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Auction date Wednesday, 15 May 2024 11:00 - 18:00 BST

DOD PROCTER (BRITISH, 1890-1972)
Girl in a Black Dress (c. 1915)
signed 'Dod Procter' (upper left) and inscribed with title (to back of stretcher)
oil and tempera on canvas
77 x 62cm
with an oil of a water fountain (verso)

£15000-£25000

Wednesday 15 May – Sussex Saleroom 
Lot 1201 - 1500 Modern British and 20th century art 11am  

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Collections - Sussex Saleroom 
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Wednesday 15 May      9am – 4.30pm
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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.

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Lots per page:

Total lots: 299

Lot 1249 Sold
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972)
Portrait of Ajusi
signed and indistinctly dated 'M. Metcalfe.' (lower right) and inscribed with sitter's name (lower left)
charcoal heightened with white chalk
48 x 32cm
(unframed)
ARR

Provenance
The artist, thence by descent to her grandson;
Private collection, UK
FootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under…
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1250 Sold
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972)
Portrait of a gentleman wearing a multicoloured scarf
pastel
53 x 38.5cm
(unframed)
ARR

Provenance
The artist, thence by descent to her grandson;
Private collection, UK
FootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under…
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1251 Sold
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972)
An African man in a white tunic
watercolour and bodycolour
38 x 28.5cm
(unframed)
ARR

Provenance
The artist, thence by descent to her grandson;
Private collection, UK
FootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1252 Unsold
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972)
The Goat Herd
inscribed with title and artist's name (to backboard)
watercolour
35.5 x 25cm
(unframed)
ARR

Provenance
The artist, thence by descent to her grandson;
Private collection, UK
FootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under…
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1253 Sold
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972)
An African soldier
watercolour and pastel
49.5 x 32cm
(unframed)
ARR

Provenance
The artist, thence by descent to her grandson;
Private collection, UK
FootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under…
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1254 Sold
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972)
Private, 1st K. A. R.
signed with initials 'M. M.' (lower right), inscribed with title (lower centre) and further inscribed (to backboard)
watercolour
36.5 x 26.5cm
(unframed)
ARR

Provenance
The artist, thence by descent to her grandson;
Private collection, UK
FootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under…
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1255 Sold
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972)
Portrait of a Prisoner of War
inscribed and dated 'Prisoner of War Sangani. 1915. Morogorw' (lower right)
watercolour
28.5 x 19.5cm
(unframed)
ARR

Provenance
The artist, thence by descent to her grandson;
Private collection, UK
FootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under…
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1256 Sold
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (3)
An African soldier seated looking over a landscape
watercolour and pencil
22 x 26cm
(unframed)
together with a watercolour of An African soldier holding a rifle, 28.5 x 19.5cm; and a watercolour of An African soldier standing with arms by his side, 47.5 x 26cm, (both unframed)
(3)
ARR

Provenance
The artist, thence by descent to her grandson;
Private collection, UK
FootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under…
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1257 Sold
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (3)
Portrait of an African boy sat on a table
signed with initials and dated 'M. M 18. 7. 21' (lower right)
watercolour heightened with white
36.5 x 26cm
(unframed)
together with two other works by the same hand; A portrait of a boy wearing a cloth around his waist, watercolour heightened with white, 35.5 x 26cm; and A portrait of a lady stood beside a table with a large vase, watercolour heightened with white, 28 x 13.5cm, (both unframed)
(3)
ARR
ProvenanceThe artist, thence by descent to her grandson;Private collection, UKFootnoteMargaret was…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1258 Sold
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (3)
Le Pain Quotidien
watercolour and bodycolour
35.5 x 25.5cm
(unframed)
together with two other works by the same hand; The Wine of Life, watercolour heightened with bodycolour, 35 x 25.5cm; and A woman being chased by another woman with a shotgun, watercolour and bodycolour, 34.5 x 50.5cm, (both unframed)
(3)
ARR
ProvenanceThe artist, thence by descent to her grandson;Private collection, UKFootnoteMargaret was…
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1259 Sold
ROBERT BORLASE SMART (BRITISH, 1881-1947)
On the Ebb Tide
signed 'Borlase Smart' (lower right)
oil on board
54 x 65.5cm
with an oil of a craggy moorland landscape by the same hand (verso)

Provenance
Purchased by the vendor's father from the artist's widow, thence by descent;
Private collection, UK

