Henry James Warre Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Henry James Warre Art Value Price Guide

Jun. 25, 2022
Warre Lithograph of Fort Vancouver
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
WARRE, Henry James (1819-1898). Fort Vancouver. Lithograph with original hand color. c. 1845. 7 1/2" x 11 3/4" sheet.
Arader Galleries
Jun. 15, 2019
Henry Warre, Les Dalles, Columbia River
Est: $200 - $300
Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory. Dickinson & Company, London, 1848.
Santa Fe Art Auction
Jun. 08, 2019
Warre Lithograph Fall of Peloos River
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Warre, Captain Henry James (1819-1898). Fall of the Peloos River. Lithograph with original hand color. London: Dickinson & Co., 1848. 13 1/2 x 19 1/2 sheet, 22 1/2 x 28 3/4 framed. Exceptional, rare folio from Captain Henry James Warre's Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory. Warre travelled the Oregon territory in 1845 on behalf of the British Government. They sought to settle a territorial dispute with the Americans for which war seemed imminent. Upon his return, the matter was already resolved, but he used his drawings of the wild American west for this work. The resulting lithographs "remain the only western color plates comparable in beauty to those by Bodmer." (Howes) The work is considered "the most important one published on the subject of the Pacific Northwest" (Virginia Historical Society online).
Arader Galleries
Dec. 08, 2018
Warre's Sketches in Oregon Territory
Est: $70,000 - $100,000
WARRE, Henry James (1819-1898). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory. [London:] Dickinson & Co., [1848.]. Comparable: Christie's, 2007 - $192,000 (Colored). Broadsheet (21 4/8 x 14 4/8 inches). Publisher's slip advertising binding options tipped-in to first text leaf (without the dedication leaf found in some copies). Lithographed map and 20 FINE tinted lithographed views after Warre on 16 sheets (wear with small losses in margins of text leaves and some guards, some of these with small, old repairs, plates with light wear and light spotting near blank edges, one plate with short marginal tears). Original cloth-backed printed paper wrappers (gutta percha perished leaving all leaves loose, front wrapper chipped and with repaired tear near spine, finger-sized loss to rear wrapper, some soiling) in blue modern clamshell box. Provenance: with the ownership inscription of ?'S.R.G.' on the front wrapper. FIRST EDITION, IN THE ORIGINAL WRAPPERS, OF THIS MAGNIFICENT SERIES OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST VIEWS, including dramatic images of Puget Sound, Mount Hood, and multiple views of the Columbia River and of the Rocky Mountains, most peopled with small figures of Native Americans in the foreground. A few scenes, such as the view of Fort Vancouver, depicted on the same plate with the scene of an "Indian tomb" (a canoe about to be launched on its final voyage), delicately evoke the poignancy of colonization. These are some of the earliest and most beautiful lithographed views of the Rockies and Pacific Northwest. The Oregon country had been "jointly occupied by American and English settlers since 1818; by the 1840s both nations looked to annex the territory to gain an outlet to the Pacific. Spurred by the interests of the Hudson's Bay Company, the British viewed the Columbia River as the appropriate boundary between Canada and northwest America. Expansionists in the United States looked much further north and coined the latitudinal slogan "54º40' or Fight!" In 1845, in anticipation that war might break out in Oregon, Captain Henry James Warre was sent out of Montreal in secret to survey the region. As a British officer, Warre had been trained to sketch the landscape; during the arduous fourteen-month journey by canoe, boat, and horseback, he made more than eighty drawings. By 1846 the crisis was settled by the Oregon Treaty, which fixed the boundary at the 49th parallel. Warre then converted his sketches and notes into a magnificent color plate book, the most important one published on the subject of the Pacific Northwest" (Virginia Historical Society online). Abbey, Travel 656; Graff 4543; Howes W-114 ('the only western color-plates comparable in beauty to those by Bodmer'); Sabin 101455; Smith 10727; Wagner-Camp-Becker 157.
