War

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The Classical World

Sir William Russell Flint, R.A. 1880-1969.

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Amazons on a Breton Beach. 1931. Drypoint. Wright 45.ii. 8 x 13 3/8 (sheet 10 3/4 x 17 1/4). Edition 76, #14. An extremely rich impression printed on cream 'J Whatman Hand Made' paper. Hinge stains in 3 corners, well outside the image. Illustrated: Salaman, Modern Masters of Etching. Signed and numbered in ink. $1,500.

European Conflicts: Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign. 1798-1801 .

Sir Robert Ker Porter (1777-1842).

Sir Sidney Smith, K.C.B. (1764-1840) 1802. Mezzotint. 25 1/4 x 17 (plate). Text: 'Robert Ker Porter pinx.t. W.Say sculp.t. London Published as the Act directs, June 19 1802, by John P. Thompson, Printseller to his Majesty and their Royal Highness's the Duke and Duchess of York; Great Newport Street, and No 51, Dean Street, Soho.' Signed, dated and titled in the plate. Vertical stain under the 'S' in Smith; otherwise apparently fine condition. Housed in a stunning 34 x 25 1/2-inch carved, patinated and gilded frame with ormolu corner mounts. $550.00

World War I. The Great War. July 28, 1914 - November 11, 1918.

Great Britain

Sir George Clausen, R.A. 1852-1944.

Lifting an Inner Tube. 1917. Lithograph. 25 x 20 1/2. Series: "Making Guns" published by the Stationary Office as part of the series, The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals. Edition 200. A fine impression printed on off-white wove paper. Signed in pencil. $850.

Making the Engine. 1917. Lithograph. Leicester Galleries 27. 15 7/8 x 12 (sheet 19 7/8 x 15 5/8). Edition 200. One of a set of 6 lithographs entitled "Building Aircraft" published by the Stationary Office as part of the series, The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals. Illustrated: Ingleby, Black, Cohen and Cooke, C.R.W. Nevinson: The Twentieth Century Imperial War Museum exhibition catalogue, 1999, page 115. A rich impression in pristine condition printed on white wove paper. Signed in pencil.Price upon request.

William Walcot, R.E. 1874-1943.

Charing Cross -- The Statue of Charles I. 1919. Etching with aquatint and drypoint. 3 5/8 x 4 7/8 (sheet 9 1/8 x 11 3/8). A fine proof with tonal wiping, printed on cream wove paper. Signed in pencil. $750.

Whitehall -- with the Cenotaph. 1924 Etching with aquatint and drypoint. Dickins 88. 4 3/8 x 5 7/8 (sheet 9 3/8 x 12 1/2). A fine proof printed on cream wove paper with full margins. Signed in pencil. $600.

The European Front: Belgium and France.

Sir David Young Cameron, R.E. 1865-1945.

Ypres II [Belgium]. c. 1910-1914. Charcoal and watercolor. 9 x 12 (sheet 9 1/16 x 13 3/4). Signed in pencil. $1,950.

Harold Kerr Eby, N.A. 1890-1946.

"The Caissons Go Rolling Along". 1929. Etching and sandpaper ground. Giardina 145. 17 3/8 x 9 1/2 (sheet 18 3/4 x 11 1/2). Edition 90. Slight mat line, otherwise find condition. A rich impression with plate tone, printed on antique laid paper. Illustrated: Flint, Contemporary American Etching, 1930. Signed and annotated 'Ed 90' and 'imp' (imprimit) in pencil, indicating a proof printed Eby. $1,500.

A Kiss for the Kaiser. 1919. Drypoint. Giardina 35. 9 3/16 x 8 1/2 (sheet 12 3/4 x 11). Edition 75. A richly-inked impression with tonal wiping, printed on cream laid paper. Signed and annnotated 'imp' in pencil, indicating a proof printed by the artist. $1,850.

