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Old Master, British & European Paintings

Auction date Thursday 28 March 2024 11:00 - 15:00 GMT

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Thursday 28 March – Sussex Saleroom 
Lot  1201 – 1468         Old Master, British & European Paintings 11.00am

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Thursday 21 March 10am – 4.00pm
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Monday 25 March 10am – 4.00pm
Tuesday 26 March 10am – 4.00pm
Wednesday 27 March 10am – 4.00pm

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Wednesday 27 March               9am – 4.30pm
Thursday 28 March                  9am - 4.30pm
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Saturday 30 March                    Closed
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Wednesday 3rd April                   9am – 4.30pm
Thursday 4th April                     9am – 4.30pm


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Lots per page:

Total lots: 267

Lot 1249 Sold
CIRCLE OF SIR WILLIAM BEECHEY
Portrait of a lady in a white and blue dress
pastel
60 x 51cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £300 - £500
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1251 Sold
HENRIETTE GEERTRUIDA KNIP (DUTCH, 1783-1842)
Still life with tulips, viburnum, auriculas, hyacinths, bird's nests and brimstone butterflies
signed and dated 'Henriette G Knip 1874' (lower right)
watercolour
76 x 60.5cm

Provenance
Sale, Christie's, Paris, 16th December 2005, lot 220

The present work will be on view at Cromwell Place SW7 on 12th and 13th March 2024
92 x 76.5cm including frame.
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1252 Sold
ROBERT JOHN DUNKARTON (BRITISH, 1744-1811) AFTER PHILIP REINAGLE (4)
The Night Blooming Cereus
cut down engraving in colour
44 x 35cm
together with Flora, The Queen Flower; The Superb Lily from the Temple of Flora; and Tulips from the Temple of Flora, three further cut down engravings in colour by Robert John Thornton after Philip Reinagle
(4)
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £500 - £800
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1253 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO SAMUEL PROUT (BRITISH, 1783-1852)
The Charles Bridge, Prague
watercolour
27.5 x 21.5cm
(unframed)
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £80 - £120
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1254 Unsold
WILLIAM CALLOW (BRITISH, 1812-1908)
Fisherman on a rocky shoreline
signed 'W Callow' (lower right)
watercolour
24 x 35.5cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Estimate: £300 - £500
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1255 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Gateway at Lincoln
inscribed with title and dated '1814' (upper right)
grey wash and ink
14 x 21.5cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £150
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1256 Sold
EUROPEAN SCHOOL, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The Harvest
watercolour
12 x 15cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £150 - £250
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1257 Unsold
JOHN LINNELL (BRITISH, 1792-1882)
Mrs Robert Hudleston with her children, Robert and Annette
signed and dated 'J Linnell fc 1838' (lower right)
watercolour and coloured chalks
46.5 x 59cm

Provenance
Sale, Christie's London, 12th April 1994, lot 29;
Property of a nobleman
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1258 Sold
HERMAN TEN KATE (DUTCH, 1822-1891)
Held by the Enemy
signed 'Herman Ten Kate' (lower right)
watercolour
22 x 37cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £200 - £400
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1259 Sold
ARTHUR CROFT (BRITISH, 1828-1902)
A coastal fort
dated '1889' (verso)
watercolour
35 x 60cm

Provenance
The artist, thence by descent to the current owner
Footnote Arthur Croft (1828-1902) was a British watercolour artist. He was one of six children of…
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £150 - £250
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1260 Unsold
ARTHUR CROFT (BRITISH, 1828-1902)
A rocky coastline
watercolour
29 x 96cm

Provenance
The artist, thence by descent to the current owner
Footnote Arthur Croft (1828-1902) was a British watercolour artist. He was one of six children of…
Estimate: £150 - £250
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1261 Unsold
ARTHUR CROFT (BRITISH, 1828-1902)
Lake Orta
signed and dated 'arthur croft 1874' (lower left) and inscribed (verso)
watercolour
30 x 56.5cm