Arader Galleries
Nov. 28, 2018
Lietuenant-General Sir Henry James Warre (1819-1898) British. "The Valley of Hofeses from La Plage", Watercolour, Inscribed and Dated 'March 1883', 4.75" x 8.25".
Est: £50 - £100
Lietuenant-General Sir Henry James Warre (1819-1898) British. "The Valley of Hofeses from La Plage", Watercolour, Inscribed and Dated 'March 1883', 4.75" x 8.25".
John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers
Jun. 27, 2017
After John Richard Coke Smyth (1808-1882), CAPE TOURMENT FROM CHATEAU RICHET (FROM SKETCHES IN THE CANADAS), PL. 4, 1832, handcoloured lithograph by A. Ducotes; titled in the plate lower right Together with:AFTER COLONEL HENRY JAMES WARRE
Est: $500 - $700
AFTER JOHN RICHARD COKE SMYTH (1808-1882)CAPE TOURMENT FROM CHATEAU RICHET (FROM SKETCHES IN THE CANADAS), PL. 4, 1832handcoloured lithograph by A. Ducotes; titled in the plate lower right Together with:AFTER COLONEL HENRY JAMES WARRE (1819-1898)FORT GARRY, WINNIPEG (FROM SKETCHES IN NORTH AMERICA AND THE OREGON TERRITORY), 1848,Handcoloured lithographImage 11" x 15" — 27.9 x 38.1 cm.; 9.5" x 14" — 24.1 x 35.6 cm.Provenance:Prominent Collection, CanadaEstimate: $500—700
Waddington's
Jun. 27, 2017
AFTER colonel HENRY JAMES WARRE (1819-1898), THREE VIEWS FROM WARRE’S BOOK: “SKETCHES IN NORTH AMERICA AND THE OREGON TERRITORY”, 1848 INCLUDING: FORT VANCOUVER; FORT GARRY, WINNIPEG; FIGURES IN A FOOTHILL ENCAMPMENT, three handcoloured
Est: $600 - $900
AFTER COLONEL HENRY JAMES WARRE (1819-1898), BRITISHTHREE VIEWS FROM WARRE’S BOOK: “SKETCHES IN NORTH AMERICA AND THE OREGON TERRITORY”, 1848 INCLUDING: FORT VANCOUVER; FORT GARRY, WINNIPEG; FIGURES IN A FOOTHILL ENCAMPMENTthree handcoloured lithographs; published by Dickson & Company, Lith., London, 1848Sheet sight 9" x 12.5" — 22.9 x 31.8 cm.; 10.5" x 14.75" — 26.7 x 37.5 cm.; 10.5" x 15.75" — 26.7 x 40 cm.; 10.75" x 15.75" — 27.3 x 40 cm.Provenance:Prominent Collection, CanadaNote:Captain Warre and Lieutenant Vavasour of the Royal Engineers were agents of the British government sent to Oregon at the height of the controversy between the United States and Great Britain over the sovereignty of that territory. They visited several forts and settlements around the region during their seven-month visit to the Oregon Country. The two officers crossed Canada by the Hudson's Bay Company route as far as the Rockies, where they turned south to cross the mountains, probably through Crow's Nest Pass, to Kootenai Lake. They reached Fort Vancouver on August 25, 1845.Estimate: $600—900
Waddington's
Sep. 20, 2016
WARRE, HENRY JAMES, SIR. 1819-1898. Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory. [London]: Dickinson & Co., [1848].