Machine Guns. 1921-22. Etching. Giardina 64.ii. 7 x 11 1/2 (sheet 9 3/8 x 13 3/4). Published state from the edition of 75. Toning in the image area; otherwise find condition. A rich impression printed with plate tone, printed on cream wove Van Gelder paper with full margins. Signed and annotated 'imp' (imprimit) in pencil, indicating a proof printed Eby. $1,500.

Open Action. 1926/1928. Etching. Giardina 124. 7 x 15 1/8 (sheet 12 3/4 x 15 1/4). Trial proof, prior to the edition of 90. An extremely rich, tonal impression printed on Van Gelder cream laid paper with wide margins and deckle edges on two sides. Signed and annotated 'trial' and 'imp' (imprimit) in pencil, indicating a proof printed Eby. $1,500.

September 13, 1918. St. Mihiel [The Great Black Cloud]. 1934. Etching, aquatint and sandpaper ground. Giardina 182.iv. 10 3/8 x 16 (sheet 13 1/8 x 18 1/4). Edition 100. Illustrated: Prints vol. VI, no. 2, 1935, page 85; Print Collector's Quarterly 26 (1939): 82; Fine Prints of the Year, 1935; Eby. War. Provenance: Frederick Keppel & Co. A rich, beautifully wiped impression on cream-colored wove paper. Signed and annotated 'imp' and 'Edition 100' in pencil, indicating a proof printed by the artist. This is Eby's most famous etching. Housed in a an archival French mat and a 21 x 25-inch black and gold classical wood frame. Price upon request.

James McBey. 1883-1959.

France at her Furnaces. 1917. Etching. Hardie 175. 8 x 15 (sheet 10 1/8 x 16 15/16). Edition 76, #A14. A rich impression printed on old laid paper with full margins. Signed and numbered in ink. $1,500.

Rouen. 1916. Etching. Hardie 172. 6 11/16 x 14 3/8 (sheet 7 13/16 x 15 9/16). Edition 76, #A19. An extremely rich impression printed printed on 'J. Whatman' laid paper from an antique volume. Signed and numbered in ink. $975.

The Seine at Rouen. 1916. Etching. Hardie 173. 6 x 8 13/16 (sheet 7 7/16 x 10). Edition 76, #A3. A rich impression printed on cream wove paper. Signed and numbered in ink. $650. (sheet 7 7/8 x 12).Edition 30, #3. A rich impression on antique laid paper. An extremely scarce image. Signed and numbered in ink. $650.

The Sussex. 1916. Etching. Hardie 171. 8 3/16 x 15 1/8 (sheet 9 3/4 x 16 3/16). Edition 76. Illustrated: Lumsden, The Art of Etching; Illustrated: Salaman,Modern Masters of Etching. A rich impression printed on antique laid . Signed and numbered in ink. $950.

France: The Somme Front.

Français Inconnus. 1917. Drypoint. Hardie 176. 6 x 9 7/8 (sheet 7 1/2 x 11 3/8). Edition 76, #A18. A fine impression printed on cream laid paper from an antique volume. Signed and numbered in in ink. $1,000.

Percy John Delf Smith, R.D.I. 1882-1948.

Royal Marine Artillery Camp. The Evening Before the Battle of Messines. 1918. Drypoint. 6 3/8 x 7 7/8 (sheet 9 1/4 x 10 1/2.) Series: Twelve Drypoints of the War 1914-1918. A rich impression with velvety drypoint burr, printed on cream wove paper. Signed and titled in pencil. $1,750.

Thiepval Wood. 'Bare ruined choirs where late the sweet birds sang'. 1918. Drypoint. 7 7/8 x 6 3/8 (sheet 10 3/4 x 8 3/4.) Series: Twelve Drypoints of the War 1914-1918. Slightmat line; otherwise good condition. A rich impression with velvety drypoint burr, printed on simili-japon paper. Signed and titled in pencil. $2,000.

The Dance of Death. 1914-1918.

