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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| Lot | Title | Estimate | Hammer price | |
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| 1 |
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 | £750 | View |
| 2 |
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN (1606-1669) 'The Descent from the Cross'
second plate, etching and engraving, 1633, 51cm x 40cm
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£8,000 - £12,000 | - | View |
| 3 |
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…
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£500 - £1,000 | £1,300 | View |
| 4 |
ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM MARLOW (1740-1813) 'The Temple of Vesta at Tivoli'
en grisaille watercolour, 33cm x 28cm
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£300 - £500 | £420 | View |
| 5 |
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
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£300 - £500 | £420 | View |
| 6 |
ASCRIBED TO HENRY EDRIDGE (1769-1821) Peasants and their cattle in a wooded Italianate landscape
watercolour, 64cm x 51cm
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£100 - £200 | - | View |
| 7 |
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.… |
£1,000 - £2,000 | £3,500 | View |
| 8 |
WILLIAM HENRY BARTLETT (1809-1854) 'The Valley of Sichen and Nablous from Mount Gerizim'
watercolour on paper, 53cm x 79cm
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£200 - £400 | £300 | View |
| 9 |
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 |
£300 - £500 | £600 | View |
| 10 |
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… |
£1,000 - £2,000 | £1,100 | View |
| 11 |
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… |
£1,000 - £2,000 | £1,800 | View |
| 12 |
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. |
£500 - £1,000 | £500 | View |
| 13 |
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 |
£500 - £1,000 | £2,000 | View |
| 14 |
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 |
£500 - £1,000 | £1,500 | View |
| 15 |
CHARLES JONES RCA (1836-1892) 'A Welsh pony fair'
monogrammed and dated (18)87 lower right, watercolour, 51cm x 84cm
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£300 - £500 | - | View |
| 16 |
ARCHIBALD THORBURN (1860-1935) A grey partridge in flight
signed lower left, watercolour, 21.5cm x 33.75cm
Provenance: Private collection, Blandford Forum, Dorset |
£3,000 - £5,000 | £4,000 | View |
| 17 |
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… |
£100 - £200 | £240 | View |
| 18 |
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 |
£100 - £200 | £100 | View |
| 19 |
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 |
£100 - £200 | £100 | View |
| 20 |
ASCRIBED TO DAVID COX (1783-1859) Figures on a country path
signed and dated 1841 lower right, oil on canvas, 24cm x 34cm
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£200 - £400 | £180 | View |
| 21 |
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 |
£100 - £200 | £100 | View |
| 22 |
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 |
£200 - £400 | - | View |
| 23 |
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 |
£80 - £150 | £60 | View |
| 24 |
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 |
£80 - £150 | - | View |
| 25 |
ATTRIBUTED TO HENRY BRIGHT (1810-1873) A view towards a city with river to the foreground
coloured chalks, 24cm x 35cm
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£100 - £200 | £70 | View |
| 26 |
ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM CALLOW (1812-1908) 'A view of Lerici, nr La Spezia, Italy'
watercolour, 21.5cm x 28cm
Provenance: Bearing label verso for Thos. Agnew & Sons Purchased by W.J. Finch from Sotheby's on 24th July 1980, lot 270 |
£100 - £200 | £220 | View |
| 27 |
JOHN FREDERICK HERRING JNR (1815-1907) Horses in a stable
signed lower right, watercolour, 39cm x 27cm
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£100 - £200 | £260 | View |
| 28 |
CHARLES FRANCOIS DAUBIGNY (1817-1878) Trees in a landscape
signed and indistinctly dated lower right, en grisaille watercolour, 16cm x 24cm
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£40 - £60 | - | View |
| 29 |
PIERRE EDOUARD FRERE (1819-1886) 'Schoolboy Snowball Fight'
signed and indistinctly dated lower right, watercolour, 18cm x 24cm
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£40 - £60 | - | View |
| 30 |
WILMOT CLIFFORD PILSBURY (1840-1908) 'Golden Grain'
signed and dated 1895 lower right, watercolour, 18cm x 28cm
Provenance: Acquired by W.J. Finch from Phillips on the 2nd of February 1987, lot 165 With Richard Hagen Fine Paintings, Broadway,… |
£100 - £200 | £110 | View |
| 31 |
ALBERT GOODWIN (1845-1932) 'Beachy Head, Sussex'
signed lower right, titled lower left, watercolour, 18cm x 27.5cm
