The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

McTear’s is delighted to offer at auction the contents of 19 St Bernard’s Crescent, Edinburgh – The Private Collection of William Mowat-Thomson.

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The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

McTear’s is delighted to offer at auction the contents of 19 St Bernard’s Crescent, Edinburgh – The Private Collection of William Mowat-Thomson.

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JAMES DOUGLAS R.S.W. ON THE NORTH ESK Watercolour, signed lower right, 22cm x 16cm, framed and glazed Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collec...

CLIFFORD GEORGE BLAMPIED ORGUEIL CASTLE, JERSEY Watercolour, signed lower left, 15cm x 28cm, framed and glazed Provenance: The William Mowat-Thoms...

MANNER OF DAVID COX SHEPHERD WATERING SHEEP BY A RIVER Watercolour, 15cm x 21cm also a rustic aquatint, both framed (2) Provenance: The William Mo...

F. GILESON BOTANICAL STUDIES Four watercolours, one signed, 16cm x 9cm, three framed similarly, one different, also another botanical watercolour,...

ENGLISH SCHOOL STUDY OF A YOUNG LADY, SEATED AT A SPINET Watercolour, oval, 24cm x 19cm, also a small oval silk embroidered panel of a young lady,...

JOHN BURNS STUDY OF TWO GAY BLADES Watercolour, signed and dated 1823, 28cm x 20cm, also a pen and ink sketch of Apollo, of sizes (2) Provenance: ...

RAPHAEL (AFTER), ITALIAN 19TH CENTURY, THE MADONNA DELLA SADIA oil on canvas, painted roundel, inscribed verso ‘Puccio Puccinella Copia’, also bea...

GIOVANNI BATTISTA SALVI DA SASSOFERTTO (AFTER), THE YOUNG VIRGIN MARY, Oil on canvas, slightly extended to each side, 46cm x 41cm, contained in a ...

GIUSEPPE SACCONI (AFTER) AN ALLEGORY OF POETRY Oil on panel, 52cm x 40cm, contained in a Florentine style gilt frame with carved rosettes and pier...

BARTOLOME ESTEBAN MURILLO (AFTER) THE DOLOROSA MADONNA, A HEAD AND SHOULDERS COPY OF THE ORIGINAL Oil on canvas, with arched top, 62cm x 49cm, in ...

ITALIAN SCHOOL, 19th CENTURY DANCING MUSES A pair of individual studies of dancing muses, on a black background, painted ovals, on canvas, 24cm x ...

DUTCH SCHOOL, 19th CENTURY AFTER THE OLD MASTER THE PENITANT MARY MAGDELENE Oil on metal panel, 37cm x 30cm, framed Provenance: The William Mowat-...

ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19th CENTURY THREE QUARTER LENGTH PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN with black coat and cravat, oil on canvas, 72cm x 52cm, (re-lined), unfr...

ATTRIB. to JOHN PETTIE LADY TEAZLE A full length portrait sketch, oil on canvas, 59cm x 20cm, accompanied with part of an old Edinburgh auction ca...

MANNER OF ‘SPANISH’ PHILIP HEAD AND SHOULDERS PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG WOMAN OIl on panel (modern), 24cm x 19cm, in moulded gilt frame Provenance: The ...

ENGLISH SCHOOL, MID 19th CENTURY HALF LENGTH PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN in black jacket with black cravat, oil on canvas, 58cm x 52cm Hand written pa...

ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 18th CENTURY HALF LENGTH PORTRAIT OF THE RT. HON. THE COUNTESS OF CARDIGAN, Oil on canvas, painted oval, inscribed ‘ The Rt....

ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 19th CENTURY HEAD AND SHOULDER PORTRAIT OF AN OFFICER, POSSIBLY OF THE PRINCE OF WALES REGIMENT OF FOOT, Oil on canvas, 75cm...

FOLLOWER of RAEBURN THREE QUARTER LENGTH PORTRAIT OF A LADY in white dress with delicate pink silk shawl and white cap, standing in a parkland set...

VICTORIAN SCHOOL HALF LENGTH PORTRAIT OF A LADY IN A BLACK DRESS WITH WHITE LACE COLLAR AND CAP, SEATED ON A SOFA Oil on canvas, 88cm x 71cm, in a...

WILLIAM MARSHALL BROWN R.S.A., R.W.S. (1863-1936), OFF COLONSAY a large study with birds landing on foreground rocks and flying offshore, breakers...

H. HOLDER LARGE WATERFALL Oil on canvas, signed lower left, 24cm x 29cm, in slip frame, also a 19th Century Highland loch scene; a coastal waterco...

* BRENT MILLER FISH BOWL Oil on canvas, signed ‘Brent’ lower right, 197cm x 131cm Brent Miller was born in in Edinburgh in 1950. He studied at Edi...

ALAN ALEXANDER SAINT MARKS, VENICE Pencil and coloured washes, signed, inscribed and dated (twice) lower left, 52cm x 72cm, framed and glazed Prov...

ALAN ALEXANDER MERCY MARIE, HOMMAGE TO MARIE LAURENCIN’S ‘GIRL WITH A ROSE’ Oil on canvas, signed and dated ‘72 lower right, 78cm x 64cm, framed P...

IAN SCOTT DECEMBER WEATHER - A SEASCAPE Oil on board, signed lower right, 39cm x 59cm, framed Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

IAN SCOTT VERRACOTT IN WINTER Oil on board, signed lower right, 32cm x 77cm, framed Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

ALLISON SHARPE THE DEAN VILLAGE, EDINBURGH Watercolour, charcoal and chalks, on card, 41cm x 30cm, framed and glazed Provenance: The William Mowat...

