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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:

of 18

Lots per page:

Total lots: 427

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
97 HERMANN KERN (1838-1912) 'The Blacksmith'
signed and dated lower left, oil on canvas, 40.5cm x 51cm

Provenance: Chalkway House, Ebbesbourne Wake.
£500 - £1,000 £500 View
98 JANE BOWKETT (1839-1891) Blackberry pickers
monogrammed lower right, oil on canvas, 60cm x 90cm
£200 - £400 £240 View
99 ARTHUR ROLAND KNIGHT (1846-1914) 'Got Him'
a study of a pike caught on a gaff, signed lower left, oil in canvas, a dated plaque to the frame, 35cm x 50cm
£200 - £400 £120 View
100 ARTHUR ROLAND KNIGHT (1846-1914) 'The Poacher'
signed lower right, dated plaque to the frame, inscribed and titled verso, oil on canvas, 39cm x 59.5cm
£300 - £500 £180 View
101 ARTHUR ROLAND KNIGHT (1846-1914) Two similar studies of fish
both signed lower right, with dated plaques to the frames, watercolour, 15.5cm x 20cm (2)
£250 - £500 £420 View
102 ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM UNDERHILL (fl.1848-1870) 'At The Stile'
three figures set against a coastal landscape, unsigned, oil on canvas, 64cm x 74cm
£500 - £1,000 - View
103 MANNER OF OLIVER CLARE (1853-1927) Still life with fruit
unsigned, watercolour, 23.5cm x 33cm
£50 - £100 £30 View
104 DOROTHY TENNANT, LADY STANLEY (1855-1926) Study of a man in despair
his head buried in his arms, slumped over a table, oil on canvas, 72cm x 44cm (unframed on stretcher)

Provenance: The Estate of Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), and thence by descent.
£400 - £600 - View
105 DOROTHY TENNANT, LADY STANLEY (1855-1926) Forlorn looking mother in an upturned interior
another figure leaving through the open doorway, signed and dated 1897 lower right, oil on canvas, 63cm x 47cm (unframed, on stretcher)

Provenance: The Estate of Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904),…
£400 - £600 - View
106 DOROTHY TENNANT, LADY STANLEY (1855-1926) Street urchin cowering beside barrels
signed lower right, oil on panel, 56cm x 33cm

Provenance: The Estate of Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), and thence by descent.
£400 - £600 £360 View
107 MANNER OF JOHN SINGER SARGENT (1856-1925) Portrait of a suffragette, possibly Lady Constance Bulwer-Lytton
wearing a lilac sash with a cane in her right hand, depicted half-length, unsigned, oil on canvas laid on board, 72cm x 58cm

Note: Lady Constance Bulwer-Lytton (1869-1923) was a prominent…
£800 - £1,200 - View
108 COLIN GRAEME (1858-1910) 'The Day's Bag'
a study of an English Setter and game birds, signed lower right, oil on canvas, 50cm x 40cm
£700 - £1,000 £700 View
109 EDGAR BUNDY (1862-1922) 'The Reference'
a study of flamboyant figures in a domestic interior, signed lower right, titled to the mount, watercolour, 49cm x 67cm
£300 - £500 £300 View
110 SIR FRANK BRANGWYN (1867-1956) ‘Haymaking/Water Birds’
double sided work, the former squared for etching, the latter signed in full, watercolour/ink sketch, 33cm x 45cm, gilt double sided frame

Provenance: By repute formerly the property of a Mrs…
£500 - £1,000 - View
111 ASCRIBED TO J. HEWSON, ENGLISH 19TH CENTURY A portrait of George Hannam
seated bust length in a black jacket, inscribed to the reverse and dated 1807, oil on canvas, 73cm high x 62cm wide; together with the companion portrait of his wife, Pleasant Hannam, inscribed to…
£150 - £250 £140 View
112 L. WEST (19th CENTURY) 'On the Lea near Picketts Lock - Essex'
a riverside landscape, signed lower right, titled verso, oil on panel, 17cm x 31cm

Provenance: A private North Dorset collection.
£100 - £200 £110 View
113 ARTURO ORSELLI (ITALIAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY) Venetian scene
with flamboyantly dressed figures being collected by a gondola, signed lower right, watercolour, 46cm x 63cm
£300 - £500 - View
114 ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Harbourside scene
of two figures pulling a fishing net to shore, watercolour, 9cm x 13.5cm
£150 - £200 £120 View
115 ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Figures by an estuary
with mountains to the distance, unsigned, watercolour, 42cm x 62cm
£200 - £400 £100 View
116 ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Two coloured plates from 'Mamalia'
including no. 160: "Meles" (badger) and no. 161: "Canis" (Wolf), coloured aquatints, the badger with a skeletal study of the skull and jaw, 44cm x 56cm (2)

Provenance: A private North Dorset…
£200 - £400 £500 View
117 ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY 'Patagonian Arara' and 'Blue and Green Turteline'
two studies of tropical birds, annotated with ink to lower centre, watercolour, 28cm x 22cm (2)

Provenance: A private North Dorset collection.
£200 - £400 - View
118 ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY 'Dasyptilus Pequetti'
a portrait of a Pesquet's parrot, annotated in ink lower centre, watercolour, 28cm x 22cm

Provenance: A private North Dorset collection.
£100 - £200 £320 View
119 ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY 'Macrocercus Aracanga'
inscribed lower left 'A Blue and Yellow Macaw... nature of the Brazils on the banks of the Amazon', watercolour, 29cm x 22cm

Provenance: A private North Dorset collection.
£100 - £200 £500 View
120 ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY An opposing pair of dog portraits
depicting a black and white short nose dog and a tan and white dog, oil on board, 12cm x 14.5cm (2)

Provenance: A private North Dorset collection.
£150 - £250 £750 View

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