Two Day Fine Art Sale on
Thursday 25th and Friday 26th March 2010

Lots: 537-566 of 1051

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537

WILLIAM WARD, ARA (1766-1826) AFTER GEORGE MORLAND (1763-1804)
THE FIRST OF SEPTEMBER MORNING; THE FIRST OF SEPTEMBER EVENING
a pair, mezzotints published by T Simpson, September 1 1796, 48 x 60.5cm (2)
Estimate: 200-400

Trimmed to plate mark and with some old creasing and handling marks, long undisturbed in the present 19th c ebonised and giltwood cavetto frames

Nil

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538

ROWLAND LANGMAID (1897-1956)
THE LAWS OF THE NAVY PLATES I-IV
etchings, all signed by the artist in pencil, 31.5 x 21.5cm, unframed (4)
Estimate: 150-200

In fine condition

Nil

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539

C & J GREENWOOD (FL EARLY 19TH CENTURY)
GENERAL VIEW OF NOTTINGHAM
a set of four, lithographs by C Moody coloured in a contemporary hand and mounted to form a panorama, published by Thomas Forman, Nottingham, c1840, 21.5 x 135cm

Estimate: 150-250

Closely mounted tight to the image, in thick card window mount in ebonised frame of c1930 with on the reverse the trade label of W A Lewitt, Friar Lane, Nottingham. In very good condition

Nil

    

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540

EDWARD JULIUS DETMOLD, ARE (1883-1957)
BANDITS IN THE DESERT
etching, signed and dated in the plate 27, signed by the artist in pencil and inscribed Final Proof E.J.D. Imp, 21.5 x 41cm
Estimate: 200-300

In good condition with wide margins, slipped slightly in the card window mount; in modern frame

Nil

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200

541

ALAN MOORE (FL EARLY 20TH CENTURY)
THE MEDWAY AT SHEERNESS; IN THE CLYDE
a pair, etchings, both signed by the artist in pencil, 16.5 x 37.5cm (2)
Estimate: 200-300

In fine condition in what are likely to be the original narrow ebonised frames with typewritten labels on the backboard

Nil

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542

WILLIAM WARD, ARA (1766-1826) AFTER HENRY BERNARD CHALON (1770-1849)
THUNDER AN OLD ENGLISH SETTER BRED BY PETER HALLIDAY ESQR AT CARLTON-LE-MORLAND IN LINCOLNSHIRE
mezzotint, printed in colour, 42.5 x 53.5cm
Provenance: With Frank T Sabin, London.
Estimate: 400-600

In fine ready to hang condition. Cleaned and mounted to just within the plate mark; unexamined out of the frame, as supplied to the present owner by Sabin.

Nil

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440

543

HENRY SYKES (1855-1921)
ON THE KENNET CANAL AT WOOLHAMPTON BERKSHIRE
signed, pencil and watercolour heightened with white, 35 x 52cm
Estimate: 200-300

    

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520

544

ELIZABETH STACEY BLAKE (EXH 1891-1939, D1950)
GOOSE FAIR OLD MARKET SQUARE NOTTINGHAM; ST PETER'S CHURCH SIDE AND THE NEW POST OFFICE NOTTINGHAM; VIEW OF HOUNDS GATE NOTTINGHAM
three, all signed and dated 25, 26 or 29, pencil and watercolour, various sizes to 30.5 x 37cm (3)
Estimate: 200-300

    

Nil

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300

545

ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 19TH CENTURY
COPIES OF CELEBRATED OLD MASTER PORTRAITS
six, pencil and watercolour heightened with white, the largest 17 x 12cm (6)
Including Lady Diana Russell when a child by Paul van Somer, Charles the Bold by Rogier van de Weyden, the Head of a Young Man by Durer, Sir John Godsalve by Holbein and Anne of Austria by Rubens.
Estimate: 200-300

All in good condition and undoubtedly by the same hand, insecurely mounted in non matching frames with thunderflies etc beneath the glass of some. Free from fading or foxing

