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8th September SALE

Mary Fedden (1915-2012) British
Tabby
Oil on Canvas
Inscribed on a label verso
24″ x 16″ (61 x 40.6cm)
Provenance: New Grafton Gallery, London, 15.7.89 N1174

sold for £4,600

Georges Noel Bouvard (1912-1972) French
A Venetian Backwater
Oil on Canvas
Signed, and Inscribed on labels verso
21.5″ x 31.75″ (54.6 x 80.7cm)
Provenance: Stacy-Marks; The Bourne Gallery, Surrey

sold for £2,300

Fred Yates (1922-2008) British
Lostwithiel
Oil on Panel
Signed
11.25″ x 16″ (28.6 x 40.6cm)

sold for £1,300

Lionel Dalhousie Robertson Edwards (1878-1966) British
Black Retriever on a Tiger Rug
Gouache
Signed and Dated 1926 in Pencil
13.5″ x 19.5″ (34.3 x 49.5cm)

sold for £1,700

Dang Lebadang (1921-2015) Vietnamese/French
Le Lac Jaune
Oil on Canvas
Signed, and Inscribed on a label verso
24″ x 28.75″ (61 x 73cm)
Provenance: Frost & Reed

sold for £2,400

Antoine Vollon (1833-1900) French
Still Life of Apples
Oil on Panel
Signed with Initial, and Inscribed on a label verso
8.25″ x 12.5″ (21 x 31.7cm)
Provenance: Marlborough Fine Art Limited

sold for £1,200

Raoul Millais (1901-1999) British
Gold Dust, Champion Hunter
Oil on Canvas
Signed, and Extensively Inscribed on stretcher
28″ x 36″ (71.1 x 91.5cm)

sold for £2,600

Cecil Rochfort Doyly-John (1906-1993) British
Les Martigues, South France
Oil on Canvas
Signed, Inscribed verso, and Inscribed on labels verso
18″ x 26″ (45.7 x 66cm)
Provenance: Frost & Reed; Guildford Galleries

sold for £1,300

Fred Yates (1922-2008) British
Lostwithiel
Oil on Panel
Signed
11.25″ x 16″ (28.6 x 40.6cm)

sold for £2,300

Gustaaf de Bruyne (1914-1981) Belgian
The Apple Pickers
Oil on Panel
Signed
Unframed 20.5″ x 32″ (63.5 x 81.2cm)

Sold for £2,800

4th AUGUST SALE

William Anslow Thornley (act.1847-1907)
French Fishing Boats
Oil on Canvas
Signed, and Indistinctly Inscribed on Stretcher
10″ x 16″ (25.2 x 40.8cm), and the companion piece, a pair (2)

Sold for £900

Pierre de Clausade (1910-1976)
Breton Coastline
Oil on Canvas
Signed
18″ x 22″ (45.7 x 55.8cm)

Sold for £1,900

Ken Howard (born 1932)
Study of a Naked Woman in a Mirror
Oil on canvas
Signed
16″ x 12″ (40.5 x 30cm)

Sold for £1,100

Edward Wesson (1910-1983)
Chichester Canal, Birdham
Watercolour
Signed, and Inscribed on a label verso
9.25″ x 27.5″ (24 x 69.8cm)
Provenance: Frost & Reed

Sold for £800

Attributed to Victoria Dubourg (1840-1926)
Still Life of Roses and an Urn on a Table
Oil on Canvas
Bears a Studio Signature
In a carved giltwood frame
19.5″ x 50″ (49.5 x 127cm)
Notes: Victoria Dubourg trained with the artist Fanny Cheron where she met the painter Henri Fantin-Latour who she married in 1876. She worked in his studio as well as producing works under her own name

Sold for £5,200

Jane Corsellis (1940- )
Oyster Beds, Cancale
Oil on Canvas
Signed, and Inscribed on labels verso
20″ x 20″ (50.8 x 50.8cm)
Provenance: Business Art Galleries, The New Academy Gallery, London

Sold for £600

Clifton Tomson (1775-1828)
A Hunter in a Landscape, with a Hunting Scene in the distance
Oil on Canvas
Signed and Inscribed ‘Notts’, in a hollow gilt frame
25″ x 30″ (63.5 x 76.2cm)

Sold for £2,800

Joan Gilchrest (1918-2008)
Spring in the Air
Oil on Board
Signed with Initials, and bears an Inscription verso
6″ x 7.25″ (15.2 x 18.4cm)
Provenance: Wren Gallery, Burford

Sold for £1,000

William Carpenter (1818-1899)
Coastal View of Barbados, Hackleton’s Cliff
Watercolour
Signed and Indistinctly Dated 1859, and Inscribed on a label verso
9.5″ x 13.5″ (24.2 x 34.3cm)

Sold for £1,000

Charles William Taylor (1878-1960)
Beyond Steyning
Wood Engraving
Signed, Inscribed, and Numbered 12/50 in Pencil, and Inscribed on a label verso
9″ x 11.5″ (23 x 29.2cm
Provenance: Abbott & Holder, London

Sold for £280

7TH JULY SALE

P J Crook ((b 1945)
Liberation
Acrylic with Tinted Gesso on Canvas
Signed, and Signed, Inscribed and dated 2011 verso
Overall 29.25″ x 20.75″ (74.4 x 52.7cm)

Sold for £4,000

Follower of Francois Clouet (1510-1572)
Portrait of a Gentleman, circa 1570
Oil on Panel
10″ x 7.5″ (25.4 x 19cm) Provenance: Private Collection, Austria; Sotheby’s Olympia, 3rd July 2007, lot 301; Collection of R Bradley, Windsor

Sold for £3,600

David Gourlay Steell (1819-1894)
Terriers Resting by a Bench with Tennis Players in the Distance
Oil on Canvas
Signed and Dated 1889, 18″ x 22″ (45.7 x 55.8cm)

