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DECEMBER SELECTED GROUPS

 Small watercolours by
William Leighton LEITCH R.I. (1804-1883)

1. Early light on a still Swiss lake.Watercolour. 9x13 inches. £625.
2. Boatman disembarking passengers on an Italian lake.Watercolour. 6x11 inches. £475.
3. Barge unloading near a windmill.Watercolour. 4x7 inches Exhibited: Agnews. £535.
4. Scottish loch-side tower castle. Watercolour and gouache. 4x7 inches. £475.
5. Study of a massive beech tree on the edge of a wood.Watercolour. 12x9 inches. £425.
6. ‘Reigate Common’, Surrey.Watercolour. Studio stamp. 11x17 inches. £775.

‘Thames Estuary’: watercolours by
HELEN SLATER (Contemporary)

‘July 31st 2000: The Thames Estuary from Labworth.’ 14x35 inches. £600.
‘December 28th 2002: The Thames Estuary from Canvey’. 12x36 inches. £600.
‘July 21st 2003: The Thames Estuary from Canvery’. 35x14 inches. £700.
‘July 23rd 2003: The Thames Estuary from Canvey.’ 15x36 inches. £600.
‘November 6th 2004: The Thames Estuary from Canvey.’ 15x36 inches. £650.
‘April 25th 2006: From Labworth Cafe Steps, Canvey.’ 26x20 inches. £550.
‘August 2nd 2006: From Labworth Cafe Steps, Canvey’. 12x26 inches. £550.
‘December 30th 2006: From Labworth Cafe Steps, Canvey.’ 26x12 inches. £550.

‘Almost everything I do is of the areas of Canvey Island I have known well since childhood... The watercolours are begun outdoors
on the seawall... then finding the feel of that particular day and trying to convey that through all the changes of light and
tide that inevitably occur while I am painting...’

The JANUARY 2009 SELECTED GROUP will be

pen, wash and ink drawings by
EDMUND BECKER (fl. 1790-1820) – Journey in Wales, 1808, part III
Part I (List No. 283, August 2007) recorded his 1808 Snowdon trip from Llangollen to Aberystwyth and
Part II (List 286, January 2008) showed how his 1811 visit build on the previous trip.
Part III includes 27 additional views from 1808.
Please contact us for a complete list or see them at www.abbottandholder.co.uk from December 1st
Prices £250-£350.00

‘A’ PAINTINGS in OILS and SCULPTURE
Works are in oil on canvas unless otherwise stated

ANON.  French.  Circa 1830.
 1. Large fountain in a neglected park. Oil on paper laid on canvas by a confident, professional hand. Ex.Coll: the art historian (Cotman, Blake, Corot etc) Victor Rienaeker. 11 x 15    575.00
BALAAM, Louise   (Contemporary)
  These are in oil on paper:
 2. ‘Landscape study – dark green’. LB538. 2008. 9 x 12    500.00
 3. ‘Landscape study – orange brown’. LB536. 2008. 7 x 10    485.00
 4. ‘Cool Blue Mountain’. LB544. 2008. 11 x 13    500.00
 5. ‘Landscape study – yellow green’. LB533. 2008. 13 x 10    485.00
BEAUMONT, Sir George Howland   (1753-1827)
 6. Wilsonian capriccio: figures beside a mini Lake Bracciano. Oil on paper laid on card. Provenance: Manning Gallery ‘Exhibition of Works by Sir George Beaumont’. 6 x 10    1100.00
BURN, Rodney   R.A.   (1899-1984)
 7. A willow overhanging Chiswick Mall and the river, painted from the artist’s studio. 20 x 30    775.00
CAVALCANTI, Otto   (b.1930)
 8. ‘Hypothesis’; a stylish abstraction inspired by the creation of Music – an on-going subject for this Brazilian painter. Oil on canvas laid on board. 1969. 24 x 18 S     775.00
 DAVIS, John Scarlett   (1804-1845)
 9. The interior of the Augustine Church in Antwerp showing Jordaens’ altarpiece ‘’The Martyrdom of St Apollinaire’ and Rubens’ ‘Mystic Marriage of St Catherine’. Oil sketch on panel Exhibited: Fine Art Society 1981. 24 x 20    1500.00
DE STEMPEL, Sophie   (Contemporary)
 10. ‘Bedroom 1’: a wildly expressive piece of painting. 30 x 38   S 950.00
GRANT, Ian   (1904-1993)
 11. Helion-like figures in a formalised landscape. Painted in tempera just after his time in Paris at the Atelier Colarossi. 1930. 17 x 14   S 1750.00
HAMNETT, Nina   (1890-1956)
 12. Circus scene – clumsy but attractive. Circa 1920. 20 x 18 S 2500.00
JOHNSON, Audrey   (Mrs Claude Harrison)   (b.1919)
 13. ‘Winter Flowers’ and leaves in a vase. Oil on panel, painted and scratched. 1952. 10 x 14    S     775.00
KRISHNA, Mary   (1909-1968)
 14. Footlights catching the watching faces of a theatre’s audience. 12 x 8   S  375.00
LANDER, John St Helier   (1868-1944)
 15. ‘Midshipman Porter’; a striking, and very moving given its date – 1918 – image painted with the immaculate touch that made him one of the portrait painters between the wars. Oil on board. 29 x 25   S   9750.00
MCCALL, Charles   (1907-1989)
 16. Woman (the artist’s wife Mitzi) at her lamp-lit dressing table. 1965.  19 x 22   S   1750.00
MEADE, John   (1909-1982)
 17. Apotheosis; figures in a sculptural landscape and possibly inspired by his restoration of the Thornhills at Greenwich. 20 x 27   S  875.00
MORRIS, Anthony   R.P.   (b.1938)
 18. ‘Cotswold Fields’; an understated and very attractive painting on board by a Greenham pupil. Exhibited: R.A. 1985. 11 x 13   S 475.00
NICHOLLS, Bertram   (1883-1974)
 19. A stone bridge and church spire emerging from dark green trees. 1943. 20 x 24   S   475.00
OLIVER, Emma (nee Eburne)   (1819-1885)
 20. Massive stone fireplace, possibly Hampton Court. 1870. 5 x 4   S   225.00
STEVENSON, J Walter   (Exh.1880-1883)
 21. Jamaica. Lush tropical plants around a fountain in the Kingston Botanical Gardens. Oil on paper. 14 x 11   S   1500.00
TOPOLSKI, Feliks   (1907-1989)
 22. Superb 60s blonde emerging from a vortex of children (one of them the future pop star Judie Tzuke) and dogs: Jean Silverside, the actress and wife of Music Impresario – thank him for financing Jesus Christ Superstar – Sefton Myers. Oil on board.  90 x 60   S   2750.00
WAITE, Edwin Wilkins   (1854-1924)
 23. ‘Church End, Bledlow’; dusk over Buckinghamshire cottages. Oil on card. 10 x 8   S   1650.00
WARREN, William White   (1832-1915)
 24. Venice. Dawn light over San Giorgio. 23 January 1887. Oil on paper.  5 x 8   S   675.00
 25. The Salute from the Riva Schiavoni. 11 January 1887. Oil on paper. 5 x 8   S   675.00

