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‡ RICHARD WILSON (WELSH 1714-1782) THE WEIR ON THE PO (FIGURES BY A WATERFALL) Oil on canvas, tondo 23.5 x 23.5cm (9¼ x 9¼ in.) Painted circa 1766.Provenance: The collection of Col. Maurice Harold Grant (1872 - 1962) The collection of Dr. R.E. Heaphill (according to label verso) Sale, Christie's, London, Important English Pictures, 21 November 1986, lot 56 Where purchased by Richard L. Feigen Literature: Richard Wilson online catalogue raisonnée, no. P197B W. G. Constable, Richard Wilson, London, 1953, p.211, pl. 98a (perhaps version 3 or 4) A. French, Gaspard Dughet called Gaspar Poussin 1615 - 75. A French Painter in seventeenth century Rome and his influence on British Art, exh. cat., Kenwood House, London, 1980, no. 73, pp. 88-89 D. Solkin, 'Richard Wilson's Variations on a Theme by Gaspard Dughet', The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 123, No. 940 (July 1981), p.414, no. 21Exhibited: Bristol, West Country Treasures, 1967, no. 18 Cape Town, South African National Gallery, Old Masters from a Private Collection, 1975, no. 18, leant by Dr R.E. Heaphill (according to label attached verso) There are at least eight known versions of this view by Wilson, six of which are oils and two being sketches. It is thought that the view may be based on the composition of two paintings by Gaspard Dughet. William George Constable noted that the locality of the view depicted in the present lot was uncertain. If it is the river Po, the surrounding country is quite unlike that near Ferrara, or along the greater part of the Po valley. There is no evidence that Wilson ever went to Turin or nearer the source of the river, where there are hills. The title derives from an inscription on one of the other versions of the work, now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Condition Report: The canvas has been lined, although the reverse is not available for inspection due to an applied backboard. Fine craquelure throughout however the paint surface appears stable. Some light undulation to the canvas, which probably occurred during the lining process. Rubbing and abrasion to the framing edges. Inspection under UV light reveals some scattered retouching and in-filling throughout, however this has been sensitively done.Condition Report Disclaimer

‡ RICHARD PARKES BONINGTON (BRITISH 1802-1828) LANDSCAPE WITH SUNSET AND FIGURES Oil on canvas 23 x 35cm (9 x 13¾ in.)Provenance: Probably, acquired directly from the artist by Louis-Joseph August Coutan (1779-1830), and by inheritance to his wife Lucienne Hauguet (1788-1838) Thence by inheritance to her brother Ferdinand Hauguet (d. 1860), and by descent to his son Maurice-Jacques-Albert Hauguet (1819-1883) Thence by descent, Villa Lucienne, Antibes, until 1996 Talabaron & Gautier, Paris, by 2002 Daniel Katz, London From whom acquired by Richard L. Feigen, 2003Literature: B. Talabaron and B. Gautier, Le Paysage Français de Valenciennes à Bonnington, exhibition catalogue, Paris, 2002, cat. no. 33, reproduced P. Noon, Richard Parkes Bonnington: The Complete Paintings, New Haven and London, 2008, p. 252, cat. no. 202, reproduced in colour P. Noon, ed. Richard Parkes Bonnington, exhibition catalogue, New York, 2018, unpaginated, cat no. 8, reproduced in colourExhibited: Paris, Talabardon & Gautier, Le Paysage Français de Valenciennes à Bonington, 18 September - 26 October 2002, no. 33 New York, Richard L. Feigen & Co., Richard Parkes Bonington, 23 October - 18 December 2018, no. 8  Richard Parkes Bonington was born in the village of Arnold just outside Nottingham in 1802, but emigrated to France with his family aged fifteen. He was an artist with a precocious talent, extreme sensibility of colour and a profound fluidity of touch. Bonington is considered a hero of the Romantic movement, his legend secured when he died tragically young, aged only 25, his painting career spanning a single decade. He was revered on both sides of the English Channel and hugely influential upon contemporaries and followers alike. French collectors embraced the 'British' medium of watercolour, in which Bonington painted primarily until his first triumph at the Paris Salon in 1824, enthusiastically. He was also well received by the British Art institutions, perhaps most gratifying to the young artist was the patronage of Sir Thomas Lawrence, President of the Royal Academy, whom he visited a few months before his final illness and untimely death. Lawrence headed the funeral procession in September 1828 and despite spending most of career in France he was celebrated by the British Art establishment as one of their own, the question of his nationality contested for a long while by both English and French commentators. As we can see in the present painting Bonington excelled in his depiction of the countryside and coastal views, Allan Cunningham in his Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters, Sculptors and Architects, 1830, wrote, 'his chief pleasure was in making drawings of sea-coast and river-side scenery: to blend land with water, and both with cloud and sky, was a favourite scene.' He is revered for his ability to transfer light and atmosphere of Venice and French coastal and countryside scenes onto millboard and canvas distilling the essential qualities of place and time into paint. This atmospheric oil sketch has been dated by Noon, loc.cit. to the early months of 1826. On 4 April 1826 Bonington left Paris for his tour of Italy with his friend and pupil Baron Charles Rivet, returning to Paris by 6 July. Noon notes the present work's similarity to Landscape with Timber Wagon, Wallace Collection (op,cit. no. 199) which stylistically shows a familiarity with the works of both J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851) and John Constable (1776-1837) evident in the striking sunset and the characteristic accents of red paint. The present work is an excellent example of Bonington's technique, applying thin washes of oil paint with the same light touch that he would use in his watercolours and subtly building up the planes of colour to produce the glow of the sunset over the open landscape that gently recedes into a haze on the horizon. Bonington approached oil painting as a watercolourist, his peer Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863) wrote of Bonington's technique to the art historian Théophile Thoré-Bürger in 1861, 'To my mind one can find in other modern artists qualities of strength and precision in rendering that are superior to those in Bonington's pictures, but no one in this modern school, and perhaps even before, has possessed that lightness of touch which, especially in watercolours, makes his works a type of diamond that flatters and ravishes the eye, independent of any subject and any imitation.'The first owner of the paintings was Louis-Joseph-Auguste Coutan (1779-1830), a close friend of artists Baron Gros (1771-1835) and Delacroix and a successful fabric manufacturer and wholesaler. Toward the end of his life, Coutan spent his fortune decorating his Parisian home on the Place Vendôme with works by living artists both commissioning and purchasing contemporary art with no regard for school or nationality. After his death four paintings by Bonington were listed in his sale in 1830, but others descended through the family until 1996 when purchased by the present owner. Condition Report: The canvas has not been lined and is a little slack and starting to undulate. Rubbing and abrasions to the framing edges, with some very minor spots of loss. Craquelure throughout. Inspection under UV light reveals some very light in-filling, which has been sensitively done, and is largely confined to the lower half of the canvas. The attached backboard verso, has not been removed whilst completing this condition report.Condition Report Disclaimer

