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Art, Prints & Sculpture
Explore the full breadth of our decorative Works of Art. We have everything from numbered runs of prints and lithographs to original paintings and sketches. We specialise in London maps, including tube maps and plans of the City. Also lithographs by renowned Twentieth Century artists. You will find three dimensional sculpture in marble, bronze, plaster and more. Taxidermy and trophies are found alongside driftwood and weathervanes. Those in need of more functional pieces will discover shopkeepers and trade sign boards.
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Verve, ‘The Last Works of Henri Matisse’,
£900Verve, ‘The Last Works of Henri Matisse’,
'Decoration - Masques' from Verve Vol. IX No. 35/36 published by Tériade under the title 'The Last Works of Henri Matisse', float mounted in a limed oak frame.£900 -
Verve, ‘The Last Works of Henri Matisse’,
£900Verve, ‘The Last Works of Henri Matisse’,
'Decoration - Fruits' from Verve Vol. IX No. 35/36 published by Tériade under the title 'The Last Works of Henri Matisse'.£900 -
Henri Matisse, ‘The Last Works of Henri Matisse’
£900 eachHenri Matisse, ‘The Last Works of Henri Matisse’
From Verve Vol. IX No. 35/36 published by Tériade under the title 'The Last Works of Henri Matisse'£900 each -
Henri Matisse, ‘The Last Works of Henri Matisse’
£900 eachHenri Matisse, ‘The Last Works of Henri Matisse’
From Verve Vol. IX No. 35/36 published by Tériade under the title 'The Last Works of Henri Matisse'£900 each -
Henri Matisse, ‘The Last Works of Henri Matisse’
£900 eachHenri Matisse, ‘The Last Works of Henri Matisse’
From Verve Vol. IX No. 35/36 published by Tériade under the title 'The Last Works of Henri Matisse'£900 each -
Henri Matisse, ‘The Last Works of Henri Matisse’
£900 eachHenri Matisse, ‘The Last Works of Henri Matisse’
From Verve Vol. IX No. 35/36 published by Tériade under the title 'The Last Works of Henri Matisse'£900 each -
Henri Matisse, ‘The Last Works of Henri Matisse’
£900 eachHenri Matisse, ‘The Last Works of Henri Matisse’
From Verve Vol. IX No. 35/36 published by Tériade under the title 'The Last Works of Henri Matisse'£900 each -
Henri Matisse, ‘The Last Works of Henri Matisse’
£900 eachHenri Matisse, ‘The Last Works of Henri Matisse’
From Verve Vol. IX No. 35/36 published by Tériade under the title 'The Last Works of Henri Matisse'£900 each -
Rare example of a reversed engraving on glass, depicting Caroline of Brunswick, made c1821
£900Rare example of a reversed engraving on glass, depicting Caroline of Brunswick, made c1821
Reverse glass printing is a process whereby a print is transferred to a sheet of glass, varnished and coloured to resemble an oil painting.
The Prince of Wales, son of King George III was introduced to his potential bride, Caroline of Brunswick out of need for money as he was in great debt. Caroline famously, short, fat, ugly and never changed her undergarments, and rarely washed. Her body odour was overwhelming.
Caroline was very popular with the London public whilst King George was not. Every day when attending the House of Lords her coach was escorted by the cheering mob. George IV’s Coronation was to be the 29th April 1821 but Caroline was told that she would not be taking part in it. Undaunted Caroline arrived at the door of Westminster Abbey on the day demanding to be admitted, but the doors were slammed in her face.
She died 19 days after her frustrated attempt to get into the Abbey and was buried in Brunswick, and on her coffin was inscribed… ‘CAROLINE THE INJURED QUEEN OF ENGLAND’.
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Randalls Mill by John Clevely,
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Grocery and Provisions shopkeepers signboards
£900 each,Grocery and Provisions shopkeepers signboards
The Brilliant Sign Co were the foremost suppliers of shop signboards from their inception in 1888 through their innovative use of V-sectioned copper lettering, as used in this run supplied to the firm ‘G.T Morgan’. This development superceded the incised wooden letter and meant that a less skilled labour force could complete the work in less time. These boards were discovered under the fascia of the Liberal Democrat's offices in Felsham Road, Putney. ‘Brilliant Signs Ltd’£900 each, -
Amazonamachy: A Classical plaster figural frieze relief,
£875Amazonamachy: A Classical plaster figural frieze relief,
the frieze modelled with battling figures - armed Greeks in helms with shields and Amazons in chitons, a rearing horse and two prone figures, all cast in deep relief£875 -
An English composition stone figure of “Summer”
£865An English composition stone figure of “Summer”
the standing putto, holding a sheaf of wheat to his shoulder, his sickle lying at his feet,£865 -
An English composition stone figure of “Autumn”
£865An English composition stone figure of “Autumn”
the standing putto, his knee resting on a Halloween pumpkin, holding aloft a fruit filled bowl,£865 -
An English plaster bust of a Shepherd
£860An English plaster bust of a Shepherd
the male with wavy heir and his head turned slightly to his left, modelled wearing a tunic and raised on a waisted socle, the bust bearing the mould maker's mark "Brucciani & Co. London" to the rear and their model number "2348" to the front,£860 -
The Strand, William Walcot
£850The Strand, William Walcot
Framed and mounted black line etching by the artist-engraver William Walcot showing the The Strand during the construction of the Aldwych in 1924. Issued as part of Walcot's London Set at the height of his success.£850 -
The Army and Navy Nelson & Wellington,
£850The Army and Navy Nelson & Wellington,
A hand coloured engraving By S.W. Reynolds after a painting by John Prescott Knight showing the only meeting between Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington and Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson, which took place in September, 1805 at the Colonial Office on Downing Street in London.£850 -
Evening Eros by Michael Quirke
£850Evening Eros by Michael Quirke
A framed oil painting depicting a night scene around London's Picadilly Circus with the Shaftesbury Memorial, 'Eros', silhouetted against the famous illumnated signage. Signed by the artist.£850 -
A General Prospect of Vaux Hall Gardens. Shewing at one View the disposition of the whole Gardens. Vüe Détaillee des Jardins de Vaux Hall.
