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Old Master, British & European Paintings

Auction date Tuesday 28 March 2023 13:00 BST

Tuesday 28 March      - Sussex Saleroom 

Lot 1 – 279                          Old Master, British & European Paintings 1.00pm 

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PICTURES & PRINTS CATALOGUE TERMS
An explanation of catalogue terms in our opinion:

"Full name of the artist" - a work by the artist.
"Attributed to ..." - probably a work by the artist in whole or in part.
"Name and initial" - possibly a work by the artist.
"Studio of ..." - a work executed in the studio or workshop of the artist.
"Circle of ..." - a work of the period of the artist and showing his influence.
"Follower of ..." - a work executed in the artist's style, but not necessarily by a pupil.
"Manner of ..." - a work in the artist's style, but of a later date.
"After ..." - a copy (of any date) of a work by that artist.
"Signed ... Dated ... Inscribed ..." - the work has been signed/date/inscribed by the artist.
"Bears signature and/or date and/or inscription" - has been added by another hand.
"Artist's Resale Right / ARR" - a royalty payable to a qualifying artist or the artist's heirs each time a work is resold during the artist's lifetime and up to a period of 70 years after the artist's death. Royalties are calculated on a sliding percentage scale based on the hammer price excluding the buyer's premium. The royalty does not apply to lots selling below the sterling equivalent of €1,000 and the maximum royalty payable on any single lot is the sterling equivalent of €10,000. Droit de Suite, which is not subject to VAT, will be added to the buyer's purchase price and then passed on to the relevant collecting agency. Please enquire for the accepted exchange rate on the day of the sale. Royalties for Droit de Suite are as follows:

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Total lots: 278

Lot 193 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO ADRIANO BONIFAZI (ITALIAN, 1858-1914)
Portrait of a girl with flowers in her hair
oil on canvas
29.5x 25.5cm
(unframed)
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £300 - £500
28 March 2023
28 March 2023
Lot 194 Unsold
FRENCH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Portrait of a girl wearing a black bonnet
indistinctly signed (lower right)
oil on canvas
55.5 x 45.5cm
(unframed)

Provenance
Sale, Bonhams London, Children Through the Eye of the Artist, 18th September 1986, lot 228
Condition reportOriginal canvas.  Series of small surface abrasions with some paint loss in the…
Estimate: £500 - £700
28 March 2023
28 March 2023
Lot 195 Sold
AFTER ELISABETH JERICHAU-BAUMANN
The Norwegian Widow
bears signature and date (lower right)
oil on canvas
98 x 68cm

Provenance
In the private collection of an aristocratic Danish family;
Thence by family descent
FootnoteThere is a work of this title (The Norwegian Widow) fully attributed to Elisabeth Jerichau…
Hammer price: £4,200
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
28 March 2023
28 March 2023
Lot 196 Sold
FREDERIK HENDRIK KAEMMERER (DUTCH, 1839-1902)
Distant Thoughts
signed 'F. H. KAEMMERER' (lower left)
oil on panel
25.5 x 17.5cm

Provenance
Schiller & Bodo;
Private collection
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £500 - £700
28 March 2023
28 March 2023
Lot 197 Sold
EVERT PIETERS (DUTCH, 1856-1932)
Mother and child in an interior
signed 'E. Pieters' (lower right)
oil on canvas
62 x 51cm
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
28 March 2023
28 March 2023
Lot 198 Unsold
BERNARD POTHAST (DUTCH, 1882-1966)
The New Arrival
signed 'B. Pothast' (lower right)
oil on canvas
60.5 x 75cm
Condition reportOriginal canvas.  The paint surface is in good clean condition throughout.  …
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
28 March 2023
28 March 2023
Lot 199 Sold
GEORGE ARTHUR FRIPP (BRITISH, 1813-1896)
A shepherd at Trebarwith
signed, dated and inscribed 'George Fripp 1864 Trebarwith' (lower right)
watercolour
24 x 33cm
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £100 - £150
28 March 2023
28 March 2023
Lot 200 Unsold
WILLIAM J LEATHEM (BRITISH, ACT. 1840-1860)
A troop ship preparing to get underway in crowded waters off Portsmouth
signed and dated 'W.L.Leathem./7/49' (lower left)
watercolour with scratching out
27.3 x 42.5cm

Provenance
The Parker Gallery, London;
Jonathan Janson, UK
Estimate: £400 - £600
28 March 2023
28 March 2023
Lot 201 Sold
FOLLOWER OF RICHARD PARKES BONINGTON
View of Naples
bears signature and date '1821' and inscribed 'Naples' (lower right)
watercolour
16 x 22.5cm

Provenance
Gerald Norman Watercolour, Drawings and Paintings, Luxborough Street, London
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £150
28 March 2023
28 March 2023
Lot 202 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Study of a cow
signed with monogram and dated '1882' (lower left)
pen, ink and wash heightened with white
13.5 x 12.5cm
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £100 - £150
28 March 2023
28 March 2023
Lot 203 Sold
JOHN SKINNER PROUT (BRITISH, 1805-1876)
Town scene, thought to be Vire, Normandy
signed and dated 'SKINNER PROUT 1861' (lower left)
watercolour heightened with white
38 x 27.5cm

