Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge Catalogue Of Books, Prints, Autograph Letters, Relics and Works Of Art, Relating To The Emperor Napoleon I And The Island Of St Helena Comprising The Property Of Dr. Silk... and The Property OF Field-Marshall Lord Grenfell Auction Catalogue (1921)
Catalog of Books, Prints, Autograph Letters, Relics and Works of Art, Relating to the Emperor Napoleon I and the Island of St. Helena, Comprising the Property of Dr. Silk, Late of 16, Nottingham Place, W. (Now of Summerland, Dartmouth, S. Devon), and the Property of Field-Marshal Lord Grenfell, and Including Collections of Documents Relating to Napoleon at St. Helena; Views of the Island and Portraits of the Emperor; Bronze Statuettes, and a Fine Sèvres Bust by Chaudet; Miniatures, Medals and Cameos, and a Wax Medallion of Napoleon as First Consul; a Marshal's Baton, Said to Have Belonged to Soult; a Lock of the Emperor's Hair. Which Will Be Sold by Auction by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge (Sir Montague Barlow, KBE, LL.D., MP, GD Hobson, MA & Major FW Warre, OBE, MC),
The Auction Catalogue contains 185 lots.
The auction house Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, established by Samuel Baker in 1744, took the name Sotheby's in 1924 and moved from Wellington Street to New Bond Street in 1917
The names of Sir Clement Anderson Montague Barlow (1868-1951), Geoffrey Dudley Hobson (1882-1949) and Captain Felix Walter Warre (1879-1953) appear on the title page as partners at Sotheby's.
- Soft Cover
- 22 pages
- In Poor to Fair Condition- The Item needs to rebound. A great project
