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THE SCOTTISH SALE Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 April 2015 Edinburgh THE SCOTTISH SALE PICTURES Wednesday 15 April 2015 at 14.00 ANTIQUES AND INTERIORS Thursday 16 April 2015 at 11.00 22 Queen Street, Edinburgh BONHAMS Enquiries Gordon Mcfarlan Sale Number 22 Queen Street Pictures +44 (0) 141 223 8866 22762 Edinburgh EH2 1JX Chris Brickley [email protected] +44 (0) 131 225 2266 +44 (0) 131 240 2297 Catalogue +44 (0) 131 220 2547 fax [email protected] Fiona Hamilton £10 www.bonhams.com/edinburgh +44 (0) 131 240 2631 customer services Iain Byatt-Smith [email protected] Monday to Friday 8.30 to 18.00 VIEWING +44 (0) 131 240 0913 +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 Friday 10 April 10.00-16.00 [email protected] Arms & Armour Saturday 11 April 13.00-16.00 Kenneth Naples Please see back of catalogue Sunday 12 April 13.00-16.00 Areti Chavale +44 (0) 131 240 0912 for important notice to Monday 13 April 10.00-16.00 +44 (0) 131 240 2292 [email protected] bidders Tuesday 14 April 10.00-16.00 [email protected] Wednesday 15 April 10.00-14.00 Ceramics & Glass Thursday 16 April 09.00-11.00 Rebecca Bohle Illustrations Saskia Robertson Front cover: Lot 54 +44 (0) 131 240 2632 +44 (0) 131 240 0911 Bids Back cover: Lot 52 [email protected] [email protected] +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 Inside front cover: Lot 449 +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax Inside back cover: Lot 447 London Books, Maps & Manuscripts To bid via the internet please Facing page: Lot 9 Chris Dawson Henry Baggott visit bonhams.com +44 (0) 131 240 0916 +44 (0) 20 7468 8296 IMPORTANT INFORMATION [email protected] Telephone Bidding [email protected] The United States Government has banned the Bidding by telephone will only be Georgia Williams Jewellery import of ivory into the USA. accepted on lots with a low +44 (0) 131 240 2296 Clare Blatherwick Lots containing ivory are estimate in excess of £500.00 [email protected] +44 (0) 131 240 0915 indicated by the symbol Ф [email protected] printed beside the lot number Please note that bids should be Works of Art, Textiles, Clocks in this catalogue. submitted no later than 24 hours & Furniture prior to the sale. Rachel Bailey +44 (0) 131 240 2298 Bruce Addison [email protected] +44 (0) 131 240 0910 New bidders must also provide [email protected] proof of identity when submitting bids. Failure to do this may Silver Alexis Tortolano Kenneth Naples result in your bids not being +44 (0) 131 240 0912 processed. +44 (0) 131 240 0914 [email protected] [email protected] Bonhams 1793 Limited Bonhams 1793 Ltd Directors Bonhams UK Ltd Directors Registered No. 4326560 Robert Brooks Co-Chairman, Colin Sheaf Chairman, Jonathan Baddeley, Andrew McKenzie, Simon Mitchell, Jeff Muse, Registered Office: Montpelier Galleries Malcolm Barber Co-Chairman, Antony Bennett, Matthew Bradbury, Mike Neill, Charlie O’Brien, Giles Peppiatt, Montpelier Street, London SW7 1HH Colin Sheaf Deputy Chairman, Lucinda Bredin, Harvey Cammell, Simon Cottle, Peter Rees, Iain Rushbrook, John Sandon, Matthew Girling Global CEO, Andrew Currie, Paul Davidson, Jean Ghika, Tim Schofield, Veronique Scorer, +44 (0) 20 7393 3900 Patrick Meade Global CEO, Charles Graham-Campbell, Miranda Grant, James Stratton, Roger Tappin, Ralph Taylor, +44 (0) 20 7393 3905 fax Geoffrey Davies, Jonathan Horwich, Richard Harvey, Robin Hereford, Asaph Hyman, Shahin Virani, David Williams, James Knight, Caroline Oliphant, Charles Lanning, Sophie Law, Fergus Lyons, Michael Wynell-Mayow, Suzannah Yip. Hugh Watchorn. Gordon McFarlan, Sale Information Edinburgh Salerooms Managing Director The Scottish Sale Books, Manuscripts & Maps 22 Queen Street, EH2 1JX Miranda Grant Henry Baggott Henry Baggott +44 (0) 131 225 2266 Georgia Williams +44 (0) 131 220 2547 fax Chairman Scotland Pictures Simon Miller Chris Brickley Arms & Armour Glasgow Office Colleen Bowen Kenneth Naples 176 St. Vincent Street, G2 5SG Valuations, Trusts & Estates Iain Byatt-Smith +44 (0) 141 223 8866 Charles Graham-Campbell Areti Chavale Furniture, Clocks, Oriental +44 (0) 141 223 8868 fax Grant MacDougall Saskia Robertson Carpets, Works of Art & Gordon McFarlan Chris Dawson (London) Scientific Instruments London Belinda Treble James Holloway (consultant) Bruce Addison 101 New Bond Street, W1S 1SR David Convery Kenneth Naples +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 Jewellery & Silver Georgia Williams +44 (0) 20 7447 7400 fax Clare Blatherwick David Jones (consultant) Gordon McFarlan Fiona