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EDWARD ARTHUR WALTON RSA PRSW (1860 - 1922),THE PORTRAIT OF JANE BURYoil on canvas, signedimage size 84cm x 59cm, overall size 160cm x 90cm Framed. Provenance: exhibited Edinburgh, The Royal Scottish Academy, 1909, no.189 (as "Mrs. T. B. Bury") and E A Walton’s Memorial Exhibition, Edinburgh and Glasgow 1924.Literature: Edward Arthur Walton by Fiona MacSporran Page 91 Plate 70.Note: Jane Bury was married to J. B. Bury Esq., Regius Professor of Modern History, Cambridge. From 1902 they took a holiday cottage at 9 Park Lane, Southwold, where they made friends with the artist. In addition to painting her portrait, he also made an oil sketch of their cottage, now in the Southwold Museum. This portrait was also exhibited at the Walton Memorial Exhibition at the Royal Academy (London) in 1924. The painting has strong influences of Whistler, particularly in the panache of the dress.

Ɵ KIPLING, Rudyard. (1865 - 1936). and others. First and later editions. 1891-1936. eleven volumes. comprising: Life's Handicap. Being Stories of Mine Own People. 1891. first UK. edition; The Light that Failed. 1891. first edition, second printing; Soldiers Three The Story of the Gadsbys in Black and White. 1892. first collected edition of the three stories; Wee Wille Winkie Under the Deodars The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Stories. 1892. first collected edition of the three stories; Many Inventions. 1893. first edition, third printing; Plain Tales from the Hills. 1896. third edition reprint; The Day's Work. 1898. first edition; The Seven Seas. 1896. Colonial Library edition, 8vo, (193 x 140mm), original blue cloth, gilt, adverts at rear; The Maltese Cat. 1936. first UK. edition, 8vo, (210 x 160mm), original cream cloth, gilt top, half-title, frontispiece and illustrations by Lionel Edwards, 81pp; KIPLING, John Lockwood. (1837 - 1911). Beast and Man in India. A Popular Sketch of India Animals in their Relations with the People. 1892. second edition, 8vo, (210 x 150mm), original blue buckram, gilt, half-title, illustrations by the author, 359pp; DUNSTERVILLE, L.C. Major-General. (1865 - 1946). Stalky's Adventures. 1933. Florin Books, 8vo, (185 x 127mm), original oatmeal buckram, half-title, 256pp., plus 12pp. publisher's adverts at rear; (Qty. 11).   Condition Report: 1. Life's Handicap - cloth marked, corners scuffed, spine cocked and bumped head/tail, split at joint of dark green e/ps. and front board, toning to pages, o/w. clean internally. 2. The Light that Failed - light marks to bright cloth, a small stain to front board, corners scuffed, spine darkened and bumped head/tail, toning to pages, o/w. internally clean. 3. Soldiers Three - cloth marked, corners scuffed, spine darkened and bumped head/tail, foxing and browning to e/ps., toning and light foxing to leaf edges, o/w. internally clean. 4. Wee Wille Winkie Under the Deodars The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Stories - light marks to cloth, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, toning to pages o/w. internally clean. 5. Many Inventions - marks and stains to cloth with chips to edge of front board (a little loss), corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, split at joint of dark green e/ps. and front and rear boards, joint weak pp.236-237, toning to pages and occasional marks to a few pages and leaf edges. 6. Plain Tales from the Hills - light marks to cloth, corners scuffed, spine darkened, a little worn and bumped head/tail, light foxing to edges and front free e/ps., toning to leaf edges o/w. internally clean. 7. The Day' Work - light marks to cloth, corners a little scuffed, spine with light marks and bumped head/tail, fraying and wear to joint of front pastedown, joint split pp.272-273, toning to leaf edges, o/w. internally clean. 8. The Seven Seas - marks to cloth, corners scuffed, spine with clean tear to cloth head of spine and bumped at tail, foxing to edges, toning to pages, o/w. internally clean. 9. The Maltese Cat - foxing to cloth, spine a little bumped head/tail, foxing to e/ps., and further occasional foxing to a few pages, o/w. internally clean. 10. Beast and Man in India - boards a little marked, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail with white label residue to tail of spine, small split to front e/p. lower joint and also cracking at pp.12-113, and pp.272-273, a few chips to dark green e/ps., light foxing to front free e/p. and half-title pages with occasional light foxing to other pages. 11. Stalky's Adventures - small stain to front, and marks to ear cover, spine with light marks and darkened, light foxing to edges, o/w. internally clean.   Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ KIPLING, Rudyard. 