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b. 1820 - d. 1908

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        • Voyages.- Lowther (Rear Admiral Marcus, 1820-1908) An album of 166 original watercolours and drawings made on voyages between 1842 and 1853
          Jun. 09, 2020

          Voyages.- Lowther (Rear Admiral Marcus, 1820-1908) An album of 166 original watercolours and drawings made on voyages between 1842 and 1853

          Est: £10,000 - £15,000

          Voyages.- Lowther (Rear Admiral Marcus, 1820-1908) An album of 166 original watercolours and drawings made on voyages between 1842 and 1853, including approximately 50 studies while in China and Hong Kong in the 1840s, including many Chinese sailing vessels, local people, harbour views, landscapes, and studies of temples; with other studies produced while in Malaysia, including Penang and Malacca; Borneo including Brunei; the Philippines; Chile; Argentina; Peru, including the Chincha Islands and Lima by 1851; then Vancouver Island on HMS Portland with 11 studies of the First Nations people; numerous Pacific Ocean islands including 16 studies while on the Marquesas Islands; three from the "Sandwich Islands"; nine from the Pitcairn Islands, including the house and grave of John Adams (the last survivor of the Bounty mutineers of 1790); seven studies while on Easter Island in 1853; and with many others, manuscript title reads 'Admiral Marcus Lowther', 166 drawings, pen and brown inks and watercolours, many with pencil under-drawing, some heightened with white, detailed inscriptions throughout identifying people, locations, with some monogrammed 'ML' and dated, a few with navigational coordinates, various sizes, four folding landscapes, the rest neatly pasted onto album leaves, together with 12 cuttings and photos pasted towards the end, each album leaf approx. 350 x 270 mm. (13 ¾ x 10 ½ in), some stubs throughout the album suggesting leaves are missing, surface dirt and handling creases, a few with minor tears, the folding views with occasional splitting, later green cloth boards, decorative title piece affixed to upper cover reading 'Scraps', rubbed and worn, large 4to, [circa 1842-1853 and later, probably complied late 19th century] Illustrated: [Kowloon Fort, opposite Hong Kong], wood-engraving in the Illustrated London News, 11 April 1857. ⁂ A fascinating and charming album covering the extensive voyages of a mid-19th century naval officer, comprehensively documenting both his encounters with remote indigenous communities, and the numerous locations that he travelled through. The long tradition of naval survey and natural history sketches produced by naval officers goes back to Cook's first voyage, and the practice appears to have been particularly prevalent on HMS Portland [for comparative drawings by John Linton Palmer, also on board HMS Portland with Lowther, see the Royal Geographical Society, J.L. Palmer, Album No. 4, F30/4, RGS-IBG Collections]. While on HMS Portland Lowther undertook numerous intimate studies of the people of the Marquesas Islands and Easter Islands, many of whom are adorned with tattoos and seen interacting with the ship's crew. While on Vancouver Island, Lowther drew "from nature" portraits of First Nation peoples, including Chief Cheealthluc "King Freezy", and "King George [...] of the Clallam Hathcad Indians", and the "Chief of Neah Bay, Strait Of Juan De Fuca". Amongst the studies Lowther produced of daily life, there are a number of military events at which he was also present, with drawings of these in the album including: a bird's-eye plan of Maluda Bay, just before Admiral Thomas Cochrane destroyed a pirate fleet manned by 1000 freebooters, 1845; "The Grand Alligator Battle at Malacca", July 1845; the forts used during the Capture of Brunei, 1846; and a study of the sailing ship of the Imam of Muscat leaving Penang. The album also contains several other studies of sailing ships, including HMS Portland.

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        • Marcus Lowther (British, 1820-1908), H.M. Gun Vessel Dart, Signed and dated 'Marcus Lowther/Dec 1894' (lower right) Pen and ink and watercolour, 30 x 21 cm A member of the Royal Geographical Society with a fair hand, Commander, later Rear Admiral,
          Jun. 15, 2015

          Marcus Lowther (British, 1820-1908), H.M. Gun Vessel Dart, Signed and dated 'Marcus Lowther/Dec 1894' (lower right) Pen and ink and watercolour, 30 x 21 cm A member of the Royal Geographical Society with a fair hand, Commander, later Rear Admiral,

          Est: £100 - £150

          Marcus Lowther (British, 1820-1908), H.M. Gun Vessel Dart, Signed and dated 'Marcus Lowther/Dec 1894' (lower right) Pen and ink and watercolour, 30 x 21 cm A member of the Royal Geographical Society with a fair hand, Commander, later Rear Admiral, Lowther captained the Dart from 1866-1868. Between 1800-1860 the Royal Navy's West Africa Squadron captured 1600 ships and freed 150,000 Africans destined for slavery. Laid down in Leamouth in 1859 the Dart was a Philomel class gunboat, her sails and single screw made her a fast and agile pursuer of the last slave clippers plying the Atlantic at the time. In 1862 and 1864 she captured 3 slavers whilst part of the squadron. Later renamed the Kangaroo, the Dart was broken up in December 1884. A couple of her sister ships escaped her fate and were later employed in the early exploration of the Arctic.

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        • REAR ADMIRAL MARCUS LOWTHER (British, 1820-1908) H.M. Gun Vessel Dart
          Apr. 15, 2015

          REAR ADMIRAL MARCUS LOWTHER (British, 1820-1908) H.M. Gun Vessel Dart

          Est: £800 - £1,200

          REAR ADMIRAL MARCUS LOWTHER (British, 1820-1908) H.M. Gun Vessel Dart

          Bonhams
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