SECTION ‘B’ WATERCOLOURS & DRAWINGS – General and Illustrators
Works are in watercolour on paper unless otherwise stated

ABBOTT, John White   (1763-1851)
  Provenance: Family descent:
 26. Travellers watering their horses at a trough. Pen, brush and ink. ‘June 3rd 1812’. 11 x 7    375.00
 27. Laden donkey being taken to market. Another. ‘May 7th 1814’. 7 x 12    375.00
ART DECO (style).    Circa 1935.
 28. ‘Parfois ma fenetre est fleurie’; a dancing girl emerging from a flowerpot. Pencil and watercolour. 17 x 11   S   225.00
BAWDEN, Edward   R.A.   (1903-1989)
 29. Englishmen marching for – amongst other demands – ‘Mexphalte’. Strong pen and ink drawing if a rather obscure subject. Provenance: Shell Archive. 10 x 8   S   600.00
BIRD (subject)   Anon.   Circa 1800.
 30. An American Blue Jay on a bough of berries. Ink and watercolour. 12 x 16    275.00
BOURNE, James   (1773-1854)
 31. Rocky path along a wooded valley. Blue/grey washes. Ex.Coll: John Hayes. 11 x 8    75.00
BROOK, Leonard Leslie   (1863-1940)
 32. ‘A Roundabout Turn’ (by Robert Charles, publ.1930): 12 studies for his illustrations to this tale of a toad’s travel with a fairground troupe. Pencil and ink. Some signed. Each 8 x 7  Each 45.00
BUNBURY, Henry William   (1750-1811).
 33. A haughty couple unable to look down. Ink and watercolour. 9 x 7    425.00
BURNEY, Edward Francis   (1760-1818)
 34. ‘Solyman and Almena / Chapt. 3’; an exquisite ink and watercolour vignette to illustrate one of the 11 editions of Langhorne’s popular novel of oriental love (first published 1762). 5 x 3    300.00
 35. Solyman and Almena being ordered out of the jungle. Another. 4 x 3    300.00
CHESTON, Charles Sidney   R.W.S.   N.E.A.C.   (1882-1960)
 36. Beech trees dappling a broad lane; a watercolour in the Steer tradition. 1942. 10 x 15   S    175.00
CLARKE HALL, Edna   (1879-1979)
 37. ‘What shall / I do with my / passion so / fair?...’. one of the Blakeian picture poems in which she lamented her unhappiness. Ink and gouache. 15 x 10    675.00
COPE, Charles West   R.A.   (1811-1890)
  Provenance: descendant of the artist:
 38. Although the profiled head of an elderly, startled man, this is also a beautiful drawing in red, white and black chalks. 8 x 6    125.00
 39. A band of Cromwellians sinister around a table (Regicides?). Pencil. 3 x 5    175.00
 40. Seated, Carolean figure studying papers. A three coloured chalk drawing for one of his murals. 14 x 11    125.00
 41. ‘Bridal Costume, Quimper’; detailed watercolour study of bodice and sleeves. 9 x 6    100.00

CRAMPTON Ronald (1905-1985)
We have another group of watercolours by Crampton, trained by Arthur Spooner but inspired by Seago, and all of his Norfolk landscapes. These are typical:
 42. ‘Trees on the coast road, Thornham’. 15 x 22 S   150.00
 43. A line of trees in the snow. 15 x 22  S   125.00
 44. Misty, flooded broad. 15 x 22   S   125.00
 45. Barges at Pin Mill. 15 x 22     150.00

