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Auction date Thursday 31 July 2025 10:30 - 17:30 BST

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William Batt


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Total lots: 478

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
145 ADRIEN WULFFAERT (1804-1873) Portrait of a lady
1849, depicted seated, in mourning, before an Italianate landscape, signed and dated lower left, oil on canvas, 60cm x 49cm
£500 - £1,000 - View
146 ASCRIBED TO JEAN-BAPTISTE-CAMILLE COROT (1796-1875) 'Landscape with River and Figures, Fontainebleau, France'
signed lower left, oil on canvas, 32cm x 50cm

Provenance: Private collection, Dorset.
£1,000 - £2,000 £900 View
147 ASCRIBED TO JEAN-BAPTISTE-CAMILLE COROT (1796-1875) Figures working in a landscape
signed lower right, oil on panel, 24cm x 34cm

Provenance: With pasted paper label verso reading "J.B.C. Corot A panel - French landscape with figure, signed, from the Baroness Burdett Coutts…
£1,000 - £2,000 - View
148 CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY An extensive townscape
with washerwomen to the foreground, signed indistinctly lower left, oil on canvas, 79.5cm x 63cm
£300 - £500 £220 View
149 WALTER HARROWING (c.1838-1913) A hunter in a landscape
1878, signed and dated lower left, oil on canvas, 40.5cm x 51cm
£400 - £800 £360 View
150 JOSEPH THORS (1835-1920) Rural landscape
depicting a meadow with a stream to the foreground, signed lower left, oil on canvas, 61.4cm x 51cm
£100 - £200 £130 View
151 DUNCAN CAMERON (1837-1916) Haystacks in a Scottish landscape
signed lower left, oil on canvas, 30.7cm x 46cm
£300 - £500 £750 View
152 JOHN WARKUP SWIFT (1815-1869) Coastal scene
1868, depicting fishing boats on the shore, signed and dated lower right, oil on canvas, 30cm x 45cm
£300 - £500 - View
153 JOHN WARKUP SWIFT (1815-1869) 'Rough Seas off Cape Wrath'
signed lower right, oil on canvas, 30cm x 45cm
£300 - £500 £600 View
154 JOHN JOSEPH BARKER OF BATH (1824-1904) Two horses in a stable
signed lower left, oil on canvas, 88cm x 62cm
£200 - £400 £160 View
155 JOHN JOSEPH BARKER OF BATH (1824-1904) A wooded landscape
depicting a mother and daughter in a forest clearing, signed lower left, oil on canvas, 60cm x 45cm
£150 - £250 £100 View
156 JOHN JOSEPH BARKER OF BATH (1824-1904) Study of two children
resting by a stile in a rural setting, pen and ink with grey wash, 17cm x 28cm

Provenance: Bearing Christie's stencil to reverse of frame.
£40 - £80 - View
157 AFTER GUIDO RENI (1575-1642) Portrait of Beatrice Cenci
oil on canvas, 39cm x 30cm
£200 - £400 £800 View
158 MANNER OF JOSEPH WRIGHT OF DERBY (1734-1797) Two boys examining a bladder
oil on canvas, 90cm x 70cm
£100 - £200 £170 View
159 GEORGE CLARE (1830-1900) Still life with plums and other fruit
signed lower right, oil on canvas, 18cm x 23cm
£100 - £200 £140 View
160 JOSEPH L. ROBERTS (19TH CENTURY) Beachside landscape
with two men gathering mussels, a church spire in the distance, signed lower left, inscribed extensively to the reverse, oil on board, 24cm x 33cm
£80 - £150 £480 View
161 TOM SEYMOUR (1844-1904) Highlands landscape
signed lower left, oil on canvas, 50.5cm x 76cm
£150 - £250 £240 View
162 FREDERICK WILLIAM NEWTON WHITEHEAD (1853-1938) 'Near Rye'
1892, depicting cattle grazing, signed lower left and inscribed to the reverse, oil on canvas, 20.5cm x 46cm
£80 - £150 £130 View
163 FREDERICK WILLIAM NEWTON WHITEHEAD (1853-1938) 'Feeding the Chickens'
signed lower left, oil on canvas, 51cm x 41cm
£200 - £400 £320 View
164 FREDERICK WILLIAM NEWTON WHITEHEAD (1853-1938) 'Cattle Grazing by a Sluice'
1898, signed and dated lower right, oil on panel, 24.5cm x 35.7cm; together with an unsigned oil on panel view of Sutton Poyntz by the same hand, 24.7cm x 35.5cm (2)
£80 - £150 £550 View
165 ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM JOHN LEGGETT (1856-1936) Still life with vase of flowers
inscribed to reverse of stretcher, oil on canvas, 77cm x 63cm

Property of a Lady, Belgravia.
£150 - £250 £500 View
166 ATTRIBUTED TO ROBERT WILLIAM VONNOH (1858-1933) Poppies
bearing signature and dated '95 lower left, oil on board, 27cm x 35.5cm
£200 - £400 £160 View
167 ALLAN DEACON (1858-?) Portrait of a lady
depicted in profile, against a red background, signed upper right, oil on canvas, 46.5cm x 38.5cm
£200 - £400 £240 View
168 ATTRIBUTED TO ALLAN DEACON (1858-?) Portraits of a lady and a gentleman
a pair, depicted bust-length, oils on canvas, 54cm x 39cm (2)
£100 - £200 £260 View
169 DOROFIELD HARDY (ACTIVE c.1882-1930) Two cavalry battle scenes
1896, depicting officers on horseback, signed and dated, oil on canvas and oil on board, 28.5cm x 23cm each (2)
£200 - £400 £320 View
170 THEODORE BLAKE WIRGMAN (1848-1925) A portrait of a lady
1877, the sitter depicted three-quarter length, seated, wearing a black dress and white cap, signed and dated lower right, oil on canvas, 93cm x 74cm