£850A General Prospect of Vaux Hall Gardens. Shewing at one View the disposition of the whole Gardens. Vüe Détaillee des Jardins de Vaux Hall.
Originally engraved by William Simpkins (fl.1784-1825) for Owen Manning and William Bray’s “History and Antiquities of Surrey” (1804-1814).£850 -
Fireside figure by Bertil Sjöberg
£850Fireside figure by Bertil Sjöberg
Bertil Sjöberg (1914-1999) His father was Swedish and his mother Austrian. He attended schools in Sweden, Belgium, Austria and later settled in Copenhagen and on Bornholm after marrying a Dane. From 1955-1975, he lived with his family in Spain.£850 -
W. L Wylie R. A., Old Waterloo Bridge from the South Bank,
£850W. L Wylie R. A., Old Waterloo Bridge from the South Bank,
An original dry-point engraving by British marine artist, painter etcher and illustrator W. L. Wyllie (1851-1931) showing Old Waterloo Bridge from the Surrey shore with three steam Toshers working on the Lambeth Reach of the River Thames. Mounted and in its original frame. Old Waterloo bridge, designed and built by the engineer John Rennie was built in 1827 and stood until 1924 when the increased scour of the river, caused by the removal of the many-piered Old London Bridge, made necessary its dismantling and replacement. Signed by the artist in pencil in he margin.£850 -
W. L Wylie R. A., Sugar boats Greenwich Reach,
£850W. L Wylie R. A., Sugar boats Greenwich Reach,
An original dry-point engraving by British marine artist, painter etcher and illustrator W. L. Wyllie (1851-1931). Signed in pencil by the artist "A view of Greenwich from the Isle of Dogs (i.e. the north-west) with figures, probably local boys, swimming off the beach in the foreground around a small lighter. The Royal Naval College is to the left and the Royal Observatory high in the background above the Park and the riverside town centre of Greenwich proper. In the centre cargo ships are unloading sugar into lighters alongside, in the deep-water mooring tier between Greenwich and Deptford. The atmosphere beyond over the shoreline is one of industrial haze through which a Thames barge, chimneys and a crane can be seen. Astern of the ships small steamers cluster off Greenwich Pier." National Maritime Museum listing.£850 -
Alderney Street by J. M. Whistler
£850Alderney Street by J. M. Whistler
A mounted black line etching in original frame by James McNeill Whistler printed in black ink on ivory laid paper. First published in the "Gazette des Beaux-Arts," in 1881 it depicts Alderney Street in Pimlico. First state of two. The sparing using of line and sketch-like quality in the image reflects an adherence to the theories of Frances Seymour Hayden, the champion and initiator of the late 19th Century 'Etching Revival', who advocated the use of a "learned omission". According to this theory the fewer lines there were on a plate, "the greater would be the thought and creativity residing in each line". This would later be relevant to the thought of the Impressionist movement. A copy is kept at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.£850 -
A nineteenth century carved diorama of a theatrical scene.
£850A nineteenth century carved diorama of a theatrical scene.
The carved red lacquered shaped box giving wonderful perspective of the fourteen characters on stage, a combination of dignitaries and warriors, ready to battle, the whole scene is overlooked by a dominating warrior, the proscenium arch flanked by lanterns and further figures. Some minor loses. Qing Dynasty (1636-1911)£850 -
Picturesque Views on the River Thames by Samuel Ireland, 1792
£850Picturesque Views on the River Thames by Samuel Ireland, 1792
2 Volumes of 209 and 258 pages with 52 aquatint plates picturing views along the river Thames including Blenheim Castle, Windsor Castle, London bridges, Westminster Abbey, and The Royal Naval Hospital at Greenwich. Original half calf, marbled binding of 1792, rubbed and worn with faint spotting. Samuel Ireland produced a series of these scenic views of British rivers at the end of the 18th Century as the fear of French invasion prompted a national turn towards patriotic and contemplative representations of domestic subjects.£850 -
The Reconstruction of Piccadilly, William Walcot
£840The Reconstruction of Piccadilly, William Walcot
Framed and mounted black line etching by the artist-engraver William Walcot showing the rebuilding of Picadilly Circus and the Swan and Edgar building following destruction by Zeppelin raid in 1917. Issued as part of Walcot's London Set in 1924.£840 -
Head of a Girl by Paul Klee, Verve Vol 2 / No. 5-6.
£800Head of a Girl by Paul Klee, Verve Vol 2 / No. 5-6.
The Verve Review was a purposefully luxurious. It ran from 1937 to 1960, but with only 38 editions available, due to the high degree of design and editorial work dedicated to each issue. Each edition contained unique lithographic prints, commissioned by the editor, and each cover a double-page lithograph elaborated by one of the artists contained within. It was the brainchild of its editor Stratis Eleftheriades, a Greek National who moved to Paris in the early thirties to take part in the growing Modernist movement, writing under the name of Teriade.£800 -
Portrait by Andre Derain, Verve Vol 2 / No. 5-6.
£800Portrait by Andre Derain, Verve Vol 2 / No. 5-6.
The Verve Review was a purposefully luxurious. It ran from 1937 to 1960, but with only 38 editions available, due to the high degree of design and editorial work dedicated to each issue. Each edition contained unique lithographic prints, commissioned by the editor, and each cover a double-page lithograph elaborated by one of the artists contained within. It was the brainchild of its editor Stratis Eleftheriades, a Greek National who moved to Paris in the early thirties to take part in the growing Modernist movement, writing under the name of Teriade.£800 -
Head of a Girl by George Rouault, Verve Vol 2 / No. 5-6.
£800Head of a Girl by George Rouault, Verve Vol 2 / No. 5-6.
