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DR. ROBERT JOHN THORNTON (Publisher, 1768-1837) LARGE FLOWERING SENSITIVE PLANT Colour aquatint, finished by hand, by J. C. Stadler after P. Reinagle, published in `Temple of Flora`, 1799 43.5 x 35.5cm. ++ Staining; a little foxing; needs a clean; good impression £300-400
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JAMES GILLRAY (1756-1815) THE RAKE'S PROGRESS AT UNIVERSITY Five etchings with hand colouring, published by Hannah Humphrey, 1806 Each 22 x 35cm. (5) ++ Plates 2, 3 and 5 with tears in the margins (not affecting image); some foxing, thunderflies etc. £250-350
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AFTER HENRI LOUIS DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU (Botanist, 1700-1782) TWELVE BOTANICAL SUBJECTS Stipple engravings, printed in colour and finished by hand, after P. Bessa and P. J. Redoute, as published in `Traite des Arbres et Arbustes qui se cultivent en France`, published in Paris, 1800-1825, mounted but unframed Each 36 x 26cm. approx. (12) ++ Good condition £150-200
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GABRIEL LUDWIG LORI (1763-1840) SWISS LADY IN REGIONAL DRESS ON A STREET Aquatint and etching with hand colouring, 1791 25 x 19cm. ++ Slight blemishes in sky; needs a light clean £100-200
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, Circa 1820-1830 NAY CHARLES DON'T TEASE Lithograph with hand colouring, published by F. Glover, as issued with the `Fly` 26 x 18.5cm.; with a further twenty similar lithographs, after T. C. Wilson and others, on sentimental or romantic themes, all in modern frames. (21) ++ Some with foxing and/or a little wear £100-200
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THE MUSEUM GALLERIES (Publishers) to comprise fourteen colour stipple engravings of the `Cries of London` after F. Wheatley, by E. J. Stodart, H. S. Bridgwater, H. Sedcole and E. Tily, published c.1924, each signed by the engraver, 25 x 26.5cm.; with one duplicate, all unframed (15) ++ Good condition £250-300
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SIR DAVID MUIRHEAD BONE (1876-1953) ON THE STOCKS Lithograph, 1917, signed in pencil 35.5 x 46cm.; with another lithograph by Bone of `Panorama from the Scherpenberg looking to Wytschaete, Messines and Kemmel`, 1918, signed, 21 x 44cm. (2) ++ The former slightly time stained and with slight wear in margins; the latter good £300-500
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JOHN HALL THORPE (1874-1947) NASTURTIUMS; MARIGOLDS; PANSIES; PRIMROSES Four colour woodcuts, each signed in pencil, the first two also inscribed with title in pencil 23 x 29cm and smaller (4) ++ Three with damp stains or slight discoloration in margins £400-600
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JOSEPH PENNELL (1858-1926) BRIDGE OF ST. MARTIN, TOLEDO Etching, 1904, signed in pencil 19.5 x 24.5cm. ++ Time stained £100-150
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AFTER JACK BUTLER YEATS, RHA (1871-1957) EVENING Signed in the plate, print with hand colouring, published by the Cuala Press 20 x 30cm. ++ A little pale foxing £150-250
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FELIKS TOPOLSKI (1907-1989) ETON v. HARROW, CRICKET AT LORDS Colour lithograph, 1983, signed in pencil and numbered 90/300 38 x 78.5cm. ++ Slight time staining £200-300
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THE SOCIETY OF WOOD ENGRAVERS (Publishers) THE GREAT STORM The folio of five wood engravings, 1989, by C. Dalby, M. Poole, P. Reddick, P. Smith and G. Tute, each signed in pencil, titled and numbered 151 (from the edition of 250), in solander box, 21 x 27cm. and smaller (box) ++ Very good condition £80-120
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GRAHAM CLARKE (b.1941) GRUNTLED Aquatint with etching, 1983, signed, titled and numbered 148/300 34 x 54.5cm. ++ Good condition £100-200
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NORMAN STEVENS, ARA (1937-1988) SIGHTS/SITES The set of six aquatints, comprising Mount Etna, Palengue, Fuji, Pyramid, Easter Island and China Wall, each signed, titled, numbered 14/50 and dated 74 Each image 9.5 x 12cm.; sheet 38 x 35.5cm. (6) ++ Each in good condition £150-200
