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WILLIAM LIONEL WYLLIE (BRITISH, 1851-1931)
Three sketches: Lower London on the River; A Scottish Port; Town viewed from an Estuary
Pencil
Label inscribed to reverse with title and The Work of my Grandfather W.L. Wyllie R.A., John Wyllie 1993
The largest 4 x 7in. (10 x 18cm.)
(3)
£150-250
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HERMANN MEVIUS (GERMAN, 1820-1864)
The ferry
Signed and dated 'H. Mevius 1858' (lower right)
Pen, ink and wash
8½ x 12¼in. (21.5 x 31cm.); together with another two
(3)
£150-250
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δ AFTER HAROLD WYLLIE (BRITISH, 1880-1973)
A set of four etchings of shipping off townscapes, published December 1st, 1926 by H.W. Dickins Inc. New York
Pl. 6 x 16¾in. (15 x 42.5cm.)
(4)
£200-400
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ATTRIBUTED TO ANDREAS SCHELFHOUT (DUTCH, 1787-1870)
Beached fishing vessels in a storm; Beached fishing boats and figures
Pen, ink and wash
Each 6¼ x 8¾in. (16 x 22.5cm.)
(2, a pair)
£500-800
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CIRCLE OF LUDOLF BACKHUYSEN II (DUTCH, 1717-1782)
Barges at a harbour entrance
Pen, ink and grey wash
8¾ x 12in. (22 x 30cm.); together with another coastal scene with figures and shipping
(2)
£300-500
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FOLLOWER OF WILLIAM ANDERSON (BRITISH, 1757-1837)
Estuary scene
Bears initials 'V.D.V.' (lower right)
Pen, ink and wash
6¾ x 9½in (17.5 x 23.5cm.); together with F.A. Pernod, 1828: Scottish River Scene; Julius Hintz (1805-1862)
(3)
£200-400
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JACOB SPIN (DUTCH, 1806-1875)
The brig 'Matfen of Blyth' John Fulcher, Commander Texel, 1869, in two positions
Signed 'J. Spin 1869 Amsterdam' (lower left) and inscribed with title (centre)
Watercolour
18½ x 26¾in. (47 x 68cm.); together with The 'Madura' 1854 Signed and dated 'J. Spin 1888' (lower left) Watercolour in verre eglomise glazed mount - 18½ x 26¾in. (47 x 68cm.)
(2)
£300-500
Matfen was a 330 ton brig built of spruce in 1861 for the Baltic trade at Sunderland for Gregory & Co. In 1870 her commander was T. Taylor suggesting that John Fulcher commissioned this picture as his keepsake. By 1889 she was owned by W. Dixon, captained by one G. Miller and disappears from the record shortly thereafter. Madura has not been located within Lloyds Register.
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ATTRIBUTED TO JACOB SPIN (DUTCH, 1808-1875)
The three-masted brig 'Sidonia' in two positions, off Dover
Indistinctly inscribed to back to 'Captain Carl Berhard Dyes Shiff Sidonia ... 1864 ...'
Watercolour
21 x 28in. (53 x 71cm.)
£400-600
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GIOVANNI LUZZO (ITALIAN, FL.1851-1877)
The snow 'Jane Avery' Captain James Peterson off Gibraltar
Signed and inscribed 'Gio Luzzo in Venezia 1854' (lower left)
Watercolour heightened with white
14¼ x 22¼in. (34 x 56.5cm.)
£300-500
This 267 ton snow was built in Jarrow, 1839, and traded between North Shields and Varna, Bulgaria. According to Lloyds Register, her Captain was J. Paterson, not 'Peterson' as Luzzo records here. She was last recorded in 1863 as a local coaster owned by one G. Bell.
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ATTRIBUTED TO CLARKSON STANFIELD (BRITISH, 1793-1867)
Vessels entering Portsmouth Harbour
Watercolour
15¾ x 22in. (40 x 56cm.)
£400-600
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NEAPOLITAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
The schooner 'Leonora' Kapn A.B. Schumacher, Naples. 1866
Inscribed as per title along the lower edge
Watercolour and gouache
19½ x 28in. (49.5 x 71cm.)
£300-500
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WILHELM MELBYE (DANISH, 1824-1882)
A Blankenburgh fishing trawler and other shipping off the coast of Belgium
Signed 'Vil Melbye' and dated '1867' (lower left)
Monochrome and wash
7 x 9½in. (18 x 24cm.); together with another monochrome seascape by Anton Melbye signed and dated '1865' (lower left), 6 x 9in. (15 x 23cm.)
(2)
£200-300
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THOMAS GOLDSWORTHY DUTTON (BRITISH, 1819-1891)
The clipper 'Forfarshire'
Watercolour laid on card
Signed 'T.G. Dutton 1872' (lower left)
14½ x 28½in. (37 x 72.5cm.)