Est: $40,000 - $60,000
WARRE, HENRY JAMES, SIR. 1819-1898. Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory. [London]: Dickinson & Co., [1848]. Folio (527 x 360 mm). [ii], 5pp. 20 hand-colored lithographed views on 16 sheets, hand-colored engraved map. Contemporary burgundy morocco over cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Without dedication leaf which was not issued in all copies, light foxing, not affecting all plates, binding rubbed at corners and head and tail of spine, leather scuffed. Provenance: William Rathbone (bookplate); Bauer, 1958, lot 508; Frank T. Siebert copy (lot 860 in his 1999 sale). FIRST EDITION of one of the rarest and most desirable of North American color-plate books, described by Howes as "the only western color-plates comparable in beauty to those by Bodmer." Captain Warre was sent on reconnaissance as an agent of the British government to Oregon, at the time of the Oregon Boundary Dispute in which the sovereignty of the territory was contested between Great Britain and the United States. He set out from Montreal in 1845 on an expedition which lasted fourteen months, reaching Vancouver, Willamette Valley, the mouth of the Columbia River, Puget Sound, and Vancouver Island. By the time of his return to England the dispute had been settled for a border at 49 degrees. Abbey Travel 656; Graff 4543; Howes W-114 ("c"); Sabin 101455; Wagner-Camp 157.
Bonhams
Jun. 26, 2016
Antique Henry James Warre lithograph of Rocky Mountains
Est: -
Rare antique lithograph by Henry James Warre titled "The Rocky Mountains from The Columbia River Looking N.W.", after General Sir Henry James, printed by Dickinson & Co, framed dimensions 27.75" x 31.75"
Clark's Auction Company
Jun. 05, 2016
Antique Henry James Warre lithograph of Rocky Mountains
Est: -
Rare antique lithograph by Henry James Warre titled "The Rocky Mountains from The Columbia River Looking N.W.", after General Sir Henry James, printed by Dickinson & Co, framed dimensions 27.75" x 31.75"
Clark's Auction Company
Apr. 23, 2015
HENRY JAMES WARRE (1819-1898).
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
HENRY JAMES WARRE (1819-1898).
Christie's
Dec. 04, 2014
WARRE, Henry James (1819-1898).Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory. [London]: Dickenson & Co. [1848].
Est: $80,000 - $120,000
WARRE, Henry James (1819-1898). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory. [London]: Dickenson & Co. [1848]. 2° (540 x 369 mm). Letterpress title, dedication and text, 16 hand-colored and tinted lithographic plates (20 views) and 1 map with outline color (slight finger-soiling to margins, one fore-margin with a few creases and short tears). Original cloth-backed tan printed wrappers (a few minor stains and creases to upper cover); quarter green morocco folding case. "THE ONLY WESTERN COLOR-PLATES COMPARABLE IN BEAUTY TO THOSE BY BODMER" (Howes) FIRST EDITION, COLORED ISSUE, OF THIS MAGNIFICENT SERIES OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST VIEWS. "Captain Warre and Lieutenant Vavasour of the Royal Engineers were agents of the British government who were sent out to Oregon at the height of the controversy between the United States and Great Britain over the sovereignty of that territory. The two officers crossed Canada by the Hudson's Bay Company route as far as the Rockies, where they turned south to cross the mountains, probably through Crow's Nest Pass, to Kootenai Lake. They reached Fort Vancouver on August 25, 1845, and visited the Willamette Valley, the mouth of the Columbia River, Puget Sound, and Vancouver Island before returning to England, where they found that the dispute between the two nations had been settled in their absence" (Wagner-Camp-Becker). Abbey Travel 656; Graff 4543; Howes W-114 ("c": "they remain the only western color-plates comparable in beauty to those by Bodmer accompanying Maximilian's Travels."); Sabin 101455; Smith 10727; Tooley 500; Wagner-Camp-Becker 157. A VERY FRESH COPY.
Christie's
Apr. 05, 2014
Henry James Warre, Buffalo Hunting on the W. Prairies [and] Forcing a Passage Through the Burning Prairie.
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
WARRE, Henry James (1819-1898). Buffalo Hunting on the W. Prairies [and] Forcing a Passage Through the Burning Prairie. [London]: Dickinson & Co., [1848]. Single sheet heavy paper (21 x 14 inches). 2 fine lithographs printed in colours and finished by hand, borders and captions in gold (pale marginal waterstain to left and lower edges, toned). From "Sketches in North America and Oregon Territory".
