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THE 1st ROYAL DRAGOONS A small group of works related to the Regiment, to comprise watercolours of mounted officers by Richard Simkin, 1882, 22 x 19cm, and 1876, 17.5 x 14cm.; by Reginald Wymer, this mounted as a firescreen, 36 x 26.5cm [see illus.]; and by Charles C. Conroy 1888, 18 x 13cm. and 14.5 x 20cm.; and assorted prints including 'Advancing the Charge' and 'The Brilliant Cavalry Action at Balaklava, 1854', by or after William Heath, G. D. Giles, H. Martens etc (13 items) ++ Mixed condition; generally only fair/satisfactory £300-500
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Ð LIONEL EDWARDS (1878-1966) ELEMENTARY EQUITATION Fifteen, pen and black ink drawings with accompanying text (written by another hand), most on irregularly shaped papers, on five leaves, unframed The largest sheet 26 x 31.5cm.; the smallest sheet 6 x 10cm. (5) ++ Some light staining; some with glue stains not affecting images; some a little grubby £700-900
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ARCHIBALD THORBURN (1860-1935) STUDIES OF FOX AND PHEASANT Pencil 31.5 x 16.5cm. Provenance: London, Holland & Holland ++ Good condition £150-200
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Ð VINCENT BALFOUR BROWNE (1880-1963) A STAG IN A POOL Signed with initials and dated 1906, watercolour and bodycolour 32.5 x 45cm. ++ Time staining/discoloration £300-500
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BASIL NIGHTINGALE (1864-1940) A WINNER Signed, inscribed with title and dated 1910, watercolour and charcoal vignette 35.5 x 50.5cm. ++ Some foxing, spotting and pale stains £300-500
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WILLIAM FREDERICK YEAMES, RA (1835-1918) COMFORT AND CARE Signed, watercolour 32 x 24cm. ++ Good condition £1000-1500
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Ð HENRY JOHN SYLVESTER STANNARD (1870-1951) TWO SISTERS BY A COUNTRY HEDGEROW Signed, watercolour 25.5 x 36cm. ++ Needs only a light clean; good colour £500-700
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ISABEL NAFTEL (1832-1912) A LADY OF LETTERS Signed and dated 1874, watercolour and pencil heightened with white 42 x 31cm. ++ Very slightly pale £600-800
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HELEN ALLINGHAM, RWS (1848-1926) PHYLIIS Signed, watercolour 10 x 7.5cm. ++ Good condition £500-700
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Ð WILLIAM LEE-HANKEY, RWS (1869-1952) A HELPING HAND OVER THE STILE Signed and dated 90 (slightly unclear), watercolour 36 x 25.5cm. ++ Good colour but needs a very light clean £800-1200
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SIMEON SOLOMON (1840-1905) A CHE IL MARE SAREBBE LA MIA TOMBA Signed with initials, dated 1894 and inscribed with title across the top, red chalk 36.5 x 47cm.