The Verve Review was a purposefully luxurious. It ran from 1937 to 1960, but with only 38 editions available, due to the high degree of design and editorial work dedicated to each issue. Each edition contained unique lithographic prints, commissioned by the editor, and each cover a double-page lithograph elaborated by one of the artists contained within. It was the brainchild of its editor Stratis Eleftheriades, a Greek National who moved to Paris in the early thirties to take part in the growing Modernist movement, writing under the name of Teriade.£800 -
Femme au Chapeau by Henri Matisse, Verve Vol 2 / No. 5-6.
£800Femme au Chapeau by Henri Matisse, Verve Vol 2 / No. 5-6.
The Verve Review was a purposefully luxurious. It ran from 1937 to 1960, but with only 38 editions available, due to the high degree of design and editorial work dedicated to each issue. Each edition contained unique lithographic prints, commissioned by the editor, and each cover a double-page lithograph elaborated by one of the artists contained within. It was the brainchild of its editor Stratis Eleftheriades, a Greek National who moved to Paris in the early thirties to take part in the growing Modernist movement, writing under the name of Teriade.£800 -
Stars by Wassily Kandinsky, Verve Vol. 1 / No. 2.
£800Stars by Wassily Kandinsky, Verve Vol. 1 / No. 2.
The Verve Review was a purposefully luxurious. It ran from 1937 to 1960, but with only 38 editions available, due to the high degree of design and editorial work dedicated to each issue. Each edition contained unique lithographic prints, commissioned by the editor, and each cover a double-page lithograph elaborated by one of the artists contained within. It was the brainchild of its editor Stratis Eleftheriades, a Greek National who moved to Paris in the early thirties to take part in the growing Modernist movement, writing under the name of Teriade.£800 -
Comets by Wassily Kandinsky, Verve Vol. 1 / No. 2.
£800Comets by Wassily Kandinsky, Verve Vol. 1 / No. 2.
The Verve Review was a purposefully luxurious. It ran from 1937 to 1960, but with only 38 editions available, due to the high degree of design and editorial work dedicated to each issue. Each edition contained unique lithographic prints, commissioned by the editor, and each cover a double-page lithograph elaborated by one of the artists contained within. It was the brainchild of its editor Stratis Eleftheriades, a Greek National who moved to Paris in the early thirties to take part in the growing Modernist movement, writing under the name of Teriade.£800 -
Figure by Georges Braque, Verve Vol 2 / No. 5-6.
£800Figure by Georges Braque, Verve Vol 2 / No. 5-6.
The Verve Review was a purposefully luxurious. It ran from 1937 to 1960, but with only 38 editions available, due to the high degree of design and editorial work dedicated to each issue. Each edition contained unique lithographic prints, commissioned by the editor, and each cover a double-page lithograph elaborated by one of the artists contained within. It was the brainchild of its editor Stratis Eleftheriades, a Greek National who moved to Paris in the early thirties to take part in the growing Modernist movement, writing under the name of Teriade.£800 -
Printemps by Marc Chagall, Verve Vol. 1 / No. 3.
£800Printemps by Marc Chagall, Verve Vol. 1 / No. 3.
The Verve Review was a purposefully luxurious. It ran from 1937 to 1960, but with only 38 editions available, due to the high degree of design and editorial work dedicated to each issue. Each edition contained unique lithographic prints, commissioned by the editor, and each cover a double-page lithograph elaborated by one of the artists contained within. It was the brainchild of its editor Stratis Eleftheriades, a Greek National who moved to Paris in the early thirties to take part in the growing Modernist movement, writing under the name of Teriade.£800 -
Napoleon-Le-Grand
£800Napoleon-Le-Grand
Jean-Charles Pellerin (1756 - 1836) was a French illustrator, artist, and printer. Born in Epinal, France.£800 -
Verve, ‘The Last Works of Henri Matisse’,
£800Verve, ‘The Last Works of Henri Matisse’,
'Baigneuse dans les Roseaux' from Verve Vol. IX No. 35/36 published by Tériade under the title 'The Last Works of Henri Matisse', float mounted in a limed oak frame.£800 -
Verve, ‘The Last Works of Henri Matisse’,
£800Verve, ‘The Last Works of Henri Matisse’,
'Coquelicots' from Verve Vol. IX No. 35/36 published by Tériade under the title 'The Last Works of Henri Matisse', float mounted in a limed oak frame.£800 -
Verve, ‘The Last Works of Henri Matisse’,
£800Verve, ‘The Last Works of Henri Matisse’,
'La Negresse' from Verve Vol. IX No. 35/36 published by Tériade under the title 'The Last Works of Henri Matisse', float mounted in a limed oak frame.£800 -
Verve, ‘The Last Works of Henri Matisse’,
£800Verve, ‘The Last Works of Henri Matisse’,
'Acanthes' from Verve Vol. IX No. 35/36 published by Tériade under the title 'The Last Works of Henri Matisse', float mounted in a limed oak frame.£800 -
Picasso and the Human Comedy, Verve, Vol. VIII, No 29/30, 1954
£795 eachPicasso and the Human Comedy, Verve, Vol. VIII, No 29/30, 1954
Original lithograph print from Verve Vol. VIII, No 29/30 printed by the Master Printers Mourlot Frères in 1954. Framed in champagne gold with a cream mount.£795 each -
Picasso and the Human Comedy, Verve, Vol. VIII, No 29/30, 1954
£795 eachPicasso and the Human Comedy, Verve, Vol. VIII, No 29/30, 1954
Original lithograph print from Verve Vol. VIII, No 29/30 printed by the Master Printers Mourlot Frères in 1954. Framed in champagne gold with a cream mount.£795 each -
Picasso and the Human Comedy, Verve, Vol. VIII, No 29/30, 1954
£795 eachPicasso and the Human Comedy, Verve, Vol. VIII, No 29/30, 1954
Original lithograph print from Verve Vol. VIII, No 29/30 printed by the Master Printers Mourlot Frères in 1954. Framed in champagne gold with a cream mount.£795 each -
Picasso and the Human Comedy, Verve, Vol. VIII, No 29/30, 1954
£795 eachPicasso and the Human Comedy, Verve, Vol. VIII, No 29/30, 1954
Original lithograph print from Verve Vol. VIII, No 29/30 printed by the Master Printers Mourlot Frères in 1954. Framed in champagne gold with a cream mount.£795 each -
Picasso and the Human Comedy, Verve, Vol. VIII, No 29/30, 1954
£795 eachPicasso and the Human Comedy, Verve, Vol. VIII, No 29/30, 1954