Hamilton Toys and Collectors’ Items Alexis Tortolano Nicholas Oddy (consultant) Leonie Armin Rachel Bailey Whisky Martin Green Asian Art Charles MacLean (consultant) Ian Glennie Asha Edwards The Sporting Sale Henry Baggott European Ceramics & Glass Georgia Williams Katherine Wright Rebecca Bohle Wine Thomas Gilbey Important notice to BUYers BooKS Maps and Manuscripts Please note that all furniture and large works of arts not collected before For explanation of any asterisked symbols that may appear in Thursday 30 April 2015 will be transferred to the warehouse of D.J. catalogues, please see the notice entitled VAT at the end of the Manning – transfer & storage charges will apply. catalogue. Small items £10 per week plus VAT Please note that lots comprising printed books, unframed maps and bound manuscripts are not liable to VAT on the Buyers Premium. Large items £15 per week plus VAT Lots are sold with all faults, imperfections and errors of description, but if Prior to collection from D.J. Manning please contact on collation any described printed book in this catalogue is found to lack Luigi Canciani, Head Porter on 0131 225 2266 text or illustrations, the same may be returned to Bonhams within 20 [email protected] days of the sale; the unstated defect to be detailed in writing. Items will be stored at D.J. Manning This shall not apply in the case of un-named items, blacks, half-titles Carriden or advertisements, nor to damage to bindings, stains, tears or other Bo’ness defects unless these result in loss to text or illustration. Atlases, maps West Lothian and prints are sold not subject to return, as are items sold as collections, EH51 9SF association and extra-illustrated copies, or as bindings. Tel 01506 827 693 Fax 01506 826 497 © Bonhams Scotland All rights reserved. Reproduction of catalogue and photographs, in whole or in part is prohibited without acknowledgement to Bonhams Scotland PICTURES Lots 1 - 101 1 2 1 2 MCNEIL MACLEAY ARSA (1806-1883) CIRCLE OF ALEXANDER NASMYTH (1758-1840) Summer Evening - Scene in the Carse of Stirling City of Edinburgh from the West, Looking over Dean Village signed and dated ‘McNeil Macleay/1860’ (lower right) oil on canvas oil on canvas 95.5 x 147.5 cm. (37 5/8 x 58 1/16 in.) 75 x 127 cm. (29 1/2 x 50 in.) £2,500 - 4,000 £3,000 - 5,000 €3,500 - 5,600 €4,200 - 7,000 US$3,700 - 5,900 US$4,400 - 7,400 Exhibited Probably the work of the above title shown Royal Scottish Academy, 1860, cat.no.8 THE SCOTTISH SALE | 7 3 4 3 4 * ALFRED DE BRÉANSKI SNR. (1852-1928) WILLIAM DANIELL RA (1769-1837) Mountain Mists, Loch Katrine A View of Culzean Castle on the Ayrshire Coast signed ‘Alfred de Breanski’ (lower right) oil on canvas oil on canvas 50.8 x 63.5 cm. (20 x 25 in.) 101.5 x 153 cm. (39 15/16 x 60 1/4 in.) £6,000 - 8,000 £5,000 - 7,000 €8,400 - 11,000 €7,000 - 9,800 US$8,900 - 12,000 US$7,400 - 10,000 One of several views Daniell painted of Robert Adam’s architectural masterpiece, with a diploma work from 1822 in the Royal Academy’s collection entitled View of the Coast of Scotland and an engraving from Daniell’s A Voyage Round Great Britain in the Tate. 8 | BONHAMS 5 5 * LOUIS Bosworth Hurt (1856-1929) Provenance Morning - A Start for the South With Henry Whitley and Son, Scarborough signed ‘Louis B. Hurt.’ (lower right) oil on canvas Exhibited 127.5 x 102 cm. (50 3/16 x 40 3/1 6 in.) London, Royal Academy, 1887, cat.no.236 £10,000 - 15,000 €14,000 - 21,000 US$15,000 - 22,000 THE SCOTTISH SALE | 9 6 6 GILES HUSSEY (1710-1788) Portrait of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, ‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’ pencil, pen, ink and wash 23.5 x 17 cm. (9 1/4 x 6 11/16 in.) oval £6,000 - 8,000 €8,400 - 11,000 US$8,900 - 12,000 Provenance Sale; Christie’s, London, 31 October 2002, lot 6 (Sold for £19,000) 7 FOLLOWER OF PETER TAYLOR (1756-1788) Portrait of Robert Burns oil on panel 25 x 19.5 cm. (9 13/16 x 7 11/16 in.) £700 - 1,000 €980 - 1,400 US$1,000 - 1,500 This work relates to the portrait of Robert Burns by Peter Taylor in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. 7 10 | BONHAMS 8 8 WILLIAM AIKMAN (1682-1731) Half-length Portrait of John, 2nd Duke of Argyll oil on canvas 76.2 x 63.5 cm. (30 x 25 in.) £8,000 - 12,000 €11,000 - 17,000 US$12,000 - 18,000 Aikman succeeded Medina as Scotland’s principal portrait painter, due in no little part to the extensive patronage of John, 2nd Duke of Argyll. THE SCOTTISH SALE | 11 9 9 (back) 9 * SIR HENRY RAEBURN RA (1756-1823) Half-length Portrait of James Cochrane of Edinburgh oil on canvas 76.5 x 63.2 cm.