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Absentee bids accepted until Wednesday, 5 April 2023

Auction date Wednesday, 5 April 2023 10:30 - 17:30 BST

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Wednesday 5th April at 10.30am


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Head of Sale:

Guy Schwinge

Page:

of 9

Lots per page:

Total lots: 206

Lot 73 Unsold
JOHN VANDERBANK (1694-1739) A portrait of Catherine, daughter of John Plumer, holding her baby
oil on canvas, 127cm high x 101.5cm wide
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
5 April 2023
5 April 2023
Lot 74 Unsold
ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN VANDERBANK (1694-1739) A portrait of William Plumer
seated, three-quarter length wearing a brown coat, oil on canvas, 127cm high x 101.5cm wide
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
5 April 2023
5 April 2023
Lot 75 Sold
FOLLOWER OF JOHN VANDERBANK (1694-1739) A portrait of Anne Pleydell (née Luttrell of Dunster Castle)
half-length, oil on canvas, 74.5cm high x 62cm wide
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
5 April 2023
5 April 2023
Lot 76 Unsold
JOHN VANDERBANK (1694-1739) A portrait of Thomas Lennard Barrett, XVI Lord Dacre (1717-1786)
circa 1730, 74cm x 62cm
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
5 April 2023
5 April 2023
Lot 77 Sold
FOLLOWER OF SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS PRA (1723-1792) A portrait of Mrs Lloyd inscribing her name on a tree
half-length, oil on canvas, 73cm high x 61cm wide
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
5 April 2023
5 April 2023
Lot 78 Sold
CHARLES BROOKING (1723-1759) 'The Morning Gun'
oil on canvas laid on panel, 47.5cm high x 64cm wide
Hammer price: £4,500
Estimate: £4,500 - £7,500
5 April 2023
5 April 2023
Lot 79 Sold
CHARLES MARTIN POWELL (1775-1824) Shipping in a calm sea
oil on panel, 45cm x 59cm
Hammer price: £3,000
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
5 April 2023
5 April 2023
Lot 80 Sold
ASCRIBED TO JOHN CROME (1768-1821) A river landscape
with figures fishing to the foreground, in a 19th century carved giltwood and gesso frame, 125cm high x 100cm wide

Provenance: A private Hampshire estate.
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
5 April 2023
5 April 2023
Lot 81 Sold
JOHN SKINNER CLIFTON (1822-1889) 'A Merrie Conceited Jest' or 'Childe Roland and the Queen's Dwarf '
a Shakesperean scene depicting a young man laughing at the Queen's dwarf and monkey standing before him as the group take rest at a well, a tower looming through the trees to the distance, signed in block letter verso "John Clifton, Oxford, 1865", oil on canvas, 48cm x 39cm
Note: Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came' is a narrative poem by English author Robert Browning,…
Hammer price: £1,800
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
5 April 2023
5 April 2023
Lot 82 Sold
JANE VIVIAN (act.1869-1877) A pair of Venetian scenes
signed lower left, oil on canvas, 43.5cm high x 79cm wide, in carved giltwood and composition frames (2)
Hammer price: £7,000
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
5 April 2023
5 April 2023
Lot 83 Sold
GEORGE SHALDERS (1826-1873) Cattle Watering
signed and dated ‘56, oil on canvas, 61cm x 106cm
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £300 - £400
5 April 2023
5 April 2023
Lot 84 Sold
AFTER WILLIAM FREDERICK YEAMES (1835-1918) 'And When Did You Last See Your Father?'
oil on canvas, 81cm high x 166cm wide, in a moulded giltwod and composition frame

Note: the original work is in the Walker Art gallery, Liverpool, accession number WAG 2679.
Hammer price: £2,800
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
5 April 2023
5 April 2023
Lot 85 Unsold
C.U. WARD AFTER GRIESBACH, ‘An Audience for Lord Chesterfield’
inscribed to stretcher in ink ‘Griesbach’ and dated 1885, oil on canvas 36cm x 48cm
Estimate: £300 - £400
5 April 2023
5 April 2023
Lot 86 Sold
GEORGINA LARA (act.1840-1880) A pair of countryside scenes
both depicting farmhouses with figures and horses to the foreground, oils on canvas, each 48cm high x 74cm wide (2)
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £400 - £600
5 April 2023
5 April 2023
Lot 87 Unsold
JOSEPH BAILE (1862-1921) A portrait of a gentlemen seated composing at a piano
traditionally identified as Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934), signed and dated 1915 lower left, oil on canvas, 58cm x 72cm, in a painted Art Deco style frame with a metal label inscribed “Edward Elgar”
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
5 April 2023
5 April 2023
Lot 88 Unsold
WALTER HUTCHESON (1869-1910) ‘The Packman’
figures in a cottage interior, signed lower left, further signed and titled verso, oil on canvas, 59cm x 51cm
Estimate: £400 - £600
5 April 2023
5 April 2023
Lot 89 Sold
MILLSON HUNT (FL. 1875-1900) Shipwreck scene
signed and dated 1883, oil on canvas 45cm x 81cm
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £200 - £300
5 April 2023
5 April 2023
Lot 90 Sold
JD KINNERSLEY (?), ROCKING THE BABY TO SLEEP
oil on canvas, 34cm x 43cm
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £300 - £400
5 April 2023
5 April 2023
Lot 91 Sold
GEORGE HERING (1884-1936) A lake view in summer
possibly Windermere, signed and dated 1911, oil on canvas, 51cm x 75cm
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £150 - £200
5 April 2023
5 April 2023
Lot 92 Sold
FRANCIS E. JAMIESON (1895-1950) 'Loch Etive'
Aberdeenshire landscape, signed, oil on canvas, 40cm x 60cm
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £200 - £300
5 April 2023
5 April 2023
Lot 93 Sold
FRANCIS E. JAMIESON (1895-1950) ‘Loch Katrine’
Perthshire landscape, signed, oil on canvas, 41cm x 60cm
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £200 - £300
5 April 2023
5 April 2023
Lot 94 Sold
A MARBLE GROUP OF VENUS INSTRUCTING CUPID
the young god seated on a pedestal reading, whilst Venus looks on, 108cm high

Note: A similar French 18th century example is in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number 14.40.671.
Hammer price: £3,400
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
5 April 2023
5 April 2023
Lot 95 Sold
AFTER THE ANTIQUE, A MARBLE BUST OF PLAUTILLA
18th/19th century, 49cm high

Note: The original 2nd century AD Roman bust is currently held in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, inventory number 1914 n. 218.
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
5 April 2023
5 April 2023
Lot 96 Sold
A WHITE MARBLE BUST OF A YOUTH
carved with face downcast and tied hair, 43cm high
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £300 - £500
5 April 2023
5 April 2023

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