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Auction date Thursday 1 August 2024 10:30 - 17:30 BST
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Helen Abraham & Michael Roberts


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Total lots: 373

ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS ARROWSMITH (c. 1772-1839) A portrait of a gentleman
Lot 1 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS ARROWSMITH (c. 1772-1839) A portrait of a gentleman
possibly a self-portrait, the sitter depicted bust-length, oil on canvas laid on board, 25cm x 20cm
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £100 - £200
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
JOHAN DANIËL KOELMAN (1831-1857) ‘Summer landscape with cattle grazing’
Lot 2 Sold
JOHAN DANIËL KOELMAN (1831-1857) ‘Summer landscape with cattle grazing’
signed and dated 1853 lower left, oil on canvas, 97cm x 147cm

Provenance: 19th century European Art, Christie’s, London, 20th March 2003, Lot 160.
The collection of the late Mervyn Stewkesbury.
Johan Daniël KoelmanJohan Daniël Koelman was a Dutch painter, draughtsman, watercolourist and…
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
MILDRED ANNE BUTLER (1858-1941) Recumbent cattle in a Summer meadow
Lot 3 Sold
MILDRED ANNE BUTLER (1858-1941) Recumbent cattle in a Summer meadow
monogrammed M.A.B to left and right bottom corners, watercolour, paper laid on board, 22.5cm x 31.5cm
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £200 - £400
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
MILLSON HUNT (fl.1875-1900) A lakeside scene
Lot 4 Sold
MILLSON HUNT (fl.1875-1900) A lakeside scene
with fisherman to the foreground and mountains to the distance, signed lower right, oil on canvas, 60cm x 105cm
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £300 - £500
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
LELAND R. GUSTAVSON (1894-1966) A golfer swinging from the rough
Lot 5 Unsold
LELAND R. GUSTAVSON (1894-1966) A golfer swinging from the rough
signed lower left, watercolour, 53cm x 74cm
Estimate: £100 - £200
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 19TH CENTURY A portrait of a lady in Georgian dress
Lot 6 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 19TH CENTURY A portrait of a lady in Georgian dress
oil on canvas, 44cm x 34cm, mounted in an oval frame
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
RALPH RICHARD ANGUS BRENT (1903-2002) 'Crickhowell Bridge, Wales'
Lot 7 Sold
RALPH RICHARD ANGUS BRENT (1903-2002) 'Crickhowell Bridge, Wales'
signed and dated lower left, oil on canvas, 53cm x 75cm
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £50 - £100
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
JOHN JOWITT (1904-1996), Still life with violin and skull
Lot 8 Sold
JOHN JOWITT (1904-1996), Still life with violin and skull
signed in full upper left, oil painting, panel 61cm x 49cm, gilt moulded frame
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £150 - £200
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
BEN MAILE (1922-2017) Fishing boats at shore
Lot 9 Sold
BEN MAILE (1922-2017) Fishing boats at shore
signed lower right, oil on canvas, 69.5cm x 90cm
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £200 - £400
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
BEN MAILE (1922-2017) A London river scene
Lot 10 Sold
BEN MAILE (1922-2017) A London river scene
with Big Ben to the distance, signed lower right, oil on canvas, 69.5cm x 90cm
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £200 - £400
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
BEN MAILE (1922-2017) Fishing boats at anchor
Lot 11 Sold
BEN MAILE (1922-2017) Fishing boats at anchor
signed lower right, oil on canvas, 60cm x 49.5cm
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £80 - £150
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
WAJIH NAHLÉ (1932-2017) Bedouins in the desert at night
Lot 12 Sold
WAJIH NAHLÉ (1932-2017) Bedouins in the desert at night
signed lower left, oil on board, 31.5cm x 33.5cm

Provenance: Purchased from the artist's exhibition in Dubai in the 1990s.

Note: Wajih Nahlé was a Lebanese post-war and contemporary master painter, calligrapher and sculptor, who was considered a pioneer in his generation.
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £100 - £200
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
WAJIH NAHLÉ (1932-2017) A mother and child dancing in the desert
Lot 13 Sold
WAJIH NAHLÉ (1932-2017) A mother and child dancing in the desert
signed lower right, oil on board, 50cm x 34cm

Provenance: Purchased from the artist's exhibition in Dubai in the 1990s.

