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7th October at 10:30am
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| 49 |
JOAN BLAEU (1596-1673) 'Orcadum et Schetlandiae'
from 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' 1659, hand-coloured engraving, 40cm x 53cm
Provenance: A Private Collection of Cartography (lots 47-54) |
£200 - £400 | - | View |
| 50 |
JOAN BLAEU (1596-1673) A MAP OF STJERNEBORG 'THE CASTLE OF THE STARS'
the astronomical observatory built by Tycho Brahe, coloured engraving, 45cm x 55cm; together with a map of Uraniborg, Brahe's previous observatory, 46cm x 56cm (2)
Provenance: A Private Collection… |
£500 - £1,000 | - | View |
| 51 |
JOAN BLAEU (1596-1673) 'Insula Hvaena'
a map of the Island of Hven, the site of Tycho Brahe's observatories, coloured engraving, 42.5cm x 53cm
Provenance: A Private Collection of Cartography (lots 47-54) |
£100 - £200 | - | View |
| 52 |
JOHN SENEX (1678-1740) 'A MAP OF GREECE WITH PART OF ANATOLIA'
from Senex's New General Atlas, published in London by Daniel Browne, Thomas Taylor, et al in 1721, coloured engraving, 50.5cm x 59cm
Provenance: A Private Collection of Cartography (lots 47-54) |
£200 - £400 | £200 | View |
| 53 |
JOHN SENEX (1678-1740) A MAP OF FRANCE
dedicated to the Right Honourable Charles Boyle, Earl of Orrery, hand-coloured engraving, 66cm x 93cm
Provenance: A Private Collection of Cartography (lots 47-54) |
£300 - £500 | - | View |
| 54 |
A FOLIO OF MAPS
including maps of Denmark, Greece, The Mediterranean Sea, Venice, English Counties and other assorted examples (a lot)
Provenance: A Private Collection of Cartography (lots 47-54) |
£500 - £1,000 | - | View |
| 55 |
ALBRECHT ALTDORFER ( c.1480—1538) The Virgin and child in a landscape
circa 1515, engraving, 16.5cm x 12cm (B17); LUCAS CRANACH THE ELDER (c. 1472-1553) ‘The Penance of St. Chrysostom’ circa 1509, engraving, 26cm x 20.5cm (BI); and two etchings by Wenceslaus Hollar …
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£800 - £1,500 | - | View |
| 56 |
AFTER CHARLES BIRD KING (1785-1862) AND OTHERS 'Wa-Na-Ta, Grand Chief of the Sioux'
and three other portraits from Thomas McKenny and James Hall's 'History of the Indian Tribes of North America' publ. Rice, Rutter & Co., hand-coloured lithographs, each 24cm x 16.5cm; framed…
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£300 - £500 | £340 | View |
| 57 |
EDMUND ASHFIELD (fl. 1669-1673) A PORTRAIT OF CHARLES II
wearing armour and a lace jabot, bust-length in a feigned oval, pastels, 26cm x 22cm, apparently retaining the original carved giltwood and gesso frame,
and the companion portrait of a lady,… |
£3,000 - £5,000 | £4,800 | View |
| 58 |
HENRY EDRIDGE (1768-1821) A study of three children
according to a label on the reverse the Sloane Stanley children, Henry, Caroline and Frederica, at Paultons, near Lyndhurst, Hampshire, pencil and watercolour, 32.5cm x 24.5cm
Provenance: Kerrison… |
£100 - £200 | - | View |
| 59 |
ASCRIBED TO COUNT ALFRED D'ORSAY (1801-1852) A portrait of a young gentleman in an interior
inscribed verso "Charles Dickens by Count D'Orsay", the sitter depicted three-quarter length, seated beside a desk, his left hand holding an open book that rests atop a small stack of other books,…
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£400 - £800 | - | View |
| 60 |
WILLIAM SIMPSON (1823-1899) A portrait of Mrs James Wilson
the sitter depicted full-length seated in an interior, an open book on her lap, inscribed lower right "Mrs James Wilson, done between 1845 and 1850, by Wm. Simpson, 4 Oct 1881", watercolour, 46cm x…
