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Thomas Lewin (1774-?) - Watercolour - "Rice Finch", signed "D & P. by T H.S Lewin", 17.25ins x 13.25ins, framed and glazed
Note: Verso with ink inscription "Rice finch from the immense fields of rice in the deserts of India where it is found in little flocks. Drawn and painted....nature correct in...colours and all (?) by Thos Lew, London May 183." £300-500 plus 24% BP*
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Thomas Lewin (1774-?) - Watercolour - "Gang-gang cockatoo", signed "D & P. by T H.S Lewin", 17.25ins x 13.25ins, framed and glazed
Note: Verso with ink inscription - "Species from New Holland (very scarce) Lewin" and pencil inscription, partially obscured "Drawn & ... from Co....size, colours and all...London...." £300-500 plus 24% BP*
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Tom Haywood (19th/20th Century) - Pastel - "A Coming Home" - Study of a standing lion in the Savanna, 12.25ins x 19.5ins, signed, in gilt moulded frame and glazed £500-700 plus 24% BP*
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Raymond Sheppard (1939-1958) - Five watercolours - Original illustrations by the artist for "Round the Year Stories", each 11.5ins x 7.75ins, all signed, framed and glazed £100-150 plus 24% BP*
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Herbert Luther Smith (1811-1870) - Watercolour - Seated half-length of a gentleman, 15ins x 12.5ins, signed and dated 1851, in gilt and maple frame and glazed £200-300 plus 24% BP*
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Herbert Luther Smith (1811-1870) - Watercolour - Seated half-length portrait of a gentleman, 10.5ins x 8.75ins, indistinctly signed in pencil, framed and glazed (damaged) £80-120 plus 24% BP*
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Norah Fulcher (19th Century) - Watercolour - Shoulder-length portrait of a gentleman, 10ins x 8ins, signed, circa 1860s, in moulded and painted wood frame and glazed £80-120 plus 24% BP*
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18th Century English school after Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) - Watercolour - Full-length portrait of Doctor Ralph Schomberg (1714-1792) after the original oil by Sir Thomas Gainsborough, 15.5ins x 9.75ins, in ornate gilt moulded frame and glazed
Note: With Christies' stencil mark, "243LG" to stretcher
Settling in Bath 1761, Schomberg is reputed to be related to the Duke of Schomberg, a General in William III's army, in whose house in Pall Mall, London Gainsborough later lived, it has been suggested that the original portrait was a gift by Gainsborough in gratitude for the sitters' help in curing Gainsboroughs' younger daughter Margaret of a fever in 1771 £600-800 plus 24% BP*
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***Walter Stuart Lloyd (fl. 1875-1929) - Watercolour - Norwich Cathedral scene from the river, 30ins x 20ins, signed and dated 1903, in gilt moulded frame and glazed £250-350 plus 24% BP*
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***Philip Connard (1875-1958) - Watercolour - "Wimbledon, Summer", 14ins x 18.5ins, unsigned but with artists name and title to verso, in moulded oak frame and glazed
Provenance: Wyndham T.Vint, Commercial Bank Buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire, City of Bradford Corporation Art Gallery, Cartwright Memorial Hall, Loan No. 110. Christie's Interiors Auction - 7th August 2012 - Lot 389. £200-300 plus 24% BP*
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Arthur James Stark (1831-1902) - Watercolour - "View of Members of the congregation leaving rural parish church", 11.25ins x 13ins, signed and dated 1867, in gilt moulded frame and glazed £200-300 plus 24% BP*
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***Patrick Hall (1906-1992) - Watercolour and mixed media - "Prom Days Anglais Nice", 16ins x 29ins, incised and signed, in gilt frame and glazed £150-200 plus 24% BP*
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***William Henry James Boot (1848-1908) - Watercolour - River landscape with bridge, 19.5ins x 24.25ins, in ornate gilt frame and glazed £150-200 plus 24% BP*
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Torfrida Gray (act. 1910-1930) - Watercolour - Two figures by a thatched cottage with flowers, 13.75ins x 9.5ins, signed and dated 1924, in gilt frame and glazed £100-150 plus 24% BP*