Campbell Dodgson, C.B.E., Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum wrote: " The Great War produced its harvest of etchings and lithographs of trenches, craters, barbed wire, shattered houses and blasted trees; but most of them were literal representations of things seen. Mr. Percy Smith, with imagination rare among English etchers, and akin to that of the draughtsmen of the northern Renaissance, combines with his sympathetic treatment of the soldier marching or fallen, crippled, maimed and agonised, thevision of an awful Presence, relentless, patient, callous, exultant' 'awed.' in a single etching that can never be forgotten, by one culminating horror. 'The Dance of Death, 1914-1918," is not a pretty set of etchings, but it is one of the most serious and memorable works of art inspired by the War. Print Collector's Quarterly 8 (1921): 324-25. $20,000 the complete set.

Custom portfolio case. 19 x 16 x 1inches. Letterpress: THE DANCE OF DEATH 1924-1918. ETCHNGS BY PERCY SMITH. ELIZABETH HOUGHTON.

The Dance of Death. 1914-1918. 1921. Portfolio of 7 etchings with drypoint. Sheet: 18 1/2 x 15 1/2. Edition 100. Title page.

1. Death Forbids. 1921. Etching and drypoint. 7 7/8 x 9 7/8 (sheet 10 5/16 x 13 3/8). Series: 'The Dance of Death 1914-1918,' #1. Edition 100. Remnants of glassine hinges; otherwise fine condition. A rich impression with velvety drypoint burr, printed on cream wove paper. Signed and titled in pencil.

2. Death Marches. 1921. Etching and drypoint. 7 7/8 x 9 7/8 (sheet 10 5/8 x 13 1/4). Series: 'The Dance of Death 1914-1918,' #2. Edition 100, 36. Remnants of 2 glassine and 2 brown paper hinges; otherwise fine condition. A rich impression with velvety drypoint burr, printed on cream wove paper. Signed and titled in pencil.

3. Death Awed. 1921. Etching and drypoint. 8 x 9 13/16 (sheet 10 1/2 x 14 1/2). Series: 'The Dance of Death 1914-1918,' #3. Edition 100. Illustrated: Print Collector's Quarterly 8 (1921): 324; Illustrated: Lumsden, The Art of Etching; Guichard, British Etchers. Edition 100. Remnants of glassine hinges; otherwise fine condition. A rich impression with velvety drypoint burr, printed on cream wove paper. Signed and titled in pencil.

4. Death Refuses. 1921. Etching and drypoint. 7 7/8 x 9 13/16 (sheet 10 1/2 x 14 1/2). Series: The Dance of Death 1914-1918, #5. Edition 100. Remnants of glassine hinges and page reinforcements; otherwise pristine condition. A rich impression with velvety drypoint burr, printed on cream wove paper. Signed and titled in pencil.

5. Death Waits. 1921. Etching and drypoint. 7 7/8 x 9 3/4 (sheet 10 1/2 x 13 1/8). Series: The Dance of Death 1914-1918, #5. Edition 100. Remnants of glassine hinges; otherwise pristine condition. A rich impression with velvety drypoint burr. Printed on cream wove paper. Signed and titled in pencil.

6. Death Ponders. 1921. Etching and drypoint. 8 x 9 7/8 (sheet 10 5/8 x 13 1/2). Series: The Dance of Death 1914-1918, #6. Edition 100. Remnants of glassine hinges; otherwise pristine condition. A rich impression with velvety drypoint bu, printed on cream wove paper. Signed and titled in pencil.

7. Death Intoxicated. 1921. Etching and drypoint. 7 3/4 x 9 3/4 (sheet 10 1/2 x 13 3/8). Series: The Dance of Death 1914-1918, #7. Edition 100. Remnants of glassine hinges; otherwise pristine condition. A rich impression with velvety drypoint burr. Printed on cream wove paper. Signed and titled in pencil.

The European Front: Germany, Prussia and Moravia

François de Herain. 1877-1962.

