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Two ketches. On the opposite page are signatures. It is signed 'Billing'.

A painting of a church and three or four houses. Underneath is handwritten -
'Billing
Good Why don't you finish your efforts?
You tell me!
How should I know!'

The sketch is captioned 'Tedious as a twice told tale vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man. King John Act III Sc 4'. It is signed 'Billing'. There is a comment 'Good Work'.

John Law's Sketch Book. The book has John's name and address on the cover. Inside some of the artwork is signed by 'Billing'.

A painting of a fishing boat casting nets. In the distance is a small harbour. Dated Sept 11 and assessed 'Better wash'.

Detailed sketches of a dinghy and three fish. The fish sketches have been annotated with comments.

The left page has two fighters attacking a third and the right page has a painted vase. The vase has comments 'Weak', 'Shakey' and 'Good'.

A coloured sketch of a pipe and an open box of matches.

A sketch of a piece of cake and an empty cup and saucer.

A coloured sketch of an apple, orange and other fruit on a plate.

A sketch of two men standing in the rain with sandwich boards. One is advertising the comedy play 'The Gay Lord Quex' and the other states 'One of the best'. Underneath is 'Convincing'.
There is a comment 'Original or Copy?'

A row of six people, two elderly and four children. Life has been circled and a comment 'Is it?' added.
It is annotated by the artist '[indecipherable] "We're a rare old-fair old-[indecipherable] crew" '.
In red is annotated 'C+ 21/2/11'.

A water colour painting of two yachts. It has the comment 'Rather patchy - but good ideas'.

A sketch of a roller that has been left at the edge of a field.

A sketch of a small building with a tower.

A cartoon sketch of a charwoman leaning on a mop. It has been assessed 'Good pen work'.

A sketch of a distant church with a path leading up to it.
It has the comment 'Well?' added.

A watercolour painting of a sailing yacht. 'Sept '11.
There is a comment 'Your paintings would look better in a frame.'

A sketch of two sailing boats and three windmills. It is annotated 'A River Scene [indecipherable]' There is a comment 'Good Pen Work'.

Sketches of a soldier, weapons, shield and a castle.
Assessed as 'Good'.

A sketch of a daisy with a coloured painting of a dandelion.
There is a comment 'Why not shade your effort?'.

A coloured painting of a dandelion with sketches of constituent parts.
Assessed as 'Good'.

Sketches of two gulls. The first is white chalk on a black background and the second has been coloured with colours on the black background.
It has been assessed as 'Good'.

Two sketches from an album.
#1 is a Spitfire attacking a German fighter. It is annotated 'Sept 1940 Down crashed the Hun. A riot of blazing ruin'.
#2 is a sketch of a water filled glass and decanter. Grey colour has been added with a pink border.…

The man on the left is wearing a suit and carrying a hat. It is annotated 'Shakespeare Illustrated. "The glass of fashion and the mould of form" Hamlet Act 3 Sc1 '
The man on the right is carrying a parcel and standing at the door of a pawnbroker.…