ERII Police Officer's Long Service & Good Conduct medal, presented to Constable John W Suiter, boxed.

Eight antique engravings including Dedham Middlesex by John Constable R.A. engraved by S.E. Wilson c1890 / AN57

Various railway related collectables comprising an LMS Acme 'Thunderer' whistle, marked 'LMS', two London Midland and Scottish Railway Athletic Club silver prize fobs, in presentation cases, a silver plated pocket knife and pipe tamper, the Metropolitan Special Constable 1914 whistle by J Hudson & Co, a RAF gold plated and enamelled pin and a Ronson pocket lighter (7).

After John Constable, early 20th century, The Haywain, oil on canvas, 60 x 80cm

Constable Burton Hall - 20th century metal bound black painted pine travel trunk, top painted 'MAJ. S. Hardcastle, R.A, 49 BISHOPS ROAD, BENWELL, NEWCASTLE ON TYNE, UK' HOLD SS CORFU, metal carry handles, W107cm D61cm H65cmPOA  https://www.bradleys.ltd/quotation-request-form

Constable Burton Hall - Early 20th century gardening tools including edging tool, garden sheers, five finials and two ash shovels etc. (qty)POA  https://www.bradleys.ltd/quotation-request-form

Constable Burton Hall - Georgian cast iron hob grate with curved design in the style of Robert Adam, H60cm x L95cmPOA  https://www.bradleys.ltd/quotation-request-form

Constable Burton Hall - large Victorian mahogany sideboard, breakfront top on pair of two panel door pedestals, W330cm D62m H85cmPOA  https://www.bradleys.ltd/quotation-request-form

Constable Burton Hall - two painted mahogany veneer pine six panel doors, W96cm D5cm H218cm, a four panel blue painted pine panel, W137cm D5cm H230cm, and a similar door opening panel, W185cm D5cm H230cm (4)POA  https://www.bradleys.ltd/quotation-request-form

Constable Burton Hall - 19th Century painted pine alcove cupboard, panel door above four drawers with turned wooden handles, W77cm D54cm H245cmPOA  https://www.bradleys.ltd/quotation-request-form

Constable Burton Hall - English Naive School (19th century); Study of a Farm Worker, oil on canvas, badly damaged, and a 19th century picture frame, aperture approx. 170cm x 190cmPOA  https://www.bradleys.ltd/quotation-request-form

Constable Burton Hall - Regency cast iron hob grate with damper plate pulley system H57cm x L92cmPOA  https://www.bradleys.ltd/quotation-request-form

Constable Burton Hall - George 111 oak gateleg dining table, two fall leaves with end drawer on turned supports with pad feet, W108cm D120cm H70cmPOA  https://www.bradleys.ltd/quotation-request-form

Constable Burton Hall - George III Adam design carved giltwood elbow chair, the oval back and seat with painted floral upholstery on turned and fluted legs, W62cm D56cm H100cmPOA  https://www.bradleys.ltd/quotation-request-form

Constable Burton Hall - Victorian leather screen, the four panels painted with still life studies of flowers, W58cm D3cm H195cmPOA  https://www.bradleys.ltd/quotation-request-form

Constable Burton Hall - 19th century Victorian Benson style hanging gas lantern, H96cmPOA  https://www.bradleys.ltd/quotation-request-form

Constable Burton Hall - Georgian cast iron hob grate with floral design H60cm x L97cmPOA  https://www.bradleys.ltd/quotation-request-form

Constable Burton Hall - multicoloured Caucasian wool runner, field with repeating hexagonal medallions in striped border, and a Persian multicoloured rug, field with repeating stylised foliage (2)POA  https://www.bradleys.ltd/quotation-request-form

Constable Burton Hall - pair of Victorian Chippendale Revival mahogany dining chairs, ribbon tied splats and stuffed over seats on cabriole legs with claw and ball feet,POA  https://www.bradleys.ltd/quotation-request-form

