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The Spring Auction

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

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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Page:

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Lots per page:

Total lots: 427

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
73 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.
£100 - £200 £80 View
74 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
£400 - £800 - View
75 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.
£400 - £600 £800 View
76 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.
£700 - £1,000 - View
77 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.
£50 - £100 £280 View
78 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,…
£200 - £400 - View
79 FLEMISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY STYLE A young girl and parrot
with serving lady behind, unsigned, oil on metal panel, 23.5cm x 20cm
£80 - £150 £80 View
80 DUTCH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY STYLE Two men drinking at a bar
unsigned, oil on panel, 21cm x 18cm
£50 - £100 - View
81 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.
£100 - £200 - View
82 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.
£300 - £500 £340 View
83 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…
£150 - £250 £110 View
84 AFTER H.J. HARDING (1804-1870) A miniature portrait of Lord Byron
depicted half-length, watercolour, 10cm x 9cm
£150 - £200 £120 View
85 JOHN SKINNER PROUT (1806-1876) Landscape with a windmill
and figures to the foreground, signed lower left, watercolour, 22cm x 29cm
£200 - £400 - View
86 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…
£40 - £80 - View
87 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
£80 - £150 £180 View
88 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…
£150 - £250 - View
89 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
£200 - £400 - View
90 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
£200 - £400 £120 View
91 HERMAN FREDERIK CAREL TEN KATE (1822-1891) Interior gathering
with a seated gentleman gesturing, signed lower right, oil on panel, 16cm x 22cm
£500 - £1,000 - View
92 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
£400 - £800 £300 View
93 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
£80 - £150 £140 View
94 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
£200 - £400 - View
95 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
£300 - £500 £300 View
96 CHARLES JONES (1836-1892) Highland cattle and sheep
1865, against a snowy landscape, monogrammed and dated lower right, inscribed verso, 60cm x 90cm
£1,500 - £3,000 £1,700 View

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