CRUIKSHANK, Isaac   (1756-1811)
 46. ‘Tippy Bob’; a coffee house fop in full dandy fig. Pen, brush and sepia wash. Inscribed verso and numbered ‘276’.
12 x 10   S verso 775.00
DAVIES A. L.   (fl. 1899-1925)
 47. Norman cavalry riding down the Saxon infantry. Splendid Edwardian illustration painted en grisaille. 18 x 28   S   375.00
DICKS P.R.   (mid 20th century)
 48. ‘The Wolf Troubleth Not’; gouache dust jacket design for B Montagu Scott’s novel. 12 x 10   S   150.00
 49. ‘The Circus Has No Home’ (Rupert Croft-Cooke). Gouache dust jacket design. 12 x 10   S   225.00
FEIBUSCH, Hans   (1898-1998)
 50. A centaur bearing off struggling but barely reluctant maiden. Gouache. 1972. 8 x 7    625.00
FFOLKES, Michael   (1925-1988)
  These cartoons (drawings far better than the captions in most cases) come from the Artist’s Estate:
 51. Fancy dress party: “I am the Snow Queen and, frankly, I wouldn’t bother”. Ink and watercolour. 13 x 9   S   400.00
 52. Two grim Judges: “You know what I miss? the old Black Cap”. Pen and ink. 8 x 7   S   300.00
 53. “It all started with a little old fly swat...”; a scene of 18th century flagellation. Ink and watercolour. 13 x 9   S   400.00
 54. ‘The Shoe Fetishist’. Ink and watercolour. Illustrated: The Erotic Review, Issue 82, p.60. 13 x 10   S   450.00
FISHER, William Mark   R.A. N.E.A.C.   (1841-1923)
 55. Sleepy brown and white cows dappled with light beneath a willow. Watercolour and gouache. Circa 1890. 9 x 12   S   575.00
FRASER, Robert Winchester   (1848-1906)
 56. Finely drawn winter trees around a swollen fen. Gouache and watercolour. 1885. 12 x 18   S   975.00
FROST, George   (1734-1821)
  These are Ex.Coll Walter Esdaile (marked with his monogram) and Leonard G Duke (his number). They continue the Gainsborough tradition and, as usual, are in black chalk:
 57. Cows and donkeys near a cart shed – probably Suffolk. 13 x 9    395.00
 58. A particularly nice woodland study. 9 x 12    425.00
 59. Gabled farmhouse across a dank pond or moat. 9 x 12    425.00
GILES, Carl   O.B.E.   (1916-1995)
 60. ‘Two small lemonades please’; massive sailor and Australian Digger confounding the macho expectations of a country pub. An early ink and watercolour for ‘Reynolds News’, 8/12/1940.
  Note: The Cartoon Museum ‘Giles’ Exhibition runs to 15th February. www.cartoonmuseum.org. 15 x 21   S   3250.00

GOTHIC Initials.   Late 14th/ early 15th century.
 61. These decorated initials are in red and black ink on vellum and were cut from a large Choir book, probably in the late 18th century and then mounted in an album. Their authenticity was vouchsafed by no lesser authority than the late Dr Janet Backhouse (12/11/2000). Each is mounted to the highest conservation standard. We have 
A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. J. L. M. N. P. S and V. Each approx 3 x 2   75.00 -175.00

GRANT, Duncan   L.G.   (1885-1978)
  Provenance: Estate of Paul Roche:
 62. Study of a boy leaning and turning. Charcoal 1948. 15 x 15   S   850.00
 63. Design for a fabric or wallpaper. Pencil and bold watercolour marks. Circa 1935. 15 x 10    600.00
  These are lively, calligraphic studies in the ballpoint pen he found so fluent. All come from the collection of Simon Watney:
 64. a. Pastoral figures.  b. Man and woman.  c. Seated figure – possibly design for a vase decoration.  d. Woman dancing. Each 5 x 4  each 225.00
 65. Head of a Moroccan boy drawn on a train. 1960s. 5 x 4    250.00
 66. Woman with a cockerel. 5 x 4    300.00
 67. Boy and girl in a deep embrace, drawn across two pages. 5 x 8    400.00
 68. Still-life study. Pencil on verso of an invitation to the Catherina Giles Exhibition at Claridges Gallery. 4x 5  400.00

GREEN, Harriet (nee Lister)   (fl.1780-1800s)
 69. A little, wooded Pass. Grey green washes. Circa 1795. 6 x 8    225.00
HAWKSWORTH, William Thomas Martin   R.I.   (1853-1935)
 70. The interior of a great timbered tithe barn. Pen, ink and sepia wash. 18 x 20    225.00
 71. A wooden sailing ship moored against the quay. Pen, brush and ink. 18 x 14    225.00
HILLS, Robert   O.W.S.   (1769-1844)
  On-the-spot pencil sketches of the sort that he was admired for in his time:
 72. a. 8 studies of cattle.  Each 8 x 6   each 45.00
  b. 3 studies of trees.  Each 6 x 8   each 50.00

HOARE, Mary   (1744-1820)
 73. The artist daughter of William Hoare (of Bath) R.A. posed her servants for drapery studies. We have six of these drawings in red and black chalk. Circa 1770. Each 12 x 7  each  200.00

HUMPHRIS, William   (fl.1881-1916)
 74. Virtuoso gouache study en grisaille of a smartly dressed Edwardienne. Provenance: a group of artists by this artist/illustrator, some signed. 14 x 10    175.00
JAMIESON, Alexander   R.O.I. I.S.   (1873-1937)
 75. ‘To be carved in marble’; figures beneath a massive tree. Preliminary pencil study possibly for a war memorial. 1928. 13 x 9   S   150.00
JOHN, Augustus   O.M.   (1878-1961)
 76. Dorelia, sibelline, wrapped in a cloak. Identified by Michael Holroyd as for one of the large compositions, circa 1908. Pencil on irregular  paper. 8 x 4 arched mount   3500.00
JONES, Barbara   (1912-1978)
 77. ‘The Invention of Nylon, 1938’. Watercolour commissioned by the Financial Times for a series ‘A Half Century of Progress’ in 1950 and exhibited by us in June 2006. 11 x 16    2250.00
LAMB, Henry   R.A.   (1883-1960)
 78. Plant study, a very early work. Provenance: family descent. 9 x 7    275.00
LANCASTER, Osbert   (1908-1986)
  Note the Exhibition of his work at the Wallace Collection until 11th January. These were all for the ‘Daily Express’:
 79. ‘Astronauts Down’; Willie Littlehampton showing a remarkable understanding of the force of gravity. Pen and ink for the D.E. 19.3.1966.  10 x 5    375.00
 80. ‘NUS Under 12 Division / “To Hell with Sex! What we want is a living wage AND overtime for homework’. Pen and ink for D.E. 3.4.1971. 10 x 5   S   450.00
 81. Hospital visiting MP to frail patient “Don’t worry about your vote – just tell me what you’ve done with your passport!”. Pen and ink for D.E. 31.12.1974. 10 x 5    325.00
 82. Lancaster in a hospital bed: “Just a moment dear! Do you want to be Daily Express Nurse of the Year or don’t you...?. Pen and ink for D.E. 21.2.1978. 10 x 5    450.00
LEHMANN, Olga   (1912-2001)
 83. Baroque staircase to the stars; theatre-land neo-romantic stage set. 1946. Gouache. 9 x 12   S   225.00
 84. Design for a decorative panel bursting with architecture and plants. 1947; a very period gouache. 15 x 13   S   150.00

