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Auction date Thursday, 7 October 2021
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Total lots: 174

JOAN BLAEU (1596-1673) 'Orcadum et Schetlandiae'
Lot 49 Unsold
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)
Estimate: £200 - £400
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
JOAN BLAEU (1596-1673) A MAP OF STJERNEBORG 'THE CASTLE OF THE STARS'
Lot 50 Unsold
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 of Cartography (lots 47-54)
Stjerneborg, built by Tycho Brahe, the Danish astronomer, in 1584, was used by him to make…
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
JOAN BLAEU (1596-1673) 'Insula Hvaena'
Lot 51 Unsold
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)
Estimate: £100 - £200
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
JOHN SENEX (1678-1740) 'A MAP OF GREECE WITH PART OF ANATOLIA'
Lot 52 Sold
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)
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £400
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
JOHN SENEX (1678-1740) A MAP OF FRANCE
Lot 53 Unsold
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)
Estimate: £300 - £500
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
A FOLIO OF MAPS
Lot 54 Unsold
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)
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
ALBRECHT ALTDORFER ( c.1480—1538) The Virgin and child in a landscape
Lot 55 Unsold
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 (1607-1677) after Holbein, an unidentified man and Lady Butts (4) (all unframed)

Provenance: Kerrison Preston Esq. and by descent
Provenance: (for the engraving by Altdorfer) King Frederick August II of Saxony (1797-1854),…
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
AFTER CHARLES BIRD KING (1785-1862) AND OTHERS 'Wa-Na-Ta, Grand Chief of the Sioux'
Lot 56 Sold
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 together; and the companion lithograph (eight studies in two frames)
Hammer price: £340
Estimate: £300 - £500
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
EDMUND ASHFIELD (fl. 1669-1673) A PORTRAIT OF CHARLES II
Lot 57 Sold
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, possibly identified as Queen Catherine of Braganza (2)

Provenance: From an old Dorset collection and almost certainly with the family from the 18th century or earlier
This rare pair of pastels made by Ashfield - “a gentleman well descended” shortly after the…
Hammer price: £4,800
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
HENRY EDRIDGE (1768-1821) A study of three children
Lot 58 Unsold
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 Preston Esq. and by descent
Estimate: £100 - £200
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
ASCRIBED TO COUNT ALFRED D'ORSAY (1801-1852) A portrait of a young gentleman in an interior
Lot 59 Unsold
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, with classical style decoration behind, watercolour and gouache, 28cm x 20cm
Estimate: £400 - £800
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
WILLIAM SIMPSON (1823-1899) A portrait of Mrs James Wilson
Lot 60 Sold
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 30cm

Provenance: Kerrison Preston Esq. and by descent
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
NEAPOLITAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY 'Porzione Del Quartiere A Pompei'
Lot 61 Sold
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
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £100 - £200
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
NEAPOLITAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Two views of the Bay of Naples,
Lot 62 Sold
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)

Provenance: The Estate of the late Rufus Eyre
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £100 - £200
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
NEAPOLITAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY A view of Vesuvius erupting
Lot 63 Sold
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
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £100 - £200
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
NEAPOLITAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY 'Isola di Procita'
Lot 64 Sold
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 view over the Bay of Naples with Vesuvius smouldering to the distance, titled lower left, gouache, 19.5cm x 29cm (3)

Provenance: The Estate of the late Rufus Eyre


Provenance: The Estate of the late Rufus Eyre
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £150 - £250
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
NEAPOLITAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Figures in a fishing boat in the bay under a moonlit sky
Lot 65 Sold
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
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
NEAPOLITAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY 'Eruzione del 1835 del Ermitaggio''
Lot 66 Sold
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 of the late Rufus Eyre
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £100 - £200
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
NEAPOLITAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Vesuvius erupting at night
Lot 67 Sold
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
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £100 - £200
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
WILLIAM CRUICKSHANK (1848-1922) A pair of still life studies of dead birds beside nests and flowers
Lot 68 Unsold
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
Estimate: £150 - £250
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
MANNER OF ARCHIBALD THORBURN (1860-1935) A study of toadstools
Lot 69 Sold
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
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £100 - £200
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
C.E. FULLER (19th/20th Century) A Lepidoptera study
Lot 70 Sold
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: The Estate of the late Rufus Eyre
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £100 - £200
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
ENGLISH SCHOOL, circa 1620 A portrait of Margaret Gibson,
Lot 71 Sold
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 17th century to fit the present oval frame as a pendant to another portrait, 75cm x 62cm, in a 17th century carved giltwood frame.

Provenance: The Murray family at Polmaise Castle, Cambusbarron, Stirling, Scotland, and by descent.
Hammer price: £2,400
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
7 October 2021
7 October 2021
ENGLISH SCHOOL, circa 1627 A portrait of a gentleman
Lot 72 Sold
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 fluting and beading.

Provenance: The Murray family at Polmaise Castle, Cambusbarron, Scotland, and thence by descent.
Hammer price: £1,600
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
7 October 2021
7 October 2021

Total lots: 174

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