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15 October | Old Master, British and European Art

Auction date Wednesday 15 October 2025 11:00 - 17:00 BST

FREDERICK HALL (BRITISH, 1860-1948)  The Goose

Wednesday 15 October
Lots 1601- 1883 Old Master, British & European Art 11am

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Friday 10 October   10am – 4.00pm
Saturday 11 October 9am – 12.30pm
Monday 13 October 10am – 4.00pm
Tuesday 14 October 10am – 4.00pm
Wednesday 15 October 10am – 11.00am

Payment
Payment to be received by bank transfer or on collection by 22 October 

Collections - Sussex Saleroom 
We will be open for collections on sale days 9am -4.30pm and additionally
Thursday 16 October 9am – 4.30pm
Friday 17 October           9am – 4.30pm
Saturday 18 October     9am – 12 noon
Monday 20 October       9am – 4.30pm 
Tuesday 21 October 9am – 4.30pm
Wednesday 22 October 9am-4.30pm 

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.

Important Notice
Buyers Premium 25% + Vat

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Lots per page:

Total lots: 282

Lot 1673 Sold
GERVASE SPENCER (BRITISH, C. 1715-1763)
Portrait miniature of a lady wearing a pink dress
signed with initials and indistinctly dated 'G S' (lower right)
on ivory (ref. DGGYZBBV)
4.2cm
with a lock of hair and inscribed 'GAGE D'ARMOUR' (to back of frame)
in a gilt-metal frame set with seed pearls and with a leather covered case
Footnotes: This lot contains ivory and has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act …
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1674 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Portrait miniature of a gentleman wearing a brown coat
on ivory (ref. 9ZJDU62M)
7cm
with lock of hair and initials (verso)
Footnotes:This lot contains ivory and has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act …
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1675 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO FREDERICK DUBOIS (FRENCH, 1780-1819)
Portrait miniature, thought to be Walter Scott
signed 'Dubois' (lower right)
on ivory (ref. UZ5XV4HV)
8.5cm
Footnotes:This lot contains ivory and has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act …
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1676 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Portrait miniature of a child
on ivory (ref. Y6JELRYB)
7.3cm
in a gilt-metal frame, with a case

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Footnotes:This lot contains ivory and has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act …
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £80 - £120
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1677 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY (2)
Portrait miniature of a gentleman, thought to be a member of the Sewell family; Portrait miniature of a lady, thought to be Henrietta Sewell, wife of Jonathan Sewell, a pair
on ivory (gentlemen ref. 7C1NH3YM), (lady ref. NZYPC8WN)
each 9 x 7cm
(2)

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Footnotes:This lot contains ivory and has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act …
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £150 - £250
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1678 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY (2)
Portrait miniature of a boy holding a whip
initialled and dated 'JW 1835' (lower left)
on ivory (ref. 6HP9SWA3)
7cm
together with a portrait miniature of a boy holding a book, initialled and dated 'S. W. 1835' (lower right), on ivory (ref. FEN8T98F), 7cm
(2)

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Footnotes:This lot contains ivory and has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act …
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £80 - £120
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1679 Sold
FRENCH SCHOOL, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Portrait of a gentleman in a blue coat, believed to be Nathaniel Parker Forth (1744-1809)
pastel
52.5 x 37.5cm

Footnote
Nathaniel Parker Forth was a British Envoy to France in the late 18th century.
Condition ReportThe sheet appears sound; extensive foxing (patches of damp) particularly to sitter…
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1680 Unsold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Portrait of a gentleman, thought to be Thomas King of Shepherdswell
pastel
58 x 42cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1681 Sold
FRENCH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
L'Abbe Beauram, Boulogne
titled and dated '1852' (lower centre)
watercolour
26 x 17cm