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£100 - £200 | £80 | View |
| 61 |
NEAPOLITAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY 'Porzione Del Quartiere A Pompei'
figures amongst ruins, titled and inscribed to the margin, gouache, 32cm x 47cm
Provenance: The Estate of the late Rufus Eyre |
£100 - £200 | £280 | View |
| 62 |
NEAPOLITAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Two views of the Bay of Naples,
each with figures to the foreground, one showing smartly dressed figures strolling along the promenade, gouache, 29cm x 42cm, the other with a goatherd at the coast, gouache, 27cm x 41cm (2)
… |
£100 - £200 | £280 | View |
| 63 |
NEAPOLITAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY A view of Vesuvius erupting
gouache, 14.5cm x 21.5cm; and another view of figures inside a sea cave, gouache, 15cm x 22.5cm (2)
Provenance: The Estate of the late Rufus Eyre |
£100 - £200 | £300 | View |
| 64 |
NEAPOLITAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY 'Isola di Procita'
looking towards Procida with figures to the foreground, titled to the margin, gouache, 26cm x 41.5cm; another similar view 'Veduta dei Vesuvio' gouache, 26cm x 41.5cm; and a third 'Capodimonte' a…
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£150 - £250 | £280 | View |
| 65 |
NEAPOLITAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Figures in a fishing boat in the bay under a moonlit sky
gouache, 13cm x 18cm (oval); together with a similar views of figures in a boat inside a sea cave, gouache (2)
Provenance: The Estate of the late Rufus Eyre |
£100 - £200 | £100 | View |
| 66 |
NEAPOLITAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY 'Eruzione del 1835 del Ermitaggio''
figures standing outside a building as Vesuvius begins to erupt behind them, gouache, 16.5cm x 21.75cm; together with a similar view of an island with a hilltop building (2)
Provenance: The Estate… |
£100 - £200 | £160 | View |
| 67 |
NEAPOLITAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Vesuvius erupting at night
signed 'Meuris' lower right, gouache, 21cm x 26.5cm
Provenance: The Estate of the late Rufus Eyre |
£100 - £200 | £220 | View |
| 68 |
WILLIAM CRUICKSHANK (1848-1922) A pair of still life studies of dead birds beside nests and flowers
each signed, watercolours, 18.5cm x 22.5cm (oval) (2)
Provenance: The Estate of the late Rufus Eyre |
£150 - £250 | - | View |
| 69 |
MANNER OF ARCHIBALD THORBURN (1860-1935) A study of toadstools
indistinctly monogrammed lower right, watercolour, 27.5cm x 38cm
Provenance: The Estate of the late Rufus Eyre |
£100 - £200 | £190 | View |
| 70 |
C.E. FULLER (19th/20th Century) A Lepidoptera study
monogrammed lower left, watercolour over pencil, 23.5cm x 18.5cm; together with a portrait of a small dog, indistinctly signed and dated (18)97 lower right, watercolour, 29cm x 24cm (2)
Provenance:… |
£100 - £200 | £120 | View |
| 71 |
ENGLISH SCHOOL, circa 1620 A portrait of Margaret Gibson,
“daughter to Sir Alex Gibson of Durrie, Lord President of Ye Session, My Lady Pourie Fothringhame”, standing half-length holding a fan, oil on canvas, probably re-shaped in the latter part of the…
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£1,000 - £2,000 | £2,400 | View |
| 72 |
ENGLISH SCHOOL, circa 1627 A portrait of a gentleman
wearing a ruff and holding a tassel with his right hand, bust-length, dated "1627" in the upper left hand corner, oil on canvas laid on panel,
64cm x 52cm, in a later carved giltwood frame with… |
£500 - £1,000 | £1,600 | View |
| 73 |
CIRCLE OF MARIA VERELST (1680-1744) A portrait of a lady identified as Anna Gibson,
