Samuel Cotes (British, 1734-1818) Portrait of Mrs Mary Knowles, a Quakeress signed "S Cotes px. 1797" to the right of the sitter's shoulder pastel 60 x 45cm (23 x 18in) Provenance: Mrs Murray Tuke, The Vineyard, Saffron Walden, Essex; Her sale, Robinson, Fisher and Co., 25 June 1908 (old catalogue entry to the reverse refers) Other Notes: Mary Knowles (1733-1807) was remembered by her friends as many things - literary lady, patriot, artist and Quaker. She was born into a long established Quaker family but from an early age expressed her individuality - she asserted her right to choose her own husband, writing the pamphlet, "Memoirs of MM, Spinster of the Parish", which included an essay, "The Pudding Making Mortal". In this essay she argued that since "accidents may happen to the best puddings in the world", every housewife should be taught Science. Mary Knowles eventually married a fellow Quaker at the relatively old age of 34. She established a needlework school in Buckinghamshire and developed a new form of needlework known as "needle painting", where the stitches replicated the appearance of a painted subject through crewel embroidery and the use of Worsted wool stitches to represent brush strokes. The art form came to the attention of Her Majesty Queen Charlotte who commissioned Mrs Knowles to create a needle painting copy of a portrait of George III by Zoffany. The Royal Family were so pleased with the result that they paid her £800 which Mary Knowles used to enable her husband to study medicine. Once qualified, she and her husband moved to London where she became friends with Queen Charlotte. She moved in literary circles, clashing with Samuel Johnson over the right to freedom of religion. In addition to her support for her Quaker faith, she continued to publish poetry and pamphlets supporting the rights of women and the abolition of slavery. Dirt under the glass.
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EMILE WAUTERS (1846-1933) PORTRAIT OF NORA BELL signed and dated '90, pastel, 76 x 56cm, unframed Provenance: By descent in the family of the sitter to the present vendor. A portrait of the nine year old daughter of Isaac Bell, Jr (1846-1889) by his wife Jeanette Gordon Bennett (1855-1936) daughter of James Gordon Bennett, Sr (1795-1872) whom he married in 1878. Her father was United States Ambassador to the Netherlands (1885-1888) and her maternal grandfather was the proprietor of the New York Herald which he founded in 1835. His son, and Nora Bell's uncle was the bon vivant James Gordon Bennett, Jr (1841-1918), usually known as Gordon Bennett. Nora Bell (New York 1881-1944 Hertfordshire) later married Lt Colonel Wilfred Francis Ricardo, DSO, Household Cavalry (1868-1950). The Belgian artist Emile Wauters, a pupil of Jean-Léon Gérôme, was a painter of American and European society portraits and history pieces. ++In good condition but with a closed tear extreme upper right
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ROBERT CLATWORTHY R.A. [1928-2015]. Three Figures, 1992. pastel on paper, signed and dated bottom left under mount. 52 x 38 cm [overall including frame 64 x 50 cm]. Provenance: private collection, UK - acquired directly from the artist. [very good condition - unexamined out of frame]. 'Opening price' is NOT the reserve. Buyers premium of 20% + vat is payable.
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***William Henry Innes (1905-1999) - Four oil paintings - Seascape with rocky cove and yacht, board 15ins x 20ins, "Fishing Boats on a Slipway", 16ins x 20ins, Hilltop castle, 20ins x 24ins, Landscape with hills and sea to the distance, board, 18ins x 23ins, two signed, and a pastel of a fisherman with keep net, 15ins x 19.25ins, signed, all framed
δ William Henry Innes (British 1905 - 1999) - Path to the church Pastel Signed lower left 50 x 59cm (19 3/4 x 23 1/4in.) Another version of this work was sold in these rooms on 24 February 2015, lot 7. IMPORTANT: This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Gwyneth Ryder - Dreaming (Breuddwydio), pastel. 13" x 15". Signed on front. Labelled on rear including certificate of authenticity. This auction is a timed sale, meaning you can only bid online - there is no physical auction. Lots in this auction are subject to a buyer's premium of 15% plus VAT, meaning total surcharges of 18% (plus ARR should it apply). Please note lots must be paid for and collected within 2 days of the sale ending, between 9am and 4pm. We do not arrange packaging or carriage however the Didsbury branch of Mailboxes visit regularly and can arrange packing & postage - any such arrangements should be made directly between the buyer & Mailboxes. Please note that ARR (Artist's Royalty) applies to this lot, however only if the hammer price exceeds 1,000 Euros (currently approx £885). If the hammer price exceeds this amount, there will be a surcharge of 4%, which then reduces on a sliding scale. ARR is not subject to VAT
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