Provenance
Charles Plante Fine Arts, Georgetown, Washington;
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1682 Sold
ANN MARY NEWTON (NEE SEVERN) (BRITISH, 1832-1866)
Portrait of a lady knitting
signed and dated 'Mary Severn June 1860' (lower left)
watercolour heightened with white
39 x 28.5cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1683 Sold
ANN MARY NEWTON (NEE SEVERN) (BRITISH, 1832-1866) (2)
Portrait of a lady wearing a black shawl
signed and dated 'Mary Severn 1857' (lower left)
watercolour heightened with white
29 x 22cm
together with a watercolour of a gentleman, attributed to Ann Mary Newton (nee Severn), 22 x 27.5cm
(2)
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1684 Sold
ANN MARY NEWTON (NEE SEVERN) (BRITISH, 1832-1866)
Double portrait of two young children
signed and dated 'Mary Severn 1860' (lower right)
watercolour heightened with white
31.5 x 31.5cm, tondo

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1685 Sold
FOLLOWER OF FREDERICK SANDYS
Lady at a spinning wheel
indistinctly signed with monogram (upper left)
watercolour and gouache
45 x 33cm
(unframed)

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1686 Sold
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
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1687 Sold
AUGUST BOUVIER (BRITISH, 1827-1881)
The Milkmaid
signed 'AUG BOUVIER' (lower left)
watercolour heightened with white
17.5 x 13cm

Provenance
Bourne Gallery, Reigate, Surrey;
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1688 Sold
GEORGE GOODWIN KILBURNE (BRITISH, 1839-1924)
The Rehearsal
signed 'G G Kilburn' (lower right)
watercolour
25.5 x 36cm

Provenance
Sale, Christie's, Glasgow, 25th April 1996, lot 931;
Haynes Fine Art, Broadway, Worcestershire;
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1689 Sold
GEORGE GOODWIN KILBURNE (BRITISH, 1839-1924)
The Connoisseur
signed 'G. G. KILBURNE' (lower right)
watercolour
35 x 52cm
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1690 Sold
SAMUEL MCCLOY (IRISH, 1831-1904)
Picking Flowers
signed with monogram (lower right)
watercolour
30.5 x 20.5cm
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £180 - £220
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1691 Sold
AGNES GARDNER KING (BRITISH, 1857-1929) (2)
Young girl with her dog
watercolour on board
72 x 52.5cm
together with a preparatory study by the same hand, signed and dated 'a. Gardner King 12/94' (lower right), charcoal, 71 x 54cm
(2)

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £850
Estimate: £500 - £700
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1692 Sold
WILLIAM SMALL (BRITISH, 1843-1929)
Drawing Water
signed and dated 'W Small 1876' (lower right)
watercolour
29 x 39cm

Provenance
Bourne Gallery, Reigate, Surrey;
Private collection, UK
The sheet is sound. some minor spots of staining/ foxing, particularly, lower right, otherwise…
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1693 Sold
JOHN RILEY WILMER (BRITISH, 1883-1941)
Girl seated beside a monk
signed and dated 'Riley Wilmer 1923' (lower left)
watercolour
18.5 x 25cm

Provenance
Sale, Gorringes, Lewes, 2nd September 2009, lot 2333;
Private collection, UK
Condition reportSome pale spots of foxing, most noticeable to sky, tree on left and pale brown area…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1694 Sold
CHARLES EDWARD WILSON (BRITISH, 1854-1941)
At the Door of the Fisherman's Cottage
signed and dated 'C. E. WILSON 1904' (lower right)
watercolour
28 x 19cm

Provenance
Sale, Gildings Auctioneers, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, 13th April 2010, lot 333;
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £400 - £600
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1695 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY
Butterflies and flowers
watercolour heightened with bodycolour
24.5 x 35cm

Provenance
Sale, John Nicholson, Fernhurst, 1st March 2017, lot 79;
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £150 - £250
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1696 Sold
EUROPEAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Study of shells
watercolour and gouache
13.5 x 18.5cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 October 2025
15 October 2025

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