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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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Viewing- Sussex Saleroom 
Thursday 21 March 10am – 4.00pm
Friday 22 March  10am – 4.00pm
Saturday 23 March  9am – 12.30pm
Monday 25 March 10am – 4.00pm
Tuesday 26 March 10am – 4.00pm
Wednesday 27 March 10am – 4.00pm

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Collections - Sussex Saleroom 
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Wednesday 27 March               9am – 4.30pm
Thursday 28 March                  9am - 4.30pm
Friday 29 March                       Closed
Saturday 30 March                    Closed
Monday 1st April                      Closed
Tuesday 2nd April                     9am – 4.30pm
Wednesday 3rd April                   9am – 4.30pm
Thursday 4th April                     9am – 4.30pm


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Lots per page:

Total lots: 267

Lot 1394 Sold
CHINESE SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY (2)
Figures playing musical instruments by a lake, a pair
oil on canvas
each 107 x 132cm
(2)
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1395 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO WALTER GREAVES (BRITISH, 1846-1930)
Heart of the City, Nocturne
bears indistinct signature (lower left)
oil on canvas
41 x 61cm

Provenance
Royal Exchange Gallery, London;
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1396 Unsold
JACQUES-EMILE BLANCHE (FRENCH, 1861-1942)
Paris
signed 'J. E Blanche' (lower left)
oil on board
24 x 33cm

Provenance
Hadspen House Sale, Sotheby's, London, 29th May 1996, lot 403;
Private collection, UK
Estimate: £400 - £600
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1397 Sold
ALBERTO PISA (ITALIAN, 1864-1930)
The Royal Exchange
signed 'A. Pisa' (lower left)
watercolour
32 x 42cm

Provenance
M. Newman, London;
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £500 - £700
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1398 Sold
MARCUS STONE (BRITISH, 1840-1921)
A shady balustrade
oil on board
34.5 x 24.5cm

Provenance
According to inscription on the backboard, acquired by Arthur Wardle at the Marcus Stone Studio Sale, Christie's, 1st July 1921;
Thence by family descent
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £300 - £500
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1399 Unsold
FREDERICK GEORGE COTMAN (BRITISH, 1850-1920)
Afternoon Glow, St Ives, Hampshire
signed and dated 'F Cotman 1915' (lower right) and with an old label (to back of frame)
oil on canvas
42.5 x 61.5cm
Condition ReportOriginal canvas.  Traces of craquelure in the sky and horizontal stretcher mark off…
Estimate: £300 - £500
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1400 Sold
HENRY SCOTT TUKE (BRITISH, 1858-1929)
Ship at Falmouth
oil on panel
20 x 29cm

Provenance
Geoffrey Sainsbury (The artist's nephew);
Brian D. Price Collection 1963-1999, from whom acquired by the present owner

Exhibited
Lincoln, Usher Gallery, Exhibition of Works by Henry Scott Tuke, 1st September - 2nd October 1965, no.96 (as 'Ship')
FootnoteThe execution of the present work is recorded in Tuke's Diary entry for 6th December 1924…
Hammer price: £4,800
Estimate: £5,000 - £8,000
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1401 Unsold
HENRY SCOTT TUKE (BRITISH, 1858-1929)
French Barque - Misty Morning
signed and dated 'H.S. TUKE 1918' (lower left)
watercolour
49.5 x 34cm

Provenance
H.E. Knott-Grimsby 1919;
David Cross Gallery 1994, from whom acquired by the present owner

Exhibited
London, Royal Watercolour Society, Summer 1918, no. 106;
London, Royal Academy, 1919, no.799 (as 'French Barque')

Literature
The Registers of Henry Scott Tuke, Annotated by B.D. Price, 1983, register no. 884
Held in the Original Cole Brothers frame.
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1402 Unsold
HENRY SCOTT TUKE (BRITISH, 1858-1929)
St-Anthony-in-Roseland from Newporth Cove
signed 'H.S. TUKE' (lower right)
watercolour
13 x 20.5cm

Provenance
Sale, Gorringes, 12th May 2010, lot 1494; where acquired by the present owner
FootnoteThe present work shows the remote cove where Tuke painted many of his seminal nude subjects…
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1403 Sold
HENRY SCOTT TUKE (BRITISH, 1858-1929)
Portrait of Lord Ronald Charles Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1845-1916)
inscribed 'Lord Ronald Gower' (verso)
oil on board
23 x 15cm