Original lithograph print from Verve Vol. VIII, No 29/30 printed by the Master Printers Mourlot Frères in 1954. Framed in champagne gold with a cream mount.£795 each -
Picasso and the Human Comedy, Verve, Vol. VIII, No 29/30, 1954
£795 eachPicasso and the Human Comedy, Verve, Vol. VIII, No 29/30, 1954
Original lithograph print from Verve Vol. VIII, No 29/30 printed by the Master Printers Mourlot Frères in 1954. Framed in champagne gold with a cream mount.£795 each -
Picasso and the Human Comedy, Verve, Vol. VIII, No 29/30, 1954
£795 eachPicasso and the Human Comedy, Verve, Vol. VIII, No 29/30, 1954
Original lithograph print from Verve Vol. VIII, No 29/30 printed by the Master Printers Mourlot Frères in 1954. Framed in champagne gold with a cream mount.£795 each -
Picasso and the Human Comedy, Verve, Vol. VIII, No 29/30, 1954
£795 eachPicasso and the Human Comedy, Verve, Vol. VIII, No 29/30, 1954
Original lithograph print from Verve Vol. VIII, No 29/30 printed by the Master Printers Mourlot Frères in 1954. Framed in champagne gold with a cream mount.£795 each -
Picasso and the Human Comedy, Verve, Vol. VIII, No 29/30, 1954
£795 eachPicasso and the Human Comedy, Verve, Vol. VIII, No 29/30, 1954
Original lithograph print from Verve Vol. VIII, No 29/30 printed by the Master Printers Mourlot Frères in 1954. Framed in champagne gold with a cream mount.£795 each -
A French carved wood horse’s head,
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A mounted buffalo horn trophy
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The Battle at La Hogue
£750The Battle at La Hogue
A large framed and mounted black line engraving by William Wollett afer the painting by Benjamin West showing the Anglo-Dutch naval victory at La Hogue off the coast of Normandy in 1692. " Standing in a boat at the left ... Vice Admiral George Rooke embodies heroic command with his upright posture and raised sword... Beached in the center distance is the French flagship, the Royal Sun. Actually burned and sunk a few days before this encounter, the Royal Sun is here deliberately refloated -- only to be run against the cliffs so that West might symbolize the French defeat." U.S. National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.£750 -
Blue Bicycle by Gary Sargeant
£750Blue Bicycle by Gary Sargeant
Framed oil on panel painting of a blue bicycle in the foreground of a derelict industrial scene by the acclaimed and widely exhibited blind painter, Gary Sergeant.£750 -
Nathaniel Sparks, The Clock Tower, St. Pauls,
£750Nathaniel Sparks, The Clock Tower, St. Pauls,
Mounted and in its original frame, an original dry-point engraving by the artist and painter-etcher Nathaniel Sparks showing the Clock Tower of St Paul's Cathedral viewed from Carter Lane. The first clock was inserted into the Great West Portico of St Paul's by Smith of Derby in 1893 and is still maintained by them to this day. Signed by the artist on the plate.£750 -
‘Fashion 69’ illuminated sign,
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Our Fathers, To The Memory of the Nameless Killed and Wounded
£725 the pairOur Fathers, To The Memory of the Nameless Killed and Wounded
A set of four etchings in two frames depicting ships of war and life at sea in English history By William Wylie and accompanied by the words of Cpt. Ronald Hopwood's poem Our Fathers. William Lionel Wylie was the most distinguished marine artist of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He became almost a painter laureate to the Royal Navy, so much so that during his funeral, in a scene reminiscent of Nelson's state funeral in 1806, his body was rowed up Portsmouth Harbour in a naval cutter past battleships with dipped colours and bugles calling and quaysides lined with dockyard workers. Similarly Captain Ronald A Hopwood was described as the poet laureate of the Royal Navy by Time Magazine in 1941. His most enduring work, The Laws of the Navy, became and remains a sort of Works and Days primer for naval life, both inspiring and edifying seamen in the ways of the senior service. After the Battle of Jutland in 1916 when the press was critical of an apparent failure by the Royal Navy to achieve a clear victory against the Imperial German Navy the Times of London published The Old Ways, a poem by Hopwood and within this was a further poem, Our Fathers which was first written during the naval manoeuvres of 1913. Wyllie, we are told, was much taken with the verses and he arranged to illustrate them with the agreement of their author as a memorial of sorts to the dead (and perhaps as an apologia for the living) of the Battle of Jutland. The seaplane depicted appears to be a short type 184 used at Gallipoli where it became the first aircraft in the world to attack an enemy ship with an air-launched torpedo. The Battleship in the next image is of the King George V class and likely to be based on HMS Audacious, which Wylie had studied previously. The poem and illustrative etchings then go back in time to the navy of Elizabeth I's time. The sailing ships depicted are galleons of the type which chased the Spanish Armada out of the channel, a scene depicted at the bottom of the first print. The second framed picture depicts naval exercises and gunnery practice, with a galleon being scraped and caulked by hand on a secluded beach in the Spanish Main. It concludes with a scene of high-technology Super-Dreadnoughts of the Queen Elizabeth class - a naval nominative choice which perhaps inspires the scheme of the whole work of reflection.£725 the pair -
Steeple of St Mary-Le-Bow, Cheapside
£700Steeple of St Mary-Le-Bow, Cheapside
Pre-war pen and ink drawing showing the Steeple of St Mary-Le-Bow on Cheapside in the City of London. Signed by the artist.£700 -
An English plaster architectural relief-plaque,
£685An English plaster architectural relief-plaque,
the rectangular plaque cast in relief with a ribbon-tied drapery swag, tasseled to its edge, the plaque cast in two halves and framed with a moulded border,£685 -
An English plaster bust of Innocent X, Gian Battista Pamfili, Pope (1644-55)
£685An English plaster bust of Innocent X, Gian Battista Pamfili, Pope (1644-55)
the elderly bearded gentleman with his head turned slightly to his right, and wearing a berrettino on his head and the collars of the mozetto around his neck,£685 -
A cast plaster relief depicting classical figures with a tethered bull
£680A cast plaster relief depicting classical figures with a tethered bull
