Lot 336 , Haghe after David Roberts Interview with the Viceroy of Egypt at the Palace of Alexandria, Egypt, May 12th 1839,
**Haghe after David Roberts
coloured lithograph
Interview with the Viceroy of Egypt at the Palace of Alexandria, Egypt, May 12th 1839, 13.5 x 19in. and two coloured mezzotints of William Harvey by William Jeaves, 12.5 x 10.5in & 13.5 x 15in.
Estimate £40-60
5% Import duty will be charged on the hammer price.
The Beaulieu House Collection, the estate of John Bedford Esq. Removed from St Peter's Port, Guernsey
John Bedford of William Bedford was one of the major dealers in antique furniture in London in the 1970s and for the next 35 years dominated his corner of the trade.
The business was started in the 1960s simply to help his brother William recover from an illness, with a small stall in the Kensington Antiques Hypermarket selling antique glass, while John continued in his role as company secretary at Smith's Industries.
Buying was fitted in at the weekends and evenings by John around other commitments.
After a relatively short time it was found that the furniture used on the stand for display purposes sold more profitably than the glass and a decision was made to take a much larger premises in Upper Street, Islington, and concentrate on period furniture.
John now took up the full-time role of running an antiques business with the skills and approach of a 'true businessman', driving the operation forward into what would become one of the first publicly quoted antiques businesses on the stock exchange.
It operated out of the 15,000sq ft of The Merchants Hall in Islington.
Dealers from across the world would find this often became a one-stop shop for their purchases, allowing them to shorten buying trips to the UK often by weeks.
John was always a kind, cultured and generous man with wide-ranging interests from motor racing to building one of the finest private libraries in the world covering cabinet-makers and furniture designers to the brass-makers of Birmingham.
Main work has been mounted to the edge of the image, the title can be read lower left with the artist details lower right, paper undulating so not laid down, two notable damp splotches - one in the pillar which may be deliberate, another in the sky which is certainly not, otherwise colours remain strong, a few tiny dirt specks but overall fair order, discoloured card mount and old parcel gilt frame
Larger mezzotint of William Harvey - evenly discoloured to a dull brown tone, undulating, colours still strong, mounted to within quarter of an inch of the image, one inch across the base, one or two white spots in the lower margin, matching frame to the previous item.
Smallest image of William Harvery - paper undulating, a whiteish blur running across the lower left portion of the image, probably a damp stain, acid stained around the mount, matching framing.
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Sold for £180