WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR 15/16 MAY 2021

21 THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR - TIMED ON-LINE AUCTION 1 MAY - 15/16 MAY 2021 19th Century 37 1803. Robert Emmett’s Death Mask in bronze. Cast from a copy of the original plaster death-mask taken shortly after his execution by James Petrie in Kilmainham Jail. 88 by 5in. (223.5 by 12.7cm) Condition: Very good. Estimate €800-€1,200 (approx £700-£1,040) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 37 38 1966 (22 April) photograph of the unveiling of the Robert Emmet statue inWashington DC. Photograph by Tamas de Kun, Bethesda. 9 by 7in. (22.9 by 17.8cm) Condition: Excellent, no apparent faults. Provenance: Archive of Congressman Michael J.Kirwan; Collection of John Jovich, USA. Photograph depicting the unveiling of Robert Emmet’s statue in America. On the reverse side of the image is the following pencilled note: “ Dedication ceremony, April 22, 1966, Massachusetts Ave. Washington, D.C. Ceremony and statue unveiling commemorating Ireland’s Proclamation of Independence: the Jubilee of 1916. This picture was sent to Michael J. Kirwan by William P. Fay, Ambassador of Ireland.” Estimate €80-€100 (approx £70-£90) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 38 39 1813 (1 November) letter fromThomas Moore to his publisher. Autograph Letter Signed (“T. Moore”) to his publisher James Power, pp1, ink. 13 by 8in. (33 by 20.3cm) Condition: Slight aging, couple small tears, very good. Provenance: Puttick & Simpson, London, 23 June 1853, lot 56; Alonzo J. Tullock; Thence by descent to the previous owner; Their sale, Christie’s, New York, 25 October 2019, lot 136. “I have seen the Monthly Review of the Melodies, it is a great thing in our favour.” A letter from Thomas Moore to his publisher discussing the recent positive reviews of his Irish Melodies, which Powers published in ten volumes between 1808 and 1843 and asking him to defer publication of “The Fair & Purest”.. Estimate €500-€700 (approx £430-£610) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 39