Catalogue: Dogs
A Retriever
Painted by W.Barraud. Drawn on Stone & Printed by Fairland.
London. Published by Cha.s Tilt, Fleet Street [n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph. Printed area 235 x 295mm.
[Ref: 525] £220.00
"A good [?]" [pencil, lower left.] Ward Binks [signed in pencil lower right.]
[n.d., c.1930s.]
Coloured etching and aquatint, 265 x 330mm. 10½ x 13". Old mount residue.
A black labrador retrieving a mallard drake from the water on a shoot.
By Reuben Ward Binks (English, 1880 - 1950), gun dog portraitist and illustrator. He accepted royal commissions on a regular basis. Among others, Binks completed portraits of the Prince of Wales' Cairn Terriers, Cora, John and Hamish; the Duke of York's Labrador Retriever, Glen; and the Duke of Gloucester's rough-haired Fox Terrier, Kris. Indeed, portraits of royal dogs which the artist completed during the reigns of Queen Victoria, King Edward VII and King George V are hung throughout the royal residence at Sandringham.
'Warwick Galleries Artists Proof' blindstamp lower right. Guichard: pg.26.
[Ref: 10893] £280.00
"A Perfect Retreive" [pencil, lower left.] Ward Binks [signed in pencil lower right.]
[n.d., c.1930s.]
Coloured etching and aquatint, 260 x 325mm. 10¼ x 12¾". Old mount residue.
A black labrador retrieving a pheasant on a shoot.
By Reuben Ward Binks (English, 1880 - 1950), gun dog portraitist and illustrator. He accepted royal commissions on a regular basis. Among others, Binks completed portraits of the Prince of Wales' Cairn Terriers, Cora, John and Hamish; the Duke of York's Labrador Retriever, Glen; and the Duke of Gloucester's rough-haired Fox Terrier, Kris. Indeed, portraits of royal dogs which the artist completed during the reigns of Queen Victoria, King Edward VII and King George V are hung throughout the royal residence at Sandringham.
'Warwick Galleries Artists Proof' blindstamp lower right. Guichard: pg.26.
[Ref: 10891] £280.00
[Black But Comely.] No.11.
Maud Earl.
Copyright 1902, by Photographische Gesellschaft. Published by the Berlin Photographic Company Berlin - London W. 133 New Bond Street_New York 14 East 23rd Street.
Photogravure. Plate 306 x 369mm. 12 x 14½".
Black pointers, 'Lorne' & 'Kate'. - Owner - D.M. Forbes, Esqr. No. 11 British Hounds & Gundogs - 206/500.
[Ref: 15990] £320.00
[Tender and True - December]
Maud Earl. [Signed in plate and in pencil.]
Copyright, 1906, by Photographische Gesellschaft. Published by the Berlin Photographic Company, Berlin - London W. 133 New Bond Street - New-York 14 East 23rd Street.
Photogravure printed in colour, image 210 x 355mm. 8¼ x 14". Sheet trimmed and laid on card.
Black retriever with pheasant by Maud Alice Earl (1864 - 1943), an eminent British-American canine painter. Her works are much enjoyed by dog enthusiasts and also accurately record many breeds. Earl was the born in London, the daughter of artist George Earl and his first wife Alice Beaumont Rawlins. Maud's profession was the continuation of a family tradition. George Earl, an avid sportsman and noted sporting painter, was his daughter’s first teacher and had his daughter study the anatomy of her subjects, drawing dog, horse and human skeletons to improve her skill. She later said that her father’s instruction had given her ability that set her apart from other dog painters. After her father's tutelage Maud went on to study at Royal Female School of Art (later incorporated into the Central School of Art). Earl became famous during the Victorian Era, a time when women were not expected to make their living at painting. Nevertheless, she developed a select clientele, including Royals amongst her patrons such as Queen Victoria and Queen Alexandra. Although evidently extremely successful in England, Earl felt that the world she knew had been destroyed by World War I and she emigrated to New York City in 1916. By this time her work had received wide international recognition and her popular images were published in a number of books and in print form. The Sportsman's Year featured twelve of Earl's works as engravings. Maud Earl died in New York in 1943 and is buried at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York.
For the 'The Sportsman's Year'. Berlin Photographic Company blindstamp lower left limited to 100 signed proofs. .
[Ref: 13133] £320.00
Sancho.
[Painted by Benjamin Marshall.]
[n.d., c.1840.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 275 x 370mm, 10¾ x 14½". Trimmed.
Sir John Shelley's "Celebrated Pointer Sancho", with a pheasant in its mouth.
A stipple version was engraved by Charles Turner.
[Ref: 13841] £160.00
(£188.00 incl.VAT)
[Foresters.] No.20.
Maud Earl.
Copyright 1902, by Photographische Gesellschaft. Published by the Berlin Photographic Company Berlin - London W. 133 New Bond Street_New York 14 East 23rd Street.
Photogravure. Plate 304 x 375mm. 12 x 14¾".
Clumber Spaniels, 'Champion Rose of Hardwick' & 'Brave of Hardwick'. Owner Her Grace the Duchess of Newcastle. No. 20 British Hounds & Gundogs - 206/500.
[Ref: 16003] £330.00
[Surely, Surely, Slumber is More Sweet Than Toil.] No.19.
Maud Earl.
Copyright 1902, by Photographische Gesellschaft. Published by the Berlin Photographic Company Berlin - London W. 133 New Bond Street_New York 14 East 23rd Street.
Photogravure. Plate 304 x 375mm. 12 x 14¾".
Clumber Spaniels, 'Champion Rose of Hardwick' & 'Brave of Hardwick'. Owner Her Grace the Duchess of Newcastle. No. 19 British Hounds & Gundogs - 206/500.
[Ref: 16004] £330.00
Huhnerhund u. Waldschnepfe / Cocker and Woodcock.
[after Richard Ansdell]
Berlin P. Sala & Co. Uter den Linden 57.
Lithograph 260 x 320mm, image. Glue stains from verso in sky.
German lithograph of the popular Richard Ansdell picture.
[Ref: 417] £220.00
Cocker and Woodcock.
Richard Ansdell. H.T.Ryall.
London. Published May 1, 1855, by Lloyd Brothers & Co., Ludgate Hill.
Mixed method engraving. 370 x 270mm.
[Ref: 418] £320.00