Constable Burton Hall - small rectangular wooden Butchers block, on Row Fabrications metal stand, W60cm D45cm H83cmPOA  https://www.bradleys.ltd/quotation-request-form

Constable Burton Hall - 20th century fluted column mould, in clamped wooden frame, W39cm D39cm H170cmPOA  https://www.bradleys.ltd/quotation-request-form

Constable Burton Hall - two Victorian cast iron sink brackets L62cm x D43cmPOA  https://www.bradleys.ltd/quotation-request-form

Constable Burton Hall - Victorian painted black cast iron swag design fire surround with mantle and grate H120cm x L161cmPOA  https://www.bradleys.ltd/quotation-request-form

Constable Burton Hall - 20th century white painted pine bank of ten drawers, with turned wooden handles on shaped feet, W160cm D52cm H110cmPOA  https://www.bradleys.ltd/quotation-request-form

CIRCLE OF JOHN CONSTABLE (BRITISH, 1776-1837). "Weymouth Bay From Osmington," watercolour 10.5 x 18cm (4.25 x 7.25in) Footnote: Inscribed verso to label "Weymouth Bay From Osmington, Nov 1816. Drawn by Constable during his honeymoon while staying with Rev John Fisher at the vicarage Osmington. See Graham Reynolds catalogue of Constable in the V&A 1960, pp 107-111." Provenance: Appleby Bros Ltd, ref no 1746. 83. George Goyder (1908-1997) Collection Thence By Descent Private Collection UK. CR* mounted behind glass and unexamined out of frame. Slightly lifted at the edges where paper has come away from mount, otherwise in good order.

Craddock (Harry). The Savoy Cocktail Book..., being compiled by Harry Craddock of the Savoy Hotel, London, decorations by Gilbert Rumbold, Special Signed Edition, London: Constable, 1930, half-title, numerous illustrations and decorations throughout, printed in colour, additional Bacardi Cocktail slip inserted on p. 25, some spotting throughout, especially at beginning and end, decorative endpapers, top edge gilt, original screen-printed cloth-covered boards, with gilt and black cloth spine, slightly rubbed and soiled, a little frayed on joints and corners, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:A variant of the first edition, this is a Special Signed Edition, being number 9 of an unspecified number, with the ink limitation number and signature inserted in the colophon on the verso of the dedication leaf. This copy is the first state, with the page numeral on p. 1, the Bacardi Cocktail recipe inserted on a slip at p. 25, and with the decorative binding used solely for this limited edition.

Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm..., Translated by Mrs. Edgar Lucas, London: Constable & Company Ltd, 1909, 40 mounted colour plates (some with captioned tissue-guards), modern maroon half morocco, gilt decorated spines, 4toQTY: (1)

Robinson (William Heath). Bill the Minder, London: Constable & Co. Ltd, 1912, 16 colour plates including frontispiece, original green cloth with gilt decoration and pictorial illustration laid onto upper board, upper right corner tender, faded, 4to, together with:Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales, Nottingham: Hodder and Stoughton for Boots Pure Drug Co. Ltd, 16 tipped-in colour illustrations, presentation inscription dated Christmas 1931 on card laid onto front pastedown, original maroon cloth with gilt decoration, slightly faded, 4to, plus:Peacock Pie, a book of rhymes by Walter De La Mare, London: Constable & Co Ltd, circa 1919, colour frontispiece, numerous black and white illustrations throughout, some spotting to endpapers, presentation inscription to front pastedown dated Xmas 1919, original green cloth with gilt decoration, some rubbing to extremities, 4to, and:Dulac (Edmund, illustrator). Stories from the Arabian Nights, retold by Laurence Housman, Nottingham: Hodder & Stoughton for Boots Pure Drug Co. Ltd, circa 1930, 20 tipped-in colour plates including frontispiece, some spotting to endpapers, presentation inscription dated August 1933 to front free endpaper, original gilt decorated brown cloth, 4to, and three others comprising: The Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales, From the Old French retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1910], 6 colour plates only including frontispiece (of 30), 4to; The Enchanted Land illustrated by Katharine Cameron, 1906; and Aucassin and Nicolete illustrated by A Anderson, 1911, all 4toQTY: (7)

WILLIAM RIMER VALLEY FARM AFTER J CONST WILLIAM RIMER THE VALLEY FARM AFTER J CONSTABLE DATED 1878 OIL ON CANVAS FRAMED 20" X 24"

Attributed to John Constable, RA (1776-1837) "A Scene near Suffolk," O.O.P., landscape scene with female figure in foreground wearing red shawl, under a tree by the river with buildings and windmill in distance, Signed with initials and dated lower right 'J.C. 1821,' the reverse inscribed  "Presented to Sir W. Barttelot, Bart, Stopham Bridge House, Pulborough, by Mark Twain Esq., 1874, painted by John Constable R,.A.,, 1821, (label No. 9, Dining Room), in contemporary gilt frame. (1)

British School (19th Century) Follower of Constable, An Extensive River Landscape, a multi arched bridge spanning a wide river, with a fortified tower to one bank and the rooftops of a town to the other, cattle grazing in the foreground, oil on canvas, 63 x 88 cm*detached from stretcher