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S.J. (Toby) Nash (1891-1960) - Ink and watercolour - "Mercery Lane, Canterbury", 12ins x 8.25ins, signed, in gilt frame and glazed £80-120 plus 24% BP*
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Anthony Vandyke Copley-Fielding (1787-1855) - Three watercolours - "View of Habberley Falls in Worcestershire", 7.75ins x 12.25ins, signed, "Cader Idris", 10.75ins x 16.25ins, indistinctly titled to lower left corner, and "On the Colne", river landscape, 6.75ins x 10.5ins, signed and title later inscribed in pencil, all framed and glazed £300-400 plus 24% BP*
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***Theodore James Gracey (1895-1959) - Two watercolours - Rural scene with bridge, Cushendun, Northern Ireland, and a coastal scene near Cushendun, each 10ins x 14.5ins, signed, framed and glazed £300-500 plus 24% BP*
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David A. Baxter (19th Century) - Two watercolours - Figures by a cottage, 13ins x 9ins, and 13.5ins x 10ins, both signed and dated 1906, in gilt frames and glazed £120-160 plus 24% BP*
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J. S. Robert (19th Century French school) - Four watercolour panels - Amusing scenes of confusion and misunderstanding presented as a series of six related works per frame, including - "Un Beau Monllet", 5.75ins x 19.5ins, and three others, all signed and titled, in oak frames and glazed £300-400 plus 24% BP*
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Mid-19th Century English school - Watercolour - "Alms Houses, Sandwich" - View showing St. Thomas's Hospital alms houses, 4.5ins x 6ins, in maple frame and glazed, and four 19th Century coloured engravings of Sandwich landmarks, various, all framed and glazed
Provenance - Paper label to verso of watercolour with inscription - "To Alderman Henry Burch, Mayor of this Town and Port, in Remembrance of the Parish Church Christmas Fair, December 17th 1949" £80-120 plus 24% BP*
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Arthur Merric Boyd (1862-1940) - Watercolour - "Morning - Rickett.", 12ins x 18ins, signed, dated 1920, in gilt frame and glazed £300-400 plus 24% BP*
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Thomas Miles Richardson (1830-1890) - Watercolour - Continental river landscape with hilltop village and mountains, and boats to foreground, 10ins x 17.25ins, unsigned, gilt frame and glazed £150-200 plus 24% BP*
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Y. Gianni (19th/20th Century Italian) - Watercolour and gouache - "View of Valletta Harbour, Malta", 3.75ins x 7.75ins, signed and dated '99, in gilt frame and glazed £150-250 plus 24% BP*
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***Arthur Burgess (1879-1957) - Watercolour - Steamship at anchor with smaller vessels, 8.75ins x 11ins, signed, in gilt frame and glazed, and Tim Thompson (born 1951) - Watercolour - Sailing ship in calm seas off coast, 8.25ins x 16.25ins, in gilt moulded frame and glazed £150-200 plus 24% BP*
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Helen Cordelia Angell Coleman (1847-1884) - Watercolour - "Wild Convolvulus", 9ins x 7ins, signed, in gilt frame and glazed £120-160 plus 24% BP*
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A.E. Challiss (late 19th/early 20th Century) - Watercolour - Fishing boats drawn up on to a beach, 13.5ins x 9.75ins, signed and dated 1898, in gilt frame and glazed £100-150 plus 24% BP*
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Thomas Bush Hardy (1842-1897) - Two watercolours - Shipping scenes in calm seas, 8ins x 13.25ins, signed and dated 1895, and 9.75ins x 13.5ins, signed and indistinctly dated, in gilt frames and glazed £400-600 plus 24% BP*
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***Tim Thompson (born 1951) - Watercolour - Marine scene with masted vessels and fishing boat to foreground, 5.75ins x 15.5ins, signed, in gilt frame and glazed £120-160 plus 24% BP*
