‘Huntsman Jumping a Fence’ What could be more representative or more typical of Siegfried Sassoon than a fox-hunting man? This pen and black ink, watercolour, and bodycolour drawing is dated 1915 and signed by Sassoon in the lower right hand corner.

The picture was catalogued as a sporting watercolour by Sassoon, probably of himself on ‘Cockbird’ his favourite hunter. The catalogue was prepared by Christies for a sale of books from the Library of Lady Ottoline Morrell in November 2006.

Ruins in a Landscape with Figures

Love’s Golgotha

Landscape with Reclining Figures

Poeme de L’extase

Two Nude Male Figures

Mors Janua Vitae

Above: While Sassoon was at Craiglockhart Hospital in 1917, Edith Sitwell sent him a number of copies of her book, ‘Wheels.’

“We send you our book as a tribute,” she wrote, dating it 30 August 1917. Sassoon signed the book with a note “sent me by the Sitwells.” He also drew this watercolour caricature of the Sitwells in the second volume.

Above and below: Two caricatures from a series of 118 representing members of the Sitwell family.

Left: a caricature of Edith Sitwell which Sassoon pasted into a copy of her book ‘Aspects of Modern Poetry.’ by this time the friends had fallen out.

Watercolour drawing in a copy of Shakespeare’s ‘Plays and Poems’

Watercolour bookplate in a copy of Woodforde’s ‘Diary.’

Circular watercolour bookplate in a copy of ‘Poems’ by Milton.

Watercolour drawing in a copy of a book by Robert Browning.

Watercolour bookplate on the works of ‘Fitzgerald.’

Watercolour bookplate from unknown book.

Watercolour sketch painted on the title page of ‘Memories of Racing and Hunting,’ by The Duke of Portland.

Watercolour drawing on Heytesbury House note paper showing a bird in a tree incorporating the words ‘Many Happy Returns of the Day.’

Two sketches by Sassoon of Wyndham Lewis pasted into his book ‘One Way Song,’ and auctioned in the Sotheby’s sale of 1991.

On the left sassoon has added the caption “As, perhaps, seen by himself.” Above he has captioned his sketch, ”Mr Lewis as I remember him.”

A charming watercolour drawing by Sassoon on the half-title of the first volume of Max Beerbohm’s ‘Works.’ The painting is dated 23 June 1940, showing the spines of the full set, with the initials “S” and “M.” The painting also incorporates a previously unpublished autograph epigram. Sotheby’s, 1991.

Above and right: Both of these items are from “Emblems” a manuscript notebook, dated September 1941.

Above and below: The Old Century, 1938 proof copy, watercolour embellishment

Above: A pen and wash drawing in a letter from Sassoon to Edmund Blunden, 31 July 1934.

Above: another verse from the manuscript notebook “Emblems,” September 1941.