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Auction date Wednesday 24 April 2024 10:30 - 17:30 BST

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William Batt & Michael Roberts


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Wednesday 24th April at 10.30am


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Lots per page:

Total lots: 547

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
512 THOMAS CHURCHYARD (1798-1865) On the River Yare
unsigned, oil painting on card panel, JS Maas & Co label verso, 12.5cm x 19cm
£100 - £200 £170 View
513 ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY A portrait of a member of the Chatsworth family
possibly either Cassandra Chaworth (1708-1781), or her sister, Mary Chaworth (d.1770), oil on canvas, 37.5cm x 27.5cm

Provenance: The Estate of Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), thence by descent.
£400 - £800 £600 View
514 CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY Figures on a winding mountain road
oil on canvas, 45cm x 60cm
£300 - £500 £300 View
515 SIR EDWIN LANDSEER R.A. H.R.S.A (1802-1873) A study of a hound's head
oil sketch on canvas, 41cm x 67cm

Provenance: Previously in the collection of Lord Feversham, sold at Sotheby’s 28th August 1978, Lot 599.
Thence by descent to the present owner.
£5,000 - £10,000 £7,000 View
516 STEPHEN TAYLOR (fl. 1806-1835) A study of three spaniels
signed and dated 1831 lower right, oil on canvas, 50cm x 60cm
£500 - £1,000 £1,600 View
517 JOHN NICHOLAS RHODES (1809-1842) Rural scene with figures taking lunch
signed and dated 1832 lower left, oil on canvas, 75cm x 62cm
£200 - £400 £200 View
518 JOHN NICHOLAS RHODES (1809-1842) A woman leading a donkey
oil on cradled panel, 28cm x 36.5cm

Note: This work is directly comparable to plate XV in William Thorp’s ‘John N. Rhodes, A Yorkshire Painter’ and is highly typical of the artist’s work.
£200 - £400 - View
519 HENRY LEJEUNE (1820-1904) 'Mischief'
children at the riverbank, monogrammed and dated 1878 lower left, oil on canvas, 25cm x 30cm

To be sold with a Christmas card featuring a reproduction of the painting offered here.

Provenance: The…
£3,000 - £5,000 - View
520 ALEXANDER LEGGETT (c. 1828-1884) ‘Crail Harbour'
signed, titled and dated 1866 verso, oil on board, 31cm x 47.5cm
£200 - £400 £180 View
521 JEAN-JACQUES HENNER (1829-1905) A profile portrait of Dorothy Tennant
head and shoulders, signed and dated 1880, oil on panel, 26.5cm x 21cm

Provenance: The Estate of Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), thence by descent.

Note: This work dates to the period in which…
£1,000 - £2,000 £2,800 View
522 HENRY ARCHIBALD MAJOR (1829-1902) A still life study of a pineapple, grapes and other fruits on a ledge
signed and dated '76 lower centre, oil on canvas, 30cm x 36cm
£200 - £400 - View
523 PETER PAUL MARSHALL (1830-1900) 'Haymaking'
1860, signed with monogram lower right, and signed again and inscribed “Hay/time/Peter Paul/10 Tottenham Terrace/Tottenham N./25.0.0.” on a fragmentary label on the reverse, and inscribed “No.97…
£2,000 - £4,000 £1,400 View
524 JOSEF MUNSCH (1832-1896) A sheepish looking dog and his master in an interior
a chewed lady's shoe strewn on the floor nearby, signed lower left, oil on panel, 21cm x 16cm

Provenance: Private collection, Dorset.
£800 - £1,500 £1,300 View
525 JOHN ANSTER FITZGERALD (1832-1906) A portrait of a child at bedtime
her pocket overflowing with dolls, possibly Florence Harriet Fitzgerald, the daughter of the artist, oil on canvas, 60cm x 48cm
£800 - £1,500 - View
526 MANNER OF JACOB JAN COENRAAD SPOHLER (1837-1922) Winter landscape with ice skaters on a frozen river
oil on canvas, 60cm x 90cm
£800 - £1,500 £750 View
527 THOMAS JACQUES SOMERSCALES (1842-1927) 'Off the Spanish coast in the sixties'
signed and dated 1911 lower right, oil on canvas, 36cm x 51cm
£2,000 - £4,000 £6,000 View
528 EDMUND FITZPATRICK (1848-1883) 'The Farmer's Daughter'
signed lower right, oil on canvas, 50cm x 40cm

Note: Edmund Fitzpatrick (1848-1883) was a native of the County of Kilkenny. He studied at the Royal Dublin Society and won a medal in 1843. He also…
£300 - £500 £500 View
529 JOHN COLLIER (1850-1934) Landscape study
signed and inscribed "For Dorothy Tennant" lower left, oil on panel, 34.5cm x 25cm

Provenance: The Estate of Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), thence by descent.
£100 - £200 £1,400 View
530 GIACOMO MANTEGAZZA (1853-1920) 'The Love Token'
signed, oil on canvas 66cm x 90cm

Provenance: The Estate of the late Sir George Dowty (1901-1975), (inventor, engineer and businessman) and Lady Marguerite Dowty; thence by family descent.
£3,000 - £5,000 - View
531 DOROTHY TENNANT, LADY STANLEY (1855-1926) Two street urchins having a fight
signed and dated 1895 lower right, oil on canvas, 122cm x 71cm

Provenance: The Estate of Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), thence by descent.
£1,000 - £2,000 - View
532 DOROTHY TENNANT, LADY STANLEY (1855-1926) Three impoverished children playing
signed and dated 1893 lower right, oil on canvas, 108cm x 95cm

Provenance: The Estate of Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), thence by descent.
£1,000 - £2,000 - View
533 DOROTHY TENNANT, LADY STANLEY (1855-1926) Self portrait
head and shoulders in profile, monogrammed and dated 1888 lower right, inscribed verso "Dorothy Tennant, painted by herself in 1883, for her mother", oil on paper, 20cm x 19cm

Provenance: The…
£200 - £400 £360 View
534 DOROTHY TENNANT, LADY STANLEY (1855-1926) A portrait of Gertrude Tennant
the mother of the artist depicted half-length seated in an interior, oil on canvas, 31cm x 23cm

Provenance: The Estate of Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), thence by descent.
£400 - £800 £550 View
535 DOROTHY TENNANT, LADY STANLEY (1855-1926) A street urchin cowering beside barrels
signed lower right, oil on panel, 56cm x 33cm

Provenance: The Estate of Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), thence by descent.
£800 - £1,500 - View

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