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A quantity of books: predominantly 19th century art reference titles concerning printmaking & portraiture to include Raeburn, Hogarth, Charles Turner etc £100-200
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After Sir Godfrey Kneller (1643-1723): The Kit Kat Club, by John Faber Jr, the complete set of 49 mezzotints with frontispiece & contents, from the original paintings of Kneller, 1735, sold by T. Tonson in the Strand & by J. Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square,contained within a fine leather album with gilt decoration.
Note: The Kit-Kat Club obtained its name from the tavern where the members originally met, run by Christopher Cat (or Kat), famous for his "Kit-cat" mutton pies. Luminaries included nearly all the most powerful Whig politicians from 1688 to 1710, & there was much gossip in the period about the activities of the members. By 1703 the group had grown too large for Christopher Cat's tavern, and soon thereafter Tonson used the members' dues to build a special clubroom at his residence in Barn Elms, Surrey. Around this time Tonson commissioned Sir Godfrey Kneller (himself a member) to paint portraits of forty-eight of the Kit-Cats-including the Dukes of Newcastle & Somerset, the Earls of Dorset & Essex, & others including Cornwallis & Godolphin-as well as Tonson himself (these originals are housed in the National Portrait Gallery). This series of plates, by the leading mezzotint artist of his era John Faber the Younger, was issued by Tonson in the 1730s. £600-800
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A quantity of prints: predominantly Victorian, to include a hand coloured engraving after William Powell Frith's The Railway Station, unframed, & framed, hand signed examples after Benjamin Williams Leader, Henry John Yeend King etc £60-80
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Theodore Hines (British, late 19th/early 20th century): Pangbourne Weir on Thames, oil on canvas, signed lower left & dated 1902, titled, signed & dated verso, H 40 x W 60cm £200-300
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Dutch School (early 20th century): Landscape study, wartime, oil on panel, indistinctly signed lower left & dated 1914, H 32 x W 43cm £60-80
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Circle of John Constable, R.A. (1776-1837): A haycart travelling along a track between harvesters & a cottage, an extensive landscape beyond, oil on panel, H 41 x W 53cm £300-500
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Joseph Thors (British, 1843-1898): Figures in a wooded river landscape with bridge, oil on canvas, H 29 x W 44.5cm £300-500
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Circle of William Anderson (British, 1757-1837): Boats & figures in an extensive coastal landscape, oil on canvas, H 34 x W 61cm £200-300
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W Richards (Francis E. Jamieson, British, 19th/20th century): A cottage in a Highland loch landscape, oil on canvas, signed lower left, H 37 x W 58cm £80-120
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Arthur Dean (British, 19th/20th century): Coastal scene, watercolour, signed lower right, H 30 x W 90cm £80-120
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Continental School (19th century): An elaborate gilt metal frame with cherub & torch design, inset with a portrait miniature of an 18th century lady, colour mezzotint, the whole H 18 x W 18cm £70-100
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David Roberts, R.A. (British, 1796-1863): 'Leading to Petra, Triumphal Arch crossing the Ravine', watercolour, titled lower left & right, stencil numbers verso, H 33 x W 23cm.
Note: Roberts arrived in Petra on the 6th March 1839. The following day, he recorded in his journal: 'I am more & more astonished & bewildered with this extraordinary city… the valley has been filled with temples, public buildings, triumphal arches… & the air is perfumed with the most delicious fragrance'. £800-1200
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Norbert Schrödl (Austrian/German, 1842-1912): Portrait of a lady dressed in blue in a landscape, Baden, 1888, signed, inscribed & dated lower right, H 150 x W 100cm.
Note: A German painted of Austrian descent, the artist travelled widely but in the 1880s finally settled in Kronberg, Frankfurt. When in 1888, the date of the present painting, the Dowager Empress Victoria (the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria) moved into her widow's residence Schloss Friedrichshof, she asked Schrödl to give her painting lessons. £1500-2500
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After Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788): A boy with a dog in a landscape, oil on canvas, H 160 x W 115cm £200-300
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Edward Tayler, R.M.S. (British, 1828-1906): 'Reverie', watercolour, signed with initials lower right, H 41 x W 36.5cm £700-1000
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Alma Claude Burlton Cull (British, 1880-1931): 'Castrato', study of a ship, watercolour, titled lower left & dated August '05, H 34 x W 23cm £100-200
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Mary S. Hagarty (British, active 1882-1938): 'Harrowing', watercolour, signed lower left, H 35 x W 22cm £80-120
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Vincenzo d'Auria (Italian, 1872-1939): Fishing vessels off the Bay of Naples, oil on canvas laid on board, signed lower left, H 58 x W 117cm £700-1000
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Walter Leistikow (German, 1865 -1908): Winter scene, oil on panel, signed with monogram lower left & dated '86, labelled verso, H 20 x W 30cm.