Note: Wajih Nahlé was a Lebanese post-war and contemporary master painter, calligrapher and sculptor, who was considered a pioneer in his generation.
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £100 - £200
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
WAJIH NAHLÉ (1932-2017) Fishing boats at anchor, with a cityscape beyond
Lot 14 Sold
WAJIH NAHLÉ (1932-2017) Fishing boats at anchor, with a cityscape beyond
signed lower right, oil on canvas, 85cm x 55cm

Provenance: Purchased from the artist's exhibition in Dubai in the 1990s.

Note: Wajih Nahlé was a Lebanese post-war and contemporary master painter, calligrapher and sculptor, who was considered a pioneer in his generation.
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
MICHAEL BOWMAN (B. 1943), Yachting scene
Lot 15 Sold
MICHAEL BOWMAN (B. 1943), Yachting scene
signed and dated '85, oil painting, canvas 41cm x 50cm, gilt frame
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £100 - £200
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
MICHAEL BOWMAN (B. 1943), River landscape
Lot 16 Unsold
MICHAEL BOWMAN (B. 1943), River landscape
signed and dated '86 lower right, oil painting, canvas 51cm x 66cm, gilt frame
Estimate: £100 - £200
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
DES KILFEATHER (b.1949) 'Floating with Equality'
Lot 17 Unsold
DES KILFEATHER (b.1949) 'Floating with Equality'
unsigned, mixed media, doubled-sided and mounted in a double-sided frame, 82cm x 57cm
Estimate: £80 - £150
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
A. BARRETT (20TH CENTURY) A portrait of a horse and rider
Lot 18 Unsold
A. BARRETT (20TH CENTURY) A portrait of a horse and rider
a spaniel following, signed lower right, oil on canvas, 123cm x 171cm
Estimate: £400 - £600
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
NORAH NIMMO CRAWFORD (20TH CENTURY) A still life with a violin
Lot 19 Unsold
NORAH NIMMO CRAWFORD (20TH CENTURY) A still life with a violin
signed and dated lower right, oil on board, 74cm x 61cm
Estimate: £50 - £100
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
ANNE GILLESPIE SMITH (20TH CENTURY) 'Still Life'
Lot 20 Sold
ANNE GILLESPIE SMITH (20TH CENTURY) 'Still Life'
study of fruits and vegetables, titled verso, oil on board, 30cm x 53cm
Hammer price: £250
Estimate: £100 - £200
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
JOHN MARHSALL (20TH CENTURY) Portrait of a seated lady
Lot 21 Unsold
JOHN MARHSALL (20TH CENTURY) Portrait of a seated lady
wearing a green dress, signed in full lower right, oil painting on panel, 88cm x 63cm, white painted frame
Estimate: £50 - £100
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
RICHARDS (20TH CENTURY), Study of a Cessna 1172 flying above the coast
Lot 22 Unsold
RICHARDS (20TH CENTURY), Study of a Cessna 1172 flying above the coast
red and white livery, registration G-AZDW, signed in capitals lower right, oil painting, canvas 51cm x 76cm, in a gilt frame
Estimate: £100 - £200
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
PAULA HUMPHRIS (20TH CENTURY) A sleeping cat
Lot 23 Sold
PAULA HUMPHRIS (20TH CENTURY) A sleeping cat
signed, pastel, 47cm x 64cm, in pine frame and glazed

Provenance: The Richard Hoppé Collection.
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £40 - £60
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
J. A. MAY (ENGLISH, 20TH CENTURY) 'Bird Man'
Lot 24 Sold
J. A. MAY (ENGLISH, 20TH CENTURY) 'Bird Man'
oil on board, 76cm x 91.5cm

Note: A label verso for the Amateur Painters in Greater London Exhibition, 1970.
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £50 - £100
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
FRANCISCO MOLES (20TH CENTURY) Wine tasting
Lot 25 Unsold
FRANCISCO MOLES (20TH CENTURY) Wine tasting
signed lower right, oil on panel, 27.5cm x 23.75cm
Estimate: £50 - £80
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
A FRAMED THEATRE BACKDROP OR LARGE PAINTING OF ITALIANATE RUINS
Lot 26 Sold
A FRAMED THEATRE BACKDROP OR LARGE PAINTING OF ITALIANATE RUINS
20th century or later, a monochrome palette on stretched canvas, 193cm high x 95cm wide
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £100 - £200
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
J.C. BOSWELL? Man in lederhosen walking in autumnal landscape
Lot 27 Unsold
J.C. BOSWELL? Man in lederhosen walking in autumnal landscape
signature to the bottom left, oil on canvas, 38cm high x 27.5 cm wide
Estimate: £50 - £100
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
JOHANN WILHELM WEINMANN (1683-1741) A set of twelve botanical studies from 'Phytanthoza Iconographia'
Lot 28 Sold
JOHANN WILHELM WEINMANN (1683-1741) A set of twelve botanical studies from 'Phytanthoza Iconographia'
mezzotints printed in colour and finished by hand, each presented in a hand-made parcel-gilt, ebonised and decalcomania frame, each 35cm x 23cm (12)
Hammer price: £4,000
Estimate: £5,000 - £10,000
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
CHARLES REUBEN RYLEY (1752-1798) 'Daniel Mendoza and Richard Humphreys'
Lot 29 Sold
CHARLES REUBEN RYLEY (1752-1798) 'Daniel Mendoza and Richard Humphreys'
print after the engraving by Joseph Grozer and published by William Richardson, 26cm x 36cm

