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Crystal Palace Flying Club. Season 1895. This is to Certify that the First Prize In the Race from Havant was awarded to E. Saunders. Distance flown 57 miles - yards. Velocity 880 yards pers minute. 42 Pigeons Competed. Date August 31 1895.
No.4. Printed and Published by F. Waller, 18, Hatton Garden, London, E.C. Entered at Stationers' Hall.
Chromolithograph with manuscript. Sheet: 380 x 270mm (15 x 10¾"). Foxing and staining.
A certificate for first prize in a pigeon race with a central portrait of a pigeon.
[Ref: 47838] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
No.4. Printed and Published by F. Waller, 18, Hatton Garden, London, E.C. Entered at Stationers' Hall.
Chromolithograph with manuscript. Sheet: 380 x 270mm (15 x 10¾"). Foxing and staining.
A certificate for first prize in a pigeon race with a central portrait of a pigeon.
[Ref: 47838] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
Crystal Palace Flying Club. This is to Certify that the Thirteenth Prize In the Open Race from Cherbourg was awarded to E. Saunders. Distance flown 143 miles 1300 yards. Velocity 897 yards pers minute. 135 Pigeons Competed. Date August 23 1893.
No.4. Printed and Published by F. Waller, 18, Hatton Garden, London, E.C. Entered at Stationers' Hall.
Chromolithograph with manuscript. Sheet: 380 x 270mm (15 x 10¾"). Foxing and staining.
A certificate for thirteenth prize in a pigeon race with a central portrait of a pigeon.
[Ref: 47839] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
No.4. Printed and Published by F. Waller, 18, Hatton Garden, London, E.C. Entered at Stationers' Hall.
Chromolithograph with manuscript. Sheet: 380 x 270mm (15 x 10¾"). Foxing and staining.
A certificate for thirteenth prize in a pigeon race with a central portrait of a pigeon.
[Ref: 47839] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Certificates and Ephemera Relating to Pigeon Racing.]](jpegs/47842.jpg)
[Certificates and Ephemera Relating to Pigeon Racing.]
A rare & interesting collection of 25 pieces of ephemera, including the 1895 Annual report of the Crystal Palace Flying Club, all won by E. Saunders, Peckham Homing Pigeon Society, London Columbarian Society and the United Countess Flying Club. Includes certificates, race results, and reports from the period of 1883 until 1895.
[Ref: 47842] £1,850.00
A rare & interesting collection of 25 pieces of ephemera, including the 1895 Annual report of the Crystal Palace Flying Club, all won by E. Saunders, Peckham Homing Pigeon Society, London Columbarian Society and the United Countess Flying Club. Includes certificates, race results, and reports from the period of 1883 until 1895.
[Ref: 47842] £1,850.00
![[French Red Cross] Comité Britannique de la Croix Rouge Française.](jpegs/57951.jpg)
[French Red Cross] Comité Britannique de la Croix Rouge Française. Ce diplôme a été offert è [Monsieur George J. Hittle] en témoignage des services qui [il] a rendues à la France. LOndres Le 10 May 1920.
Jos. Girard inv. et del. Manesse, Henri s.
[1920.]
Photo engraving, with ink stamp, facsimile signature and mss. signature. Printed area 320 x 430mm (12½ x 17") very large margins. Uncut. Some stain soiling.
A certificate of gratitude to Britons who helped care for French soldiers in the Great War.
[Ref: 57951] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Jos. Girard inv. et del. Manesse, Henri s.
[1920.]
Photo engraving, with ink stamp, facsimile signature and mss. signature. Printed area 320 x 430mm (12½ x 17") very large margins. Uncut. Some stain soiling.
A certificate of gratitude to Britons who helped care for French soldiers in the Great War.
[Ref: 57951] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Sir, I have the honour to inform you that you were this day elected a Member of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts Manufacturers & Commerce. Society's House. Adelphi. I am, Sir. Your very obedient Serv.t ...Mertece Foster Sec.y To Chas: Wm: Reynolds Esqr. 4 Dec 1861. [Coin at top:] Arts and Commerce Promoted.
Printed letter with medallion "Arts and Commerce Promotion" with ink signature and inscription. 310 x 241mm. 12¼ x 9½".
A certificate of approval for Charles Reynolds from the RSA, acknowleding his appointment as a member of the Society.