Exhibited
The Society of Marine Artists
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1260 Unsold
GODWIN BENNETT (BRITISH, 1888-1950) (2)
Polzeath Beach; Porthmeor Beach
a pair, each signed 'GODWIN BENNETT' (lower left)
oil on canvas
each 26.5 x 41.5cm
(2)
Estimate: £600 - £800
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1261 Sold
HENRY ELLIOTT BLAKE (BRITISH, 1902-1983)
Gulf of Ajaccio, Corsica (Evening)
signed and dated 'Elliott Blake 72' (lower left)
oil on canvas
41 x 51cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1262 Sold
ALBERT WOODS (BRITISH, 1871-1944)
The Fishing Fleet
signed and dated 'ALBERT WOODS 1918' (lower left)
oil on canvas
46 x 61cm
(unframed)
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £400 - £600
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1263 Sold
GEORGE AYLING (BRITISH, 1887-1960)
A ship passing under Tower Bridge, London
signed 'GEO AYLING' (lower left)
oil on canvas
40 x 56.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition reportThe board is sound and flat; paint surface in good clean condition; ultraviolet…
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £400 - £600
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1264 Sold
ARTHUR JAMES WETHERALL BURGESS (AUSTRALIAN, 1879-1957)
Tilbury
signed 'ARTHUR JW BURGESS' (lower right)
oil on canvas-board
48 x 35cm
ARR

Provenance
Lincoln Joyce Fine Art, Great Bookham, Surrey
Private collection, UK

Exhibited
London, Art Exhibitions Bureau, Albemarle Street
Condition reportThe canvas-board is sound and flat; minor surface abrasion in the sky, upper right,…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1265 Sold
BARAGWANATH KING (BRITISH, 1864-1939)
Harbour at Moonlight
signed 'BARAGWANATH KING' (lower right)
oil on canvas
41 x 61cm
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1266 Sold
EVELYN FOTHERGILL ROBINSON (BRITISH, 1872-1939)
Village in France
signed 'E. Fothergill Robinson' (lower right)
oil on canvas
64 x 77cm

Provenance:
The Collection of Mr. Marcus Linell
Provenance:  The Collection of Mr. Marcus Linell Further details on the Bellmans website…
Hammer price: £850
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1267 Sold
HENRY LAMB (BRITISH, 1883-1960)
Loch Lane, County Meath, Ireland
signed and dated 'Lamb 34' (lower left)
oil on canvas-board
36 x 51cm
ARR

Provenance
J. L Behrend Esq.;
Sir Peter Pears;
Sale, Sotheby's, London, 27th January 1986, lot 183;
Fosse Gallery, Stow on the Wold;
Private collection, UK
VIEWING NOTICEThis work will be on view in London on 7th & 8th May4 Cromwell Place, South…
Hammer price: £3,000
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1268 Unsold
ATTRIBUTED TO FLORENCE CARLYLE (CANADIAN, 1864-1923)
View of trees by a building, hills beyond
signed 'F Carlyle' (lower right) and inscribed 'The Grange, Wimbledon' (verso)
oil on canvas
41 x 26cm

Provenance
The Collection of Mr. Marcus Linell
Provenance:  The Collection of Mr. Marcus Linell Further details on the Bellmans website here
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1269 Unsold
ROWLAND HILDER (BRITISH, 1905-1993)
The Smallholding with Two Oasts (Thought to be near Box Hill, Surrey)
signed and dated 'ROWLAND HILDER 42' (upper right)
oil on board
51 x 61cm
ARR

Provenance
Sale, Phillips, London, 17th July 2001, lot 107;
Private collection, UK
VIEWING NOTICEThis work will be on view in London on 7th & 8th May4 Cromwell Place, South…
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1270 Sold
DOD PROCTER (BRITISH, 1890-1972)
Girl in a Black Dress (c. 1915)
signed 'Dod Procter' (upper left) and inscribed with title (to back of stretcher)
oil and tempera on canvas
77 x 62cm
with an oil of a water fountain (verso)
ARR

Provenance
The present owner's grandparents; thence by descent;
Private collection, UK

We are grateful to Toby Procter who has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Catalogue noteA solitary seated female figure gazes out past the viewer. Dressed in a medieval…
Hammer price: £88,000
Estimate: £15,000 - £25,000
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1271 Sold
THOMAS CANTRELL DUGDALE (BRITISH, 1880-1952)
Mother feeding her baby
signed 'T C DUGDALE' (lower right)
oil on canvas
77 x 64cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
Lot 1272 Sold
MARGERY RYERSON (AMERICAN, 1886-1989)
Girl at a piano
signed 'M Ryerson' (lower right) and with artist's label (to back of frame)
oil on board
40 x 51cm
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £500 - £700
15 May 2024
15 May 2024

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