206 |
ROBERT MCGREGOR "Breton Housewives", oil on canvas, 19.5" x 24.5". See illustration Provenance: The Fine Art Society, September 1991. Private Collection, Dorset. £400-700 | Nil |
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550 |
| 207 | HENRY WILLIAM BANKES DAVIS "Cutting forage on the French Coast", inscribed on the reverse with the title and a note recording the gift of the picture from the artist to his daughter dated September 7th 1909, oil on board, 11" x 18.25". See illustration. Exhibited: According to the inscription on the reverse of the painting this is a sketch for a painting exhibited at the Royal Academy. We are grateful to the Royal Academy for confirming that the artist exhibited five paintings that year and the present work would seem to correspond with the work exhibited as no. 133 Provenance: According to the inscription on the reverse a gift from the artist to his daughter and thence by descent. £800-1600 | Nil |
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1500 |
| 208 | ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18th century A young girl and her suitor, oil on canvas, 8.25" x 6.5" £50-100 | Nil |
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110 |
| 209 | S...MOUNCEY The Blacksmith's Forge, signed, oil on canvas, 18" x 24" £100-200 | Nil |
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| 210 | ENGLISH SCHOOL, early 19th century A portrait of a gentleman wearing a dark coat and a white stock, indistinctly signed, oval, oil on board, 15" x 12.25" £150-300 | Nil |
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350 |
| 211 | ENGLISH SCHOOL A gig on an open road in winter, oil on canvas. See illustration £200-400 | Nil |
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260 |
| 212 | WILLIAM B. FORTESCUE A view of a village green, apparently Kings Norton, Birmingham, signed, oil on canvas, 26.75" x 19.5". See illustration £2000-4000 | Nil |
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5200 |
| 213 | T...NOBLE A portrait of a young woman wearing a fur-trimmed dress resting against a table top and holding a miniature portrait, signed and dated 1844, oil on canvas, 29.5" x 24.5", in the original giltwood and gesso frame. See illustration £300-600 | Nil |
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360 |
| 214 | MANNER OF SIR ANTHONY VAN DYKE A portrait of a gentleman and a young boy standing beside a pillar, a landscape beyond, inscribed on a label on the reverse, oil on canvas, 45" x 33.5", in an 18th century carved giltwood frame. See illustration £500-1000 | Nil |
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900 |
| 215 | CIRCLE OF JAMES PETHER A lake with boats by moonlight, with a figure in the foreground and a ruined castle beyond, oil on canvas, 20" x 24", in the original giltwood and gesso frame £200-400 | Nil |
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480 |
| 216 | MABEL E. MESSER A still life of flowers in an urn on a stone ledge, with a wooded landscape beyond, inscribed on a label on the reverse, oil on canvas, 29.5" x 24.5". See illustration £300-600 | Nil |
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| 217 | JAMES BAKER PYNE "Lea Coast, Margate", signed and dated 1848 and inscribed "No. 235" and the reverse with a label, oil on canvas, 22.5" x 30.75". See illustration Provenance: According to an old label on the reverse "Bought by WDW from Hy. Wallis of London, Nov. 1848. The label is also inscribed with the title and the artist's name". £2500-4500 | Nil |
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| 218 | ASCRIBED TO MICHELE MARIESCHI The Library at the entrance to the Grand Canal and the companion painting, oils on canvas, 21.5" x 30.25". See illustration Provenance: According to various labels on the reverse G. Jetley which is inscribed on a label of W. Freeman and Son of Albemarle Street, London W1. A deceased's Estate, East Dorset. More recently an attribution to the Master of the Langmatt Foundation View (Italian fl. 1740-1770) has been suggested. £8000-15000 | Nil |
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41000 |
| 219 | JOHN EMMS Hounds and a terrier in a landscape, signed, oil on canvas, 16" x 12" in the original giltwood frame. See illustration Provenance: Private Collection, Hampshire. | Nil |
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17000 |
| 220 | JOHN EMMS A huntsman with a hound and puppies with a landscape beyond, signed, oil on canvas, 14" x 12". See illustration Provenance: Private Collection, Hampshire. | Nil |
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| 221 | JOHN EMMS Three hounds in a stable interior, signed, oil on canvas, 16" x 12", in the original giltwood frame. Provenance: Private Collection, Hampshire. | Nil |
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46000 |
