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Auction date Wednesday 15 October 2025 10:30 - 17:30 BST
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William Batt


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Wednesday 15th October at 10.30am

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Total lots: 608

ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Portrait of a lady
Lot 241 Unsold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Portrait of a lady
three-quarter length, seated, a garden beyond, watercolour (oval), 25cm x 20cm
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Portrait of a lady
Lot 242 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Portrait of a lady
shoulder-length, pencil and watercolour, 12cm x 10cm; together with two silhouette portraits; and a miniature printed portrait on card (4)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £40 - £80
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
FRENCH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY A fishing boat docked at low tide
Lot 243 Unsold
FRENCH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY A fishing boat docked at low tide
pencil with pen and ink, 20.5cm x 27cm

Provenance: Property of a West Country collector.
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
LADY LUCY HUME-WILLIAMS (1862-1948) A Dorset landscape
Lot 244 Unsold
LADY LUCY HUME-WILLIAMS (1862-1948) A Dorset landscape
signed lower left, watercolour, labels verso, 22.5cm x 29cm
Estimate: £30 - £50
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
JOHN GILBERT (1817-1897) Cavalry battle
Lot 245 Unsold
JOHN GILBERT (1817-1897) Cavalry battle
1871, signed and dated lower left, watercolour, 15cm x 25cm; together with a second watercolour by the same hand depicting a cavalry battle, unsigned, 15cm x 25cm (2)
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
MANNER OF ALFRED STEVENS (1817-1875) Figural studies
Lot 246 Unsold
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 crouching child, 6.5cm x 4cm (3)
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
BERNARD EVANS (1848-1922) An extensive landscape
Lot 247 Unsold
BERNARD EVANS (1848-1922) An extensive landscape
signed lower right, watercolour, 32cm x 49cm
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
FREDERICK HINES (ACT.1875-1928) A riverside landscape
Lot 248 Sold
FREDERICK HINES (ACT.1875-1928) A riverside landscape
1921, depicting a young couple fishing, signed lower right, watercolour, 36.5cm x 26cm
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £30 - £50
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
JOHN COTTON (1801-1849) A collection of 25 studies of birds
Lot 249 Unsold
JOHN COTTON (1801-1849) A collection of 25 studies of birds
watercolour and pen and ink, typically 15cm x 23cm (25)
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
JULES ACHILLE NOEL (1815-1881) ‘Nantes'
Lot 250 Unsold
JULES ACHILLE NOEL (1815-1881) ‘Nantes'
1843, Loire river view, signed and dated lower left, pencil and wash, 20cm x 28cm

