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Old Master, British & European Paintings

Auction date Tuesday 10 October 2023

Old Masters, British & European Paintings

 

 

Tuesday 10 October     - Sussex Saleroom 

Lot 251 –  535                                    Old Master, British & European Paintings 1.00pm

 

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"Attributed to ..." - probably a work by the artist in whole or in part.
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"Studio of ..." - a work executed in the studio or workshop of the artist.
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Lots per page:

Total lots: 281

Lot 398 Sold
JOHN TENNIEL (BRITISH, 1820-1914)
All the World's a Stage
signed with monogram (lower right), inscribed 'All the World's a Stage/ Then the Justice, in fair round belly, with good capon lined/ An Elizabethan justice and a fast young gentleman and policeman/ of the 1847 period' (verso)
pencil and coloured chalks
15.5 x 22.5cm
(unframed)

Provenance
Michael Appleby of St. James's
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £200 - £400
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 399 Unsold
WILLIAM MAW EGLEY (BRITISH, 1826-1916)
Mother and child at the entrance to a church
signed and dated 'W. Maw Egley - 30, 1860' (lower right)
ink and watercolour
13.5 x 11.5cm
(unframed)

Provenance
Michael Appleby of St. James's
Estimate: £100 - £150
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 400 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO THALES FIELDING (BRITISH, 1793-1837)
Job and his friends
watercolour on paper
17 x 23cm

Provenance
Michael Appleby of St. James's
Condition ReportThere are minor tears and creases along the extreme lower border, one further off…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £100 - £150
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 401 Sold
JAMES BURRELL SMITH (BRITISH, 1822-1897)
The Watermill
signed and dated 'J B Smith 1865' (lower left)
watercolour
24 x 35cm

Provenance
Michael Appleby of St. James's
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £100 - £150
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 402 Sold
SAMUEL PROUT (BRITISH, 1783-1852) (2)
At York
signed 'S Prout' (lower right)
watercolour
21 x 29cm

Provenance
Trim Bridge Galleries, Bath;
Private collection, UK

Together with a sepia wash by the same hand of ruins by a lake, signed, 18.5 x 26cm

Provenance
Abbott and Holder, London, where acquired by the parents of the present owner;
Thence by descent
(2)
Condition Report'Bridge' - The sheet is sound, some scattered spots of foxing in the sky, otherwise…
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £200 - £300
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 403 Unsold
JOHN GILBERT (BRITISH, 1817-1897)
A Weighty Question
signed with monogram and dated '1866' (lower left)
watercolour and bodycolour
29 x 43.5cm

Provenance
The Southgate Gallery, Moreton-in-Marsh, from whom acquired by the parents of the present owners;
Thence by descent
Estimate: £100 - £200
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 404 Unsold
ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN MASSEY WRIGHT (BRITISH, 1777-1866)
The Evils of Drink
inscribed 'Massey Wright' (verso)
watercolour
12 x 14.5m

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Estimate: £50 - £100
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 405 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO RICHARD DOYLE (BRITISH, 1824-1883)
After the Battle
pen and ink
6.5 x 18cm

Provenance
Michael Appleby of St. James's
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £100 - £150
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 406 Unsold
FREDERICK MORGAN (BRITISH, 1847-1927)
A Family Party
signed 'Fred Morgan' (lower left)
watercolour heightened with white
52 x 72cm

Provenance
Sale, Phillips, London, 5th November 1996, lot 110
Estimate: £600 - £800
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 407 Sold
WILLIAM ETTY (BRITISH, 1787-1849)
Reclining male nude
oil on canvas
51.5 x 56cm

Provenance
David Messum, London, from whom acquired by the previous owner;
Thence by descent
Condition ReportThe canvas has been relined.  There is a patch to the canvas, upper left, around…
Hammer price: £1,800
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 408 Sold
EUROPEAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Man with a silver orb
oil on panel
34.5 x 44.5cm
(unframed)
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £300 - £500
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 409 Sold
SPANISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Portrait of a mother with two daughters
oil on canvas
82.5 x 111cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £400 - £600
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 410 Sold
JAMES SHARPLES (BRITISH, 1825-1893)
Portrait of a lady in profile
inscribed 'James Sharples Bath' (to backboard)
pastel
23 x 17.5 (oval)

Provenance
Trim Bridge Galleries, Bath;
Private collection, UK
Condition reportTwo small tears to right edges, partially obscured by frame.A few very small spots…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £100 - £150
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 411 Sold
FRENCH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Portrait of a girl wearing a black bonnet
indistinctly signed (lower right)
oil on canvas
55.5 x 45.5cm
(unframed)

Provenance
Sale, Children Through the Eye of the Artist, Bonhams, London, 18th September 1986, lot 228
Condition reportOriginal canvas.  Series of small surface abrasions with some paint loss in the…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £200 - £400
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 412 Sold
FOLLOWER OF JEAN-BAPTISTE GREUZE
Portrait of a girl
oil on canvas
40 x 32.5cm
(oval)