daughter of Sir Alexander Gibson of Durie, "Lady Touchadam", wearing a pearl necklace and earrings, bust-length, oval, inscribed, oil on canvas, 75cm x 62cm, apparently retaining the original…
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£500 - £1,000 | £1,200 | View |
| 74 |
ENGLISH SCHOOL, circa 1751 Marion Bryson of Cragallion,
wife of John Hamilton of Barns, 1751, bust-length, oval, oil on canvas,
75cm x 64cm, and the companion portrait of a gentleman, presumably her husband, John Hamilton (2) Provenance: The Murray… |
£500 - £1,000 | £750 | View |
| 75 |
ATTRIBUTED TO DAVID MARTIN (1737-1797) A portrait of Mrs Margaret Murray (née Callander)
seated in an interior gazing upwards, inscribed on a label on the reverse identifying the sitter and the artist as "Sir Joshua Reynolds" and with the date 1773, oil on canvas, 127cm x 102cm
… |
£3,000 - £5,000 | £4,600 | View |
| 76 |
MANNER OF JAN LIEVENS (1607-1674) A portrait of an old man with a beard,
oil on canvas, 59cm x 44cm, and the companion portrait of an old woman, in fine 18th century carved giltwood frames (2)
Provenance: The Brymer family at Ilsington House, Puddletown, Dorset and… |
£3,000 - £5,000 | £2,600 | View |
| 77 |
CIRCLE OF GERARD SOEST (1600-1681) A portrait of a young gentleman
identified on the reverse as "The Scoundrel" wearing a blue cloak and a white undershirt, the reverse with an inscription suggesting the painting is possibly a "Newton" and stating that it was…
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£400 - £600 | £2,600 | View |
| 78 |
CIRCLE OF THOMAS MURRAY (1663-1735) A portrait of a young lady
wearing a blue dress with a red lining, half-length, in a feigned oval, oil on canvas, 74cm x 62cm, in a carved giltwood and gesso frame of late 17th century design
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£500 - £1,000 | £2,600 | View |
| 79 |
ATTRIBUTED TO GERRIT VAN HONTHORST (1592-1656) A portrait of a young gentleman
wearing armour, bust-length, in a feigned oval, oil on canvas, 73cm x 63cm, in a later moulded and beaded giltwood frame.
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£500 - £1,000 | £1,100 | View |
| 80 |
CIRCLE OF GEORGE ROMNEY (1734-1802) A portrait of a lady gazing to the heavens
traditionally identified as the actress Harriet Powell as Leonora Carrington in "The Padlock", oil on canvas, 60cm x 45cm, in an associated Kentian giltwood frame with projecting ears containing…
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£400 - £600 | £2,800 | View |
| 82 |
JOHN VANDERBANK (1694-1739) 'The Embarkation of King Charles II'
The Royal Party, probably depicting Charles II flanked by James, Duke of York and Henry, Duke of Gloucester in a barge, oil on canvas, 40cm x 35cm
Provenance: The Jeffree Will Trust Settlement |
£800 - £1,500 | £700 | View |
| 83 |
ATTRIBUTED TO HERCULES ZEGERS (1590-1638) (Sometimes called Seghers) A FALCONER AND HIS FOLLOWERS IN A CLASSICAL LANDSCAPE
circa 1600, indistinctly signed, oil on canvas, 75cm x 87cm
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£500 - £1,000 | - | View |
| 84 |
MANNER OF GIOVANNI ANTONIO CANAL, KNOWN AS “CANALETTO” (1697-1768) ‘THE PUNTA DELLA DOGANA AND SANTA MARIA DELLA SALUTE’; 'SAN GIORGIO MAGGIORE'
oils on canvas, 32.5cm x 47.5cm, in Florentine carved giltwood frames with a gadrooned inner moulding (2)
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£30,000 - £50,000 | £30,000 | View |
| 85 |
ASCRIBED TO ADRIAEN FRANS BOUDEWYNS (1644-1711) An Italian landscape
with figures on horseback beside an avenue of trees, with a classical temple beside a lake beyond, oil on canvas, 28.5cm x 37.5cm, in a later burrwood and parcel-gilt frame.
