WHYTES
SINCE 1783
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23
123
1865-67: Convict Prisons in Ireland Reports
Two official government annual reports of the “Director of Convict
Prisons in Ireland” for the years 1865 and 1867. 78pp and 57pp
respectively. (2 items)
€
100-
€
150 (£80-£130 approx)
124
1877: Collection of Carlow Jail pay and suppliers receipts
A complete collection of 27 signed receipts issued by Carlow Jail
various individuals including employees for wages, and various goods
and services including repairing of grates, hanging paper, potatoes,
turf, coal, bread etc. An interesting insight into the administration of
the Jail. 4½ x 7in. (10 x 18cm)
€
100-
€
150 (£80-£130 approx)
125
1868 (29 August) French Consulate in Ireland Wexford appointment
certificate
Official certificate of the French Consulate in Ireland appointing
Charles Taylor as a Consulate Agent in Wexford. An extremely scarce
item. Framed 12½ x 8in. (30 x 20cm)
€
80-
€
120 (£70-£100 approx)
126
circa 1870: Drawing of County of Dublin Militia reviewed by their
Colonel Lord Meath
Framed original watercolour and ink drawing signed lower right ‘Sadler’.
Depicting members of the Dublin County Militia and band being
inspected by their Colonel, William Brabazon. Appears to be part of a
series of drawings one of which is held by the National Library of
Ireland and attributed by them to William Sadler. 7 x 10in. (18 x 25cm)
€
300-
€
500 (£250-£420 approx)
127
circa 1870: Drawing of the inspection of the Dublin City Militia
Framed original watercolour and ink drawing of the inspection of the
Dublin City Militia (Queen’s Own Royal Regiment) including Colonel
Latouche, D. Leach and Adjutant Forsythe. Acquired from the same
source as lot 126 and in the same style as that artist. 8 x 13in. (20 x
33cm)
€
300-
€
500 (£250-£420 approx)
128
circa 1870: Irish Protestant Benevolent Society Medal
White metal stamped medal. The St. Patrick’s Society of Montreal was
founded on March 17, 1834 to care for Irish immigrants and to defend
the local Irish-Canadian community’s interests. The society was non-
sectarian until 1856 when the Protestant members split and formed the
Irish Protestant Benevolent Society. A possible catalyst to the break was
a riot in 1853, in which Protestants and Catholics clashed in Montreal.
The St. Patrick’s Society is today a charitable, social, and educational
organisation. The Society had a prominent role in the building of St.
Patrick’s Church (now Basilica) which opened in 1847, and in the
creation of the Cote des Neiges Cemetery, which opened in 1885. The
Society was also the organiser of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade until
1916.
€
150-
€
200 (£130-£170 approx)
129
1871: The Great Chicago Fire: a Dublin printed handbill poem by
Jeremiah Cronan
An extremely scarce handbill printed by Brereton, Dublin and titled
“Lines Written on the Most Dreadful Fire That Broke Out in Chicago in
America, Composed by Jeremiah Cronan” 11 x 4in. (28 x 10cm)
€
80-
€
120 (£70-£100 approx)
130
[1858] The Atlantic Telegraph by W. H. Russell
Day & Son, London, circa 1865. Original green cloth gilt, quarto pp 110
including Appendix. 26 full page tinted lithographs including 5 views of
Valentia, Co. Kerry. Slight water staining affecting some plates, spine
replaced, original covers, worn. A good example of this very attractive
and interesting account of the laying of the first transatlantic cable
from Valentia to Newfoundland in August 1858.
€
400-
€
600 (£330-£500 approx)
131
19th Century: Maritime painting of ‘Wild Wave of Dublin’ by C. G.
Bradshaw
Gouache on tinted board, framed. Signed lower left ‘C. G. Bradshaw,
Dublin’ and titled lower right ‘Wild Wave of Dublin’. The Wild Wave was
a large sailing vessel which regularly travelled to and from Dublin
during the 1870s with cargo. 13½ x 20in. (33 x 51cm)
€
100-
€
150 (£80-£130 approx)
133
19th Century Flag: Green Ensign. A flag used by some Irish Merchant
Shipping
There is evidence that the Green Ensign, although never officially
approved, had been used by some Irish ships since the 17th Century.
The early versions use the emblem of the Irish Revenue – a “Mermaid”
Harp surmounted by a crown in gold. However the background should
have been St. Patrick’s Blue rather than emerald green according to the
authorities. In the 1830s The Western Yacht Club used the Green Ensign
for a while. In some cases Irish vessels had this flag confiscated by
authorities in harbours in Britain, Ireland and the West Indies according
to some records. In 1872, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in reply to the
Admiralty, declared the use of the Green Ensign to be incorrect, and in
support attached a well researched paper by Sir J. Barnard-Burke,
Ulster King of Arms, supporting the choice of blue as the National
Colour of Ireland. Thus the Harp is shewn as gold on blue in the Royal
Standard, and indeed since the 1930s the same is the Standard of the
President of the Republic of Ireland. A scarce and interesting flag. 45 x
82in. (114 x 208cm)
€
300-
€
500 (£250-£420 approx)
134
19th Century: Irish Maritime Signalling Burgee
An Irish maritime embroidered cotton signalling burgee or masthead
pennant. A scarce example that was never officially approved. 12 x
22in. (30 x 56cm)
€
100-
€
150 (£80-£130 approx)
135
circa 1875: Hounsell’s Flags and Signals of all Nations
Flags and Signals of all Nations edited by George C. Hounsell. A trade
catalogue. Original cloth with gilt, chromolithographed decorative title
and 71 plates. Scarce.
€
200-
€
300 (£170-£250 approx)
136
19th Century: Commissioner of Irish Lights peaked cap with badge
1837-1901 pattern badge on black peaked cap as worn by crews on the
supply ships to Irish lighthouses. Rare.
€
200-
€
300 (£170-£250 approx)
137
1794: Huddart Hydrographical Survey of the West Coast of Ireland
A new hydrographical survey of the West Coast of Ireland, from the
Shannon Mouth to Urris Head, with part of the North Coast from Urris
Head to Milk Haven being a continuation of the marine surveys made
by Capt. J. Huddart. Framed.
€
200-
€
300 (£170-£250 approx)
138
1875: Sir F. Leopold McClintock The Voyage of the ‘Fox’ in The Arctic
Seas...
...in search of Franklin and his companions’. Murray, London, 1875. 4th
Ed.
€
60-
€
80 (£50-£70 approx)
