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THOMAS BUSH HARDY (1842-1897) FRESHWATER BAY, ISLE OF WIGHT Signed and dated 1887, watercolour with scratching out 43 x 68.5cm. £1200-1800 | A little faded and with some foxing in the sky | Nil |
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| 1144 | THOMAS BUSH HARDY (1842-1897) BOULOGNE HARBOUR Signed, inscribed with title and dated 1889, watercolour with scratching out 21 x 69.5cm. £1000-1500 | Good condition | Nil |
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1200 |
| 1145 | THOMAS BUSH HARDY (1842-1897) BOULOGNE Signed, inscribed with title and dated 1895, watercolour and bodycolour with scratching out 22 x 69.5cm. Provenance: Purchased in Bristol for £12, c.1957 £1500-2000 | Good condition | Nil |
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1500 |
| 1146 | THOMAS BUSH HARDY (1842-1897) OFF DOVER; HASTINGS A pair, both signed, inscribed with title and dated 1890, watercolour Each 45 x 70.5cm. (2) Provenance: Purchased at auction in Bournemouth, circa 1962. £3500-5000 | Good condition | Nil |
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7000 |
| 1148 | CHARLES M. McARTHUR (Fl.1860-1892) SCARBOROUGH Signed and dated 1876, watercolour over traces of pencil 38 x 74.5cm. Provenance: Purchased as one of a pair, Harrogate, late 1950's. £1000-1500 | Good condition | Nil |
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1500 |
| 1149 | THOMAS BUSH HARDY (1842-1897) TOWER OF REFUGE, ISLE OF MAN; SHANKLIN, ISLE OF WIGHT A pair, both signed, inscribed with title and dated 1893 and 1898 (sic), watercolour over traces of pencil heightened with white Each 36 x 61cm approx. (2) £2500-3500 | Each with good colour; the former with some foxing in the sky; original gilt mounts and frames | Nil |
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| 1151 | CHARLES EDWARD WILSON (1854-1941) PET RABBITS Signed and dated 1902, watercolour 36.5 x 54cm. Provenance: Purchased at a house contents sale, Weston Super Mare, 1967, for £14. £4000-6000 | Good condition overall; very slightly faded | Nil |
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| 1152 | WILLIAM DACRES ADAMS (1864-1951) ELKHOUND Signed, also signed and inscribed on a label on the backboard, watercolour with charcoal 26 x 22.5cm. £100-200 | Good condition; needs a light clean | Nil |
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180 |
| 1153 | P** A** C** (Fl.c.1930-1940) FINCHES ON A BRANCH Signed with initials, watercolour and gouache 37 x 45cm. £400-600 | Good condition | Nil |
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| 1154 | FELIKS TOPOLSKI (1907- 1989) ELEGANT LADIES IN 18TH CENTURY DRESS Two, both signed, one inscribed To Tacina, the other inscribed To Mrs Hippisley Cox, sepia crayon, the former also with sepia ink and wash 18.5 x 11cm.; and 18 x 15.5cm. (2) £200-300 | The former good; the latter slightly creased and worn | Nil |
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190 |
| 1155 | A FOLIO OF TWENTY DRAWINGS & WATERCOLOURS to include a pastoral sketch on grey paper by Edward Stott, 26 x 36.5cm.; three architectural drawings by James Kerr-Lawson, one initialled; three female nude studies by Henry Haley; a drawing of Malham Cove by William Shackleton, signed; two ink drawings by Frank Dadd; a charcoal and white chalk portrait by Sir William Blake Richmond, signed and inscribed "done for a bet in 4 minutes and a half"; two ink drawings by Henry Singleton; a view of Loch Tulla by Ernest Briggs, signed; an ink sketch by Frank Spenlove Spenlove; two oils on board of female nudes; and other items (20) £180-250 | Generally good condition | Nil |
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540 |