Provenance
The artist, thence by descent to the current owner
Footnote Arthur Croft (1828-1902) was a British watercolour artist. He was one of six children of…
Estimate: £150 - £250
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1262 Sold
ARTHUR CROFT (BRITISH, 1828-1902)
A coastal fortification
watercolour
29.5 x 97cm

Provenance
The artist, thence by descent to the current owner
Footnote Arthur Croft (1828-1902) was a British watercolour artist. He was one of six children of…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £150 - £250
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1263 Sold
ARTHUR CROFT (BRITISH, 1828-1902)
Coastal landscape with mountains
watercolour
29.5 x 90cm

Provenance
The artist, thence by descent to the current owner
Footnote Arthur Croft (1828-1902) was a British watercolour artist. He was one of six children of…
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £150 - £250
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1264 Unsold
ARTHUR CROFT (BRITISH, 1828-1902)
View from Hotel Window, Falmouth
with remnants of old artist's label (wedged behind stretcher to the reverse)
watercolour
35 x 61cm

Provenance
The artist, thence by descent to the current owner
Footnote Arthur Croft (1828-1902) was a British watercolour artist. He was one of six children of…
Estimate: £150 - £250
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1265 Unsold
ARTHUR CROFT (BRITISH, 1828-1902)
Bishop's Rock, Kynance Cove, Cornwall
signed and dated 'arthur croft 1892' (lower left) and with artist's label (attached to backing paper)
watercolour
35 x 61.5cm

Provenance
The artist, thence by descent to the current owner
Footnote Arthur Croft (1828-1902) was a British watercolour artist. He was one of six children of…
Estimate: £150 - £250
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1266 Unsold
ARTHUR CROFT (BRITISH, 1828-1902)
A tree on a mountainside
watercolour
52 x 34cm

Provenance
The artist, thence by descent to the current owner
Footnote Arthur Croft (1828-1902) was a British watercolour artist. He was one of six children of…
Estimate: £80 - £120
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1267 Sold
CHARLES WYNNE NICHOLLS (IRISH, 1831-1903)
An Eastern Beauty
signed and dated 'C. W. Nicholls 1865' (lower left)
oil on canvas
76.5 x 63.5cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition reportRelined.Some craquelure visible.Horizontal lines top and bottom and vertical lines…
Hammer price: £5,500
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1268 Sold
FREDERICK ARTHUR BRIDGMAN (AMERICAN, 1847-1928)
Sanctuary in the Sahara
signed and dated ‘F. A Bridgman 1879’ (lower left)
oil on canvas
56 x 87cm

Provenance
The artist Arthur Croft (1828-1902);
Thence by family descent to the current owner

Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, Annual, 1880, no. 232

Literature
For a related work see;
Frederick A. Bridgman, Winters in Algeria (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1890), drawing, Mosque of Lichana, repro. p. 248.

The present work will be on view at Cromwell Place SW7 on 12th and 13th March 2024
Footnote Sanctuary in the Sahara is a product of Fredrick A. Bridgman’s second visit to Algeria. …
Hammer price: £26,000
Estimate: £10,000 - £15,000
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1269 Unsold
LUDWIG HANS FISCHER (AUSTRIAN, 1848-1915)
The Courtyard
signed and dated 'Ludwig Hans Fischer 1879' (lower left)
oil on canvas
86 x 107cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK

The present work will be on view at Cromwell Place SW7 on 12th and 13th March 2024
Condition ReportThe canvas has been relined.  The paint surface is clean and sound.  Some…
Estimate: £10,000 - £15,000
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1270 Unsold
KARL KAUFMANN (AUSTRIAN, 1843-1905)
Outside the mosque
signed 'K Schwartz' (lower left) and inscribed (to back of stretcher)
oil on canvas
53 x 79.5cm
Estimate: £600 - £800
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1271 Unsold
PAUL H. ELLIS (BRITISH, FL. 1882-1908)
The Musicians
signed 'Paul H Ellis' (lower right)
watercolour and gouache
55 x 42cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Estimate: £400 - £600
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1272 Sold
JOHN FREDERICK LEWIS (BRITISH, 1805-1876)
Portrait of a lady in a straw hat
signed and dated 'JF Lewis 1837' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour
oval, 29 x 24cm

Provenance
Sale, Christie's New York, 5th April 2005, lot 151;
Lowell Libson, London;
Property of a nobleman

The present work will be on view at Cromwell Place SW7 on 12th and 13th March 2024
Hammer price: £2,800
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1273 Unsold
JOHANN JAKOB BIEDERMANN (SWISS, 1763-1830) (2)
Mending the seed drill; Horses watering by a fountain
a pair, each signed 'J.J. Biedermann' (lower left), one dated '1807', the other dated '1808'
oil on metal
each 21 x 31.5cm
(2)

Provenance
The parents of the present owner, thence by descent

The present works will be on view at Cromwell Place SW7 on 12th and 13th March 2024
Estimate: £6,000 - £8,000
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1274 Sold
WILLEM JACOBUS BOOGARD (DUTCH, 1842-1888) (2)
Shirehorses by a well; Shirehorses in a stable
a pair, each signed and dated 'W J Boogard 1877' (lower left)
oil on panel
each 23 x 30cm
(2)

Provenance
Property of a nobleman
Condition Reportboth panels are sound and flat.  Grain is visible through the paint surface on very…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £300 - £500
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1275 Sold
ALFRED JURARDUS VAN PROOIJEN (DUTCH, 1834-1898)
In conversation by a haycart
signed 'Van Prooijen' (lower right)
oil on board
30 x 47.5cm
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £300 - £500
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1276 Unsold
NORTHERN EUROPEAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
A lady playing an instrument with two men by a table with fruit
oil on panel
40.5 x 32cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Estimate: £300 - £500
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1277 Unsold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
The Cobblers
oil on canvas
41 x 51cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Estimate: £200 - £300
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1278 Sold
NORTHERN EUROPEAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Interior scene
oil on paper laid on panel
22.5 x 30.5cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £150 - £250
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1279 Unsold
CIRCLE OF GEORGE WILLIAM SARTORIUS
Still life of a lemon, grapes, walnuts and other fruit and nuts on a stone ledge
oil on copper
22 x 29.5cm, oval

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Estimate: £500 - £700
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1280 Sold
FOLLOWER OF SEBASTIAN PETHER
Moonlit scene with a folly by a river
inscribed 'JD Sculpt1847' (lower right)
oil on canvas
72 x 92cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £200 - £400
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1281 Unsold
ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM SHAYER (BRITISH, 1787-1879)
A rest from toil
oil on canvas
61 x 91cm

Provenance
Property of a nobleman
Estimate: £600 - £800
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1282 Sold
GEORGE COLE (BRITISH, 1810-1883)
The Dying of a Day
signed and dated 'Geo Cole 1854' (lower left)
oil on canvas
43 x 63.5cm

Provenance
M. Richardson, London
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £300 - £500
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1283 Sold
CIRCLE OF HENRY JOHN BODDINGTON (BRITISH, 1811-1865)
Sheep on a track outside a cottage
oil on canvas
43 x 53cm

Provenance
Cedric Westlake Esq., thence by family descent
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £100 - £150
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1284 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO ANTHONY VANDYKE COPLEY FIELDING (BRITISH, 1778-1855)
View of Loch Katrine, Perthshire with Ben Venue beyond
inscribed and titled 'Copley Fielding/ 56 Charlotte Street/ Portland Place/ No. 2' (on an old label verso)
oil on canvas laid on board
22.5 x 30cm