Sold for £3,600

A Fine and Large Collection of Early Postcards of Farnham and the outskirts, including early views of The Borough, West Street, East Street, South Street and Castle Street (approx 360)

Sold for £2,400

17th Century Italian School
A Carved Giltwood Bolognese Frame
Rebate 49″ x 40.5″ (124.4 x 102.8cm)

Sold for £1,700

Henry John Yeend King (1855-1924)
Young Girls at Harvest Time
Oil on Canvas
Signed
24″ x 36″ (61 x 91.5cm)

Sold for £3,600

John Emms (1843-1912)
Captain
Oil on Canvas
Signed and Inscribed
10″ x 8″ (25.4 x 20.3cm)

Sold for £3,000

Antoine Bouvard (1870-1955) French
Le Rio L’Baruaba, Venice
Oil on Canvas, Signed, and Inscribed on labels verso
20″ x 26″ (50.8 x 66cm)

Sold for £4,400

Paul Nash (1889-1946) British
The French Farm
Watercolour and Pencil, Inscribed on labels verso
5.75″ x 8.6″ (14.6 x 21.8cm)

Sold for £1,800

18th Century Italian School
A Neoclassical Carved Giltwood Hollow Frame
Rebate 72″ x 40.5″ (183 x 102.8cm)

Sold for £1,500

9TH JUNE SALE

Philip Connard (1875-1958)
Carnations
Oil on Canvas
Signed, Inscribed on a plaque
20″ x 24″ (50.8 x 61cm)

SOLD FOR £2,200

A. H. Gatehouse (19th Century)
Jack Dempsey & George Carpentier
Boxing contest of 2nd July Jersey City 1921
Watercolour, Signed and Inscribed and Dated 1921 in Pencil, and Inscribed on a label verso
10″ x 14″ (25.4 x 35.5cm)
Together with another by the same hand

SOLD FOR £2,800

Sidney Richard Percy (1821-1886)
A Highland Landscape with Cattle Watering and Figures on a Path
Oil on Canvas
Signed and Dated 1847
7.25″ x 12.5″ (18.4 x 31.7cm)

SOLD FOR £3,200

17th Century Italian School
A Carved Giltwood Pastiglia Moulded Frame, circa 1620
Rebate 37.5″ x 27.75″ (95.3 x 70.5cm)

SOLD FOR £3,000

Charles Martin Powell (1775-1824)
A Shipping Scene in Calm Waters
Oil on Canvas
Signed, in a Fine Carved Giltwood Frame
14.5″ x 17.25″ (36.8 x 43.8cm)

SOLD FOR £2,800

Edward Alfred Cucuel (1875-1954)
Amalfi Coast in Morning Sun
Oil on Canvas,
Signed, Inscribed on a plaque, and Signed and Inscribed verso
26″ x 31.5″ (66 x 80cm)
Provenance: Gallerie Del Vecchio, Leipzig, No.118

SOLD FOR £3,800

Arthur Wardle (1864-1949)
Head Study of Gordon Setters
Oil on Canvas
Signed, 22″ x 14″ (55.8 x 35.5cm)

SOLD FOR £2,000

Terence Tenison Cuneo (1907-1996)
An Interior with Two Figures
Mixed Media
Signed, and Inscribed in Pencil
Circular 11.5″ x 11.5″ (29.2 x 29.2cm)

SOLD FOR £2,400

Frank Owen Salisbury (1874-1962)
Pair of Portraits of Mr and Mrs Harrison
Oil on Canvas
Signed
40″ x 31″ (101.6 x 78.8cm)

SOLD FOR £2,200

Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887-1976)
Britain at Play
Lithograph with Printers Guild Stamp
Signed in Pencil
17.75″ x 23.5″ (45 x 59.7cm)

SOLD FOR £4,800

12th May SALE

Edward Seago (1910-1974)
View of Leidschendam, Holland
Oil on Board
Signed, Inscribed on a plaque, and Inscribed verso
22″ x 36″ (55.8 x 91.5cm)
Exhibited: Laing Gallery, Toronto, April 1970, No 10

sOLD FOR £9,500

Antonio Ermolao Paoletti (1834-1912)
A Refreshing Treat
Oil on Canvas
Signed and Inscribed Venezia, and Inscribed on a label verso
13″ x 21.25″ (33 x 54cm) Provenance: Richard Green, London

sOLD FOR £6,000

Quentin Blake (born 1932)
Cyril Listening to the Newspaper being Read
Ink, Signed, and Inscribed on a label verso
7″ x 4.25″ (17.7 x 10.8cm) Provenance: Chris Beetles Limited, London.
Notes: Preliminary drawing for Cyril Bonamy

sOLD FOR £1,100

David James (1853-1904)
Carn Voel Head, Mill Bay, Cornwall
Oil on Canvas
Signed and Dated ’81, and Inscribed on a label verso
25″ x 50″ (63.5 x 127cm)
Provenance: Colin Stodgell Fine Art, Devon

sOLD FOR £2,800

Thomas Sidney Cooper (1803-1902)
Sheep at Rest
Oil on Canvas
Signed and Dated 1876
24″ x 20″ (61 x 50.8cm)

sOLD FOR £2,400

Carel Weight (1908-1997)
Bessie’s Meeting with Nobberdaddy
Oil on Board
Signed, and Inscribed on labels verso
20″ x 26.25″ (50.8 x 66.7cm)
Provenance: The Zwemmer Gallery, London; Dr. P. Bennett

sOLD FOR £3,400

Edward Pritchett (1808-1894)
The Doge’s Palace from the Grand Canal
Oil on Canvas
Inscribed on a plaque, and Inscribed on a label verso
12″ x 18″ (30.5 x 45.7cm)
and the companion piece, “Santa Maria della Salute”, a pair
Provenance: Richard Green, London