Provenance
The Great niece of Henry Scott Tuke;
Sale, Bonhams Oxford, 16th November 2011, lot 98 (catalogued as 'Portrait of a Gentleman'), where acquired by the present owner
FootnoteRonald Gower, who was the seventh son of George, 2nd Duke of Sutherland (1786-1861), sat…
Hammer price: £4,000
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1404 Sold
MINNIE AGNES COHEN (BRITISH, 1864-1940)
The Fisherman
signed and dated 'M. Agnes Cohen. Xmas. 1905' (lower left)
oil on canvas laid on board
24 x 23cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition ReportThe board appears sound and flat and canvas in good overall condition.  Light…
Hammer price: £1,800
Estimate: £500 - £800
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1405 Sold
FREDERICK JAMES MCNAMARA EVANS (BRITISH, 1859-1930)
Old Salt
signed 'F M Evans' (lower right)
watercolour
22 x 14.5cm

Provenance
David Messum Fine Art, Duke Street, London

Exhibited
London, David Messum Fine Art, British Impressions, No. 7
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £300 - £500
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1406 Sold
BERNARD FINEGAN GRIBBLE (BRITISH, 1873-1962)
A ship in for repairs
signed and dated ‘B F Gribble 91’ (lower right)
watercolour
56 x 35cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £100 - £150
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1407 Unsold
LUCY KEMP-WELCH (BRITISH, 1869-1958)
A goat feeding
signed with initials 'L.K.W.' (lower left)
watercolour
22.5 x 31.5cm

Provenance
Herbert Dicksee;
Thence by descent to his great-niece, Pamela Service
Condition reportAcidic mount.A few very small spots of foxing in places.Possibly a very small…
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1408 Unsold
EDWIN ALEXANDER (SCOTTISH, 1870-1926)
A Peacock
signed with initials 'E.A.' (lower right)
watercolour
23.5 x 18.5cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1409 Sold
EDWIN ALEXANDER (SCOTTISH, 1870-1926)
Scabious and Sneezewort with a Red-tailed Bumblebee
signed with initials 'E.A.' (lower left)
watercolour
31 x 16.5cm

Provenance
Aitken Dott, Edinburgh;
Private collection, UK

Exhibited
Arbroath & District Fine Art Association, June 1911
Hammer price: £1,400
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1410 Unsold
ALFRED FREDERICK WILLIAM HAYWARD (BRITISH, 1856-1939)
Still life with poppies in a vase
signed and dated 'A F W Hayward 1900' (lower left)
oil on canvas laid on board
44 x 28.5cm
Estimate: £400 - £600
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1411 Sold
ARTHUR WARDLE (BRITISH, 1864-1949)
Basset hounds
signed 'Arthur Wardle' (lower centre)
pastel on paper
43 x 28cm
(unframed)

Provenance
Property of the artist, thence by family descent
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £500 - £800
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1412 Sold
ARTHUR WARDLE (BRITISH, 1864-1949)
Three setters in a landscape
signed 'Arthur Wardle' (lower right)
pencil and pastel on paper
36.5 x 24cm

Provenance
Property of the artist, thence by family descent
Hammer price: £850
Estimate: £500 - £800
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1413 Sold
ARTHUR WARDLE (BRITISH, 1864-1949)
Spaniel
oil on linen laid on card; sketch of leopards (verso)
27 x 22cm

Provenance
Property of the artist, thence by family descent
Condition ReportThe card is sound and the linen well adhered to the card.  Light surface stain,…
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £600 - £800
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1414 Sold
ARTHUR WARDLE (BRITISH, 1864-1949)
A dachshund
pastel on paper
39 x 26cm
(unframed)

Provenance
Property of the artist, thence by family descent
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £300 - £500
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1415 Sold
ARTHUR WARDLE (BRITISH, 1864-1949)
Lion and Antelope
signed 'Arthur Wardle' (lower right) and titled (on the artist's label attached to the backboard)
pastel on paper
25 x 36.5cm

Provenance
Property of the artist, thence by family descent
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £500 - £800
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1416 Sold
ARTHUR WARDLE (BRITISH, 1864-1949)
A pair of tigers in the jungle
signed 'ARTHUR WARDLE' (lower right)
pastel on paper
31 x 47cm
(unframed)

Provenance
Property of the artist, thence by family descent
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £500 - £800
28 March 2024
28 March 2024
Lot 1417 Sold
ARTHUR WARDLE (BRITISH, 1864-1949)
Leopard killing a python
signed 'Arthur Wardle' (lower left)
pastel on paper
25.5 x 36.5cm

Provenance
Property of the artist, thence by family descent
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £500 - £800
28 March 2024
28 March 2024

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