Lot 735: James Henry Nixon (1802-c1850) THE EGLINTON

James Henry Nixon (1802-c1850) THE EGLINTON TOURNAMENT eighteen (see below) all signed, one dated 1841, pencil and watercolour heightened with white, various sizes, 35 x 51cm and smaller, unframed: Tournament at Eglinton - A General View of the Lists Sir Charles Lamb, Bart, Knight Marshal of the Lists Archibald William Montgomerie, Earl of Eglinton The Knight of the Griffin and the Knight of the Dragon Marquess of Waterford and John Hume Cust, Viscount Alford George Augustus Frederick John Murray, Baron The Black Knight and the Knight of the Swan James Ogilvie Fairlie Esq The Knight of the Dolphin and the Knight of the Ram Sir Francis Hopkins, Knight of the Burning Tower and richard Lechmere Esq Knight of the Red Rose The Challenge The Joust The Melé [two versions] Charles Lamb Esq, Knight of the white Rose The Presentation of the Knights The Banquet The Ball The original watercolours for the lithographs to illustrate The Eglinton Tournament: Series of Views representing the Tournament held at Eglinton Castle in the year 1839 from drawings made on the spot by J H Nixon with historical and descriptive notices by the Rev John Richardson, London 1843, (20 lithographs and title) (18) The artist, J H Nixon was a professional glass painter who, with Thomas Ward, established the firm of Ward & Nixon in London in 1836.