* The title apparently derives from a line in an Italian translation of 'Frankenstein or Modern Prometheus' by Mary Shelley (publ. 1818) and translates as 'that the sea would be my grave'. To his biographer, Julia Elsworth Ford, Solomon remarked "Night, Sleep, Death and the Stars, they are the the theme that I love best." By 1894, Solomon was a destitute alcoholic, living in a workhouse following a ruinous conviction for homosexual soliciting over twenty years earlier. ++ A few old scattered marks/pale splashes £3000-5000
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Ð JOHN NASH (1893-1977) PARKLAND SCENE Signed and dated 1920, watercolour and pencil 28 x 38cm. ++ Generally good condition; some very slight mat burn near trees in the background £1500-2000
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Ð JOHN NASH (1893-1977) AUTUMN LANDSCAPE Signed and dated 1922, watercolour and pencil 27.5 x 37.5cm. ++ Generally good condition; needs a light clean £2000-3000
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ARCHIBALD THORBURN (1860-1935) MALLARD Signed and dated 1932, watercolour and bodycolour over traces of pencil 18.5 x 27cm. Provenance: London, The Tryon Gallery Ltd; Private Collection, Devon ++ Good colour; needs a very slight clean £3000-4000
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ARCHIBALD THORBURN (1860-1935) GOLDFINCHES Signed (faint, lower left), watercolour and bodycolour 20 x 27cm. Provenance: London, The Tryon Gallery Ltd; Private Collection, Devon ++ Good colour; needs a very slight clean £3000-4000
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Ð PETER CURLING (b.1955) BUNCHING ON THE BEND Signed, watercolour with pen and ink 53.5 x 54cm. Provenance: London, The Tryon Gallery Ltd ++ Needs a light clean £1500-2000
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JANET S. ROBERTSON (b.1880) HAIFA FROM MT. CARMEL Signed with monogram, also signed and inscribed with title verso, watercolour on card, unframed 24 x 34cm. ++ Good condition £100-150
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Ð KENNETH STANLEY TADD (Contemporary) WELLINGTON MONUMENT Signed, watercolour 45 x 68cm. with another, 'Evening River and Mist' by the same hand, 45 x 68cm. (2) ++ Good condition £120-180
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Ð JAMES LONGUEVILLE (b.1942) LIGHT AND SHADE, WEST RUDHAM, NORFOLK Signed, pastels 25 x 35cm. ++ Good condition £70-100
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Ð FRANCOISE VAN LYNDEN (b.1922) THE DRAWING ROOM, THURLOE LODGE Signed and dated 83, watercolour and pencil 36.5 x 27cm. ++ Good condition £400-600
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Ð BERNARD ADAMS (1884-1965) LIFE STUDIES: FEMALE NUDES Three, charcoal, two with white chalk, two on pale grey paper 50 x 30cm.; 47 x 30cm.; and 30 x 45cm. (3) Provenance: Acquired by the vendor from the artist in 1964, when she was a pupil at Adams' studio in South Kensington. ++ Generally good condition; some tape marks at edges £100-150
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HELEN ALLINGHAM, RWS (1848-1926) BOTANICAL STUDIES; STUDY OF A RUSTIC BRIDGE, AT WICK FARM IN DOWNTON, WILTS. Two, the latter inscribed, watercolour 19.5 x 12cm. and 17.5 x 12cm. (2) Provenance: London, The Leger Galleries Ltd, Exhibition of Watercolours by Helen Allingham, Nov-Dec 1972; whence acquired by the owner ++ Good condition £400-600
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Ð JANE CARPANINI, RWS (b.1949) ABERYSTWYTH Signed and dated 1977, watercolour and pencil 78 x 108cm. Exhibited: Cardiff, Welsh Arts Council Provenance: Bristol, Patricia Wells Gallery, 1978 ++ Good condition £200-300
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BUDWIN CONN (American, b.1927) THE SUNBATHER; A BOY WITH HIS DOG Two, both signed with initials, gouache 37.5 x 26cm. and 38 x 27cm.; with a further subject by Conn, of a man in medieval dress playing a tuba, faintly initialled lower left, 37.5 x 27cm. (3) ++ Good condition £150-200
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Ð DAME LAURA KNIGHT, DBE, RA, RWS (1877-1970) PORTRAIT, POSSIBLY OF SIR ALFRED AND LADY MUNNINGS, AT AN ARTS CLUB DINNER, DOVER STREET Signed, black ballpoint pen upon an Arts Club menu, circa 1950 23 x 18cm.; with another by Knight, on a similar menu, of an unidentified sitter (probably Charles Cundall), initialled (2) Provenance: Charles Cundall, RA, RWS (1890-1971), a friend of Knight; and by descent ++ Each creased; some foxing £500-700
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Ð JOHN CHARLES MOODY (1884-1962) LYME REGIS Signed, inscribed with title, also bears fragmented inscribed label on new backboard 36.5 x 53cm. ++ Needs a clean; paper slightly time-stained £180-250