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John Pine (1690-1756) - Engraving on velum - A rare copy of one of two original "King John's Magna Carta, of the Liberties of England in the Cottonian Library", embellished by Pine with the coats of arms of King John's Barons around the edge of the text, dated 1733, 27ins x 18.5ins, framed and glazed (some damage) £3000-5000 plus 24% BP*
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Jared Hill (Early 18th Century English school) - Ink and watercolour on laid paper - Estate map for land in the parish of Word, Kent, with title - "The Meafurment of Thirteen pieces of Marfh - Land for John Paramor Gent, Lying in the Parifh of Word (Worth, near Sandwich) in the County of Kent. Containing Sixty Eight Acres, and Thirty three perches Meafured by me Jared Hill. Surveyor, 1716, Total 68:0:33", with decorated compass points and "A Scale of Rods", with later light pencil annotations to main map and ink annotations to left margin, the last being for Lady Day 1750, 17ins x 25ins (laid down on linen - some damage), framed and glazed
Note: An example of Hill's work as Surveyor was sold by The Canterbury Auction Galleries - 18/03/2008 - Lot No. 242. The National Archives have an interesting example if his work - "Old Bolingbroke Estate Map, Lincolnshire", dated 1719, under image library reference MPC 1/118 £150-200 plus 24% BP*
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William Lionel Wyllie (1851-1931) - Two dry point etchings - "Battle of Trafalgar", 7.75ins x 16ins, and 7.25ins x 15ins, both signed in pencil to margin, framed and glazed £400-600 plus 24% BP*
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Francesco Bartolozzi (1727-1815) - After Cipriani and Kaufman - Pair of coloured mezzotints - Classically attired female figures, ovals 11ins x 8.75ins, in gilt rectangular frames and glazed £120-160 plus 24% BP*
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Henry Wilkinson (1921-2011) - Two limited edition coloured engravings - "Grouse Shoot", No. 134 of 150, 7.5ins x 10.25ins, and "The Stile", 10.5ins x 6.5ins, both signed and numbered in pencil, framed and glazed £80-120 plus 24% BP*
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Francis Jukes (1745-1812) - Pair of acquatints - "Views Near Lymington, Hampshire", published January 1st 1795 by Francis Jukes, each 9.5ins x 11.75ins, framed and glazed £80-120 plus 24% BP*
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John Hawkesworth (Late 18th Century English school) - Six engravings - From "An Account of The Voyagers Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and Successfully Performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, The Swallow, and The Endeavour" by John Hawkesworth, London 1773, including "Queen Charlotte's Islands", various sizes, and two engravings from Cook (Captain James), and Captain James King 1784, including "Christmas Island" £200-300 plus 24% BP*
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***John Stanton Ward (1917-2007) - Limited edition coloured lithograph - "Flora Gave Me Fairest Flowers", 21.25ins x 30.25ins, signed and No. 196 of 200 in pencil to margin and with the artists separate ink inscription within the lower mount - "Presented to John and Imi Simpson by Countess Mountbatten of Burma on Behalf of the Paula Carr Trust", in gilt frames and glazed £150-200 plus 24% BP*
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***John Brunsdon (1933-2014) - Two limited edition colour prints - "Red Wolf Bay", and "Derbyshire Mill", each No. 88 of 125, each17.5ins x 24ins, signed, titled and numbered in pencil to lower margin, (unframed) £150-200 plus 24% BP*
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***John Brunsdon (1933-2014) - Two limited edition coloured prints - "Welsh Hill Farm" and "Evening Light on the Gower", each No. 126 of 150, each 17.5ins x 24ins, both signed, titled and numbered in pencil to lower margin (unframed) £150-200 plus 24% BP*
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Richard Davies (born 1944) - Two limited edition lithographs - "Albert Bridge" and "St. Pauls", 22ins x 36ins and 23ins x 36ins, signed and dated 1988, titled and numbered in pencil to lower margin, in pine frames and glazed £150-200 plus 24% BP*
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After Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) - Six modern coloured prints - "Veduta del Anfiteatro Flavo, detto il Colofseo", 14.5ins x 24.25ins, and five others, various, all framed and glazed together with small black and white reduction (unframed) £200-300 plus 24% BP*