sOLD FOR £9,400

Lucy Dawson (1867-1954)
Judy, Spaniel Puppy
Chalk
Inscribed in Pencil
8″ x 9.5″ (20.3 x 24.1cm)

sOLD FOR £750

After Carlo Dolci (1616-1686)
The Angel Gabriel
Oil on Canvas
Inscribed and Dated 1849 verso, in a fine carved giltwood Florentine frame
Framed oval 13.5″ x 11″ (34.3 x 27.9cm), overall 29″ x 22.75″ (73.7 x 57.8cm)

sOLD FOR £1,600

George Pyne (1800-1884)
Proposed Design for Westminster Bridge (1850)
Watercolour
Signed and Dated 1850 and Inscribed “Design for Proposed Houses of Parliament”
17.75″ x 49.5″ (45.1 x 125.7cm)

sOLD FOR £6,000

7th April SALE

Edward Wesson (1910-1983)
A View from the South of Chichester Cathedral, Sussex
Oil on Canvas
Signed, and Inscribed on a label verso
20″ x 40″ (50.8 x 101.6cm)
Provenance: Gallery Thirty Three, Sussex

Sold for £900

Manner of Marcus Gheeraerts (c.1530-c.1590)
Half Length Portrait of a Lady in Elizabethan Dress
Oil on Panel, in a Fine Carved Giltwood Frame with a Crown Motif
14″ x 10″ (35.6 x 25.4cm)

Sold for £10,000

Archibald Kay (1860-1935)
A Tranquil River Landscape with Figures making Hay Stacks
Oil on Canvas
Signed
30″ x 40″ (76.2 x 101.6cm)

Sold for £1,700

Ross Foster (20th – 21st Century) British
A Beach Scene with Figures
Oil on Canvas
Signed, and Inscribed verso
Unframed 9″ x 12″ (22.8 x 30.5cm)

Sold for £160

Attributed to Frank Watson Wood (1862-1953)
“H.M.S. Agamemnon”
Watercolour
Inscribed verso, and Inscribed on a label signed AGM 23/10/81 ‘my father served on board as Lt’
9.5″ x 14″ (24.1 x 35.5cm)

Sold for £480

Roger de la Corbiere (1893-1974) French
The Moonlit Bay, St. Jacut
Oil on Canvas
Signed, and Inscribed on labels verso
21″ x 28.5″ (53.3 x 72.3cm)
Provenance: E. Stacy-Marks Ltd, Eastbourne

Sold for £260

Gaston La Touche (1854-1913)
“La Chanson d’Eau”
Oil on Canvas
Signed, and Inscribed verso
44″ x 39.5″ (111.7 x 100.3cm)

Sold for £6,000

Augustin-Luc Demoussy (1809-1880)
Aphrodite with a Dove
Oil on Panel
Signed and Dated 1872
23.5″ x 19.5″ (50.7 x 49.5cm)

Sold for £1,000

Richard Whatley West (1848-1905)
“Hampstead Heath”
Oil on Panel
Inscribed on mount, and Inscribed and Dated 1882 on a label verso
5″ x 8.5″ (12.7 x 21.6cm)

Sold for £650

William T Rawlinson (1912-1993)
“Rufus Relaxing”
Woodcut
Signed, Inscribed, Dated 1982 and Numbered 9/50 in Pencil
6″ x 8″ (15.2 x 20.3cm)

Sold for £260

10th march SALE

Maggi Hambling (born 1945)
Wave
Oil on Canvas
Signed and Dated 2012 verso
9.75″ x 12″ (24.7 x 30.5cm)

Sold for £4,400

J. Fisher (active c. 1826-1834)
Street Scene at Farnham, c. 1826
Oil on canvas
Inscribed on label verso
16″ x 23″ (40.6 x 58.4cm)

Sold for £20,000

Early 19th Century French School
A Wild Bird on a Branch with Tribesmen beyond
Watercolour
Mounted, Unframed 10″ x 7.75″ (25.4 x 19.8cm)

Sold for £260

Ben McLaughlin (born 1969)
Sunday December 3, 2000
Oil on Board
Signed
48″ x 48″ (122 x 122cm)
Provenance: Wilson Stephens & Jones, London, 2007

Sold for £4,000

Antoine Blanchard (1910-1988)
Porte St Denis
Oil on Canvas
Signed, and Signed and Inscribed verso
13″ x 18″ (33 x 45.7cm)

Sold for £2,200

Tessa Newcomb (born 1955)
The Market, Paris
Oil on Board
Signed with Initials and Dated ’12, and Inscribed on a label verso
10.5″ x 22″ (26.7 x 55.8cm)
Provenance: Thompson’s Gallery, Aldeburgh

Sold for £600

Julius Olsson (1864-1942)
Crescent Moon over the Coast
Oil on board
Signed
14″ x 17.75″(35.5 x 45cm)

Sold for £1,900

Laura Knight (1877-1970)
Circus Audience
Etching
Signed in Pencil
11.75″ x 7.75″ (29.8 x 19.8cm)

Sold for £360

Herbert Royle (1870-1958)
Morning in the Hay Meadows
Oil on Canvas
Signed, and Inscribed on a label verso
20″ x 30″ (50.8 x 76.2cm)

Sold for £3,200

Eric Ravilious (1903-1942)
Boy Birdnesting
Woodcut
Inscribed on a label verso
3.5″ x 5.25″ (8.9 x 13.2cm)

Sold for £300

10th FEBRUARY SALE

Frank Dadd (1851-1929) British
The Recruiting Officer
Oil on Canvas
Signed and Dated 1915
24″ x 36″ (61 x 91.5cm)
Provenance: William Rivett (Gainsborough Gallery), London

sOLD FOR £7,500

Lionel Bulmer (1919-1992)
Changing on the Beach
Oil on Board
24″ x 24″ (61 x 61cm)

sOLD FOR £1,600

John Alfred Arnesby Brown (1866-1955)
Cattle near a Stream
Oil on Canvas
Signed
16″ x 20″ (40.6 x 50.8cm)

