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Lot 474
A Victorian gilt picture frame (now with mirror plate) and four pictures, various, including a pair of small oils by Guy Stocker, 'Summer' and 'Autumn', signed, a still life of freesias in a vase, a cup and an apple, initialled 'JMC', oil on board and a study of a sleeping cat signed 'G Bege' (5)
Lot 872
A stunning Oil on Board by Richard Thornton circa 1960s. Titled Tourettes Sur Loup-Provence A painter and architect, Richard Thornton was born in Bebington, Cheshire and attended the Birmingham School of Art from 1939 to 1941.Following active war service, he furthered his studies at the School of Architecture, Birmingham, from 1946 to 50. Elected an Associate of theSociety in 1978 full membership followed three years later. He has been in architectural practice all his working life and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1950. He has exhibited his paintings extensively throughout the West Midlands, his main mediums being watercolour and gouache. His pictures are mainlylandscapes incorporating buildings, no doubt owing some allegiance tohis architectural background. Prior to the mid-1960s most of his work depicted the Black Country and Birmingham, particularly showing bombdamaged buildings and industrial deterioration. Latterly however, the majority of his work has shown views of hill towns and villages in Tuscany and Provence of which this is one. Purchased from the artist while Thornton was still exhibiting in Birmingham, it has been in the same family since. The board not including frame measures 61x46cm. Goodclean condition, in original frame.
Lot 103
Field Marshall John French Earl of Ypres. Strong fountain pen autograph signed on off white paper clipped from larger letter. Fixed to larger page. Field Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres, KP, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCMG, ADC, PC (28 September 1852 - 22 May 1925), known as Sir John French from 1901 to 1916, and as The Viscount French between 1916 and 1922, was a senior British Army officer. Born in Kent to an Anglo-Irish family, he saw brief service as a midshipman in the Royal Navy, before becoming a cavalry officer. He achieved rapid promotion and distinguished himself on the Gordon Relief Expedition. French had a considerable reputation as a womaniser throughout his life, and his career nearly ended when he was cited in the divorce of a brother officer whilst in India in the early 1890s. French became a national hero during the Second Boer War. He won the Battle of Elandslaagte near Ladysmith, escaping under fire on the last train as the siege began. He then commanded the Cavalry Division, winning the Battle of Klip Drift during a march to relieve Kimberley. He later conducted counter-insurgency operations in Cape Colony. During the Edwardian period he commanded I Corps at Aldershot, then served as Inspector-General of the Army, before becoming Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS, the professional head of the British Army) in 1912. During this time he helped to prepare the British Army for a possible European war, and was also one of those who insisted, in the so-called "cavalry controversy", that cavalry still be trained to charge with sabre and lance rather than only fighting dismounted with firearms. During the Curragh incident he had to resign as CIGS after promising Hubert Gough in writing that the Army would not be used to coerce Ulster Protestants into a Home Rule Ireland. French's most important role was as Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) for the first year and a half of the First World War. He had an immediate personality clash with the French General Charles Lanrezac. After the British suffered heavy casualties at the battles of Mons and Le Cateau (where Smith-Dorrien made a stand contrary to French's wishes), French wanted to withdraw the BEF from the Allied line to refit and only agreed to take part in the First Battle of the Marne after a private meeting with the Secretary of State for War, Lord Kitchener, against whom he bore a grudge thereafter. In May 1915 he leaked information about shell shortages to the press in the hope of engineering Kitchener's removal. By summer 1915 French's command was being increasingly criticised in London by Kitchener and other members of the government, and by Haig, Robertson and other senior generals in France. After the Battle of Loos, at which French's slow release of XI Corps from reserve was blamed for the failure to achieve a decisive breakthrough on the first day, H. H. Asquith, the British Prime Minister, demanded his resignation. Haig, who was formerly French's trusted subordinate and who had saved him from bankruptcy by lending him a large sum of money in 1899, replaced him. French was then appointed Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces for 1916-18. This period saw the country running increasingly short of manpower for the Army. Whilst the Third Battle of Ypres was in progress, French, as part of Lloyd George's manoeuvres to reduce the power of Haig and Robertson, submitted a paper which was critical of Haig's command record and which recommended that there be no further major offensives until the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) was present in strength. He then became Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1918, a position he held throughout much of the Irish War of Independence (1919-1922), in which his own sister was involved on the republican side. During this time he published 1914, an inaccurate and much criticised volume of memoirs. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. 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.
