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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
ATTRIBUTED TO HENRY BRIGHT (1810-1873) A view towards a city with river to the foreground
Lot 25 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO HENRY BRIGHT (1810-1873) A view towards a city with river to the foreground
coloured chalks, 24cm x 35cm
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £100 - £200
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM CALLOW (1812-1908) 'A view of Lerici, nr La Spezia, Italy'
Lot 26 Sold
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
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £100 - £200
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
JOHN FREDERICK HERRING JNR (1815-1907) Horses in a stable
Lot 27 Sold
JOHN FREDERICK HERRING JNR (1815-1907) Horses in a stable
signed lower right, watercolour, 39cm x 27cm
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £100 - £200
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
CHARLES FRANCOIS DAUBIGNY (1817-1878) Trees in a landscape
Lot 28 Unsold
CHARLES FRANCOIS DAUBIGNY (1817-1878) Trees in a landscape
signed and indistinctly dated lower right, en grisaille watercolour, 16cm x 24cm
Estimate: £40 - £60
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
PIERRE EDOUARD FRERE (1819-1886) 'Schoolboy Snowball Fight'
Lot 29 Unsold
PIERRE EDOUARD FRERE (1819-1886) 'Schoolboy Snowball Fight'
signed and indistinctly dated lower right, watercolour, 18cm x 24cm
Estimate: £40 - £60
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
WILMOT CLIFFORD PILSBURY (1840-1908) 'Golden Grain'
Lot 30 Sold
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, Worcestershire
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £100 - £200
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
ALBERT GOODWIN (1845-1932) 'Beachy Head, Sussex'
Lot 31 Sold
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
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £300 - £500
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
ALBERT GOODWIN (1845-1932) 'Sunset, Indian Ocean'
Lot 32 Sold
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 1971
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £300 - £500
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
ASCRIBED TO PHILLIP WILSON STEER (1860-1942) 'Shoreham, Sussex'
Lot 33 Sold
ASCRIBED TO PHILLIP WILSON STEER (1860-1942) 'Shoreham, Sussex'
beach scene, signed and dated 1926 lower right, watercolour, 22.5cm x 36.5cm
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £100 - £200
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
ASCRIBED TO DAVID YOUNG CAMERON (1865-1945) Fishing boats at low tide
Lot 34 Unsold
ASCRIBED TO DAVID YOUNG CAMERON (1865-1945) Fishing boats at low tide
signed lower right, watercolour, 23.5cm x 42cm
Estimate: £40 - £60
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
JOHN MCGHIE (1867-1952) 'Fishergirl on the shore'
Lot 35 Sold
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"
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £100 - £200
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18TH/19TH CENTURY A portrait of a gentleman
Lot 36 Sold
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 collection
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY A portrait of a gentleman
Lot 37 Sold
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
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £200 - £400
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
ALLAN RAMSAY (1713-1784) Portrait of James Bateman (d.1758)
Lot 38 Unsold
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
Provenance: Wauchope family of Niddry Doig, Wilson & Wheatley, Edinburgh, 1952Ian MacNicol, Glasgow…
Estimate: £15,000 - £25,000
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
MARGARET SARAH CARPENTER (1793-1872) Portrait of a young girl, believed to be the artist's daughter Henrietta
Lot 39 Sold
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
Margaret Sarah Carpenter was born in Salisbury in 1793, she went to London in 1814 and soon…
Hammer price: £3,000
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
EMIL BREHMER (1822-1895) AFTER SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCK (1599-1641) 'Portrait of Anna van Thielen with her daughter Anna Maria'
Lot 40 Sold
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)
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
HAL HURST (1865-1938) A full-length portrait of Miss Florence Milner
Lot 41 Sold
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 Black, removed from Beech Farm.

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE
Read more about Beech Farm here
Hammer price: £8,000
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
HAL HURST (1865-1938) A portrait of Miss Florence Milner
Lot 42 Sold
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 David & Lady Black, removed from Beech Farm.
Read more about Beech Farm here
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
ATTRIBUTED TO HERCULES ZEGERS (1590-1638) (Sometimes called Seghers) A FALCONER AND HIS FOLLOWERS IN A CLASSICAL LANDSCAPE
Lot 42a Unsold
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
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
AFTER CLAUDE LORRAIN (1600-1682) 'Landscape with the Nymph Egeria mourning over Numa, with her attendants and greyhounds'
Lot 43 Sold
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
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
ASCRIBED TO ADAM FRANS VAN DER MEULEN (1632-1690) Cavalry approaching a town in the Low Countries, probably Dordrecht
Lot 44 Unsold
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; Christie & Manson, London, sold 24 January 1891, lot 46 (as van der Meulen, Cavalry before a Town) (according to an inscribed label on the reverse) 5 1/2 guineas (to 'Partington').
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
ASCRIBED TO MARGARETA HAVERMAN (1693 - c. 1758 or 1766)
Lot 45 Sold
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
Provenance: Ruth, Viscountess Lee of Fareham (1869-1966); bought from Frost & Reed (as by Margareta…
Hammer price: £3,000
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
JOHN FERNELEY (1782-1860) 'Rattler - A Staffordshire Bull Terrier'
Lot 46 Sold
JOHN FERNELEY (1782-1860) 'Rattler - A Staffordshire Bull Terrier'
oil on canvas laid on board, 29.5cm x 42cm
Hammer price: £2,200
Estimate: £800 - £1,600
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
NARCISSE VIRGILE DIAZ DE LA PENA (1808-1876) Pack of dogs in the Forest of Fontainbleau
Lot 47 Sold
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
Hammer price: £4,200
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
28 April 2022
28 April 2022

Total lots: 136

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