Le Pope Niemetsky. Prisonnier de guerre au camp de Halle (Prusse), 1915. (Pope Niemetsky, Prisoner of war in the Halle Camp, Prussia). 1915. Drypont. Printed by Vernant and Dollé, and published in Revue de l'Art ancien et moderne. Unsigned. $65.

Europe: Naval Battles

Earlier Wooden Hulled Naval Ships

Sir Francis Seymour Haden, R.A., P.R.E. 1818-1910.

Breaking up of the Agamemnon, N^o 1. 1840. Etching and drypoint. Schneiderman 133.viii/xi. 7 3/4 x 16 3/8 (sheet 9 1/4 x 17 1/2). A rich impression with plate tone printed in black/brown in on cream laid paper. Signed in pencil. $1,750.

William Lionel Wyllie, R.A., R.I., R.E. 1851-1931.

Our Fathers

Our Fathers, To The Memory of the nameless Killed and Wounded. 1913. Set of 4 etchings. Each 12 1/4 x 8 1/4. Poem by Captain Ronald A. Hopwood. R.N. Each etching in fine condition, on the full sheet of cream wove paper. Each signed in pencil lower left. $1,250 the set.

Mediterannean Series.

Mediterranean Series. 1913. Set of 6 drypoints. 6 1/4 x 14 3/4 (sheet 10 7/8 x 18 1/8). Edition 160, #29. Printed on 'JW Whatman' cream wove paper. Each signed in pencil. Each in its original mount in the original presentation portfolio. $3,750 the set.

Gibraltar, Showing the Rock and the Warships Coming Out. 1913. Set of 6 drypoints. 6 1/4 x 14 3/4 (sheet 10 7/8 x 18 1/8). Edition 160, #29. Printed on 'JW Whatman' cream wove paper. Each signed in pencil. Each in its original mount in the original presentation portfolio. $3,750 the set.

Villefranche. 1913. Set of 6 drypoints. 6 1/4 x 14 3/4 (sheet 10 7/8 x 18 1/8). Edition 160, #29. Printed on 'JW Whatman' cream wove paper. Each signed in pencil. Each in its original mount in the original presentation portfolio. $3,750 the set.

Naples, Entrance to the Harbour. 1913. Set of 6 drypoints. 6 1/4 x 14 3/4 (sheet 10 7/8 x 18 1/8). Edition 160, #29. Printed on 'JW Whatman' cream wove paper. Each signed in pencil. Each in its original mount in the original presentation portfolio. $3,750 the set.

Mount Vesuvius, from the Sea. 1913. Set of 6 drypoints. 6 1/4 x 14 3/4 (sheet 10 7/8 x 18 1/8). Edition 160, #29. Printed on 'JW Whatman' cream wove paper. Each signed in pencil. Each in its original mount in the original presentation portfolio. $3,750 the set.

Malta, Valetta. 1913. Set of 6 drypoints. 6 1/4 x 14 3/4 (sheet 10 7/8 x 18 1/8). Edition 160, #29. Printed on 'JW Whatman' cream wove paper. Each signed in pencil. Each in its original mount in the original presentation portfolio. $3,750 the set.

The Pyramids from the Nile, showing Native River Craft and Nile Passenger Boats. 1913. Set of 6 drypoints. 6 1/4 x 14 3/4 (sheet 10 7/8 x 18 1/8). Edition 160, #29. Printed on 'JW Whatman' cream wove paper. Each signed in pencil. Each in its original mount in the original presentation portfolio. $3,750 the set.

North Africa: The Desert War

James McBey. 1883-1959.

The East: First Palestine Set - 1919.

Ras-El-Ain. 1919. Etching. Hardie 180. 7 7/8 x 12 7/8 (sheet 9 x 14 1/2). Edition 76, # 1. A rich impression with plate tone, printed on cream laid paper from an antique volume. Signed and numbered in ink. $700.