[Ref: 18369] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Printed letter with medallion "Arts and Commerce Promotion" with ink signature and inscription. 310 x 241mm. 12¼ x 9½".
A certificate of approval for Charles Reynolds from the RSA, acknowleding his appointment as a member of the Society.
[Ref: 18369] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![Le Blesse de la Face. Dear [-] This is to acknowledge with deepest thanks the receipt of your contribution of [-] to the fund for the Special American Hospital in Paris for wounds of the Face and Jaw](jpegs/39088.jpg)
Le Blesse de la Face. Dear [-] This is to acknowledge with deepest thanks the receipt of your contribution of [-] to the fund for the Special American Hospital in Paris for wounds of the Face and Jaw Respectfully Yours.
Auguste Rodin 1916. [etched in reverse.]
Drypoint etching. 180 x 115mm (7 x 4½"). Scarce.
A contribution receipt, one of at least two designed by the sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) to raise money to help First World War soldiers with bad facial injuries. The place features before-and-after portraits of one fortunate enough to receive treatment.
V. Thorson Rodin Graphics pg 69.
[Ref: 39088] £850.00
Auguste Rodin 1916. [etched in reverse.]
Drypoint etching. 180 x 115mm (7 x 4½"). Scarce.
A contribution receipt, one of at least two designed by the sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) to raise money to help First World War soldiers with bad facial injuries. The place features before-and-after portraits of one fortunate enough to receive treatment.
V. Thorson Rodin Graphics pg 69.
[Ref: 39088] £850.00
![[Henry-Macbeth-Raeburn Certificate of Entry as an Associate of the Royal Academy of Arts.]](jpegs/19165.jpg)
[Henry-Macbeth-Raeburn Certificate of Entry as an Associate of the Royal Academy of Arts.] His Majesty having been graciously pleased to establish in this his City of London, A Society for the Purposes of Cultivating and Improving the Arts of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, Under the Name and Title of the Royal Academy of Arts…The President and Academicians of the said Royal Academy, by Virtue of the said Power, and in Consideration of your Skill in the Art of Engraving, do by these presents constitute, and appoint you Henry-Macbeth-Raeburn, Gentleman, To be One of the Associates of the Royal Academy Hereby Granting unto you all the Privileges thereof…Your are required to sign the obligation in the Manner Prescribed, and the Secretary is Hereby Directed to Insert your Name in the Roll of Associates. Royal Academy. 3rd. July 1922.
G.B. Cipriani inv.t et del.t F. Bartolozzi Engraver to his Majesty Sculp.t
[n.d. c.1922.]
Fine engraving with ink signature. Plate 653 x 478mm. 25¾ x 18¾". Some glue stains along lower edge. Small tear lower right-hand corner.
Certificate recognising the membership of Henry Macbeth Raeburn as an Associate of the Royal Academy; signed by the President at the time. Henry Macbeth-Raeburn (1860-1947) was a noted Scottish painter and mezzotint engraver, active in Edinburgh during the 1920s. He was made a member of Royal Academy in 1922, and similarly was a made a member of the Royal Society of Painters, Etchers, and Engravers.
[Ref: 19165] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
G.B. Cipriani inv.t et del.t F. Bartolozzi Engraver to his Majesty Sculp.t
[n.d. c.1922.]
Fine engraving with ink signature. Plate 653 x 478mm. 25¾ x 18¾". Some glue stains along lower edge. Small tear lower right-hand corner.
Certificate recognising the membership of Henry Macbeth Raeburn as an Associate of the Royal Academy; signed by the President at the time. Henry Macbeth-Raeburn (1860-1947) was a noted Scottish painter and mezzotint engraver, active in Edinburgh during the 1920s. He was made a member of Royal Academy in 1922, and similarly was a made a member of the Royal Society of Painters, Etchers, and Engravers.
[Ref: 19165] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Honorary Diploma. London May 17th 1817. Anniversary of Doctor Jenner's Birth-day. Under the Presidency of Field Marshal His Grace the Duke of Wellington... At the General Court of the Royal Jennerian Society, The Director Doctor Walker in the Chair, The Governors by an Unanimous Vote did themselve the High Gratification to elect [The Right Hon. Lord Binning M.P.] An Honourary Member of their Great Royal Establishment.
G.Oben Esq.re delineavit. J.Dadley sculpsit.
Engraved diploma certificate with ink mss. fill. 380 x 320mm, 15 x 12½". Some spotting and time staining.
