ADAMS SALE OF CASEMENT SKETCH BY SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN,
KERNOFF LINOPRINT, FANTO LITHOGRAPH, QUINLISK LETTER AND
GERMAN BOOK ON IRISH BRIGADE BY J.L. KAMERAD
30 APRIL 2013
Adam’s 30 April 2013
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LOT :43
Estimate EUR : €600.00 - €800.00
Hammer Price : €1,100.00
Description
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN PRA (1872-1945) Roger Casement, c.1915 Red and white
chalk, 24 x 16.5cm Inscribed, signed verso and framed Sir William Rothenstein was born in
Bradford, a painter of portraits and landscapes in oils. He studied at the Slade school of art
under Alphonse Legros and was well regarded for his chalk and pencil drawings of famous
and notable people of the time, eventually these drawings were published as a book. He was
an official War Artist in World War One and a fine teacher who became president of the
Royal College of Art from 1920-1935. His retrospective Exhibition was held at the Royal
Academy. [Twelve Portraits (1929) no; and Contemporaries (1937) no]
[See also Rothenstein sketches in the National Portrait Gallery]
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(n/a) Sir William Rothenstein (British, 1872-1945)
Portrait of Sir Roger Casement
inscribed (lower right) and signed verso, red and white chalk drawing
24 x 16.5cm (9 7/16 x 6 1/2in).
Estimate:
£800 - 1,200
US$ 1,200 - 1,900
€1,000 - 1,500
Footnotes
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This portrait was reputedly drawn whilst Sir Roger Casement (1864-1916) was
incarcerated prior to being hanged in 1916 for his role in the Irish Nationalist Revolt the Easter Rising.
: Red and pale ochre chalks on tinted paper Bonhams 2011
Lot: 55
Auction Name: 800 Years Irish Political, Literary & Military History
HARRY KERNOFF RHA (1900-1974) Roger Casement in the Dock Linoprint, 19.5 x 14cm
Signed
Estimate EUR: €50.00 - €80.00
Lot: 133
Auction Name: 800 Years Irish Political, Literary & Military History
THE SCOUNDREL MICHAEL COLLINS HAS TREATED ME SCURVILY' H.
QUINLISK & MICHAEL COLLINS An autograph manuscript letter signed H. Quinlisk, late
Cpl. the Royal Irish Regt., from an address in Gardiner Place, Dublin, dated 11th Nov.
[19]19, to The Under Sec. / Dublin Castle, marked 'Secret' and 'Very Urgent', offering
information and saying his life would be in danger if seen entering the Castle. 'I was the man
who assisted Casement in Germany, and in coming home I have been connected with Sinn
Fein. I have decided to tell all I know of that organisation and my information would be of
use to the authorities. The scoundrel Michael Collins has treated me scurvily and I now am
going to wash my hands of the whole business. If you accept my offer, please send a man,
one who can be trusted, to the above address ..' The facts were that Quinlisk had indeed been
involved with Casement's attempt to recruit an Irish brigade among British Army prisoners in
Germany. On his return when the war ended, he approached Sinn Fein for money, and was
given some. Eventually, Collins gave him £100 and told him not to come back. He went to
the Galway Races and lost the lot. When he came back looking for more cash, he was shown
the door - hence '\Collins has treated me scurvily'. On foot of the present letter, he was
interviewed by a Dublin Castle detective, whose report was given for typing to none other
than Col. Eamonn Broy - a Collins agent who of course sent a copy to him. That alone would
have been enough to condemn Quinlisk, but Collins decided to run a test. When Quinlisk
appeared again, looking for Collins, he was told the 'Big Fellow' was away in Cork, where he
would be staying at Wren's Hotel. A coded message went to the Cork RIC from the Castle,
instructing them to surround the hotel and arrest Collins. When Quinlisk turned up to see the
fun and collect his reward, he was picked up by the Cork IRA, taken away and shot.
Quinlisk's original letter is all that remains of him. It is a remarkable survival. It apparently
was seen by Piaras Beaslai, who quotes a short passage, and the same passage is requoted
from Beaslai's account by Coogan and Hart. The full letter has never been published. It
appears to have turned up in the papers of an old lady at one time associated with Cumann na
mBan. A unique, curious and interesting document.
Estimate EUR: €2,000.00 - €3,000.00
Lot: 313
Auction Name: 800 Years Irish Political, Literary & Military History
HARRISON, J.L. Kamerad Von Der Irischen Brigade. Roman. Peter J. Oestergaard Verlag,
Berlin-Schoneberg 1933. Orig. green cloth gilt, Celtic cross on upper cover, pp. 283. An
original novel in German concerning the Irish Brigade which Roger Casement tried to recruit
from Irish prisoners in German custody in 1916. Characters include Casement himself, 'Mr.
Stack, den Fuhrer der Traleer Ortsgruppe des Sinn Fein-Bundes', and various others. We have
not found any English translation of this interesting work. With a small collection of works in
German of Irish interest, anthologies, translations of Irish literature etc., a small box.
Estimate EUR: €60.00 - €80.00
ROGER CASEMENT LITHOGRAPHIC PRINT from the original drawn from life in 1916
by Prof. L. Fanto, Art Director, State Theatre, Saxony, 37 x 28cm No. 84 from an edition of
350
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LOT :613
Estimate EUR : €800.00 - €1,200.00
Auction Date : 18-04-2012