NICOLAS ROBERT (FRENCH, 1614-1685)
Farmyard Geese
watercolour
27.5 x 35cm
Provenance
The Collection of Marcel Jeanson;
Sale, Sotheby's, London, 13th December 1996, lot 2;
Private collection, UK
Hammer price:
£2,600
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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ATTRIBUTED TO J. F. HEFELE (GERMAN, C. 1670-C. 1710)
An owl, parrot and other birds in a pond, a country house beyond
signed 'Hefele' (lower right)
gouache and watercolour
15.5 x 20.5cm
Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition ReportThe sheet appears sound and the surface is in good, clean condition; framed and under glass, unexamined out of frame.
Hammer price:
£650
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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ATTRIBUTED TO ABRAHAM RADEMAKER (DUTCH, 1675-1735)
Winter scene
signed 'A Rademaker' (lower left)
watercolour heightened with white
12.5 x 19.5cm
Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price:
£650
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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WENCESLAUS HOLLAR (BOHEMIAN, 1607-1677)
Ornatus Muliebris Anglicanus (The Clothing of English Women), plate 9
second state 1786
etching
13 x 7cm
(unframed)
Provenance
Christopher Mendez, Lexington Street, London;
Private collection, UK
Condition ReportThe sheet has been adhered to the backing card in two places from the top border; tear and small loss to sheet, upper right, small loss to upper left corner; light staining to margins…
Hammer price:
£80
Estimate: £80 - £120
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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WENCESLAUS HOLLAR (BOHEMIAN, 1607-1677)
Near Prague
etching
6 x 9.5cm
(unframed)
Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition ReportThe sheet is adhered to the mount by two small bits of tape from the upper border; minor flecks of staining but generally sound overall.
Hammer price:
£160
Estimate: £60 - £100
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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WENCESLAUS HOLLAR (BOHEMIAN, 1607-1677)
Three Heads
etching
8 x 4cm
(unframed)
Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition ReportThe sheet is held within the mount; some light staining to margins but generally sound over all.
Hammer price:
£100
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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AFTER ISAAC CRUICKSHANK
Administring to an old friend!! Or the rapid effects of Whitbreads Intire
engraving in colour
34.5 x 25cm
Provenance
Stewart Whatmore, Weybridge, from whom acquired by the present owner;
Private…
Hammer price:
£60
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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AFTER THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH
Mr and Mrs William Hallett (The Morning Walk)
oil on canvas
66 x 52cm
Condition ReportCanvas relined; traces of craquelure to paint surface, scratch to surface above gentleman's head, upper right; further small abrasion off the border, upper centre; traces of slightly…
Hammer price:
£800
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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FOLLOWER OF THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH
Portrait of a lady wearing a hat with plumes, a landscape beyond
oil on canvas
76.5 x 63cm
(unframed)
Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition ReportCanvas has a wax relining; traces of craquelure pattern and some minor scattered surface abrasions, particularly to the curtain, upper left; ultraviolet reveals minor retouching to…
Hammer price:
£600
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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CIRCLE OF WILLIAM BELL
Portrait of a gentleman
oil on canvas laid on board
36.5 x 29cm, oval
Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price:
£160
Estimate: £150 - £200
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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MANNER OF ROBERT HOME
Portrait of a soldier, half- length seated, reading a book
armorial (upper right)
oil on canvas
105 x 83cm
Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price:
£500
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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AFTER JOHN MOIR
Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon (1743-1827), Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland
oil on canvas
75 x 62cm
Provenance
Private collection, UK
Footnote
The original portrait by John Moir is in…
Condition reportThe canvas is lined.Craquelure visible, particularly to forehead and face.Stretcher marks.Evidence of possible old repair, centre left in background.Some surface dirt and marks…
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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NAIVE SCHOOL, LATE 18TH/ EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Portrait of a boy with red hair
oil on canvas
31 x 26cm
Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price:
£200
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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PROVINCIAL SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Portrait of a seated lady
oil on canvas
40 x 32cm
Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition reportCanvas is lined.Fine craquelure visible.Some bloom.Dirt.Some dark marks in places .Inspection under uv light reveals some flecks of retouching in places such as to red curtain.An…
Hammer price:
£130
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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MANNER OF WILLIAM BEECHEY
Portrait of a lady, thought to be Mrs Daniel Beale
oil on canvas
76.5 x 64cm
Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price:
£350
Estimate: £400 - £600
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Portrait of a lady
oil on canvas
32 x 24cm
Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price:
£180
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Portrait of a lady holding a book
oil on canvas
36 x 30cm
Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price:
£200
Estimate: £80 - £120
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Portrait of a gentleman, thought to be C. Ambrose
inscribed and dated 'C. Ambrose 1845' (verso)
oil on canvas
35.5 x 30.5cm
Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price:
£130
Estimate: £150 - £250
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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EASTMAN JOHNSON (AMERICAN, 1824-1906)
Portrait of Ethel Eastman Johnson Conkling with a Fan, the artist’s daughter (1870-1931) (c. 1895)
oil on canvas
116 x 63cm
Provenance
The Artist, thence by descent to the present owner;
Private…
ExhibitedNew York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, 3rd - 31st March, 1979, no. 31LiteratureAn Exhibition of Charcoal Drawings by Eastman Johnson, New York: Kennedy Galleries, 1920, p. 11, addendum …
Estimate: £10,000 - £15,000
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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EASTMAN JOHNSON (AMERICAN, 1824-1906)
Portrait of Philip Carrigan Johnson, the artist’s father (1795-1859) (c. 1856)
oil on canvas
24 x 19cm
Provenance
Eastman Johnson estate/Mrs. Eastman Johnson, New York, 1906 (by bequest);
Ethel…
LiteratureBaur, John I. H. An American Genre Painter: Eastman Johnson, 1824–1906. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1940. Exhibition catalogue (1939 Brooklyn…
Hammer price:
£650
Estimate: £600 - £800
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY (2)
Portrait of a lady wearing a black hat, though to be Cordelia MacKay or Ellen Francis; Portrait of a lady wearing white, thought to be Julia MacKay, a pair
oil on board
each 23 x 17.5cm, oval
(2)
…
Hammer price:
£200
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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FOLLOWER OF WILLIAM POWELL, 19TH CENTURY
Portrait of a lady wearing black
oil on board
25 x 20cm
Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price:
£260
Estimate: £150 - £250
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, seated
oil on canvas
144.5 x 92cm
(unframed)
Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price:
£220
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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HENRY JAMYN BROOKS (BRITISH, 1839-1925) (4)
Portrait of Sir James Fortescue Flannery; Portrait of Lady Flannery
a near pair, the latter signed and dated 'H Jamyn Brooks/1912' (lower left); inscribed 'H J BROOKS' (on the upper stretcher bar…
together with the Bestowel Vellum Baronet and Grant of Arms, signed by Sir Alfred Scott-Gatty (Garter) and George Edward Cokayne (Clarenceaux), dated 22nd December 1904, both held in the original…
Hammer price:
£1,800
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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