MAYRSHOFER, Max   (1875-1950)
 85. A page of voluptuous figure studies. Circa 1910. 5 x 12   S   200.00

MCEVOY, Ambrose Arthur   A.R.A. N.E.A.C.   (1878-1927)
 86. ‘Madelaine Grovlitz’ – a dashing portrait, scrubbed and highlit with his inimitable technique. Ex.Coll: Wyndham T Vint. 18 x 13    1800.00
MILLS, Stanley   (1923-2004)
  These are stage set designs for various plays – many at the Haymarket Theatre – of the 30s, 40s and 50s.
 87. ‘A Question of Fact’. ‘Relative Values’. ‘Claudia’. ‘The Little Hut’. ‘We took a cottage’. ‘Fresh Fields’. ‘Love of four Colonels’. ‘To live in Peace’. ‘Rookery Nook’. ‘Jane steps out’. ‘The Gift’. ‘Ten little niggers’. ‘Murder mistaken’. Each approx 5 x 10   range 100-175.00
MINTON, John   (1917-1957)
 88. ‘Home Sweet Home’; a charming Thank You drawing incorporating a self-portrait made to record an August visit ‘...we had a wonderful time’. Pen and ink. 13 x 11   S   2000.00
 89. Sheep’s skulls; these take on a certain Romantic melancholy when drawn by him. Pen and ink. 10 x 14    100.00
MOIRA, Gerald   P.R.O.I. V.P.R.W.S.   (1867-1959)
 90. A winding estuary or river, boat on the mud. Circa 1930. 11 x 14   S   175.00
NORIE, Frank   (mid 19th Century)
 91. A vignette of fishermen checking their nets.  4 x 5   S   125.00
PARMIGIANINO   (after)
 92. Seventeen 17th century metal point copies after/or contemporary with those attributed to Vallerant Vaillant from the Parmigianino group (1520s) in the Royal Collection at Windsor. Paper: bible pages, gesso’d. Original binding.   2600.00
POTTER, Mary   (b.1920)
 93. ‘Sketch for Golfers in the rain’ at Aldeburgh; pencil and watercolour. Provenance: Julian Potter. Exhibited: Thompson’s Gallery. 9 x 13    700.00
PRIVAT-LIVEMONT, Henri   (1861-1936)
 94. Pencil study of a Vamp, her hair dressed with art nouveau hair combs. Exhibited: Piccadilly Gallery. 9 x 7    300.00
RIMER, William   (fl.1845-1888)
 95. Merlin and Nimue in the Wood. Pen and ink drawing to illustrate Tennyson’s ‘Idylls of a King’. 1860. We have the signed frontispiece also. 8 x 11    150.00
ROBERTS, Luther   (1923-1988)
 96. ‘Toolshed’ at Romany Rye. Pen and ink drawing preliminary to one of his wood engravings with accompanying proof. Cf. Nos 223-225. 12 x 13   S   125.00
ROBINSON, Charles   R.I.   (1870-1937)
 97. ‘The Serpent Isle’: lovers escorted by a naked child. Pen and ink to illustrate the Queen of Roumania’s ‘Legends from River and Mountain’. 1896. 10 x 6    110.00
ROWLANDSON, Thomas   (1756-1827)
 98. Dashing cavalry men practising sabre cuts to frighten Boney off. Ink and watercolour study for ‘Hungarian and Highland Broad Sword Exercises’. 1799. 8 x 10    3250.00
 99. ‘Marble Chair of Potamus, the Lesbion (sic) rhetorician, still existing in Mitylene’. Pen and ink. 4 x 6   S   425.00
RUSKOWSKI, Zladislav   (1907-1991)
 100. Standing Nude; her pose in light contraposto and drawn with quick pen and ink markings. Exhibited: Leeds City Art Gallery Ruskowski Retrospective, 1966. 17 x 11   S   275.00
SCHICK, Hedi   (1906-1999)
 101. ‘Catherine – the Ship’; stage set for a St Martin’s Theatre production in 1939. 9 x 12   S  125.00
SEARLE, Ronald   (b.1920)
 102. Herbert Morrison manning the Festival of Britain gate and under attack from ‘Woolly Smothers M.P’ for his extravagance. Pen and ink. 1951. Inscribed. 8 x 8   S  1500.00
SHANKS, Alex   (fl.1930s)
 103. ‘Chenilles en folie – l’Ete’; 30s dancing girls in scanty leaf and serpent costumes. Circa 1935. 15 x 10   S   200.00
SIMPSON, Charles   (b.1952)
 104. ‘Well over a nasty place’; a huntsman leaning well back as his mount clears a spiky hedge. Gouache. 15 x 20   S   1250.00
SOUTHALL, Joseph   R.W.F.   (1861-1944)
 105. ‘Beighton’; an elegant standing man. Red chalk study for a portrait. 1916. 17 x 10    275.00
 106. A woman fanning herself. Detailed head and loosely put in figure. 1916. Black chalk. 15 x 10   S   275.00

STAINED GLASS designs.  Lavers, Barraud and Westlake (1855-1921).
 107. We have another 20 stained glass designs by this successful Firm. Pen, ink and watercolour. Each 9 x 4   £75-225.00
STIEBEL, Victor   (1907-1976)
 108. We have 20 1930s designs for evening dresses modelled by chic Cowardesque mannequins. Stiebel had his own Couture House in the 30s and 50s with a glamorous clientele and was known for sculptural and elegant designs such as these. Provenance: Stiebel’s Estate. Each 20 x 12  £225-275.00
 