Cast at LASSCO Three Pigeons by Peter Hone. This relief plaque was cast from a Coade stone original – we have two similar available. Peter Hone bought the plaques from Miles D’Agar at the Furniture Cave some years ago. They are now in the collection of Sir Jacob Rothschild, We can’t find reference to the original manufacture of this design at Coade. They are undoubtedly drawn from a classical source – they look to be part of a Panathanaic frieze – and bear similarities to the Coade frieze at Ickworth House in Suffolk. The frieze designs at Ickworth were drawn from Flaxman’s illustrations to Homer. Research continues. See Alison Kelly “Mrs Coade’s Stone”, Self Publishing Asscn. 1990, pp175-7.£680 -
Large 1920s cast lion’s mask
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Set of Indian orthniological paintings on mica
£660 set of sixSet of Indian orthniological paintings on mica
Mica is a transparent mineral composed of complex mixtures of potassium silicates. The variety of mica used most frequently by these Indian artists is Muscovite (H2KAl3 Si04)3 which is found widely throughout south India. The mica is formed between strata of granite and the transparency of the material is a result of the heat and pressure created between the layers of rock during formation. Mica consists of many interlocking platelets, resulting in a laminar structure which can be split easily into thin sheets.£660 set of six -
Poplar
£650Poplar
An original framed and mounted dry-point engraving by the artist engraver Frances Dodd RA showing Poplar Old Town hall on Newby Place in 1930. Hand signed in pencil by the artist.£650 -
St. James’s Church Clerkenwell
£650St. James’s Church Clerkenwell
A framed and mounted black line etching by the English artist Sir Henry Rushbury KCVO CBE RA (28 October 1889 – 5 July 1968) depicting St James's Church Clerkenwell. Signed in pencil by the artist. Clerkenwell contained a notorious slum at the turn of the 20h Century and was the setting for George Gissing's Novel, The Netherworld - "Opposite, the shapes of poverty-eaten houses and grimy workshops stood huddling in the obscurity. From near at hand came shrill voices of children chasing each other about – children playing at midnight between slum and gaol!"£650 -
Lambeth Bridge With Shipping
£650Lambeth Bridge With Shipping
Pedestrians idle on the parapet of Old Lambeth Bridge while a steam tug passes beneath the central arch towing a Thames barge. Warehouses, wharves and houses line the Westminster shore. A Framed and mounted mixed media sketch by the artist Hubert Williams showing Old Lambeth Bridge prior to it's demolition in 1928. Signed on the plate by the artist.£650 -
Admiral Lord Nelson at Copenhagen,
£650Admiral Lord Nelson at Copenhagen,
A framed mezzotint engraving of Admiral Lord Nelson at the battle of Copenhagen by Charles Turner, after John Hoppner. From the collection of Sir John Malcolm Fraser, 1st Baronet, journalist, Royal Naval captain, and vice-chairman of the Conservative Party.£650 -
Watercolour of South Kensington Station
£650Watercolour of South Kensington Station
Framed watercolour of South Kensington underground station, painted in the mid 1920's. Captured from a window of No.1 Old Brompton Road, the viewer is shown the view looking east over the station roof and down Pelham Street towards Brompton Cross. The scene shows a winter's day with passengers climbing aboard the upper deck of K-Type Omnibus.£650 -
Perspex and brass illuminated sign
£650Perspex and brass illuminated sign
the typography signwritten, re-wired and PAT tested. Mid-twentieth century.£650 -
Glass and brass illuminated sign
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England and France, after William Hogarth published c1805
£650 the setEngland and France, after William Hogarth published c1805
William Hogarth produced these prints to boost public morale when an invasion from France seemed probable.
Hogarth depicts the weak and emaciated army ready to invade England. The alehouse sign reading 'Meagre Soup at the Royal Comb' points this up. There is also an officer roasting four frogs on his sword. A further soldier carries a banner which reads 'Vengeance with the good beer and good beef of England'. There is also a portly monk (obviously the church folk won't be hungry), and he carries plans for a monastery to be built at Blackfriars.
In contrast he believed the English to be always well fed and always merry, despite the evidence of widespread poverty. Here a recruitment officer is shown measuring up a volunteer. The man has to stand on tiptoe to reach the required height. A round of beef and some porter is on the table in front of some revellers, one of whom is drawing a pastiche of the French King, who is uttering the words "You take my fine ships you bede pirate you bede Teef me send my grand armies and hang you all Morbleu."
£650 the set -
An English plaster portrait bust of a Florentine man in a slashed tunic
£645An English plaster portrait bust of a Florentine man in a slashed tunic
the young bearded gentleman naturalisitically modelled attired in a slashed tunic and raised on a socle,
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An English plaster bust of Rinaldo della Luna
£645An English plaster bust of Rinaldo della Luna
the gaunt male with head turned to sinester, wearing a pleated tunic, with an indistinct description on the plinth "RINALDODELLA LVNA . ETATIS . ANNO XXVII OPVS MINI NE. MCCCCLXI" and bearing the Brucciani model number 2929,£645 -
An English plaster cast of a clam shell
£640An English plaster cast of a clam shell
the detailed cast shell with encrusted texture raised on low plinth base,£640 -
An English relief cast plaster plaque of men leading a bull
£640An English relief cast plaster plaque of men leading a bull
the rectangular panel, in the style of an antique metope,£640 -
St. Paul’s Cathedral from Cannon Street
£625St. Paul’s Cathedral from Cannon Street
A famed drypoint engraving of a bomb-damaged St Pauls viewed from Cannon Street dated 1942 by the War Artist Sir Henry Rushbury KCVO CBE RA (28 October 1889 – 5 July 1968). Signed and dated by the artist.£625 -
Captain Sir Christopher Cole,
£605Captain Sir Christopher Cole,
A framed portrait engraving by George H Phillips from the painting by William Owen R.A. showing the Naval Officer an statesman Captain Sir Christopher Cole.£605 -
Portrait Fragment by Pierre Bonnard, Verve Vol 2 / No. 5-6.