1865 - 1936). The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book, First Editions with others, 1891-1895. comprising: The Jungle Book. 1894 and The Second Jungle Book, 1895. two volumes, first editions, 8vo, (191 x 130mm), original blue cloth, gilt, all edges gilt, half-titles, 212pp, 238pp; KIPLING, John Lockwood. (1837 - 1911). Beast and Man in India. A Popular Sketch of Indian Animals in the relations with the People. 1891. first edition, 8vo, (230 x 160mm), original red ochre cloth, gilt, foredge and lower edges untrimmed, green e/ps., illustrated throughout by the author, F.H. Andrews, Munshi Sher Muhammad and others, 401 pp., plus 55pp. publisher's adverts at rear; STEEL, Flora Annie. (1847 - 1929). Tales of the Punjab Told by the People. 1894. first edition, second impression, 8vo, (187 x 130mm), original green cloth with the author's ornate pictorials to upper cover and spine, all edges gilt, half-title, frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrations by John Lockwood Kipling and notes by R.C. Temple, 395pp. (Qty. 4).   Condition Report: 1. The Jungle Book - boards marked, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail with gilt faded, gilt edges bright and clean, upper and lower board joints cracked, browning to tissue guard, toning and foxing to several pages of text, 2. The Second Jungle Book - boards lightly marked with some creasing to upper board, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail and gilt title faded, front free pastedown numbered in thick blue crayon, and purple ink stamped 'S.B.L. Sample Room', foxing throughout to many pages of text.3. Beast and Man In India - boards a little marked, corners bumped, gilt decoration to top of upper board worn (with loss) a few small black marks to spine, foxing to title page and further foxing to page edges and some text, ink inscription to half-title 'Howell's School Library / Presented by Mrs. Grayson / May 1928', 4. Tales of The Punjab - clean bright cloth and gilt, lower board with light marks, corners a little bumped, spine bumped head/tail, browning to tissue guard, foxing to many pages of text.   Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ KIPLING, Rudyard. (1865 - 1936). Kim. 1901. first UK. edition, 8vo, (204 x 140mm), original burgundy cloth, gilt, gilt top, armorial bookplate of Ralph, second Earl of Lovelace, eighth Baron Wentworth, half-title, 10 full-page illustrations, including frontispiece with tissue guard, 413pp., plus 2pp. adverts at rear; The Two Jungle Books. 1932. first edition, first printing of the combined thin paper edition, 8vo, (187 x 130mm), original red cloth, gilt, top edge gilt, bookplate of W.L. Payne, half-title, colour frontispiece, illustrations by J. Lockwood Kipling and W.H Drake, 576pp; Limits and Renewals. 1932. first edition, 8vo, (222 x 140mm), original burgundy cloth, gilt, dust-jacket unclipped, priced 7/6 to spine, further within clear protective wrapper, top edge gilt, half-title, 400pp; The Brushwood Boy. 1907. first Illustrated separate edition, 8vo, (270 x 145mm), original blue cloth, gilt, top edge gilt, book plate of Ralph Paget, half-title, 12 full-page colour plates, printed on rectos only, 92pp; KIPLING, Rudyard. (1865 - 1936). and BALESTIER, Wolcott C. (1861 - 1891). The Naulahka: A Story of West and East. 1892. first edition, 8vo, (195 x 140mm), original red cloth, foredge untrimmed, half-title, 276pp., plus 8pp. adverts at rear; KIPLING, John Lockwood. (1837 - 1911). Beast and Man in India. A Popular Sketch of Indian Animals in their Relations with People. 1891. first edition, 8vo, (203 x 157mm), original red cloth, foredge and lower edge untrimmed, bookplate of Herbert Octavius Moore, half-title, illustrations by the author and others, 401pp., plus 55pp. adverts at rear.(Qty. 6 )     Condition Report: 1. Kim - clean bright boards with light marks, corners a little scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, foxing to e/ps. and tissue guard, some sporadic light foxing to a few pages, heavier foxing to edges affecting leaf edges, o/w. internally clean with clean plates.2. The Two Jungle Books - boards marked, corners a little scuffed, front gilt illustration bright, spine faded and a little bumped head/tail, internally a clean copy.3. limits and Renewals - clean bright boards, gilt bright, dust-jacket with chips to head/tail of spine, foxing to edges and e/ps., o/w. internally clean. 4. The Brushwood Boy - boards darkened at edges and a little marked, corners scuffed, spine marked and bumped head/tail, browning and light foxing to e/ps. and edges, further sporadic foxing (some heavier in places) to some pages of text and margins of plates. 5. The Naulahka - boards worn and marked, corners scuffed, spine darkened and bumped head/tail, joints to front board split and weak, light foxing to e/ps., further light foxing in places and toning internally. 6. Beast and Man in India - boards marked, corners scuffed, spine faded and bumped head/tail, foxing throughout.    Condition Report Disclaimer