Provenance: The Old Vicarage, Chideock.
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £40 - £80
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
JAMES SOWERBY (1756/57-1822) A set of twelve botanical studies
Lot 30 Sold
JAMES SOWERBY (1756/57-1822) A set of twelve botanical studies
coloured engravings, published by W. Curtis, Botanic Garden, Lambeth, March 1786, each 20cm x 12cm, mounted within three gilt frames (3)

Provenance: The Old Rectory, Ickham, nr Canterbury, Kent.
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £100 - £200
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
RAIMBACK AFTER DAVID WILKIE (1785-1841), ‘The Errand Boy’
Lot 31 Unsold
RAIMBACK AFTER DAVID WILKIE (1785-1841), ‘The Errand Boy’
engraving, 29cm x 38cm, in Hogarth style frame and glazed, label verso listing historic exhibitions and with ink annotations
Estimate: £70 - £100
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
AFTER SÉBASTIEN COEURE (1788-1831) ‘Buonaparte Captif des Anglois’
Lot 32 Unsold
AFTER SÉBASTIEN COEURE (1788-1831) ‘Buonaparte Captif des Anglois’
depicting Napoleon I standing on the deck of the Bellerophon, aquatint, 32cm x 28cm, in grained box frame with gilt inner slip
Estimate: £50 - £100
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
JOHN GOULD (1804-1881) 'Casuaris Uniappendiculatus'
Lot 33 Unsold
HENRY CONSTANTINE RICHTER (1821-1902) AFTER JOHN GOULD (1804-1881) 'Casuaris Uniappendiculatus'
(Northern Cassowary), (Blyth 1860), from Gould’s Birds of Australia (supplement), lithograph, 51cm x 33.5cm
Estimate: £50 - £100
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
EDWIN THOMAS DOLBY (1824-1902) 'The Iron Steam Yacht Alexandria'
Lot 34 Unsold
EDWIN THOMAS DOLBY (1824-1902) 'The Iron Steam Yacht Alexandria'
lithograph, 29cm x 44.5cm

Note: The ship was built for H.I.M. the Emperor of Russia by C. I. Mare & Co of Blackwall, designed by Mr Waterman Junr and fitted with engines of 140 horse power by Sir John & Mr George Rennie. See the Royal Museums Greenwich, ID PAH8699.
Estimate: £50 - £100
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
Henry Robert Robertson (1839-1921) A young girl and kitten studying dead crickets in an interior
Lot 35 Sold
HENRY ROBERT ROBERTSON (1839-1921) A young girl and her kitten studying an array of dead crickets in an interior
monogrammed upper right, watercolour, 18.5cm x 30cm; together with a small profile portrait of a young girl with red hair, monogrammed lower left, watercolour, 15cm x 15cm (2)
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £100 - £200
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
RICHARD PETER RICHARDS (1840-1877) 'Who'll Buy?'
Lot 36 Unsold
RICHARD PETER RICHARDS (1840-1877) 'Who'll Buy?'
a vendor seated with his produce of vegetables and rabbits, calling for trade with dog at foot, signed lower right and dated 1860, watercolour, 30cm x 42cm

Provenance: The Old Rectory, Ickham, nr Canterbury, Kent.
Estimate: £100 - £200
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS BUSH HARDY (1842-1897) A Shoreham landscape study
Lot 37 Unsold
ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS BUSH HARDY (1842-1897) A Shoreham landscape study
with annotated inscriptions, signed lower right, pencil sketch on paper, 23.5cm x 36cm

