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Auction date Thursday 29 January 2026 10:30 - 17:30 GMT

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Including property from the following collections:

Galhampton Manor, Somerset

The Collection of Kerrison Preston, Esq., by descent

Coventry Lodge, Corfe Mullen

Deer Park, Weston, Devon

The Peter Newall Collection

The fittings of a Mediterranean yacht

Head of Sale:

William Batt

Auction:

Thursday 29th January at 10.30am

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Lot 121 Sold

ALFRED HUNT (FL.1860-1887) Mother and child in an interior

inscribed to label verso, pencil heightened with white, 22cm x 16cm

Provenance: J S Maas & Co. New Bond Street, London.

Hammer price: £50

Estimate: £80 - £150

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Lot 122 Unsold

ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Portrait of General Harry Lee Carter

depicted in profile, watercolour with pen and ink, 26cm x 19.5cm

Estimate: £50 - £100

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Lot 123 Sold

ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY Portrait of an English officer

depicted full-length, before a curtain, watercolour on card, 44cm x 25cm

Hammer price: £100

Estimate: £200 - £400

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Lot 124 Sold

ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY A silhouette family portrait

watercolour with pen and ink on paper laid to canvas, 43cm x 57.5cm; together with a 19th century silhouette portrait of a seated lady, 28cm x 22cm (2)

Hammer price: £320

Estimate: £200 - £400

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Lot 125 Sold

CHARLES EDWARD DIXON (1872-1934) 'The Pool of London'

1891, signed and dated lower right, watercolour on paper laid to canvas, 48cm x 114cm

Hammer price: £850

Estimate: £800 - £1,500

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Lot 126 Sold

CHARLES EDWARD DIXON (1872-1934) 'Above Woolwich'

(19)08, signed and dated lower left, watercolour heightened with white, 37cm x 73cm

Hammer price: £900

Estimate: £300 - £500

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Lot 127 Sold

JOHN COTTON (1801-1849) Studies of British birds

a collection from one of the artist's earlier sketchbooks, watercolour with pen and ink on paper, 15cm x 23cm, framed individually (25)

Provenance: By descent from the artist's family;
Christie's sale, April 1976;
Private Collection, UK.

John Cotton was an important British ornithological writer and artist, most well known for the…

Hammer price: £1,900

Estimate: £500 - £1,000

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Lot 128 Sold

RAOUL MAUCHERAT DE LONGPRÉ (1855-1911) A pair of still lives of flowers on ledges

signed lower right, gouache, 25.5cm x 35cm each (2)

Hammer price: £150

Estimate: £100 - £200

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Lot 129 Sold

THOMAS FRANCIS WAINEWRIGHT (1794-1883) 'Cattle by a River, Sunset'

1858, signed lower right, watercolour, 24cm x 49cm

Provenance: The Fine Art Society, London.

Hammer price: £70

Estimate: £40 - £80

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Lot 130 Sold

JAMES RANNIE SWINTON (1816-1888) Portrait of a lady

1854, depicted shoulder-length, a ribbon in her hair, signed and dated lower left, pencil with watercolour and chalks on paper (an oval), 25cm x 20cm

Hammer price: £40

Estimate: £40 - £80

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Lot 131 Unsold

JOHN GILBERT (1817-1897) Study of a man receiving Last Rites

surrounded by ecclesiastic figures, monogrammed lower left, watercolour, 23cm x 19.5cm

Estimate: £50 - £100

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Lot 132 Unsold

ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 19TH CENTURY Study of a lady looking out to sea

depicted full-length, holding a parasol, monogrammed 'E R' lower left, watercolour, 31cm x 15cm

Provenance: J S Maas & Co. Bond Street, London.

Estimate: £50 - £100

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Lot 133 Sold

ANTHONY VAN DYKE COPLEY FIELDING (1787-1855) An extensive rural landscape

depicting cattle to foreground, watercolour, 30cm x 41cm

Hammer price: £100

Estimate: £80 - £150

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Lot 134 Sold

CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY 'The Brig "Union" Entering Naples November 9th 1860'

gouache, 40.5cm x 63cm

Provenance: Purchased at The Old Customs House, Lymington, 1974.

Hammer price: £360

Estimate: £200 - £400

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Lot 135 Sold

CIRCLE OF JEAN-FRANCOIS MILLET (1814-1875) A study for 'The First Steps'

watercolour over pencil, 14.5cm x 12cm

Provenance: Kerrison Preston Esq. and thence by descent.

The present sketch was sold at Christie’s prior to 1937 as by the hand of Albert Moore (1841-1893),…

Hammer price: £450

Estimate: £500 - £1,000

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Lot 136 Unsold

GEORGE WOLFE (1834-1890) A beached sailing vessel with a coastal town beyond

signed lower right, watercolour, 55cm x 105cm

Estimate: £800 - £1,500

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Lot 137 Sold

MICHEL-JEAN CAZABON (1813-1888) Caribbean coastal scene with off-shore shipping

signed lower left, label verso, watercolour, 26.8cm x 43cm

Provenance: Covent Garden Gallery, London;
The fittings of a Mediterranean yacht.

Hammer price: £18,000

Estimate: £5,000 - £10,000

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Lot 138 Unsold

FRANK SOUTHGATE (1872-1916) Coastal landscape with fishing boats

signed lower left, watercolour, 33cm x 51cm

Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000

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Lot 139 Sold

THOMAS CHURCHYARD (1798-1865) 'Three Men in a Gig'

watercolour, 11.5cm x 17cm

Provenance: Albany Gallery, St James's.

Exhibited: Bury St. Edmunds Art Gallery, 1973;
Gainsborough's House, Sudbury, circa 1970s.

The present watercolour possibly depicts the so-called 'Wits of Woodbridge', comprising Edward…

Hammer price: £360

Estimate: £100 - £200

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Lot 140 Sold

M EASTWOOD (19TH CENTURY) A collection of interior scenes and portraits

watercolour, typically 16cm x 12cm (9)

Hammer price: £80

Estimate: £50 - £100

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Lot 141 Sold

OSWALD WALTER BRIERLY (1817-1894) A ship at sea

label verso, watercolour and bodycolour on paper, 10.5cm x 15.5cm

Provenance: Covent Garden Gallery;
The fittings of a Mediterranean yacht.

Hammer price: £80

Estimate: £80 - £150

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Lot 142 Sold

JANE COWAN WYPER (1866-1898) A girl with a parasol before a coastal landscape

1891, signed and dated lower left, watercolour, 16cm x 24cm

Hammer price: £50

Estimate: £80 - £150

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Lot 143 Unsold

ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Study of a Victorian lady

full length, pen and ink on paper, 20cm x 13cm

Estimate: £50 - £100

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Lot 144 Unsold

ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES HARDINGE, 1ST BARON HARDINGE OF PENSHURST (1858-1944) A sketchbook of 27 topographical views

1881-1885, comprising views of Anatolia, Egypt, Odessa, the Black Sea, Switzerland and other locations, some bearing the artist's monogram, watercolour on paper (some pasted down), typically 17.5cm x 25cm; together with a watercolour by the same hand depicting a garden scene, 25cm x 17cm; three leather attaché cases inscribed with Hardinge titles (including one made by T. J. Weeks & Sons, inscribed 'Charles Hardinge Xmas 1897');

an Edward VII silver cased miniature carriage timepiece, the engine turned case by Norman Marshall,…

Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000

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