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The Graham Snow Collection

Auction date Wednesday 24 September 2025 10:30 - 17:30 BST
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Head of Sale: 

Garry Batt


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Wednesday 24th September at 10.30am

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Total lots: 402

MANNER OF GEORGE RICHMOND (1809-1896) Portrait of a gentleman
Lot 1 Sold
MANNER OF GEORGE RICHMOND (1809-1896) Portrait of a gentleman
half-length, wearing a black coat, watercolour and pencil, 14cm x 11cm
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £40 - £80
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY A Biblical scene in a temple
Lot 2 Sold
CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY A Biblical scene in a temple
inscribed verso, oil on panel, 16cm x 13cm
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £80 - £150
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Portrait of a lady wearing a bonnet
Lot 3 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Portrait of a lady wearing a bonnet
an oval, oil on board, 28cm x 23cm; together with a portrait of a lady, with a landscape beyond, oil on board, 28cm x 23.5cm (2)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £30 - £50
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Two portrait miniatures of a lady and gentleman
Lot 4 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Two portrait miniatures of a lady and gentleman
bust-length, watercolour on ivory, 6cm x 5cm each (2)

Ivory Submission References: W88MACGF and 4VVDNRCQ
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £80 - £150
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY A portrait miniature of an army officer
Lot 5 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY A portrait miniature of an army officer
bust-length, in uniform, watercolour on ivory, 6.5cm x 5.5cm, a woven hair locket verso

Ivory Submission Reference: 6CKRM6YS
Hammer price: £1,600
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Seascape with classical figure and mythical fish
Lot 6 Sold
CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Seascape with classical figure and mythical fish
oil on panel, 40cm x 26cm
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 19TH CENTURY Portrait of a young woman
Lot 7 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 19TH CENTURY Portrait of a young woman
depicted three-quarter length, seated, wearing a white dress and blue sash, holding a letter, oil on canvas, 91.5cm x 71cm
Hammer price: £440
Estimate: £200 - £400
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
WILLIAM HOLMAN HUNT (1827-1910) Study of two figures
Lot 8 Sold
WILLIAM HOLMAN HUNT (1827-1910) Study of two figures
pen and ink on paper, 14.5cm x 11cm

Provenance: with Abbott and Holder.
The drawing is offered with a letter from Judith Bronkhurst, confirming its authenticity and its inclusion in her then-forthcoming catalogue raisonne of the artist's work, dated 23rd August 1986.
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES MARTIN (1848-1934) Classical scene with couple bidding farewell
Lot 9 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES MARTIN (1848-1934) Classical scene with couple bidding farewell
pencil, 15.5cm x 9cm
Hammer price: £35
Estimate: £30 - £50
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Pair of stormy seascapes
Lot 10 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Pair of stormy seascapes
gouache, 16cm x 29cm (2)
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £30 - £50
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Cockington Lodge, near Torquay
Lot 11 Unsold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Cockington Lodge, near Torquay
watercolour, 8.5cm x 14cm
Estimate: £30 - £50
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Portrait of a lady, said to be Hannah Moore
Lot 12 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Portrait of a lady, said to be Hannah Moore
half-length, seated at a table and holding a quill, watercolour, 20cm x 17cm; together with a watercolour portrait of a gentleman in profile, 9.5cm x 7cm (2)
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
ITALIAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY 'Fountain at Cortina'
Lot 13 Sold
ITALIAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY 'Fountain at Cortina'
watercolour, 10cm x 14cm
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
*GRAHAM SNOW (1948-2025) Pope Francis
Lot 14 Sold
*GRAHAM SNOW (1948-2025) Pope Francis
watercolour and mixed media, a diptych framed together in a wooden box, 21cm x 12cm each; together with two further diptychs by the same hand (3)
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £30 - £50
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
*GRAHAM SNOW (1948-2025) 'Ecco Homo'
Lot 15 Sold
*GRAHAM SNOW (1948-2025) 'Ecco Homo'
2020, inscribed verso, oil and mixed media, 13cm x 8.5cm
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £30 - £50
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
*GRAHAM SNOW (1948-2025) Four studies of mystical men
Lot 16 Sold
*GRAHAM SNOW (1948-2025) Four studies of mystical men
mixed media, 17cm x 13cm each (2)
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £40 - £80
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
*GRAHAM SNOW (1948-2025) Biblical assemblage
Lot 17 Sold
*GRAHAM SNOW (1948-2025) Biblical assemblage
mixed media including gouache and an altered doll, 28cm x 18cm
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
*GRAHAM SNOW (1948-2025) Madonna and Child
Lot 18 Sold
*GRAHAM SNOW (1948-2025) Madonna and Child
mixed media including found objects, 27cm x 22cm
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £30 - £50
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
*ATTRIBUTED TO GRAHAM SNOW (1948-2025) 'Pierrot Watteau'
Lot 19 Sold
*ATTRIBUTED TO GRAHAM SNOW (1948-2025) 'Pierrot Watteau'
depicting a clown in a stage set, watercolour and three-dimensional collage, 45cm x 35cm
Hammer price: £340
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
*CRAIGIE AITCHISON (1926-2009) Still life with blue vase
Lot 20 Unsold
*CRAIGIE AITCHISON (1926-2009) Still life with blue vase
circa 2001, oil on canvas board, 35cm x 24.5cm

