Spring Catalogue Sale (3 Days):
Thursday 24 March 2011 10:00AM

Lot 799

Pierre Grisot (1911-1995) French
Lady in a paddock enclosure, figures nearby, jockey on horseback in the distance
Signed, bearing a label verso, oil on linen or fine canvas laid down on hardboard, 35cm by 27cm; together with
Girl holding a parasol
Signed, oil on board, 27cm by 22cm (2)

Estimate: £600-800

Lot 800

French School (19th century)
"Coastal scene - Isle de Cooney, New York"
Indistinctly signed F...Br..., also indistinctly inscribed verso, oil on panel, 19cm by 36cm

Estimate: £300-350

Lot 801

Carolus Johannes Thyssen (1867-1917) Dutch
Interior scene with a girl seated beside a fireplace boiling a kettle
Signed, inscribed on a later label verso with Dutch frame maker's details, oil on canvas, 48cm by 39.5cm

Estimate: £600-1000

Lot 802

E...Leuviti (19th/20th century)
Interior scene, with an artist at his easel, elegantly dressed ladies nearby
Indistinctly signed, bearing the artist's initials on the artist's portfolio within the picture, oil on canvas, 58cm by 78cm

Estimate: £800-1000

Lot 803

Jacob Meyer (1895-1971) Danish
Figures beside a donkey cart with buildings and hills in the distance
Signed, inscribed on a plaque attached to the frame, oil on board, 28.5cm by 42.5cm

Estimate: £150-250

Lot 804

Benjamin Olsen (1873-1935) Danish
A Danish fleet off a coastline, with a town in the distance
Signed, also inscribed on a plaque attached to the frame and extensively inscribed on various labels verso, oil on canvas, 37cm by 57cm

Estimate: £250-3600

Lot 805

Axel Schovelin (1827-1893) Danish
Coastal landscape with figures on a path in the foreground
Signed, inscribed on a plaque attached to the frame, oil on canvas, 49.5cm by 66.5cm

Estimate: £300-500

Lot 806

N...F...Schiottz-Jensen (1855-1941) Danish
Coastal scene with a figure and boat beside rocks
Signed, dated 1886 and inscribed Capri, also inscribed on a plaque attached to the frame, oil on canvas, 39.5cm by 50cm

Estimate: £500-700

Lot 807

Antonietta Brandeis (1849-1910) Hungarian
The Basilica Di Santa Maria della Salute
The Grand Canal with a View of The Basilica Di Santa Maria della Salute
Both signed, oil on board, each 12cm by 21.5cm (pair)

Born in Miskowitz, Bohemia, Brandeis studied in Prague with Karel Javurek (1815-1909). She moved to Venice and began a successful career as a 'Vedute' painter. Although primarily known as a painter of Venice, Brandeis also painted the Veneto and views in Florence and Rome

Estimate: £18000-22000

Lot 808

Circle of John Best (act.1750-1801)
Horse and a dog beside trees in a lakeland landscape
Oil on canvas, 53.5cm by 63.5cm, unframed

Provenance: Grundy & Smith, 4 Exchange Street, Manchester

Estimate: £1000-1500

Lot 809

Withdrawn

Lot 810

Attributed to Samuel Spode (18th century)
Saddled hunter standing in front of a country house
Oil on canvas, 53.5cm by 66cm

The horse was owned by Colonel Starkie and is seen portrayed outside the estate office of Pendleton Hall

Estimate: £600-800

Lot 811

William Woodhouse (1857-1939)
Bay hunter "Statter, a Leader", standing in a landscape with a peacock beside a tree nearby
Signed, inscribed on a later label verso, oil on canvas, 43cm by 53.5cm

Born on 1 October 1857 at Poulton-le Sands, he received his formal art training at the Lancaster School of Art. Exhibited in London, including the Royal Academy 1889-1896, the Royal Society of British Artists, Royal Scottish Academy, Manchester City Art Gallery, Birmingham City Art Gallery.

Estimate: £1000-1500

Lot 812

William Woodhouse (1857-1939)
Bay hunter standing in a loose box
Signed Woodhouse, oil on canvas, 41cm by 51.5cm

Estimate: £700-900

Lot 813

Attributed to William Huggins (1820-1884)
"Stormcock" bay hunter standing in a landscape beside a barn
Inscribed on a later label verso together with the date 1865, oil on panel, 35cm by 46.5cm

Estimate: £1000-1500

Lot 814

John Frederick Herring Snr (1795-1865)
"Discount", winner of the Grand National 1844, standing in an extensive summer landscape with a jockey up
Indistinctly signed, inscribed on the original frame, together with a further later label verso, oil on canvas, with shaped top, 72cm by 92.5cm

Herring was a highly successful and prolific artist, who ranked, along with Sir Edwin Landseer, as one of the most eminent animal painter of mid-nineteenth century Europe. At the age of 18, Herring moved

Estimate: £60000-80000

Lot 815

Circle of William Malbon (19th century)
Hunter standing in a sunlit landscape
Inscribed JF Herring Snr on a plaque attached to the frame, oil on canvas, 63.5cm by 76cm

