Whytes History & Literature Auction 8 November 2014 - (Download PDF From Bottom Menu Bar)

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1848-1992. Collection of interesting letters and autographs.
Letters include John Wilson Croker, Rev. John Edgar, Annie Besant, Iseult
Stuart, and autograph of John Tyndall, 1992 letter concerning the
investigation of the former ambassador of Australia to Ireland etc.
Interesting content. (9)
€100-€150 (£80-£120 approx)
89
1849 View of Drogheda. Painting by Thomas Markey (1885-1967)
oil on canvas, titled on reverse. 48 x 50in. (121.92 x 127cm)
Provenance: Family of the artist. See also lots 10, 11 and 360.
€500-€700 (£400-£560 approx)
90
Circa 1850 United Ireland, needlework panel
A 19th century silk & bullion needlework panel, the names of the
provinces joined by a chain and hands in friendship amidst the leaves of
a tree, the trunk surrounded by symbols of Ireland and the eagle and
Stars and Stripes of America. 17 x 20in. (43.18 x 50.80cm)
€300-€500 (£240-£400 approx)
91
1850 Applications for licences to sell liquor
A collection of 22 applications for licences for sale of beer, cider, porter,
ale, wine and spirits in the Carlow area.
€150-€200 (£120-£160 approx)
92
1857 Marques of Clanricarde, letter regarding fishing rights,
Terryland estate, Galway
From Robert Power agent for Lord Clanricarde, to Messrs Ashworth and
their agent William H. Halliday, rejecting the offer of permission to fish,
but insisting on his “legal right and privilege of fishing”.
€100-€150 (£80-£120 approx)
93
Greville, Baron, Charles, Beresford, Faulke. Abstract of Title
Abstract of Title For Right Hon. Charles Beresford Faulke Baron Greville
to the Town Parks of Mullingar, and Other Premises in the Town of
Mullingar, in the Barony of Moyashel and Magheradernon and County
of Westmeath. 16 pages.
€150-€200 (£120-£160 approx)
94
Circa 1850 Arms of The City of Dublin needlework.
A 19th century, silk & bullion needlework arms of Dublin, the crest
flanked by two allegorical female figures for Justice and Law, above the
motto “Obedientia Civium Urbis Felicitas” or, “The Obedience of the
citizens produces a happy city”. Framed. 15½ x 15½in. (39.37 x 39.37cm)
€200-€300 (£160-£240 approx)
95
Circa 1860 Erin Go Bragh, God Save Ireland needlework.
A 19th century silk & bullion needlework panel, centred by the emblems
of the Four Provinces, surrounded by the slogan “Erin Go Bragh” flanked
by four shamrock-emblazoned green flags and a hound and a harp to
the fore, above the motto “God Save Ireland”. 14 x 16in. (35.56 x
40.64cm)
€200-€300 (£160-£240 approx)
96
Nationalist Scrap Book
A large collection of mid-19th to mid 20th century press-cuttings and
ephemera, largely relating to the struggle for Irish Independence.
€200-€300 (£160-£240 approx)
97
A Victorian Scrapbook and a Photograph Album
the gilt embossed calf bound scrapbook, including a mid-19th century
envelope and an 1840 envelope addressed from Henry Grattan jr.
bearing a Celbridge Penny Post mark and two miniature watercolours;
together with a blind-embossed Edwardian photograph album. (2)
€200-€300 (£160-£240 approx)
98
Will of John Lord Viscount Netterville of Dowth (1744-1826)
A 19th century copy of the will of John Lord Viscount Netterville, who
died in 1826, aged 82, without issue.
€100-€150 (£80-£120 approx)
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No lot
100
1866 Fenian Brotherhood token
A circular bronze token the obverse struck “Irish - Republic” with a
sailing ship between the initials ‘F’ & ‘B’, the reverse struck “Ireland-
1886 - America” with hands in friendship and a rising sun.
€300-€500 (£240-£400 approx)
101
1898 (28 September) letter from a recently released Fenian prisoner,
Edward O’Brien Kennedy.
Letter, 3pp, to Thomas Kelly, turning down an invitation to reside in the
USA due the “Yankee Puritan” refusal to support him and notifying Kelly
of his impending arrival in Dublin, where he and other released
republican prisoners were paraded and feted by the IRB.
€150-€200 (£120-£160 approx)
102
Fenian glass cabinet plate
A late19th century milk glass cabinet plate, the pierced lattice rim with
gilt rosettes, the central reserve transfer printed with a figure of The
Maid of Erin carrying the Fenian flag beneath a rising sun and the
motto “The sunburst of Ireland”. 7½in. (19.05cm)
€300-€400 (£240-£320 approx)
103
Allen, Larkin & O’Brien Memorial, Kilrush.
An Allen, Larkin & O’Brien Memorial Committee certificate, blank. 15 x
20in. (38.10 x 50.80cm)
A memorial to the three Fenians was proposed in the 1890s and completed in
1903. The three had taken part in an abortive attempt - in which a policeman was
killed - to rescue a prisoner in Manchester. They were hanged in November 1867.
€100-€150 (£80-£120 approx)
104
1870 - Four page letter, written by mouth, by Arthur McMurrough
Kavanagh
On House of Commons embossed paper. Born without arms or legs,
Arthur served as M.P. for fourteen years, travelled to Russia, India and
Persia on safari, was an expert horseman and shot and was a keen
yatchsman. This letter addressed to his land agent “Devine” commences
“I am in receipt of your letter, I feel quite sure you would not as you say
unjustly blame any one indeed if every one would act towards me as
you do I would have very little trouble”
€100-€150 (£80-£120 approx)
105
1870s Home Rule Sash
A green silk and gilt bullion Home Rule Association sash, incorporating a
panel with portraits of Rev. Joseph Galbraith, Isaac Butt, Q.C. and John
Martin above the motto “Our own again”.
€300-€500 (£240-£400 approx)