Cherry-Garrard, Apsley The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913. London: Constable and Company Limited, 1922. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, lxiv 300 [4], viii 301-585 pp., original linen-backed blue paper boards, edges untrimmed, half-titles, half-titles, 58 plates including colour frontispieces (with tissue-guards) and 10 folding panoramas, 5 maps (4 folding), spine-labels browned (volume 1 label also slightly chipped and stained), discolouration to boards, volume 1 replacement label (issued tipped to front pastedown) detached, volume 2 replacement label intact [Rosove 71.A1] (2) 'Cherry-Garrard's book has often been referred to as the finest polar book ever written. Scott's diary left many facets of the expedition and the experiences of its men untold: it was Cherry-Garrard who pulled the entire story of the main party together. He was uniquely suited to do so. He was a member of the main party for the expedition's entire duration, had access to unpublished sources, and was the only member of the Winter Journey to survive the expedition. Most of all, he had the sensibilities and extraordinary literary genius necessary to cope with the complex and tragic subject of the Polar Journey ... The book Cherry-Garrard left behind is a monument immortalizing the expedition in the annals of Antarctic exploration and geographic exploration in general' (Rosove).

Wells, H. G. Collection of works ex libris science-fiction author Christopher Priest (1943-2024) The following all first edition, no dust jacket unless otherwise stated, occasional dust staining to some of the earliest copies:Wells, H.G. The Wheels of Chance. London: J.M. Dent and Co., 1896. Ink inscription to free endpaper; idem. The First Men in the Moon. London: George Newnes, Limited, 1901; idem. The Sea Lady. London: Methuen, 1902; idem; Anticipations. London: Chapman & Hall, 1902. Ink inscription to free endpaper; idem. New Worlds for Old. London: Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd, 1908; idem. The War in the Air. London: George Bell and Sons, 1908; idem. Ann Veronica. London: T Fisher Unwin, 1909; idem. The History of Mr Polly. London: Thomas Nelson, 1910; idem. The New Machiavelli. London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1911; idem. Floor Games. London: Frank Palmer, 1911. Ink inscription to free endpaper; idem. The Passionate Friends. Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1913. Ink inscription to free endpaper; idem. The Discovery of the Future. New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1913. Bookplate to endpaper; idem. The World Set Free. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1914; idem. An Englishman Looks at the World. London: Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1914. Ink inscription to free endpaper; idem. The Wife of Sir Isaac Haman. Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1914. Bookplate to endpaper; idem. The Research Magnificent. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1915. Ink inscription to endpaper; idem. Mr Britling Sees It Through. London: Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1916. Ink inscription to free endpaper; idem. God the Invisible King. London: Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1917. Ink inscription. idem. In the Fourth Year. London: Chatto & Windus, 1918. idem. The Secret Places of the Heart. London: Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1922. Dust jacket, Christopher Priest ink inscription to free endpaper; idem. Marriage. London: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., 1923. Pencil inscription to free endpaper. idem. Men Like Gods. London: Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1923. idem. Christina Albert's Father. London: Jonathan Cape, 1925. idem. A Year of Prophesying. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1925. Ink inscription to free endpaper; idem. The World of William Clissold. London: Ernest Benn Ltd.,1926. 3 volumes. idem. Mr Belloc Objects. London: Watts & Co., 1926. Dust jacket. Idem. Meanwhile. London: Ernest Benn Ltd.,1927. idem. The Way the World is Going. London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1928. Idem. The King Who Was a King. London: Ernest Benn Ltd.,1929. Dust jacket, ink inscription of Christopher Priest; together with approx. 50 further books by H.G. Wells and 12 books about the author (approximately 90)

Hamilton (Sir Ian). Staff Officer’s Scrap-Book During the Russo-Japanese War, 1st edition, London: Edward Arnold, 1905, with illustrations, maps and plans, front gutter split, preliminary pages spotted, occasional spotting throughout, original yellow cloth, covers and spine grubby with occasional marks, 8vo together with; Jones (H. A.), Over The Balkans and South Russia being the history of no.47 squadron Royal Air Force, 1st edition, London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1923, 3 maps and 12 plates, endpapers toned, some occasional spotting throughout, binding slightly loose, original red cloth, spine faded, covers marked, 8vo, plus Preston (R. M. P.), The Desert Mounted Corps an account of the cavalry operations in Palestine and Syri 1917-1918, 1st edition, London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1921, previous owner ink inscription to front endpaper, pencil annotations throughout, bidding loose with tape repair to front and rear gutters, original gilt decorated red cloth, covers and spine rubbed and worn, extremities slightly frayed, 8vo, and others similar including publications by Pen and Sword and Greenhill Books, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some original cloth, G, 8vo/large 8voQTY: (6 shelves )

Scott, Walter, The Poetical Works of Walter Scott, Esq in twelve volumes, 1820, printed for Arch. Constable And Co. Edinburgh, paper bindings, inside front board bears label 'To John Gordon, Esq From his Friend James Hay, Leith, 1820, together with Alexander Stewart ' Elements of Gaelic Grammer in Four Parts, second edition, Printed by C. Stewart 1812, paper binding, poor condition overall (13)