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JOHN PIPER, CH (1903-1992) FAWLEY BOTTOM (Levinson 405) Screenprint in colours, 1988, signed in pencil and numbered 17/70, published by Marlborough Fine Art, with Kelpra Studio blindstamp 41 x 56cm. ++ Needs a light clean £500-700
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AN INTERESTING SELECTION OF ELEVEN PRINTMAKERS' BLOCKS FOR WOOD ENGRAVINGS AND WOODCUTS comprising landscape studies, an agricultural scene, still lifes, portraits, figure studies etc; four signed KC within a square, one signed N within a loop (similar to Paul Nash), one apparently c.1850, the others c.1900-1940, various sizes, 12.5 x 20cm. down to 10 x 7.5cm. (11) ++ A few with splits or cracks £500-700
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AFTER BERYL COOK, OBE (1926-2008) CLUBBING IN THE RAIN Colour reproduction, published by Alexander Gallery, 2002, signed and numbered 473/650 50.5 x 36cm. ++ Good condition £150-250
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ROBERT COLQUHOUN (1914-1962) WOMAN AND GOAT Colour lithograph, 1948, signed within image 39 x 28cm. Provenance: London, The Redfern Gallery Ltd, December 1948 ++ Paper slightly time stained; image slightly faded £100-200
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AFTER BERYL COOK, OBE (1926-2008) STREET MARKET Colour reproduction, published 1985 in an edition of 850, signed in pencil 36 x 36.5cm. ++ Good condition £150-200
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AFTER LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY, RA (1887-1976) THE FAMILY Colour reproduction, edition of 850, with publisher's blindstamp, signed in ballpoint 26 x 21cm. ++ Good condition £300-400
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DAVID HOCKNEY, RA (b.1937) MAURICE PAYNE (SAC 123) Etching, 1971, on wove, signed and dated 71 in pencil, numbered 5/75, published by Petersburg Press Image 69 x 54cm. ++ Good condition; the full sheet; some very slight cockling in outer edges of margins £1000-1500
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FRANCIS DODD (1874-1949) CHARLES CUNDALL (Schwabe 171) Etching with drypoint, 1926, signed in pencil 45.5 x 30cm. * This is considered to be Dodd's masterpiece amongst his etched portraits and the subject was a full page illustration in Print Collector's Quarterly in 1926. Dodd had suggested including an image on the canvas at which Cundall is working but, by leaving it blank, he has let the focus fall upon the artist himself. The well-dressed but informal pose of the artist contrasts well with the neatly ordered, rectilinear background details of the pictures in the studio. ++ A good impression; in need of a light clean; not laid down £200-400
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CHARLES ISAAC GINNER, ARA (1868-1952) A CORNER OF PORTHLEVEN Woodcut, with hand colouring, signed in pencil 22.5 x 16.5cm. ++ Some time staining £200-400
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CHARLES ISAAC GINNER, ARA (1878-1952) WILLIAM PITT'S HOUSE Woodcut, with hand colouring, signed in pencil 26.5 x 22cm. ++ A little pale staining visible, principally in the margins £200-400
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TWO GILT PICTURE FRAMES, 19th CENTURY to fit 69 x 89cm.; and 60 x 80cm. canvases (2) ++ Generally good condition £200-300
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PAULA REGO (b.1935) AFTER HOGARTH: HOGARTH I Etching with aquatint, 2000, signed in pencil and numbered 17/17 (there were also 14 artist's proofs and 5 hors commerce impressions), printed by Paul Coldwell for Culford Press 30 x 35.5cm. ++ Good condition £600-800
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PAULA REGO (b.1935) AFTER HOGARTH: HOGARTH II Etching with aquatint, 2000, signed and inscribed H.C (there were 17 signed and numbered impressions, 14 artist's proofs and 5 hors commerce impressions), printed by Paul Coldwell for Culford Press 30 x 35cm. ++ Good condition £500-700
