PART I
5.30pm Tuesday 9th September
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Adams R.A., Norman (1927 – 2005)
‘St Peter’.
Oil on canvas. 1951. Signed, titled and dated, verso.
10×9.75 inches.
Framed: 19×18.5 inches.
£500
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Andrews, Sybil (1898 – 1992)
‘Bringing in the Boat’ (Coppel, SA250).
Linocut. 1933. A rare trial proof, printed offset in viridian on Japanese paper. Provenance: by descent in the artist’s family; Redfern Gallery; The Court Gallery; Jennings Fine Art; Private Collection.
10×15 inches.
Framed: 15.5×20.5 inches.
£4,750
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ANON (Eighteenth-Century)
A sheet of classical figure studies.
Pen, ink and watercolour. Made in Rome in c.1770s?
5×8.25 inches.
£1,500
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ANON (Nineteenth-Century)
Italy; Naples, the Temple of Venus at Baia.
Watercolour. c.1810. Provenance: with A and H, 1977.
6.5×10 inches.
Framed: 14.5×17 inches.
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ANON (Nineteenth-Century)
The arrival home!
Pen, brush and ink. c.1820. Ex. Collection: Cyril Fry, by whom attributed to Wilkie.
3.5×4 inches.
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Ardizzone R.A., Edward (1900 – 1979)
‘The Bus Stop’ (NAP.82).
Lithograph. 1938. Printed at the Curwen Press for Contemporary Lithographs Ltd.
19.5×26 inches.
Framed: 24.5×30.5 inches.
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Ardizzone R.A., Edward (1900 – 1979)
‘Young Lovers’ (NAP.16).
Lithograph. 1955. Signed, titled and editioned ‘Artist’s Proof’.
6.5×8.5 inches.
Framed: 15.25×17.5 inches.
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Bowers, Kelvin (born 1946)
‘New Water’.
Oil on board. 1994. Signed and dated, verso. Provenance: England & Co.
14×12 inches.
Framed: 18×16 inches.
£575
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Brangwyn R.A. R.W.S., Frank (1867 – 1956)
‘The Storm’ (Gaunt.29).
Etching. 1904. Second state. Signed. ‘The Storm is now one of the rarest, as it was one of the first to be acclaimed of Brangwyn’s etchings’ (Malcolm Salaman).
17.75×18.5 inches.
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Briscoe, Arthur (1873 – 1943)
‘Heavy Canvas’.
Etching. 1931. Trial proof. Signed and inscribed. Signed, titled and dated in the plate.
13.5×8.5 inches.
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Bunbury, Henry William (1750 – 1811)
‘A College Gate / Divines going upon Duty’.
Hand coloured engraving. Published by Watson & Dickinson, Nov. 15th 1780. This subject was also etched by Rowlandson, after Bunbury, in 1803.
10×14.75 inches.
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Christopherson, John (1921 – 1996)
‘Flowers in a Room’.
Mixed media. 1982. Signed and dated. Exhibited: England & Co.
14×10 inches.
Framed: 22×18.5 inches.
£575
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Cleveley Jnr, John (1747 – 1786)
‘West Point off Yarmouth Roads with Hurst Castle, 30th August’.
Pen, brush and ink. 1775. Inscribed verso. Exhibited: A and H, ‘John Cleveley’, 1984.
10.75×18.5 inches.
Framed: 18.5×25.5 inches.
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Craig (c.1787-1827), William Marshall
Young Gardeners.
Pen, ink and monochrome wash. Signed and dated, 1804.
4×2.75 inches.
Framed: 12×10.25 inches.
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Cullimore, Michael (1936 – 2021)
Figure and Spiral.
Pen, ink and watercolour. Signed and dated, 1993.
5.5×7.5 inches.
£975
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De Wint O.W.S., Peter (1784 – 1849)
‘The Cornfield, Storm Approaching’, possibly a view of the Cumberland Hills from Matterdale.
Watercolour. Exhibited: Agnews.
5.5×17.25 inches.
Framed: 12.5×24 inches.
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Farleigh R.E., John (1900 – 1965)
London Capriccio.
Wood-engraving. 1961. Proof. Studio stamped verso.
8×5.5 inches.
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Ferguson, John Duncan (1874 – 1961)
Dancing Figure; possibly the artist’s wife, Margaret Morris.
Conte Crayon. Signed with monogram. Exhibited: Ewan Mundy Fine Art.
10×13 inches.