TOWNSEND, Frederick Henry   (1868-1920)
 109. ‘English As She Is Spoke’ – Edwardian airing of the ongoing obsession. Pen and ink drawing (very swish) for ‘Punch’. 1907. 8 x 13   S   125.00
 110. Small boy trying it on at ticket office. Superb pen and ink drawing for ‘Punch’. 1908. 11 x 7   S   125.00
UNION CASTLE LINE  (subject).   1928.
 111. A baroque design for the First Class library of the ‘Winchester Castle’ by John Alfred Haggis (b.1897). 1928. 20 x 28   S   475.00
VARLEY, John   O.W.S.   (1778-1842)
 112. Little figure contemplative in the face of mountain lake stillness. 4 x 7   S   795.00
 113. An ivy-clad tower above a twilit plain. 3 x 5   S   975.00
WARD, John   (1917-2007)
 114. Trees overhanging the pond of a clapboard mill, possibly Kingsford Mill (‘Colborn Vitafeeds’), Kent.  Pen and ink. 1965. 15 x 18   S   675.00
ZINKEISEN, Doris   (1898-1991)
  These are for theatrical productions in the 1930s:
 115. ‘Samarcand’; houri silhouetted against a dark ground. 15 x 11   S   175.00
 116. A Persian archer on his pantomime horse. 15 x 11  S   125.00
 117. ‘Cinderella’; one of the Chorus ‘huntsmen’. 15 x 11  S   125.00
 118. A Society Creature of the 1890s – probably for Wilde. 15 x 11   S    95.00

SECTION ‘C’ WATERCOLOURS and DRAWINGS of PARTICULAR PLACES
Works are in watercolour on paper unless otherwise stated