WW1 Campaign in Salonika Watercolour Sketch, produced by a W Gore, showing the Anglo-French invasion force November 9th 1917. Framed and glazed, 39 ½ x 32cms. Signed in bottom corner; framed and glazed sketch of the picture by Captain M Waterhouse, April 1918, of the Valley of Wadi el Kiblet, showing the cemetery where the grave of Major Bell Young and others were laid to rest. Frame 35 ½ x 29cms. Captain Waterhouse commissioned into the Notts & Sherwood Rangers (Yeomanry). He served in Salonika and the Near East. He was later awarded the Military Cross and commanded a regiment in Syria. (2 items)

WW2 German Soldiers Sketch of the Russian Front, interesting framed and glazed sketch by F Wamser, shows a Russian village in the snow, drawn in 1942/43. Accompanied by a framed and glazed image of Wamser in Wehrmacht uniform. (2 items)

An early 19th century needlework picture of a house on a hillock in a gilt frame and a sketch of a dog with a pheasant in its mouthLocation:

Gerald Wills sketch of trees 57x47cm framed and glazed

Pair of 19th century Bartolozzi type prints, a Continental school pencil sketch, and a framed photograph entitled 'Hardwick' with named figures in front of a country house, Norway.(B.P. 21% + VAT)

Wilmot Lunt (1856-1939); pencil and ink sketch of a young woman, 13 x 18 cm. Not available for in-house P&P, contact Paul O'Hea at Mailboxes on 01925 659133

John Griffiths (1926-2011); large pen sketch, Fazakerley Landmarks Liverpool 1965, 120 x 80 cm. Not available for in-house P&P, contact Paul O'Hea at Mailboxes on 01925 659133

*Roberto Domingo [1883-1956]-Matador,:- signed bottom rightinscribed in pencil 'Gitanillo de Triana ....'pen, ink and pencil drawing on a page from a sketch book15 x 21cm, unframed.

* Mervyn Laurence Peake [1911-1968]-The Acrobat,:-pen, ink and wash drawing, 24.5 x 29.5cm, verso a preparatory sketch of same.

* Florence Adelina Hess [1891-1974]-Breezy Day - Sketch,:-signed bottom right,further signed, inscribed and dated 1932 on the reverseoil on board, 22 x 27cm.

Alfred Pierpoint Chambers? STUDY OF A SMALL DOG Pencil sketch ('Attributed to' on the mount), 9.5 x 9cm.

John Coatsworth : Five original watercolour sketch drawings, each approximately 24 cm x 50 cm to 52 cm x 70 cm (5)

George Clarkson Stanfield (1828-1878) oil sketch on panel in gilt frame - Naval Battle, 26cm x 34cm. Provenance: Purchased The Simon Carter Gallery, Woodbridge, 1971 for £290Signed, painted on oak panel, bruise to panel top left corner, slight damage to periphery but overall good condition, panel is flat, no discernible splits

Harry Becker (1865-1928) pencil sketch, Cat and Kitten, 17.5cm x 22.5cm, in glazed frame Provenance: The Artist's Studio (Loftus Family Collection). The Wildlife Art Gallery, Lavenham

After Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) charcoal sketch for the Harvest Waggon, bears signature and date 1771, 40cm x 54cm, in glazed frame

A 20th century charcoal sketch depicting two children playing stringed instruments, indistinctly marked to bottom right, framed and glazed, L51cm x H61cm

A collection of prints, watercolours and a drawing, including: an engraving of Lugano, a watercolour of daffodils, another of a wooded river landscape and a pencil sketch of Lincoln Cathedral, 35cm x 43 cm

A 1994 Oasis concert poster for a date at the Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth (42 x 30cm) signed to front of poster in blue ink by Noel Gallagher, Bonehead, Paul McGuigan, Tony McCarroll and to the reverse of the poster by Liam Gallagher along with a sketch by Bonehead.

