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The Winter Auction

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

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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Lots per page:

Total lots: 450

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
121 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.
£80 - £150 £50 View
122 ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Portrait of General Harry Lee Carter
depicted in profile, watercolour with pen and ink, 26cm x 19.5cm
£50 - £100 - View
123 ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY Portrait of an English officer
depicted full-length, before a curtain, watercolour on card, 44cm x 25cm
£200 - £400 £100 View
124 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)
£200 - £400 £320 View
125 CHARLES EDWARD DIXON (1872-1934) 'The Pool of London'
1891, signed and dated lower right, watercolour on paper laid to canvas, 48cm x 114cm
£800 - £1,500 £850 View
126 CHARLES EDWARD DIXON (1872-1934) 'Above Woolwich'
(19)08, signed and dated lower left, watercolour heightened with white, 37cm x 73cm
£300 - £500 £900 View
127 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…
£500 - £1,000 £1,900 View
128 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)
£100 - £200 £150 View
129 THOMAS FRANCIS WAINEWRIGHT (1794-1883) 'Cattle by a River, Sunset'
1858, signed lower right, watercolour, 24cm x 49cm

Provenance: The Fine Art Society, London.
£40 - £80 £70 View
130 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
£40 - £80 £40 View
131 JOHN GILBERT (1817-1897) Study of a man receiving Last Rites
surrounded by ecclesiastic figures, monogrammed lower left, watercolour, 23cm x 19.5cm
£50 - £100 - View
132 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.
£50 - £100 - View
133 ANTHONY VAN DYKE COPLEY FIELDING (1787-1855) An extensive rural landscape
depicting cattle to foreground, watercolour, 30cm x 41cm
£80 - £150 £100 View
134 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.
£200 - £400 £360 View
135 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.
£500 - £1,000 £450 View
136 GEORGE WOLFE (1834-1890) A beached sailing vessel with a coastal town beyond
signed lower right, watercolour, 55cm x 105cm
£800 - £1,500 - View
137 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.
£5,000 - £10,000 £18,000 View
138 FRANK SOUTHGATE (1872-1916) Coastal landscape with fishing boats
signed lower left, watercolour, 33cm x 51cm
£1,000 - £2,000 - View
139 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.
£100 - £200 £360 View
140 M EASTWOOD (19TH CENTURY) A collection of interior scenes and portraits
watercolour, typically 16cm x 12cm (9)
£50 - £100 £80 View
141 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.
£80 - £150 £80 View
142 JANE COWAN WYPER (1866-1898) A girl with a parasol before a coastal landscape
1891, signed and dated lower left, watercolour, 16cm x 24cm
£80 - £150 £50 View
143 ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Study of a Victorian lady
full length, pen and ink on paper, 20cm x 13cm
£50 - £100 - View
144 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…
£1,000 - £2,000 - View

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