Nil

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300

546

MAURICE WILLIAM PARTRIDGE (1913-1973)
PORTLEDGE WOODS DEVON
signed, signed again and inscribed on the backboard, mixed media, 38.5 x 28.5cm
Estimate: 200-300

In fine condition

Nil

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200

547

MARIE INNES (1860)
SHELLWOOD FRAM NEAR NEWDIGATE SURREY; AN OLD FARMHOUSE
a pair, one signed and dated, pencil and watercolour with bodycolour and gum arabic, 31.5 x 49cm (2)
Estimate: 100-150

Both in fine condition in early 20th c frames

Nil

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548

LOUISA, MARCHIONESS OF WATERFORD (1818-1891)
HULME ABBEY; MOTHER AND CHILD; A CHILD WITH A RED BANNER; FLOWERS IN VASE AND AMARYLLIS VITIATA
five, the first inscribed, pencil and watercolour, 14 x 9cm and c (5)
Provenance: with David Ker Fine Art, London.
Estimate: 300-500

In good condition, appropriately mounted in two styles of gilt or a pair of mahogany effect frames

Nil

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300

549

DOUGLAS HOUZEN PINDER (1886-1949)
DARTMOOR
signed, pencil and watercolour with bodycolour, 37 x 52.5cm
Estimate: 200-300

A highly characteristic example with mist coming down from the hills in fine unfaded condition

Nil

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550

GRAHAM SUTHERLAND, OM (1903-1980)
TREE FORM
signed and dated 1958, gouache over pencil, lightly squared, 26.5 x 20cm
Provenance: Elizabeth Organ (1934-2009) by whom acquired directly from the artist, a friend; thence by descent.
The artist Elizabeth Organ married the society portrait painter Bryan Organ(1935- ) and following their divorce restored, as her home and a gallery, the parsonage at Clyro, near Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire. The house was occupied in the 19th century by the diarist, the Reverend Francis Kilvert.
Estimate: 4000-6000

In fine condition

Nil

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4000

551

LOUIS VAN STAATEN (1836-1909)
A DUTCH HARBOUR
signed, watercolour, 29 x 39cm
Estimate: 150-200

In fine condition, free from fading or foxing, in modern gilt frame

Nil

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440

552

JOHN HULTBERG (1922-2005)
PROGRESSION
gouche, 24 x 73.5cm
Painted in 1959.
Provenance: with the Martha Jackson Gallery, New York and the Galerie du Dragon, Paris.
Estimate: 200-300

In fine original condition, in contemporary c1960 hessian mounted frame with gallery labels verso of the Bainbridge Board support

Nil

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260

553

CHINESE SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
COURT SCENES; MEMBERS OF THE IMPERIAL HOUSEHOLD
two sets of album paintings, gouache on pith paper, in blue tape borders, 25 x 37cm and 32 x 22.5cm respectively, uniformly framed (24)
Estimate: 150-250

Several works with disintegration of the support/losses

Nil

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700

554

STANISLAUS SOUTTEN LONGLEY, RI, RBA (1894-1966)
A STARRY NIGHT
signed, gouache over pencil, 42 x 32cm
The present distinctly Art Deco design of the 1930s was executed at a time when Longley was designing posters for the London Underground.
Estimate: 700-900

In fine condition, in good quality contemporary washline mount; in later giltwood and composition frame

Nil

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1400

555

STANISLAUS SOUTTEN LONGLEY, RI, RBA (1894-1966)
THE CAPTIVE FREED
signed, pencil and watercolour with bodycolour, 28 x 30cm
See footnote to the preceding lot.