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £150 - £250
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 413 Unsold
HEINRICH AUGUST GEORG SCHIOTT (DANISH, 1823-1895)
Portrait of Anette Christine, Comtesse Knuth
signed and dated 'ASchiott 1866' (centre right) and inscribed (verso)
oil on canvas
34 x 27.5cm
oval

Provenance
In the private collection of an aristocratic Danish family;
Thence by family descent
Estimate: £200 - £400
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 414 Sold
PROVINCIAL SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Portrait of a lady beside a piano
oil on canvas
74 x 59cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £150 - £250
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 415 Unsold
RUDOLPH W. A. LEHMANN (GERMAN, 1819-1905)
Portrait of a gentleman, thought to be of the Bowring family
signed and dated 'R Lehmann1868' (lower left)
oil on canvas
91 x 71cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Estimate: £500 - £700
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 416 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Portrait of a lady wearing a red bow, thought to be Hannah Jackson
inscribed 'Hannah Jackson, High Legh, Cheshire' (verso)
oil on canvas
56 x 43cm

Provenance
Property from a deceased estate
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £400 - £600
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 417 Sold
BENOIST BENJAMIN BENVOISIN (FRENCH, 1788-1860) (2)
Portrait of a gentleman in a black coat with a gold pin; Portrait of a lady in a blue dress with lace collar, a pair
one signed and dated 'Benvoisin 1825' (lower right)
oil on canvas
each 61 x 49.5cm
(2)

Provenance
Sale, Christie's, London, 24th March 2009, lot 271;
Property from a deceased estate
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £600 - £800
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 418 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Portrait of Sir William Rawson, Oculist (1783-1827)
oil on canvas
77 x 64cm

Provenance
Property from a deceased estate
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £400 - £600
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 419 Unsold
HENRY LE JEUNE (BRITISH, 1819-1904)
Nearly Home - A boy and a girl rest by a milestone for 'FINCHLEY III MILES'
signed with monogram and dated 'HLJ 1862' (lower right)
oil on panel
48 x 38cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 420 Sold
ALEXANDRE THIOLLET (FRENCH, 1824-1895)
Three women resting in a landscape
signed 'Thiollet' (lower left)
oil on canvas
26.5 x 24cm

Provenance
Sale, Phillips, London, 17th March 1992, lot 135;
Private collection, UK
Condition ReportOriginal canvas.  The paint surface is in good, clean condition.  Ultraviolet light…
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £600 - £800
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 421 Sold
WILLIAM STEPHEN COLEMAN (BRITISH, 1829-1904)
The Bathing Pool
signed and dated 'S Coleman 1884' (lower left)
oil on panel
34.5 x 22.5cm

Provenance
Haynes Art Gallery, Toronto, from whom acquired by the present owner;
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 422 Unsold
EUROPEAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Portrait of a bearded gentleman in costume with a plumed hat
oil on board
40 x 31.5cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Estimate: £200 - £300
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 423 Sold
LUIGI GENTILE (ITALIAN, 19TH CENTURY)
The Eruption of Vesuvius
signed 'Luigi Gentile' (lower right) and inscribed with title (lower centre)
gouache
52.5 x 78cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £300 - £500
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 424 Sold
NEAPOLITAN SCHOOL, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY (2)
Napoli Da Sopra Posilipo; Parte Opposta Della Villa Reale, a pair
gouache
28.5 x 43cm
(2)
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £200 - £300
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 425 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS LUNY (BRITISH, 1759-1837)
The Battle of Cape St Vincent, 14th February 1797
later inscribed 'POWELL' (lower left)
oil on canvas
51.5 x 86.5cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK

The present work will be on view at Cromwell Place on 26th & 27th September
Condition ReportThe canvas has an old relining.  The paint surface is dirty with scattered areas of…
Hammer price: £7,000
Estimate: £10,000 - £15,000
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 426 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO EDWARD WILLIAM (BRITISH, 19TH CENTURY) (2)
Fishermen on the shore, a windmill beyond, a pair
oil on canvas
each 32 x 50cm
(2)
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £300 - £500
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 427 Unsold
THOMAS DANBY (BRITISH, 1818-1886)
Coastal view, thought to be Whitby
signed 'TDanby' (lower left)
oil on board
21.5 x 32cm
Condition Reportthe board is sound.  Surface staining in the sky, minor abrasions to the outline of…
Estimate: £300 - £500
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 428 Sold
EDWARD WILLIAM COOKE (BRITISH, 1811-1880)
A fishing botter aground on the Scheldt
signed and dated 'E.W. Cooke. RA. 1867' (lower left); further signed 'VAN KOOK' on the stern of the boat (lower left)
oil on canvas
61 x 87cm

