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

William Batt


Auction: 

Thursday 31st July at 10.30am

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Total lots: 478

ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN FREDERICK HERRING SENIOR (1795-1865) Winter landscape
Lot 217 Unsold
ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN FREDERICK HERRING SENIOR (1795-1865) Winter landscape
depicting figures on a country path, bears signature lower right, watercolour, 27cm x 52cm
Estimate: £100 - £200
31 July 2025
31 July 2025
MANNER OF SAMUEL PROUT (1783-1852) Church interior
Lot 218 Unsold
MANNER OF SAMUEL PROUT (1783-1852) Church interior
depicting two clergymen, with a tomb to the foreground, watercolour, 25cm x 17cm
Estimate: £50 - £100
31 July 2025
31 July 2025
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY 'Patagonian Arara' and 'Blue and Green Turteline'
Lot 219 Sold
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.
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
31 July 2025
31 July 2025
ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 19TH CENTURY 'The Announcement'
Lot 220 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 19TH CENTURY 'The Announcement'
depicting figures gathered around a kitchen table, watercolour heightened with white, 27cm x 36cm

Provenance: The Bond Family, Holme Priory.
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £80 - £150
31 July 2025
31 July 2025
ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES DUFFIELD HARDING (C. 1797/98-1863) A mountainous landscape at dusk
Lot 221 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES DUFFIELD HARDING (C. 1797/98-1863) A mountainous landscape at dusk
depicting wild horses to foreground with a lake in the distance, watercolour, 41cm x 59cm
Hammer price: £440
Estimate: £80 - £150
31 July 2025
31 July 2025
FOLLOWER OF JOHN FREDERICK TAYLER (1802-1889) Study of a horse in a forest clearing
Lot 222 Sold
FOLLOWER OF JOHN FREDERICK TAYLER (1802-1889) Study of a horse in a forest clearing
1833, signed indistinctly and dated lower left, pencil, 40cm x 43cm

Provenance: The Bond Family, Holme Priory.
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £100
31 July 2025
31 July 2025
WALTER FOLLEN BISHOP (1856-1936) An autumnal wooded landscape
Lot 223 Sold
WALTER FOLLEN BISHOP (1856-1936) An autumnal wooded landscape
depicting a lake to the foreground, signed lower left, watercolour, 58cm x 99cm
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £80 - £150
31 July 2025
31 July 2025
ASCRIBED TO GEORGE MORROW (1870-1955) Arthurian scene
Lot 224 Unsold
ASCRIBED TO GEORGE MORROW (1870-1955) Arthurian scene
depicting a knight and lady on horseback, bears signature lower left, watercolour, 17cm x 27cm
Estimate: £50 - £100
31 July 2025
31 July 2025
NEAPOLITAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY A pair of views of Mount Vesuvius
Lot 225 Unsold
NEAPOLITAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY A pair of views of Mount Vesuvius
ovals, watercolour and gouache, 7cm x 10cm (2)
Estimate: £40 - £80
31 July 2025
31 July 2025
EDWARD PRITCHETT (1808-1894) San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice
Lot 226 Sold
EDWARD PRITCHETT (1808-1894) San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice
bears label to the reverse, watercolour, 25cm x 35cm

Provenance: Appleby Bros, St James's.
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £100 - £200
31 July 2025
31 July 2025
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

Total lots: 478

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