Provenance: Bridehead, Dorset.
£150 - £250 £130 View
171 ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM UNDERHILL (FL. 1848-1870) 'At the Stile'
three figures set against a coastal landscape, unsigned, oil on canvas, 64cm x 74cm
£400 - £600 - View
172 GEORGE ARMFIELD (1808-1893) Hounds in an interior
monogrammed lower right, oil on canvas, 28.5cm x 41.5cm
£200 - £400 £380 View
173 GEORGE ARMFIELD (1808-1893) Hounds in an interior
depicted with dead game hanging to background, initialled lower right, oil on panel, 19cm x 23cm

Provenance: Bonhams, sale 15061, Lot 306.
£150 - £250 £240 View
174 JOHN H. WILSON (1774-1855) Fishing vessels off the Channel Coast
signed lower right, oil on canvas, 29cm x 49cm
£100 - £200 £280 View
175 CONTINENTAL SCHOOL Portrait of a young man
half-length, wearing armour and a red sash, oil on metal, 13.5cm x 10cm
£50 - £100 £100 View
176 WILLIAM WASDELL TRICKETT (FL. 1921-1939) "Jim"
depicting a hunter in a stable, signed lower right, oil on canvas, 30.5cm x 41cm
£200 - £400 £220 View
177 ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY A bay hunter
depicted in a landscape, with huntsmen and hounds beyond, oil on panel, 22.5cm x 33cm

Property of a Lady, Belgravia.
£200 - £400 £160 View
178 ALFRED HITCHEN (1861-1942) Portrait of Mrs Alfred Hitchen
wife of the artist, depicted three-quarter length in an interior, oil on canvas, 133cm x 80cm

Provenance: Bridehead, Dorset.

Note: A label inscribed verso describes how this portrait was a gift of…
£1,500 - £2,500 £850 View
179 ALFRED WHEELER (1852-1932) "Two famous smooth haired fox terriers, the property of the Reverend John Gretton, Up-Hatherley, Cheltenham"
1870, signed and dated lower right, oil on canvas, 36.7cm x 46cm
£400 - £800 £650 View
180 ALFRED VICKERS Snr (1786-1868) A figure in a landscape beside a cottage
oil on panel, 19cm x 23.5cm

Provenance: Acquired from Cooling Galleries, New Bond Street, London, by W. J. Finch, December 1965.
£100 - £200 £170 View
181 CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Madonna and Child
oil on panel, 40cm x 29cm, in a Florentine frame
£200 - £400 £200 View
182 ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Mary Queen of Scots
depicted bust length with lace headdress and ruff, titled to verso with label stating 'This painting has been in our family since 1842, and we were offered twenty pounds by the Antiquarian Society of…
£150 - £250 £340 View
183 ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY A bear and hounds
depicted fighting in a landscape, oil on panel, 14cm x 19cm
£150 - £250 £170 View
184 CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Portrait of a noblewoman
depicted seated, half-length, wearing a blue dress and tiara, oil on canvas, 86cm x 65cm

Property of a Lady, Belgravia.
£200 - £400 £360 View
185 NAIVE SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Still life with rabbit and fruit
depicted before a landscape, oil on canvas, 90cm x 120cm
£400 - £600 - View
186 NEAPOLITAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Mount Vesuvius from a distance
on oval, gouache, 13cm x 18cm; together with another gouache Neapolitan scene possibly by the same hand, 15cm x 22cm (2)
£50 - £100 £70 View
187 FOLLOWER OF FRANCIS MOLTINO (1818-1874) Venetian scene
on oval, oil on board, 29cm x 23cm
£100 - £200 £280 View
188 LUDWIG HERMANN (1812-1881) A Northern European harbour scene
1848, depicting a townscape with fishing boats and other shipping, signed lower right, oil on canvas, 46cm x 66cm
£200 - £400 £170 View
189 FRENCH SCHOOL, LATE 19TH CENTURY Palais de l'Ile, Annecy
oil on canvas, 33cm x 48cm
£80 - £150 £180 View
190 NAIVE SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Portrait of a lady
three-quarter length, wearing a green dress, before a classical background and green curtain, oil on canvas, 28.5cm x 22.5cm
£50 - £100 £150 View
191 ATTRIBUTED TO RAMSAY RICHARD REINAGLE (1775-1862) The children of Robert Williams with their go-cart in the grounds of Bridehead
oil on canvas, 82cm x 107cm

Provenance: Bridehead, Dorset.
£1,500 - £2,500 £1,000 View
192 RAMSAY RICHARD REINAGLE (1775-1862) A young boy on his pony
raising his top hat and crop in greeting as he passes through an open gate with his dog following, another rider waiting further down the track leading to a country estate, oil on canvas, 56cm x 72cm…
£2,000 - £4,000 £1,800 View

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