1089
VANITY FAIR colour lithographs by “Spy”: “His Majesty The 
King.” (June 19th, 1902) and “Australia” [Sir Edmund Barton, 
Australia’s first Prime Minister] (October 16th, 1902), both in 
very good condition, (2) each 39 x 25cm overall.
$100–150 ❖
1090
A 1910 parchment certificate of Knight Bachelor granted 
to SIR CHARLES CHRISTOPHER BOWEN, Speaker of the 
Legislative Council in the Dominion of New Zealand; in King 
George V red morocco leather Investiture box by Wickwar & 
Co. (London), also containing ceramic seal depicting Edward 
VII seated on throne on one side, and on horseback on 
reverse; key present, dimensions approx. 22 x 24 x 7.5cm.
Bowen (1830 - 1917) was appointed Speaker of the 
Legislative Council from 1905 to 1915. Bowen was made 
a Knight Bachelor in 1910 and a Knight Commander of the 
Order of St Michael and St George in 1914. He had seven 
children. He died on 12 December 1917 at his homestead 
in Christchurch and is buried at the cemetery of St Peter’s 
Church in Upper Riccarton.
$3,000–5,000
1090
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