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Portrait Miniatures
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λ ROSALBA CARRIERA (ITALIAN, 1675-1757)
Portrait of Sir Edmund Waterson (1671-1713), wearing a blue coat with gold buttons and lace jabot, powdered curling periwig
watercolour on ivory
oval gilt metal mounted tortoiseshell frame
oval, 78mm, high
£300-£500
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λ JEAN-EVARISTE BERTOLUSSO CALLED BERTULUS (TOULON, 1763-TOULON, 1816)
Portrait of a young Lady wearng a white dress with ochre sash.
Landscape background.
watercolour on ivory
The frame composite with early to mid 19th century elements, colourless (and multi-coloured) paste, in foiled closed-back settings, some paste later replacements
oval, 70mm, high
£300-£500
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λ SAMUEL COLLINS (1735-1768)
Portrait of a lady in a red dress with black lace collar, a black lace cap on her white hair, pearl choker and pearl drop earrings
signed with initials and dated 1757 l.r.: S.C. 1757
watercolour on ivory
gold frame
oval, 35mm, high
£300-£500
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λ JAMES SCOULER (SCOTTISH, 1740-1812)
Portrait of a young Gentleman possibly G. Coke Esq., wearing a red coat, white waistcoat and lace jabot
signed with initials and dated 1787 l.r.: J.S. 1782
watercolour on ivory
gold frame the reverse engraved, G. Coke Esq. /1782/ Gainsborough
oval, 38mm high
£300-£500
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λ FRENCH SCHOOL (LATE 18TH CENTURY)
Portrait of a Gentleman wearing a dark blue cloak and a brown hat
watercolour on ivory
circular gilt metal mount set into an earlier ornate carved gilt-wood frame bearing a Latin inscription
circular, 60mm high
£300-£500
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λ ENGLISH SCHOOL (CIRCA 1807)
Portrait of a Gentleman wearing a brown coat, white waistcoat and tied white stock
watercolour on ivory
gold frame, the reverse with glazed aperture to reveal locks of hair tied with gold wire and seed pearls on opalescent glass
oval, 73mm high
£200-£300
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λ ENGLISH SCHOOL (circa 1895)
Portrait of a Lady in a white dress with a sash tied in a bow at her waist, wearing a black feather in her long curling brown hair. She is seated at a small table holding a ball of silk thread, a basket with sewing scissors and thread on the table. Landscape background.
watercolour on ivory
circular mount
90mm, diam
£300-£500
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λ AFTER PIERRE GOBERT
Portrait of a Girl with a monkey - thought to be Louise-Elisabeth de Bourbon (1693-1775) indistinctly signed
watercolour on ivory
in a mid-19th Century Continental unmarked silver frame, of pierced rectangular form laid over ebony, the oval aperture with engraved border against a reserve of foliate scroll and flower heads
oval, 130mm high
£300-£500
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λ GUSTAV NEHRLICH (1807-1840)
Portrait of a Lady wearing a pink dress with puffed sleeves and a lace collar, gold and jewelled necklace and drop earrings, her hair elaborately curled and upswept
signed on the right hand edge: G Nehrlich
watercolour on ivory
rectangular wood frame with decorated with wreath and ribbon design
oval, 79mm high
Footnote: Gustav Nehrlich (1807 Karlsruhe - 1840 Munich) was a pupil of his father Johann Carl Nehrlich. He also studied at the Academy of Munich. It is likely that he worked for some time in Vienna, as his miniatures are found rather frequently there and they have a certain resemblance to those of other Austrian artists.
£300-£500
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λ DUMONT (FRENCH 19TH CENTURY)
Portrait of Napoleon
signed l.l
watercolour on ivory
elaborate gilt metal frame with scrolling decorative border embellished with paste stones
13.5 x 9.5cm
£200-£300
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λ H. HEWDAY (19TH CENTURY)
Comedy
signed and inscribed verso: Comedy / by H Hewday
watercolour on ivory
rectangular gilt metal ormolu frame
rectangular, 11 x 8.3cm
£150-£250
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λ JAMES WARREN CHILDE (1778-1862)
Portrait of a Gentleman in high ranking uniform, possibly Prince Albert of Saxe-Coberg and Gotha, The Prince Consort (1819-1861) inscribed and dated in artist's hand verso: 1839 / Mr Childe / 39 Bedford St / Covent Garden / London
watercolour on ivory
gilt metal ormolu frame
oval, 47mm high
£500-£700
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λ THOMAS HAZLEHURST (C.1740-C.1821)
Portrait of a Gentleman circa 1805, wearing black coat and waistcoat with white cravat
signed with initials l.r.: T.H.
watercolour on ivory
gold frame, blue glass reverse
oval, 72mm high
Footnote: Hazlehurst was born in Liverpool and was a pupil of Joshua Reynolds. He exhibited at the Society for Promoting Painting and Design in Liverpool between 1760-1818 and at the Liverpool Academy between 1810-1812.