Provenance: Formerly in the collection of the late Michael Winner (1935-2013).
Note: Leistikow lived in Berlin from 1883 onwards. As a committed representative of modern art in Germany, he was among the founding members of the oppositional artists' group 'The XI' in 1892. Under his leadership and that of Max Liebermann, this group opposed the regimented exhibition policy of the Academy. He also played a decisive role in the foundation of the Berlin Secession, a fact triggered by the rejection of one of his paintings in 1898. £800-1200
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Henry Earp Senior (British, 1831-1914): Figures, horses & cattle in an extensive wooded river landscape, watercolour, signed lower right, H 72 x W 128cm.
Note: Head of a famous family of Brighton artists, Henry Earp exhibited widely at the Royal Institute for Painters in Watercolour, Royal Society of British Artists, Walker Gallery Liverpool & Manchester City Art Gallery. The present picture is a large & significant example of the artist's work which he is likely to have exhibited. £800-1200
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Attributed to Henry Garland (British, active circa 1854-1890): A lady in an interior before a window, oil on canvas, indistinctly signed lower right 'H. Gar...'?, H 71 x W 43cm £300-500
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German School (19th/20th century): Woman & child, oil on paper laid on board, inscribed verso 'Obstfrau mit kind', H 50 x W 42cm £400-600
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Circle of Francis Nicholson, O.W.S. (British, 1753-1844): Figures in a river landscape, watercolour, H 40 x W 60cm £60-80
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John Bornet (American, active New York, 1850-55): 'The City of New York', colour lithography, printed and published by David McLellan, 1853, H 52 x W 70cm; together with a further colour engraving, 'Custom House, Wall Street', H 19 x W 20cm (2) £400-600
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Alfred Walter Williams (British, 1824-1905): Barmouth, Snowdonia National Park, North Wales, oil on canvas, signed & titled to stretcher verso, H 40 x W 65cm £400-600
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Johanne Karel Leurs (Dutch, 1865-1938): Canal scene with windmill & houses, oil on canvas, signed lower left, stencil numbers to stretcher, H 45 x W 73cm £400-600
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English School (19th century): Portrait of a mustachioed gentleman in a black jacket, oil on board, H 25 x W 16cm £80-120
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John Doyle, alias 'H B' (Irish, 1797-1868): An extensive collection of political cartoons, 64 lithographs published by Thomas McLean, c. 1830-1840.
Provenance: Collection label for the City of Leeds Public Libraries. Note: Doyle was born in Dublin in 1797, where he attended the Dublin Society's Drawing Academy. In 1822, he travelled to London to become a portrait painter & lithographer. Within five years he had developed an eye for political caricature, beginning this famous series of sketches, signed 'H B', in 1829. The identity of H B was a well kept secret, allowing great speculation & intrigue to develop about the identity of the satirist & where he sourced his information. Many lived in fear of his cartoons, but presumably others enjoyed their fame & notoriety. References to the cartoons in Parliament were frequent, his drawings capturing both political personalities & burning issues of the day. £800-1200
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Etty Horton (British, active 1884-1918): Figures conversing in an extensive wooded river landscape, oil on canvas, signed lower left, H 75 x W 126cm £300-500
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Horatio McCulloch, R.S.A. (Scottish, 1805-1867): A wooded river landscape, the Highlands beyond, oil on panel, signed lower left, H 39 x W 45cm.
Provenance: By descent to the present vendor. £200-400
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English School (19th century): A courting couple in a landscape, oil on canvas, signed lower right with initials J.C.F. & dated 1875, H 40 x W 29cm £100-200
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Antoine Bouvard (French, 1870-1956): A gondolier on a Venetian backwater with distant view of St. Mark's beyond, oil on canvas, signed lower right, titled verso, H 50 x W 60cm.