Provenance: Private… |
£800 - £1,200 | £900 | View |
| 86 |
JOSEPH (JOS) VAN BREE (1784-1859) 'Mother's Little Helper',
an infant in a wicker walker and her parents in an interior, signed lower right, oil on panel, 57cm x 71cm
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£3,000 - £5,000 | - | View |
| 87 |
PETER SWAN (1788-1866) OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS OF THE ROYAL SCOTS GREYS BEFORE THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO
oil on board, 39.5cm by 52cm; together with a portrait miniature of the artist, watercolour on card, 9.5cm by 7cm (2)
Peter Swan was a soldier and amateur artist enlisted in the “Royal Scots Greys”… |
£500 - £1,000 | £2,200 | View |
| 88 |
SCHOOL OF WILLIAM SHAYER (1787-1879) EXPANSIVE LAKELAND LANDSCAPES WITH FIGURES
two views framed as a pair, oils, one on canvas and one on panel, 26cm x 37cm
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£200 - £400 | £500 | View |
| 89 |
SIR EDWIN HENRY LANDSEER (1802-1873) 'A Highland Riverscene'
oil on board, 26.5cm x 44cm
Provenance: The Allhusen family |
£5,000 - £10,000 | £20,000 | View |
| 90 |
HENRY E. TOZER (1864-c.1938) A floundering ship signalling to its rescuers
signed lower left, oil on canvas, 75cm x 126cm
Provenance: The Estate of the late Rufus Eyre |
£300 - £600 | £650 | View |
| 91 |
HENRY E. TOZER (1864-c.1938) Waves crashing against the shore
signed and dated '84 lower left, oil on canvas, 44cm x 74cm
Provenance: The Estate of the late Rufus Eyre |
£250 - £450 | £500 | View |
| 92 |
FREDERICK WILLIAM MEYER (fl. 1869-1922) Waves crashing against rocks at the shore
monogrammed lower left, oil on canvas, 17cm x 24.5cm
Provenance: The Estate of the late Rufus Eyre |
£100 - £200 | £300 | View |
| 93 |
FREDERICK WILLIAM MEYER (fl. 1869-1922) Waves rolling in to shore
with a tall ship to the distance, oil on canvas, 15cm x 30cm; together with the companion view of a serene beach at sunrise, oil on canvas, 14.5cm x 29cm (2)
Provenance: The Estate of the late… |
£200 - £400 | £450 | View |
| 94 |
FREDERICK WILLIAM MEYER (fl. 1869-1922) A moonlit coastal scene
with a figure walking along the coast to the foreground, monogrammed lower left, oil on canvas, 30cm x 50cm
Provenance: The Estate of the late Rufus Eyre |
£200 - £400 | £900 | View |
| 95 |
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY A portrait of Lady Parsons,
the sitter depicted half-length seated in an interior, wearing a lace bonnet and collar over black mourning dress, an ivory fan in her left hand, c. 1850, oil on canvas, 90cm x 70cm
Lady Parsons … |
£300 - £500 | £650 | View |
| 96 |
JOHN EMMS (1843-1912) 'Hounds at Rest'
signed lower right, oil on canvas, tondo, 41cm x 41cm
Provenance: Bought by Charles Norman Rippingale (1906-1984) in the 1960's and by descent. |
£10,000 - £15,000 | £14,000 | View |
| 97 |
JOHN EMMS (1843-1912) 'Foxhound Bitch and Whelps'
signed and dated '81 lower right, oil on canvas, 18cm x 22cm
Provenance: The Main House, Glanvilles Wootton, sold in Dorchester, 30th June 1920 (5 ½ guineas) to Mrs Holford (according to a label on… |
£2,000 - £4,000 | - | View |
