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Auction date Thursday 28 April 2022 10:30 - 17:30 BST
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Auction: 

Thursday 28th April at 10.30am

This auction includes the residual contents of a townhouse in Addison Road, Kensington, London W14

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Total lots: 136

ALBRECHT ALTDORFER ( c.1480—1538) The Virgin and child in a landscape
Lot 1 Sold
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),…
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN (1606-1669) 'The Descent from the Cross'
Lot 2 Unsold
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN (1606-1669) 'The Descent from the Cross'
second plate, etching and engraving, 1633, 51cm x 40cm
The Descent from the Cross, dated 1633, is an etching from a series highlighting classic religious…
Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
N MASON AFTER JORIS HOEFNAGEL (1532-1601) The progress of Queen Elizabeth I to Nonsuch Palace
Lot 3 Sold
N MASON AFTER JORIS HOEFNAGEL (1532-1601) The progress of Queen Elizabeth I to Nonsuch Palace
1780, the Queen in a carriage in the foreground surrounded by soldiers with pikes, the palace behind and trees and fields beyond, with Latin inscription to the margin "Hoc est nusquam simile" pen and ink drawing, in a maple and parcel-gilt frame, 31cm x 46cm
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM MARLOW (1740-1813) 'The Temple of Vesta at Tivoli'
Lot 4 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM MARLOW (1740-1813) 'The Temple of Vesta at Tivoli'
en grisaille watercolour, 33cm x 28cm
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £300 - £500
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
JACQUES KUYPER (1761-1808) Venus and Cupid in a chariot
Lot 5 Sold
JACQUES KUYPER (1761-1808) Venus and Cupid in a chariot
surrounded by amorini and a pair of doves, watercolour, 55cm x 40cm in a gilt frame with ribbon surmount
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £300 - £500
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
ASCRIBED TO HENRY EDRIDGE (1769-1821) Peasants and their cattle in a wooded Italianate landscape
Lot 6 Unsold
ASCRIBED TO HENRY EDRIDGE (1769-1821) Peasants and their cattle in a wooded Italianate landscape
watercolour, 64cm x 51cm
Estimate: £100 - £200
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
SAMUEL PROUT (1783-1852) A view of the Doge’s Palace and the Piazetta, Venice
Lot 7 Sold
SAMUEL PROUT (1783-1852) A view of the Doge’s Palace and the Piazetta, Venice
with gondolas in the foreground, signed, watercolour on paper 50cm x 74cm

Provenance: Thomas Johnson, Christies, 13th July 1965, lot 148.

Exhibited: International Exhibition London, 1862. No. 103.
Hammer price: £3,500
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
WILLIAM HENRY BARTLETT (1809-1854) 'The Valley of Sichen and Nablous from Mount Gerizim'
Lot 8 Sold
WILLIAM HENRY BARTLETT (1809-1854) 'The Valley of Sichen and Nablous from Mount Gerizim'
watercolour on paper, 53cm x 79cm
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £200 - £400
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
HENRY PARSONS RIVIERE (1811-1888) Rome, looking towards St. Peter's, with the Castel Sant'Angelo
Lot 9 Sold
HENRY PARSONS RIVIERE (1811-1888) Rome, looking towards St. Peter's, with the Castel Sant'Angelo
watercolour, 38cm x 76cm

Provenance: Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd., stock number 1419
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £300 - £500
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
EDWARD LEAR (1812-1888) Indian river landscape with palm trees and hills to the distance, probably Malabar
Lot 10 Sold
EDWARD LEAR (1812-1888) Indian river landscape with palm trees and hills to the distance, probably Malabar
monogrammed lower right, watercolour, 10cm x 20cm

Provenance: Franklin Lushington (1823-1901) and thence by descent.

Franklin Lushington, the son of Edmund Henry Lushington, was appointed judge to the Supreme Court of Justice in the Ionian Islands in 1855 and Lear went with him to live in Corfu. They had met in Malta in 1849, where Franklin’s elder brother Henry was Chief Secretary to the government. On his death, Lear left all his papers to Lushington, who later destroyed most of them.
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
EDWARD LEAR (1812-1888) 'Near Calikut, Malabar'
Lot 11 Sold
EDWARD LEAR (1812-1888) 'Near Calikut, Malabar'
Indian river landscape with hills to the distance, monogrammed lower right, titled lower left, watercolour, 10cm x 20cm

Calicut, now known as Kozhikode, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India.