Arader Galleries
Jun. 13, 2012
WARRE, Henry James (1819-1898). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory . [London:] Dickinson & Co., [1848.]
Est: £18,000 - £25,000
WARRE, Henry James (1819-1898). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory. [London:] Dickinson & Co., [1848.] Broadsheet 2° (544 x 370mm). Lithographed map and 20 variously tinted lithographed views after Warre on 16 sheets. Publisher's slip advertising binding options tipped onto first text leaf. (Without the dedication leaf found in some copies, wear with small losses in margins of text leaves and some guards, some of these with small, old repairs, plates with light wear and light spotting near blank edges, one plate with short marginal tears.) Original cloth-backed printed wrappers (gutta percha perished leaving all leaves loose, front wrapper chipped and with repaired tear near spine, finger-sized loss to rear wrapper, some soiling). Provenance:?'S.R.G.' (indistinct initials in an early hand on the front wrapper). FIRST EDITION, IN THE ORIGINAL WRAPPERS, OF THIS MAGNIFICENT SERIES OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST VIEWS. 'Captain Warre and Lieutenant Vavasour of the Royal Engineers were agents of the British government who were sent out to Oregon at the height of the controversy between the United States and Great Britain over the sovereignty of that territory. The two officers crossed Canada by the Hudson's Bay Company route as far as the Rockies, where they turned south to cross the mountains, probably through Crow's Nest Pass, to Kootenai Lake. They reached Fort Vancouver on August 25, 1845, and visited the Willamette Valley, the mouth of the Columbia River, Puget Sound, and Vancouver Island before returning to England, where they found that the dispute between the two nations had been settled in their absence' (Wagner-Camp-Becker). Abbey, Travel 656; Graff 4543; Howes W-114 ('the only western color-plates comparable in beauty to those by Bodmer'); Sabin 101455; Smith 10727; Wagner-Camp-Becker 157.
Christie's
Aug. 26, 2010
WARRE, Henry James, Sir (1819-1898). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory.
Est: $70,000 - $90,000
WARRE, Henry James, Sir (1819-1898). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory. [London:] Lithographed, Printed & Published by Dickinson & Co., [1848]. Broadsheets (535 x 360 mm). Title-page, rare dedication leaf to the Hudson Bay Company, and three text leaves. 20 hand-colored lithographic views on 16 plates, one lithographed map colored in outline (some occasional spotting, map with repair along outer margin not affecting image). Contemporary half calf over gray-green cloth, gilt-lettered on front cover (some wear and rubbing, staining to front cover, small splits along front joint at spine ends, tail of spine chipped). FIRST EDITION, COLORED ISSUE, OF WARRE'S STUNNING VIEWS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. With uneasy governance of the Oregon Territory by Great Britain and the United States and with the possibility of war looming, Warre, along with Lieutenant MerwinVavasour, was sent by the British government in 1845 on an exploratory tour of the region disguised as gentlemen of leisure. By the time Warre returned to England, though, the dispute had been settled, so he turned his numerous drawings and notes into this magnificent work that includes "…."the only western color plates comparable in beauty to those by Bodmer" (Howes).The outline map in this copy includes a manuscript note added in lower margin explaining that the red line shows the pair's outward journey, and the blue line the homeward journey. Howes W114; Sabin 101455; Wagner-Camp 157.
Gray's Auctioneers
Jun. 19, 2009
Warre, Sir Henry James
Est: $60,000 - $90,000
Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory. London: Lithographed, Printed and Published by Dickinson & Co., [1848] Broadsheets (21 1/4 x 14 3/8 in.; 538 x 365 mm). 16 handcolored tinted lithographed plates after Warre (containing 20 views), engraved map partially handcolored in outline, plates and text leaves on guards; lacking dedication leaf (not issued with all copies according to Howes), marginal soiling and repair to text and to about half the plates, long diagonal crease to final plate. Half red morocco, original brown printed wrappers bound in (soiled and repaired); extremities rubbed.