Framed: 19×21.25 inches.
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Freedman C.B.E., Barnett (1901 – 1958)
Still life with Lemons.
Oil on canvas laid on board. Painted c.1925, while a student at the RCA. Provenance: the artist’s family; from whom acquired by the previous owner.
10×12 inches.
Framed: 14.25×16 inches.
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Frink C.H. D.B.E. R.A., Dame Elisabeth (1930 – 1993)
‘The Nun Priest’s Tale’.
Etching and aquatint. 1972. One of nineteen plates for ‘The Canterbury Tales’. Printed in an edition of 175 and published by Leslie Waddington.
19.5×13 inches.
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Girtin, Thomas (1775 – 1802)
‘Save that from yonder evy-mantled tow’r / The moping owl does to the moon complain’.
Pencil and monochrome wash. Signed. The original mount inscribed with lines from Gray’s ‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard’. Provenance: Dr Thomas Monro (1759-1833); … Christie’s, 27 March 1936, lot 1 as one of ‘Six other Sepia Drawings of Landscapes and Sky Studies’; bought by Thos. Agnew & Sons; Norman Dakeyne Newall (1888-1952); his widow, Leslia Newall (d.1979); Christie’s, 14 December 1979, part of lot 249. Literature: this is one of the group of small sketches listed in Greg Smith, ‘Thomas Girtin: The Art of Watercolour’, Tate, 2002, Cat No. 27, p.47; Greg Smith, ‘Thomas Girtin (1775-1802): An Online Catalogue, Archive and Introduction to the Artist’, Cat no. TG0195.
4.5×7.25 inches.
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Goddard, David (born 1943)
‘The Costermonger’,
Hand coloured etching. Signed, titled and editioned 33/850.
3.5×4 inches.
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Griggs R.A. R.E., Frederick Landseer Maur (1876 – 1938)
‘St. Botoph’s Bridge No. 2’ (C.56).
Etching. 1937. Signed. Fourth State.
10×8 inches.
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Hilton CBE, Roger (1911 – 1975)
Interior with Figure.
Pencil. c.1972. Provenance: Artist’s Estate; Jonathan Clark Fine Art, ‘Roger Hilton Drawings’, December 2001, No 23.
11.75×11.5 inches.
Framed: 19.5×19.25 inches.
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Hobson, Kenneth (1897 – 1972)
Italy; ‘Lago Maggiore’.
Oil on panel. Signed and dated, 1937.
10×13.5 inches.
Framed: 13×16.5 inches.
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L.P.J[…] (Twentieth Century)
‘Conway Mountain with House and Pool / Evening Sun’,
Watercolour. Signed. Titled verso.
5×6 inches.
Framed: 10×11 inches.
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Larkins, William Martin (1901 – 1974)
‘Work’.
Etching. c.1925-30. Posthumous impression. Blind stamped and numbered 6/75.
5×10 inches.
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Millington-Drake, Edward (1932 – 1994)
India, the Jama Mosque at Fatehpur Sikri.
Watercolour. Pen, ink and watercolour. Signed, inscribed and dated, 1983.
14×21.5 inches.
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Newcombe, Mary (1922 – 2008)
Cow study.
Pencil. c.1980. Exhibited: Crane Kalman, 2014.
6.5×7.25 inches.
Framed: 14×14.5 inches.
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Nicolson, John (1891 – 1951)
Ponies grazing.
Etching. c.1925. Signed and editioned 33/50.
7.25×8.5 inches.
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Piper C.H., John (1903 – 1992)
‘Llan-y-Blodwell, Shropshire’ (L.128).
Lithograph. 1964. Signed and editioned 33/70. From the ‘A Retrospective of Churches’ portfolio.
30.5×215 inches.
Framed: 32×23 inches.
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Piper C.H., John (1903 – 1992)
‘Royal Arms over Thane County Court’, a design for the ‘Shell Guide to Oxford’.
Pen, ink and gouache. 1953. Inscribed. Exhibited: Goldmark Gallery.
7.75×10.25 inches.
Framed: 17.5×19.5 inches.
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Pyne, George (1800 – 1884)
Oxford; ‘Magdalen Bridge and Tower’.
Watercolour. Circa 1850. Exhibited: Agnews.
5.5×8 inches.
Framed: 12.5×14.5 inches.
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Raverat S.W.E., Gwen (1885 – 1957)
‘Boys Bathing’ (SN89).