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Ð SIR DAVID YOUNG CAMERON, RA, RSA, RWS (1865-1945) SOUND OF SEIL Signed and inscribed with title, watercolour and pencil 17 x 33cm. ++ A very few pale spots of foxing; needs a light clean £300-500
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Ð ROWLAND SUDDABY (1912-1972) STONEY MIDDLETON CHURCH Signed and dated 37, watercolour with pen and black ink 43.5 x 55.5cm. Provenance: London, The Redfern Gallery Ltd, July 1939 (bt. Capt. Eric Villiers) ++ Good colour; needs a light clean £300-500
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Ð SAMUEL JOHN LAMORNA BIRCH, RA, RWS (1869-1955) CATTLE GRAZING IN A MEADOW Signed and dated 1895, watercolour and gouache 42.5 x 57.5cm. ++ Some slight time staining in the sky £400-600
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Ð CHARLES WALTER SIMPSON (1885-1971) GULLS AT LAMORNA COVE, CARN DHU BEYOND Signed, watercolour and bodycolour 50.5 x 70.5cm. ++ Lightly marked in pen lower left; generally good condition £1000-1500
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Ð PETER BIEGEL (1913-1988) PHANTOM, FURY AND ROGER BEFORE A HEARTH Signed and dated 71, pastels on pale grey paper 32.5 x 44cm. ++ Good condition £200-300
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Ð JOHN CYRIL HARRISON (1898-1985) KINGFISHER RESTING Signed, watercolour and pencil 32.5 x 23cm. ++ Generally good condition; pinkish tones £200-300
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Ð JOHN SKEAPING, RA (1901-1980) A HARD FINISH Signed and dated 74, watercolour and gouache 51 x 68.5cm. ++ Good condition £800-1200
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Ð FRANK DOBSON, RA (1888-1963) GREAT HORNBILL; SUPERB STARLING Two, both signed and dated 46, ink and brush with coloured pastels Each 35 x 48cm. (2) ++ Good condition £900-1200
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Ð HENRY SCOTT TUKE, RA, RSA (1858-1929) AT ANCHOR IN FALMOUTH BAY Signed, watercolour 13 x 20.5cm. ++ Good condition £800-1200
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Ð AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE (1886-1956) PORTRAIT OF JOHN TEED (1911-1996) Bust length, wearing a brown suit and blue shirt, signed with initials and inscribed John Teed/ 1935/ AOS/ PXT, pastels 41.5 x 31.5cm.
* Teed served in the Indian Army but, upon his return to England, he became an actor and theatre designer. Later, he began working as an antiques dealer in Bradford on Avon and his beloved Italianate house was filled with treasures from a lifetime of collecting. Teed probably became acquainted with Spare through a mutual friendship with the stage designer Edward Carrick (1905-1998). A large collection of Spare's work was sold privately after Teed's death, and much of it was acquired by Geoff Rushton (who died in 2004). This portrait benefits from being in the original frame; Spare had a series of pastel portraits framed thus in the early 30s. They have a distinctive wedge-shaped oak moulding and are nearly all the same size. A portrait of John Teed is listed as item 149 in Spare's 1936 exhibition and it is highly likely the present portrait is that particular work. ++ Some scattered fixing and slight pastel loss on the right £2000-3000
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FOLLOWER OF JACOB WILLEMSZ DE WET (c.1610-c.1675) AARON CASTING HIS ROD BEFORE PHARAOH Oil on panel, unfinished 54.5 x 71.5cm. ++ Braced along horizontal split; thinly sketched; later retouching £200-400
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FOLLOWER OF ANTHONIE PALAMEDESZ. (1601-1673) A MUSICAL PARTY Oil on panel 28.5 x 40cm. ++ A little thin; some retouching; diagonal graze in centre £400-600
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FOLLOWER OF JEAN ANTOINE WATTEAU (1684-1721) A LADIES' BATHING PARTY IN THE WOODS, BOYS LOOKING ON Oil on canvas 58.5 x 88cm. ++ Striplined; a few patched repairs etc £800-1200
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MANNER OF LOUISE MOILLON (1610-1696) STILL LIFE OF A DISH OF PEACHES Oil on canvas 38.5 x 51.5cm. ++ Lined; retouching; craquelure; needs a clean £600-800
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FOLLOWER OF PIETER DE BLOOT (1601-1658) PEASANTS IN A TAVERN INTERIOR, A LANDSCAPE BEYOND Oil on canvas 40.5 x 67.5cm. Provenance: Ballyfin, Co. Laois, Ireland; Sir Charles Coote, MP, 9th and Premier Baronet of Ireland; thence by descent ++ Old lining; craquelure; retouching; needs a clean £600-900
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FOLLOWER OF LEONARDO COCCORANTE (1680-1750) FIGURES STANDING AMIDST THE RUINS AT BAALBEK, LEBANON Oil on canvas 57.5 x 161.5cm. Provenance: Purchased in Monte Carlo by the owner's grandmother, c.1935-1939 ++ Lined; some retouching and craquelure £5000-7000
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CIRCLE OF FRANCOIS BOUCHER (1703-1770) POETRY Oil on canvas, circular 85cm. diam.