| 222 | SIR WILLIAM NICHOLSON "Le Pont d'Avignon", signed and inscribed on the reverse, oil on canvas board, 13" x 16". Provenance: Purchased from the Beaux Arts Gallery, 1 Bruton Place, New Bond Street, London W1 on 25th June 1942 for a347 and 5 shillings. Adrian Waterlow Esq, White Cottage, Hurst, nr. Reading and thence by descent until purchased by the vendor. Literature: H. Furst, "William Nicholson-An Appreciation", Apollo, vol. 3, May 1926, pp265-269, ill.p.267 "William Nicholson at Nottingham", Country Life, 25th March 1933, exhibition review, ill.in b/w H. Sawkins, "William Nicholson", The Artist, September 1933, pp.24-27, ill.p24 L. Browse, William Nicholson, London 1956, cat.no.323, pl.22 A. Nicholson, William Nicholson - Painter, London 1996, ill.p.212 Exhibited: London, Goupil Gallery, Spring Exhibition, 1925, cat.no.68 London, Beaux Arts Gallery, Pictures & Drawings by William Nicholson, 1927, cat.no.23 Toronto, Canadian National Exhibition, 1928, cat.no.73 Glasgow, Alex Reid & Lefevre, Exhibition of the Paintings of William Nicholson, 1928, cat.no.22 Cape Town, National Gallery of South Africa, Paintings by William Nicholson, 1931 (catalogue untraced) Nottingham, Castle Museum, Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings by William Nicholson, March-April 1933, cat.no.119 touring to London, Beaux Arts Gallery, cat. no.78 Manchester, cat.no.31 Scarborough, cat.no.67 Belfast, City Museum & Art Gallery, Loan exhibition of Paintings & Prints by William Nicholson, January-February 1934, cat.no.9: touring to Lincoln, Usher Art Gallery, cat.no.12 Newark, cat.no.31 London, National Gallery, Exhibition of Paintings by Sir William Nicholson & Jack B. Yeats, January 1942, cat.no.54 as "Le Pont d'Avignon" London, Roland, Browse & Delbanco, William Nicholson Centenary Exhibition, 1972, cat.no.13 (ill.p14) This outstanding work, apparently painted in 1925 is pivotal within the artist's oeuvre. According to H. Sawkins in "William Nicholson, The Artist, September 1933- "William Nicholson has mastered the art of simplicity in his paintings. He can accomplish more with a few bold, broad strokes than any other artist I know. Few handle paint in so masterly a manner. Pont D'Avignon illustrates what I mean ... and it also shows us what a ridge of paint can accomplish". | Nil |
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| 223 | ASCRIBED TO JOHN DE MABUSE A portrait of an old woman wearing a black hat and a fur coat, the reverse with a label inscribed with the attribution in a 19th century hand and the reverse of the panel with a seal, oval, on an oak panel, 6.25" x 5.25", in an 18th century carved giltwood frame. See illustration Provenance: According to a label on the reverse the painting was purchased at a sale at South House, Bath in June 1833. £1000-2000 | Nil |
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950 |
| 224 | ALEXANDER LEFORT The Cobblers Shop, signed "A. Lefort Px.", oil on canvas, 25.25" x 20.75". See illustration £500-800 | Nil |
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1700 |
| 300 | THE ENGINEER vol. LXXXII 1896, including scale drawings of railway locomotives £30-50 | Nil |
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40 |
| 301 | "DANTE LA DIVINA COMMEDIA" with forty two illustrations after Sandro Boticeilli, published Nonesuch Press 1928 and Mona Wilson "The Life of William Blake", published Nonesuch Press (2) £30-50 | Nil |
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190 |
| 302 | PLUTARCH: "The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans" with illustrations by T.L. Poulton, published The Nonesuch Press, London, 5vols £40-70 | Nil |
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110 |
| 303 | WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: THE WORKS, The text of the first folio, with quarto variants and a selection of modern readings, published the Nonesuch Press, calf bound, 7vols £50-100 | Nil |
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420 |
| 304 | DORSET TOPOGRAPHICAL: Victoria History of the Counties of England, a History of Dorset, vol 2 & 3, and various volumes of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, by the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (10) £50-100 | Nil |
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200 |
| 305 | ROBERT THOMPSON: "The Gardener's Assistant" with numerous engravings and coloured plates, published Blackie and Son Ltd, William Buchan MD: "Domestic Medicine or a Treatise on the Prevention and Cure of Diseases", 15th edition, published London, and other volumes (a collection) £50-100 | Nil |
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140 |
| 306 | VICTORIANA: The Marquis of Lorne KT, "VRI Her Life and Empire", calf bound, Sarah Tytler: "The Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty The Queen", 2vols, and other associated volumes (a collection) £100-200 | Nil |
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380 |
| 307 | GEORGE SAVAGE: "18th Century German Porcelain", Bernard Hughes: "Victorian Pottery and Porcelain" and other similar books (a collection) £50-100 | Nil |
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45 |
| 308 | EDMUND DULAC'S FAIRY BOOK, published Hodder and Stoughton, Edmund Dulac's Picture Book for the French Red Cross, and King Albert's Book (3) £30-60 | Nil |
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65 |
| 309 | ADMIRAL LORD NELSON: The Naval Chronicle, 8vols, vol 1 January to June 1799 and seven others, published Bunney & Gold, Shoe Lane, London, vol 2 inscribed Nelson and Bronte (possibly the signature of Admiral, Lord Nelson), 8vols. Provenance: Lord Bridport (auction at Cricket St. Thomas, circa 1900), Edward T. Almes, Esq., Lieutenant Commander J.F. Duckworth and thence by descent. See illustration. | Nil |
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2200 |
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310 |
DR. JOHN CAMPBELL: "Lives of the British Admirals" published London 1812, 6vols, calf bound £50-100 |
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90 |