DOUGLAS HADDOW WISHING FOR SUMMER, STUDY OF THREE ADIRONDACK CHAIRS IN A SNOW COVERED WOOD Watercolour, signed lower left, 45cm x 62cm, framed and...

BARBARA BALMER R.S.A., R.S.W. (1929-2017) EVENING STILL LIFE Watercolour, signed lower left, 39cm x 53cm, framed and glazed Provenance: The Willia...

CONTEMPORARY SCHOOL A PAIR OF GRISAILLE OIL STUDIES OF CLASSICAL FLAMING TORCHERES Against a faux marble background, oils on board, 120cm x 44cm P...

HELEN FIRTH LOCH and HILL, WINTER SNOW oil on canvas, signed with initials lower right, 44cm x 44cm, framed also a snow covered townscape with old...

GRAHAM BUCHANAN-DUNLOP, WYCH ELM - WINTER SUNSHINE watercolour, signed lower left, 25cm x 25cm also a small watercolour, A Corner of the Garden by...

THOMAS WILSON FLYING ONIONS Pencil, signed lower right margin, 20cm x 24cm, framed and glazed Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

CYNTHIA McCRACKEN PORTRAIT BUST OF MAIRI HAY FINDLAY HAY (nee RANKIN) watercolour, signed lower right, 34cm x 24cm, framed and glazed, along with ...

GRANT (JAMES) - OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH, illustrated, published by Cassells, quarter bound in red leather, ND, 3 volumesProvenance: The William Mowa...

GRANT (JAMES) - OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH, Illustrated, published by Cassells, half calf, ND, 3 volumes Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collecti...

GRANT (JAMES) - OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH, Illustrated, published by Cassells, cloth gilt, ND, 3 volumes Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collect...

THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON THE ANCIENT MONUMENTS OF SCOTLAND - THE CITY OF EDINBURGH, Illustrated, cloth, 1951 also Caroline Park House, an account b...

BURNS (ROBERT) - THE PROSE WORKS, engraved frontis., half calf, published by Mackenzie and Dent, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1819, 2 volumes, also two vo...

GROUP OF TARTAN CLOTH BOUND VOLUMES, relating to Scotland, Scottish History, Clans, Heraldry, Tartans, Burns and others (14) Provenance: The Willi...

CUST (LIONEL) - NOTES ON THE AUTHENTIC PORTRAITS OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, Illustrated, vellum gilt, published by John Murray, London 1903 Provenanc...

De MEZERAY - ABBREGE CHRONOLOGIQUE L’HISTOIRE DE FRANCE, Illustrated with numerous portraits, published by Thierry, Guignard and Barbin, Paris, ca...

VOLUME OF MID 19TH CENTURY HAND WRITTEN RELIGIOUS VERSE, by various hands, tooled calf, also another 19th Century volume of hand written verse ill...

JOHNSON (GEORGE W) - THE COTTAGE GARDENER, Illustrated, half calf, 1849, 2 volumes Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

CLARENDON (Edward Earl of) - THE HISTORYOF THE REBELLION AND CIVIL WARS IN ENGLAND, Illustrated with portraif frontis., published Oxford, calf, 17...

GIBSON (EDMUND) - CODEX JURIS EXCLESIASTICI ANGLICANI, Volume One, published Oxford, calf, 1761 Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

LAVATER (JOHN CASPAR) - ESSAYS ON PHYSIOGNOMY, Illustrated by Thomas Holloway, trans. by Henry Hunter, Vol. 1 and Vols. 2 and 2 part II, calf, pub...

LAVATER (John Caspar) - ESSAYS ON PHYSIOGNOMY, Illustrated by Thomas Holloway, trans. by Henry Hunter, Vols. 2 and 2 part II, red morocco, publish...

TAYLOR (James) - THE PICTORIAL HISTORY OF SCOTLAND, Illustrated with numerous engraved plates, half calf, published by Virtue, London, 1859, 2 vol...

McNAUGHTON (Arnold) - THE BOOK OF KINGS, A Royal Genealogy, Illustrated, blue cloth, published by the Garnstone Press, 1973, 3 vols Provenance: Th...

ROBSON (John) - CANARIES, HYBRIDS AND BRITISH BIRDS, In Cage and Aviary, illustrated, half calf, ND Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collecti...

LLOYD (Reginald) - TWENTIETH CENTURY IMPRESSIONS OF THE WESTERN REPUBLICS OF SOUTH AFRICA, Illustrated, morocco gilt, 1915 Provenance: The William...

GROVE (George) - DICTIONARY OF MUSIC AND MUSICIANS, Illustrated, half calf, published by MacMillan, London, 1879, 3 vols Provenance: The William M...

GARDINER (Samuel Rawson) - OLIVER CROMWELL, Illustrated and with mezzotint portrait frontis., half morocco gilt, published by Goupil & Co., 1899 a...

CHAMBERS’S ENCYCLOPAEDIA, A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People,Illustrated, half calf, 1860, 10 vols Provenance: The William Mowat-T...

KNIGHT (CHARLES) - THE POPULAR HISTORY OF ENGLAND, Illustrated, half calf, 1856, 8 volumes Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

STRUTHERS (John) THE HISTORY OF SCOTLAND from THE UNION to 1748 Illustrated with frontis. and port., gilt tooled morocco, 1827, 2 vols. Provenance...

WILSON (Horace Hayman) - THE HISTORY OF BRITISH INDIA FROM 1805 -1835, gilt tooled calf, 1848, 3 volumes Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Col...

CASSELL’S ILLUSTRATED. SHAKESPEARE, Comedies and Histories, illustrated by H. C. Selous, half calf, ND, 2 vols Provenance: The William Mowat-Thoms...

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