Wood-engraving. 1919. Proof. Provenance: an album of Gwen Raverat’s prints, compiled by the artist and by descent.
4×6 inches.
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Rawlinson S.W.E., William Thomas (1912 – 1993)
‘Bredon from Arden’s Grafton, Warwickshire’.
Wood-engraving. 1978. Signed and dated. Editioned ’42/50′.
13×12.5 inches.
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Read, David Charles (1790 – 1851)
A Scene in the New Forest.
Etching. c.1840.
4×5.25 inches.
Framed: 12×12.5 inches.
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Rice, Anne Estelle (1877 – 1959)
‘Still Life with Coffee Pot’.
Oil on board. Circa 1912. Provenance: the artist’s son; Fosse Gallery; Paisnel Gallery.
12.5×15.5 inches.
Framed: 22×25 inches.
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Rowlandson, Thomas (1756 – 1827)
‘John Bull at the Italian Opera’.
Etching and engraving with original hand colouring. Published 2nd October 1811. Exhibited: Andrew Edmunds; Isaac and Ede.
12×9 inches.
Framed: 17.25×13.25 inches.
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Rowlandson, Thomas (1756 – 1827)
‘Reading a Will’;
‘After sacrificing for many years your liberty and health / rejecting many offers in marriage, waiting for / a handsome independence, to find yourself / cruelly cut off with a paltry Legacy’. Pen, ink and watercolour. c.1800. Inscribed by the artist.
4.25×7 inches.
Framed: 12×14.5 inches.
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Sandby R.A., Paul (1731 – 1809)
A man working with his compass or dividers by candle light.
Pencil and monochrome wash. c.1770. Ex. Collection: Cyril Fry.
4×3.5 inches.
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Shakespeare (Subject)
The Tempest; 'Mr Charles Kemble as Ferdinand'.
Pencil and monochrome wash. c.1806. Published as an engraving by 'J. Roach', December 11th 1806. The prints inscribed with an extract from the play… 'Where should his music be? i'the air or the earth?'. Ex. Collection: Cyril Fry, by whom attributed to Julius Caesar Ibbetson (1795-1817).
4"x3" inches.
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Sickert R.A. N.E.A.C., Walter Richard (1860 – 1942)
‘Moreau’s Restaurant’ (B.6).
Etching. 1883. Exhibited: The Fine Art Society, ‘Sickert: Pages Torn from the Book of Life’, New York 2002, No.1.
3×4.5 inches.
Framed: 12.25×13.25 inches.
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Smith, Edwin (1912 – 1971)
Gloucestershire; ‘Didmarton Parish Church’.
Photograph. 1961.
9.5×7.5 inches.
Framed: 16.5×12.5 inches.
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Tanner A.R.E., Robin (1904 – 1988)
TWELVE ETCHINGS: ‘The Memorial Portfolio’.
Printed from the original plates in 1989. Edition of 100. This portfolio numbered 55. Printed by Jeremy Blighton and Anthony Dyson, published by Merivale Editions in association with Garton & Co.
19.5×16.25 inches.
£3,000
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Vaughan, Keith (1912 – 1977)
‘Felled Trees’ in Wiltshire.
Pen, ink and watercolour. 1942/43. Exhibited: Roland, Browse and Delbanco. Provenance: Lord Croft; his Sale, Sotheby’s Olympia, 4th July 2022, Lot 475; Allan and Beryl Freer; their Sale, Christie’s, 23rd January 2020, Lot 341; Private Collection.
5.25×6 inches.
Framed: 13.5×13.5 inches.
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Walcot R.E., William (1874 – 1943)
‘Entry of a Consul’ (E.H-L.82).
Etching and aquatint. 1923. Signed. Edition of 55.
19.5×23 inches.
Framed: 28×31.5 inches.
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Washington A.R.E., William (1885 – 1956)
‘Winter Fuel’.
Engraving. 1944. Signed and titled. Issued as a presentation plate for the ‘Print Collectors’ Club’, 1945.
8×10 inches.
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Waterford, Louisa, Marshioness of (1818 – 1891)
Penelope at her spinning wheel.
Pencil and watercolour. Provenance: a large collection of Waterfords with Sotheby’s, 1972; to A and H; Private Collection.
6×3 inches.
Framed: 13×10 inches.
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Wheatley R.A., Francis (1747 – 1801)
Cries of London; ‘Strawberrys Scarlet Strawberrys’ [sic].
Engraving. Published by Colnaghi & Co., 25th June, 1795.