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DUNCAN GRANT (1885-1978) AT THE BALLET Auto-lithograph, c.1938, printed by Curwen Press, published by Contemporary Lithographs, framed to the image Visible image 46.5 x 60.5cm. ++ Good condition; margins not visible; unexamined out of frame £800-1200
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THEO VAN RYSSELBERGHE (1862-1926) LE CAFE-CONCERT (Jonson 136) Etching, printed in sepia, 1896, on laid Japan paper, signed in red crayon with monogram and inscribed `en bon souvenir a Madame Griffith/ Paris, Jan.1900 - ` from the edition of 100, printed by Clot, published by Vollard for `L'Album des Peintres-Graveurs`, Paris Image 24 x 29cm. Provenance: A gift from the artist and thence by descent in the Griffith family. Robert and Mary Griffith met van Rysselberghe and his wife in the late 1890's, probably whilst on holiday in Northern France or Belgium. Robert Griffith commissioned a portrait of his daughter, Margery, from van Rysselberghe in 1899 ++ Laid down and sandwich mounted; scratch on dancer's dress; needs a clean £1000-1500
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PAUL HUET (1803-1869) NATIVITY (LA VIERGE A LA CRECHE), 1844 Pen and brown ink, studio stamp 22 x 32.5cm. Provenance: London, Heim Gallery, Winter 1969, no.58 Exhibited: Paris, Louvre, Centenarie du Romantisme, May 1930, no.96 ++ A few pale scattered stains; time stained £150-200
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CIRCLE OF GIOVANNI BATTISTA TIEPOLO (1696-1770) REAR VIEW OF A MAN PASSING WATER; OLD MAN WITH A CANE Two, pen and sepia ink and wash, within shaped borders, unframed Each 16.5 x 10.75cm.; with four signed prints by Archibald Bertram Webb; six Victorian cut-out pictures; a few other printed items, all unframed (a lot) ++ Some foxing and slight discoloration; generally satisfactory £200-300
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FOLLOWER OF FRANCIS PLACE (1647-1728) VESSELS IN A HARBOUR WITH FIGURES AT A WATERFRONT Watercolour with pen and ink 16.5 x 28cm. ++ Needs a light clean; small damage lower right corner £100-150
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A GROUP OF FIVE OLD MASTER DRAWINGS to comprise works by or attributed to Sir William Beechey, Portrait of a mother and child, pencil and brown wash, 40 x 28cm.; Giovanni Battista Cipriani, Woman with three children, pencil and red chalk, 19 x 11.5cm.; Marie Francoise de Saint-Aubin, Lady walking with a dog, 1781, pencil and red chalk, 15 x 9cm. (see illus.); Baron de Sandoz-Rollin, Italian peasant, pen and sepia wash, 14.5 x 10cm.; and a pencil and red chalk study of a child, style of Josiah Slater, 20 x 17.5cm. (5) ++ Mixed condition; some with a few slight old creases and in need of a clean £250-350
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CONSTANTIN GUYS (1802-1892) STROLLING MUSICIANS; SOLDIERS ON HORSEBACK Two, the latter signed, watercolour and pencil, framed together Each 19 x 14cm. approx. (2) ++ Each laid down; each needs a clean £800-1200
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JOHN HAYTER (1800-1895) THE HERO AND THE STRANDED MAIDEN Signed and dated John Hayter fecit/ Jany 1828, pencil and chalk with coloured wash 44.5 x 35cm.; with a watercolour portrait of a standing gentleman by Richard Dighton, 24 x 16.5cm. (2) ++ The former with some foxing; the latter in need of a clean £200-300
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ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS ROWLANDSON (1756-1827) THE PORTRAIT PAINTER Watercolour with pen and ink, within ink framing lines 11 x 7.5cm.; with a small watercolour sketch of Jamaicans by Col, R. English, 1839, 7 x 10cm.; and a study of a woman wahing clothes, by Charles W. Cope, 11.5 x 7cm. (3) ++ Each needs a clean; some foxing £150-250
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HENRY EDRIDGE, ARA (1769-1821) MEN O'WAR Pencil sketch 13 x 16cm. ++ Needs a light clean £100-150