£600Portrait Fragment by Pierre Bonnard, Verve Vol 2 / No. 5-6.
The Verve Review was a purposefully luxurious. It ran from 1937 to 1960, but with only 38 editions available, due to the high degree of design and editorial work dedicated to each issue. Each edition contained unique lithographic prints, commissioned by the editor, and each cover a double-page lithograph elaborated by one of the artists contained within. It was the brainchild of its editor Stratis Eleftheriades, a Greek National who moved to Paris in the early thirties to take part in the growing Modernist movement, writing under the name of Teriade.£600 -
Divagations II, by Henri Matisse, Verve Vol. 1 / No. 1.
£600Divagations II, by Henri Matisse, Verve Vol. 1 / No. 1.
The Verve Review was a purposefully luxurious. It ran from 1937 to 1960, but with only 38 editions available, due to the high degree of design and editorial work dedicated to each issue. Each edition contained unique lithographic prints, commissioned by the editor, and each cover a double-page lithograph elaborated by one of the artists contained within. It was the brainchild of its editor Stratis Eleftheriades, a Greek National who moved to Paris in the early thirties to take part in the growing Modernist movement, writing under the name of Teriade.£600 -
The Four Elements, Earth by Francisco Bores, Verve Vol. 1 / No. 1.
£600The Four Elements, Earth by Francisco Bores, Verve Vol. 1 / No. 1.
The Verve Review was a purposefully luxurious. It ran from 1937 to 1960, but with only 38 editions available, due to the high degree of design and editorial work dedicated to each issue. Each edition contained unique lithographic prints, commissioned by the editor, and each cover a double-page lithograph elaborated by one of the artists contained within. It was the brainchild of its editor Stratis Eleftheriades, a Greek National who moved to Paris in the early thirties to take part in the growing Modernist movement, writing under the name of Teriade.£600 -
The Four Elements, Water by Fernand Leger, Verve Vol. 1 / No. 1.
£600The Four Elements, Water by Fernand Leger, Verve Vol. 1 / No. 1.
The Verve Review was a purposefully luxurious. It ran from 1937 to 1960, but with only 38 editions available, due to the high degree of design and editorial work dedicated to each issue. Each edition contained unique lithographic prints, commissioned by the editor, and each cover a double-page lithograph elaborated by one of the artists contained within. It was the brainchild of its editor Stratis Eleftheriades, a Greek National who moved to Paris in the early thirties to take part in the growing Modernist movement, writing under the name of Teriade.£600 -
The Four Elements, Fire by Abraham Rattner, Verve Vol. 1 / No. 1.
£600The Four Elements, Fire by Abraham Rattner, Verve Vol. 1 / No. 1.
The Verve Review was a purposefully luxurious. It ran from 1937 to 1960, but with only 38 editions available, due to the high degree of design and editorial work dedicated to each issue. Each edition contained unique lithographic prints, commissioned by the editor, and each cover a double-page lithograph elaborated by one of the artists contained within. It was the brainchild of its editor Stratis Eleftheriades, a Greek National who moved to Paris in the early thirties to take part in the growing Modernist movement, writing under the name of Teriade.£600 -
Autumn by Abraham Rattner, Verve Vol. 1 / No. 3.
£600Autumn by Abraham Rattner, Verve Vol. 1 / No. 3.
The Verve Review was a purposefully luxurious. It ran from 1937 to 1960, but with only 38 editions available, due to the high degree of design and editorial work dedicated to each issue. Each edition contained unique lithographic prints, commissioned by the editor, and each cover a double-page lithograph elaborated by one of the artists contained within. It was the brainchild of its editor Stratis Eleftheriades, a Greek National who moved to Paris in the early thirties to take part in the growing Modernist movement, writing under the name of Teriade.£600 -
The Sun by André Masson, Verve Vol. 1 / No. 2.
£600The Sun by André Masson, Verve Vol. 1 / No. 2.
The Verve Review was a purposefully luxurious. It ran from 1937 to 1960, but with only 38 editions available, due to the high degree of design and editorial work dedicated to each issue. Each edition contained unique lithographic prints, commissioned by the editor, and each cover a double-page lithograph elaborated by one of the artists contained within. It was the brainchild of its editor Stratis Eleftheriades, a Greek National who moved to Paris in the early thirties to take part in the growing Modernist movement, writing under the name of Teriade.£600 -
The Moon by André Masson, Verve Vol. 1 / No. 2.
£600The Moon by André Masson, Verve Vol. 1 / No. 2.
The Verve Review was a purposefully luxurious. It ran from 1937 to 1960, but with only 38 editions available, due to the high degree of design and editorial work dedicated to each issue. Each edition contained unique lithographic prints, commissioned by the editor, and each cover a double-page lithograph elaborated by one of the artists contained within. It was the brainchild of its editor Stratis Eleftheriades, a Greek National who moved to Paris in the early thirties to take part in the growing Modernist movement, writing under the name of Teriade.£600 -
Vue D’une partie du Voxhal de Londres
£600Vue D’une partie du Voxhal de Londres
The Temple of Comus was named… after the god of cheer and good food. The building, which, although primarily devoted to dining, allowed for the appreciation of the arts and music as well as polite conversation in civilised surroundings. Initially, the building was “classical in style, with a colonnade of Ionic columns supporting a straight entablature, topped with urn finials; the semicircle flowed in a smooth curve out of the straight colonnade of the northern range of supper-boxes.” However, the designer also incorporated Gothic arches and “broad-ramped scrolls that acted as buttresses for the dome” and other unorthodox details. “The apparent breaking of architectural rules, mingling different styles in the same building, was deliberate and entirely typical of the unorthodox design of the English Rococo, which aimed to create playful, light-hearted works.”