£800-1200
Built and owned by J. Morison of Sunderland, Forfarshire was a clipper of 1238 tons built in 1868 and used for the London-India run. Sold to the Shaw Savill & Albion Line in 1882 and used thereafter as an emigrant ship to Australia and New Zealand, she was sold to Argentinian owners in 1895 and disappears from the record.
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CHARLES EDWARD DIXON (BRITISH, 1872-1934)
The four-masted barque 'Passat' bound for Valparaiso
Watercolour
Signed and dated 'Charles Dixon 1919' (lower left)
14 x 19½in. (35.5 x 49.5cm.)
£600-800
The Passat was one of the series of 'P' sailing ships including the Pamir, Parma, Preussen and Primwall, all built by Blom & Voss in Hamburg, between 1916 and 1920. These large, mostly four-masted barques, were cleverly designed to sail with comparatively small crews carrying nitrate from Chile to Europe and grain from Australia to Europe, the aim being to create high volume carriers which could compete economically with the ever-increasing use of steam vessels. Their success, however, was short-lived and while the Passat continued to work until after the Second World War, making her last Cape Horn voyage in 1949, several vessels were lost and others became sail training ships. Fortunately, Passat survived the War and is still afloat at Travemünde, Germany, where she is used as a floating summer camp for the young
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JAKOB PETERSEN (DANISH, 1774-1854/55)
'Concordia von Kiel' off Dover
Signed 'J. Petersen' and dated '1843' and inscribed for Captain F.P.L. Derdriksen and retrospectively dated Ao 1817
Watercolour, heighten with white
14¾ x 18½in. (37.5 x 47cm.)
£300-500
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δ ROGER CHAPELET (FRENCH, 1903-1995)
'De Young Gustave'; 'De Young Conrad'
Each signed Roger Chapelet and inscribed with titles
Watercolour
12½ x 10in. (31.5 x 32cm.)
(2, a pair)
£150-250
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WILLIAM MINSHALL BIRCHALL (AMERICAN, 1884-1941)
A passing barque; An outward bound 'Frenchie'
Each signed 'WM Birchall' (lower left), inscribed with titles and dated 1925/1927 respectively
Watercolour heightened with white
9½ x 13¾in. (24 x 35cm.); 9½ x 14in. (24 x 35.5cm.)
(2)
£400-600
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WILLIAM MINSHALL BIRCHALL (AMERICAN, 1884-1941)
Clipper 'Young America'
Signed 'WM Birchall' and inscribed with title (lower left)
Watercolour heightened with white
8 x 10¾in. (20.2 x 27.3cm.)
£250-350
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WILLIAM MINSHALL BIRCHALL (AMERICAN, 1884-1941)
Storm clouds
Signed 'WM Birchall' (lower left), inscribed with title and dated 1925
Watercolour heightened with white
13½ x 20in. (34 x 51cm.)
£300-500
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δ FRANK J. H. GARDINER (BRITISH, B.1942)
The clipper 'Blue Jacket'
Signed 'F.J.H. Gardiner' (lower right)
Watercolour
15 x 20¾in. (38 x 52.5cm.)
£200-300
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δ ROGER CHAPELET (FRENCH, 1903-1995)
'Uhlenhorst' with paddle tug
Signed 'Roger Chapelet' and inscribed with title (lower left)
Oil on canvas
14½ x 21in. (37 x 53cm.)
£1000-1500
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δ ROGER CHAPELET (FRENCH, 1903-1995)
The four-masted barque 'Alsterufer' in heavy seas
Signed 'Roger Chapelet' and inscribed with title (lower left)
Oil on canvas
19 x 25in. (48 x 63.5cm.)
£600-800
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δ ROGER CHAPELET (FRENCH, 1903-1995)
The barque 'White Star'
Signed 'Roger Chapelet' and inscribed 'White Star' (lower right)
Oil on board
16½ x 23in. (42 x 58cm.)
£800-1200
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δ ROGER CHAPELET (FRENCH, 1903-1995)
The 'Rickmer Rickmers' off Hong Kong
Signed 'Roger Chapelet' (lower right) and inscribed with title; inscribed to verso 'Captain P.T. Hansen, Hamburg 11. Kafe 10'
Oil on canvas
18 3/4 x 25in. (48 x 63.5cm.)
£800-1200
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ANTON MELBYE (DANISH, 1818-1875)
Nordlandsfarer
Signed and dated 'Anton Melbye 1845' (lower right); with annotated original gallery label to verso
Oil on canvas
22 x 30¾in. (56 x 78cm.)
£500-800
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WILHELM MELBYE (DANISH, 1824-1882)
The Rescue
Signed 'Wilhelm Melbye '47' (lower right)
Oil on canvas
12½ x 18¼in. (32 x 46cm.)