Sold for £7,400

Eloise Harriet Stannard (1829-1915)
Strawberries
Oil on Canvas
Signed and Dated 1890, and Inscribed on a label verso
14″ x 12″ (35.5 x 30.5cm)

Sold for £2,400

Charles Johnson Payne ‘Snaffles’ (1884-1967)
A Polo Player on Horseback
Watercolour and Gouache
Signed Snaffles
11.25″ x 9.75″ (28.6 x 24.8cm)

Sold for £2,000

Yozo Hamaguchi (1909-2000)
Fish and Cherries (1956)
Mezzotint in Colours
Signed and Numbered 39/50 in Pencil
5.75″ x 7.75″ (14.6 x 19.7cm)

Sold for £900

Vernon de Beauvoir Ward (1905-1985)
Autumn Flowers
Oil on Canvas
Signed, and Inscribed on a plaque
30″ x 25″ (76.2 x 63.5cm)
Provenance: Frost & Reed
To be sold with a book on the artist

Sold for £1,100

Agnes Augusta Talboys (1863-1940/41)
Pussies in Conference
Oil on Canvas
Signed, and Inscribed on a label verso
18″ x 28.25″ (45.7 x 71.7cm)
Provenance: Colmore Galleries Limited, Warwickshire

Sold for £1,300

Terrick John Williams (1860-1936)
Sea and Mist
Oil on Canvas
Signed, Inscribed Sea and Mist, Polperro’ on a label verso
25″ x 30″ (63.5 x 76.2cm)
Notes: It has been suggested this could be Mousehole

Sold for £10,000

Adrian Paul Allinson (1890-1959)
Winter Slumber
Woodcut, Signed and Inscribed A/P in Pencil
Unframed, 7″ x 10″ (17.8 x 25.4cm)

Sold for £200

6th january SALE

John Frederick Herring Jnr (1815-1907)
A Farm Scene with a Hunt in Full Flight
Oil on Canvas
Signed, 28″ x 36″ (71.1 x 91.5cm
Provenance: Omell Galleries, London

Sold for £3,600

Frederick Sandys (1829-1904)
Red Cap
Portrait of the Artist’s Daughter Gertrude (1886-1920)
Miniature
Oval, 2.5″ x 2.1″ (6.4 x 5.2cm)
Notes: Two versions of “Red Cap” are mentioned in Betty Elzea: Frederick Sandys 1829-1904, a Catalogue Raisonne (no. 5.42 and 5.57)

Sold for £1,400

Early 20th Century English School
Piccadilly Circus
Oil on canvas
Indistinctly signed
16″ x 12″ (40.6 x 30.5cm)

Sold for £950

19th Century French School
A Gilt Composition Barbizon Frame
Rebate 50″ x 30″ (127 x 76.2cm)

Sold for £480

Early 20th Century English School
Study of a Seated Lady in Costume
Oil on canvas
20″ x 16″ (50.8 x 40.6cm)

Sold for £1,600

Beryl Cook (1926-2008)
Escargot Pour Trois
Lithograph
Signed and Numbered 163/650 in Pencil
18″ x 16″ (45.7 x 40.6cm)

Sold for £110

William Wynne Ryland (1732-1783)
L’Ecole d’Armes
Engraved by Charles Hall, later hand coloured
9.1″ x 13.85″ (23.1 x 35.4cm) and three companion pieces, a set of four.

Notes: From Domenico Angelo’s handbook on Fencing

Sold for £280

Late 18th Century Spanish School
Still Life of Fruit on a Ledge
Oil on canvas
Unframed 16″ x 21.5″ (40.6 x 54.6cm)

Sold for £1,500

James Le Jeune (1910-1983)
A Street Scene with Figures
Watercolour
Signed and Dated 1944
9.25″ x 7.5″ (23.5 x 19cm)

Sold for £280

Elisabeth Frink (1930-1993)
Osprey (1969)
Watercolour
Signed and dated ’69
29″ x 39.5″ (73.7 x 100.3cm)
Provenance: The Everard Read Gallery, South Africa

Sold for £2,200

2nd December SALE

Roderic O’Conor (1860-1940)
Sea and Red Rocks
Oil on Panel
Signed and Dated ’92, and Inscribed on a label verso
9.5″ x 11″ (24.2 x 28cm)
Provenance: Roland, Browse and Delbanco, London.

Sold for £26,000

Peter Markham Scott (1909-1989)
Geese in Flight
Oil on Canvas
Signed and Dated 1981
20″ x 30″ (50.8 x 76.2cm)

Sold for £8,000

Jose Escofet (1930- )
Auricula V 1989
Gouache
Signed and Inscribed, and Inscribed on a label verso
17.25″ x 13.25″ (43.8 x 33.7cm)
and a companion piece Auricula VIII 1989, a pair (2)
Provenance: Coe Kerr Gallery Inc, New York, October – November 1989

Sold for £1,400

Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887-1976)
Street Scene
Print in Colours, with Printer’s Guild Stamp
Signed in Pencil
10″ x 8″ (25.4 x 20.2cm)
Provenance: Alexander Gallery, Bristol

Sold for £2,800

Louis Turpin (1947- ) British
Day Lilies and Delphiniums – John Mortimer 111
Oil on Canvas
Signed and Dated ’06, and Inscribed on labels verso
12″ x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5cm)
Provenance: Bohun Gallery, Henley on Thames 2006

Sold for £5,000

Jane Vivian (act.1869-1877)
Scuola Grande di San Marco, Venice
Oil on Canvas
Signed
24″ x 36″ (61 x 91.5cm)

Sold for £5,000

Kyffin Williams (1918-2006)
Cottages in a Welsh Landscape
Watercolour and Ink
Signed with Initials in Pencil, with a Watercolour Sketch verso
Mounted, Unframed 6.5″ x 9.75″ (16.5 x 24.7cm)