An original sketch by Paul Simonon of The Clash, pencil and ink depicting a design for a shirt with anti-nazi message, c 1980. Page measures 15 x 21cm, clean condition with fold line through centre of image. Formerly owned by Caroline Coon and obtained at a Bonhams Entertainment sale, 15th December 2010, part of lot 253.

Norma McLean (born 1937)/Dancer, Swan Lake/signed and dated 96 lower right/oil sketch, 22cm x 17.5cm/Note: the dancer is from the all-male cast of Matthew Bourne's production of the ballet CONDITION REPORT: condition very goodARR Artist's Resale Right may apply to the sale of this lot if the hammer price is the equivalent of 1000 Euros or more, incurring an additional fee. For further information please ask Chorley's or visit www.dacs.org.ukCondition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request; the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection

Francis Hewlett (British 1930-2012)/Sketch of a French Farmhouse/signed and dated 10.4.76/pencil, 54cm x 37cm CONDITION REPORT: Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request; the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection ARR Artist's Resale Right may apply to the sale of this lot if the hammer price is the equivalent of 1000 Euros or more, incurring an additional fee. For further information please ask Chorley's or visit www.dacs.org.uk

Francis Hewlett (British 1930-2012)/View from Wiltshire Road/signed and inscribed verso/oil on canvas, 81cm x 60cm, unframed CONDITION REPORT: This seems to be a sketch or unfinished painting. There are some splashes of brown paint to the lower grey area. Overall slightly grubby but good condition. Just needs a nice frame.ARR Artist's Resale Right may apply to the sale of this lot if the hammer price is the equivalent of 1000 Euros or more, incurring an additional fee. For further information please ask Chorley's or visit www.dacs.org.uk

Wilfred H Frank/Cornish Harbour/drypoint etching, 11.5cm x 17cm/another of Lilies and a pencil sketch by the same CONDITION REPORT: Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request; the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection ARR Artist's Resale Right may apply to the sale of this lot if the hammer price is the equivalent of 1000 Euros or more, incurring an additional fee. For further information please ask Chorley's or visit www.dacs.org.uk

Ernest Howard Shepard (British 1879-1976)/Riviera Cafe Sketch/inscribed/pencil, 16cm x 24.5cm/Note: Probably a preliminary sketch for a Punch cartoon CONDITION REPORT: ARR Artist's Resale Right may apply to the sale of this lot, incurring an additional fee. For further information please ask Chorley's or visit www.dacs.org.uk Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request; the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection

Michael Andrews, a charcoal sketch on paper, bridge over a railway line, signed with initials M.A., 5.75ins x 4.75ins, unframed, together with five similar works, Provenance - Acquired in the early 1980's from the estate of the Swiss Art Professor Gottfried Matter (1891 - 1967)

Oil sketch on canvas board, horses in a landscape, inscribed on frame plaque ' Lucy Kemp Welch ', 10.5ins x 13.5ins

A framed pastel sketch of hunting dogs signed Buscuit. The measurements are 56cm x 46cm.

PRISONER CHARLES BRONSON SALVADOR ORIGINAL SKETCH & COLOURING -IN BOOK (PRINT HAS SOME CREASING)

An unframed vintage sketch "London Vice Club", indistinctly signed to bottom right

VINTAGE ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING / SKETCH EXAMINATION / STUDY DRAWING OF BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ARCHITECTURE FROM the 1950s

VINTAGE ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING / SKETCH EXAMINATION / STUDY DRAWING OF BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ARCHITECTURE FROM the 1950s

A Victorian Carte de Visite photograph album and an autograph sketch album

George Roe (20th century)"Watervole and Marsh Cinquefoil"Signed, watercolour heightened with white, together with a further pencil sketch by the same hand "Long Tailed Field Mouse", 30.5cm by 22.5cm and 22.5cm by 34cm respectively (2)Provenance; The McDonald Booth Gallery, London

ARTHUR E. DAVIS: pen and ink sketch entitled Rue St. Romain, Rouen, signed lower right, framed and glazed, 21cm x 12cm,

JACQUELINE MORREAU (1929-2016): A pencil sketch portrait, framed and glazed, 29cm x 24cm

After Jules Lunteschutz (1822-1893): A framed and glazed print of a sketch, semi nude female. Printed cockerel emblem bottom left. Formerly from the collection of Robert Rudolf. Image size 38.5cm x 21.5cm