Provenance: Property of a West Country collector.
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
DAVID WOODLOCK (1842-1929) Mother and child before a cottage
Lot 251 Sold
DAVID WOODLOCK (1842-1929) Mother and child before a cottage
signed lower left, watercolour, 23cm x 15.5cm
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £40 - £80
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
DAVID WOODLOCK (1842-1929) 'The Village Maid'
Lot 252 Sold
DAVID WOODLOCK (1842-1929) 'The Village Maid'
signed lower left, watercolour, 23cm x 33cm
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
BOXING INTEREST: A FRAMED SET OF PORTRAITS OF PUGILISTS
Lot 253 Unsold
BOXING INTEREST: A FRAMED SET OF PORTRAITS OF PUGILISTS
a full-length portrait of 'Gentleman' John Jackson flanked by head and shoulders portraits of Ned…
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
BOXING INTEREST: TWO MONOCHROME PORTRAITS OF PUGILISTS James 'Deaf' Burke (1809-1845) and Tom Sayers (1826-1865)
Lot 254 Unsold
BOXING INTEREST: TWO MONOCHROME PORTRAITS OF PUGILISTS James 'Deaf' Burke (1809-1845) and Tom Sayers (1826-1865)
each 33.5cm x 23.5cm; and a smaller dual portrait of Sayers and John Camel Heenan (1834-1873) depicted facing each other, 19cm x 26cm (3)
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
BOXING INTEREST: AFTER ROBERT ISAAC CRUIKSHANK (1789-1856)
Lot 255 Sold
BOXING INTEREST: AFTER ROBERT ISAAC CRUIKSHANK (1789-1856)
'The great match between Randal and Martin', coloured etching, the plate 29cm x 41.5cm; and another example of the same bout (2)
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
BOXING INTEREST: CHARLES TURNER (1774-1857) AFTER T. BLAKE (fl. 1818-1831)
Lot 256 Unsold
BOXING INTEREST: CHARLES TURNER (1774-1857) AFTER T. BLAKE (fl. 1818-1831)
'The Interior of the Fives Court with Randall and Turner Sparring' hand coloured aquatint, 19cm x 55cm; together with an outlined version of the same scene, with pencil title (2)
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
BOXING INTEREST: THE GREAT FIGHT BETWEEN TOM SAYERS & J.C. REED
Lot 257 Unsold
BOXING INTEREST: THE GREAT FIGHT BETWEEN TOM SAYERS & J.C. REED
Jim Ward's version of the bout, 64cm x 97cm overall; together with a key to the participants and crowd; and another version of the fight after Rowbotham (3)
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
MANNER OF WALTER LANGLEY (1852-1922) Portrait of a fisherman
Lot 258 Unsold
MANNER OF WALTER LANGLEY (1852-1922) Portrait of a fisherman
bears initials lower left 'W.H.', watercolour, 44.5cm x 35.5cm
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
GILBERT HOLIDAY (1879-1937) A study of artillery horses
Lot 259 Sold
GILBERT HOLIDAY (1879-1937) A study of artillery horses
gouache, signed lower left, 43cm x 59cm
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
MANNER OF MYLES BIRKET FOSTER (1825-1899) Rural landscape
Lot 260 Unsold
MANNER OF MYLES BIRKET FOSTER (1825-1899) Rural landscape
1911, depicting a cottage by a river, bearing monogram and date lower right, watercolour, 24cm x 35cm
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
WILLIAM DANIELL (1769-1837) 'Pier at Margate'
Lot 261 Unsold
WILLIAM DANIELL (1769-1837) 'Pier at Margate'
1823, aquatint with hand colouring,16cm x 24cm
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY 'Bingham's Melcombe - The Church'
Lot 262 Unsold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY 'Bingham's Melcombe - The Church'
1857, etching in colours, 20cm x 28cm; together with a collection of prints and photographs, including further prints relating to Dorset (a lot)
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
AFTER GEORGE ROBERTSON (1748-1788) Views of the Island of Jamaica
Lot 263 Unsold
AFTER GEORGE ROBERTSON (1748-1788) Views of the Island of Jamaica
engraved by Daniel Lerpiniere and Thomas Vivares, a set of 6 engravings with hand colouring, typically 38cm x 52cm (6)
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
LUCIEN GAUTIER (1850-1925) Greenwich Naval College
Lot 264 Sold
LUCIEN GAUTIER (1850-1925) Greenwich Naval College
signed to lower right margin, etching, 19cm x 29cm
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £40 - £80
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
EUGENE BEJOT (1867-1931) Continental fishing scene
Lot 265 Unsold
EUGENE BEJOT (1867-1931) Continental fishing scene
etching, 18.5cm x 13.5cm; together with an etching by a different hand depicting the Lake of Ullswater, 8.5cm x 13.5cm (2)
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
AFTER WILLIAM HOGARTH (1697-1764) The Rake's Progress
Lot 266 Sold
AFTER WILLIAM HOGARTH (1697-1764) The Rake's Progress
comprising a set of ten etchings, typically 35cm x 41cm, in uniform frames; together with a set of four framed explanatory notes (14)
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
ALBRECHT DURER (1471-1528) 'The Betrayal of Christ'
Lot 267 Unsold
ALBRECHT DURER (1471-1528) 'The Betrayal of Christ'
from 'The Small Passion', woodcut, 12.5cm x 9.7cm (plate)
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
WILLIAM HENRI TOMS (C.1700-C.1755) 'Severus's Hill near York...'
Lot 268 Unsold
WILLIAM HENRI TOMS (C.1700-C.1755) 'Severus's Hill near York...'
etching with hand colouring, 21cm x 32cm
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
CORNELIS GALLE (1615-1678) 'Don Gaspar de Guzman, Count Duke of Olivares'
Lot 269 Sold
CORNELIS GALLE (1615-1678) 'Don Gaspar de Guzman, Count Duke of Olivares'
after Rubens, etching, 27.5cm x 18cm
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
AFTER THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER (1803-1902) Two sheep lying in a landscape
Lot 270 Unsold
AFTER THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER (1803-1902) Two sheep lying in a landscape
etching, 14cm x 23cm
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
AFTER THOMAS SHOTTER BOYS (1803-1974) The Striped Drawing Room
Lot 271 Unsold
AFTER THOMAS SHOTTER BOYS (1803-1974) The Striped Drawing Room
lithograph in colours, 26cm x 36cm; together with the volume 'Thomas Shotter Boys' by James Roundell, published by Octopus Books, 1974 (2)
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Veduta del Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Lot 272 Unsold
CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Veduta del Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
etching with hand colouring, 15cm x 20.5cm (plate); together with 'Colonia Agrippina', depicting a view of Cologne, etching with hand colouring, 27.5cm x 40cm (2)
Estimate: £40 - £80
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
LUCIEN DAUTREY (19TH CENTURY) Two women raking in a field
Lot 273 Sold
LUCIEN DAUTREY (19TH CENTURY) Two women raking in a field
after Jean-Francoise Millet, signed in pencil to margin, etching, 11.5cm x 17.5cm; together with another etching after Millet by the same hand, 12cm x 17cm (2)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
CLAUDINE BOUZONNET-STELLA (1636-1697) 'The Denial of Peter'
Lot 274 Unsold
CLAUDINE BOUZONNET-STELLA (1636-1697) 'The Denial of Peter'
etching, 45.5cm x 34.5cm
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
AFTER FRANCOIS NICHOLAS MARTINET (1725/31-1804) A series of bird studies
Lot 275 Sold
AFTER FRANCOIS NICHOLAS MARTINET (1725/31-1804) A series of bird studies
six engravings with hand colouring, typically 17cm x 22cm (6)
Hammer price: £340
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
*ARTHUR BORIS KLEIN (1893-1985) Scenes from the 'Dirty Dogs of Paris' series
Lot 276 Sold
*ARTHUR BORIS KLEIN (1893-1985) Scenes from the 'Dirty Dogs of Paris' series
signed in pencil, etchings in colours, 16cm x 44cm (5)
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
AFTER JACQUES CALLOT (1592-1635) 'Portrait of Claude Dereut and His Son, Jean'
Lot 277 Unsold
AFTER JACQUES CALLOT (1592-1635) 'Portrait of Claude Dereut and His Son, Jean'
etching, 30cm x 17.5cm
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
ENGLISH SCHOOL (LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY) A portrait miniature of a gentleman in a blue coat
Lot 278 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL (LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY) A portrait miniature of a gentleman in a blue coat
painted on ivory, 6.5cm high, in a yellow metal mourning case with a lock of hair to the reverse

