A LARGE GEORGE III MAHOGANY CHEST OF DRAWERS
With two short over three long drawers, on ogee bracket feet, 131cm wide; 55cm deep; 129cm high
Footnotes:
This lot contains ivory
and has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (section10). Reference B9UW15YA
Prospective buyers should be aware that some
countries have limitations on…
Hammer price:
£140
Estimate: £100 - £200
18 November 2025
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18 November 2025
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FOUNDERS FURNITURE INC; A PAIR OF SQUARE BACK ARMCHAIRS (2)
With wool work upholstery on plinth base, 84cm wide; 62cm high
circa 1990's in date, no major rips of tears to the upholstery however both are fairly stained/colour variation around the chairs, cushions are in good condition and the covers can be removed. one…
Hammer price:
£50
Estimate: £200 - £300
18 November 2025
, 17:00 GMT
18 November 2025
, 17:00 GMT
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY
Portrait of a cleric
inscribed and dated 'Aetatis Suae 87: 1741' (lower right)
oil on canvas
74 x 59.5cm
Provenance
Sold on behalf of the Middlesex Guildhall Art Collection Trust
Footnote
This work…
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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FOLLOWER OF FRANCESCO SOLIMENA
Portrait of a gentleman
oil on canvas
79 x 61cm
(unframed)
Condition reportcanvas relined; traces of craquelure throughout - stable; weave of relining is visible through the original canvas in some areas; surface media spot, upper left; small, scattered…
Hammer price:
£550
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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WENCESLAUS HOLLAR (BOHEMIAN, 1607-1677)
Woman's head seen from behind
etching
4.8 x 4cm
(unframed)
Condition ReportThe sheet appears to be held within in the mount and may have been stuck down; very minor specs of staining but generally sound overall.
Hammer price:
£100
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Portrait of a Sir James Nicholl McAdam (1756-1852)
oil on canvas
74 x 61cm
Provenance
Sold on behalf of the Middlesex Guildhall Art Collection Trust
Footnote
This work has been hanging in the…
Hammer price:
£200
Estimate: £200 - £300
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
Portrait of a gentleman
oil on canvas
62.5 x 51cm
Provenance
Sold on behalf of the Middlesex Guildhall Art Collection Trust
Footnote
This work has been hanging in the Supreme Court
Hammer price:
£150
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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HERBERT WILLIAM PIPER (BRITISH, 1846-1921)
Portrait of a town clerk
signed 'H W Piper' (lower right)
oil on canvas
111 x 85cm
Provenance
Sold on behalf of the Middlesex Guildhall Art Collection Trust
Footnote
This work has been hanging in…
Hammer price:
£280
Estimate: £200 - £300
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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PERCY BIGLAND (BRITISH, 1858-1926)
Portrait of The Right Honourable, The 3rd Earl of Strafford
signed 'Percy Bigland' (lower right)
oil on canvas
226 x 104cm
Provenance
Sold on behalf of the Middlesex Guildhall Art Collection Trust
FootnoteGeorge Henry Byng, 3rd Earl of Strafford (1830-1898) was a politician known as Viscount Enfield. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church Oxford. He was MP for Tavistock 1852-57 when he…
Hammer price:
£1,300
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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JOHN COLLIER (BRITISH, 1850-1934)
Portrait of William Regester, Chairman of Middlesex County Council (1909-1919)
signed and dated 'John Collier 1919' (lower left)
oil on canvas
126 x 101cm
Provenance
Sold on behalf of the Middlesex…
FootnoteWilliam Regester (1848-1929) was born in Hampton Wick, Middlesex. He was educated at Kingston Grammar School and University College, London. He was a Fellow of the Chemical Society. He was a…
Hammer price:
£1,100
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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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…
Footnotes:
This lot contains ivory
and has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (section10). Reference DGGYZBBV
Prospective buyers should be aware that some
countries have limitations on…
Hammer price:
£450
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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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 (section10). Reference 9ZJDU62MProspective buyers should be aware that some countries have limitations on…
Hammer price:
£150
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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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 (section10). Reference UZ5XV4HVProspective buyers should be aware that some countries have limitations on…
Hammer price:
£30
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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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 (section10). Reference Y6JELRYBProspective buyers should be aware that some countries have limitations on…
Hammer price:
£280
Estimate: £80 - £120
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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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.…
Footnotes:This lot contains ivory and has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (section10). Reference (gentlemen ref. 7C1NH3YM), (lady ref. NZYPC8WN)Prospective buyers should be aware…
Hammer price:
£150
Estimate: £150 - £250
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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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…
Footnotes:This lot contains ivory and has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (section10). Reference 6HP9SWA3Prospective buyers should be aware that some countries have limitations on…
Hammer price:
£20
Estimate: £80 - £120
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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CHARLES BILGER SPALDING (BRITISH, 1810-1871)
Two horses with a gentleman and a dog
signed and dated 'C B Spalding 1851' (lower left)
oil on canvas
45.5 x 69cm
Provenance
Private collection, UK
Footnote
The horses in this picture are believed…
Condition ReportOriginal canvas with small patch to the reverse; paint surface is slightly dirty; small repair corresponding with the patch, lower left; ultraviolet reveals retouching to repair and…
Hammer price:
£700
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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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,…
ExhibitedArts Council of Great Britain Touring Exhibition, Richard Dadd, 19th June 1974 - 5th January 1975, no. 88London, The Tate Gallery, Richard Dadd Exhibition, 19th June - 18th August, 1974/75…
Hammer price:
£3,000
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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FREDERICK HALL (BRITISH, 1860-1948)
The Goose
signed and dated 'FRED HALL 1887' (lower right); signed and inscribed 'Fred Hall/ Newlyn Penzance/ The Goose/ It clutter'd here, it chuckled there/ It stirr'd the old wife's mettle/ She…
FootenoteThe Goose was
painted in 1887 and exhibited at the Royal Academy the following year. The composition is based on the poem of the
same name by Alfred Lord Tennyson which explores the myth of…
Hammer price:
£11,000
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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WILLIAM LOGSDAIL (BRITISH, 1859-1944)
Santa Maria della Salute, Venice
signed 'W. Logsdail' (lower right)
oil on canvas
53 x 83.5cm
Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition ReportCanvas appears to have been relined; paint surface has discoloured varnish and traces of craquelure; ultraviolet reveals traces of possible infilling to craquelure but the varnish…
Hammer price:
£1,900
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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CHARLES NAPIER HEMY (BRITISH, 1841-1917)
Landing the Catch
signed and dated 'C Napier Hemy./ 1887' (lower left)
watercolour
66 x 91cm
Provenance
Alexander Aleco Ionides (1840-1898);
by descent to George Alexander Ionides (B. 1879);
Thence…
FootnoteCharles Napier Hemy was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and
trained at the city school of design before furthering his studies at the
Antwerp Academy. Having spent a decade
in London he moved to…
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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