| 1156 | DAVID ANDREWS (Fl.1965-present) BIRD ON A BRANCH Signed, gouache 34.5 x 27.5cm. £150-200 | Good condition | Nil |
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| 1157 | ROY PETLEY (b.1951) THE PORT, TOULON, 1980 Signed, inscribed and dated on the backboard, watercolour 35.5 x 50.5cm. Provenance: see lot 1266 £400-600 | Good condition | Nil |
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| 1158 | PATRICK FERGUSON MILLARD (1902-1977) THE FARMSTEAD Signed, watercolour 38.5 x 54cm. £100-150 | Some pale scattered foxing | Nil |
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180 |
| 1159 | HENRI JOURDAIN (1864-1931) FIGURE ON A FRENCH VILLAGE STREET Signed, pastels 55 x 41cm. £200-300 | Good condition overall; some foxing | Nil |
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160 |
| 1160 | EDWARD PIPER (1938-1990) CONTEMPLATION Signed and stamped by the artist's wife (under the mount), Indian ink 36 x 49cm. Exhibited: London, The Catto Gallery (from an exhibition of works from the artist's estate) £300-400 | Good condition | Nil |
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420 |
| 1161 | WALTER RICHARD SICKERT, RA (1860-1942) A VILLAGE STREET WITH FIGURES BY A DOORWAY, PROBABLY A SCENE IN DIEPPE Signed, watercolour and pencil 25 x 22cm. Provenance: See lot 1269 £1600-2000 | Laid down; foxed; slight light staining but colours good. | Nil |
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1400 |
| 1162 | RICHARD HARDING SEDDON (b.1915) AN INTERESTING SELECTION OF STUDIES, SKETCHES AND ENGRAVINGS to comprise wood engravings, pencil and watercolour sketches of landscapes, still lives, book illustrations in black ink (including sketches for an edition of Alice in Wonderland), architectural drawings in pencil and wash, leaves of swift pencil studies, town sketches in Munich, Brussels, Florence, Paris etc, figures groups, landscape studies, vignettes of calligraphy and designs for dust jackets (eg a design for Ciros' Coronation Cabaret), one sketch apparently annotated (and initialled) by John Nash, the majority c.1939-1959 but a few childhood drawings and later works (c.1974), some signed and/or inscribed, approx 230 leaves and scraps in total, with a copy of the artist's biography A Hand Uplifted (publ.1963) £500-800 | Satisfactory overall; some with old handling marks, foxing, a few scattered tears, light staining etc. | Nil |
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1550 |
| 1163 | ROGER DERIEUX (b.1922) STILL LIFE Signed, watercolour on board, unframed 16.5 x 13.5cm.; with two further watercolours by the same hand, both signed, 22 x 27cm., unframed (2) £150-200 | Good condition | Nil |
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180 |
| 1164 | DAVID BURTON (1883-1945) ATTACKED IN THE JUNGLE Watercolour and pencil 46 x 63cm. * Burton took up painting during his convalescence from burns inflicted during the Great War. Lucy Wertheim sponsored and supported Burton whilst he worked as a pavement artist (or "screever") but he felt that concrete was unrewarding compared with Bath stone: "you can't get a good surface to crayon on." Burton died penniless in a hostel in Camden Town. Exhibited: London, The Redfern Gallery Ltd, Dec.1936; bought by C. Lloyd-Jones £200-300 | Good colours; some foxing | Nil |
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| 1165 | LOUIS WAIN (1860-1939) A GINGER CAT BY A FLOWERBED Signed, watercolour 16 x 26cm. Provenance: Purchased from a dealer in Crewkerne in the late 1970's who had looked after Louis Wain during his final confinement at Napsbury Hospital in St Albans (and who had specifically requested a picture of a ginger cat with bright green eyes). £1500-2000 | Good condition; fresh colour | Nil |