Sold for £1,400

Harold Speed (1872-1957)
Study for April
Red Chalk
Signed and Inscribed, and Inscribed verso
14.5″ x 10.5″ (35.5 x 26.7cm)
Notes: Preparatory Study for lithograph of ‘April’ published in the Studio Magazine 1899

Sold for £1,300

Late 18th Century French School
A Carved Giltwood Louis Frame
With swept and pierced centres and corners, made oval
Rebate 25.25″ x 20.75″ (64.1 x 52.7cm)

Sold for £400

Georg Emmanuel Opiz (1775-1841)
The Unhappy Wife
Watercolour
Signed and Inscribed
11.6″ x 13.6″ (29.4 x 34.5cm)

Sold for £900

4TH NOVEMBER SALE

Christopher Saxton (act.c.1540-1610)
Cornwall
Map, amended by P Lea
14.75″ x 19.25″ (37.4 x 48.8cm)

Sold for £1,200

Alfred de Breanski (1852-1928)
Between the Showers
Oil on Canvas
Signed, and Inscribed on a label verso
12″ x 14″ (30.5 x 35.5cm)

and the companion piece, The Evening Glow, a pair (2)

Sold for £7,500

Myles Birket Foster (1825-1899)
Surrey Lane
Watercolour and Bodycolour
Signed with Monogram, and Inscribed on a label verso
8.4″ x 13.15″ (21.2 x 33.5cm)
Provenance: Michael Bryan, London

Sold for £3,600

After Lemuel Francis Abbott (1760-1803)
Admiral Lord Nelson
Oil on Canvas
Inscribed on a label verso
27.5″ x 23.5″ (70 x 59.7cm)

Sold for £5,500

Henry Redmore (1820-1887)
Shipping in a Light Breeze on the North Sea
Oil on Canvas
Signed and Dated 1857, and Inscribed on a label verso
14″ x 21″ (35.5 x 53.3cm)
Provenance: Frost & Reed

Sold for £4,000

Antony Gormley (1950- )
“Sexual Field-Asexual Field, 2001”
Lithograph in Colours
Signed and Numbered 69/200 in Pencil
12.25″ x 16.25″ (31 x 41.2cm)

Sold for £460

Allan Ramsay (1713-1784)
Portrait of Miss Mitchell standing full length, wearing White Satin with her left Arm resting on a Pedestal
Oil on Canvas
Signed and Dated 1742
In a Fine Carved Giltwood Frame with Lely Panels
49″ x 37.5″ (124.5 x 95.2cm)
Provenance: Glennie Sale, Sotheby’s, 18th July 1928 (137), bt. Soames; Joseph Hayward, Chiltern House Wiltshire; Christie’s, 23rd November 1973 (163), (as unknown sitter), bt. Lacy. Notes: Identified in 1928 sale catalogue as “believed to be Miss Mitchell, grand-daughter of Sir Thomas Willys, Bart” i.e. Sir Thomas Willys (1612-1701), 1st Bt, of Fen Ditton.
Literature: Alastair Smart: “Allan Ramsay a Complete Catalogue of his Paintings”, Cat. No. 367 (illus pl.116)

Sold for £10,000

Joan Gillchrest (1918-2008)
Still Life of a Jug
Oil on Board
Signed with Motif
8″ x 5.25″ (20.2 x 13.3cm
Provenance: The Wren Gallery, Oxfordshire

Sold for £750

After James Gillray (1756-1815)
“The Gout”
Hand Coloured Etching, Published by Hannah Humphrey, 1799
9.5″ x 12.75″ (24.2 x 32.3cm)

Sold for £190

John Alfred Wheeler (1821-1903)
Head of a Fox Hound
Oil on Board
Signed with Initials
Unframed 4.5″ x 5.15″ (11.4 x 13.2cm)

sOLD FOR £600

7th october sale

Ken Howard (1932- )
Roses on a Windowsill
Oil on board
Signed
7.5″ x 5.5″ (19.3 x 14.3cm)
Provenance: Island Fine Arts, Bembridge

Sold for £1,300

Dorothea Sharp (1874-1955)
A Beach Scene with Children
Oil on Canvas
Signed
15″ x 18″ (38.2 x 45.7cm)

Sold for £24,000

Circle of Francis Cotes (1726-1770)
Bust Portrait of a Lady, Dressed in Green and White and adorned with Pearls,
possibly Rhoda Delaval, Lady Astley, Artist (1725-1757)
Oil on Canvas
Painted Oval, in an Ornate Papier-Mache Frame
30′ x 25′ (76.2 x 63.5cm)

Sold for £3,800

William Elmes (act.1804-1816)
“Little Bony Sneaking into Paris, with a White Feathe [sic] in his Tail”
Hand Coloured Etching, Published by Thomas Tegg, January 12 1813
8.5″ x 12.85″ (21.6 x 33.8cm)

Sold for £70

Thomas Sidney Cooper (1803-1902)
Sheep and Cows in a River Landscape
Oil on Canvas
Signed and Inscribed R.A.
20″ x 30″ (50.8 x 76,2cm).
Provenance: Arthur Tooth & Sons, London

Sold for £8,500

Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887-1976)
“Market Scene, Northern Town (1939)”
Print
Signed in Pencil
18″ x 23.75″ (45.7 x 60.3cm)
Provenance: Miss S.A. Vatcher, May ’74

Sold for £4,200

Terence Parkes ‘Larry’ (1927-2003)
“Mr Donald McGill Copying a Monet – Tate Gallery, 1952”
Watercolour and Ink
Signed, and Inscribed on a label verso
10.75″ x 14″ (27.3 x 35.5cm)
Provenance: Chris Beetles Limited, London, April 1995

Sold for £90

Thierry Poncelet (1946- )
Portrait of a Collie Lady
Oil on Canvas
Signed and Dated 1994
24″ x 20″ (61 x 50.8cm)