Estimate: 500-700

In fine condition with one or two light spots of foxing, undisturbed in the original good quality mount and contemporary 1930s giltwood and composition narrow frame with losses

Nil

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460

556

STANISLAUS SOUTTEN LONGLEY, RI, RBA (1894-1966)
THE MASQUERADE
signed, watercolour and bodycolour, over pen and pencil, 46 x 31cm
See footnote to the two preceding lots.
Estimate: 700-900

In fine condition, in good quality slightly foxed window mount and contemporary 1930s giltwood and composition narrow frame (en suite with the preceding lot) with loss

Nil

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680

557

GIOVANNI BATTISTA FILOSA (1850-1935)
A GENTLE REBUKE
signed, pencil and watercolour with bodycolour, 66 x 49cm
Estimate: 300-500

Closed tear lower left corner which is not too noticeable. In otherwise very good condition in contemporary late 19th c giltwood and composition angled frame

Nil

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550

558

JOHN GENDALL (1789-1865)
ST MARTIN'S CHURCH AND MOL'S COFFEE HOUSE EXETER
pencil and gouache, 38.5 x 58cm
The focus of the present drawing of the group of buildings in the northern corner of Exeter's historic Cathedral Close is the famous timber framed Mol's Coffee House of 1596, said to have been frequented by Drake, Raleigh and others. It was named after the proprietor, Thomas Mol and in the 19th century was occupied by the Exeter artist and drawing master, John Gendall. Of the church of St Martin, fragments of the original building on the site, consecrated in 1065 survive in the present largely 15th century structure.
Provenance: with Frank T Sabin, London.
Estimate: 700-900

In fine condition, mounted and framed when with the Sabin Gallery, c1960

Nil

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1900

559

ENGLISH SCHOOL
HUNTING SCENES
a set of six, all but one inscribed, coloured chalk and bodycolour on coloured paper, 26 x 33cm & c (6)
Estimate: 250-350

Some uneven time stains, handling marks etc, in similar frames

Nil

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460

560

ALFRED H VICKERS (FL 1853-1907)
LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES BY A POND
signed, pencil and watercolour heightened with white, 25.5 x 36.5cm; and a watercolour of a coastal landscape by W Mansfield (2)
Estimate: 150-250

Both in in good condition in dust stained mounts and somewhat damaged narrow gilt frames

Nil

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561

WILLIAM PROBYN OF LONGHOPE (FL C1830)
CARICATURES SAID TO BE OF GENERAL DIGHTON OF NEWLAND, LORD SEAGRAVE AND TWO OTHER GENTLEMEN
four, pencil and watercolour with gum arabic, 24.5 x 16.5cm, maple frames (4)
Estimate: 250-350

In very good condition, free from fading and attractively framed

Nil

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300

562

BRITISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
DOUBLE PORTRAIT OF CHILDREN WITH A CAT
pastel, oval, 39 x 33cm, early 19th c giltwood and composition cavetto frame
Estimate: 200-300

In satisfactory condition with minor abrasions, the frame with losses to the moulded decoration

Nil

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563

ROBERT BARNES, ARWS (1840-1895)
INDUSTRY
signed with initials and dated '78, inscribed on the artist's label verso No 1 Study of Child Sewing Robert Barnes Bedford House... Redhill, pencil and watercolour with bodycolour, 44 x 34cm
Estimate: 1500-2000

In fine condition, the pigments well preserved and free from fading

Nil

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564

HENRY JOHN SYLVESTER STANNARD, RBA (1870-1951)
THE LITTLE SHOPPER; BLACKBERRIERS RESTING
a pair, watercolour and bodycolour, 26 x 35.5cm (2)
Estimate: 1500-2000

Both in fine condition, undisturbed in early 20th c gilt mounts and frames with some chipping of the frames, old worm infestation in the backboards which has not penetrated the paper support. Attractive and highly typical examples

Nil

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565

THOMAS FRASER (1776-1823)
INDIAN LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES AT A WATERFALL
signed, watercolour, 40.5 x 54cm
The amateur watercolourist Captain Thomas Fraser's drawings of India, especially its waterfalls were executed while he was serving with the Madras Engineers, from 1796 to 1819.
Estimate: 600-800

In fine fresh condition

Nil

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600

566

A PAOLETTI (19TH CENTURY)
MORNING ON THE NEAPOLITAN COAST; ITALIAN FISHERMEN PREPARING THEIR BOATS
a pair, both signed and dated 1879, gouache, 31.5 x 47.5cm (2)
Estimate: 200-300

Both in fine original condition, undisturbed in the original mounts and in slightly later oak frames

Nil

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480

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