Lot 915
HENRY SCOTT TUKE (BRITISH, 1858-1929)
Sailing ships at anchor
signed and dated 'H.S. TUKE 1914' (lower right)
watercolour
34 x 49cm
Provenance
Sale, Christie's, London, May 1968, lot 111 (sold for 22 guineas);
With The Fine Art Society, 1968, ref. M6765;
Ronald Molden, Tenby;
With the Canon Gallery, Petworth;
Sale, Desmond Judd, 23rd June 1997, lot 681, where acquired by the present owner
| Estimate: | £3,000 - £5,000 |
| Hammer price: | £2,800 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Tuke's register of paintings lists a number of watercolours which could be the present work; the most likely is R770, 'Group of French Ships and Barque.'
Condition Report
The sheet is sound, clean and flat; a few light spots of foxing to the sky, mainly upper left and off the right border, otherwise good overall condition with strong colour; framed and under glass, unexamined out of frame.