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14 ALISTER MATHEWS, 12, Eaton Road, Branksome Park, Poole (Dorset). SUPPLEMENT-continued. 430. Cox (David, 1783-1859) Watercolour, a wind-mill on a very dark-brown hillside against a blue & white sky. 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches, 209 x 258 mm. £25 431. Crane (Walter, 1845-1915) A highly-finished pencil design, a variant for the frontispiece of his "The First of May" (Sotheran 1881), numbered III in the lower right-hand corner of the published version. Children dance round a May-Pole, cherubs hold a scroll with the Shakespearean quotation "To do observance to a morn of May..." 7 1/4 x 10 inches, 183 x 253 mm. £15 432. Crane (see above) Highly-finished pencil design for the same "First of May." The strip along the top was used at the top of sheet VIII, but the side-illustrations was not used. A dozen lines of calligraphic text & stage-directions show variations with the published version. 8 x 10 5/8 inches, 200 x 270 mm. £12 433. Crane (see above) A group of pen & ink drawings:-- (1) "Military alphabet," a baby on a wooden horse, in a field-marshal's paper hat, accompanied by a trumpeter, reviews his infantry troops, each of whom has a large letter of the alphabet on his chest: the trumpeter holds a book on which is written, "His Babyship's Own." Signed with monogram. 10 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches, 270 x 234 mm. £10 (2) "Naval alphabet," children on a beach, some make sand-castles, two boys & a dog watch the arrival of the fleet of ships, each of which carries a letter of the alphabet as a sail: on the horizon is another alphabet composed of letters formed by the smoke from funnel of a steamer. Signed with monogram. 10 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches, 275 x 235 mm. £10 (3) A knight in armour & a lady, carry a youth on a stretcher, square--5 inches, 128mm. £6 (4) Orson is carried off by the bear (he was born in a wood near Orleans, was later called the Wild Man of the Forest & married Fezon daughter of Duke Savary of Aquitaine). 1 7/8 x 4 1/8 inches, 48 x 105 mm. £6 (5) Two knights in armour, one of them assists a weeping girl whom he has placed on his horse. Same size as part (4) above. £6 (6) A gentleman in 16th century dress holds a mirror before a seated queen, they are within large floral arabesques. (Same size as the above parts 4 & 5). £6 434. Farington (F., 1747-1821) Pencil, stone bridge, banks & a sailing-boat inscribed "Stourport, August 31, 1789." 6 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches, 169 x 272 mm. £4 435. Farington (see above) Pencil, inscribed " Upton Bridge on the Severn, August 26, 1789" (including boats & buildings & a few notes on colours etc). 8 x 17 inches. £6 436. Farington (see above) Pencil, inscribed " Stratford on Avon, August 2nd, 1790." A view from the Avon, with Trinity Church, lightly squared. 10 3/4 x 15 1/4 inches. £8 437. Grant (Sir Francis, P.R.A., 1803-1878) Pen & ink, a European in near-Eastern costume & carrying a curved scimitar, standing by his horse. 8 3/4 x 7 inches, 222 x 175 mm., the corners cut & made up. A particularly attractive drawing. £25 438. Green (Charles, 1840-1898) Watercolour & brown wash heightened with white, signed with initials. A cheery young Irishman, standing, facing, grasping his stick, a top-hat on his head. 7 x 3 3/4 inches, 176 x 118 mm. £5 439. Haydon (Benjamin Robert, 1786- 1846) Pen & & ink, Alexander, on horseback, is attacked by a lion: he is about to strike with his spear, there are other figures in the background. 7 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches, 183 x 248 mm. £25 440. Leighton (Frederick Lord, P.R.A., 1830-1896) Black chalk heightened with white on gray paper. Preliminary studies for the recumbent girls in his "Garden of the Hesperides."9 x 12 7/8 inches, 226 x 328 mm. (See frontispiece of W. Gaunt's "Victorian Olympus.") £12 441. Varley (Cornelius, 1781-1859) Pencil, inscribed by the artist " Rattoo Steeple, 96 feet high, near Ballydove, Kerry, Ireland," Signed, dated 1808. Interesting drawing showing the round tower completely covered with ivy. 15 x 9 1/2 inches. £5 442. Ward (James, R.A., 1769-1859) A particularly £50 fine sheet of pen & ink studies of over 30 heads of men & women with very varied expressions (inscribed on verso "studies for character") 10 1/2 x 15 inches, 268 x 380 mm. Signed. 50£ 443. Ward (see above) Gray wash, signed in ink: a lion family attacks two travellers with horses. A fine and Rubens-like drawing of great beauty: the lion and one cub attack the central horse: the lioness writhes in agony with a broken spear in her and her front paw on the body of one traveller: the other man is killing a lion-cub with his bare hands. The second horse is cantering away in the distance. (Gericault much admired Ward's animals when he came to England and the influence can be seen in G's drawing of a "lion attacking a horse.")40£ 444. English early The three, not separated, for 19th century: three bright watercolours and pen and ink drawings of recruits being drilled each inscribed: 7 x 17 1/2 inches, 177 x 443 mm. The recruits are unbelievably bad: there a dozen in each drawing and one patient officer: (1) "To the right,face!" (2) "March!!! Look up there!" (3) "Ready! p'sent! wait, gentlemen, wait for the word Fire,'' (but of course none of them do wait but all fire in different directions). These three amusing watercolours, wide and not very high, are admirably suited for wall-decoration, for barracks, club, stair-case of retired officer or study of historian of the wars of Wellington. £35 Please send this catalogue to a friend. Printed in England by ROBERT STOCKWELL LTD., 5-13 Baden Place,London, S.E.1; and published by ALISTER MATHEWS 12, Eaton Road, Branksome Park,Poole,Dorset.