MONTMORENCY ANNE DE: (1493-1567) Duke of Montmorency. French soldier, statesman and diplomat who became a Marshal of France and Constable of France, serving five kings. A good D.S., Montmor[en]cy, one page (vellum), slim oblong folio, Moulins, 28th January 1566, in Middle French. The manuscript document is issued by the Duke of Montmorency in his capacity as a peer and Constable of France, adviser to the King and Ordinary Treasurer of his Wars and orders 'en vertu de nre pouvoir……Vous paiez baillez et delivrez comptant a Jehan distidon archer de la cpaignie de monsr de cursol son estat et solde de quartier de Janvier fevrier et mars mil Vc Lxii Nonobstant ql ayt este mis absent a la monstre dernierement faicte dont attendu quil nous a este bien et deuement certiffié que lors q. lad. Monstre a estee faicte por lesd. quartiers ql estoit mallade de deux coups de coustellas quil a eu en son corps estant por le service du roy a la bataille de dreux Et quil nen a este pourveu aulcun en sa place, Nous lavons Relleve et Rellevons par ces pntes Rapportant lesquelles controllees et veriffiees par le controlr gnal des guerres avec quictance dudict distidon sur ce suffisante La somme q. por cest effect luy aura estee paye sera passee et allouee en la despence de vos comptes et rabatue de vre recepte par messrs les gens des comptes du roy….' (Translation: 'by virtue of our power……you pay, bail and deliver cash to Jehan Distidon, archer of the company of Monsieur de Cursol, his state and quarter pay for January, February and March 1562, notwithstanding that he was absent from the watch recently made, of which expected that it has been well and duly certified to us that when the said watch was made for the said quarters that he was ill from two stab wounds that he had in his body being in the service of the King at the battle of Dreux, and that none have been provided in his place. We have noted it and hereby note, reporting which controlled and verified by the general controller of wars with receipt of the said Distidon on this sufficient the sum which for this purpose will have been paid to him will be passed and allocated in the expense of your accounts and reduced from your receipt by the gentlemen of the King's accounts'). Countersigned by Martin (?) and with the remnants of the blind embossed paper seal loosely in place. With a contemporary docket to the verso signed by Leconte, secretary and comptroller general, confirming that the payment has been registered, Moulins, 8th February 1566. Some light overall age wear and a few stains and creases, G The Battle of Dreux took place on 19th December 1562 and was fought between the Catholics, led by Anne de Montmorency, and the Huguenots, led by Louis I, Prince of Conde, and constituted the first major engagement in the French Wars of Religion. During the battle Montmorency had his horse shot from under him and he was taken prisoner, and one of the Duke's sons also met his death. However, Montmorency's soldiers eventually won the battle, one of the bloodiest of the 16th century

CRIME & DETECTIVE DRAMAS: Selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs and slightly smaller (2) by various actors and actresses, all of whom have portrayed detectives or starred in film and television crime and police dramas, comprising Marion Ramsey (as Sergeant Laverne Hooks from Police Academy 6: City Under Siege, 1989), Don Adams (as Maxwell Smart. Agent 86, from The Nude Bomb, 1980), Don Stannard (as Dick Barton from one of the three Hammer films in which he portrayed the secret agent; a scarce signed photograph owing to the actor´s untimely death in a car crash), James Villiers (as David Dane from Girl in the Headlines, 1963), Barnard Hughes (as Father Brown from the television movie Sanctuary of Fear, 1979), Brian Cox (as Chief Inspector Haldane from the British television thriller The Fourth Floor, 1986), Neil Pearson (as Detective Superintendent Tony Clark from an episode of Between the Liness, 1992-94), Thomas Craig (as Inspector Brackenreid from an episode of Murdoch Mysteries, 2008 onwards), Honeysuckle Weeks (as MTC Driver Samantha Stewart from an episode of Foyle´s War, 2002-15), and Warren Brown (as Police Constable John Paul Rocksavage from an episode of Good Cop, 2012). All are boldly signed (several in fountain pen inks) to largely lighter areas of the images, and only three are inscribed. Colour (3). Generally VG, 10

DESTUTT DE TRACY ANTOINE: (1754-1836) French Enlightenment aristocrat and philosopher who coined the term ´ideology´. L-S., Le Cte. Destutt de Tracy, pair de france, one page, 4to, Paris, 23rd June 1829, to a gentleman, in French. Destutt de Tracy acknowledges receipt of his correspondent´s letter ´à l´occasion d´un crime commis jadis en Normandie par un sieur de Tracy´ (Translation: ´concerning a crime committed long ago in Normandy by a certain Mr. de Tracy´), remarking ´Je ne puis rien vous dire à ce sujet. Si ce n´est que cela ne me regarde et ne m´interesse en rien´ (Translation: ´I can tell you nothing about this matter, except that it does not concern me and is of no interest to me´) and continuing to explain ´Tracy est le nom de la terre que je possède dans le Dept. de la Nièvre, mais ce n´est pas celui de ma famille, je m´appelle Destutt, nous sommes originairer Ecossais, venus pour la conduite du Connetable d´Eope pour secourir Charles VII encore Dauphin, contre les anglais et il nous a donné pour récompense de nos services le titre D´Assay en Berry que possède encore une branche de ma famille´ (Translation: ´Tracy is the name of the land I own in the department of Nièvre, but it is not my family name. My name is Destutt, and we are originally from Scotland, having come of Nièvre, We came to France at the behest of the Constable of Eope to help Charles VII, then still Dauphin, against the English, and he rewarded us for our services with the title of D'Assay en Berry, which is still held by a branch of my family´). Destutt de Tracy concludes by writing ´Je sais qu´il a existé en Normandie d´anciens gentilhommes dont le nom etait réellement Tracy et qui même ont passé en Angleterre. Mais encore une fois je n´ai rien de commun avec eux et si quelqu´un de leurs angétres a commis un crime, cela m´est totalement étranger et indifferent´ (Translation: ´I know that there were former gentlemen in Normandy whose name was actually Tracy and who even went to England. But once again, I have nothing in common with them, and if any of their ancestors committed a crime, it is completely foreign and indifferent to me´). Some light overall foxing, otherwise VG

