MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (4)
Durban Docks
signed and dated 'M. Metcalfe 50' (lower right) and titled (to mount)
watercolour
20.5 x 16cm
(unframed)
together with three other watercolour by the same hand; Harvesting Bananas, 36.5…
ProvenanceThe artist, thence by descent to her grandson;Private collection, UKFootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under Professor Tonks…
Hammer price:
£20
Estimate: £50 - £100
5 August 2024
, 17:00 BST
5 August 2024
, 17:00 BST
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (7)
Zanzibar
signed 'M Metcalfe' (lower right) and titled (lower left)
watercolour
31 x 23cm
(unframed)
Exhibited
Natal Society of Artists
together with six other watercolour by the same hand; The Old…
ProvenanceThe artist, thence by descent to her grandson;Private collection, UKFootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under Professor Tonks…
Hammer price:
£20
Estimate: £50 - £100
5 August 2024
, 17:00 BST
5 August 2024
, 17:00 BST
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (7)
Sitting for a portrait
black and white chalk
24 x 32cm
(unframed)
together with six pastels by the same hand; A tribal mask, 31 x 24cm; A village street, 23 x 32cm; The porch of a house, 38 x 28cm; A…
ProvenanceThe artist, thence by descent to her grandson;Private collection, UKFootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under Professor Tonks…
Hammer price:
£20
Estimate: £50 - £100
5 August 2024
, 17:00 BST
5 August 2024
, 17:00 BST
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (9)
The Little Fruit Shop, Zanzibar
signed and dated 'M. Metcalfe Feb 36' (lower right) and titled (lower left)
pastel
37 x 29cm
(unframed)
together with eight other pastels of African scenes by the same…
ProvenanceThe artist, thence by descent to her grandson;Private collection, UKFootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under Professor Tonks…
Hammer price:
£25
Estimate: £50 - £100
5 August 2024
, 17:00 BST
5 August 2024
, 17:00 BST
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (7)
Study of a boy seated
watercolour and pencil
28 x 19cm
(unframed)
together with six other watercolour studies of people, the largest 23 x 28cm, (all unframed)
(7)
ARR
ProvenanceThe artist, thence by descent to her grandson;Private collection, UKFootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under Professor Tonks…
Hammer price:
£35
Estimate: £50 - £100
5 August 2024
, 17:00 BST
5 August 2024
, 17:00 BST
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (7)
Study of an African soldier
pencil
34 x 21.5cm
(unframed)
together with six other studies of people in pencil, watercolour and pen and ink, the largest 46 x 25cm, (all unframed)
(7)
ARR
ProvenanceThe artist, thence by descent to her grandson;Private collection, UKFootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under Professor Tonks…
Hammer price:
£20
Estimate: £50 - £100
5 August 2024
, 17:00 BST
5 August 2024
, 17:00 BST
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (7)
Yoa Dancer and Singer, Minstrel
inscribed (lower left and right)
watercolour and pencil
28 x 18.5cm
(unframed)
together with five watercolours and one pencil study of African people, the largest 31 x…
ProvenanceThe artist, thence by descent to her grandson;Private collection, UKFootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under Professor Tonks…
Hammer price:
£20
Estimate: £50 - £100
5 August 2024
, 17:00 BST
5 August 2024
, 17:00 BST
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (5)
Gypsy with a rabbit and bird
insribed 'gypsy' (lower right)
watercolour and pencil
27.5 x 15cm
(unframed)
together with four other watercolour and pencil studies of gypsies, the largest 30.5 x 21cm, …
ProvenanceThe artist, thence by descent to her grandson;Private collection, UKFootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under Professor Tonks…
Estimate: £50 - £100
5 August 2024
, 17:00 BST
5 August 2024
, 17:00 BST
The Abu Album, 1895-96. Mhow, India: Herzog & Higgins, [1895-96], oblong…
The Abu Album, 1895-96. [Title on upper cover.] Mhow, Central India [now Dr. Ambedkar Nagar]: Herzog and Higgins, [1895-96]. Large oblong 4to (358 x 485mm), average size of photographs 280 x 210mm.…
Hammer price:
£2,000
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
ARTISTS - A collection of 12 letters by artists, mainly British and French…
ARTISTS - A collection of 12 letters by artists, mainly British and French, 1816-1923, including John Ruskin, James McNeill Whistler, Lucien Pissarro and others, including John Ruskin, two letters,…
Hammer price:
£1,100
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
AYRES, Ralph (fl.early-mid-18th-century). A fine manuscript recipe book on…
AYRES, Ralph ("Radolphus") (fl.early-mid-18th-century). A fine manuscript recipe book on paper containing 69 recipes on 38 leaves, most written on the rectos only, inscribed on the verso of the…