£400-£600
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λ ENGLISH SCHOOL (CIRCA 1805)
Portrait of a Gentleman, wearing a blue coat with gold buttons a white cravat and jabot
watercolour on ivory
gilt metal frame the reverse with glazed aperture to reveal locks of hair tied with seed pearls
oval, 70mm high
£150-£250
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λ ENGLISH SCHOOL (CIRCA 1775)
Portrait of a Gentleman wearing a brown coat, an embroidered waistcoat and jabot, his hair powdered and worn en queue gilt metal mount
watercolour on ivory
oval, 44mm high
£150-£200
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λ ENGLISH SCHOOL (CIRCA 1805)
Portrait of John Bathurst Deane (1797-1887), as a young boy wearing a brown coat and frilled white chemise
watercolour on ivory
gold frame, the reverse with gold mounted blue glass border around glazed aperture to reveal locks of brown hair and gold wire on mother of pearl
oval, 75mm high
Footnote: John Bathurst Deane was a clergyman, schoolmaster, antiquary, and author.
Born at the Cape of Good Hope in 1797, Deane was the second son of Captain Charles Meredith Deane, of the 24th Light Dragoons, and was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, which at that time was in the City of London, and at Pembroke College, Cambridge.
£200-£300
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λ ROSA HOOPER (AMERICAN, b. SAN FRANCISCO 1876-1963)
Portrait of a Gentleman, circa 1901, wearing black coat, embroidered waistcoat, white shirt and bow tie
signed l.l.
watercolour on ivory
gilt metal frame surmounted by a ribbon crest
oval, 68mm high
Footnote: Rosa Hooper was born in San Francisco which makes her unusual as a miniature painter from the West Coast as most artists were from the East Coast. She was the founder of the California Society of Miniature Painters in 1912 which continued to exist until 1972.
£200-£300
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λ ENGLISH SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY)
Portrait thought to be of William Shakespeare after the painting in Hampton Court Palace inscribed: .... 34 / Will Shakespeare
watercolour on ivory
rectangular gilt metal frame
10.5 x 9cm
£300-£500
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λ ENGLISH SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY)
Portrait of a noblewoman, thought to be Mary Queen of Scots, wearing a gown trimmed with fur, a gold and jewelled choker and a black cap trimmed with pearls, a crown beside her
watercolour on ivory
gilt metal frame
rectangular, 10 x 6.4cm
£200-£300
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λ CONTINENTAL SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY)
Portrait of the Vicomte de Mortemart, in naval uniform, seated on a rocky coast holding a telescope
watercolour on ivory
rectangular gilt moulded frame
14 x 10.2cm
£300-£500
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λ AFTER JOHN HOPPNER
Potrait of Rear Admiral Horatio Nelson wearing full dress uniform of a Rear-Admiral with orders and decorations. He stands full length leaning on a rocky seashore, leaning on a rock, behind is a view of the naval bombardment of Copenhagen. bears signature l.r.: J. Hoppner
watercolour on ivory
rectangular gilt metal frame
17.2 x 11.5cm
£300-£500
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ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS STOTHARD R.A. (1755-1834)
Profile portrait of The Duke of Wellington
pencil heightened with white chalk on buff paper
oval, 18 x 15cm
rectangular gilt wood frame
£200-£300
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GEORGE DANCE THE YOUNGER R.A., F.S.A. (1741-1825)
Portrait studies of Jeremiah Meyer R.A. (1735-1789), Nathaniel Marchant R.A. (1739-1816) and Henry Howard R.A. (1769-1847) half length all inscribed with the names of the sitters
pencil and red chalk
25 x 19.5cm mounted
unframed
(3)
Footnote: Jeremiah Meyer R.A. was a miniature painter, Nathaniel Marchant R.A. was an engraver of intaglios and Henry Howard was a painter. George Dance was an architect and portrait draughtsman who is known to have drawn 322 portraits. The present set were part of a series which were later published as soft-ground etchings by William Daniell in 1854.
£300-£500
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FRENCH SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY)
Portrait of Mary Sofie Clarke, 1806
pastel on prepared card
indistinctly signed
25.5 x 20.5cm
framed
£150-£250
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ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN RUSSELL (1745-1806)
Portrait of a young girl with a dog
pastel on paper
52 x 41cm
original gilt frame
£400-£600
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GEORGE CHINNERY (1774-1852)
Portrait of a Lady, previously thought to be Mrs Siddons by Edmund Scott.
watercolour over pencil on paper, unfinished
oval, 66mm, high
mounted and framed in a rectangular gilt wood frame
£200-£300
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ROBERT HILLS O.W.S. (1769-1844)
'The Honourable W. Lambert'.
signed and inscribed.
watercolour and pencil.