Provenance: Purchased by W.J. Finch at Sotheby's, 10th April 1980, lot 292 |
£300 - £500 | £1,100 | View |
| 32 |
ALBERT GOODWIN (1845-1932) 'Sunset, Indian Ocean'
signed lower right, titled lower left, watercolour, 24.5cm x 30.5cm
Provenance: With The Fine Art Society, London, November 1948 Purchased y W.J. Finch from Sotheby's, London on the 29th January… |
£300 - £500 | £1,300 | View |
| 33 |
ASCRIBED TO PHILLIP WILSON STEER (1860-1942) 'Shoreham, Sussex'
beach scene, signed and dated 1926 lower right, watercolour, 22.5cm x 36.5cm
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£100 - £200 | £350 | View |
| 34 |
ASCRIBED TO DAVID YOUNG CAMERON (1865-1945) Fishing boats at low tide
signed lower right, watercolour, 23.5cm x 42cm
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£40 - £60 | - | View |
| 35 |
JOHN MCGHIE (1867-1952) 'Fishergirl on the shore'
signed lower left, watercolour, 20cm x 26cm
Provenance: Inscribed verso "Purchased by W.J. Finch at Sotheby's Olympia on 20th October 1979, lot 64" |
£100 - £200 | £50 | View |
| 36 |
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18TH/19TH CENTURY A portrait of a gentleman
the sitter depicted bust-length wearing a red overcoat with brass buttons and a gold thread embroidered green waistcoat, oil on canvas, 76cm x 63cm (oval, unframed on stretcher)
Provenance: Private… |
£1,000 - £1,500 | £900 | View |
| 37 |
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY A portrait of a gentleman
wearing a long wig, red jacket and lace jabot, depicted half-length in a feigned oval, oil on canvas, 75cm x 60cm
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£200 - £400 | £280 | View |
| 38 |
ALLAN RAMSAY (1713-1784) Portrait of James Bateman (d.1758)
three quarter length standing, wearing a bright blue waistcoat and grey coat, his arm resting on a marble ledge, signed and dated 1756, oil on canvas, 127cm x 101cm
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£15,000 - £25,000 | - | View |
| 39 |
MARGARET SARAH CARPENTER (1793-1872) Portrait of a young girl, believed to be the artist's daughter Henrietta
signed and dated "Nov'r 18 1834", oil on canvas, 56 x 46cm
Provenance: private collection U.S.A. A distinguished private collection, Wiltshire |
£2,000 - £3,000 | £3,000 | View |
| 40 |
EMIL BREHMER (1822-1895) AFTER SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCK (1599-1641) 'Portrait of Anna van Thielen with her daughter Anna Maria'
oil on canvas, 116cm x 87cm
After the original painting of Anna van Thielen, and her daughter, painted by Sir Anthony van Dyck in 1631/32, now in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich (inv. nr. 599) |
£1,000 - £2,000 | £1,000 | View |
| 41 |
HAL HURST (1865-1938) A full-length portrait of Miss Florence Milner
depicted standing against a pillar wearing an evening dress, signed lower left, 221cm x 120cm
Miss Florence Milner was a favourite of Capt Radclyffe. The estate of the late Sir David & Lady… |
£4,000 - £6,000 | £8,000 | View |
| 42 |
HAL HURST (1865-1938) A portrait of Miss Florence Milner
depicted half-length and standing in profile with her head turned to the front, signed lower left, 90cm x 70cm
Miss Florence Milner was a favourite of Capt Radclyffe. The estate of the late Sir… |
£1,000 - £1,500 | £800 | View |
| 42a |
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 |
| 43 |
AFTER CLAUDE LORRAIN (1600-1682) 'Landscape with the Nymph Egeria mourning over Numa, with her attendants and greyhounds'
oil on canvas, 75cm x 100cm
The present work is after Claude's original painting held in the Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples |
£500 - £1,000 | £550 | View |
| 44 |
ASCRIBED TO ADAM FRANS VAN DER MEULEN (1632-1690) Cavalry approaching a town in the Low Countries, probably Dordrecht
with a stream in the foreground and the sea beyond, inscribed with the artists name in a panel on the carved giltwood frame, 70cm x 90cm
Provenance: Edward H. Pares, Esq., Hopwell Hall, Derbyshire;… |
£3,000 - £5,000 | - | View |
| 45 |
ASCRIBED TO MARGARETA HAVERMAN (1693 - c. 1758 or 1766)
Roses, peonies, lilies, tulips, carnations, a sunflower and other flowers in a gilded classical vase, on a ledge, a sphinx beyond, oil on canvas, in an 18th century carved and gilded frame, 78 x 61 cm
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£4,000 - £6,000 | £3,000 | View |
| 46 |
JOHN FERNELEY (1782-1860) 'Rattler - A Staffordshire Bull Terrier'
oil on canvas laid on board, 29.5cm x 42cm
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£800 - £1,600 | £2,200 | View |
| 47 |
NARCISSE VIRGILE DIAZ DE LA PENA (1808-1876) Pack of dogs in the Forest of Fontainbleau
signed and dated (18)59 lower left, oil on cradled panel, 41.5cm x 60cm
Provenance: WIth G.M. Lotinga Ltd, New Bond Street, London W1 |
£2,000 - £4,000 | £4,200 | View |