Sold for £1,300

Sheree Valentine Daines (1959- )
“Café on the River”
Oil on Board
Signed with Initials, and Inscribed on a label verso
24″ x 19″ (61 x 48.2cm)
Provenance: Henley Royal Regatta, 26th June 2001 – Thompson’s Aldeburgh, Suffolk

Sold for £8,200

9th September sale

Peter Markham Scott (1909-1989) British
Ducks in Flight
Oil on Canvas
Signed, 24″ x 36″ (61 x 91.5cm)
Provenance: A.W. Harvey Brown, London

Sold for £4,600

Ken Moroney (1949-2018)
Figures in a Street Market
Oil on Board
Signed
11″ x 14″ (28 x 35.5cm)

Sold for £420

17th Century German School
Head of a Madonna
Oil on Panel, in a Temple Frame with simulated tortoiseshell and fabric outer edge
13″ x 10″ (33 x 25.4cm)

Sold for £1,600

John S Sanderson Wells (1872-1955)
The Master of the Hounds Cantering with the Pack
Watercolour
Signed
14″ x 11.75″ (35.5 x 29.8cm)

Sold for £400

Early 19th Century English School
Study of a Seated Cat by a Ledger and Inkwell
Oil on Canvas in a Maple Frame
25″ x 20″ (63.5 x 50.8cm)

Sold for £4,800

Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887-1976)
“Britain at Play”
Offset Lithograph in Colours
Signed in Pencil with Printers Guild Stamp
17.5″ x 23.5″ (44.4 x 59.7cm)

Sold for £4,600

David Emil Joseph de Noter (1825-1887)
Still Life of Fruit on a Bank
Watercolour
Signed
8″ x 11.25″ (20.2 x 28.5cm)

Sold for £360

18th Century Italian School
Head of a Madonna
Oil on Panel
In a Fine Gilt Composition Frame
9.75″ x 8″ (24.7 x 20.2cm)

Sold for £950

Gilbert William Gaul (1855-1919)
“A Boy’s Sport”
Oil on Canvas laid down
Signed, and Inscribed verso
12″ x 16″ (30.5 x 40.6cm)

Sold for £3,800

William Joseph Shayer (1811-1891)
“Orlando, Winner of the Derby 1844”
Oil on Canvas
Signed, Inscribed and Dated 1844, and Inscribed on labels verso
In a Maple Frame
17″ x 21″ (43.2 x 53.3cm)
Provenance: D. Coopers Sale, Christies, May ’93 (1893)
Notes: Jockey Nat Flatman, Trainer W Cooper, Owner Jonathan Peel

Sold for £2,200

5th August sale

Attributed to Arthur Melville (1855-1904)

“Amanda”, Study of a Lady on a Camel with a Guide

Watercolour

Signed and Dated ’81, and Inscribed ‘Amanda’ by her hand

14.5” x 10.5” (36.8 x 26.7cm)

SOLD FOR £3,800

Manner of Thomas Beach (1738-1806) British

“Silvestra Monypenny (1766-1835)” c.1779, in an interior wearing a rose embellished headpiece

Oil on Canvas

Later Inscribed verso

In a Carved Giltwood Frame

30″ x 26.25″ (76.2 x 66.7cm)

SOLD FOR £4,000

Paul Cesar Helleu (1859-1927)

Bust Portrait of a Young Girl wearing a Bonnet

Drypoint Etching, Signed in Pencil

23.25″ x 13.25″ (59 x 33.7cm)

SOLD FOR £700

Keith Shackleton (1923-2015)

“The Fish Pass, Frigate Birds at Cosmoledo Atoll”

Oil on Board, Signed and Dated ’72, and Inscribed on label verso

23” x 18” (58.4 x 45.7cm)

sOLD FOR £1,600

Beryl Cook (1926-2008)

“Joggers on the Hoe”

Lithograph in Colours with Printers Guild Stamp, Signed in Pencil, and Inscribed on label verso

17” x 14” (43.2 x 35.5cm).

Provenance: A.R. Whibley & Son, Worthing

SOLD FOR £140

Jean Jacques Henner (1829-1905) French

Naked Figures on a Terrace

Oil on Board

Signed

9” x 15.5” (22.8 x 39.3cm)

sOLD FOR £7,500

Tessa Newcomb (1955- )

“Primula Veris Gold Lace”

Oil on Board

Signed with Initials, and Dated 2002, and Inscribed verso

20.25″ x 19″ (51.4 x 48.2cm)

Notes: Tessa is the daughter of Mary Newcomb

SOLD FOR £360

Circle of Sir John Lavery (1856-1941)

“Oval”, ‘1926 V Test England vs Australia’, a Cricket match

Oil on Canvas, Inscribed and Dated 1926, and Inscribed on a label verso

9″ x 19″ (22.8 x 48.2cm)

sOLD FOR £480

Peter Blake (1932- )

“Bentley (2016)”

Screenprint, Signed and Numbered 9/150 in Pencil

12.25” x 9.5” (31.2 x 24.2cm)

SOLD FOR £300

19th Century English School

A Carved Giltwood and Painted Frame

Rebate 48.5” x 30.25” (123.2 x 77.8cm)

sOLD FOR £600

8th July sale

18th Century Dutch School

Adoration of the Magi

Oil and Mother of Pearl on Panel

23.5″ x 31″ (59.7 x 78.8)

Sold for £17,000

Pavel Fedorovich Tchelitchew (1898-1957) Russian/American

Anatomical Head

Ink and Wash

Signed, Numbered 29 and Dated ’48

19.5” x 14.5” (49.5 x 36.8cm)

Provenance: M.Knoedler & Co. Inc, New York

Sold for £3,000

Gustave Emile Couder (1845-1903)

A Still Life with a Profusion of Flowers on a Stone Ledge on a Terrace

Oil on Canvas

Signed and Dated 1874

60” x 45” (152.5 x 114.3cm)