* Derived from a similar oval composition, c.1758, 66 x 56cm., painted as one of an 'ensemble decoratif' representing the Arts (the other themes were Music, Literature and Sculpture). Each image is a different shape and size. The originals are in the National Trust Collection at Ascott, Buckinghamshire, formerly the home of the de Rothschild family. Provenance: Ballyfin, Co. Laois, Ireland; Sir Charles Coote, MP, 9th and Premier Baronet of Ireland; thence by descent ++ Lined; some retouching, including over old damages; craquelure; needs a clean £2000-3000
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FOLLOWER OF THOMAS ROBERTS (1748-1778) A HERMIT READING BY A CAVE Oil on canvas, unframed 28 x 35.5cm. ++ Some craquelure; needs a clean £100-150
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FOLLOWER OF GIUSEPPE GAMBARINI (1680-1725) FIGURES IN AN INTERIOR (THE ARGUMENT) Oil on canvas 35 x 44cm. ++ Lined; retouching, particularly near the edges £300-500
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FOLLOWER OF JOHN THOMAS SERRES (1759-1825) GONDOLAS AND OTHER VESSELS BY THE S. MARIA DEL ROSARIO (I GESUATI), GIUDECCA CANAL, VENICE Oil on panel 24 x 32cm. Provenance: Ballyfin, Co. Laois, Ireland; Sir Charles Coote, MP, 9th and Premier Baronet of Ireland; thence by descent ++ Craquelure and paint separation £200-300
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FOLLOWER OF JOHN INIGO RICHARDS (1731-1810) FIGURES WITH SHEEP BY A BARN, A POOL AND COTTAGES NEARBY Oil on panel 43 x 57cm. Provenance: Ballyfin, Co. Laois, Ireland; Sir Charles Coote, MP, 9th and Premier Baronet of Ireland; thence by descent ++ Horizontal crack; a few flaked/chipped losses; needs a clean £180-250
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FOLLOWER OF JEAN HONORE FRAGONARD (1732-1806) CHERUB ARTISTS; CHERUB MUSICIANS A pair, oil on panel Each 27 x 22cm. approx. (2) Provenance: Ballyfin, Co. Laois, Ireland; Sir Charles Coote, MP, 9th and Premier Baronet of Ireland; thence by descent ++ The former panel slightly bowed; scattered retouching; some craquelure; each needs a clean £800-1200
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FOLLOWER OF GIOVANNI BATTISTA CIPRIANI, RA (1727-1785) A GIRL FEEDING POULTRY; A BOY WITH A BIRD'S NEST A pair, oil on panel Each 30 x 22.5cm. (2) Provenance: Ballyfin, Co. Laois, Ireland; Sir Charles Coote, MP, 9th and Premier Baronet of Ireland; thence by descent ++ Each needs a clean £600-900
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