Sotheby's
Apr. 16, 2007
WARRE, Henry James, Sir (1819-1898). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory . [London:] Lithographed, Printed & Published by Dickinson & Co., [1848].
Est: $100,000 - $150,000
WARRE, Henry James, Sir (1819-1898). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory . [London:] Lithographed, Printed & Published by Dickinson & Co., [1848]. Broadsheets (518 x 352 mm). Title-page, dedication leaf, three leaves text, publisher's advertising slip with descriptions of bindings tipped to first text leaf. 20 hand-colored lithographed views on 16 sheets after Warre, one lithographed map colored in outline (plate 9 with small area of color rubbed beneath image, plate 15 with small adhesion lower left.) (Title and text leaves with a few small marginal repairs.) Early 20th-century red half morocco. Provenance : Thomas W. Streeter (bookplate; his extensive notes on endpapers, inserted typed description with pencil annotation: "don't include... left to F[rank] S S[treeter] in my will 9/10/62. For F.S.S." Frank S. Streeter has placed an inserted typed description which accompanied his exhibition at the Grolier Club: "This is one of the best copies I have seen and was a legacy to me from my father, thus keeping it out of his sale, where it would have done very well, a decision I greatly appreciated.") "THE ONLY WESTERN COLOR-PLATES COMPARABLE IN BEAUTY TO THOSE BY BODMER" (Howes) FIRST EDITION, COLORED ISSUE, OF THIS MAGNIFICENT SERIES OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST VIEWS. This copy includes the dedication leaf to the Hudson's Bay Company not found in all copies. "Captain Warre and Lieutenant Vavasour of the Royal Engineers were agents of the British government who were sent out to Oregon at the height of the controversy between the United States and Great Britain over the sovereignty of that territory. The two officers crossed Canada by the Hudson's Bay Company route as far as the Rockies, where they turned south to cross the mountains, probably through Crow's Nest Pass, to Kootenai Lake. They reached Fort Vancouver on August 25, 1845, and visited the Willamette Valley, the mouth of the Columbia River, Puget Sound, and Vancouver Island before returning to England, where they found that the dispute between the two nations had been settled in their absence" (Wagner-Camp-Becker). The sequence of the plates in this copy varies from that in the printed description. The plates are bound in the following order: 1. The Rocky Mountains from the Columbia River Looking N.W. 2. Fall of the Peloos River 3. Mount Hood 4. Mount Hood from Les Dalles 5. Les Dalles. Columbia River 6, 7. Fort George. Formerly Astoria -- McGillivray or Kootoonai River 8. Valley of the Willamette River 9. The American Village 10, 11. Mount Baker. -- Cape Disappointment 12, 13. Fort Vancouver -- Indian Tomb 14. Source of the Columbia River 15. The Rocky Mountains 16. Distant View of the Rocky Mountains 17, 18. Buffalo Hunting on the W. Prairies -- Forcing a Passage through the Burning Prairie 19. Falls of the Kamanis Taquoih River 20. Fort Carry Map: Untitled, showing Warre's route. Abbey Travel 656; Graff 4543; Howes W-114 ("c": "they remain the only western color-plates comparable in beauty to those by Bodmer accompanying Maximilian's Travels ."); Sabin 101455; Smith 10727; Wagner-Camp-Becker 157.
