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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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Thursday 9 October10am – 4.00pm & 5pm-7pm
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

Page:

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Lots per page:

Total lots: 282

Lot 1770 Sold
JOHN WHITE (BRITISH, 1851-1933)
Branscombe, East Devon
signed 'Jn. White R.A. (lower right)
watercolour heightened with white
25 x 35cm
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £80 - £120
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1771 Unsold
WALTER STUART LLOYD (BRITISH, 1875-1929)
Arundel Castle from the River
signed 'Stuart Lloyd' (lower left)
watercolour
26 x 58cm
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1772 Sold
ARTHUR WILLETT (BRITISH, 1857-1918) (2)
Crossing the Brook; Approaching the Ford
a pair, each signed 'Arthur Willett' (one lower right, the other lower left)
watercolour
each 24.5 x 55cm
(2)
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £120 - £180
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1773 Sold
GEORGE HAMILTON CONSTANTINE (BRITISH, 1878-1967)
Tacking into port
signed and titled 'G. Hamilton Constantine/ Tacking into port' (lower left)
watercolour
22 x 29.5cm

Provenance
Haynes Fine Art of Broadway
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £150 - £250
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1774 Unsold
VINCENT CLARE (BRITISH, 1855-1930)
Still life of flowers with a basket; Still life of grapes and plums, a pair
each signed 'Vincent Clare' (lower right)
watercolour
each 17 x 34cm
(2)

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1775 Sold
MARIAN EMMA CHASE (BRITISH, 1844-1905)
A border with lilies, poppies, penstemon and other flowers in high summer
signed 'Marian Chase' (lower right)
watercolour
30 x 39cm
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1776 Sold
HAROLD SWANWICK (BRITISH, 1866-1929)
An October Day
signed and dated 'HAROLD SWANWICK 1894' (lower left) and with inscribed label (to backboard)
watercolour heightened with white
15.5 x 11cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1777 Unsold
ARCHIBALD THORBURN (BRITISH, 1860-1935)
Woodcock
signed 'A. Thorburn' (lower left)
en grisaille
24.5 x 38cm

Provenance
Vicars Brothers, Old Bond Street, London;
Private collection, UK
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1778 Sold
HAROLD SWANWICK (BRITISH, 1866-1929)
A Breezy Day on the Downs
signed 'HAROLD SWANWICK' (lower left)
watercolour
24 x 35.5cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK

Exhibited
The Sketch Society, No. 4
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £80 - £120
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1779 Sold
HERCULES BRABAZON BRABAZON (BRITISH, 1821-1906)
Syracuse
signed with initials 'HBB' (lower right)
watercolour and gouache
21.5 x 31cm

Provenance
Edward Seago, Christie's, London, 1 March 1977, lot 94;
Gilbert Davis. (L.757a);
Sale, Christie's, London, 21st November 2007, lot 145, where acquired by the present owner;
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £400 - £600
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1780 Sold
HERCULES BRABAZON BRABAZON (BRITISH, 1821-1906)
Venetian view with gondolas
signed with initials 'HBB' (lower left)
watercolour heightened with pastel
17 x 23cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £150 - £250
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1781 Sold
CLARA MONTALBA (BRITISH, 1840-1929)
Canal Boats, Venice
signed and dated 'Clara Montalba 1915' (lower right)
watercolour heightened with bodycolour
17 x 26cm

Provenance
Angela Hone Watercolours;
Sale, The Canterbury Auction Galleries, Canterbury, 11th August 2015, lot 325;
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £150 - £250
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1782 Sold
BEATRICE EMMA PARSONS (BRITISH, 1870-1955)
Tranquil river scene
signed 'Beatrice Parsons' (lower right)
watercolour
25.5 x 37cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1783 Sold
FREDERICK JOHN WIDGERY (BRITISH, 1861-1942) (2)
View of a Tor on Dartmoor
signed 'F J WIDGERY' (lower left)
gouache
27.5 x 45cm

Provenance
William Dodds, Darlington;
Private collection, UK

together with a watercolour heightened with bodycolour of a moorland scene by William Widgery, 15 x 44.5cm
(2)

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1784 Sold
FREDERICK JOHN WIDGERY (BRITISH, 1861-1942) (2)
Valley of Rocks, Lynton, Devon
signed 'F J WIDGERY' (lower left)
gouache and watercolour
17 x 26cm

Provenance
J. Collins & Son, Bideford, Devon;
Private collection, UK

together with a gouache and watercolour by the same hand of a Tor on Dartmoor, signed, 18 x 26cm
(2)

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1785 Sold
FREDERICK JOHN WIDGERY (BRITISH, 1861-1942) (2)
The Belstone, Dartmoor
signed and titled 'F J WIDGERY' (lower left)
gouache
26.5 x 75.5cm
together with a gouache by the same hand of a Dartmoor scene, signed, 27 x 44.5cm
(2)

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £150 - £250
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1786 Sold
NATHANIEL HUGHES JOHN BAIRD (BRITISH, 1865-1936)
Heavy Going
signed 'NHJ Baird' (lower left)
watercolour
26 x 52cm

Provenance
Haynes Fine Art of Broadway
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1787 Sold
LUCIEN VICTOR GUIRAND DE SCÉVOLA (1871-1950)
Still life of pink roses
signed 'Grand de Scevola' (lower left)
pastel on canvas
44 x 36.5cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £150 - £250
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1788 Unsold
SOLOMON JOSEPH SOLOMON (BRITISH, 1860-1927)
Study for decoration in The House of Lords
inscribed to label (to backboard)
watercolour and gouache
54 x 24cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1789 Sold
RICHARD DADD (BRITISH, 1817-1886)
St George After the Death of the Dragon
brown ink, brown wash and pencil
18 x 23.5cm

Provenance
By descent in the family of the artist's brother until 1972;
Alister Mathews;
Sale, Sotheby's, London, 25th November 1999, lot 20, where acquired by the present owner;
Private collection, UK
ExhibitedArts Council of Great Britain Touring Exhibition, Richard Dadd, 19th June 1974 - 5th…
Hammer price: £3,000
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1790 Sold
RICHARD DOYLE (BRITISH, 1824-1883)
A Woodland Choir
signed and dated 'R. Doyle 1869' (lower right)
watercolour
20 x 30.5cm

Provenance
Sale, Bearnes, Hampton & Littlewood, 11th July 2017, lot 595;
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £1,700
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1791 Sold
KATHARINE CAMERON (BRITISH, 1874-1965)
The Performing Fairies
signed 'K CAMERON' (lower right)
watercolour and pencil
19 x 27cm
ARR

Provenance
Campbell Wilson, Cornhill, Aberdeenshire, Victorian & Modern British Pictures;
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £500 - £800
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1792 Sold
ARTHUR JOHN ELSLEY (BRITISH, 1861-1952)
Chums
signed and titled 'a. j. Elsley' (upper right)
pencil and watercolour
38.5 x 46cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £150 - £250
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
Lot 1793 Sold
HENRY JOHN STOCK (BRITISH, 1853-1930)
A child innocently offering flowers to death. "A simple child... what should it know of death." from William Wordsworth's poem We Are Seven
signed and dated 'H. J. STOCK 1893' (lower right)
watercolour heightened with bodycolour
44.5 x 33cm

Provenance
Alan Lewis Fine Art;
Sale, Duke's Auctioneers, Dorchester, 10th April 2014, lot 54;
Private collection, UK

Exhibited
Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £500 - £800
15 October 2025
15 October 2025

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