24 x 18cm.
£400-£700
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BOLOGNESE SCHOOL (17TH CENTURY)
A decorative scene depicting a coastal landscape with figures in boats and flocks of birds flying over the trees in a cloudy sky set within an arched motif with an elaborate urn lower left
pen and brown ink and brown wash on laid paper
19 x 38cm
framed and glazed
Provenance: With Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd.
£150-£200
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LOUIS-FÉLIX DE LA RUE (1731-1765)
Groupes d'enfants jouant
signed
pen and ink and sepia wash
13 x 20.6cm
mounted and framed
£180-£240
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JOHN HAMILTON MORTIMER (1741-1779)
Study of a soldier wearing a helmet and a cloak, another figure standing behind him
pen and ink
9 x 8cm
unframed
together with 5 further 19th Century drawings and watercolours and 1 handcoloured etching by various hands
all unframed
(7)
£150-£250
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ITALIAN SCHOOL (18TH CENTURY)
Caricature of a magician
ink on paper
22.5 x 17cm
framed
£300-£500
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CIRCLE OF PIRANESI (1720-1778)
Classical landscape with figure and ships in distance
pen and ink, heightened in white chalk
28 x 18cm
framed and glazed
£300-£500
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SIR GEORGE SCHARF (1820-1895)
A view of Crooked Lane, London, showing the premises of Willets, the gun flint manufactury to the Hon. East India Company
signed and dated 1830, inscribed ' .... of Crooked Lane removed for approach to new London Bridge 1831 Scharf'
pen and black ink and grey wash
23.5 x 66cm
framed
Exhibited: Martyn Gregory 'The China Trade Observed' Exhibition 1985, Catalogue 41 No 127;
Private collection UK.
£1,000-£1,500
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THOMAS HOSMER SHEPHERD (1793-1864)
'Physician's College, Warwick Lane', view looking down Warwick Lane towards the entrance to the Royal College of Physicians; Ionic columns flanking entrance with pediment above; a tower behind with domed roof with central pinnacle; part of the 'Jolly Butchers' on the left in foreground, a man carries a carcus towards shop, a wagon waits on the right, other figures in street. and 'Whittington's College, College Hill'
signed
pencil and brown wash on one sheet
together with another sheet with a pair of drawngs, 'St. James's, Clerkenwell' and 'St. Margaret Pattens, Rood Lane'
each drawing measuring 11 x 7cm
(4)
Footnote: The present set of 4 original drawings were engraved and published in the volume, 'London and its environs in the 19th Century: illustrated by a series of views from original drawings', ilustrated by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd and James Elmes, and engraved by W. Wallis, published by Jones & Co., 1831. They were plates 54, 55, 65 and 66 in the publication.
£200-£300
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ITALIAN SCHOOL (18TH CENTURY)
Monastero a Nizza pen and ink
14 x 20.5cm
unframed
£200-£300
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GEORGE FROST (1754-1821)
Flowton Brook, Ipswich
pencil
inscribed in pen and ink on the mount
12.3 x 15.2cm
together with 17 further pencil drawings of various figurative and horse studies various sizes
all mounted, unframed
(18)
Footnote: George Frost had a natural and early love of drawing, and was self-taught as an artist. According to his obituary in the Gentleman's Magazine: His productions, and more particularly his Drawings, were admirable, and exhibited abundant proofs of the character and genius of a Master. He studied nature with the closest attention, and in his attempts to delineate her beauties, was eminently successful. He was an accurate observer of her in all her appearances, and possessed a characteristic touch for all her forms. The subjects which he selected were such as did credit to his taste and judgment; and whatever came from his pencil bore the impress of originality and truth, and evinced, in a bold and masterly manner,the local character and features of the County In which he resided.
He was a great admirer and imitator of Gainsborough, and possessed some paintings and drawings by him, notably "The Mall", of which he executed a careful copy when in his 77th year. He was also a close friend of John Constable. His employment at Ipswich caused him to limit his subjects to that town and its neighbourhood, and he was little known elsewhere.