Estimate: £2500-3000

Lot 816

George Paice (1854-1925)
"Bridget and Podgy", hunter in a landscape with a dog nearby
Signed and inscribed, oil on canvas, 35.5cm by 46cm

Estimate: £600-700

Lot 817

Alfred Grenfell Haigh (1870-1963)
"The racehorse Scherzo, 5 Years"
Signed and dated 1926, inscribed on a plaque attached to the frame and extensively inscribed verso, oil on canvas, 51cm by 62cm

Haigh painted many hunts, huntsmen and famous horses for clients including the Aga Khan. His works can be seen in the British Racing Museum, The Jockey Club, and The National Stud.

Estimate: £700-900

Lot 818

Graham Isom (b.1945)
"One Man and Viking Flagship in the Queen Mother Champion Steeplechase, Cheltenham 18th March 1998"
Signed, inscribed with the race details on a plaque attached to the frame, oil on canvas, 61cm by 51cm

Estimate: £400-500

Lot 819

William Joseph Shayer (1811-1892)
Coach and four on an open road, lady and gentleman on horseback in the distance
Signed and dated 1881, oil on canvas, 28cm by 41cm

Provenance: Grundy & Smith, 4 Exchange Street, Manchester

Estimate: £800-1200

Lot 820

John Sanderson-Wells RI (1872-1955)
"At the crossroads"
Signed, oil on board, 25.5cm by 34cm

Estimate: £1800-2500

Lot 821

George Derville Rowlandson (1861-1928)
A hunt in the foreground, with a boy running beside a runaway horse and timber wagon
Signed, oil on canvas, 61cm by 91.5cm

Born in India, the artist studied at Gloucester Art School, Westminster and in Paris. He exhibited at the RI 1911-1918 and contributed illustrations to the Illustrated London News and the English Illustrated Magazine.

Estimate: £4000-6000

Lot 822

George Wright (1860-1942)
"A Fine Hunting Morning"
Signed, inscribed on a plaque attached to the frame, oil on canvas, 30.5cm by 46cm

Born in Leeds, the brother of Gilbert Scott Wright and Louis Wright. He was under commission to Ackermann and held exhibitions there and at the Grand Central Galleries. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1892.

Estimate: £4000-6000

Lot 823

Attributed to Swaebach-Desfontaines (1769-1823)
"Le départ pour le chasse";
"Le repas sur l'herbe"
Inscribed on plaques attached to the frames, oil on canvas, each 33cm by 39.5cm (pair)

Estimate: £2000-2500

Lot 824

Jacob Thompson of Penrith (1806-1879)
Still life of brown trout on a riverbank
Signed and dated 1848, oil on panel, 22.5cm by 27.5cm

Estimate: £800-1000

Lot 825

Follower of Henry Thomas Alken (19th century)
Cock-fighting scenes:
"Squaring up";
"The confrontation"
"The fight"
One bearing the initials FF, oil on board, each 16cm by 21cm (set of 3)

Estimate: £400-600

Lot 826

George Armfield (1808-1893)
Fox with a pheasant in a landscape
Inscribed on a plaque attached to the frame, also inscribed verso, oil on board, 14.5cm by 20.5cm

Estimate: £300-500

Lot 827

Follower of Steven Elmer (19th century)
Cock and hen pheasant in a Highland landscape
Oil on canvas, 41cm by 66cm

Estimate: £200-300

Lot 828

Basil Bradley RWS (1842-1904)
Sportsman holding his gun in a wooded landscape with an English Setter, Gordon Setter and a Jack Russell in the foreground
Signed, oil on canvas laid on panel, 51.5cm by 34.5cm

Estimate: £2000-3000

Lot 829

William Weekes (1856-1909)
"Consulting the oracle"
Signed, inscribed on the original frame, with a further inscription on an old label verso, oil on board, 28.5cm by 20.5cm

Provenance: Arthur Sutcliffe & Co, 10 Commercial Street, Halifax, 19 November 1912

Estimate: £5000-6000

Lot 830

Thomas Webster (20th/21st century)
Still life of flowers with a butterfly in the foreground;
Still life of flowers
Both signed, oil on panel, each 40.5cm by 30.5cm (pair)

Estimate: £400-500

Lot 831

Frederick George Rees Cuming RA, ARCA (b.1930)
"Nasturtiums"
Signed, inscribed verso, oil on board, 30cm by 30cm

Provenance: The Estate of John Simmons (d.2009)

Born in London, trained at Sidcup School of Art, 1945-49, and after National Service attended Royal College of Art, 1951-55, winning an Abbey Scholarship to Italy. He was a joint winner of the Grand Prix Contemporary Art Award, Monte Carlo 1977, and the Sir Brinsley Ford Award, NEAC, 1986

Estimate: £600-800

Lot 832

Peter Burman (b.1941)
"A beach, Dorset coast"
Signed, inscribed verso, oil on board, 30.5cm by 40.5cm