Provenance
Sale, Christie's, London, 5 May 1888, lot 30;
Sale Christie's, London, 22 May 1891, lot no. unknown;
H.W.F. Bolckow;
Vicars Brothers, London by 1936;
Sale, Christie's, London, 24 June 1986, lot 76
Martyn Gregory Gallery, London, from whom acquired by the present owners;
Property from an important private collection
Exhibited London, British Institution, 1867, no. 453;Manchester, 1887, no. 716LiteratureJohn Munday…
Hammer price: £7,500
Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 429 Sold
GEORGE GREGORY (BRITISH, 1849-1938)
Shipping off the coast
signed and dated 'Geo Gregory 1900' (lower left)
oil on canvas
30 x 40.5cm
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £200 - £300
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 430 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
A wreck off Cullercoats, thought to be the Iron Crown
oil on canvas
41 x 66.5cm
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £200 - £400
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 431 Sold
EDWIN FLETCHER (BRITISH, 1857-1945)
Shipping off the coast in heavy seas
signed 'E Fletcher' (lower right), signed and indistinctly dated 'E H Fletcher 19-' (verso)
oil on canvas-board
40 x 60cm
Condition ReportThe canvas-board is sound; traces of dirt and possible discoloured varnish to paint…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £200 - £400
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 432 Sold
JOHN BENTHAM-DINSDALE (BRITISH, 1927-2008)
The Battle of Trafalgar
signed 'John Bentham-Dinsdale' (lower left) and inscribed (verso)
oil on canvas
76 x 102cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition ReportOriginal canvas. The are scattered sports of surface dirt, particularly in the sky.…
Hammer price: £1,700
Estimate: £2,500 - £3,500
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 433 Sold
HENDRIK ADOLF SCHAEP (BELGIAN, 1826-1870)
Boats in choppy waters outside a harbour
signed and indistinctly dated 'H. Schaep 186-' (lower right)
oil on panel
40.5 x 54cm
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £500
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 434 Sold
WILLIAM RAYMOND DOMMERSEN (BRITISH, 1859-1927)
Unloading the Catch
signed 'W Dommersen' (lower right)
oil on canvas
51 x 76.5cm
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £300 - £500
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 435 Sold
WILLIAM RAYMOND DOMMERSEN (BRITISH, 1859-1927)
Men, women and children with fishing boats by a house on a river
signed 'WR Dommersen' (lower left)
oil on canvas
50.5 x 76.5cm
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £300 - £500
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 436 Unsold
CIRCLE OF ABRAHAM COOPER
A bay hunter in a farmyard
oil on canvas
55.5 x 60.5cm

Provenance
Sale, Christie's, London, 3rd October 2001, lot 395;
Private collection, UK
Estimate: £400 - £600
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 437 Unsold
EDMUND BRISTOW (BRITISH, 1787-1876) (2)
Figures on donkeys, a pair
one signed 'E Bristow' (lower right)
oil on board
each 10 x 20cm
(2)
Estimate: £300 - £500
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 438 Sold
CIRCLE OF JAMES WARD
Horse and hounds in a landscape
oil on panel
25.5 x 31cm

Provenance
Probably Arthur Ackermann & Son Ltd. (remains of label verso)
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £500 - £700
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 439 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Portrait of a grey horse in a stable
oil on canvas
51 x 61cm

Provenance
The collection of the late Countess Bunny Esterhazy (1938-2021)

See Bellmans website for further details:
https://www.bellmans.co.uk/story/works-from-the-estate-of-countess-bunny-esterh%C3%A1zy
Condition ReportOriginal canvas with three small patches to the reverse, one in the upper left…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £200 - £300
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 440 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN THOMSON OF DUDDINGSTON (BRITISH, 1778-1840)
A waterfall in a landscape, hills beyond
oil on board
29.5 x 36.5cm
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £150 - £250
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 441 Sold
NOTHERN EUROPEAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY ANTIQUE MORE THAN 100 YEARS OLD:
A country house by a river, thought to be in Denmark
indistinctly signed and dated 'Th. Solbg 5/1853' (lower right)
oil on canvas
47.5 x 63cm

Provenance
In the private collection of an aristocratic Danish family;
Thence by family descent
Hammer price: £1,400
Estimate: £300 - £500
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 442 Unsold
HARALD SCHUMACHER (DANISH, 1836-1912)
A man with a cow
signed 'H Schumacher' (lower left)
oil on board
30 x 49cm

Provenance
In the private collection of an aristocratic Danish family;
Thence by family descent
Estimate: £200 - £400
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 443 Sold
FRIEDRICH AUGUSTE KESSLER (GERMAN, 1826-1906)
Old Oaks
signed 'FKessler' (lower left)
oil on canvas
33 x 46cm
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £500
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 444 Sold
CIRCLE OF JOHN LAPORTE
Outside The White Horse Tavern
oil on panel
42 x 53cm
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £200 - £400
10 October 2023
10 October 2023
Lot 445 Unsold
FOLLOWER OF JOHN JAMES CHALON
The Toll Gate
oil on canvas
46 x 57.5cm

Provenance
The collection of the late Countess Bunny Esterhazy (1938-2021)

See Bellmans website for further details:
https://www.bellmans.co.uk/story/works-from-the-estate-of-countess-bunny-esterh%C3%A1zy
Estimate: £300 - £500
10 October 2023
10 October 2023

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