Five pieces, framed, two signed, one oil on canvas, one watercolour on paper, one water colour on canvas, one print, one graphite sketch. One depicts a vase of flowers beside a window, approx. 40 cm x 56 cm, one depicts a country house with an archway approx. 23cm x 18cm, one depicts a rural Scene with a collection of trees by a lake approx. 49 cm x 39 cm, one depicts a lone barren tree in the foreground and a forest in the back ground approx. 17 cm x 25cm, and one depicts a partially unclothed woman lying down in a flowing gown approx. 28 cm x 14 cm 

A collection of Victorian albums, one containing a sketch of the moon by James Nasmyth, poetry, scrap books and cigarette cards

Collection of 7 x prints, Georges Braque Galerie Maeght circa 1959 (Mourlot) Henry Moore Shelter sketch print circa 1940's, 2 x Eric Gill prints including an engraving from 25 Nudes Circa 1938 the other a female nude plate circa 1940, Elisabeth Frink lithograph Circa 1975. Pablo Picasso Vollard suite print circa 1950's , Marc Chagall lithograph plate signed circa 1950's (Mourlot) All mounted but unframed, approx overall sizes 16 x 12 inches. Cellophane wrapped.   

A LONE FIGURE BY A POOL AT SUNSET, WITH CLASSICAL RUINSBears inscription and pencil sketch to verso 'J. Varley'Watercolour heightened with white with scratching outImage size: 10 x 15.5cm. (4 x 6in.)Framed size: 18 x 23cm. (7 x 8in.)

David Brackman (1932-2008), sketch of sailing boats, ink and wash, signed and dated 84, 18cm by 20.5cm

Archibald Thorburn FZS (1860-1935), a framed pencil sketch of mallard ducks, initialled, verso inscribed paper label for The Tryon Gallery Ltd., 7.5cm by 12.5cm, with Tryon Gallery receipt (a/f)

Millicent Helen Jones (1841-1928) - 'Tewkesbury Abbey, from Forthampton ferry' inscribed on an exhibition label verso with the artist's name and the title of the work and said to be from the page of a sketch book, watercolour, 5.5" x 8.25" - ** Provenance: with Heather Newman (Fine Quality Early English Watercolours) Cranham, Painswick, Gloucestershire, GL6 6TX

A collection of framed cartoon sketches by various artists, comprising one by Mackenzie titled 'Send us more War supplies, US Vital war industry', an original ink and wash sketch with cartoon entitled 'Miss Take, Reducing tablets', one titled 'Jack' by Mackenzie with the caption 'What No Skiing Holiday', another titled 'The Only Long Necked Journalist in Fleet Street', dated June 1964, two framed collections of original Chistmas card designs signed 'Jo.B' executed in 1941 for Kathleen Partridge cards, an original collage for a mid 20th Century Post Office poster, a Gerald Waltho 'Passing Show' sketch, etc, of various sizes (8)

14 National Postal Museum Cards Featuring Early Stamps, Including The Two Penny Blue, Specimen Two Penny Black, One of Three Drawings of the Young Queen, Water Colour Sketch Made for Rowland Hill, 1865-1872 Progressive Die Proofs 9d, 1856 Die Proofs of 1/-, 1856 Die Proof of 6d, John Ferdinand Joubert De La Ferte 4d Carmine of 1855, Thomas De La Rue 1793-1866, The Embossed Adhesive Stamps 1847-1854, Essays and Colour Trials for Issued Stamps 1936, Essays of the Kings Head Design for Definitive Issue, Essays of the Kings Head Design for Coronation Issue, Essays of a Pictorial Design for Coronation Issue, Plus 5 National Postal Museum Postcards, Circa 1780 Mounted Postboy, Circa 1936 Postman Emptying a Rural Letterbox, Circa 1820 Post Office Bellman, Circa 1855 London District Letter Carrier, Circa 1880 Postman in Summer Uniform We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

Eight works including five etchings including Alex Wilson, two watercolours of windmills and a chalk sketch (8) Condition Report:Available upon request

SEVEN SKETCH ALBUMS and a postcard album (8) Condition Report:Available upon request

§ KAY NIELSEN (1886-1957) (ATTRIBUTED ARTIST) STUDY FOR PRINCESS MINON-MINETTE pen ink and watercolour, marked in pencil to the reverse P M-M 4/12(14cm x 12cm)Footnote: Note: This may be a preparatory sketch for the illustration ‘Princess Minon-Minette rides out into the world to find Prince Souci’ from the book ‘In Powder and Crinoline’, illustrated by Kay Nielsen.