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GIOVANNI DOMENICO TIEPOLO (1727-1804) FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY, WITH PUTTI AMONG CLOUDS Signed Dom. Tiepolo f, pen and brown ink with brown wash and touches of black ink 27 x 19cm. Provenance: London, Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd, from whom purchased c.1966-1968 and thence by descent * The theme derives from the painting by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo in the Scuola dei Carmini, Venice (1739-1749). It has been adapted here to a more centralised composition but other paintings in this decorative scheme were etched by Giovanni Domenico. ++ Tear in lowermost putto's foot; worn at corners from old gum verso £10000-20000
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CHRISTOPH LUDWIG AGRICOLA (1667-1719) SIX BIRD STUDIES Gouache Each 28 x 19.5cm. (6) ++ Each in generally good condition £4500-6000
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FIVE ASSORTED WATERCOLOURS & DRAWINGS to comprise a charcoal landscape study ascribed to Gainsborough Dupont (formerly attributed to Thos Gainsborough); a grey wash drawing with scratching out of a winter scene by William James Muller, 1837; a watercolour and ink study of Carlisle by C. Randle, 1816; a rural landscape view by William Porteous, 1828; and a view of the Lake of Albano attributed to Louisa Beresford, Marchioness of Waterford, various sizes. (5) ++ Each in generally satisfactory condition £300-500
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ALEXANDRE CALAME (1810-1864) EXTENSIVE (SWISS?) LANDSCAPE AT SUNSET Signed and dated 58, watercolour 12.5 x 18.5cm. ++ Faded and discoloured £300-400
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SIR CHARLES D'OYLY, Bt. (1781-1845) AN INDIAN TEMPLE RUIN Watercolour 11.5 x 18cm. ++ Extensive foxing; good colour £200-400
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WILLIAM EVANS OF ETON (1798-1877) LEG OF MUTTON POND, ETON Watercolour 17.5 x 25cm.; with a small French School watercolour of a `Fete Musicale at Versailles`, monogram and date 1775, 12cm. diam. (2) ++ The former in good condition; the latter a little pale £250-400
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JOHN VARLEY (1778-1842) CHATEAU CHILLON, LAKE GENEVA Watercolour 8 x 12.25cm. Provenance: London, Abbott & Holder, April 1968 ++ Needs a light clean; slightly pale £400-600
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AFTER JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER, RA (1775-1851) NORHAM CASTLE ON THE RIVER TWEED Watercolour 15 x 21cm. * After the original of the same size, c.1822-1823 (Turner bequest, Tate Britain) ++ Generally good condition £100-150
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FRANCIS NICHOLSON (1753-1844) CAPRI, IN THE BAY OF NAPLES Watercolour and pencil 39 x 53cm.; with two further watercolours by the same hand, `View in Nant frankon (sic), North Wales`, 30 x 41.5cm.; and a lakeland pastoral subject, 29 x 41.5cm. (3) ++ Each with discoloration and/or fading £400-600
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AFTER THOMAS MALTON (1748-1804) CAMBRIDGE: EMMANUEL COLLEGE; ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE A pair, one inscribed, watercolour Each 35 x 46.5cm. (2) * After Malton's `Views of Cambridge` (1798-1800), etched and aquatinted by D. Hood. ++ Each a little faded and in need of a clean £300-500
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ATTRIBUTED TO ANTHONY VANDYKE COPLEY FIELDING (1787-1855) DISTANT VIEW OF SHERIFF CASTLE, YORKSHIRE Watercolour and pencil 18 x 26.5cm.; with another similar, of Glen Lochie, bears a signature, 17.5 x 25cm. (2) ++ The former in good condition; the latter with pinkish discoloration £300-400
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SAMUEL JACKSON (1794-1869) MILL ON THE CONWAY, N. WALES Inscribed with title verso, watercolour with scratching out, heightened with gum arabic, laid onto card, unframed 22 x 29.5cm. ++ Gum arabic slightly flaked £200-300
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ATTRIBUTED TO ALFRED HASSAM (Fl.1865-1897) BAY OF SALAMIS Signed indistinctly and inscribed with title, watercolour and pencil, unfinished 22 x 57cm. * Hassam was a skilled Arabist who travelled extensively throughout the Mediterranean and North Africa. The Bay of Salamis is in the Saronic Gulf about 10 miles from Athens ++ Some foxing; slightly faded £100-150
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