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Preisdatenbank abonnierenCircle of Francis Alleyne (British, fl.1774-1790), Portrait of a Boy, in a Green Jacket and Lace Collar, holding a Book on Ships; and Portrait of a Boy, in Green Jacket and Lace Collar, reading a Book, oil on paper laid to card , 34 x 29cm (13.26 x 11.31in) a pair (2) Provenance: Private collection, Bedfordshire
English School (19th Century), Portrait of Senora Garcia Zœ–iga de Lowry, wearing Diamond Earrings and a Diamond Aigrette, and a Lace Fichu, and holding a Fan; and Portrait of Senor Garcia Zœ–iga de Lowry, in Evening Dress, oil on canvas , 83 x 64cm (32.37 x 24.96in) , a pair (2)Provenance: By descent within the family from Argentina to England.
Antonio Mancini (Italian, 1852-1930), Portrait of Miss Elizabeth Williamson, aged 12, signed upper right "A Mancini 1908", oil on canvas, 124 x 66cm (48.36 x 25.74in) Provenance: A gift from the sitter, Miss Elizabeth Williamson, to Sir Richard Stone, and by descent. Elizabeth Williamson was the grand-daughter of Mrs Charles Hunter, a society hostess who owned the Villa Barbaro in Venice, and was friends with Henry James and Edith Wharton. Mrs Hunter was a collector and philanthropist of the arts, and a close friend of Sargent who painted her. It was Sargent who introduced Mancini to Mrs Hunter, and she commissioned the portrait of her granddaughter Elizabeth. Elizabeth`s mother, Phyllis, was one of the three beautiful Misses Hunter painted by Sargent in 1902 and now in the Tate Gallery. "Once you have stood in front of a Mancini painting you never forget it" - this daring claim was made by Ulrich W Hiesinger, author of `Antonio Mancini`, in the sought-after catalogue for the Philadelphia Museum of Art`s Antonio Mancini exhibition in 2009. The present cherubic portrait of twelve year old Elizabeth Williamson is evidence of this. Antonio Mancini was a tortured and impoverished artist who was born in Rome but brought up in Naples. In his day his neighbours called him "Il pittore pazzo" - the crazy painter, because of his passion for art and his disregard for social convention. In 1893 one of his contemporaries wrote: "Mancini is Énuts, but he`s a nice nut Éthe fact is he has a fly buzzing around in his skull". Despite this he was considered John Singer Sargent`s favourite artist and it was on Sargent`s recommendation that Mancini ventured to England where his social inadequacies were spotlighted. Mrs Hunter, sister of the noted composer Dame Ethel Amyth and wife of coal magnate Charles Hunter, acted as his sponsor and protector. Mrs Hunter was a prolific supporter of artists, writers and musicians and joked that her lifetime`s goal was to spend her husband`s vast fortune. American writer Edith Wharton, a close friend of Mary Hunter`s, describes the weekends that Mary would gather society around her as life "on a large scale". Mancini, with his poor command of English and unconquerable shyness, would become impenetrably silent in this grand environment and would retreat to his room to paint self portraits, many of which he later destroyed. Mary Hunter introduced Mancini to Hugh Lane who became a great patron of Mancini and several works are now in the Hugh Lane Gallery, Ireland. The portraits there share the marks of Mancini`s graticola - or perspective grid - as shown in the present portrait of Elizabeth Williamson. The grid-like marks that show themselves across the surface of the lower parts of the painting are tributes to Mancini`s obsession with perspective and the elements of tone. Mancini would construct a grid in front of the sitter and then another over his work and painted between the blocks. Perhaps due to his unconfident nature, Mancini never relinquished his grids and his thick impasto strokes are a modern, almost proto-Cubist, innovation. Mancini takes great care over Elizabeth`s rosy-cheeked face which is highlighted by white. The paint on her clothes is laid on with much more aggressive lumps of paint, the result of which suggests the conversion of light into a solid form. The painting of Elizabeth`s hands and legs shows how far Mancini has moved away from his early meticulous figurative paintings in favour of work that shows his passion and anguish in every stroke. Elizabeth was said to be a good sitter and in fact Mancini has painted her three times and her brother Charles. Oral tradition says Mancini became so aggravated by the children`s governess fussing over them that he threw a tube of paint at the poor lady. Elizabeth responded in her best beginner`s Italian: "Piano ÉPiano, Signore!" before resuming her pose with an air of gentle scorn. The artist was so touched by her maturity that he fell on his knees to beg her forgiveness