Sold for £6,500

Benjamin Williams Leader (1831-1923)

A Fine Summer’s Day near Whittington, Worcestershire

Oil on Board

Signed and Dated 1863

14” x 18” (35.5 x 45.7cm)

Sold for £1,900

Antonio de Simone (1851-c.1915)

Sy Valhalla, Steam and Sail in Choppy Waters

Gouache

Signed, Inscribed and Dated 1911

17.25” x 25.25” (43.7 x 64.2cm)

Sold for £650

Sandra Blow (1925-2006)

Transparency, 2004

Silkscreen with Collaged Hessian

Signed, Numbered 75/130 in Pencil

20” x 20.75” (50.8 x 52.8cm)

Sold for £500

Marie (Mizzie) Wunsch (1862-1898)

Bust Portrait of an Auburn Haired Girl

Oil on Canvas

Signed

12.25” x 10.25” (31.2 x 26cm)

Sold for £2,200

Elisabeth Frink (1930-1993)

The Grey Rider

Lithograph

Unframed, 23” x 31” (58.4 x 78.7cm)

Sold for £300

Malcolm Horton (born 1949)

The Penguin Parade, Summerland Beach, Phillip Island, Australia

Oil on Canvas

Signed and Dated 1992

36” x 48” (91.5 x 122cm)

Provenance: Christie’s London ‘Wildlife Art’, July 1995

Sold for £750

Duncan Grant (1885-1978) British

Standing Woman

Lithograph

Signed and Numbered 114/350 in Pencil

Unframed, 29.25” x 16.5” (72.4 x 52cm)

Sold for £280

10th JUne sale

16th Century Umbrian School

Pentecost

Oil on Panel, in a Temple Frame

17” x 25.75” (43 x 65.5cm)

SOLD for £3,400

John Lowrie Morrison ‘Jolomo’ (b 1948)

Study of a Cottage, with a Coastal Scene beyond

Oil on Board, Signed and Dated 2000, and Signed and Dated 2000, also Numbered ‘5792000’ verso

12” x 12” (30.5 x 30.5cm)

Sold for £1,400

William Turner of Oxford (1789-1862)

Before Sunrise, Loch Torridon

Watercolour, Signed, and Inscribed and Dated 1856 verso

17.5” x 35” (44.5 x 89cm)

Sold for £10,000

Samuel John Lamorna Birch (1869-1955)

Clear Deep Pools of Spean, Inverness-shire

Oil on Canvas, Signed and Dated 1939, and Inscribed on a plaque

20” x 25.25” (50.8 x 64.2cm)

Exhibited: Royal Academy, 1940

Sold for £3,200

Helen Allingham (1848-1926)

A Country Cottage

Watercolour, Signed

12” x 9.75” (30.5 x 24.7cm)

Sold for £7,000

Manner of Alessandro di Cristofano Allori (1535-1607)

A Nun at her Devotion

Oil on Canvas

Unframed 49.5” x 39” (125.7 x 99cm)

Sold for £2,800

Alfred Charles Stanley Anderson (1884-1966)

“Gleaners”

Line Engraving, Signed and Inscribed ‘Ed=60’ in Pencil

Mounted, Unframed 7.25” x 6.5” (18.5 x 16.5cm)

Sold for £650

Timothy Easton (b 1943)

“Towards the Gateway, Bedfield Hall”

Oil on Canvas, Signed and Dated 1995, and Signed, Inscribed and Dated verso

12” x 10.25” (30.5 x 25.7cm)

Provenance: The Bourne Gallery, 1997

Sold for £300

Eric Gill (1882-1940)

Nude

Woodcut, Signed with Monogram (under the mount), and Inscribed verso

7.5” x 4.5” (19 x 11.3cm)

Sold for £170

Peter G Power (b 1939)

USS Constitution Captures HMS Guerriere, August 1812

Oil on Canvas, Signed and Dated 1982

23.75” x 36” (60.3 x 91.5cm)

Sold for £320

13th May sale

John Speed (1552-1629)

The Kingdome of Great Britain

Sold for £1,000

Alexandre Jean Couder (1808-1879)

Still Life of Flowers

Oil on Canvas

Signed

22” x 18” (55.8 x 45.7cm)

Sold for £400

Rene Charles Edmond His (1877-1960)

Reflets du Paysage

Oil on Canvas

Signed, and Inscribed on a label verso

20” x 26” (50.8 x 66cm)

Sold for £2,800

Harold Knight (1874-1961)

The Lady

Oil on Canvas

Signed, and Inscribed on the plaque

30” x 25” (76.2 x 63.5cm)

Sold for £8,000

Kyffin Williams (1918-2006)

A Cattle Herder in Patagonia

Ink and Wash

Signed with Initials

6.5” x 9.5” (16.5 x 24.2cm)

Sold for £3,200

Wilfred Gabriel de Glehn (1870-1951)

Portrait of a Young Girl

Oil on Canvas

Signed

28.5″ x 22.5″ (72 x 57cm)

Sold for £7,600

A selection of over 200 frames of all sizes from various periods

100% of frames sold

Prices from £40 to £11,000

Pierre de Clausade (1910-1976)

San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice

Oil on Canvas

Signed, in an elegant gilt and painted frame

15” x 18” (38 x 45.7cm)

Sold for £2,800

Kyffin Williams (1918-2006)

Capel Soar

Oil on Canvas

Signed with Initials and Inscribed verso

20″ x 44″ (50.8 x 111.7cm)

Sold for £32,000

Circle of Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)

Study of a Man on a Rearing Horse

Oil on Panel

13.75″ x 9.75″ (35 x 24.7cm)

Sold for £58,000

15th April sale

Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863)

A Sketch of a Rocky Landscape with a Figure

Watercolour

Indistinctly Inscribed and Dated ’21 Aout 1843’, with Artist’s Stamp

Unframed, 8.75” x 11” (22.2 x 28cm)