CONSTABLE JOHN: (1776-1837) English landscape painter. A fine ink signature ('John Constable') and three lines of additional text in his hand on a piece neatly clipped from the conclusion of a letter, also bearing the address ('35 Charlotte Street') and date, 30th September 1825, in Constable's hand. To the verso appears the partial address panel and small remnants of a black wax seal, indicating that Constable's correspondent resided at Marlborough Park Cottage near Isleworth. Some light age wear and minor traces of former mounting to the verso and a couple of light stains caused by the seal, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise VG

English School (late 19th / early 20th century) A figure with cattle outside a thatched cottage in a landscape oil on canvas, bears signature and date 'John Constable 1835' lower left 19½ x 29½in (49.5 x 75cm), swept gilt frame

Seven reference books related to English and Irish country houses and cottages - including Bence-Jones (Mark), Burke's Guide to Country Houses, Volume 1 - Ireland, pub. 1978, Burke's Peerage Ltd; Bence-Jones (Mark), A Guide to Irish Country Houses, revised ed. pub. 1988, Constable, London; Burke's & Savills Guide to Country Houses, Vol. II (Herefordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire), pub. 1980, Burke's Peerage Ltd and Vol. III (East Anglia), pub. 1981; Robinson (John Martin), A Guide to the Country Houses of the North-West, pub. 1991, Constable; Holme (Charles, ed), The Studio, Special Winter Number 1906-7, 'Old English Country Cottages'; and Hussey (Christopher), English Country Houses, Early Georgian, 1715-1760, reprint of the 1955 edition, pub. 1986, Antique Collectors Club (unnumbered edition).

Six art reference books - comprising Kidson (Alex), George Romney 1734-1802, pub. 2002, The National Portrait Gallery (signed by author); Mallalieu (H. L.), The Dictionary of British Watercolour Artists up to 1920, 2 vols, second ed reprint, pub. The Antique Collectors Club 1988; Garlick (Kenneth), Sir Thomas Lawrence, A Complete Catalogue of the Oil Paintings, pub. 1989, Phaidon Press Ltd (with handwritten letter from the author); Parris (Lesley) and Fleming-Williams (Ian), Constable, pub. 1991, Tate Gallery; and Broos (Ben) and Wheelock Jr. (Arthur K), Johannes Vermeer, pub. National Gallery of Art, Washington, Mauritshuis, The Hague, Yale (still factory shrink wrapped).

After John Constable RA (British 1776-1837): 'A Boat Passing a Lock', 19th century oil on canvas unsigned, Christie's stencil verso 99cm x 124cm Notes: Constable and his studio completed a number of versions of this scene, the most famous being in the collection of the Royal Academy.Condition Report: Good condition. Relined in the 19th century, light patches of craquelure but paint stable with no losses, minor overpainting visible under UV light.

2 vintage police badges inc special police KCC & borough of beverley special constable

BOYLE, ROBERT: 'THE WORKS'volumes 1-6, printed for J & F Rivington et al, London 1772, grained brown calf bound, the gilt tooled spines with red and black leather half titles, and Bridehead bookplates; together with 'The Country Home', volume 2, November 1908-April 1909, published by Archibald Constable & Co., London 1909, pictorial cloth bound (7)

(Letters and Biography) Thirty four works Adam Gielgud. 'Memoirs of Prince Adam Czartoryski and His Correspondence with Alexander E....,' two volumes, original red cloth with gilt tooled device to front board, presentation label to ffep Royal Institution of Cornwall, frontis portraits, light spotting to edge of text block, vg, Remington & Co, London, 1888; Leonard Huxley. 'Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley,' two volumes, original red cloth, ex libris Courtney Library, vg, MacMillan and Co, London, 1900; Rashleigh Holt-White. 'The Life and Letters of Gilbert White of Selborne,' two volumes, original cloth, gilt top edge, frontis and plates, vg, John Murray, London, 1901; Thomas Carlyle. 'Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches,' four volumes, original blue cloth with gilt tooled lettering to spines, fronts, vg, Chapman and Hall, London, 1845; H. J. C. Grierson (ed). 'The Letters of Sir Walter Scott 1828-1831,' Centenary Edition, twelve volumes, uniform blue cloth with gilt tooled lettering to spines, vg, Constable & Co, London, 1939; (34)

