Bloomsbury Auctions

135. Wiltshire & the Isle of Wight.- Hony (Margaret and
family, married to the Rev. William E. Hony, Vicar of Baverstock,
later Archdeacon of Salisbury, of Baverstock Vicarage, Nadder
Valley, and later Ladycross Lodge in the New Forest and Eling
Manor on the outskirts of Southampton, fl. 1820s - 70s) th e
ho n y ar C h i v e o f S K e t C h b o o K S a n d a l b u m S, 11 vol., wat e r C o l o u r S,
p e n C i l a n d p e n a n d i n K d r aw i n g S a n d p r i n t S o f l a n d S C a p e S, t o w n
a n d v i l l a g e v i e wS , C h u r C h e S a n d C o u n t ry h o u S e S, C h i l d r e n’S
e t C., some initialled M.H., also some ephemera, laid down, some
affected by foxing, various morocco, cloth and illustrated paper
covered bindings, rubbed, some joints breaking etc., v.s., v.d. 1820s
- 70s & 1929. £1,500 - £2,000
*** a p o rt r aya l o f a S m a l l v i l l a g e in wiltShire in t h e n i n e t e e n t h
C e n t u ry. The scrapbooks cover Wiltshire, mostly the Salisbury area,
but also include the Isle of Wight and excursions to Oxfordshire
and North Wales.The Rev. William Hony married Margaret Earle
of Oxfordshire in 1827, and they had five daughters who never
married and two sons. The sisters lived together in Baverstock
Vicarage for some fifty years until William’s death in 1875, when
they moved, first to Ladycross Lodge in the New Forest, and then to
Eling Manor on the outskirts of Southampton., where they lived out
the remainder of their long lives. The eldest daughter Margaret was
a talented amateur artist, and the other sisters did some sketching
when young as was the fashion at the time. Their mother Margaret
had also been a fine artist, and all of them compiled albums of their
sketches. The later lives of these spinster ladies has been described
in detail by one of their nieces Ida Gandy in her book Staying with
the Aunts, 1963. Ida describes how these volumes were displayed
on Sundays at Eling Manor, “albums with padded leather covers lay
about on small tables. Aunt Margaret woujld open one filled with
my grandmother’s drawings. ‘Look at her fine, beautiful lines’,
she would say reverently. To us, who learned from our village
schoolmaster to draw largely and boldly, these sketches seemed
too faint and too squiggly. But of course we never said so, and now
I can see a beauty in them unrecognised then... .”
136. [Moore (Thomas, poet, 1779-1852)] “wh at t h o u g h d a r K
S t o r m S a r o u n d u S l o w e r; St i l l wat C h e S o v e r m e f r o m o n h i g h”,
first and last lines, a u t o g r a p h m a n u S C r i p t p o e m, address panel
“The Rev. Mr. Henley 21 Howland Street” and ink inscription:
“This is the handwriting of the Poet Moore Barham Livius”, folds,
removed from an album, overall 240 x 110mm. £80 - £120
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137. Artists.- Co l l e C t i o n o f l e t t e r S, p e n a n d i n K d r aw i n g S e t C.,
including: G.F. Watts (envelope), William Powell Frith, William
Henry Hunt, James Clark (pen and ink decoration), Alfred Chabot,
Joubert, Luke Fildes, Edward Linley, Harrison Weir, Alfred Edward
Chalon, A.W. Callcot, J. Fulleylove, J.C. Horsley, Marcus Huish,
T.E. Ryan (1 letter and 2 pen and ink drawings), Thomas Uwins,
A. Bevin (pen and ink portrait), Copley Fielding (2), Thomas Ford,
David Wilkie, together c. 50 items, letters etc., numerous pp.,
loosely inserted in a modern album, 8vo & 4to, v.s., 1831-1907 (c.
50). £200 - £300
138. Meyrick (Sir Samuel Rush, antiquary and historian of arms
and armour, 1783-1848) 2 au t o g r a p h le t t e r S S i g n e d to he n ry
pe r o n n e t br i g g S, together 7pp., 8vo & sm. 4to, 3rd October 1831
& 14th September 1835, on his paintings, “Hooper has been waiting
for Hoskyns’s return hither, which was requisite owing to some illjudgeed
remarks by one of the subscribers as for instance ‘It was
to be placed to sneer at Cotterel’ & so, on, but he tells me you may
depend on having the picture. Should it bring you into the country
I trust you will see Goodrich Court, and two bits of canvas that I
may take advantage of your offer to paint something mythological
for the ceiling in the breakfast room which I have divided into two
compartments...”, and the celebrated armory built at Goodrich
Court, “all the horses are in the Grand Armoury here and all but
one have their riders. In a fortnight a dozen armorial banners will
give you warmth and colour to the upper part of the gallery, so that
I may now pronounce it ready for your easel”, first letter small tear
where opened, folds, slightly foxed and browned £200 - £300
139. Bristol Riots.- City of Bristol. a Ca l e n d a r o f t h e pr i S o n e r S
f o r tr i a l at t h e ge n e r a l ga o l de l i v e ry, f o r t h e Ci t y o f br i S t o l...,
original printed docket on verso of last f., title slightly soiled, ink
signature of William Tyson on title, browned, modern bookplate on
front pastedown, later half morocco, [not in COPAC], folio, 2nd
January 1832. £100 - £150
140. Kindersley (Nathaniel Edward, worked in the civil service
of the East India Company, author of “Specimens of Hindoo
Literature,” 1794, of Wick Hill, near Sunningdale, Berkshire,
1762-1831).- th o u g h t S o f n.e. Ki n d e r S l e y [i n C l u d i n g a n a C C o u n t
o f h i S d e at h], manuscript, 138pp., browned, loose or working loose,
original half calf, defective, lacks spine, 8vo, [1832]. £150 - £200
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