£300-£500
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EDWARD DUNCAN (1803-1882)
Hop picking
signed and bearing artist's studio stamp
pencil
12.3 x 18cm
together with three further pencil drawings by the same hand all bearing artist's studio stamp
all unframed
(4)
£300-£500
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WILLIAM CALLOW R.W.S. (1812-1908)
Rufus Castle, Portland, Dorset, from the South
inscribed l.c.: Bow & Arrow Castle/Portland. Oct. 7. '42
pencil on grey paper
25.7 x 36.3cm
together with three further pencil drawings of views in Dorset by the same hand, 'Bow & Arrow Castle. Portland', 'Lyme Regis, Dorset' and 'Portland Bill, Dorset',
variously inscribed and dated between 5th & 7th Oct '42
all mounted, unframed
(4)
Provenance: Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, 12th January 1966, lot 2 (part):
Private Collection until 2014
£400-£600
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WILLIAM CALLOW R.W.S. (1812-1908)
Dover Harbour, Kent
inscribed l.r.: Dover Aug.t 18. 1843
pencil
27.5 x 39.8cm
together with two further pencil drawings by the same hand depicting two views of 'The Pier, Dover - Shakespeare's Cliff beyond, Kent'
both inscribed and dated 1843
26 x 38.2cm and 26.8 x 38.7cm
all mounted and unframed
(3)
Provenance: Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, 12th January 1966, lot 2 (part);
Private Collection until 2014
£300-£500
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WILLIAM CALLOW R.W.S. (1812-1908)
Piazza dei Signori, Verona
inscribed and dated l.l Piazza dei Signori Verona, July 17 / 65
pencil on buff paper
35.3 x 25.3cm
together with three further pencil drawings of Italian views by the same hand, 'The Castello di Lettere near Naples', 'Isola Bella, Lake Maggiore, Italy' and 'Isola Bella'
variously inscribed and dated various sizes
all mounted, unframed
(4)
Provenance: Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, 12th January 1966, lot 2 (part):
Private Collection until 2014
£400-£600
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ATTRIBUTED TO SAMUEL PROUT (1783-1852)
'The Charles Bridge in Prague'
watercolour
30 x 21cm
mounted and framed
Footnote: A slightly larger version of this work sold at Christies, King Street, 7th July 2015 [Lot 98]
£200-£300
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THOMAS MILES RICHARDSON SNR. (1784-1848)
Ravensworth Castle, near Gateshead, Co. Durham
pencil and watercolour, on brown paper
27.5 x 21.2cm
together with 5 further drawings in pencil and watercolour by the same hand including, 'Scene in the Lake District', 'A view of a village among trees', 'A view from the west of the Gatehouse of St. Mary's Abbey, York' various sizes
all mounted, unframed
(6)
£400-£600
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THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER R.A. (1803-1902)
Study of Two Long Horned Rams
signed lower right and dated 1837
pen and ink wash
16 x 22.5cm
mounted and framed
Provenance: Collection of Giles Waterfield, Director, The Dulwich Picture Gallery 1979-1996.
£300-£500
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JOSEF ANTON STRASSGSCHWANDTNER (AUSTRIAN, 1826-1881)
A Mounted Officer
signed
pencil on paper
17 x 21cm
£180-£240
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FRANCIS NICHOLSON (1753-1844)
Figures on a riverbank overlooking a rocky landscape
signed and dated on original mount l.l. F. Nicholson 1794 and inscribed verso in artist's hand F Nicholson Knaresborough or at No 58 Cornhill London
watercolour
20.3 x 29.6cm
unframed
£500-£700
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JOHN VARLEY (1850-1933)
Snowdon, North Wales circa 1810
signed recto and signed and inscribed verso, 'View in Wales'
watercolour
13.3 x 20cm
washline mount, framed and glazed
Provenance: Walker Galleries, 1956 (original Walker Gallery label lost)
£200-£300
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JOHN VARLEY OWS (1778-1842)
Sketch of an Old House
watercolour over traces of pencil, verso: colour notes
17.8 x 20cm
Exhibited: Spinks, London, Nov 1973: "The Old Watercolour Society and its Founder Members"
mounted, unframed
£150-£250
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JOHN VARLEY OWS (1778-1842)
Distant view of Bamborough Castle
pencil and watercolour
13.2 x 18.1cm
framed
Provenance: With Michael Bryan fine English Watercolours, Cheyne Walk, London
£300-£500
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WILLIAM CALLOW (1812-1908)
Valle Crucis Abbey, North Wales
signed
watercolour
41 x 32.4cm
unframed
£200-£300
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WALTER GREAVES (1846-1930)
Flooded Cloister
signed lower left and dated '73
watercolour
24 x 19cm
mounted and framed
Footnote: Following his father's footsteps (his father was Thames boatman to J.M.W. Turner), Walter Greaves introduced Whistler to the Thames. He spent his latter years in obscurity despite the support of Walter Sickert, Augustus John and William Nicholson.
£400-£600
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