17. ROMANTIC Movement (subject) Circa 1810.
A Loyal Hound guarding the body of his Master.
Watercolour and gouache. Circa 1810. The mysterious death of the little known artist Charles Gough near Red Tarn between Helvellyn and Grasmere on 17th April 1805 and discovery of his body three months later, still guarded by his dog ‘Foxie’, became a staple of the Romantic vision.
9x6 inches.
£2250.
26. BURNE-JONES Sir Edward A.R.A. (1833-1898)
Study for a Saint, possibly for stained glass.
Black chalk on tan paper, lightly squared. Circa 1885. Provenance: Probably Angela Thirkell (nee Mackail) to Abbott and Holder circa 1958. Bought from A and H c.1965.
15x10 inches. Framed: 20x16 inches.
£2750.
37. DAVIS John Scarlett (1804-1845)
South Lodge, Bromley Hill Estate.
Pencil. Signed and dated, 1830. Inscribed verso: ‘Bromley Hill / Beckenham Lodge / Scarlett Davis’.
A cottage orne designed by Amelia Long (nee Hume) Lady Farnborough (1772-1837) in 1825 for Colonel Long and a part of her improvements to the Bromley Hill Estate. Davis was commissioned by Lord Farnborough to paint the interiors of the Vatican and the Escorial in 1831. Ex.Collection: Newall. 7.5x9.25 inches.
£1200. Photo
38. COTMAN John Sell (1782-1842), and pupil, possibly a member of the Turner family.
Tree-lined stream.
Black and white chalks on tan paper.
Provenance: Mary Dawson Turner (1774-1850) her grand-daughter Alice Sneyd-Kynnersley (1891-1972) to her daughter Elizabeth Tower, to her great-nephew (previous owner)
11.5x9.25 inches.
£2250.
48. GLOVER John O.W.S. (1767-1849)
Recto: ‘Greenwich’. Verso: ‘Grisdale’, Cumbria
Pen, brush and ink. Inscribed.
3.75x6.5 inches.
£675. Verso
49. EMETT Rowland (1906-1990)
The Germans Retreat…
Pen, brush and ink. 1945. Signed. Type written label beneath mount: “Calm yourself, my dear Stuffelheim…after all, the British public have been getting about like this for four years”. For ‘Punch’, inscribed by ‘for this week / K.B.’ (Kenneth Bird (Fougasse) , Art Editor 1937-1949)
7x9.25 inches.
£1750.