January, 2023 We have just acquired a delightful and scarce Proof copy of Sir David Wilkie's Blind-Mans Buff wherin is some extraordinary domestic detail. it may be found at the following link. For those who delight in Juvenilia or scenes of early 19th cent. domesticity, of which Wilkie strangly was the first British artist to portray, this is a wonderful image for your collection. Also on the theme of recreation, we have added an image of Skittles or 'Nine pin bowling' which has been played in the British Isles for five hundred years. And whilst on the subject of Isles, we have just added an 1804 map of Scotland with its group of isles.
December, 2022. To aid in your holiday shopping we have many items available priced at below $100 here are some links We also have many unusual items such as this or these not to mention military history or Royalty images, fine British and Canadian paintings also Antique maps and of course no festive season would be complete without Herself. We take this opportunity to wish you all a Merry Christmas, Please stay safe and healthy.
November,2022. To our Military Uniform Studies pages we have added two interesting and decorative orininal prints of the British Indian Army.
October,2022. A fine series of Stevengraphs, including Lady Godiva of Coventry have been added to our Miscellaneous/ Omnium Gatherum section. There are many other interesting items to be found on our website including an1744 Map of Ukraine.
September,2022. In this edition of our newsletter we touch upon the cruel sea, simple pleasures, great exhibitions and hard times, some of the many topics illustrated and available for purchase through our website.
August,2022. It is with great pleasure that for the first time in 38 years we have come upon a clutch of medical caricatures by James Gillray and George Cruikshank, plus another great image of a noted hypochondraic after Abraham Solomon.These humorous caricatures have long been in the forefront of medical collections and have now become very hard to find and we are delighted to offer them for purchase.
July,2022. This month we have added more items of Canadian, British and Americn railway interest to our Railway section, also to our Canadian paintings section, a fine etheral drawing by Royal Canadian Academician Andrew Dickson Patterson plus, added to our Archictecture section is a fine etching of the British cathedral with the largest expanse of medieaval stained glass in the world.
June,2022. In keeping with this month's Jubilee festivities , we have added to our British Royalty- House of Windsor section a rare 3-D fold-out procession and backdrop (Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey) for the proposed Coronation of Edward VIII 1937.
Also, to head up our new Railway section which may be found amid our Omnium Gatherum items or by clicking MISC. at the top of our home page. We have added an original 150th. year commemorative poster of the Stockton & Darlington Railway poster Canadian and British Railway memorabilia includung an Original Stock certificate from the Port Hope, Lindsay & Beaverton Railway.
May,2022. William Roxby Beverley was a chess master who discovered /created the 'Magic Knight's tour of the chessboard (1848). He was also a fine marine artist specializing in atmospheric coastal scenes. We are pleased to offer a fine example for your delectation and purchase, keenly priced and set into a period frame.
Before the age of 'Auto CAD' architects rendered plans and drawings by hand, some of which were very handsome indeed, and have subsequently become very collectable for they can considerably enhance the look of a room or office - contempory or otherwise. This month we offer fine sets from the 1920's and 30's by William Bruce who rose to become Northern Ireland's first official government architect. For collectors and decorators alike, they are all very reasonably priced.
April,2022. The twelfth of the month is the anniversry of the great naval battle the 'Battle of the Saints ' which thwarted the French invasion of Jamaica, we offer a fine print of the engagement. We have also just aquired a fine 1744 map of Ukraine and Crimea by the Imperial cartographer to King Karl IV,which would make a worthy addition to any map collection. Antother item that has Imperial connections is the superb mezzotint portait of HRH Prince Albert, the Prince Consort of Queen Victoria which would make a handsome addition to any Dining-room hall or library.