£400-600
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ANTON MELBYE (DANISH, 1818-1875)
A heavy swell
Signed and dated 'Anton Melbye 1854'
Oil on canvas
17½ x 30in. (44.5 x 76cm.)
£200-300
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GERMAN PROVINCIAL SCHOOL, CIRCA 1850
A Prussian three-masted jackass barque in two positions
Oil on canvas
23¼ x 35½in. (59 x 90cm.)
£300-500
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PETER CHRISTIAN HOLM (GERMAN, 1823-1888)
The brigantine 'Augusto' Captain A. Andersen
Signed 'P. Holm Pinxit 1861' (lower right)
Oil on canvas
17½ x 24in. (44.5 x 61cm.)
£300-500
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CIRCLE OF HERMANN MEVIUS (GERMAN, 1820-1864)
A Dutch two-masted lugger off a coast with stack
Oil on canvas
16 x 23in. (40.5 x 58.5cm.)
£200-300
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JULIUS GREGERSEN (GERMAN, 1860-1953)
Study of the two-masted schooner 'Leonhardt' of Flensburg, Cptn W. Schneider
Signed, dated and numbered 'Jul. Gregersen Flensburg Marz 1922 / 722' (lower right) and inscribed as per title (centre)
Oil on board
17¾ x 23in. (45 x 58.5cm.)
£300-500
Built in 1911 by the Pannen yard at Apphen, Rijn as the Françoise Henriette and registered at 127 tons, she was steel built and fitted with an oil-fired auxiliary engine. Renamed Leonhardt perhaps in 1922 when the Schneider family took ownership, by 1938 she had changed again to the Weisser Greif ('White Griffin') but her fate is not recorded.
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PETER CHRISTIAN HOLM (GERMAN, 1823-1888)
The three-masted schooner 'Alfred' under reduced sail
Signed and inscribed 'P.C. Holm 1869 & L. Petersen' (lower right) and 'Capt. H. Schade' (lower left)
Oil on canvas
17¾ x 20¾in. (45 x 62.5cm.)
£300-500
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DUTCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1860
The brig 'Caroline' off a harbour entrance
Oil on canvas
20 x 29½in. (51 x 75cm.)
£300-500
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, 1853
The brig 'Emma'
Signed indistinctly with initials (lower left) and dated '1853'
Oil on canvas
24 x 35½in. (61 x 90cm.)
£300-500
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JOHN HENRY MOHRMANN (AMERICAN,
1857-1916)
The barque 'J. Schoentjes' Captain Ernst Ohle
Signed and dated 'J.H, Mohrmann 1899 (lower right); inscribed to reverse 'Restauriert Jan 1955'
Oil on canvas
23 x 39in. (58.5 x 99cm.)
£400-600
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JAMES WEBB (BRITISH, C.1825-1895)
Shipping off Bamburgh Castle
Signed 'James Webb' (lower right)
Oil on panel
9½ x 14¼in. (24 x 36cm.)
£800-1200
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1860
The Hamburg barque 'Pil' off the Eddystone lighthouse
Oil on canvas
19½ x 23½in. (49.5 x 60cm.)
£300-500
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J* BRETT (ENGLISH, 19TH CENTURY)
Hauling in the nets
Signed 'J. Brett' (lower right)
Oil on board
8 x 11¼in. (20 x 28.5cm.)
£200-400
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HERMANN MEVIUS (GERMAN, 1820-1864)
A paddle packet and a hoy off Amsterdam
Signed and dated 'H. Mevius 1839' (lower right)
Oil on canvas
15¼ x 23in. (39 x 59cm.)
£400-600
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1890
The Russian cargo ship S.S. 'Olga' - Riga, Captain D. C. Bengson
Inscribed as per title (lower middle)
Oil on canvas
23 x 35in. (58 x 89cm.)
£300-500
Built by Short Bros as the Bellini in 1880 for Jennesen Taylor of Sunderland, she registered 1730 tons and was 269ft in length; Sold in 1893 to Russian owners (Helmsing & Grimm) when re-named Olga, she was registered in Riga but was blown up by U-45 120 miles off Vardo between Newcastle-Kola in coal on 28th April 1917
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JOHN HENRY MOHRMANN (AMERICAN, 1857-1916)
S.S. 'Emma' hove to off Antwerp with pilot cutter No.3 approaching
Signed 'J.H. Mohrmann Antwerp' (lower right)
Oil on canvas
19 x 29in. (48 x 73.5cm.)