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The George Inn, Borough High Street
£600The George Inn, Borough High Street
Typical heavy impasto work of Ben Maile painted in 1969. Framed£600 -
Princely Piety, or the worshippers at Wanstead,
£595Princely Piety, or the worshippers at Wanstead,
A hand-coloured etching by the caricaturist George Cruikshank depicting the wooing of a wealthy young heiress by a cast of reprobate suitors. Upon the death of her only brother James at the age of 11 in 1805 Catherine Tylney-Long became the richest commoner in England in her own right. At the tender of of 16 the 'Wiltshire Heiress' had come into a fortune of nearly £30,000,000 in today's money. This made the poor girl a prime target for every fortune hunter and indebted rake in England who wished to clear his creditors. The law as it stood in the early 19th Century had degenerated to such a degree that, under the principle of coverture, it denied a married woman any property at all in her own right while her legal existence as a feme covert was entirely subsumed in that of her husband. This left the wealthy orphan daughter of Sir James Tylney long, 7th Baronet in a difficult and precarious position, caught between the social stigma attached to unmarried womanhood and the appeals of a host of insinuating cads seeking her hand in marriage. Here Cruikshank depicts the many and assorted indigent suitors for the hand of the wealthy heiress. To the left of the dais are shown Lord Kilworth and William Wesley-Pole, later 4th Earl of Mornington a dissipated Anglo-Irish nobleman, who dueled over the courtship of Catherine. Kneeling at the foot of the steps we may also see the figure of Romeo Coates, unintentionally comic actor and 'improver' of Shakespeare included apparently 'not because of his pretensions, but his boasts and wishes'. Above him we see the fop and jobbing playwright, Sir Lumley Skeffington laying his poetic efforts at the feet of the heiress. On the right hand we see The Duke of Clarence, later William IV who by this point had debts of many hundreds of thousands of pounds holding back Baron-de-Geramb, a Spanish military adventurer and suspected Napoleonic spy who later became a Trappist monk where he used his position as procurator-general of that ancient order to defray his personal expenses. Above the Duke we see reproving the figure of Mrs Jordan, his 'common-law' wife with whom he had fathered many children at his retreat of Bushey Park. The farcical presentation of the situation belies it's tragic outcome. Perhaps cajoled by just such unkind insinuations as are repeated in this caricature Catherine would choose the worst-of-the-bunch, William Wesley-Pole, as her preferred suitor. William Wesley-Pole-Tylney-Long, as he became by Royal Licence in 1812, was an unredeemed rake and not only abused and impoverished his saintly young wife but also passed her a debilitating infection and caused her family seat at Wanstead House to be demolished and sold for salvage. After a short and unhappy marriage Catherine died at the age of only 35 after receiving a final brutal letter from her estranged husband, the contents of which apparently caused her to have some form of seizure. Frustrated in his efforts to gain custody of their son William, on whom the family fortune had devolved, William Pole Tylney-Long-Wellesley, 4th Earl of Mornington (the final name by which he was known) died in 1857 unwept, unhonoured and unsung if also unrepentant. His obituary in the Morning Star described him as "A spendthrift, a profligate, and a gambler in his youth, he became debauched in his manhood... redeemed by no single virtue, adorned by no single grace, his life gone out even without a flicker of repentance".£595 -
The head of a Young Athlete,
£595The head of a Young Athlete,
the young male with curly hair, almost certainly from a statue, mounted on an Ashburton marble block,£595 -
A ten point red deer stag’s head trophy
£595 -
An English relief cast Greek Ionic Order capital,
£595An English relief cast Greek Ionic Order capital,
the capital with flat fronted volutes and stop-fluted and stiff-leaf ornament to the stem,£595 -
A cast bronze group of the young Bacchus with goat,
£580A cast bronze group of the young Bacchus with goat,
the young deity with vine leaf garland, his foot rested on a drained ewer, feeding grapes to the standing ruminant, mounted on a circular marble base,£580 -
Palace of Westminster
£580Palace of Westminster
Bert Pugh (1904-2001) sometimes known as Sullivan Pugh, born in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. When he was young his family moved to London, where he spent much of his life, joining the Chelsea Art Club. Pugh studied for three years at a building school, at 17 becoming an architectural and ecclesiastical draughtsman, church craftsman and woodcarver, afterwards designing bookplates and practising calligraphy. While owning a commercial art studio in the Strand, he spent evenings studying from life and painting and began to exhibit in the capital. Pugh also spent some time as a commercial artist with the advertising agency J. Walter Thompson.£580 -
Black Hill, by Gordon House
£575 eachBlack Hill, by Gordon House
Gordon House was a graphic designer and abstract painter. He went to art school in Luton, then later, won a scholarship to St. Albans. During the 1950’s he spent much time in Letchworth, Welwyn and working for Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) becoming aware of a modernist style of graphics through the design of European pharmaceutical packaging. This style was new to British eyes at the time and he went on to design the graphics for many galleries during the 1960’s. Mixing in new circles he collaborated with leading artists like Peter Blake and Richard Hamilton. He was responsible for the white on white emboss of the band’s name across the record sleeve on the Beatles White album against the wishes of Hamilton, who wanted to leave the sleeves totally blank, save for the stamp of a unique issue number. The Tate Gallery holds more than 100 of his prints and his work is also represented in many important public collections including the Arts Council, the British Council, the Victoria & Albert Museum and the M.O.M.A. in New York.£575 each -
Black Hill, Pages, by Gordon House
£575 eachBlack Hill, Pages, by Gordon House
Gordon House was a graphic designer and abstract painter. He went to art school in Luton, then later, won a scholarship to St. Albans. During the 1950’s he spent much time in Letchworth, Welwyn and working for Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) becoming aware of a modernist style of graphics through the design of European pharmaceutical packaging. This style was new to British eyes at the time and he went on to design the graphics for many galleries during the 1960’s. Mixing in new circles he collaborated with leading artists like Peter Blake and Richard Hamilton. He was responsible for the white on white emboss of the band’s name across the record sleeve on the Beatles White album against the wishes of Hamilton, who wanted to leave the sleeves totally blank, save for the stamp of a unique issue number. The Tate Gallery holds more than 100 of his prints and his work is also represented in many important public collections including the Arts Council, the British Council, the Victoria & Albert Museum and the M.O.M.A. in New York.£575 each -