Sunset: Wadi-Um-Mukhsheib. 1919. Etching. Hardie 185. 7 x 13 (sheet 8 1/8 x 14 1/14). Edition 76, # A4 (American edition). Series: First Palestine Set. Mat line, well outside the image; otherwise in excellent condition. A rich impression with plate tone printed on laid paper from an antique volume. Signed and numbered in ink. $600.

The other etchings in the First Palestine Set are: The Mid-Day Halt, The Desert of Sinai (No. 1), Strange Signals, A Deserted Oasis. (The Desert of Sinai (No. 1) was issued in trial proofs only.)

Second Palestine Set - 1920.

Dust, Beersheba. 1920. Etching. Hardie 193. 8 15/16 x 15 3/8 (sheet 11 1/8 x 17 7/8). Edition 76, #21. Series: Second Palestine Set. A fine impression printed on cream laid paper from an antique volume. Signed and numbered in in ink. $1,100. The Battle of Beersheba marked the beginning the Southern Palestine Offensive of the Sinai and Palestine campaign of World War I.

The Sniper (No. 2). 1920. Drypoint. Hardie 195. 7 3/8 x 11 7/8 (10 13/16 x 14 1/2). Edition 76, # 32. Series: Second Palestine Set. Printed on cream laid paper from an antique volume. An extremely rich impression printed in sepia ink with plate tone and drypoint burr. Signed and numbered in ink. $850.

The Advance on Jerusalem. Wadi Ali. 1920. Etching. Hardie 198. 8 x 14 (sheet 10 1/4 x 15 1/16). Edition of 76 (plus 8 trial proofs), #13. Series: Second Palestine Set. A very rich impression printed on laid paper taken from an antique volume. Signed and numbered in ink. $750.

The Moonlight Attack, Jelil. 1920. Etching. Hardie 200. 9 x 15 3/8 (sheet 11 x 17). Edition 76 + 8 trial proofs. Series: Second Palestine Set. A rich impression printed on antique laid paper. Signed and numbered in ink. $1,100.

The other etchings in the Second Palestine Set are: The Sniper (No. 1), The First Sight of Jerusalem, Nebi Samwil (No. 1), The Surrender of Jerusalem, Gaza: Prisoners of War, Zero. The Sniper (No. 1) and Gaza: Prisoners of War were issued in trial proofs only.

Third Palestine Set - 1921.

Gun Fire, Mount of Olives. 1921. Drypoint. Hardie 204. 8 x 5 3/4 (sheet 10 x 7 1/4). Edition 54, #33. Series: Third Palestine Set. A rich impression with plate tone printed on antique wove paper. Signed and numbered in ink. $750.

Jerusalem from Olivet. 1917. Drypoint. Hardie 205. 6 5/8 x 14 3/8 (sheet 10 7/8 x 17 1/4). Edition 76, #22. Printed with plate tone on antique ledger paper. Signed and numbered in ink and annotated 'Jerusalem' in pencil. $850.

The Dead Sea. 1921. Drypoint. Hardie 206. 7 13/16 x 11 3/4 (sheet 10 5/8 x 16). Edition 76, #23.A very rich impression with drypoint burr, printed on blue-toned paper from an old volume.Signed and numbered in ink. $700.

Hermon: Cavalry Moving on Damascus. 1918-21. Etching. Hardie 207. 8 7/8 x 15. (sheet 11 x 17 1/4). Edition 76, number 9. A rich impression with plate tone printed on antique laid paper with a Strasbourg Lily watermark. Signed and numbered in ink. $1,250.

The other etching in the Third Palestine Set is: Bombs! issued in trial proofs only.

Watercolor

Mejdel Yaba. 20 September , 1918 Pencil, ink and watercolour on paper. 8 1/8 x 22. Annotated, upper left, "due N at ???' Dated on the ink drawing on the verso. Signed and dedicated on the front "To Paul from James McBey." Housed in an elegant French mat and an elegant 14 x 27 1/2-inch gold leaf frame with blue/grey highlights. $2,500.

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