Provenance: The Old Vicarage, Chideock.
Estimate: £40 - £80
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
RANDOLPH SCHWABE (1845-1948) A study of a seated woman
Lot 38 Unsold
RANDOLPH SCHWABE (1845-1948) A study of a seated woman
signed and dated 1923 lower right, pencil, 41cm x 24.5cm
Estimate: £200 - £400
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
*SIR FRANK BRANGWYN (1867-1956) 'Church of St. Walburgh, Furnes'
Lot 39 Unsold
*SIR FRANK BRANGWYN (1867-1956) 'Church of St. Walburgh, Furnes'
1908, signed in pencil to the margin, etching, the image 35cm x 25cm

Literature: Gaunt, William, 'The Etchings of Frank Brangwyn', plate 124.
Estimate: £70 - £100
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
*SIR FRANK BRANGWYN (1867-1956) 'The Brewery at Bruges, No. 2'
Lot 40 Unsold
*SIR FRANK BRANGWYN (1867-1956) 'The Brewery at Bruges, No. 2'
1906, signed in pencil to the margin, etching, the image 25cm x 20cm

Literature: Gaunt, William, 'The Etchings of Frank Brangwyn', plate 67.
Estimate: £50 - £100
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
*SIR FRANK BRANGWYN (1867-1956) 'The Farmyard'
Lot 41 Sold
*SIR FRANK BRANGWYN (1867-1956) 'The Farmyard'
1907, signed in pencil to the margin, etching, the image 22cm x 31.5cm

Literature: Gaunt, William, 'The Etchings of Frank Brangwyn', plate 91.
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £50 - £100
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
*WALTER JAMES, 3RD BARON NORTHBOURNE (1869-1932) 'Tuscan Landscape'
Lot 42 Unsold
*WALTER JAMES, 3RD BARON NORTHBOURNE (1869-1932) 'Tuscan Landscape'
initialled lower right, watercolour, 23.5cm x 36cm
Estimate: £50 - £100
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
AFTER AUBREY BEARDSLEY (1872-1898) A set of eight illustrations from 'Lysistrata'
Lot 43 Sold
AFTER AUBREY BEARDSLEY (1872-1898) A set of eight illustrations from 'Lysistrata'
'The Toilet of Lampito', Lysistrata shielding her Coynte', 'The Lacedaemonian Ambassadors', 'The Examination of the Herald', 'Lysistrata defending the Acropolis', 'Cinesias entreating Myrrhina to coition', 'Lysistrata haranguing the Athenian Women' and 'Two Athenian Women in Distress' monochrome prints, each 32.5cm x 23.25cm (8)
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £100 - £200
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
*CHARLES WILLIAM TAYLOR (1878-1960) 'Northleach, Oxfordshire'
Lot 44 Sold
*CHARLES WILLIAM TAYLOR (1878-1960) 'Northleach, Oxfordshire'
monogrammed in plate lower right, signed and numbered 8/55 in pencil to the margin, engraving, the plate 18.5cm x 14.5cm
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £50 - £100
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
*CHARLES WILLIAM TAYLOR (1878-1960) 'Ornamental Lake'
Lot 45 Sold
*CHARLES WILLIAM TAYLOR (1878-1960) 'Ornamental Lake'
monogrammed in plate, signed and numbered 8/50 in pencil to the margin, woodcut engraving, the image 17.5cm x 24cm; together with another similar work by the same artist 'Landscape with Cart', monogrammed in plate, signed in pencil to the margin, woodcut engraving, the image 16.5cm x 22.25cm (2)
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £80 - £120
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
*JAMES ROBERT GRANVILLE EXLEY (1878-1967) 'Rearing the Flying Corps'
Lot 46 Sold
*JAMES ROBERT GRANVILLE EXLEY (1878-1967) 'Rearing the Flying Corps'
a study of pigeons, titled and inscribed in plate lower right, signed in pencil to the margin, etching, the image 19cm x 22.75cm; together with a small quantity of further prints: 'The Swans' by Clarence E Blackburn (1914-1984); 'Wild Ducks' by Newton Taylor; 'Pheasants' by Agnes Miller Parker (1895-1980); and studies of toads by John Norris Wood (1930-2015) (5)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £80 - £150
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
*STEPHEN WALTER (1878-1974) Four botanical studies
Lot 47 Sold
*STEPHEN WALTER (1878-1974) Four botanical studies
circa 1940s, each monogrammed, watercolours, the largest 40cm x 30cm (4)
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
1 August 2024
1 August 2024
MANNER OF FRANK DOBSON (1888-1963) Nude study
Lot 48 Unsold
MANNER OF FRANK DOBSON (1888-1963) Nude study
mixed media on blue paper, 26cm x 33cm
Estimate: £50 - £100
1 August 2024
1 August 2024

Total lots: 373

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