Provenance: Franklin Lushington (1823-1901)
and thence by descent.
Franklin Lushington, the son of Edmund Henry Lushington, was appointed judge to the Supreme Court…
Hammer price: £1,800
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
EDWARD LEAR (1812-1888) English rural landscape with sheep grazing beside a tree
Lot 12 Sold
EDWARD LEAR (1812-1888) English rural landscape with sheep grazing beside a tree
monogrammed and dated "Nov 12 1849" lower right, watercolour, 22cm x 31cm

Provenance: Franklin Lushington (1823-1901) and thence by descent.
Franklin Lushington, the son of Edmund Henry Lushington, was appointed judge to the Supreme Court…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
HERCULES BRABAZON BRABAZON (1821-1906) 'Temple of Karnak, Egypt'
Lot 13 Sold
HERCULES BRABAZON BRABAZON (1821-1906) 'Temple of Karnak, Egypt'
monogrammed, watercolour on paper 33cm x 25cm

Provenance: Christie's, 13th July 1965, part lot 221
Hammer price: £2,000
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
HERCULES BRABAZON BRABAZON (1821-1906) 'Temple of Karnak, Egypt, with figures'
Lot 14 Sold
HERCULES BRABAZON BRABAZON (1821-1906) 'Temple of Karnak, Egypt, with figures'
monogrammed, watercolour on paper 20cm x 14.5cm

Provenance: Christies 13th July 1965, part lot 221
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
CHARLES JONES RCA (1836-1892) 'A Welsh pony fair'
Lot 15 Unsold
CHARLES JONES RCA (1836-1892) 'A Welsh pony fair'
monogrammed and dated (18)87 lower right, watercolour, 51cm x 84cm
Estimate: £300 - £500
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
ARCHIBALD THORBURN (1860-1935) A grey partridge in flight
Lot 16 Sold
ARCHIBALD THORBURN (1860-1935) A grey partridge in flight
signed lower left, watercolour, 21.5cm x 33.75cm

Provenance: Private collection, Blandford Forum, Dorset
Hammer price: £4,000
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
ATTRIBUTED TO SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE (1769-1830) A portrait of Anne Wellesley, Countess of Mornington
Lot 17 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE (1769-1830) A portrait of Anne Wellesley, Countess of Mornington
three-quarter length, the sitter depicted with her hands resting in her lap, pencil and wash, bearing pencil signature lower left, 22.5cm x 17.5cm (oval)

Anne Wellesley (née Hill-Trevor), Countess of Mornington (23 June 1742 – 10 September 1831) was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat. She was the wife of Garrett Wesley (later Wellesley), 1st Earl of Mornington and mother of the victor of the Battle of Waterloo, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £100 - £200
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
ATTRIBUTED TO DAVID COX (1783-1859) 'Calais Pier'
Lot 18 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO DAVID COX (1783-1859) 'Calais Pier'
bearing signature lower left, watercolour, 16cm x 26cm

Note: With pencil inscription verso stating that the signature was probably later inscribed by another hand
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
ATTRIBUTED TO DAVID COX (1783-1859) 'A Lane in North Wales'
Lot 19 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO DAVID COX (1783-1859) 'A Lane in North Wales'
bearing signature lower left, watercolour and black chalk, 13.5cm x 18cm

Provenance: The Collection of W.J. Finch
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
ASCRIBED TO DAVID COX (1783-1859) Figures on a country path
Lot 20 Sold
ASCRIBED TO DAVID COX (1783-1859) Figures on a country path
signed and dated 1841 lower right, oil on canvas, 24cm x 34cm
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £200 - £400
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
PETER DE WINT (1784-1849) 'On the Thames near Cookham'
Lot 21 Sold
PETER DE WINT (1784-1849) 'On the Thames near Cookham'
watercolour, 11cm x 21.5cm

Provenance: Bearing label verso for Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd
Purchased by W.J. Finch from Sotheby's, 19th November 1992, lot 95
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
ALFRED VICKERS Snr (1786-1868) A figure in a landscape beside a cottage
Lot 22 Unsold
ALFRED VICKERS Snr (1786-1868) A figure in a landscape beside a cottage
oil on panel, 19cm x 23.5cm

Provenance: Purchased from Cooling Galleries, New Bond Street, London by W.J. Finch, December 1965
Estimate: £200 - £400
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
WILLIAM WYLD (1806-1889) View of a city by a river
Lot 23 Sold
WILLIAM WYLD (1806-1889) View of a city by a river
signed lower right, watercolour 11.5cm x 18cm

Provenance: Purchased by W.J. Finch from Sotheby's, 9th March 1989, lot 105
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £80 - £150
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
HENRY BRIGHT (1810-1873) 'A watermill on a wooded stream'
Lot 24 Unsold
HENRY BRIGHT (1810-1873) 'A watermill on a wooded stream'
watercolour, 16cm x 23cm

Provenance: Purchased by F.T. Love Esq from Frost & Reed
Purchased by W.J. Finch from Sotheby's, 11th May 1966, lot 176
Estimate: £80 - £150
28 April 2022
28 April 2022

Total lots: 136

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