J H Lynch (British, 1911-1989), Portrait of Jo, signed lower right "J H Lynch", oil on canvas, 65 x 47cm (25.35 x 18.33in) Provenance: The artist`s nephew. We are delighted to have a rare oil by J H Lynch in this sale. J H Lynch`s Tina is quite probably one of the most iconic and best-selling images of all time. Lynch destroyed all his oils shortly before his death - the present painting was a gift to his nephew and so survived
A George III mahogany longcase clock, the hood with swanneck pediment, the trunk with shaped top door and flanked by reeded full length columns, raised on a panelled canted plinth with replacement skirting, the unusual oval dial (53cm high, 41cm wide) painted with a shooting scene and Kauffmanesque female statue above flanked by two portrait plaques, some flaking and retouching, the 8 day 4 pillar movement signed `H No.30` to the backplate, 262cm high
By George Engleheart (British b.1752 - d.1829) - miniature portrait of a lady, wearing a blue dress with a lace fichu and bonnet with ribbon bow, on ivory, initialled `E` to the lower right corner, the reverse with a lock of hair on an opalescent glass ground (a.f) within a gold mounted pendant frame, 3.75" x 3"
Sold by order of descendants of Richard Southall Bourke ass. 1772 Vice Roy of India. A GROUP OF TWENTY FIVE INDIAN MINIATURES probably on ivory including eight 1" oval views of scenes around AGRA, THE RED FORT etc. A pair 2 1/2" x 2" oval scenes of The TAJ MAHAL and THE RED FORT. Three 1/4" oval scenes loose and mounted on paper, `Road Leading to Fort House Malabar Hill` plus two. Eight 1/4" circular RED FORT plus other scenes in one frame. A rectangular portrait of MUMTAZ MAHAL, THIRD WIFE OF SHAH JAHAN, 3" x 2 1/2". Three further oval images presumably of MUMTAZ MAHAL, 2 3/4" x 2 1/2", 2 1/2" x 2", 2" x 1 1/2", plus two further associated early 19th Century miniature portraits of the girls perhaps sisters, 3 1/4" x 2 1/2" and 3" x 2 1/2", in gilt brass frames, all contained within a velvet lined mahogany glazed display case with boxwood edging, 17 1/4" x 12" overall (see illustration).
A good 19th century photograph album, the tooled leather binding with brass rims and decorative clip fastenings and mounted front and rear with inlaid wooden panels, depicting to the front a lady on a donkey with attendant and dog and on the rear with a circular cartouche containing the word "Mentone" and containing a number of Victorian/Edwardian portrait photographs (as viewed, some need of restoration).
Circle of Nathaniel Plimer - Oval Miniature Half Length Portrait of a Lady, Her Powdered Hair Dressed with a Blue Ribbon, wearing a White Chemise and Blue Bolero with Lace Fastenings, late 18th Century watercolour on ivory, approx 6cm x 4.5cm, within a gilt metal and Blue Glass and enamelled frame with gilt star decoration, the reverse with oval compartment containing an arrangement of plaited hair within a blue glass reserve .
Circle of Abraham Daniel - Oval Miniature Head and Shoulders Portrait of a Lady, her Powdered Hair dressed with Pearls, wearing a White Fichu over a Cream Dress, late 18th Century watercolour on ivory, approx 4.5cm x 3.5cm, within a gilt metal brooch frame, the reverse with an arrangement of hair in the form of the Prince of Wales Feathers with pearls and gilt threads.
British Provincial School - Oval Miniature Half Length Portrait of Martha Beaumont wearing a Blue Dress with Lace Décolletage, watercolour on ivory, approx 7.5cm x 6cm, within an ebonized frame, together with two further watercolours on ivory by a similar hand, Miniature Portraits of a Lady and Gentleman of the same Family.
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