Sold for £11,000

Attributed to George Chinnery (1774-1852)

A Half Length Portrait of an Indian Army Officer seated in an Interior

Oil on Canvas

Unframed, 35.75” x 28.75” (90.8 x 70.5cm)

Sold for £1,500

Robin Tanner (1904-1988)

“Wren and Primroses”

Etching

Signed in Pencil

3.5” x 4.35” (9.5 x 11cm)

Sold for £700

Simeon Stafford (1956- )

“St Michael’s Mount”

Oil on Canvas

Signed, and Signed and Indistinctly Inscribed on reverse

Unframed, 31.5” x 31.5” (80 x 80cm)

Sold for £1,100

After Charles Martin (1562-1646)

Maria de Medes France Regina (Marie de Medici, Queen of France)

Oil on Canvas

Inscribed

29.25” x 23” (74.3 x 58.5cm)

sOLD FOR £5,600

Christopher E Barrow (b.1974)

In the Pub

Oil on Board

Signed with Initials, and Signed and Inscribed on reverse

20” x 28” (50.8 x 71.2cm)

Sold for £380

Charles Sillem Lidderdale (1831-1895)

‘Hesitation’

Oil on Canvas

Signed with monogram and Dated ’79

26” x 16” (66 x 40.8cm)

Sold for £3,600

Alfred Pollentine (1836-1890)

A Scene on the Grand Canal, Venice

Oil on Canvas

Signed and Dated 1872

in a Fine Gilt Composition Frame, 24” x 42” (61 x 106.7cm)

Sold for £4,000

Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935)

A Grey Partridge

Watercolour

Signed and Dated 1904

6.75” x 8.75” (17.2 x 19.7cm)

Sold for £3,800

Bernard Ninnes (1899-1971)

“The Antique Shop, Saint Ives, Cornwall”

Oil on Canvas

Signed, and Inscribed and Dated ‘Aug 1931’ on a label on reverse

12” x 16” (30.5 x 40.8cm)

Sold for £280

18 & 19TH mARCH SALE

Click the button (left) to read a report on our recent extraordinary sales in the Antiques Trade Gazette

Francois Bonvin (1817-1887) French

Le Serrurier (The Locksmith)

Black and Brown Chalk

Signed and dated 1858, and Inscribed on labels on reverse,

16.15″ x 12″ (41 x 30.5cm)

Sold for £32,000

John Piper (1903-1992) British

Mendham (Suffolk)

Watercolour

Signed and Inscribed ‘Mendham 27 X 65’

14” x 21” (35.5 x 53.3cm)

Sold for £6,500

Dorothy Nesbitt (1895-1971) British

Primroses

Oil on Canvas laid down

Inscribed on a label on the reverse

12.25” x 15.25” (31 x 38.7cm)

Sold for £2,200

Paul Ayshford Methuen (1886-1974) British

Pays des Bastides, Dordogne 1954

Oil on board

Signed and Inscribed on reverse, and Inscribed on a label on reverse

18″ x 25″ (45.7 x 63.5cm)

Sold for £1,600

17th Century English School

Portrait of Mrs Pemberton

Oil on canvas

Inscribed on a label on the reverse

24” x 20” (61 x 50.8cm)

Sold for £3,000

Orlando Norie (1832-1901) British

The 15th Hussars

Watercolour

Signed, and Inscribed on the mount

12.5″ x 18″ (31.7 x 45.7cm)

Sold for £1,700

Edward Julius Detmold (1883-1957) British

Cape Grass Finches

Watercolour

Signed with Initials, and Indistinctly Dated, and Inscribed on labels on reverse

13.5” x 7.35” (34.3 x 18.7cm)

Sold for £1,900

THURSDAY 18TH FEBRUARY

RAGS TO RICHES RUSSIAN ARTIST

Cupid’s arrow pierced the heart of several bidders who competed for this beautiful portrait of a Young Girl by Alexei Harlamoff, selling for £6,000 against an estimate of £2,000-£3,000.

Harlamoff was born into serfdom in Russia in 1840 but found fame and fortune in Paris painting portraits, where he became a prominent and influential member of the international art scene.

ITALIAN HOLIDAYS

Lockdown nostalgia may have been responsible for driving prices higher than expected for this sunny view of Portofino which sold for £1,100…

TENNIS

… and who wouldn’t love to get outside and play tennis? A Tennis Match, Circle of John Lavery, oil on board, sold for £1,200

Country Life

Romantic dreams of escaping to the country may also have fuelled desire for this charming 19^th century painting by Edmund Bristow (1787-1876), which sold well above estimate for £3,000.

John Stanton Ward (1917-2007)

The Redcurrants

Sold for £850

Sidney Richard Percy (1821-1886)

Landscape and Cornfield

Sold for £7,500

Sir Terry Frost (1915-2003)

Black, Red and White Circles

Sold for £900

Thursday 21st January

Going, going, all gone…

All 314 lots of frames sold in this sale, most of them at prices way beyond their estimates. The highest was for this 19^th century frame – a work of art in its own right – which made £1,500.

A new record auction price for a watercolour by Basil Ede

Nearly 60 bids were taken from phone bidders, absentee bidders and online bidders, with the hammer finally falling at £5,500 for this watercolour of a green woodpecker. A companion piece sold for £3,400.

This stylish painting of Arab Greys by John Alexander Harrington Bird was purchased for £5,500

– on behalf of Shirley Watts, wife of Charlie Watts. Shirley has a successful Arab Stud in Devon.

Good breeding

This portrait of Caroline Lennox by Allan Ramsay sold for £9,000

A dramatic oil painting of Schevinengen Harbour

by Cornelius Krieghoff sold for £4,400 – an encouraging result as we will be offering one of his Canadian scenes, ‘The Pioneers’, for sale in our next auction on 18th February