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

William Batt


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Thursday 31st July at 10.30am

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Total lots: 462

CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY A boy and a lamb
Lot 227 Sold
CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY A boy and a lamb
depicted in a bucolic landscape, watercolour, 57.5cm x 36cm
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £100 - £200
31 July 2025
31 July 2025
MATTHEW HAUGHTON (1768-1821) Britannia
Lot 228 Sold
MATTHEW HAUGHTON (1768-1821) Britannia
1817, depicted with other mythological figures, gathered before a harbour, signed, pen and ink with grey wash, 19.5cm x 30.5cm
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
31 July 2025
31 July 2025
INDIAN SCHOOL A Mughal-style study of Akbar hunting in a landscape
Lot 229 Sold
INDIAN SCHOOL A Mughal-style study of Akbar hunting in a landscape
watercolour and gouache, 37cm x 22cm
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £80 - £150
31 July 2025
31 July 2025
*THOMAS SHERWOOD LA FONTAINE (1915-2007) 'Sheila Harman riding Solomon in front of Olivemead Farm, Dauntsey, Wiltshire'
Lot 230 Unsold
*THOMAS SHERWOOD LA FONTAINE (1915-2007) 'Sheila Harman riding Solomon in front of Olivemead Farm, Dauntsey, Wiltshire'
signed lower right, oil on canvas, 64cm x 76cm

Provenance: Commissioned directly from the artist and to be sold with receipt of sale dated 20th September 1965,
The sitter and thence by direct descent.

Note: Olivemead Farm is an early 18th century farmhouse situated in the Dauntsey Vale. The approximate area in which the horse and rider are featured in this work, is now the M4 motorway.
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
31 July 2025
31 July 2025
VAN DER MEULLEN (20TH CENTURY) Dutch ice skating scene
Lot 231 Sold
VAN DER MEULLEN (20TH CENTURY) Dutch ice skating scene
depicting skating figures to foreground, a windmill in the distance, signed lower right, oil on mahogany panel, 21cm x 31cm
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £150 - £250
31 July 2025
31 July 2025
VAN DER MEULLEN (20TH CENTURY) Dutch winter townscape
Lot 232 Sold
VAN DER MEULLEN (20TH CENTURY) Dutch winter townscape
depicting villagers ice skating before a windmill, signed lower left, oil on mahogany panel, 34cm x 50cm
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £200 - £400
31 July 2025
31 July 2025
VAN DER MEULLEN (20TH CENTURY) Pair of winter scenes
Lot 233 Sold
VAN DER MEULLEN (20TH CENTURY) Pair of winter scenes
depicting figures skating on frozen lakes, signed, oils on mahogany panel, 15cm x 24.5cm (2)
Hammer price: £460
Estimate: £150 - £250
31 July 2025
31 July 2025
VAN DER MEULLEN (20TH CENTURY) Dutch ice skating scenes
Lot 234 Sold
VAN DER MEULLEN (20TH CENTURY) Dutch ice skating scenes
a pair, signed, oil on mahogany panel, 22cm x 36cm (2)
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £200 - £400
31 July 2025
31 July 2025
WILLIAM KAY BLACKLOCK (1872-1922) 'After the Potato Harvest, near Huntingdon'
Lot 235 Sold
WILLIAM KAY BLACKLOCK (1872-1922) 'After the Potato Harvest, near Huntingdon'
1915, signed lower left and inscribed to the reverse, oil on canvas board, 32.7cm x 40.5cm
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £400 - £600
31 July 2025
31 July 2025
JOHN EDWIN NOBLE (1876-1941) 'Pretty Polly'
Lot 236 Sold
JOHN EDWIN NOBLE (1876-1941) 'Pretty Polly'
1908, signed lower left, titled and dated 22/VIII/08 in pencil upper right, watercolour, 29cm x 29cm
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £100 - £200
31 July 2025
31 July 2025
P PERECRESTOFF (20TH CENTURY) Still life with flowers
Lot 237 Sold
P PERECRESTOFF (20TH CENTURY) Still life with flowers
signed lower right, oil on board, 62cm x 50cm
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £80 - £150
31 July 2025
31 July 2025
AFTER CLAUS MEYER (1856-1919) Tavern scene
Lot 238 Sold
AFTER CLAUS MEYER (1856-1919) Tavern scene
bears signature lower right, oil on board, 24cm x 18cm
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £80 - £150
31 July 2025
31 July 2025
*SYDNEY PERCY KENDRICK (1874-1955) Portrait of a lady
Lot 239 Sold
*SYDNEY PERCY KENDRICK (1874-1955) Portrait of a lady
said to be Lady Phelps, depicted half-length, signed lower left, oil on canvas, 87cm x 56.5cm
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
31 July 2025
31 July 2025
AFTER CLAUDE MONET (1840-1926) 'View of the Tuileries Gardens'
Lot 240 Sold
AFTER CLAUDE MONET (1840-1926) 'View of the Tuileries Gardens'
oil on board, 75cm x 101cm
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £200 - £400
31 July 2025
31 July 2025
AFTER CLAUDE MONET (1840-1926) 'Boulevard des Capucines'
Lot 241 Sold
AFTER CLAUDE MONET (1840-1926) 'Boulevard des Capucines'
oil on board, 60cm x 78cm
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £200 - £400
31 July 2025
31 July 2025
EUROPEAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY STYLE Figures in the haybarn
Lot 242 Sold
EUROPEAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY STYLE Figures in the haybarn
the male figure being awoken by cold water and two women, unsigned, oil on canvas, 25cm x 21cm; together with a similar example (damaged) (2)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £60
31 July 2025
31 July 2025
*LIONEL DALHOUSIE ROBERTSON EDWARDS (1878-1966) "Cricklade"
Lot 243 Sold
*LIONEL DALHOUSIE ROBERTSON EDWARDS (1878-1966) "Cricklade"
1938, study of a horse's head, monogrammed, signed, inscribed and dedicated, oil on board, 33cm x 23cm