ARCHER, Frank   A.R.E.   (1912-1995)
 119. Neapolitan street scene; men and carts making their way amongst the ruins of War. Pen and ink. 1948. 12 x 18   S   200.00
AYRTON, Michael   (1921-1975)
 120. Suffolk. ‘Stoke-by-Nayland’. Pen and ink vignette for a ‘Shell’ publication. Provenance: Shell Archive. 4 x 5    125.00
BAGLEY, Geoffrey   (late 20th century)
 121. Kent. ‘Gothic Revival Tomb at Hadlow’; romantically overhung with greenery. 11 x 15   S   225.00
BEAUMONT, Sir George Howland   Bt.   (1753-1827)
 122. Italy. ‘Grotto of Sybils’s Grotto at Cumae, Monday March 17th 1783’. Pen brush and grey wash drawn on his Grand Tour. Inscribed by the artist verso. Exhibited Fry Gallery. 10 x 14    375.00
 123. Suffolk. Framlingham Castle. Chalk and grey washes on joined paper. Ex.Coll: Sir Howard Colvin. 7 x 11    275.00
 124. Yorkshire. ‘Footbridge at Mulgrave’. 1815. Pencil and grey wash. Exhibited: Fry Gallery. 4 x 6    95.00
BUCKLER, John Chessell   (1793-1894)
 125. Hampshire. ‘West Gate, Winchester’. Ink and watercolour: Agnews. 8 x 5   475.00
BURGON, Rev. John William   (1813-1888)
 126. a. Oxfordshire. ‘Garsington Church, June 1847’. Pen heightened with chinese white on tan paper, 7x10,  £125. b. ‘Blenheim (Palace) from the Park. October 22nd 1835’. Pen and ink, 6x9, £65. c. Middlesex. ‘Norwood Green/The seat of Lewis Berger Esq, 6th July, 1867’. Pencil and chinese white on tan paper, 6x10, £75. d. Bedfordshire: ‘Houghton Conquest, Tea Drinking (a sort of ceremony?), 15 July, 1846’. Three sketches mounted as one, 13x18, £75.
COPE, Charles West   R.A.   (1811-1890)
  These all came from one of the artist’s many descendants:
 127. Cumberland. ‘Ulpha Valley / 22 August (18)57’. Black (and some coloured) chalks. 5 x 7    195.00
 128. ‘Thorsgill / June 28 / 1853’; a watercolour study of twisted roots and rocks. 5 x 7    195.00
 129. Kent. Knole; a tower and low outbuildings. Black chalk. 6 x 10    95.00
 130. Picnickers on the banks of the Thames – far upstream. Watercolour and gouache sketch. Circa 1840. 4 x 7    175.00
 131. Italy. ‘St Miniato nr. Florence’; pencil and watercolour interior of the Church. 10 x 8    225.00
 132. Venice. San Zanipolo (ss Giovanni and Paolo) – a watercolour study of the choir stalls. 14 x 10     150.00
 133. View through a beautiful Renaissance doorway to someone reading contre-jour. Pencil and watercolour. 5 x 4    195.00
 134. Rome. Interior of San Clemente. Pen, ink and watercolour. 5 x 7    50.00
 135. We also have a group of slight but charming sketches of Bothall Church Chepstow, Claughton Hall, Kilnsey Crag, Lancaster, Morpeth Castle, Raglan Castle. Each approx 8 x 10  each 25.00
CORBETT, Commander John   (1822-1893)
 136. Belize and the Honduras, 1854. British ships off the ‘Village of St Thomas’. December 1854. 10 x 13   S   450.00
 137. ‘St Thomas, Gulf of Honduras’. December 1854. 8 x 13   S   450.00
 138. ‘Wolverene (the Brig-sloop he was commanding prior to its wreck on Courtown Bank 11th August 1855) in a breeze, W.Indies’. 1854. 7 x 10    225.00
 139. ‘Cay Bokel – near Belize, a pilot’s house’. 1854. 7 x 11    250.00
 140. ‘Gallows Point, Port Royal, looking towards Kingston and the Blue Mountains’. 1854. 7 x 10   S   250.00
 141. ‘(?Omoa) Mountain from St Thomas, mouth of the Rio Secco’. December 1856. 7 x 10   S   250.00
 142. ’40 miles up the river Belize / ‘The Boom’ – rafts of timber pay here’. January 1855. 5 x 7    125.00
 143. ‘Cox’s bungalow where I breakfasted on the River, Belize’. 5 x 7    225.00
 144. ‘English Cay / Near Blize / British Honduras’. 5 x 7    225.00
 145. ‘Waterfall near Santa Thomas, Gulf of Honduras’. 5 x 7    225.00
 146. ‘Cascade 3 miles inland from Santa Thomas, Gulf of Honduras 1854’. 5 x 7    225.00
COX, David   O.W.S.   (1783-1859)
 147. Wales: Cader Idris in golden light. 1827. 8 x 12   S   4750.00
CUNDALL, Charles   R.A.   (1890-1971)
 148. Umbria. We have seven gouache studies of farmyards and olive groves. Each approx 12 x 15  £75-400.00
DODWELL, Edward (attributed to)   (1767-1832)
 149. Italy. Lazio. ‘’Cyclopian Bastion of Ancient Norba’. Either the drawing for or related to pl.79 of his ‘Views… of cyclopean… remains in Greece and Italy’(publ.1831). Ink and watercolour. 10 x 14    675.00
 150. ‘Ruins on the road from Nemi to the Lake’. Ink and watercolour.  10 x 14    600.00
FANSHAWE, Elisabeth   (1779-1856)
  Wash drawings recording this Blue Stocking’s ‘Grand Tour’: Nice – Genoa –Pisa –Geneva – (France) 1829-1831. Some of these were on List 387 (prices reduced) and some new to stock:
  1829:
 151. May 23rd ‘1st view of La Turbie’, 4 x 7, £65. May 24th ‘Monaco from the turning out of the road to Genoa’, 5 x 9, £85. May 25th ‘Genoa road near Oneglia’, 4 x 5, £55. May 25th ‘Genoa road just beyond Pont St Loius’, 8 x 8, £75. May 26th ‘Near Albegna, Genoa road’, 5 x 9, £75. ‘Albegna’ (watercolour), 5 x 9, £100.00
 152. June. ‘Agriculture in the neighbourhood of Olegio’, 4 x 9, £95. ‘Val di Scrivia’, 6 x 7, £75.
 153. July 1st ‘Arona’, 5 x 9, £85. ‘Approach to Lago Maggiore near Arona’, 5 x 9, £65. July 4th ‘Valley  of the Rhone between (Brig?) and Tourtmaille’, 5 x 9, £85. July 6th ‘Bridge of St Maurice over the Rhone’, 5 x 8, £85. July 6th. Valley of the Rhone bay beyond St Maurice’, 6 x 9, £95.
 154. October. ‘Val di Vedra’ 5 x 8, £55. October 16th ‘Sierre, Valley of the Rhone’, 5 x 8, £75.
 155. November 21st ‘Approach to Massa (Carrara)’, 5 x 8, £55.00
  1830:
 156. April 29th ‘Sestri (Levante)’. 5 x 6, £65.
 157. May 16th ‘Bridge over the Po at Turin with the new Church and the Superga’, 7 x 11, £175. ‘St Michel near S.Amrogio / 1st Waiting near Turin’, 7 x 11, £175.
  1831:
 158. May. ‘The Mole from the petit salice(?), 5 x 8 £65.
 159. June 4th ‘Gate at Payerne’ 5 x 5, £75. June 21st ‘Covered bridge on the road to Thun’, 6 x 8, £75.
 160. July 2nd ‘Aarlberg’ 4 x 5 £55.
 161. 1816. Eastnor Castle through trees. Grey washes. Ex.Coll. Sir Howard Colvin. 7 x 9    95.00
FISHER, Thomas   F.S.A.   (1782-1836)
  These come from the Inns of Court Library, then A and H, then Sir Howard Colvin:
 162. Bedfordshire: Maulden, the tomb in the Mausoleum of ‘Thomas Comes de Elgin’. 10 x 5    175.00
 163. ‘Ancient Monument in Houghton Church’; a splendid Gothic alcove. 9 x 8    375.00
HALE, Kathleen   (1898-2000)
 164. Lebanon; silvery green olive frees springing from an orange soil. Ink and watercolour. 14 x 10   S   575.00
 165. Portugal; the garden of a villa. 10 x 9  S   175.00
HAWKSWORTH, William Thomas Martin   R.I.   (1853-1935)
