Lord Nelson..."; Benjamin Colby was related to Col. H.J.A. Woodward who had presented him his annotated history of Nelson, see lot 49 Horatia Nelson Ward (1801-1881) was the love child of Nelson and his mistress, Emma Hamilton. After Emma's husband, Sir William Hamilton, died in 1803, Horatia was christened with Nelson and Emma being listed as "godparents" and was shortly afterwards adopted as an "orphan". Nelson wrote to her before Trafalgar signing his letter as her "Father", left her £200 per annum in his will and asked that she take his name. After Trafalgar Emma fell on hard times and she and Horatia spent some ten months in debtors prison - a fact that caused Horatia to deny Emma as her mother. She arranged Emma's funeral in Calais in 1815 and returned to Britain disguised as a boy to evade debtors. Living in Sussex with Nelson's sister, Catherine Matcham, she was reputedly good at languages, music and sewing - all skills taught by Emma. In 1822 she married the Rev. Philip Ward (1795-1861) at Burnham Westgate - near to Nelson's father's Parish in Norfolk, and went on to produce ten children. After Philip died, Horatia moved several times and, despite renewed interest in Nelson, struggled financially. For a while she resided in Tenterden and clearly made friends with the local Doctor whose miniature accompanies the lot. She died and was buried in Pinner, along with two of her children. Of the known portraits of Emma, several are oil paintings from childhood and, until now, two photographic. The last picture taken in 1859 shows a more sunken and care-worn face than that revealed in this ambrotype, suggesting a date of 8-10 years earlier. Ambrotype photography was the successor to the first commercially successful type developed by Louis Daguerre in the 1830s and was popular from about 1850. Whilst it captures more detail and is warmer to behold, each image was exposed on fragile glass with no negative produced from which to make copies. As such, they are usually found in protective leather cases. £1000-1500
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'BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF THE LATE RIGHT HON LORD VISCOUNT NELSON..' John Jones, Dublin, first edition 1805, 159 pages, engraved portrait, extra illustrated with a double-page hand-coloured battle plan, an engraved ticket, with red wax seal, for Nelson's funeral with the signature on verso of Lt. Col. H.A. Woodward, a double-page engraved plate of the funeral procession on Water, a double-page hand-coloured engraving of the catalfalque, a double-page engraving of the Duke of Richmond laying the first stone of Nelson's column, a hand-coloured portrait of Nelson flanked by two sailor's, original printed boards (rebacked, rubbed), inscription at head of A2 Hum J.A. Woodward to Benj. Colby, bound with printed card boards (restored, later spine) and contained within a slip case - 9 x 6in. (23 x 15cm.) Provenance: Lt. Col. H.J.A. Woodward to B. Colby and thence by descent. Lt. Col. Humphrey J. Aldrich Woodward was Auditor General for Ireland and was instrumental in raising the Nelson Pillar in Belfast in 1809 which survived until 1966 when Irish Republicans destroyed it. Although the volume offered here is comparatively slender, it must be the earliest account of Nelson's life to include Trafalgar and is rare. £600-800
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