WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR SATURDAY & SUNDAY 25 & 26 July 2020

67 History THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR · 25 & 26 JULY 2020 95 1881-1884 images of the war in Sudan from illustrated publications. (12) Includes a large coloured print, The Last Shot In The Soudan by R. Caton Woodville, 21 by 13 inches, in a mount, others mainly monochrome from Illustrated London News and The Graphic, a couple of Australian and South African interest. One framed. Some are double page spreads. Condition: Mainly fine. Estimate €80-€120 (approx £70-£110) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 95 96 1880s to 1915 Railway posters and other ephemera (9) Mostly Great Northern unillustrated notices of special fares from Drogheda including to The Irish Exhibition of Manufactures, mainly 20 by 15 inches, also County Donegal Railways small card Programme of Inspection of Line 17 & 18 June 1915, an advertising card for Calvert’s Headache & Neuralgia Powders, Ballyclare, and a Guinness Menu card. Condition: Some of the railway posters missing pieces, generally very good. Estimate €100-€150 (approx £90-£140) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 96 96A 1895 (20 September). Poster “WEATHER FORECAST - A CHALLENGE TO ALL ASTRONOMERS” Black on green, issued by P. Cullen, “Star of the Weather”, Observatory, Ruan, Co. Clare. Condition: Folded, some slight splitting, edge stains and small tears, very good. Cullen was a well known eccentric character from Ruan, Co. Clare, who died in Corofin in 1919. He organised dramas, jousts, concerts and other entertainments but his main activity was weather forecasting. Estimate €100-€150 (approx £90-£140) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 96A