[AUSTEN (JANE)] – ADMIRAL SIR FRANCIS WILLIAM AUSTEN & CASSANDRA ELIZA AUSTENAlbum relating to Jane Austen's elder brother Admiral Sir Francis William Austen (1774-1865) and his daughter Cassandra Eliza Austen (1814-1849), containing some 73 landscape and maritime watercolours and drawings depicting scenes in the West Indies, Bermuda and Canada, comprising c.12 topographical reliefs probably by Francis ("Porto Santo", "Peak of Teneriffe at Sunset April 3rd", "St Lucia", "Souffriere Mountain, St Vincent", "Guadaloupe"); and 12 signed with the initials "C.E.A." and many dated ("St Pierre, Martinique, Feb 14 1846. French Steamer Styx", "Port Royal at Sunset March 19 47", "Halifax from the road to Point Pleasant, Sept 3rd 47", "Kingston and Port Royal, Jamaica"); further drawings of shipping ("HMS Illustrious & Persian/ Bermuda", ""HMS Pickle") and landscapes abroad ("Clarence Hill Bermuda May 27 1845" (2), "Shultzs Inn Great Lake Halifax", "Quebec") and at home ("Godmersham Church", "Godmersham Park, Kent") with a portrait of a young gentleman; plus 45 photographs of European landscapes etc., twentieth-century ownership inscriptions in pencil on inner front board, pencil, pen and watercolour, half calf, marbled boards, worn, drawings 175 x 254mm. and smaller, album 225 x 300mm.), [1845-1848]; with document dated 9 March 1860 confirming the position of the Austen family plot in Brompton Cemetery ("No.9669 on the plan of the said cemetery") and official Notice of Intestacy of Martha Austen nee Lloyd (first wife of Francis William Austen), dated 3 April 1843FootnotesJANE AUSTEN'S NIECE RECORDS TRAVELS WITH HER FATHER IN THE WEST INDIES AND CANADA.
Admiral Sir Francis William Austen, brother of Jane Austen, enjoyed a long and distinguished career in the Navy during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and his memoir, offered in the present sale, describes in detail the many actions he encountered. After peace with France he served as Commander in Chief of the North America and West Indies Station from 1845-1848, when the scenes in this album were painted. In his memoir he describes at length the various places visited during this appointment including Bermuda, Nova Scotia and a Saratoga, where he found the men coarse and the women lacking modesty and decorum. Francis, by his own volition, enjoyed considerable talents in the area of topographical drawing and it is supposed that those drawings in the album are his ("...Capt A from a very early period of his Naval Life had given great attention to Hydrography, never missing an opportunity of doing something of the sort wherever he went..."). Many of the other works are likely to be by his unmarried daughter Cassandra Eliza (1814-1849), who travelled with him, along with her sister Fanny. Indeed, his ship Vindictive (1844-1848) could well be described as a 'family ship', with his sons Herbert and George and his cousin Charles Jnr, also taking positions on board. The artist who painted these delicate watercolours was described in far from glowing terms by a young Lieutenant, William King Hall in his diary: '...An amused and amusing witness... Cassandra, a woman of forty features as 'Miss Vindictive' and the 'atmosphere' on board was 'dangerous'. If the ship's captain (Michael Seymour) were to leave 'Cass would be the Adl. and commanding officer'... In a later entry when the Vindictive had reached Bermuda, he observed that 'She is the Mistress of the Ship, influences the Adl. in every way, and in fact, I imagine will soon be Commander in Chief'. Such, he commented, were the 'evils of a Family Ship'...' (Brian Southam, Jane Austen and the Navy, 2000, p.320). Also of note in the album are two delicate pencil sketches of Godmersham, the seat of Edward Austen Knight, Jane Austen's eldest brother.
A pencil inscription on the front paste-down by a descendant and dated February 1972 erroneously attributes the signed watercolours to Cassandra Esten Austen (1808-1897), daughter of Francis' other 'sailor brother', Charles, and great favourite of Jane Austen, not to be confused of course with her aunt Cassandra Elizabeth (1773-1845), Jane Austen's sister. Cassandra Esten also accompanied her father on his voyages and by all accounts had a similar childhood and upbringing as her cousin Cassandra Eliza (see 'Cassandra Esten Austen, Naval Childhood during the Napoleonic Wars', online blog by Sheila Johnson Kindred).