 166. Rouen from above, the preferred viewpoint of so many watercolour painters down onto the town. 11 x 20    275.00
HENDERSON, William   (Exh. 1886-1894)
 167. ‘In the Tyrol’; a heavily laden wagon drawn by eight horses about to descend a steep Pass. 3 x 6    225.00
HILDER, Rowland   P.R.I.   (1905-1993)
 168. Kent. Bright winter landscapes and farm buildings near Tonbridge. Ink  and watercolour. 9 x 13   S   1250.00
HENNELL, Thomas   R.W.S.   (1903-1945)
 169. Kent. ‘At Mr Clement’s, Ridley’; three distant horse ploughs at work across a huge field. 1938. 12 x 18    400.00
HUNT, Cecil Arthur   R.W.S.   (1873-1965)
 170. Carmarthenshire. ‘Kidwelly Castle’; the massey remains overgrown with ivy. Painted on his 1927 trip to Wales. 12 x 15   S   500.00
JENKINSON, Geoffrey   (b.1925)
 171. Lancashire. ‘Rochdale’; still a city of smoking factory chimneys in this panoramic view of 29th March 1947. 7 x 15   S  675.00
KERR LAWSON, James   (1865-1939)
 172. Rome. A building site with the dome of St Peter’s behind. A bright watercolour. 9 x 14   S   450.00
LAMB, Lynton   L.G.   (1907-1981)
 173. Essex. Two pen and ink drawings, of ‘Old Shrill’ and of ‘Mucking’ for a Shell publication. Provenance: Shell Archive. 4 x 7 each  S  each 45.00
LAPORTE, John   (1761-1839)
 174. Isle of Wight. Delicate but informative pencil images: A. Wootton Bridge. B. Shanklin Chine.
C. Carisbrook Village. D. 'The Fleet off Portsmouth, from Ryde’. Each 6 x 10  each 75.00
LUCARDA, Antonio   (1904-1993)
 175. San Giorgio Maggiore; one of the Venetian painters little capriccio drawings in the Guardi manner. 1965. 4 x 6   S   125.00
MAYER-MARTON, George   (1897-1960)
 176. Dark landscape, probably Derbyshire, by the Hungarian painter – known mainly for his Musical paintings – who lived in England for many years. 1931. 15 x 22   S   375.00
MORLEY, Harry   V.P.R.W.S.   (1881-1943)
 177. View across the Thames from between warehouses towards the old Custom’s House on a Whistlerian, grey day. 1912. 14 x 9   S   175.00
MOTHERSOLE, Jessie   (Exh.1901-1914)
 178. Westmoreland. ‘The Fells’ rising blue beyond wooded farmland. 1914. 10 x 14   S   125.00
OXFORD subject.  Anon.  Circa 1800.
 179. ‘St Mary’s Church and All Souls College’. Sepia washes. 7 x 10    150.00
PAGET, Rev William   (1775-c.1824)
  Paget (of whose work we have had two Exhibitions: ‘Views on the Avon, 1808’ (2004) and ‘Marine Watercolours’ (2005)) drew and painted in a charming manner close to that of Thomas Hearne:
England.
 180. Berkshire. ‘At Datchet’; thatched farm buildings beside a horse pond. 1802. 9 x 12    225.00
 181. ‘Bisham Abbey near Marlow, Mr Vansittart’. 5 x 8    125.00
 182. ‘North View of Windsor from the Little Park, 1802’. 6 x 8    125.00
 183. Kent. Shakespeare Cliff, 1806. 7 x 13    125.00
 184. Rochester Castle from across the river, 1806. 7 x 13    125.00
 185. Monmouthshire. Tintern Abbey from his Wye Tour in 1808. 6 x 9    225.00
 186. ‘Great West Tower of Goodrich Castle on the Wye / September 1808’. 7 x 12    225.00
 187. Ragland Castle. 1808. 7 x 11    175.00
 188. ‘On the Avon near the Hotwells’, St Vincent’s Rocks. 1808. 7 x 13    110.00
France. 
 189. ‘On the river Poitiers’ 1820. Painted en route for Italy. 8 x 16    95.00
 190. ‘View of the field of the Battles of Poitiers… Druidical remains’; the town from a distance. 7 x 16    95.00
 191. ‘Old Aqueduct at Coutances, Normandie’. 1820. 10 x 16    125.00
 192. ‘View from the inside of the harbour, Antibes /May 1820’. A panoramic view. 5 x 16    175.00
Switzerland.
 193. Geneva. ‘Montblanc from the house of Lord Minto’. 1820/21. 11 x 18    375.00
 194. Mont Blanc from Lake Geneva. 10 x 17    375.00
 195. ‘La chute de Chadre / on ye road to Chamouni (sic) / 200 foot fall’. 18 x 8    375.00
 196. ‘Cascade – (?) Vache- near Martigny. 17 x 11    250.00
PETIT, Rev. John Louis   (1801-1868)
  Known at the time for his detailed records of French and English Churches, his watercolours were intended to convey architectural mass and atmosphere:
 197. Staffordshire: a. Thors Cave. b. Norbury. c. Tutbury. d. Croxden. e. Mayfield. f. Leigh. g. Bagot’s Oak.
h. Cannock Chase. i. Litchfield. Each approx 8 x 11    45-125.00
RICHMOND, George   R.A.   (1809-1896)
 198. Italy. ‘A sketch in a field at Pelago’ made while riding to Valombrossa in August 1838; pen and ink heightened with white on tan paper. Verso: studies of chestnut trees. Lit: ‘Richmond’, Lister, p.45. 10 x 8    575.00
ROWBOTHAM, Charles   (1858-1921)
 199. ‘Menaggio’; fishermen on the shady Como shore. Pencil. Provenance: a sketchbook with A and H in 1992. 7 x 10    175.00
RUSHBURY, Sir Henry   R.A. R.W.S.   (1889-1968)
 200. Scotland. ‘Stirling Castle’ from the distance. Probably painted the same year as his etching of the subject, 1945. Ink and watercolour. 14 x 19   S   875.00
SHEPHERD, Thomas Hosmer   (1793-1864)
 201. London. The Customs House, with a paddle steamer in the foreground. Little, detailed vignette in sepia washes. Circa 1830. 2 x 5   S   245.00
SMITH, Alfred Carlton   R.I.   (1853-1946)
 202. India. Dappled light on women coming to a well. 10 x 14   S   975.00
STREET, George Edmund   R.A. F.R.I.B.A.   (1824-1881)
 203. ‘Stelvio Pass from the New Baths, Bormio / August 19th’ painted on his Italian travels by the architect. Ex. A and H 1985. Ex.Coll: Sir Howard Colvin. 8 x 11    250.00
SUNDERLAND, Thomas   (1744-1828)
  Provenance: Family descent:
 204. Distant but distinct city, possibly Gloucester. Pencil and blue/grey washes. 7 x 10    225.00
 205. ‘Near Darsborough’; cattle grazing near the river. 1813. 7 x 11    225.00
 206. A path skirting one of the Lakes (?)Windermere through trees and rocks. Pencil and washes. 10 x 12   225.00
 207. York Minster – once a very nice view but now sadly faded. 9 x 7    45.00
THAMES TRAFFIC (subject)   Anon.   Circa 1814.
 208. A sturdy barge-like bus boat rowed by two standing men. Black and white chalks on blue/grey paper by a very nice hand by whom we have other Thames / shipping subjects. 6 x 8    100.00
WALTON, Elijah   (1833-1880)
 209. ‘Switzerland. ‘Piz Lugent / Peaks above the Rosey Glacier (sic) / Engadine / Sept 17th 1875’. Watercolour and gouache. Inscribed and signed verso. 4 x 6   S   875.00
WOLFE, George   (1834-1890)
 210. Northumberland. Tynemouth; a fishing smack pulled up on the shallow dunes with the Abbey in the distance. Watercolour and gouache. 9 x 12   S   575.00
WRIGHT, Thomas of Newark   (1773-?1839)
 211. Cumberland: ‘Ulswater, Langdale Pikes’(sic). Black chalk on blue paper. 10 x 17     250.00