Property of a Lady, Belgravia.
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
31 July 2025
31 July 2025
AFTER ANTHONY VAN DYCK (1599-1641) Portrait of Marchesa Elena Grimaldi Cattaneo
Lot 244 Sold
AFTER ANTHONY VAN DYCK (1599-1641) Portrait of Marchesa Elena Grimaldi Cattaneo
oil on canvas, 74cm x 61cm
Hammer price: £340
Estimate: £200 - £400
31 July 2025
31 July 2025
GEORGE SPENCER WATSON (1869-1934) Pena Palace, Sintra
Lot 247 Sold
GEORGE SPENCER WATSON (1869-1934) Pena Palace, Sintra
1919, inscribed, titled and dated to the reverse, oil on board, 30cm x 40.5cm

Note: George Spencer Watson was a close friend of the vendor's family and was often invited to stay at their continental residence, Monserrate Palace, in Sintra, Portugal, in close proximity to the Royal Palace depicted in the present work.
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £400 - £800
31 July 2025
31 July 2025
CIRCLE OF GEORGE SPENCER WATSON (1869-1934) A Dorset landscape
Lot 248 Sold
CIRCLE OF GEORGE SPENCER WATSON (1869-1934) A Dorset landscape
chalks, gouache and charcoal on brown paper, 34cm x 48.5cm

Note: George Spencer Watson was a close friend of the vendor's family and lived nearby in the Purbecks.
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £200 - £400
31 July 2025
31 July 2025
HENRY PARSONS RIVIERE (1811-1888) Rome, looking towards St. Peter's, with the Castel Sant'Angelo
Lot 249 Unsold
HENRY PARSONS RIVIERE (1811-1888) Rome, looking towards St. Peter's, with the Castel Sant'Angelo
watercolour, 38cm x 76cm

Provenance: Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd., stock number 1419.
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
31 July 2025
31 July 2025
DAVID BATES (1840-1921) 'On the Way to Market'
Lot 250 Sold
DAVID BATES (1840-1921) 'On the Way to Market'
signed lower right, watercolour, 35cm x 52cm
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £50 - £100
31 July 2025
31 July 2025
WILLIAM ALISTER MACDONALD (1861-1948) Evening Taormina
Lot 251 Sold
WILLIAM ALISTER MACDONALD (1861-1948) Evening Taormina
1908, signed lower left, watercolour, 15.5cm x 24cm

Provenance: The Bond Family, Holme Priory.
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £80 - £150
31 July 2025
31 July 2025
WILLIAM ALISTER MACDONALD (1861-1948) Perugia
Lot 252 Sold
WILLIAM ALISTER MACDONALD (1861-1948) Perugia
1910, signed and dated lower right, watercolour, 25cm x 17.5cm

Provenance: The Bond Family, Holme Priory.
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £40 - £60
31 July 2025
31 July 2025

Total lots: 462

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