(Industry and Archaeology) Thirty four good works H. W. Dickinson. 'A Short History of the Steam Engine,' original red cloth, frontis and plates, spotting to foredge, vg, Printed for Babcock and Wilcox, at the University Press, Cambridge, 1938; R. A. Buchanan. 'Industrial Archaeology in Britain,' second edition, clipped, vg, Allen Lane, 1980; Barrie Trinder. 'The Industrial Revolution in Shropshire,' signed and inscribed by the author, first edition, clipped, vg, Phillimore, 1973; H. E. Wimperis. 'The Internal Combustion Engine,' original cloth, vg, Archibald Constable, London, 1908; 'Industrial Archaeology of....the Tamar Valley, The Peak District, Dartmoor,' three volumes, all vg, David and Charles, Newton Abbot, 1971, 1974, 1986; Three copies of 'The Potters Field,' by L. T. C. Rolt, 1974; Arthur Raistruck. 'Industrial Archaeology. An Historical Survey,' first edition, ec libris with ink stamp to title page, vg, Eyre Methuen, London, 1972; Tony Brooks. 'A History of Iron Mining in Cornwall,' first edition, unlipped dj, fine, Cornish Hillside Publications, St Austell, 2011; With 22 other works. (34)A wonderful collection

PHILIP WILSON STEER (BRITISH 1860-1942) SUMMER PICNIC, EVENING NEAR BRIDGENORTHsigned P.W. Steer lower leftoil on panel25.5 x 35cm; 10 x 13 3/4in42.5 x 51.5cm; 16 3/4 x 20 1/4in (framed)Property from the Estate of a GentlemanProvenanceCharles A. Jackson, Manchester (by June 1941) Mr O. Hughes-Jones, BuryExhibitedBirkenhead, Williamson Art Gallery, Festival of Britain: Wilson Steer Exhibition, 1951Manchester, County Borough of Bury Art Gallery, Steer, Sickert, Epstein, 1954Leicestershire Museums and Art Galleries (on loan from 1975)Scenes around Bridgenorth recur in Steer's work from the 1910s onwards when he shared a studio there with his painter friends Fred Brown and William Coles. By then Steer's style had graduated away from the impressionistic style he had developed in Paris and practiced on his return to London in 1884 when he painted in Walberswick and co-founded the New English Art Club. Instead, as Professor of Painting at the Slade School of Art (1893-1930) he looked to English precedents, notably Gainsborough, Turner and Constable, the last of these giants of British painting clearly evident in the present work. Teaching alongside Brown and Henry Tonks at the Slade, Steer influenced the next generation of painters, amongst them David Bomberg (lot 56), Mark Gertler, Augustus and Gwen John, Winifred Knights, William Orpen, William Roberts, Stanley Spencer and Percy Wyndham Lewis.

An Orrefors glass bowl, together with shoe buckles, special constable medal, chess board, oil painting, napkin rings, opaque glass lamp, flatwares etc

CIRCLE OF JOHN CONSTABLE (BRITISH 1776-1837) FIGURES IN A RIVER LANDSCAPE Pencil and watercolour Dated 'July 27. 1835' (lower left) 16 x 25cm (6¼ x 9¾ in.) Provenance: Dr Theodore Besterman Sale, Christie's, London, 14 December 1971, lot 23 (as John Constable) The Collection of the late Michael Nathan According to a label on the reverse 'On the evidence of a sketchbook in the V&A, Constable was staying at that time at Canbury Villa, Kingston, the home of Dr Philip Fisher (1750-1842), Master of Charterhouse, who was the brother of John Fisher, Bishop of Salisbury and one of Constable's greatest patrons.'

Three Wartime British Police special constable armbans to include one First World War, Hiatt & Co Birmingham made example "Special Constable No. 2849", further blue and red duty arm bands and GRVI Faithful service special constabulary medal impresed to Percy W. Greeves

Quantity of 20th century British Military cap badges to include RAF, Dental Corps, Royal Scots Greys, 1915 On War Service badge, Norfolk constabulary special constable badge, 18th London teritorials shoulder titles, Quantity of officer pips etc. together with enamelled christ college tie pin, RAF sweetheart brooch and Dorsetshire regiment colar dogs.

Three: Police Constable W. J. Friskney, Metropolitan Police, later War Reserve Constable, Devon Constabulary Defence Medal; Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C. W. Friskney); Jubilee 1935 (P.C. W. Friskney) contemporarily engraved naming, mounted for wear, about extremely fine (3) £60-£80 --- William Joseph Friskney was born in Islington, London in 1889. An Assistant Wine Merchant he was appointed Constable Warrant Number 100034 C Division Metropolitan Police Force on 24 April 1911. Awarded King George V’s Police Coronation (Metropolitan Police) Medal 1911 and the King George V’s Silver Jubilee Medal 1935 he retired on Pension 1 May 1936. Retiring to Ipplepen, Devon he was appointed War Reserve Constable Collar Number 574 E Division Devon Constabulary on 2 September 1939 and employed with the Air Raid Precautions Department, Newton Abbot Police Headquarters. He resigned as War Reserve Constable on 23 March 1944 and was awarded the Defence Medal. He died at Ipplepen on 18 August 1953, aged 63. Sold with copied research.