Provenance: Admiral Sir Francis William Austen (1774-1865); his son Rev. Edward Thomas Austen (1820-1908); thence by descent to the present owner.Additional informationAuction informationBuyers Premium and ChargesFor all Sales categories, buyer's premium excluding Cars, Motorbikes, Wine, Whisky and Coin & Medal sales, will be as follows:Buyer's Premium Rates
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[AUSTEN (JANE)] – ADMIRAL SIR FRANCIS WILLIAM AUSTEN & CASSANDRA ELIZA AUSTENAlbum relating to Jane Austen's elder brother Admiral Sir Francis William Austen (1774-1865) and his daughter Cassandra Eliza Austen (1814-1849), containing some 73 landscape and maritime watercolours and drawings depicting scenes in the West Indies, Bermuda and Canada, comprising c.12 topographical reliefs probably by Francis ("Porto Santo", "Peak of Teneriffe at Sunset April 3rd", "St Lucia", "Souffriere Mountain, St Vincent", "Guadaloupe"); and 12 signed with the initials "C.E.A." and many dated ("St Pierre, Martinique, Feb 14 1846. French Steamer Styx", "Port Royal at Sunset March 19 47", "Halifax from the road to Point Pleasant, Sept 3rd 47", "Kingston and Port Royal, Jamaica"); further drawings of shipping ("HMS Illustrious & Persian/ Bermuda", ""HMS Pickle") and landscapes abroad ("Clarence Hill Bermuda May 27 1845" (2), "Shultzs Inn Great Lake Halifax", "Quebec") and at home ("Godmersham Church", "Godmersham Park, Kent") with a portrait of a young gentleman; plus 45 photographs of European landscapes etc., twentieth-century ownership inscriptions in pencil on inner front board, pencil, pen and watercolour, half calf, marbled boards, worn, drawings 175 x 254mm. and smaller, album 225 x 300mm.), [1845-1848]; with document dated 9 March 1860 confirming the position of the Austen family plot in Brompton Cemetery ("No.9669 on the plan of the said cemetery") and official Notice of Intestacy of Martha Austen nee Lloyd (first wife of Francis William Austen), dated 3 April 1843FootnotesJANE AUSTEN'S NIECE RECORDS TRAVELS WITH HER FATHER IN THE WEST INDIES AND CANADA.
Admiral Sir Francis William Austen, brother of Jane Austen, enjoyed a long and distinguished career in the Navy during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and his memoir, offered in the present sale, describes in detail the many actions he encountered. After peace with France he served as Commander in Chief of the North America and West Indies Station from 1845-1848, when the scenes in this album were painted. In his memoir he describes at length the various places visited during this appointment including Bermuda, Nova Scotia and a Saratoga, where he found the men coarse and the women lacking modesty and decorum. Francis, by his own volition, enjoyed considerable talents in the area of topographical drawing and it is supposed that those drawings in the album are his ("...Capt A from a very early period of his Naval Life had given great attention to Hydrography, never missing an opportunity of doing something of the sort wherever he went..."). Many of the other works are likely to be by his unmarried daughter Cassandra Eliza (1814-1849), who travelled with him, along with her sister Fanny. Indeed, his ship Vindictive (1844-1848) could well be described as a 'family ship', with his sons Herbert and George and his cousin Charles Jnr, also taking positions on board. The artist who painted these delicate watercolours was described in far from glowing terms by a young Lieutenant, William King Hall in his diary: '...An amused and amusing witness... Cassandra, a woman of forty features as 'Miss Vindictive' and the 'atmosphere' on board was 'dangerous'. If the ship's captain (Michael Seymour) were to leave 'Cass would be the Adl. and commanding officer'... In a later entry when the Vindictive had reached Bermuda, he observed that 'She is the Mistress of the Ship, influences the Adl. in every way, and in fact, I imagine will soon be Commander in Chief'. Such, he commented, were the 'evils of a Family Ship'...' (Brian Southam, Jane Austen and the Navy, 2000, p.320). Also of note in the album are two delicate pencil sketches of Godmersham, the seat of Edward Austen Knight, Jane Austen's eldest brother.
A pencil inscription on the front paste-down by a descendant and dated February 1972 erroneously attributes the signed watercolours to Cassandra Esten Austen (1808-1897), daughter of Francis' other 'sailor brother', Charles, and great favourite of Jane Austen, not to be confused of course with her aunt Cassandra Elizabeth (1773-1845), Jane Austen's sister. Cassandra Esten also accompanied her father on his voyages and by all accounts had a similar childhood and upbringing as her cousin Cassandra Eliza (see 'Cassandra Esten Austen, Naval Childhood during the Napoleonic Wars', online blog by Sheila Johnson Kindred).
Provenance: Admiral Sir Francis William Austen (1774-1865); his son Rev. Edward Thomas Austen (1820-1908); thence by descent to the present owner.Additional informationAuction informationBuyers Premium and ChargesFor all Sales categories, buyer's premium excluding Cars, Motorbikes, Wine, Whisky and Coin & Medal sales, will be as follows:Buyer's Premium Rates
28% on the first £40,000 of the hammer price;
27% of the hammer price of amounts in excess of £40,000 up to and including £800,000;
21% of the hammer price of amounts in excess of £800,000 up to and including £4,500,000;
and 14.5% of the hammer price of any amounts in excess of £4,500,000.VAT at the current rate of 20% will be added to the Buyer's Premium and charges excluding Artists Resale Right.Buyers' ObligationsALL BIDDERS MUST AGREE THAT THEY HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD BONHAMS' CONDITIONS OF SALE AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THEM, AND AGREE TO PAY THE BUYER'S PREMIUM AND ANY OTHER CHARGES MENTIONED IN THE NOTICE TO BIDDERS. THIS AFFECTS THE BIDDERS LEGAL RIGHTS.If you have any complaints or questions about the Conditions of Sale, please contact your nearest customer services team.Payment NoticesFor payment information please refer to the sale catalog.Shipping NoticesFor information and estimates on domestic and international shipping as well as export licences please contact Bonhams Shipping Department.Lot Symbols•Exempt from VATZero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.Related DepartmentsBooks & ManuscriptsAuction ViewingsLondon, Knightsbridge18 June 2023, 11:00 - 15:00 BST19 June 2023, 09:00 - 17:00 BST20 June 2023, 09:00 - 17:00 BST21 June 2023, 09:00 - 10:00 BSTConditions of SaleView Conditions of Sale
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