14×11 inches.
£175
THOMAS BEWICK (1753-1828)
Wood-Engravings
Thomas Bewick (1753–1828) was a pioneering English engraver and naturalist, celebrated for establishing the art of wood-engraving in the late 18th and early 19th centuries as a respected artistic medium. Working primarily in Newcastle, Bewick elevated wood-engraving from a commercial endeavour to a fine art, best known for his remarkably detailed illustrations of birds, animals, and rural life. His major works, A History of British Birds and A General History of Quadrupeds, combined scientific observation with artistic sensitivity and humour.
In the final years of his life, the printing of Bewick’s engravings was overseen by his daughters, Jane and Isabella Bewick. Their stewardship would cement his legacy as one of Britain’s finest wood engravers. Today, Bewick’s engravings remain a vital part of Britain’s artistic and cultural heritage, valued not only for their technical brilliance but also for their charm, wit, and deep affection for the natural world.
These impressions, with a couple of exceptions, were printed during Bewick’s lifetime likely under the supervision of Bewick’s daughters in the 1820s.
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Bewick, Thomas (1751 – 1828)
‘The Blue Throated Robin’.
Wood engraving. Lifetime impression. c1820s. Illustration from ‘Addenda’ to the 6th edition of ‘History of British Birds’ (Publ. 1826).
2×2.75 inches.
£150
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Bewick, Thomas (1751 – 1828)
‘The Night Warbler’.
Wood engraving. Lifetime impression. c.1824-27. Illustration from ‘Addenda’ to the 6th edition of ‘History of British Birds’ (Publ. 1826).
2.25×3.25 inches.
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Bewick, Thomas (1751 – 1828)
‘The Parrot Cross Bill’.
Wood engraving. Lifetime impression. c.1826. Illustration from ‘History of British Birds’ (First Publ. 1797).
2.5×3 inches.
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Bewick, Thomas (1751 – 1828)
‘The Woodchat’.
Wood engraving. Lifetime impression. c.1820s. Illustration from ‘History of British Birds’ (First Publ. 1797).
1.75×3.25 inches.
£150
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Bewick, Thomas (1751 – 1828)
Ex Libris Charles Charleton.
Wood engraving. Lifetime impression. c.1820s or possibly earlier.
2.75×4.25 inches.
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Bewick, Thomas (1751 – 1828)
Ex Libris Matthew Anderson.
Wood engraving. Lifetime impression. c.1820s.
2.25×3.25 inches.
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Bewick, Thomas (1751 – 1828)
Ex Libris of Jno Anderson.
Wood engraving. Lifetime impression. c.1820s.
2.25×3.5 inches.
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Bewick, Thomas (1751 – 1828)
Frontispiece for ‘A General History of Quadrupeds’.
Wood engraving. Lifetime impression. c.1820s. Illustration from ‘A General History of Quadrupeds’ (First Publ. 1790).
1.5×2.75 inches.
£150
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Bewick, Thomas (1751 – 1828)
Illustration for Goldsmith’s ‘The Deserted Village’.
Wood engraving. Illustration from ‘Poems by Goldsmith and Parnell’ (First Publ. 1795). NB While we feel this is a lifetime impression, it is possible it was printed posthumously, in the 1880s.
1.5×4.25 inches.
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Bewick, Thomas (1751 – 1828)
Tailpiece for ‘A General History of Quadrupeds’.
Wood engraving. Lifetime impression. c.1820s. Illustration from ‘A General History of Quadrupeds’ (First Publ. 1790).
1×1.5 inches.
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Bewick, Thomas (1751 – 1828)
Tailpiece for ‘A General History of Quadrupeds’.
Wood engraving. Lifetime impression. Printed c.1820s. Illustration from ‘A General History of Quadrupeds’ (First Publ. 1790).
1×2.25 inches.
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Bewick, Thomas (1751 – 1828)
Tailpiece to ‘A General History of Quadrupeds’.
Wood engraving. Lifetime impression. c.1820. This print was not included in the original 1790 edition of ‘A General History of Quadrupeds’.
1×2 inches.
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Bewick, Thomas (1751 – 1828)
Upper Image: Tailpiece from ‘A Supplement to the History of British Birds’.
Lower Image: Frontispiece for ‘A General History of Quadrupeds’.
Wood engraving. Likely a posthumous impression taken from an edition of ‘Thomas Bewick – Vignettes’ (First Publ. 1827).
4.5×3 inches.
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