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| 1166 | AUBREY BEARDSLEY (1872-1898) DESIGN FOR AN INVITATION TO THE OPENING OF THE PRINCE'S LADIES GOLF CLUB AT MITCHAM, SURREY, 16th JULY, 1894: TWO WOMEN GOLFERS AND PIERROT AS CADDIE Signed AUBREY/BEARDSLEY, also with traces of the artist's pencil monogram lower left, Indian ink with minor amendments in Chinese white, sandwich mounted; to be sold with a line-block print of the subject (the invitation), 15 x 16.7cm. Image 22.7 x 12.9cm. Provenance: Robert Hippisley-Cox Esq (by whom commissioned from the artist, his friend, in 1894); and thence by direct descent. Exhibited: London, V&A Exhibition, Aubrey Beardsley, May-September 1966, no.503; Also in New York and Los Angeles, 1967 (exhibition tab on verso of mount) Catalogue: See Vallance 106; Gallatin 874; Princeton, p.25 Literature: Brian Reade, Aubrey Beardsley, 1967, no.329 who describes it as "the most remarkable treatment of Beardsley's silhouette treatments of women in contemporary clothes, which he exaggerated." Reproduced: R. A. Walker, How to Detect Beardsley Forgeries, Bedford, 1950, pl.II where a skilful forgery of this drawing is also illustrated. Illustrated: Artwork, 1931, vol. VIII, 28, p.256 We are very grateful to Stephen Calloway and to Dr Susan Owens at The V&A for their assistance with the cataloguing of this lot. £8000-12000 | Nil |
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| 1170 | FOLLOWER OF PIER FRANCESCO MOLA (1612-1666) THE TEARS OF ST PETER Oil on canvas 66.5 x 54cm. £500-800 | Lined; retouched flaking and repaired damage lower right; slightly abraded in places | Nil |
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| 1171 | FOLLOWER OF JACOBUS LEVECQ (1634-1675) PORTRAIT OF JOHN BOYS, OF BELLESHANGER, KENT (1637-1698) Standing half length, wearing a white chemise and dark cape, bears identifying inscription for the sitter verso, oil on panel 32 x 27.5cm. £400-600 | Flaked losses; retouchings; needs a clean | Nil |
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600 |
| 1172 | AFTER PAOLO VERONESE (1528-1588), 19th CENTURY A FEMALE FIGURE, LOOKING UP Oil on canvas 103 x 63cm. £250-350 | A few minor grazes and paint losses; needs a clean | Nil |
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| 1173 | SPANISH SCHOOL, 18th CENTURY THE DEPOSITION Oil on canvas 37.5 x 26cm. £150-250 | Lined; patched upper right verso; needs a clean | Nil |
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240 |
| 1174 | GENOESE SCHOOL, 18th CENTURY THE MADONNA AND CHILD Oil on canvas 42.5 x 33.5cm. £1200-1500 | Lined; replaced stretcher; needs a clean; general surface craquelure; old gilt frame | Nil |
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1200 |
| 1175 | RUSSIAN SCHOOL , 1834 A BISHOP SAINT Inscribed and dated 1834 , oil on panel, unframed 43 x 34.5cm. £200-400 | Split at left; abraded near lower left corner; numerous small chips and grazes | Nil |
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200 |
| 1176 | FOLLOWER OF JOHN CLOSTERMAN (1660-1711) PORTRAIT OF A FAMILY GROUP IN AN INTERIOR The mother seated with a spaniel on her lap, her children and husband around her, oil on canvas, unframed 74 x 59cm. £450-600 | Lined; retouching; abraded areas | Nil |
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| 1177 | MANNER OF HENRY WALTON (c.1746-1813) PORTRAIT OF A LADY Half length, wearing a grey and blue dress, a blue ribbon in her hair, oil on board 24 x 17cm. Provenance: A. R. McWilliam (1889-1977) and thence by descent. £120-180 | Dab of retouching on the forehead; scattered minor blemishes; needs a clean | Nil |
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120 |