Provenance: Label verso for Gallery Laraine Ltd, Tunbridge Wells, thence by descent. £3000-4000
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After Arthur Drummond (British, 1871-1951): 'The Golden Epoch of Queen Victoria', photogravure, 1902, published by Cadbury, Jones & Co. Ltd, H 95 x W 60cm £200-400
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English School (19th century): Figures in a sunset coastal landscape, oil on canvas, H 40 x W 75cm £80-120
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Circle of Henry Thomas Alken (British, 1785-1851): Portait of a fighting cock, oil on canvas, H 59 x W 49cm £200-300
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A 19th Century French Clock Garniture - Japy Freres Movement: The clock with ornate gilded spelter case, with floral scroll, swags and pineapple side finials, surmounted with a floral urn with Sevres style painted scenes of houses, the lower ceramic plaque and pillars of courting couples in 18th century dress, the floral painted dial with Roman numerals and Japy Freres eight day movement striking on a bell, matching garniture urns, all standing on gilded wooden bases on bun feet, all numbered 31464, clock 53cm x 32cm x 15cm, Urns 42cm x 20cm x 8cm, bases 3cm high £600-800
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A 19th Century Gilt Mantel Clock: With child feeding a goat above the dial, the dial marked in Arabic and Roman numerals with "Mage Rue de Provence 65" written to the dial. Sevres style plaques of floral and cherubs inserted into an ornate case with egg and dart decoration, on fancy gadrooned feet, the movement striking on a bell by Japy Freres, non matched numbers on pendulum. H 46cm x W 40cm x D 16cm £700-1000
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An 18th/19th Century French Officers Cased Travelling Alarm Clock: The Dial has the legend "Il est l'heure de faire le bien" and two winding holes and three hands, the case has floral spandrels and bosses to the sides with a laurel and floral decoration to the top and handle, the back door has large pierced cover and opens to reveal three hammers striking on one bell, this rings for Alarm, Hours and Quarters. Comes with fitted case which has tooled gilt detail to the sides and the top. Clock H 20cm x W 13cm x D 11cm £5000-8000
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A 19th Century Successionist Egyptian Mantel Clock: Of ornate form with Egyptian head finial and angled brass brackets to the sides, the dial and lower section painted in bright colours and Hieroglyphs, Japy Freres eight day movement striking on a bell, H 34cm x W 40cm x D 15cm £400-600
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A Large 19th Century Mahogany Chiming Bracket Clock: Of Large proportions set with five gilt pineapple finials, sand cast karyatids, spandrels and floral egg and dart borders on claw feet, the arched dial set with four dials in silver chapter rings, with pierced side vents and back door with pierced holes and quatrefoils opening to reveal bracket movement striking on five gongs and eight bells. H 70cm x W 43cm x D 28cm £800-1200
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A 19th Century French Tortoiseshell, Brass and Ormolu Mantel Clock: In the Louis XVIth style, second half of 19th century, fitted with an eight day movement by Japy Freres, of France, the case of upright rectangular form with arched top surmounted by a seated cherub, the foliate scroll brass-work inlaid onto tortoiseshell with a stained back-ground, having a cream coloured enamel dial with Roman numerals, H 42cm x W 21cm £400-600
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A Lancashire Chair: 17th century, oak & elm, the serpentine crested rail above a pierced vase back splat on four square shaped tapered legs, the sides with double cross stretchers on a wooden seat, H 100cm x D 39cm £300-500
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A Twin Pedestal Desk: 18/19th century, mahogany with three frieze drawers above two pedestals with three drawers to either side, with carrying handles, H 79cm x W 137cm x D 84cm £300-500
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A Cellarette: George III, mahogany, the lift up octagonal top opening to reveal twelve compartments & a lead interior on four tapered legs, H 68cm x W 56cm x x D 42cm £700-1000
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A Sofa Table: Regency, mahogany with two frieze drawers on splayed legs & castors, the sliding top with chess/games board, H 73cm x W 95cm x D 49cm £600-1000
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A Pair of Side Cabinets: 20th century, kingwood, marble topped with brass mounts inlaid with floral designs H 70cm x W 53cm x D 34cm £300-600
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A Chippendale Style Mirror: 18th century, mahogany, the top crest with broken swan neck pediment, with giltwood basket weave finial, the sides with acanthus and giltwood designs H 120cm x W 59cm £2000-3000
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A Hall Table: 17th century style, walnut, the top with herringbone inlay above a frieze drawer on four bulbous-shaped legs with four serpentine stretchers, H 70cm x W 76cm x D 50cm £120-180
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A Wall Bracket: 18th century, giltwood with acanthus & scroll designs above a serpentine top, H 46cm x W 40cm £200-300
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A Continental Trunk: 17/18th century, with studwork & brass hinged hinges & top with double phoenix designs opening to reveal a lead liner, H 49cm x W 92cm x D 49cm £300-500
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