Provenance: The Estate of John Simmons (d.2009)

Estimate: £250-350

Lot 833

Peter Burman (b.1941)
"Dark Interior"
Signed, inscribed verso, oil on board, 31.5cm by 41.5cm

Provenance: Business Art Galleries Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London; The Estate of John Simmons (d.2009)

Estimate: £150-250

Lot 834

William Selby RWS, NEAC, RBA, ROI, RWS (b.1933)
Interior scene with a small orchestra
Signed, oil on board, 25.5cm by 30.5cm

Estimate: £250-300

Lot 835

Roy Burrows (b.1922)
Welsh farmstead with hills in the distance
Signed, oil on board, 38.5cm by 61cm

Estimate: £600-800

Lot 836

John Mackie (b.1955)
"The avenue of tranquillity, Montpelier"
Signed and dated 2000, inscribed on an exhibition label and stretcher verso, oil on canvas, 71cm by 91.5cm

Estimate: £1000-1200

Lot 837

John Mackie (b.1955)
"Saturday morning, Agde"
Signed and dated 2001, inscribed on the stretcher verso, oil on canvas, 71cm by 91.5cm

Estimate: £1000-1200

Lot 838

Carl Whitfield (b.1958)
Red stag standing in a Highland winter landscape
Signed, inscribed on a later label verso, oil or acrylic on board, 34.5cm by 27cm

Estimate: £300-500

Lot 839

Jonathan Armigel Wade (20th/21st century contemporary)
"Bolting home", rider-less horse approaching a house, the hunt in the distance
Signed, inscribed on the artist's own label verso, oil on board, 32cm by 82cm

Estimate: £700-1000

Lot 840

Jonathan Armigel Wade (20th/21st century contemporary)
"Land of sheep", a gentleman with two greyhounds on a village street, sheep grazing on the moors in the distance
Signed, inscribed on the artist's own label verso, oil on board, 32cm by 61cm

Estimate: £600-800

Lot 841

Frederick (Fred) Yates (1922-2008)
"Fred's garden"
Signed, oil on canvas, 46cm by 33cm

Provenance: Emer Gallery, 467 Antrim Road, Belfast BT15 3BJ

Born in 1922, grew up in Urmston, Manchester, he served in the Grenadier Guards until 1945. He attended a teacher training course at Bournemouth College of Art and in 1950 won a travelling scholarship to Rome and Florence.

Estimate: £2500-3000

Lot 842

Alfred Wallis (1855-1942)
Fishing boats off a Cornish coastline
Signed, oil on board, 28cm by 58cm

The work is painted on a Great Western Railway advertisement card

English painter, fisherman and scrap merchant, started painting in 1922 when his wife died. In 1928 Christopher Wood and Ben Nicholson discovered Wallis in St Ives.

Estimate: £50000-60000

Lot 843

Edward Frederick Green (1767-1851)
Portrait of Matilda Mary Graham (1815-1847), half length, wearing Abyssinian costume
Signed and dated 1834, inscribed verso, oil on canvas, 91cm by 71cm

Provenance: Dorothy Dixon Estate (descendent of Wordsworth) sale at Alfred Mossop & Co, Ambleside Lot 116 9th, April 1970

Matilda (1815-1847) was one of nine of Reginald Grahame and Louise Susannah Dennison's children. There are references to her in numerous letters from the Wordsworth family including one dated 7th May 1831 from Woodford to her being there with her fiancé James Moring Green who later became Consul at Athens.

The artist EF Green travelled extensively and exhibited a series of paintings of Greek Subjects at the British Institution and the Society of British Art 1834-35 and there are references to him visiting Abyssinia, the national dress which Matilda appears to be wearing.

Estimate: £3000-4000

Lot 844

John Bagnold Burgess RA (1830-1897)
"Waiting", Spanish girl seated beside a well
Signed with the artist's initials, inscribed on a plaque attached to the frame, oil on canvas, 46cm by 36cm

The work was exhibited at the RA in 1862, no. 626

Estimate: £800-1200

Lot 845

William A. Breakspeare RI (1855-1914)
"The guitar player"
Signed, inscribed on the original frame, oil on canvas, 46cm by 35cm

Estimate: £1000-1500

Lot 846

Robert Alexander Hillingford (1825-1904)
"Salvatore Rosa", in his studio
Signed, inscribed verso, oil on board, 26.5cm by 21cm

Estimate: £600-800

Lot 847

Thomas Kent Pelham (fl.1860-1891)
"The mussel gatherer"
Inscribed with the artist's name on the original frame, oil on board, 31cm by 23.5cm

Estimate: £1400-1600

Lot 848

Thomas Charles Bale (1855-1925)
"Fete Champetre"
Signed with the artist's monogram and dated 1870, oil on canvas, 30.5cm by 40.5cm

The work is reminiscent in style to Henry Andrews (fl.1830-1860) a London genre and historical painter noted for his imitations and adaptations of Watteau

Estimate: £1200-1500