Christie's
Jun. 16, 2005
WARRE, HENRY JAMES
Est: $60,000 - $80,000
Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory. London: Lithographed, Printed and Published by Dickinson & Co., [1848] Broadsheets (20 5/8 x 14 1/4 in.; 524 x 362 mm). 16 fine handcolored tinted lithographed plates after Warre (containing 20 views), engraved map partially handcolored in outline; lacking dedication leaf (not issued with all copies according to Howes), plate "Falls of the Kamanis" remargined and laid down, scattered light foxing and marginal soiling, a few corners creased. Contemporary half green morocco over marbled boards, spine gilt-lettered, red-sprinkled edges, plain endpapers; extremities worn, rebacked, preserving original spine, corners restored. LITERATURE AND REFERENCES Wagner-Camp 157; Graff 4543; Howes W114; Smith 10727; Sabin 101455; Abbey, Travel 656 CATALOGUE NOTE First edition, colored issue, of the most notable color-plate book on the Pacific Northwest. In May 1845, Captain James Warre was sent from Montreal, in the company of Lieutenant Vavasour of the Royal Engineers, on a military reconnaissance mission to the Oregon Territory. The already uneasy joint occupation of Oregon by the United States and Great Britain had threatened to develop into war as American expansionists demanded that a northernmost boundary be established between the rival claimants. (In 1844, Democratic congressional candidates began rallying under the slogan "Fifty-four Forty [degrees and minutes of latitude] or Fight!") By the time Warre returned to England with his accumulated intelligence, a compromise had settled the dispute, with the Oregon Treaty of 1846 fixing the boundary between the United States and British America on the forty-ninth parallel. With the military object of his mission no longer relevant, Warre turned a portion of his notes and drawings into the present magnificent view book, which contains "the only western color plates comparable in beauty to those by Bodmer" (Howes). His plates provide dramatic depictions of Puget Sound, the Columbia RIver, the Rocky Mountains, and Mount Hood, while the accompanying travel narrative describes Warre and Vavasour's stays at Fort Vancouver, Fort George, and the Willamette settlement and their encounters with Blackfeet, Assiniboine, and Cree peoples. The map is colored to show the routes of the party to the Pacific and back to the east coast.
Sotheby's
Mar. 03, 2004
BEARDSLEY, Aubrey (1872-1898), illustrator -- BARING, Maurice (1874-1946), editor. The
Est: £800 - £1,200
BEARDSLEY, Aubrey (1872-1898), illustrator -- BARING, Maurice (1874-1946), editor. The Cambridge A.B.C.. Cambridge: Elijah Johnson, 8 June-12 June 1894. Nos 1-4 in one volume. 4° (190 x 137mm). Contemporary red half morocco, spine lettered in gilt and tooled with a tulip motif, top edge gilt, two original pictorial front wrappers after Beardsley bound in. Provenance: presentation copy from Baring (wrapper to the first issue inscribed 'With the author's compts:' at upper margin) -- Viscount Esher (bookplate). With a loosely inserted 3pp. secretarial letter from Baring, 8°, dated Hospital of St. John & St. Elizabeth, London, 14 March [19]38, signed 'Maurice' in pencil, replying to 'My dear H.R. [?]& D.P.' by describing his medical condition, listing rare works of his own belonging to Lady Lovat that had been saved from a fire at Beaufort Castle, but regretting he does not know the whereabouts of a copy of "The Puppet Show of Memory," and apologising that 'my brain is not what it was & only functions two days a week.' EDITOR'S PRESENTATION COPY. Beardsley's design was used on all four numbers of this student magazine produced by Maurice Baring (the 'B' of the title) in conjunction with Richard Austen ('A') and H. Warre Cornish ('C'). Among the satires and quips is the poem, 'In a Second-hand Bookshop' (p. 52). Lasner notes that some issues were bound up in green cloth with the design on the front cover. SCARCE. Lasner Aubrey Beardsley 70.
