Thomas Luny

LOT 81 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ARTHUR OCHS SULZBERGER THOMAS LUNY ST. EWE, CORNWALL 1759 - 1837 LONDON THE LORD NORTH, SEEN FROM THREE POSITIONS inscribed, signed and dated lower center: The Lord North. Cap. David Ross. Drawn 1779 Tho. Luny oil on canvas 29 by 47 in.; 73.7 by 119.4 cm.

Lot Description Thomas Luny (1759-1837) Shipping in the harbour at Teignmouth, Devon signed and dated 'T. Luny 1822' (lower left) oil on canvas 23 x 33 in. (58.4 x 83.8 cm.) Lot Condition Report I confirm that I have read this Important Notice and agree to its terms. View Condition Report

Thomas Luny (BRITISH, 1759-1837) Admiral Duncan's Victory off Camperdown, 11th October, 1797 signed and dated 'Luny, 1803' (lower left) oil on canvas 22 x 34 in. (55.9 x 86.4 cm.) Painted in 1803. with Richard Green Gallery, London. PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JOHN J. MCMULLEN (LOTS 223-227)

Description Thomas Luny (1759-1837) Ship sailing into a harbour, Dartmouth Vessels off the coast, Torby A pair, oil on panel Both signed and indistinctly dated lower left Each 30 x 40.5 cm (11 3/4 x 16 in) (2) Provenance: The Collection of Mrs. Pauline Willes of the Isle of Wight. We are grateful to Michael Naxton for identifying the locations of these views. The first with some paint lifting lower left, both with some craqueleure and shrinkage, some retouchings visible.

Thomas Luny (St. Ewe [?] 1759-1837 Teignmouth) East Indiamen lying at anchor off the island of St. Helena before Jamestown with some vessels getting underway signed and dated 'T. Luny. 1805' (lower left) oil on canvas 20 x 27 in. (50.8 x 68.6 cm.) with W.H. Holden & Sons, London. Anonymous sale; Christie's London, 10 July 1953, lot 119, (sold for £10 10s, to Rynander). Please note the additional provenance for this lot: with W.H. Holden & Sons, London. Anonymous sale; Christie's London, 10 July 1953, lot 119, (sold for £10 10s, to Rynander). The island of St. Helena in the South Atlantic was discovered by the Portuguese on St. Helena's Day, 21st May 1502. Afterwards held by the Dutch, the British East India Company briefly settled there in 1651 and even though the island changed hands again during the Anglo-Dutch Wars in the middle of the century, it had reverted to the British Crown by 1673 when, on 12th December that year, Charles II granted it to the East India Company for use as a port of call for their homebound ships. In 1684, the Company instructed Captain Knox to go to Madagascar to "procure Negrosse [sic] to bring to St. Helena for the Company's Service thare [sic]", these slaves being intended for domestic use in the growing settlement of St. James (later Jamestown). The position of the island, especially in comparison with the hostile coasts of west and south-west Africa, was also of great strategic importance on the route to India and ships were often required to transport reinforcements to the garrison there. When, for example, the Suffolk was chartered for this purpose in 1749, it was agreed that her owners were to receive "for all Soldiers and Passengers carried to ye S[ai]d Island £5 a head" as their fee for the charter. St. Helena's barren appearance when approached from the sea was in marked contrast to the luxuriance of its many deep valleys, the town and anchorage for the Company's ships being situated below St. James's valley at the northern end of the leeward side of the island. Apart from drinking water and the obvious shelter from the weather, the island regularly supplied ships with beef and lemons (to combat scurvy) whilst in return, the Company provided St. Helena with grain which would not grow there.