Five: Sergeant P. C. Perram, Devonshire Regiment (1st Rifle Volunteers) Territorial Army, later Divisional Officer, Devon Special Constabulary 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal E.II.R., 1st issue, Territorial (22557924 Sgt. P. C. Perram. Devon); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue, 1 clasp, Long Service 1986 (Sergt. Park C. Perram) mounted as worn, light contact marks, nearly extremely fine (5) £80-£100 --- Park Clifford Perram was born in Paignton, Devon in 1926. By trade a Painter he served for two and a half years during the Second World War with the 10th (Torbay) Battalion Devonshire Home Guard before attesting for the Territorial Army at Exeter on 7 February 1944. Following training he was transferred to the Devonshire Regiment on 27 July 1944 and was posted to the Permanent Staff,14th Infantry Training Centre. Posted to the 2nd Battalion he embarked for North West Europe on 17 November 1945. Promoted War Substantive Corporal in October 1946 he was released to Territorial Army Reserve on 3 February 1948 and discharged in July 1952. Re-attesting for the Territorial Army at Torquay on 18 July 1952, Perram was posted to the 4th Territorial Battalion Devonshire Regiment. Promoted Corporal in 1952 and Sergeant in 1953 he attended each of the annual training camps from 1953 to 1966 and was awarded his Efficiency Medal (Territorial) in 1965. He was part of the Escort to The Colour Party at ‘The Farewell Parade’ before disbandment of The Devonshire Regiment (1st Rifle Volunteers) Territorial Army held at Barnstaple 12 March 1967, and again was part of the Escort to The Colour Party at ‘The Laying Up of the Colours’ Parade on disbandment of The Devonshire Regiment (1st Rifle Volunteers) Territorial Army held at Exeter 27 March 1967. Perram was discharged due to the re-organisation of Territorial Army 31 March 1967. Anticipating the reduction in the Territorial Army he was sworn in as Special Constable at Paignton Magistrates Court on 18 January 1967 with Shoulder No 1927 and appointed to ‘K’ Division at Paignton. Promoted to Special Sergeant on 1 January 1969, he was awarded his Long Service Medal 17 January 1976. Promoted Sub-Divisional Officer in 1979 and Divisional Officer on 1 January 1980 he was awarded his Bar to his Long Service Medal on 17 January 1986. Resigning from the Devon Special Constabulary on 31 March 1986, he received a formal letter of thanks with accompanying certificate, after a remarkable record of 44 years’ uniformed service with the Home Guard, Devonshire Regiment, Territorial Army and Special Constabulary. He died at Paignton on 21 February 1996, aged 69. Note: The award of the 1939-45 Star is not shown on the recipient’s record of service (but see note with research). Sold with copied service records and other research.

Four: Sergeant D. F. H. Fraser, Army Service Corps, later Coventry Special Constabulary, who served as a Special Constable during the Coventry Blitz, and was on duty during the night of the devastating air raid on 14-15 November 1940 1914 Star (MS-3688 Cpl. D. F. H. Fraser. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (MS-3688 Sjt. D. F. H. Fraser. A.S.C.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Donald F. H. Fraser); together with the recipient’s riband bar which additionally has a rosette on the 1914 Star riband, good very fine (4) £240-£280 --- Donald Frederick Henry Fraser was born in 1885 and attested for the Army Service Corps, serving with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 September 1914 (although there is no indication on his Medal Index Card of him being awarded a bar to his 1914 Star). Demobilised on 10 May 1919, he subsequently enlisted in the Special Constabulary, and served during the Second World War with the Coventry Special Constabulary; notably he was on duty on the night of 14-15 November 1940, on which night Coventry suffered its most severe enemy air raid of the war. Sold together with the recipient’s ring binder hand written pocket diary recording his Special Constabulary duties from the period 24 April 1939 to 5 May 1941, the entry for the night of 14-15 November 1940 reading ‘On patrol on Beat 65, did not report on or off duty owing to heavy air raid which lasted about 12 hours. The centre of Coventry burnt & bombed out, my house suffered but wife & child uninjured’; several photographic portraits of the recipient in Great War uniform and as a Special Constable; and other ephemera.

Four: Private A. Leary, Devonshire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (6589 Pte. A. Leary. Devon: Regt.); 1914 Star (6589 Pte. A. Leary. 2/Devon: R.); British War and Victory Medals (6589 Pte. A. Leary. Devon. R.) nearly extremely fine (4) £240-£280 --- Alfred Leary was born in Exeter and is shown in the 1901 Census as a Private at the Depot Devonshire Regiment, Exeter. Posted to the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during 1902 his clasps to the Queen’s South Africa Medal are confirmed on the medal roll. Returning home with his battalion and stationed at Aldershot in May 1903 he was transferred to Reserve circa 1907. Recalled from Reserve he embarked with the 2nd Battalion for France on 5 November 1914 and later served with the 1st Battalion. On demobilisation he transferred again to the Reserve 7 March 1919. Finding employment in London he is shown in the 1939 Register as a Crane Driver and Police War Constable. He died at Kensington on 7 March 1965, aged 80. Sold with copied research.

Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (F. R. Janes 7th August 1975.) fitted with integral top brooch suspension, in Spink, London, case of issue, extremely fine £120-£160 --- R.H.S. Case No. 75,853: ‘At 3.45 p.m. on 7 August 1975 in the Sea off Hartland Quay, North Devon Christopher Richards aged 29, a Security Officer, who considered himself a strong swimmer had entered the sea an encountered the full force of the currents finding he could make no headway he called for help. The local Coastguard phoned for a helicopter meanwhile Frederick Robert Janes aged 20 a diver and Maurice George Pollard aged 31 an engineer both entered the water independently and swimming 80 yards in 25 feet of water they reached Richards simultaneously. Having turned him on his back they towed him successfully 80 yards back to shore arriving exhausted with their legs and bodies cut on the rocks.’ Bronze Medal (successful) to Janes and Pollard. Frederick Robert Janes was born at the Police Station, Baylham, Ipswich on 3 January 1955, the son of a Police Constable. Sold with copied research.