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Auction date Wednesday 16 April 2025 10:30 - 17:30 BST
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Head of Sale: 

William Batt


Auction: 

Wednesday 16th April at 10.30am

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Including the following collections: 

The Bond Family, Holme Priory,

Chalkway House, Ebbesbourne Wake,

Melbury Bubb House, Melbury Bubb,

A private North Dorset collection of a bibliophile.


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Total lots: 427

F.H. NODDER (fl. 1777-1795) 'Dodo'
Lot 73 Sold
F.H. NODDER (fl. 1777-1795) 'Dodo'
published 1792, with inscription lower centre, label verso, coloured engraving; together with 'The Magnificent Cockatoo', 22cm x 13cm (2)

Provenance: A private North Dorset collection.
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
16 April 2025
16 April 2025
MANNER OF DAVID ROBERTS (1796-1864) 'Old Warehouse - Rouen'
Lot 74 Unsold
MANNER OF DAVID ROBERTS (1796-1864) 'Old Warehouse - Rouen'
1861, indistinctly signed and dated lower right, titled plaque to frame, oil on canvas, 35cm x 26cm
Estimate: £400 - £800
16 April 2025
16 April 2025
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY Grey hunter in a stable
Lot 75 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY Grey hunter in a stable
unsigned, with monogrammed 'P' to the saddle, oil on canvas, 50 cm x 66cm

Provenance: A private North Dorset collection.
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £400 - £600
16 April 2025
16 April 2025
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY Pastoral landscape
Lot 76 Unsold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY Pastoral landscape
with shepherds shearing sheep to the foreground, oil on canvas, 66cm x 77.5cm

Provenance: A private North Dorset collection.
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
16 April 2025
16 April 2025
ENGLISH NAΪVE SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY A dog ratting
Lot 77 Sold
ENGLISH NAΪVE SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY A dog ratting
oil on canvas laid on panel, 9.5cm x 11cm

Provenance: Acquired from Duke's, 2005,
A private North Dorset collection.
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £50 - £100
16 April 2025
16 April 2025
CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY 'Peter Ramus'
Lot 78 Unsold
CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY 'Peter Ramus'
depicted bust length, inscribed "Peter Ramus", oil on panel, with label verso possibly attributing the sitter to Philip Melanchthon, 29cm x 22cm

Note: Peter Ramus (1515-1572) was a French humanist, logician and reformer who converted to Protestantism. He was a victim of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre.
Estimate: £200 - £400
16 April 2025
16 April 2025
FLEMISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY STYLE A young girl and parrot
Lot 79 Sold
FLEMISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY STYLE A young girl and parrot
with serving lady behind, unsigned, oil on metal panel, 23.5cm x 20cm
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £80 - £150
16 April 2025
16 April 2025
DUTCH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY STYLE Two men drinking at a bar
Lot 80 Unsold
DUTCH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY STYLE Two men drinking at a bar
unsigned, oil on panel, 21cm x 18cm
Estimate: £50 - £100
16 April 2025
16 April 2025
EDWARD DUNCAN (1803-1882) 'Haymaking'
Lot 81 Unsold
EDWARD DUNCAN (1803-1882) 'Haymaking'
signed and titled lower left, artist's stamp lower right, watercolour and pencil on paper, 12.5cm x 27.5cm

Provenance: With Abbott & Holder, Museum Street, London WC.
Estimate: £100 - £200
16 April 2025
16 April 2025
THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER (1803-1902) A study of cattle, sheep, and a thatched cottage
Lot 82 Sold
THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER (1803-1902) A study of cattle, sheep, and a thatched cottage
signed verso, title to the frame, oil on panel, 13cm x 17cm

Provenance: Acquired from Nicholas Bagshawe Fine Art, London, 8th November 2012,
A private North Dorset collection.
Hammer price: £340
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 April 2025
16 April 2025
MANNER OF THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER (1803-1902) Study of three sheep in a pasture
Lot 83 Sold
MANNER OF THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER (1803-1902) Study of three sheep in a pasture
labelled verso ascribing artist as 'Dr Corfield', oil on panel, 18cm x 27cm; together with two further watercolours in the Cooper style, one signed lower left 'Sidney Cooper', 14cm x 25cm and 14.5cm x 25cm (3)

