WILLIAM QUILLER ORCHARDSON (BRITISH, 1832-1910)
Study for Her First Dance
inscribed 'HER FIRST DANCE' (lower right)
charcoal on paper
82 x 124cm
Provenance
Purchased by the Grandfather of the present owner, thence by descent
Footnote
The final…
Hammer price:
£380
Estimate: £300 - £500
26 March 2025
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26 March 2025
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EILEEN LAWRENCE SMITH (BRITISH, FL. 1914-1921)
So she passed out into the garden
signed with initials and dated '1913' (lower right)
watercolour
53 x 28cm
Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition reportThe sheet is sound; one small surface abrasion in the lower right corner otherwise good condition throughout with strong colour; framed and under glass, unexamined out of frame.
Hammer price:
£480
Estimate: £300 - £500
26 March 2025
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26 March 2025
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SIR JOSEPH NOEL PATON (BRITISH, 1821-1901)
Puck and the Fairy (Act II, Scene I, A Midsummer Night's Dream)
signed with monogram and dated '1882' (lower left) and with inscribed label 'Sir Noel Paton R.S.A. ** L.D. H.M Limner for Scotland,…
ExhibitedEdinburgh, The Royal Scottish Academy, 1883, No. 299FootnoteSir Joseph Noel Paton was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, in 1821. After attending Dunfermline Art Academy, he went onto study at…
Hammer price:
£21,000
Estimate: £10,000 - £15,000
26 March 2025
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26 March 2025
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FOLLOWER OF SEBASTIAN PETHER
Moonlit scene with a folly by a river
inscribed 'JD Sculpt1847' (lower right)
oil on canvas
72 x 92cm
Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price:
£280
Estimate: £300 - £500
26 March 2025
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26 March 2025
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ALFRED DE BREANSKI (BRITISH, 1852-1928)
Langdale Pikes, Cumberland
signed 'Alfred de Breanski' (lower right), inscribed with artist and title (verso)
oil on canvas
81.5 x 122cm
Provenance
Acquired by the uncle of the present owners,…
Condition ReportThe canvas has been relined; paint surface has a few scattered flecks of surface dirt; otherwise good overall condition with an even varnish and no sign of retouching under…
Hammer price:
£7,500
Estimate: £5,000 - £7,000
26 March 2025
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26 March 2025
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WALTER WALLER CAFFYN (BRITISH, 1845-1898)
Windmill Inn, Ewhurst Hill, Surrey
signed and dated 'W W Caffyn 1877' (lower right)
oil on canvas
30.5 x 46cm
Provenance
Sale, Bonhams, Oxford, 16th October 2013, lot 16;
Private collection, UK
Hammer price:
£320
Estimate: £300 - £500
26 March 2025
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26 March 2025
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THOMAS TAYLER IRELAND (BRITISH, ACT. 1880-1927)
The Riverbank
signed 'THOS. IRELAND' (lower right)
oil on canvas
51 x 69cm
Hammer price:
£200
Estimate: £200 - £400
26 March 2025
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26 March 2025
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OLIVER CLARE (BRITISH, 1852-1927) (2)
Still life of strawberries, apples and other fruit
signed and dated 'OLIVER. CLARE 1920' (lower right)
oil on canvas
43.5 x 56cm
together with Still life of plumbs, grapes and other fruit by the same…
Condition ReportBoth canvases unlined; paint surface in good, clean condition with no sign of retouching under ultraviolet; good original condition overall; framed and under glass, unexamined out of…
Hammer price:
£350
Estimate: £400 - £600
26 March 2025
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26 March 2025
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EUROPEAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY (2)
Miniature of still life of flowers, a pair
on glass
9 x 7.5cm
(2)
Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition ReportThe work with the foxglove, upper right has areas of paint loss, particularly to the borders; this appears to be due to adhering to the glass. The other work with the three roses,…
Hammer price:
£60
Estimate: £100 - £150
26 March 2025
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26 March 2025
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HANS HANSEN (SCOTTISH, 1853-1947)
Outside the Fort
signed 'HANS HANSEN RSW' (lower right)
watercolour
38 x 48cm
Provenance
Private collection, UK
Estimate: £300 - £500
26 March 2025
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26 March 2025
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JOHN WILSON HEPPLE (BRITISH, 1854-1937) (2)
Kittens playing with a basket; Kittens playing with a tea caddy, a pair
each signed and dated 'WILSON HEPPLE 1911' (one lower right, the other lower left)
watercolour
each 26 x 36cm
(2)
Provenance…
Hammer price:
£350
Estimate: £400 - £600
26 March 2025
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26 March 2025
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH/20TH CENTURY
Interior of The Samuel Rogers collection at 22 St. James's Place, London, detailing Titian's 'Noli mi Tangere', Raphael's 'Mackintosh Madonna' and Ruben's 'A Roman Triumph', all bequeathed to the…
Condition reportThe sheet has been laid down onto backing board; minor crease off lower right border, generally good condition overall; framed and under glass.