Hammer price:
£5,500
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
BAWDEN, Edward (1903-89, illustrator). Life in an English Village, London,…
BAWDEN Edward (1903-89, illustrator). Life in An English Village. Sixteen Lithographs by Edward Bawden with an Introductory Essay by Noel Carrington. London: "The King Penguin Books" [No. 51], 1949.…
Hammer price:
£120
Estimate: £70 - £100
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
BINDING - A fine illuminated manuscript in German on two vellum leaves,…
BINDING - A fine illuminated manuscript in German on two vellum leaves, written on the rectos only, both leaves with wide painted decorative armorial, allegorical and foliate borders, one…
Hammer price:
£500
Estimate: £500 - £800
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
BLIGH, William (1754-1817). A Voyage to the South Sea ... in his Majesty's…
BLIGH, William (1754-1817). A Voyage to the South Sea, Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for the Purpose of Conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West Indies, in his Majesty's Ship The Bounty,…
Hammer price:
£1,200
Estimate: £500 - £800
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). Bring Me Your Love, Santa Barbara, 1983, 4to,…
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). Bring Me Your Love. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1983. 4to (267 x 190mm). Title printed in pink and turquoise, illustration on title and 3 full-page illustrations…
Estimate: £400 - £600
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). Confessions of a Man Insane Enough to Live…
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). Confessions of a Man Insane Enough to Live with Beasts. Bensenville, Illinois: Mimeo Press [and Douglas Blazek], 1965. 8vo (216 x 143mm). Mimeographed text on yellow,…
Hammer price:
£300
Estimate: £350 - £450
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
BUTTERFLIES, Indian - An album of original watercolours of Indian…
BUTTERFLIES, Indian - An album of original watercolours of Indian butterflies and moths mounted on paper with watercolour backgrounds of flora, the images 130 x 95mm., each inset into 38 thick card…
Hammer price:
£4,500
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer (1875-1964) - A collection of c.30 books mostly…
CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer (1875-1964) - A collection of c.30 books about Winston Churchill, most FIRST EDITIONS, PRESENTATION COPIES, inscribed by their authors to the late Lady Jane Williams of…
Hammer price:
£200
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
CONAN DOYLE, Arthur (1859-1930). The Case for Spirit Photography, London, …
CONAN DOYLE, Arthur (1859-1930), and others. The Case for Spirit Photography ... [From upper wrapper:] With Corroborative Evidence by Experienced Researchers and Photographers. London: Hutchinson &…
Hammer price:
£100
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
"DINESEN, Isak" [i.e. Karen BLIXEN (1885-1962)]. A typed letter in Swedish…
"DINESEN, Isak" [i.e. Karen BLIXEN (1885-1962)]. A typed letter in Swedish, signed ("Karen Blixen"), on blue paper, to "Mrs Shou", two-pages, dated 2 September 1938, thanking her very warmly for her…
Hammer price:
£280
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
DONIZETTI, Gaetano (1797-1848). Autograph letter, signed ("Donizetti"), to…
DONIZETTI, Gaetano (1797-1848). Autograph letter, signed ("Donizetti"), to Giovanni Ricordi, [Rome], 1 August 1833. In Italian. Three-and-a-half-pages, 242 x 189mm, including two brief musical…
Hammer price:
£800
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
[DOWER, John (1825-1901). A New General Atlas, London, c.1840], 4to, 52…
[DOWER, John (1825-1901). A New General Atlas of the World. London: Orr & Company, c.1840]. 4to (295 x 240mm). 51 engraved maps, hand-coloured in outline, with an additional chart [not called for on…
Hammer price:
£150
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). Casino Royale, London, 1953, 8vo, original black…
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). Casino Royale. London: Jonathan Cape, 1953. 8vo (190 x 125mm). Half title (quite heavy spotting to the front and rear endpapers and half title, some mainly marginal spotting…
Hammer price:
£2,000
Estimate: £400 - £600
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). Goldfinger, New York, 1959, 8vo, half title (a few…
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). Goldfinger. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1959. 8vo (188 x 120mm). Half title (a few pages with light stains and spots). Original black cloth with skull design stamped in…
Hammer price:
£130
Estimate: £150 - £250
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST