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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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Tuesday 26 March 10am – 4.00pm
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Thursday 28 March                  9am - 4.30pm
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Total lots: 267

CIRCLE OF SIR WILLIAM BEECHEY
Lot 1249Sold
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
HENRIETTE GEERTRUIDA KNIP (DUTCH, 1783-1842)
Lot 1251Sold
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
ROBERT JOHN DUNKARTON (BRITISH, 1744-1811) AFTER PHILIP REINAGLE (4)
Lot 1252Sold
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
ATTRIBUTED TO SAMUEL PROUT (BRITISH, 1783-1852)
Lot 1253Sold
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
WILLIAM CALLOW (BRITISH, 1812-1908)
Lot 1254Unsold
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
ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Lot 1255Sold
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
EUROPEAN SCHOOL, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Lot 1256Sold
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
JOHN LINNELL (BRITISH, 1792-1882)
Lot 1257Unsold
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
HERMAN TEN KATE (DUTCH, 1822-1891)
Lot 1258Sold
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
ARTHUR CROFT (BRITISH, 1828-1902)
Lot 1259Sold
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
ARTHUR CROFT (BRITISH, 1828-1902) (2)
Lot 1260Unsold
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
*** COMBINED INTO LINE 3*** ARTHUR CROFT (BRITISH, 1828-1902)
Lot 1261Unsold
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
ARTHUR CROFT (BRITISH, 1828-1902)
Lot 1262Sold
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
ARTHUR CROFT (BRITISH, 1828-1902)
Lot 1263Sold
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
ARTHUR CROFT (BRITISH, 1828-1902) (3)
Lot 1264Unsold
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
*** COMBINED INTO LINE 8*** ARTHUR CROFT (BRITISH, 1828-1902)
Lot 1265Unsold
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
*** COMBINED INTO LINE 8*** ARTHUR CROFT (BRITISH, 1828-1902)
Lot 1266Unsold
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
CHARLES WYNNE NICHOLLS (IRISH, 1831-1903)
Lot 1267Sold
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
FREDERICK ARTHUR BRIDGMAN (AMERICAN, 1847-1928)
Lot 1268Sold
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
LUDWIG HANS FISCHER (AUSTRIAN, 1848-1915)
Lot 1269Unsold
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
KARL KAUFMANN (AUSTRIAN, 1843-1905)
Lot 1270Unsold
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
PAUL H. ELLIS (BRITISH, FL. 1882-1908)
Lot 1271Unsold
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
JOHN FREDERICK LEWIS (BRITISH, 1805-1876)
Lot 1272Sold
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
JOHANN JAKOB BIEDERMANN (SWISS, 1763-1830) (2)
Lot 1273Unsold
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

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