Ivory Submission Reference: D7J5TP1R
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Portrait miniature of an army officer
Lot 279 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Portrait miniature of an army officer
watercolour on ivory, 7.5cm x 6cm

Ivory Submission Reference: UQVAMZKK
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Portrait miniature of a lady
Lot 280 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Portrait miniature of a lady
bust-length, wearing a white dress and red shawl, watercolour on ivory, 7.5cm x 6cm

Ivory Submission Reference: DY484S6U
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY Portrait miniature of Thomas Colman of Wicklewood, Norfolk
Lot 281 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY Portrait miniature of Thomas Colman of Wicklewood, Norfolk
circa 1751, watercolour on ivory, 5.2cm x 4.5cm

Ivory Submission Reference: AJAZSYNZ
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 19TH CENTURY Portrait miniature of a young girl
Lot 282 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 19TH CENTURY Portrait miniature of a young girl
shoulder-length, wearing a white dress, watercolour on ivory, 5.5cm x 4.5cm

Ivory Submission Reference: MC4FRK99
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A SCOTTISH OFFICER'S CEREMONIAL DIRK BY W. M. ANDERSON & SONS, GLASGOW AND EDINBURGH
Lot 283 Sold
A SCOTTISH OFFICER'S CEREMONIAL DIRK BY W. M. ANDERSON & SONS, GLASGOW AND EDINBURGH
early 20th century, stamped to the rear, the double fullered blade with a basket weave carved grip set with brass studs, the rear of the handle carved with crossed swords and bonnet, gilt metal mounts embossed and chased with thistles, oak leaves and acorns, the pomel set with a piece of faceted glass against red foil, in a black leather scabbard with similar mounts decorated with thistles, lilies and a crown thistle, with bi-knife and fork en suite, 42cm long, on a red velvet wall mount
Provenance: The late Mr M. G. O. Hill, Lieutenant-Colonel, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders.  
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £600 - £800
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A MOUNTED FAMILY MEDAL GROUP
Lot 284 Sold
A MOUNTED FAMILY MEDAL GROUP
comprising eight medals to Mr Charles Arthur Ainger, Warrant Officer, including an MBE, Palenstine 1945-1948, and the 1939-1945 star, and a group of four medals to Mr H. J. Ainger, including Korea and Northern Ireland; mounted together with a 'Narrative By R. S. M. Ainger Following a Parachute Descent on South of France on 15 Aug. 44.' (a lot)
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE VISCOUNT CRAIGAVON (1871-1940) THE CORONET WORN AT THE CORONATION OF KING GEORGE VI
Lot 285 Sold
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE VISCOUNT CRAIGAVON (1871-1940) THE CORONET WORN AT THE CORONATION OF KING GEORGE VI
by Ede & Ravenscroft, Ltd., Chancery lane, bearing sixteen silver gilt balls over an ermin fur trim, 24cm wide; together with The Right Honourable Vicountess Craigavon's coronet by Garrard & co., Ltd., 16cm wide, both boxed (2)

Provenance: Private collection, Onslow Gardens.
James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon (1871–1940)James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, was born at…
Hammer price: £5,400
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A VICTORIAN LEAD AND POLYCHROME PAINTED ROYAL COAT OF ARMS
Lot 286 Sold
A VICTORIAN LEAD AND POLYCHROME PAINTED ROYAL COAT OF ARMS
the quartered shield flanked by the lion and the unicorn, 35cm high x 51cm wide
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A SET OF SEVEN COPPER RECTANGULAR STENCILS
Lot 287 Unsold
A SET OF SEVEN COPPER RECTANGULAR STENCILS
19th century, comprising ‘Pantry’, ‘Bath Room’, ‘Elevation’, ‘Plan’, ‘Section’, ‘Floor’ and ‘Houses’, various sizes, the largest 7.5cm x 9.5cm (7)
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A COLLECTION OF SEVEN FIRE MARKS
Lot 288 Sold
A COLLECTION OF SEVEN FIRE MARKS
with lead examples comprising the prancing horse of Kent, 20cm high, a Hand in Hand mark, 22cm high…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025

Total lots: 608

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