Christie's
Jun. 19, 2003
CONWAY, MONCURE DANIEL
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
N/A Autobiography: Memories and Experiences. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1904 2 volumes, in 8s (8Â x 5Ê in.; 219 x 149 mm). Photogravure frontispiece portraits of Conway, 11 plates, 9 facsimiles of letters to Conway. Publisher's blue cloth, spines gilt-lettered, top edges gilt; neatly rebacked, preserving original spines. Blue cloth slipcase. First edition; association copy, from Clemens's library, signed and extensively annotated. Moncure Conway was an author and clergyman who was born in Virginia but spent the most productive period of his career at the Unitarian South Place Chapel, London. In that city, Conway met Clemens in 1872, and they remained friends and associates?Conway acted as Clemens's English agent from 1876 until 1881?for several decades. In chapter 287 ("Mark Twain's Reading") of his monumental life of Mark Twain, Albert Bigelow Paine specifically mentions Conway's memoir as a book that gave Clemens enjoyment. Isabel Lyon's journal for 30 November 1904 noted that "Tonight at dinner Mr. Clemens was talking of Moncure D. Conway. He is reading Conway's autobiography just published, and it made him hark back to the days in London 25 years ago" ( Mark Twain Papers, quoted in Gribben). "One of the most autobiographically revealing of all Clemens' annotated books" (Gribben). Clemens has signed the front pastedown of each volume ("SL. Clemens, Oct. 1905") and made more than 45 separate annotations (totalling some 530 words) on 30 pages. A further 58 pages are marked with marginal rules, underlinings, and other marking, chiefly in pencil. The attraction of Conway's book to the seventy-year-old Clemens is not difficult to divine: as he notes on page 1:277, "I seem to have met the most of the people mentioned in this book." This is especially true of the second volume, which includes narratives on Conway's return visits to the United States. Several marginalia comment on specific persons discussed in the text: Ford Madox Brown is characterized on page 2:135 as "A fine & lovable person, & yet did not believe in hell & its inventor"; Thomas Carlyle's description of his marriage causes Clemens to write, page 1:108, "It is as if he were speaking of Livy, & of me"; adjacent to an encomium on Edward Everett, Clemens queries, page 1:286, "Is this the idiot I talk about in 'A Tramp Abroad' on the steamboat on a Swiss Lake? But that ass seemed to be a son or grandson." On page 2:137, with running-head "The Savage Club," Clemens remarks, "The Prince of Wales, (Ed. VII) Nansen, Stanley & I were the (in 1898) then only honorary members of the Savage Club." Conway's reminiscence of an 1867 "dinner ? given in Freemason Hall to Charles Dickens, about to visit America," causes Clemens to comment, on page 2:140, "(a memorable visit for me!) I met Livy at the St. Nicholas, & took her to the reading (toward end of December) on Mrs. Hooker's ticket." Livy is mentioned four pages later, where Conway relates Clemens's scheme of frustrating an autograph hound by having Mrs. Clemens write his replies. This Clemens denies: "No. She never dealt in deception." The true importance of Conway's Autobiography may have been to inspire Clemens's own. As Gribben points out, "Conway's book obviously must have influenced Mark Twain's eventual choice of a narrative mode for his own autobiography, which he would launch in earnest (following earlier, sporadic attempts) in 1906. Conway soon discarded the strictly chronological organization of his first chapters in favor of a thematic approach. ?" Indeed, some of Clemens's annotations do not deal with characters from Conway's books, but those from his own life. On page 2:138 he lists some of his literary contemporaries, "Sir Thomas Hardy ? Charles Kingsley. Browning. George Dolby & Ch. Warren Stoddard, Ambrose Bierce, Joaquin Miller & imitator of Harte's Condensed Novels?perished in a canoe. Now I recall his name?Prentice Milford." The top and bottom margins of page 2:147 are filled with the names of companions from Clemens's childhood in Hannibal; on the fore-edge margin he writes: "They are all gone; why were they created?" Reference: Gribben 1:157
Sotheby's
Oct. 21, 1998
Johan-Barthold Jongkind, 1819-1891
Est: $12,000 - $15,000
riviere sous la lune, hollande signed and dated 69 oil on canvas 42 by 65cm., 16I by 25Iin. Provenance: Henry Warren To be included in the Jongkind Catalogue raisonne being prepared by Adolphe Stein.
Sotheby's