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's face and scarf; framed and under glass, unexamined out of frame.
Hammer price:
£80
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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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…
Hammer price:
£190
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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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)
…
Hammer price:
£850
Estimate: £500 - £700
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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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 sound overall; framed and under glass, unexamined out of frame.
Hammer price:
£160
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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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 between the two figures.Otherwise appears in overall generally good condition.Under glass and not…
Hammer price:
£500
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
'Britannia bringing her dead hero to Britannia's shore, pub Feb 6 1806 by I. Hinton, 44 Well St Oxford St London'
reverse glass print
26.5 x 36cm
Provenance
The Property of Dr & Mrs Emanuel;…
Hammer price:
£190
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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CHARLES EDMUND ROWBOTHAM (BRITISH, 1856-1921)
The Coast Road
signed and dated 'Chas Rowbotham 1892' (lower left)
watercolour
30 x 61cm
Condition reportAcidic mount.A little discolouration to paper in places, such as to lower right in sea.Otherwise appears in generally good condition.Under glass and not examined out of frame.
Hammer price:
£350
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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EDWARD LEAR (BRITISH, 1812-1888)
Lago d'Isles, Lombardy, Italy
titled (lower left) and numbered '151' (lower right)
brown ink and watercolour
15 x 21.5cm
Provenance
John Peter Cochrane Collection;
Sale, Bonhams, London, 31st March…
FootnoteFollowing an extensive trip to the Holy Land in 1867, Lear headed to Lombardy in Northern Italy and spent a month travelling through the Italian lakes. This small study most likely dates from…
Hammer price:
£1,500
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
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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ADRIANUS JOHANNES GROENEWEGEN (DUTCH, 1874-1963)
Landscape with sheep near The Hague
signed ' A J Groenewegen' (lower right)
watercolour
17 x 24.5cm
Provenance
George Davidson Ltd. Glasgow;
Private collection, UK
Condition reportA couple of dark marks centre right, near edge.A few very small, minor dark spots in places, such as to upper centre on edge of a cloud, upper left in sky and to centre right above…
Hammer price:
£300
Estimate: £150 - £250
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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WILLIAM HENRY BARRIBAL (BRITISH, 1874-1952)
Head of a young woman in a blue hat
signed in pencil 'L Barribal' (to backing paper)
watercolour and gouache
17 x 10.5cm
Provenance
J S Mass & Co Ltd, Clifford Street, London;
Private collection…
Condition reportAppears in generally good condition.Under glass and not examined out of frame.
Hammer price:
£320
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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AFTER JOHN CONSTABLE
Weymouth Bay, Bowleaze Cove and Jordan Hill
oil on canvas
50.5 x 76cm
Provenance
Private collection, UK
Estimate: £300 - £500
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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EASTMAN JOHNSON (AMERICAN, 1824-1906)
Canal Scene (C. 1851)
signed with initials 'E J' (lower right)
oil on paper laid on board
30 x 39cm
Provenance
Eastman Johnson Estate/Mrs. Eastman Johnson, New York, 1906 (by bequest);
Ethel Eastman…
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:
£450
Estimate: £500 - £800
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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CHARLES NAPIER HEMY (BRITISH, 1841-1917)
The Harbour Lights, St Ives
signed and dated 'C. N. H. 1908.' (lower left)
watercolour heightened with bodycolour
44.5 x 67cm
Provenance
Private collection, UK
Literature
Royal Academy Pictures,…
Condition reportA few small pale spots of foxing in places, including to upper right, and upper left, in sky.Brown mark in clouds upper left but this could be original to work.Appears in generally…
Hammer price:
£1,300
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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CHARLES NAPIER HEMY (BRITISH, 1841-1917)
Ironclads
signed with initials and dated 'C.N.H. 1904' (lower left)
watercolour and gouache
45 x 67cm
Provenance
Sale, Bonhams, London, 24th March 2010, lot 171;
Paul Mayhew Fine Art, 2010, from…
FootnoteDescribed
in the Royal Academy Pictures of the Year as having ‘…the purposefulness
without the pomp of war in the quiet leviathon…’ Ironclads depicts an
Edgar-class battleship in the…
Hammer price:
£1,200
Estimate: £1,200 - £1,800
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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HENRY SCOTT TUKE (BRITISH, 1858-1929)
Portrait of Gerald Caldwell Siordet MC (1885-1917)
signed and dated ‘H.S. TUKE 1914’ (upper right), inscribed ‘Siordet’ (upper left)
watercolour
24 x 17cm
Provenance
The artist’s niece; thence by…
FootnoteSiordet
hailed from prominent Huguenot family who originated in the Vers region of
France, near Geneva, before settling in London.
Gerald was educated at Clifton college, where he won…
Hammer price:
£3,800
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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HENRY SCOTT TUKE (BRITISH, 1858-1929)
The Silk Gown - Portrait of Maria Tuke Sainsbury
signed with initials, dated and inscribed 'H.S.T 1885/ M.T.' (upper left)
watercolour
37 x 25cm
Provenance
The artist's niece, thence by descent;…
FootnoteKnown for his intimate studies of masculinity, the present work displays Tuke's ability to render femininity with equal skill and sensitivity. In a charmingly unselfconscious pose, his only…
Hammer price:
£4,000
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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HENRY SCOTT TUKE (BRITISH, 1858-1929)
Burton Saddlery
signed and dated 'H.S. TUKE 1910' (lower left)
watercolour
25 x 35cm
Provenance
The artist's cousin, thence by descent;
Sale, Christie's, London, 29th July 2008, lot 359, where…
FootnoteGeorge
Stacey Gibson, a relative of Tuke’s by marriage, was born in the right half of
this sixteenth-century timber framed house in 1818. He went on to
form Gibson, Tuke & Gibson which…
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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HENRY SCOTT TUKE (BRITISH, 1858-1929)
Wine Carriers, St Tropez
signed and dated 'H.S. TUKE 1926' (lower left); inscribed 'No. 1 Wine Carriers St Tropez/ H.S. Tuke/ 5 P- Road, NW3' (on an old label attached to the backboard)
watercolour…
Literature
The Registers of Henry Scott Tuke, Annotated by
B.D. Price, 1983, R1158;
Truro, Royal Cornwall Museum, Catching The Light -
A Retrospective of Henry Scott Tuke, 10th May - 2nd July 2008,…
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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HENRY SCOTT TUKE (BRITISH, 1858-1929)
Barques at Anchor in Falmouth
signed and dated 'H.S. TUKE 1921' (lower left)
watercolour
24.5 x 34cm
Provenance
Madame Hawke of Newquay (Tuke registers, R989);
Sale, Sotheby's, Billingshurst, 14th…
FootnoteThis typically
accomplished and atmospheric depiction was, according
to the Tuke registers, one of a number of pictures sold to Madame
Hawke, a knitwear entrepreneur, based in Newquay. …
Hammer price:
£1,200
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
15 October 2025
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15 October 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' …
Condition ReportThe sheet is sound; some light staining off the upper border, otherwise in good, clean condition with strong colour; framed and under glass, unexamined out of frame.
Hammer price:
£700
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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MONTAGUE DAWSON (BRITISH, 1890-1973)
Royal Navy ship in stormy seas
signed 'MONTAGUE DAWSON' (lower left)
gouache
36.5 x 70cm
ARR
Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition ReportThe sheet is sound and the paint surface is in good, clean condition; there is some staining to exterior of glass, otherwise sound; unexamined out of frame.
Hammer price:
£1,300
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
15 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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