Engraved certificate of honoury membership of the Royal Jennerian Society, which was founded by Edward Jenner (1749-1823) to promote smallpox vaccination for the poor and the elimination of the disease through inoculation. It shows a statue of Jenner, carrying the slain python of disease, standing on a pedestal bearing a bas-relief of a milkmaid and cow (a reference to to Jenner’s discovery that matter taken from cowpox lesions on the hands of milkmaids, and provided protection from smallpox), before a triumphal arch bearing bearing the Royal Arms, through which is a view of London. In the foreground are engraved scrolls bearing the names of the members (including the Dukes of Wellington, Somerset & Beaufort) and patrons (George III, the Prince Regent and Princess Caroline) of the Society. The newly-inducted member was Thomas Hamilton (1780-1858), 9th Earl of Haddington, who was Lord Binning from 1794 to 1828. He was created a Privy Counsellor in 1814, and was offered but refused the post of Governor General of India in 1841, instead becoming First Lord of the Admiralty. In January 1846 he became Lord Privy Seal, a job that lasted only until July, when Peel's govenment fell.
[Ref: 19993] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
G.Oben Esq.re delineavit. J.Dadley sculpsit.
Engraved diploma certificate with ink mss. fill. 380 x 320mm, 15 x 12½". Some spotting and time staining.
Engraved certificate of honoury membership of the Royal Jennerian Society, which was founded by Edward Jenner (1749-1823) to promote smallpox vaccination for the poor and the elimination of the disease through inoculation. It shows a statue of Jenner, carrying the slain python of disease, standing on a pedestal bearing a bas-relief of a milkmaid and cow (a reference to to Jenner’s discovery that matter taken from cowpox lesions on the hands of milkmaids, and provided protection from smallpox), before a triumphal arch bearing bearing the Royal Arms, through which is a view of London. In the foreground are engraved scrolls bearing the names of the members (including the Dukes of Wellington, Somerset & Beaufort) and patrons (George III, the Prince Regent and Princess Caroline) of the Society. The newly-inducted member was Thomas Hamilton (1780-1858), 9th Earl of Haddington, who was Lord Binning from 1794 to 1828. He was created a Privy Counsellor in 1814, and was offered but refused the post of Governor General of India in 1841, instead becoming First Lord of the Admiralty. In January 1846 he became Lord Privy Seal, a job that lasted only until July, when Peel's govenment fell.
[Ref: 19993] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Certificate for The Shipping Federation.]](jpegs/57809.jpg)
[Certificate for The Shipping Federation.] This Certificate is awarded to [____] by the Executive Council of the Shipping Federation in recognition of his meritorious service as a member of the crew of the [____] on [____] under circumstances demanding an exceptional degree of skill and courage.
Frank Brangwyn. [Signed in pencil.]
[n.d., c.1906.]
Etching. 235 x 330mm (9¼ x 13"), with very large margins. Uncut.
A certificate for 'The Shipping Federation', etched by Sir Frank William Brangwyn RA (1867 - 1956). The design for the certificate was titled 'Shipyard Workers' in the proof stages and depicts a group of workers on the right and two classical figures on the left. In V&A unfinished.
[Ref: 57809] £320.00
Frank Brangwyn. [Signed in pencil.]
[n.d., c.1906.]
Etching. 235 x 330mm (9¼ x 13"), with very large margins. Uncut.
A certificate for 'The Shipping Federation', etched by Sir Frank William Brangwyn RA (1867 - 1956). The design for the certificate was titled 'Shipyard Workers' in the proof stages and depicts a group of workers on the right and two classical figures on the left. In V&A unfinished.
[Ref: 57809] £320.00
Charles by Divine Providence Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England, and Metropolitan, To our Well beloved in Christ James Turner the natural and lawful son of Elizabeth Turner late of Blo:norton in the County of Norfolk, widow deceased - Greweting whearas the said Elizabeth Turner (is as alledged) lately died intestate...
[1817.]
Letterpress certificate with two blindstamps and a wax seal. Sheet 185 x 200mm, 7¼ x 8". Tipped onto album sheet.
A certicated recognising the deceased's son the rights to her property. A probate.
[Ref: 13413] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[1817.]
Letterpress certificate with two blindstamps and a wax seal. Sheet 185 x 200mm, 7¼ x 8". Tipped onto album sheet.
A certicated recognising the deceased's son the rights to her property. A probate.
[Ref: 13413] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)