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Bob Bond (20th/21st Century) – A complete set of twelve limited edition coloured prints - "The Greatest Kent Cricketers...Ever", including Colin Cowdrey, Derek Underwood, and Frank Woolley, from a limited edition of 250, each 11ins x 7.5ins, signed and dated 2003, in ebonised frames and glazed £150-200 plus 24% BP*
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ARR Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Etching - "Le Repos du Sculpteur II", from "La Suite Vollard", 1933, on laid paper with Vollard watermark, from the edition of 260, published by A. Vollard, Paris 1939, plate 7.5ins x 10.375ins, sheet 13.25ins x 17.75ins, signed in pencil to margin (mounted but unframed)
Provenance: Sold in 1938 through The Bragaglia Galerie, Rome to collector Arturo Tonnarelli Gracetti, and thence by family descent to his Grandson. £3000-4000 plus 24% BP*
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ARR Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Etching - "Femme Assise Au Chapeau et Femme Debout Drapee", from "La Suite Vollard", etching 1934, on laid paper, with Vollard watermark, signed in pencil from the edition of 260, published by A. Vollard, Paris 1939, plate 10.75ins x 7.75ins, sheet 17.5ins x 13.25ins (mounted but unframed)
Provenance: Sold in 1938 through The Bragaglia Galerie, Rome to collector Arturo Tonnarelli Gracetti, and thence by family descent to his Grandson. £3000-4000 plus 24% BP*
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John Speed (1552-1629) - Coloured engraving - "The Invasions of England and Ireland, with al their Ciuill Wars since the Conquest", 15ins x 20.25ins, engraved by Cornelius Danckertsz and sold by Thomas Bassett in Fleet Street, and Richard Chiswell in St. Paul's Churchyard, English text to reverse, published 1676, in Hogarth double sided frame and glazed £450-600 plus 24% BP*
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16th/17th Century school (possibly by Abraham Ortelius 1528-1598) - Coloured engraving - "Waricum, Northamtonia, Huntingdonia, etc" - A map of South East England, 14.75ins x 18.25ins, with French text to verso (no publisher's details visible but thought to be from Theatrum Orbis Terrarum 1570-1612), in Hogarth double sided frame and glazed £350-500 plus 24% BP*
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George Braun (1541-1622) and Frans Hogenberg (circa 1536-1588) - Engraving - Birds eye view of Canterbury, 11.5ins x 17ins, published in Theatrum Orbis Terrarum - Volume IV, circa 1588 (unframed and uncoloured) £300-400 plus 24% BP*
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Georg Braun (1541-1622) and Frans Hogenberg (circa 1536-1588) - Coloured engraving - Birds eye view of The City of Canterbury, Kent, decorated with a royal coat of arms, the arms of The City of Canterbury and the arms of the Archbishop, with four standing figures to foreground, 11.5ins x 17ins, with printed page to verso, in Hogarth frame and double glazed £200-300 plus 24% BP*
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Joan Blaeu (1596-1673) - Coloured engraving - "Cantium Vernacule Kent" - Map of Kent with eight armorials to the top edge, 15.25ins x 20.75ins, with Latin text to verso, thought to be published for Atlas Novus 1645 (slightly discoloured and marked), in Hogarth double sided frame and glazed £150-200 plus 24% BP*
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Emanuel Bowen (fl. 1714-1767) - Coloured engraving - "An Accurate Map of the County of Kent Divided into its Lathes", with ornate cartouche and map of the Downs, 20.5ins x 27.5ins, sold by J. Hinton at The Kings Arms in St. Paul's Church Yard, London 1751, in Hogarth frame and glazed £150-200 plus 24% BP*
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John Seller (fl. 1660-1697) - Coloured engraving - "Kent Actually Survey'd and Delineated" - Showing county divided into five areas and showing roads, with three ornate cartouches, 23.25ins x 35.5ins, engraved by John Oliver and Richard Palmer (discoloured), mounted but unframed £150-200 plus 24% BP*
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