£300-500
Built in 1890 by J. Blumber of North Dock for the London-based Trinidad S.S. Co. and named the S.S. Trinidad , she registered 1281 tons; sold in 1900 to the Hamburg firm of Oscar Ott, Amsinck & Hell and renamed Emma, she is seen in this picture flying their distinctive House flag; Sold and renamed (1911 Huldra; 1927 Lia) she was broken up in Latvia in 1934
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MARIE-EDOUARD ADAM (FRENCH, 1847-1929)
The cargoship 'Worms', Captain Otto Hassold 1910
Signed indistinctly 'Ed. Adam' (lower right)
Oil on canvas
23 x 35½in. (58.5 x 90cm.)
£200-400
Built and launched by Swan, Hunter & W. Richardson in 1907, the Worms was a 4428 ton general cargo ship owned by the Deutsch-Australische Dampfs Ges as part of their burgeoning fleet - by 1914 the Company owned 51 vessels. This Worms replaced one of 1905 which was wrecked in 1907 near Craster. Renamed Sha in 1916 and Harburg in 1920, she was broken up in Hamburg, 1933
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WILLIAM MINSHALL BIRCHALL (AMERICAN, 1884-1941)
Bound east; Up channel with wind and steam
Each signed 'WM Birchall' (lower corners), inscribed with titles, the first with artist's note pasted to reverse inscribed 'P. and O. liner "M" class'; the latter dated 1925
Watercolour heightened with white
9½ x 13½in. (24 x 34.2cm.); 9¾ x 14¼in. (24.7 x 34.3cm.)
(2)
£400-600
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WILLIAM MINSHALL BIRCHALL (AMERICAN, 1884-1941)
Black & White
Each signed 'WM Birchall' (lower left), inscribed with titles and dated 1917
Watercolour heightened with white
5 x 8½in. (12.7 x 21.5cm.)
(2, A Pair); together with A cargo carrier, Signed 'WM Birchall 1926' (lower right), Watercolour heightened with white - 5 x 7in. (12.5 x 17.8cm.)
(3)
£300-500
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WILLIAM MINSHALL BIRCHALL (AMERICAN, 1884-1941)
Bound for the Argentine
Signed 'WM Birchall' (lower left), inscribed with title and dated 1922
Watercolour heightened with white
13½ x 20¼in. (34 x 51.5cm.)
£400-600
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WILLIAM MINSHALL BIRCHALL (AMERICAN, 1884-1941)
Dublin - Holyhead, the North Western mail boat; The Windjammer
Watercolour
Signed 'W.M. Birchall' 1921; 1922, and inscribed with title (lower left)
9½ x 30½in. (24 x 34cm.)
(2)
£250-350
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WILLIAM MINSHALL BIRCHALL (AMERICAN, 1884-1941)
Passing the Needles
Signed 'WM Birchall' (lower left), inscribed with title and dated 1920
Watercolour heightened with white
9½ x 13½in. (24 x 34cm.)
£200-300
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δ ARTHUR BURGESS (BRITISH, 1879-1957)
The 'Jacob Ruppert' unloading Richard Byrd's second Antarctic Expedition, 1933
Signed 'Arthur Burgess' with monogram (lower right)
Watercolour and pencil
15 x 22¼in. (38 x 56.5cm.)
£400-600
Provenance: Christie's South Kensington: Maritime Sale, 15 October 1992, lot 385
Literature: Bryan, R: Ordeal by Ice, Ships of the Antarctic, Seaforth 2011, p.367
Richard Byrd (1888-1957) was one of America's most experienced Antarctic and Polar explorers and made (disputed) claims to have been the first man to have flown over both poles. The United States Shipping Board loaned the 'three islands' steel lumber freighter Pacific Fir for a nominal $1 and it was renamed the Jacob Ruppert after a supporter, and she steamed in company with a converted wooden whaler Bear which was also an icebreaker. Crewed by ninety-five men hot-bunking between thirty bunks, they reached pack ice on 20th December 1933 which presented a serious problem for her unprotected 2cm steel plates. After many detours the Jacob Ruppert finally moored beside the bay ice three miles from Little America but was separated from it by massive pressure ridges and unloading the 400 tons of stores on unstable ice and in high winds was a nightmare, but completed and the Jacob Ruppert departed. In 1941 she was renamed Cocle, but was torpedoed by U-94 on 12 May 1942 in passage between the Tyne and New York with general cargo.
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δ ARTHUR BURGESS (BRITISH, 1879-1957)
A moonlit rescue
Signed 'Arthur Burgess' with monogram (lower right)
Watercolour and pencil
14 x 20¼in. (35.5 x 51.5cm.)
Provenance: Christie's South Kensington: Maritime Sale, 15 October 1992, lot 387
£200-300
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ARTHUR BRISCOE (BRITISH, 1873-1943)
The Royal Yacht 'Britannia' racing off Cowes
Watercolour
Signed 'A. Briscoe .33' (lower right)
6½ x 9½in. (16.5 x 24cm.)
Provenance: With the Tryon Galleries, London
£300-500
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