Provenance
Sir Geoffrey Bates, Bt. of Gryn Castle;
His sale, Christie's, London, 17th July 2006, lot 56;
Property of the late Michael Blyth-Whitelock
The panel is sound and the canvas in good condition.  Minor paint shrinkage in the lower left…
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £300 - £500
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1285 Unsold
ATTRIBUTED TO HENRY JOHN BODDINGTON (BRITISH, 1811-1865)
Figures on a lakeland track
oil on canvas
57 x 91cm, arched top

Provenance
Property of the late Michael Blyth-Whitelock
Estimate: £300 - £500
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1286 Sold
ANTHONY VANDYKE COPLEY FIELDING (BRITISH, 1787-1855)
Man on horseback in a mountainous landscape
signed 'Copley Fielding' (lower left)
oil on canvas
35.5 x 45.5cm
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £500 - £800
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1287 Unsold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Figures and animals in a mountainous landscape
oil on board
45 x 35cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Estimate: £300 - £500
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1288 Sold
CHARLES LESLIE (BRITISH, 1835-18900 (2)
Lakeland scenes, a pair
each signed and dated 'Charl Leslie 1877' (one lower left, the other lower right)
oil on canvas
each 20.5 x 30.5cm
(2)
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £400 - £600
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1289 Unsold
FOLLOWER OF JOHN RATHBONE
A riverside village at dusk
oil on canvas
61 x 92cm

Provenance
Property of the late Michael Blyth-Whitelock
Estimate: £500 - £700
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1290 Sold
WILLIAM HENRY WILLIAMSON (BRITISH, 1820-1883)
Boats outside a harbour in choppy waters
signed and indistinctly dated 'W H Williamson' (lower left)
oil on canvas
46 x 81cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £150 - £250
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1291 Sold
JAMES WEBB (BRITISH, 1825-1895)
Morning
signed and dated ‘James Webb 82’ (lower right) and inscribed with title, artist's name and date '1882' (verso)
oil on panel
17 x 23cm

Provenance
Sale, Christie's, London, 12 February 1988, lot 37;
Sale, Sotheby's, London, 11th May 2005, lot 128;
Richard Green, Dover Street, London;
Private collection, UK
Condition Reportthe panel is sound; paint surface in good clean condition.  Ultraviolet reveals…
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £500 - £800
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1292 Unsold
GEORGES H STANLEY (19TH CENTURY)
Shipping off the coast
signed and dated 'Georges H STANLEY 837' (lower left)
oil on canvas
55.5 x 84cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Estimate: £150 - £250
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1293 Sold
GUSTAVE DE BREANSKI (BRITISH, 1859-1899)
Waves crashing onto a beach
signed 'Gustave de Breanski' (lower right)
oil on canvas
31 x 46cm

Provenance
Sale, Christie's, South Kensington, 28th March 2007, lot 104;
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £300 - £500
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1294 Unsold
CHARLES JOHN DE LACY (BRITISH, 1856-1929)
Off the Dutch Coast
signed and dated 'CHARLES. J. DE LACY. 1910.' (lower left)
oil on board
30 x 60cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Estimate: £300 - £500
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1295 Sold
WILLIAM LIONEL WYLLIE (BRITISH, 1851-1931)
Toil, Glitter, Grime and Wealth on the Thames
signed in pencil 'W. L. Wyllie' (in lower margin)
etching
42.5 x 55.5cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £300 - £500
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1296 Unsold
WILLIAM LIONEL WYLLIE (BRITISH, 1851-1931)
Bay of Naples
signed in pencil 'W L Wyllie' (in lower margin)
etching
16 x 37.5cm
Estimate: £150 - £200
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1297 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Portrait of a greyhound
indistinctly signed and dated (lower right)
inscribed 'Calico died by poison administered by some malicious person *** 12 1877' (below greyhound)
oil on canvas
45.5 x 60cm
(unframed)

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition ReportOriginal canvas.  The canvas has come away from the stretcher to the left, right…
Hammer price: £3,500
Estimate: £100 - £150
28 March 2024
28 March 2024

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