Hammer price:
£300
Estimate: £50 - £70
26 March 2025
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26 March 2025
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ALEXANDER BRANTINGHAM SIMPSON (BRITISH, FL. 1904-1931)
The Blue Vase
signed 'SIMPSON' (lower left)
oil on board
25.5 x 18.5cm
Condition reportInconsistency to the level of the board, lower right, otherwise the board is sound and flat; light surface abrasions to the paint surface; frame abrasion to right hand border with…
Hammer price:
£800
Estimate: £400 - £600
26 March 2025
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26 March 2025
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THEODORE ROUSSEAU (FRENCH, 1812-1867)
Paysage des Landes
oil on paper laid down on canvas
26 x 40.5 cm
Provenance
Comiot collection, Paris;
with Galerie Aubry, Paris;
Purchased from the above by Roland, Browse & Delbanco, London, in…
Condition ReportOriginal canvas; the paint surface is dirty with areas of discoloured, uneven varnish; craquelure and lifting paint, centre right and upper left, no paint loss; no sign of retouching…
Hammer price:
£2,800
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
26 March 2025
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26 March 2025
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R*** BENTLEY HAMLYN
An extensive landscape
indistinctly signed (lower right)
watercolour
27.5 x 36.5cm
Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price:
£40
Estimate: £50 - £100
26 March 2025
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26 March 2025
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LÉON RODOLPHE BERTOUT (SWISS, 1822-1892)
Castel dell’Ovo, Naples
signed and dated 'Leon Berthoud 1867' (lower left), inscribed 'No.2 Castel dell'Ovo vu de la Villa Real/ NAPLES' (on the cradling to backboard)
oil on panel
20 x 36.5cm
…
Condition reportPanel has been cradled.Craquelure, including a few fine, long cracks around the central building, to far centre right and to centre left.Dirt.A little paint loss to extreme edges…
Hammer price:
£250
Estimate: £300 - £500
26 March 2025
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26 March 2025
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JOHN BRETT (BRITISH, 1831-1902)
Irish Sea
incised inscription and indistinctly dated 'Irish Sea 9.1 Aug (?)' (lower right)
oil on board
18 x 35.5cm
Provenance
Sale, Bonhams, London, 16th September 1971, lot 157, as a pair with …
FootnoteBrett's characteristic incised inscription gives details of the subject, day and month, but for some reason omits the year. There is some evidence pointing to 1873 as the most likely date.…
Hammer price:
£650
Estimate: £500 - £800
26 March 2025
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26 March 2025
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ATTRIBUTED TO FREDERICK CALVERT (BRITISH, C. 1785-C. 1844)
Off Scarborough
oil on canvas
46 x 61cm
Provenance
The selected contents of Coltmans House, Berkshire
Condition ReportCanvas relined; surface abrasions off the right, middle border; stretcher marks visible and craquelure, stable; three patches of discoloured varnish, upper left and upper right and…
Hammer price:
£700
Estimate: £400 - £600
26 March 2025
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26 March 2025
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SAMUEL C. BIRD (BRITISH, D. 1893)
Fisherman with a woman on the shore
signed and dated 'SBird 1891' (lower right)
oil on canvas
51 x 76.5cm
Provenance
Private collection, UK
Estimate: £300 - £500
26 March 2025
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26 March 2025
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HENRY SCOTT TUKE (BRITISH, 1858-1929)
Sailing ships at anchor
signed and dated 'H.S. TUKE 1914' (lower right)
watercolour
34 x 49cm
Provenance
Sale, Christie's, London, May 1968, lot 111 (sold for 22 guineas);
With The Fine Art Society,…
Tuke's register of paintings lists a number of watercolours which could be the present work; the most likely is R770, 'Group of French Ships and Barque.'Condition ReportThe sheet is sound, clean and…
Hammer price:
£2,800
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
26 March 2025
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26 March 2025
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HENRY SCOTT TUKE (BRITISH, 1858-1929)
Wood boats from Dalmatia, Venice
signed and dated 'H.S. Tuke 1899' (lower right)
watercolour
24.5 x 45cm
Provenance
Probably Tuke register R315, bought by Cecil R.L. Brooks (based on an entry in…
FootnoteThe present work was painted by Tuke during his visit to Venice in May 1899 when he stayed with Horatio Brown at the Casa Torresella on the Zattere. His diary entry for 29th May states, 'A…
Hammer price:
£2,800
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
26 March 2025
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26 March 2025
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HENRY SCOTT TUKE (BRITISH, 1858-1929)
Samwell sitting on a blue dug-out
signed and dated 'H.S. Tuke 1924' (lower right)
oil on canvas
39 x 29cm
Provenance
Geoffrey Sainsbury (The artist's nephew);
Henry Shemilt;
Acquired from the above…
FootnoteTuke painted the present work on 10th January 1924, and recorded the following entry in his diary:‘Out with Samwell and Ralph again and went further on – nearly got a small nurse shark with…
Hammer price:
£5,500
Estimate: £5,000 - £8,000
26 March 2025
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26 March 2025
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HENRY SCOTT TUKE (BRITISH, 1858-1929)
Custom House Quay, Falmouth
signed with initials 'H.S.T.' (lower right); inscribed 'Custom House Quay/ Falmouth/ Guaranteed to be the work of H.S. TUKE/ W. Tuke Sainsbury/ November 1929/ executor' …
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
26 March 2025
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26 March 2025
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ARTHUR JOHN TREVOR BRISCOE (BRITISH, 1873-1943)
Low Water, Brixham
signed, dated and titled 'A Briscoe 33' (lower right)
watercolour
37 x 52cm
Provenance
The Fine Art Society, London. November 1943, no. 75;
Nicholas Bowlby Watercolours 1869;…
Estimate: £600 - £800
26 March 2025
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26 March 2025
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