Provenance: A private North Dorset collection.
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £150 - £250
16 April 2025
16 April 2025
AFTER H.J. HARDING (1804-1870) A miniature portrait of Lord Byron
Lot 84 Sold
AFTER H.J. HARDING (1804-1870) A miniature portrait of Lord Byron
depicted half-length, watercolour, 10cm x 9cm
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £150 - £200
16 April 2025
16 April 2025
JOHN SKINNER PROUT (1806-1876) Landscape with a windmill
Lot 85 Unsold
JOHN SKINNER PROUT (1806-1876) Landscape with a windmill
and figures to the foreground, signed lower left, watercolour, 22cm x 29cm
Estimate: £200 - £400
16 April 2025
16 April 2025
ROBERT RUSSELL (1808-1900) Landscape with a castle
Lot 86 Unsold
ROBERT RUSSELL (1808-1900) Landscape with a castle
and figures to the foreground, inscribed verso, watercolour, 8.5cm x 7cm

Note: 'Robert Russell was the first surveyor to the City of Melbourne Australia. Russell St, a principal thoroughfare in the city, was named after him'.
Estimate: £40 - £80
16 April 2025
16 April 2025
ASCRIBED TO JOHN HENRY MOLE (1814-1886) Study of a boy fishing
Lot 87 Sold
ASCRIBED TO JOHN HENRY MOLE (1814-1886) Study of a boy fishing
indistinctly inscribed to the lower centre, dated plaque to the frame, watercolour, 35cm x 51cm
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £80 - £150
16 April 2025
16 April 2025
MANNER OF ALFRED STEVENS (1817-1875) Figural studies
Lot 88 Unsold
MANNER OF ALFRED STEVENS (1817-1875) Figural studies
a group of three red chalk sketches, the central religious scene monogrammed AS and dated 1875 in pencil lower left, 23.5cm x 21cm, flanked by a portrait of a mother and child, 13.5cm x 7.75cm, and a crouching child, 6.5cm x 4cm (3)
Estimate: £150 - £250
16 April 2025
16 April 2025
AFTER EUGENE JOSEPH LEJEUNE (1818-1897) Children burying a pet bird
Lot 89 Unsold
AFTER EUGENE JOSEPH LEJEUNE (1818-1897) Children burying a pet bird
six children prepare for the burial of a once beloved pet bird, set against a rural landscape, indistinctly signed 'R H Hunt' lower left, oil on canvas, 69cm x 90cm
Estimate: £200 - £400
16 April 2025
16 April 2025
JOHN BACKNELL RUSSELL (1819-1823) Study of trout
Lot 90 Sold
JOHN BACKNELL RUSSELL (1819-1823) Study of trout
against a lakeside landscape, signed lower right, with dated plaque to the frame, oil on board, 23.5cm x 33cm
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £200 - £400
16 April 2025
16 April 2025
HERMAN FREDERIK CAREL TEN KATE (1822-1891) Interior gathering
Lot 91 Unsold
HERMAN FREDERIK CAREL TEN KATE (1822-1891) Interior gathering
with a seated gentleman gesturing, signed lower right, oil on panel, 16cm x 22cm
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
16 April 2025
16 April 2025
HENRY LEONIDAS ROLFE (1824-1881) 'Two Trout and a Roach'
Lot 92 Sold
HENRY LEONIDAS ROLFE (1824-1881) 'Two Trout and a Roach'
against a lakeside landscape, signed and dated lower left, dated plaque to the frame, label verso, oil on canvas, 29cm x 44.5cm
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £400 - £800
16 April 2025
16 April 2025
GEORGE ELGAR HICKS (1824-1914) 'Etchingham Rectory'
Lot 93 Sold
GEORGE ELGAR HICKS (1824-1914) 'Etchingham Rectory'
with cattle in field to the foreground, signed, titled and dated '1888' lower left, watercolour and gouache, 15.5cm x 24cm
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £80 - £150
16 April 2025
16 April 2025
AFTER THEODORE GERARD (1825-1895) Mother, child and dog
Lot 94 Unsold
AFTER THEODORE GERARD (1825-1895) Mother, child and dog
the woman in national dress within an interior scene, unsigned, oil on canvas, 46cm x 36cm
Estimate: £200 - £400
16 April 2025
16 April 2025
EDWARD TAYLER (1828-1906) Portrait of a young lady
Lot 95 Sold
EDWARD TAYLER (1828-1906) Portrait of a young lady
seated half-length with hair tied back and arms folded, signed and dated '1875' lower left, watercolour, 44cm x 35cm
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 April 2025
16 April 2025
CHARLES JONES (1836-1892) Highland cattle and sheep
Lot 96 Sold
CHARLES JONES (1836-1892) Highland cattle and sheep
1865, against a snowy landscape, monogrammed and dated lower right, inscribed verso, 60cm x 90cm
Hammer price: £1,700
Estimate: £1,500 - £3,000
16 April 2025
16 April 2025

Total lots: 427

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