Black Hill, Rostra, by Gordon House
£575 eachBlack Hill, Rostra, by Gordon House
Gordon House was a graphic designer and abstract painter. He went to art school in Luton, then later, won a scholarship to St. Albans. During the 1950’s he spent much time in Letchworth, Welwyn and working for Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) becoming aware of a modernist style of graphics through the design of European pharmaceutical packaging. This style was new to British eyes at the time and he went on to design the graphics for many galleries during the 1960’s. Mixing in new circles he collaborated with leading artists like Peter Blake and Richard Hamilton. He was responsible for the white on white emboss of the band’s name across the record sleeve on the Beatles White album against the wishes of Hamilton, who wanted to leave the sleeves totally blank, save for the stamp of a unique issue number. The Tate Gallery holds more than 100 of his prints and his work is also represented in many important public collections including the Arts Council, the British Council, the Victoria & Albert Museum and the M.O.M.A. in New York.£575 each -
Black Hill, Work Shop, by Gordon House
£575 eachBlack Hill, Work Shop, by Gordon House
Gordon House was a graphic designer and abstract painter. He went to art school in Luton, then later, won a scholarship to St. Albans. During the 1950’s he spent much time in Letchworth, Welwyn and working for Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) becoming aware of a modernist style of graphics through the design of European pharmaceutical packaging. This style was new to British eyes at the time and he went on to design the graphics for many galleries during the 1960’s. Mixing in new circles he collaborated with leading artists like Peter Blake and Richard Hamilton. He was responsible for the white on white emboss of the band’s name across the record sleeve on the Beatles White album against the wishes of Hamilton, who wanted to leave the sleeves totally blank, save for the stamp of a unique issue number. The Tate Gallery holds more than 100 of his prints and his work is also represented in many important public collections including the Arts Council, the British Council, the Victoria & Albert Museum and the M.O.M.A. in New York.£575 each -
Nathaniel Sparks, St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside,
£570Nathaniel Sparks, St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside,
Mounted and in its original frame, an original dry-point engraving by the artist and painter-etcher Nathaniel Sparks showing the steeple of St Mary le Bow viewed looking west up Cheapside. Signed by the artist.£570 -
A cast plaster section of foliate scroll frieze
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Leigh on Sea, Albert Houghton
£550Leigh on Sea, Albert Houghton
Mounted and framed watercolour painting by the English artist and painter, Albert Houghton showing fishing boats at Leigh on Sea, Essex. 1970, signed by the artist.£550 -
Buildings & Boats
£550Buildings & Boats
A framed and mounted black line etching by the artist-engraver Norman Jones RWS RE RSMA, showing a riverside wharf scene in the Lower Pool of the River Thames, possibly corresponding to the river frontage of Narrow Street, Limehouse. Signed in pencil by the artist.£550 -
Frederick Farrell, St. Margarets Church, Westminster,
£550Frederick Farrell, St. Margarets Church, Westminster,
A framed and mounted original etching by Frederick Arthur Farrell depicting St Margaret's Church Westminster from across Parliament Square. Hand signed by the artist in pencil.£550
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Femme au Chapeau by Henri Matisse, Verve Vol 2 / No. 5-6.
£800Femme au Chapeau by Henri Matisse, Verve Vol 2 / No. 5-6.
The Verve Review was a purposefully luxurious. It ran from 1937 to 1960, but with only 38 editions available, due to the high degree of design and editorial work dedicated to each issue. Each edition contained unique lithographic prints, commissioned by the editor, and each cover a double-page lithograph elaborated by one of the artists contained within. It was the brainchild of its editor Stratis Eleftheriades, a Greek National who moved to Paris in the early thirties to take part in the growing Modernist movement, writing under the name of Teriade.£800 -
Head of a Girl by Paul Klee, Verve Vol 2 / No. 5-6.
£800Head of a Girl by Paul Klee, Verve Vol 2 / No. 5-6.
The Verve Review was a purposefully luxurious. It ran from 1937 to 1960, but with only 38 editions available, due to the high degree of design and editorial work dedicated to each issue. Each edition contained unique lithographic prints, commissioned by the editor, and each cover a double-page lithograph elaborated by one of the artists contained within. It was the brainchild of its editor Stratis Eleftheriades, a Greek National who moved to Paris in the early thirties to take part in the growing Modernist movement, writing under the name of Teriade.£800 -
Head of a Girl by George Rouault, Verve Vol 2 / No. 5-6.
£800Head of a Girl by George Rouault, Verve Vol 2 / No. 5-6.
The Verve Review was a purposefully luxurious. It ran from 1937 to 1960, but with only 38 editions available, due to the high degree of design and editorial work dedicated to each issue. Each edition contained unique lithographic prints, commissioned by the editor, and each cover a double-page lithograph elaborated by one of the artists contained within. It was the brainchild of its editor Stratis Eleftheriades, a Greek National who moved to Paris in the early thirties to take part in the growing Modernist movement, writing under the name of Teriade.£800 -
The Four Elements, Water by Fernand Leger, Verve Vol. 1 / No. 1.
£600The Four Elements, Water by Fernand Leger, Verve Vol. 1 / No. 1.
The Verve Review was a purposefully luxurious. It ran from 1937 to 1960, but with only 38 editions available, due to the high degree of design and editorial work dedicated to each issue. Each edition contained unique lithographic prints, commissioned by the editor, and each cover a double-page lithograph elaborated by one of the artists contained within. It was the brainchild of its editor Stratis Eleftheriades, a Greek National who moved to Paris in the early thirties to take part in the growing Modernist movement, writing under the name of Teriade.£600