combermere viscount (11 Ergebnisse)

Drawn by Spy. Original chromolithograph. Page size approx. 38 x 26.5cm. Image size approx. 32 x 19cm. With original leaf of biographical text.

Drawn by Spy. Original chromolithograph. Page size approx. 38 x 26.5cm. Image size approx. 32 x 19cm. With original leaf of biographical text.

Drawn by Spy. Original chromolithograph. Page size approx. 38 x 26.5cm. Image size approx. 32 x 19cm. With original leaf of biographical text.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB, with that of the engraver Charles John Smith FSA (1803-1838), the brother of the recipient. 1p, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged and worn, on first leaf of bifolium, the second leaf carrying a thin strip of tape from the mount. Folded twice. Addressed to 'Wm. James Smith Esqr:' and signed 'Combermere.' (the addressed and signature being somewhat smudged and merged). He informs him that Lady Comberemere will send him 'the correspondence of the late Mrs: Cathne: Stapleton with the Grenville family, as soon as Lady Delamere (to whom it was lent) returns it.' He concludes with the statement: 'The enclosed is quite correct.' Catherine Stapleton's correspondence is now in the British Library.

1p., 12mo. In fair condition, aged and worn. He writes to inform him that 'Mr Bertie Williams Wynn's political views are strictly Conservative & in accordance with those entertained by the great body of the Carlton Club'. Wnn is 'still anxious to become a Member of the Club', and Combermere gives his Shropshire address.

hardcover. Zustand: very good(+). 2 volumes. Frontispiece portraits (foxed). Thick 8vo, lavender cloth with ornately gilt covers (spines sunned to brown, worn and ends repaired). London: Hurst and Blackett, 1866. Very good (+).

[Blatt (ca.37x24cm) an den Rändern etwas unfrisch.] Die Wochenzeitschrift "Vanity Fair" legte in den Jahren 1869 bis zu ihrer Einstellung 1914 jeder Ausgabe eine Farblithographie mit dem Porträt der sogenannten "Person der Woche" bei. Neben anderen namhaften Künstlern seien vor allem Sir Leslie Ward (London 1851 - 1922) und Carlo Pellegrini (Capua 1839 - London 1889) genannt, die unter dem Pseudonym "Spy"(Ward) und "Ape"(Pellegrini) Persönlichkeiten des öffentlichen Lebens karikierten.

Edited by the Right Hon. Mary, Viscountess Combermere & Capt. W. W. Knollys, 93rd Sutherland Highlanders. Two volumes. Portrait frontispiece and title-page vignette to each, one plan. Light browning throughout, otherwise very good in contemporary plum half morocco on marbled boards, slightly rubbed, upper joint of Volume II cracking, head- and tail-caps chipped. xiv, 404pp., x, 434pp. Hurst and Blackett, Sandler 827, "Combermere was the title taken by Sir Stapleton Cotton who commanded Wellington's cavalry in the Peninsula. Most of the first volume concerns the Peninsular War."From 1815 Commanded the Cavalry in occupied France and was made Governor of Barbados in 1817. After holding the position of Commander in Chief in Ireland from 1822-5, he was sent to India; "A new Commander-in-Chief in India being then needed, and an expedition against Bharatpur being likely, Combermere was selected by the directors of the East India Company, reportedly on the advice of Wellington. An expedition against the Burmese was under consideration, and the cabinet asked Wellington's advice. He replied, "Send Lord Combermere." "But we have always understood that Your Grace thought Lord Combermere a fool." "So he is and a d-----d fool; but he can take Rangoon" [ODNB ]. Bharatpur duly fell, and Combermere remained in India for five, years, acting as pro tem. Governor General during Lord Amherst's absence in the hills. He died in 1855 having seen no further service following his return from India in 1830.

Extremely uncommon, Library Hub shows a "second edition" of 1840 at BL and NLS, and a further edition of 1846 in BL; WorldCat lists copies of the present edition in Library of Congress and University of Pennsylvania. With a series of ownership inscriptions to the front pastedown: Lieut. H. O. Kedwick 67th regiment; Lieut. Frederick Rainsford, interpreter and quartermaster 67th regiment, who has noted the regiment's arrival in "Arracan" in 1837; and Henry Cotton, lieutenant adjutant 67th regiment. Cotton commanded the regiment during the Second Anglo-Burmese War, and died in Dehra Dun during the mutiny. Octavo (203 x 118 mm) Contemporary Indian calf. 4-page unpaginated prelims, and 68-pages of text, addenda leaf mounted on the rear pastedown, entirely interleaved. Slightly rubbed and a little stained, cockling on the boards, front free endpaper coming loose, internally lightly browned and a little shaken, but overall very good.

No Binding. Zustand: Good. A British Army officer, diplomat and politician. As a junior officer he took part in the Flanders Campaign, in the Fourth Anglo Mysore War and in the suppression of Robert Emmet's insurrection in 1803. He commanded a cavalry brigade in Sir Arthur Wellesley's Army before being given overall command of the cavalry in the latter stages of the Peninsular War. He went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Ireland and then Commander-in-Chief, India. In the latter role he stormed Bharatpur. A fort which previously had been deemed impregnable. Autograph on piece: Addressed to A Campbell. Army Agent 6 Regent St, Pall Mall. Signed by Author(s).

Loose as Issued. Zustand: Good. Unique. 1st Viscount Combermere. A British Army officer, diplomat and politician. Note* As a junior officer he took part in the Flanders Campaign, in the Fourth Anglo Mysore War and in the suppression of Robert Emmet's insurrection in 1803. He commanded a cavalry brigade in Sir Arthur Wellesley's Army before being given overall command of the cavalry in the latter stages of the Peninsular War. He went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Ireland and then Commander-in-Chief, India. In the latter role he stormed Bharatpur?a fort which previously had been deemed impregnable. Autograph on piece: Addressed to A Campbell. Army Agent 6 Regent St, Pall Mall. Signed by Author(s).