Provenance: Bearing a postcard from the artist verso.
Estimate: £10,000 - £20,000
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
RAOUL DUFY (1877-1953) ‘Nu Sur Fond Jaune’
Lot 21 Sold
RAOUL DUFY (1877-1953) ‘Nu Sur Fond Jaune’
1930, signed and dated lower left, oil on canvas, 81cm x 65.5cm

Exhibited: 'Hommage à Raoul Dufy', 17th October to 20th November 1963, Galerie Pont-Royal Hotel, Paris.
Hammer price: £34,000
Estimate: £30,000 - £50,000
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
*HELEN LESSORE (1907-1994) 'Garden Statue in Spring'
Lot 22 Sold
*HELEN LESSORE (1907-1994) 'Garden Statue in Spring'
signed verso, oil on canvas, 30.5cm x 23cm

Exhibited: 'Paintings by Helen Lessore', 12 Duke Street Gallery, London, 1981. Sold with a copy of the exhibition catalogue.
Hammer price: £440
Estimate: £200 - £400
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
*MICHAEL WISHART (1928-1996) 'Flowers'
Lot 23 Sold
*MICHAEL WISHART (1928-1996) 'Flowers'
1965, initialled and dated lower right, signed verso, oil on canvas, 25cm x 30.5cm

Provenance: with Ernest Brown and Phillips Ltd.
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £200 - £400
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
SEI KOYANAGUI (1896-1948) A dog seated on an armchair
Lot 24 Sold
SEI KOYANAGUI (1896-1948) A dog seated on an armchair
signed lower right, oil on canvas, 64cm x 80cm

Provenance: Bellmans, 9th March 2021.
Hammer price: £340
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY Three studies of ruined buildings
Lot 25 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY Three studies of ruined buildings
oil on board, 29cm x 26cm (3)
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £200 - £400
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
G. J. LEGG (EARLY 20TH CENTURY) 'The Renown'
Lot 26 Sold
G. J. LEGG (EARLY 20TH CENTURY) 'The Renown'
1903, portrait of a ship at sea, signed lower right, oil on board, 40cm x 56cm
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
JAMES WRIGHT (B.1935) A tree in a winter landscape
Lot 27 Sold
JAMES WRIGHT (B.1935) A tree in a winter landscape
1965, signed lower right, oil on board, 54.5cm x 43cm
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
EMILY BEATRICE BLAND (1864-C.1951) 'In the West Country'
Lot 28 Sold
EMILY BEATRICE BLAND (1864-C.1951) 'In the West Country'
label verso, oil on board, 20cm x 25cm

Provenance: The Fine Art Society, London.
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 20TH CENTURY 'Horse for Peter'
Lot 29 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 20TH CENTURY 'Horse for Peter'
1909, initialled CKM and dated lower left, oil on canvas board, 22.5cm x 31cm
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £80 - £150
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
*FRANCIS ROSE (1909-1979) 'The Little Red Flower'
Lot 30 Sold
*FRANCIS ROSE (1909-1979) 'The Little Red Flower'
1974, signed and titled verso, oil on canvas board, 45.5cm x 35.5cm
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
*FRANCIS ROSE (1909-1979) Study of a young man
Lot 31 Sold
*FRANCIS ROSE (1909-1979) Study of a young man
1949, signed and dated lower right, watercolour and mixed media, 35cm x 24cm
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
*FRANCIS ROSE (1909-1979) 'Hemes'
Lot 32 Sold
*FRANCIS ROSE (1909-1979) 'Hemes'
signed lower right, gouache, 29cm x 36cm
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
*HANS FEIBUSCH (1898-1998) 'Monkeys at the Zoo'
Lot 33 Sold
*HANS FEIBUSCH (1898-1998) 'Monkeys at the Zoo'
1943/45, watercolour and gouache, 14cm x 24cm

Provenance: with Boundary Gallery.
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £80 - £150
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
*ERIC HENRI KENNINGTON (1888-1960) Study of a female nude
Lot 34 Sold
*ERIC HENRI KENNINGTON (1888-1960) Study of a female nude
1926, depicted full-length, in profile, initialled lower right, chalks and charcoal on paper, 55.5cm x 32.5cm

Provenance: Estate of the artist.