Provenance
Michael Appleby of St. James's
Condition reportSome very faint specks of staining in the sky, upper right, otherwise the sheet is…
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £200 - £400
28 March 2023
28 March 2023
Lot 204 Unsold
LOUIS HAGHE (BELGIAN, 1806-1885) AFTER GASPARE FOSSATI
Aya Sophia
lithograph
26.5 x 36.5cm
Estimate: £100 - £150
28 March 2023
28 March 2023
Lot 205 Unsold
LOUIS HAGHE (BELGIAN, 1806-1885) AFTER DAVID ROBERTS
Grand Entrance to the Mosque of the Sultan Hassan
lithograph in colours
48 x 31.5cm
Condition reportThe sheet appears sound.  Flecks of staining in the sky, upper right, otherwise…
Estimate: £200 - £300
28 March 2023
28 March 2023
Lot 206 Sold
WILLIAM HENRY PYNE (BRITISH, 1769-1843)
The Half Moon Inn
watercolour
26 x 36cm

Provenance
Sale, Christie's, London, 13th July 1993, lot 46
Condition reportTwo light surface abrasions in the sky, upper right, an area of staining to the sky…
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £200 - £400
28 March 2023
28 March 2023
Lot 207 Sold
NATHANIEL EVERETT GREEN (BRITISH, C. 1833-1899)
Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem
signed, dated and inscribed 'N.E. Green 1884 Church of Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem' (lower right)
watercolour heightened with white on paper
55 x 75cm

Provenance
Sale, Christie's, London, 17th November 1992, lot 118;
Mathaf Gallery, London, December 1992, from whom acquired by the previous owner;
Thence by descent
Condition ReportThere are minor abrasions to the extreme top left and right edges of the sheet,…
Hammer price: £2,800
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
28 March 2023
28 March 2023
Lot 208 Sold
NATHANIEL EVERETT GREEN (BRITISH, C. 1833-1899)
Jerusalem from Mount Zion
signed, dated and inscribed 'N.E. Green, 1884, Jerusalem' (lower left); inscribed with artist and title (on a gallery label attached to the backboard)
watercolour heightened with white on paper
55 x 75cm

Provenance
Dudley Gallery Art Society, Piccadilly, London;
Sale, Christie's, London, 17th November 1992, lot 117
Condition reportMinor frame abrasions to upper left and right corner; otherwise the sheet is sound…
Hammer price: £2,800
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
28 March 2023
28 March 2023
Lot 209 Sold
CARL HAAG (GERMAN, 1820-1915)
Camel Train by The Sphinx
signed and dated 'Carl Haag 1861' (lower left)
watercolour on paper
20.5 x 30.5cm

Provenance
Edwin Wilkins Field (1804-1871);
Mathaf Gallery, London, by 1994, from whom acquired by the previous owner;
Thence by descent
Condition reportThe sheet is sound and the colour strong throughout.  Framed and under glass;…
Hammer price: £6,500
Estimate: £5,000 - £8,000
28 March 2023
28 March 2023
Lot 210 Sold
SARAH ELLEN SANFORD (BRITISH, D. 1887)
Song of St Ambrose
signed 'S. Ellen Sanford' (lower left); further signed and titled 'The Song of St. Ambrose £3-3 Miss S Ellen Sanford 7 Bassett Road, North Kensington N' (on the artist's label
attached to the backboard)
watercolour
19 x 26cm
Condition reportFaint traces of a fold in the lower right corner, otherwise sheet is sound.  Strong…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £400 - £600
28 March 2023
28 March 2023
Lot 211 Sold
JOHN SHERRIN (BRITISH, 1819-1896)
A bird's nest with apple blossom
signed 'JSherrin' (lower right)
watercolour and bodycolour
22 x 26.5cm
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £400 - £600
28 March 2023
28 March 2023
Lot 212 Sold
BONAMI EDWARD WARREN (BRITISH, 19TH/20TH CENTURY)
A Surrey Woodland
signed and dated 'Bonami E Warren 1870' (lower left)
watercolour on paper
58 x 93cm
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £500
28 March 2023
28 March 2023
Lot 213 Sold
HENRY JOHN KINNAIRD (BRITISH, 1861-1929) (2)
A Sussex Lane; View Near Arundel
a pair, each signed 'Henry J Kinnaird' (lower right), each titled (lower left)
watercolour
each 18.5 x 27cm
(2)

Provenance
Mangate Gallery, London
Condition reportA Sussex Lane:  The sheet is sound, good strong colour throughout.  Framed and…
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £200 - £400
28 March 2023
28 March 2023
Lot 214 Sold
ALFRED GLENDENING JNR. (BRITISH, 1861-1907)
Near Goring on Thames
signed with monogram and dated 'AG 1904' (lower left)
watercolour
19 x 34.5cm
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £200 - £300
28 March 2023
28 March 2023
Lot 215 Sold
ALBERT WILLIAM AYLING (BRITISH, 1829-1905)
The Cornfield
signed 'A W Ayling RCA' (lower left); inscribed and titled (on an old label attached to the frame)
watercolour on paper laid on canvas
51 x 76cm
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £200 - £400
28 March 2023
28 March 2023
Lot 216 Sold
JOHN CROWTHER (BRITISH, ACT. 1876-1898)
Field Court, Grays Inn
signed and dated 'J Crowther XI 81'
watercolour on paper
22.5 x 28cm
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £200 - £400
28 March 2023
28 March 2023

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