Great Britain (Signed) 1996 (20 Feb) Greetings set on Royal Mail FDC with Autographed Cartoon sketch of Larry, signed by 'Larry' and Rupert Fawcett. AL

AN UNFRAMED PENCIL SKETCH OF A FEMALE NUDE SIGNED FRINK LOWER LEFT 37CM X 35.5CM

Marvel: A Marvel Star Wars: Vader Down, Vienna Comic Con #001 Sketch Variant Edition, signed by Dave Prowse at London Film and Comic Con (Olympia) 30th July 2016.

A collection of design materials relating to the Ween - The Mollusk album. To include: two printed design proofs inc a printed black and white unused sketch of the central design, a colour print, a poster.

JOAQUÍN SOROLLA Y BASTIDA (Valencia, 1863 - Cercedilla, Madrid, 1923).Lot comprising four drawings:- "Sketch in the café, gentleman reading", Paris, 1889.- Sacks of Potatoes", Ávila, June 1912.- Reading in the Salon", Paris, 1889.- A sacar la barca". Valencia, summer 1903.Works executed in composite pencil on fine, light beige, smooth, slightly satin-finished paper.We are grateful to Blanca Pons Sorolla for cataloguing and researching these works.Provenance; Sorolla's Testamentary, inventoried in the R Series, and included in the folder of drawings no. 43. Elena Sorolla García; Elena Lorente Sorolla; 1980, private collection.They have a photocopy on the back of the certificate of authenticity of Don Francisco Pons-Sorolla y Arnau dated 30-x-1980. One of them has autograph inscriptions in pencil "Sacos/patatas" and "A", (middle right area).Measurements: 10.5 x 13.3 cm; 10.7 x 15.2 cm; 9.5 x 14.5 cm; 13.3 x 16 cm."Sacks of potatoes", Ávila, June 1912, is one of the drawings he made on his journey through Castile, to make studies and sketches for his "Visions of Spain". A sacar la barca" ("To take the boat out"). Valencia, summer 1903 is one of the studies for "Sol de Tarde" which belongs to the collection of the Hispanic Society of America in New York.As early as his school days, Joaquín Sorolla showed his fondness for drawing and painting, attending the drawing classes given by the sculptor Cayetano Capuz at the School of Artisans in the afternoons. Awarded a prize at the end of his preliminary studies at the Escuela Normal Superior, he entered the prestigious San Carlos School of Fine Arts in Valencia in 1879. During his visits to Madrid in 1881 and 1882, he copied paintings by Velázquez, Ribera and El Greco in the Prado Museum. Two years later he was a great success at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts with a history painting, which prompted him to apply for a scholarship to study at the Spanish Academy of Fine Arts in Rome. Having achieved his goal, Sorolla left for Rome in 1885, spending several months in Paris before arriving. In the French capital he was impressed by the paintings of the realists and the painters who worked outdoors. At the end of his years in Rome he returned to Valencia in 1889, settling in Madrid the following year. In 1892 Sorolla showed a new concern in his art, becoming interested in social problems by depicting the sad scene of "¡Otra Margarita!", awarded a first-class medal at the National, and the following year at the International in Chicago. This sensitivity would remain in his work until the end of the decade, in his performances on the Valencian coast. Gradually, however, the Valencian master would abandon the themes of unhappy children that we see in "Triste herencia", which had won prizes at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1900 and at the National in Madrid a year later. Encouraged by the success of his resplendent images of the Mediterranean, and stimulated by his love of the light and life of its sunny beaches, he focused on these scenes in his more cheerful and pleasant works, with which he achieved international fame. In 1906 he held his first solo exhibition at the George Petit gallery in Paris, where he also demonstrated his skills as a portraitist. In 1908 the American Archer Milton Huntington, impressed by the artist's exhibition at the Grafton gallery in London, sought to acquire two of his works for his Hispanic Society. A year later he himself invited Sorolla to exhibit at his institution, resulting in an exhibition in 1909 that was a huge success. The relationship between Huntington and Sorolla led to the most important commission of the painter's life: the creation of the immense canvases intended to illustrate the regions of Spain on the walls of the Hispanic Society.

John Coatsworth : Ten original watercolour sketch drawings, each approximately 25 cm x 30 cm. (10)

John Coatsworth : Ten original watercolour sketch drawings, each approximately 25 cm x 30 cm to 35 cm x 35 cm (10)

John Coatsworth : Ten original watercolour sketch drawings, each approximately 25 cm x 30 cm to 30 cm x 50 cm. (10)