SECTION ‘D’ PRINTS
Works are etchings or drypoints unless otherwise stated
‘S’ = Signed in pen or pencil by the artist

BEWICK Thomas (1753-1828)
 212. Fine impressions of his wood engravings printed, two images to the blank page, by Edward Walker in 1827:
  Travellers with bear/Coach and four.  Donkey in snow/Two boys with pony.  Chicken and chicks/Cockerell and mirror.  Man in cell/Chicken and ducks.  Man, dog snowy cottage/Cat in pond.  Elephant/Man at crossroads.  Monkey at spit/Boy stalking birds.  Man on pig/Songbird by stream.  Seals on flo/Men in church.  Horseman caught in kite/Dog peeing on basket.  Stag/Crow and dead sheep.  Man vaulting stream/Man and dog picnic.  Woman down wind of man/Mad dog hunt.  Boys racing cart/Castle.  Man drinking at well/Devils driving man to gallows.  Man crossing bridge/Dog in rain. Boy birds-nesting/Boy blowing bubbles.  Blind violinists/Monkeys on see-saw.  Man and cow in flood/Man skating.  Snow man/Hawk on bough. Each 8 x 5  each 60.00
CASSON, Sir Hugh   P.R.A.   (1910-1999)
 213. ‘Road to the Sea’. Etching and aquatint. 76/90. 6 x 8   S   150.00
DRURY, Paul   P.R.E.   (1903-1987)
 214. ‘Head of a Man of 50’. RG23. 1928. 1st state. 8 x 7   S   125.00
 215. ‘Head of a young woman’. RG 26. 1930. Print Collectors Club edition of 100. 5 x 5   S   195.00
‘FOUGASSE’ (BIRD, Kenneth)   CBE   (1887-1965)
 216. We have six original ‘Careless Talk Costs Lives’ posters, small size and bordered in red. Each 13 x 8   each 225.00
GEIKIE, Walter   R.S.A.   (1795-1837)
 217. Twelve etchings from ‘Etchings illustrative of Scottish Character and Scenery’ published in 1841.  Each 6 x 5  each 45.00
HERKOMER, Sir Hubert von   R.A.   (1849-1914)
  Provenance: Mary Williams, the artist’s niece:
 218. ‘History of the Wars’, 4th state, proof. 1891.  8 x 6   S  175.00
 219. ‘Burgomeister of Landsberg’, 1st state, proof. 1891. 8 x 6    75.00
HILLS, Robert   O.W.S.   (1769-1844)
 220. ‘Roebuck’ and ‘Fallow Deer’. We have examples of both of his series. Each 5 x 8 approx  each 35.00
MACKLEY, George   R.E.   (1900-1983)
 221. ‘Engraved in the wood’: 58 wood engravings from this folder of 68 images. Printed by the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge in an edition of 300 (these all marked ‘Out of Series’). 1968. Each 3 x 4 approx  each 45.00

MARTIN, John   N.W.S.   (1789-1854)
 222. ‘The Paradise Lost of Milton with illustrations designed and engraved by John Martin’. We have 21 of the 24 images from the 1827 edition. Each 7 x 11  each 110.00

PEARSALL, Richard Montague Stack   (b.1891)
 223. ‘Palazzo Foscarini, Venice’. 28/75. Circa 1930. 6 x 15   S   275.00

ROBERTS, Luther   (1923-1988)
  These are fine wood engravings by the Sussex artist and much admired teacher. All are pencil signed and come from his Estate:
 224. The Railway Carriage. Street Scene I. Street Scene II. Trees and Cottage. Guardsman and House. House under Trees. Portly Man. Men at Café. Entering the Wood. Running Man. Mountain Stream. The Bridge. Farmer and Cart. House under Trees. Man with Milk churn. Artist with broad brimmed hat. Primitive figure. Statue and Lovers. Ancient Mariner. Book and Jug. Mad Harlequin. Each approx 3 x 5  each 45.00
 225. Young Man Standing. Soldier.  Vultures. Each approx 10 x 7  each 75.00
 ‘Lord of the Rings’:
 226. ‘Dark Wood’. Galadriel. Dark Lord. Lorien. Boromir. Balnog/Oncs. Farmer Maggot. Shelob. Nazgul. Worm Tongue. Bombadil. Soldier of the Dark Lord. Mount Doom.
Each 5 x 4 approx  each 50.00

TAYLOR, Eric   R.E.   (1909-1999)
 227. Model and Palm. Circa 1950. 13 x 10   S   275.00
VIEILLARD, Roger    (b.1907)
 228. ‘Homme Debout’. Etching touched with pencil. 21/30. 1967. 28 x 10   S   525.00
WHITE, Ethelbert   (1891-1972)
 229. St George’s, Hanover Square. Wood engraving. 1924. 7 x 5   S   300.00