Exhibited: Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport.
Hammer price: £3,600
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
*GRAHAM SUTHERLAND (1903-1980) ‘Crucifixion’
Lot 35 Sold
*GRAHAM SUTHERLAND (1903-1980) ‘Crucifixion’
1964, monogrammed and dated lower right, pastel and gouache on black paper, 20cm x 15.5cm

Provenance: The Collection of the Artist, then passed to his wife Kathleen Frances ('Katharine') Sutherland (née Barry) (1905-1991), who gifted the collection to Dr Frank Tait, a prominent psychiatrist.
An Artistic Family Collection, Wiltshire,
Duke's, Art and Design Post 1880, 19th October 2023.
Hammer price: £1,800
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
*GRAHAM SUTHERLAND (1903-1980) ‘Entrance to a Lane’
Lot 36 Sold
*GRAHAM SUTHERLAND (1903-1980) ‘Entrance to a Lane’
1976, signed and dated lower right, pen and ink with gouache, 16cm x 31cm

Provenance: with Abbott and Holder.

Exhibited: 'For the Love of Drawing: Drawings from an Oxfordshire Private Collection', Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 3rd June to 18th August 2002.
Hammer price: £5,400
Estimate: £4,000 - £8,000
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
*MICHAEL SANDLE (B.1936) 'Study for the Rescue of the Royal Mail Paddle Steamer, Isle of Man'
Lot 37 Sold
*MICHAEL SANDLE (B.1936) 'Study for the Rescue of the Royal Mail Paddle Steamer, Isle of Man'
2002, signed and dated lower left, pen and ink, pencil and wash, 23cm x 32cm

Provenance: Dreweatts, 15th Jan 2021, lot 257.
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
JEFFERY CAMP (1923-2020) Beachside study
Lot 38 Sold
JEFFERY CAMP (1923-2020) Beachside study
squared for etching, watercolour, 32cm x 25cm

Provenance: Lyon and Turnbull, 10th January 2008, lot 325.

Note: the present artwork is possibly a study for the large canvas, 'Southcoast', housed in the Tate's collection.
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
*BERNARD MEADOWS (1915-2005) Nude study
Lot 39 Sold
*BERNARD MEADOWS (1915-2005) Nude study
1939, initialled and dated upper right, watercolour and gouache on paper, 21cm x 13cm

Provenance: Kingham and Orme, 5th March 2020.
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
EUROPEAN SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY Study of a reclining female nude
Lot 40 Sold
EUROPEAN SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY Study of a reclining female nude
depicted in a bedroom, pencil, 34cm x 45cm
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
ATTRIBUTED TO PHILIP WILSON STEER (1860-1942) Figure studies
Lot 41 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO PHILIP WILSON STEER (1860-1942) Figure studies
black chalk on paper, 20cm x 15cm

Provenance: Given to Graham Snow in circa 1970.
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £40 - £80
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
MANNER OF JOHN PIPER (1903-1992) Abstract landscape
Lot 42 Sold
MANNER OF JOHN PIPER (1903-1992) Abstract landscape
watercolour and pen and ink, 11cm x 15cm
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £30 - £50
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
ATTRIBUTED TO LOUISA, LADY BROWNLOW (1861-1922) 'The Avenging Angel'
Lot 43 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO LOUISA, LADY BROWNLOW (1861-1922) 'The Avenging Angel'
labels verso, watercolour, 14cm x 22cm
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £30 - £50
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
MARGARET JAMESON (20TH CENTURY)
Lot 44 Sold
MARGARET JAMESON (20TH CENTURY)
two life studies, typically 33cm x 22cm; together with a print by Thomas Wyck, among other decorative pictures and prints by various artists (5)
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £30 - £50
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
*ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN VARDA (1893-1971) 'Yanko'
Lot 45 Unsold
*ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN VARDA (1893-1971) 'Yanko'
1938, inscribed verso, ink on newspaper, 9.5cm x 9cm; together with another artwork attributed to the same hand (2)
Estimate: £80 - £150
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 20TH CENTURY Floral study
Lot 46 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 20TH CENTURY Floral study
watercolour, 37cm x 55cm; together with another modern watercolour scene by a different hand (2)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £20 - £40
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
*EUGENE GUSTAVOVITCH BERMAN (1899-1972) 'Concerto Barocco'
Lot 47 Unsold
*EUGENE GUSTAVOVITCH BERMAN (1899-1972) 'Concerto Barocco'
1945, costume design, monogrammed and dated lower centre, pen and ink on paper, 31cm x 25cm
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
*EUGENE GUSTAVOVITCH BERMAN (1899-1972) Tower study, possibly for a set design
Lot 48 Sold
*EUGENE GUSTAVOVITCH BERMAN (1899-1972) Tower study, possibly for a set design
1953, initialled and dated lower centre, watercolour and gouache with pen and ink, 26cm x 19cm
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £150 - £250
24 September 2025
24 September 2025

Total lots: 402

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