Lot 545
An antique 19th century Victorian still life study oil on canvas painting. Depicting an onion and slice of bread on a blue and white ceramic plate, with a glass of ale to the side. A 19th century Chinese cup adorns the table alongside the dish. In a period gilt frame. Measures approx; 40cm x 48cm total size.
Lot 252
Hampstead signed and dated 'PORTER / 1923' (lower right) oil on canvas (Dimensions: 63 x 53cm)(63 x 53cm)Footnote: Provenance Sir Michael Ernest Sadler, KCSI, CB With The Independent Gallery, London After studying under C.F. Goldie in his native Aukland, in Melbourne, and at the Académie Julien, Paris, Frederick James Porter settled in England where he spent the rest of his life. During the First World War, Porter worked as a draughtsman and designer for the British Government. He began exhibiting with the London Group from 1916, before being elected a member from 1921, and vice president from 1925 until 1935. He spent the last twenty years of his life as a tutor at the Central School of Arts and Crafts. Although he enjoyed painting a variety of subjects, including still lives and nudes, Porter is principally remembered for his delicate, yet painterly, views of Sussex and Essex.
Lot 329
Still life wih a bowl of fruit in an interior signed 'SADLER' (upper right) oil on canvas (Dimensions: 51 x 61cm)(51 x 61cm)Condition report: Oil on canvas which is attached to a wooden, open window stretcher. All keys are present and the canvas tension is good and the picture is in plane. The paint layer is in a good condition overall. The painting is held in a wooden frame with a painted decorative surface. There are insect dropping and dust on the surface of the frame. The canvas is held in the frame with bent nails.
Lot 339
Still life of mushrooms, chestnuts and blackberries, amongst branches and foliage oil on canvas (Dimensions: 56 x 96cm)(56 x 96cm)Footnote: Born in Kent in 1933, British artist Kenneth Newton is best known for his dark still lives and flower paintings, recalling the Dutch momento mori tradition. During his time as a student at the Royal Academy, Newton was awarded with several commendations, including first prize medals for drawing, portrait, landscape and life painting. Examples from Newton’s early career include landscapes and nudes and are much more painterly in style.
Lot 340
Still life of gloxinia and stoneware bottles signed and dated 'Kenneth Newton / 75 (lower right) oil on canvas (Dimensions: 55 x 76cm)(55 x 76cm)Condition report: Oil on canvas, which is attached to a wooden stretcher, all keys are present and the canvas tension is sound. The picture is held in a frame with glazing. There are not adequate spacers and the painting is touching the glass. There is a bloom on the inside of the glass. The paint layers are in a good condition overall.
Lot 341
Still life of magnolia with garlic and onions signed and dated 'Kenneth Newton May 80' (lower left) oil on canvas (Dimensions: 70 x 75cm)(70 x 75cm)Condition report: Oil on canvas which is attached to a wooden stretcher. All keys are present but the canvas tension is slightly slack. The paint layers are in a good condition, there is a layer of surface dust present. The ornate gilded frame is in a good condition.
Lot 442
Still life with Titian signed 'Kuhfeld' (lower left) oil on canvas (Dimensions: 45 x 50cm)(45 x 50cm)Condition report: Oil on canvas attached to a wooden stretcher. The support and paint layers are in a good condition. The frame is sound but there are no glazing spacers and the painting is up against the glass.
Lot 449
Still life with fruit and a vase of flowers signed and dated 'Cartwright '02' (upper left) acrylic on board (Dimensions: 85 x 74cm)(85 x 74cm)Condition report: Oil on panel. The panel is attached to a secondary board which is then framed. Overall the painting and frame are in a good condition, there is a light layer of dust gathered on the lower edge of the frame.
Lot 450
Still Life - East Coast Landscape signed and dated 'Cartwright '05' (lower right) acrylic on board (Dimensions: 64 x 60cm)(64 x 60cm)Footnote: Provenance With Brian Sinfield Gallery, OxfordshireCondition report: Oil on board. The support and paint layers are in an excellent condition. There are a few minor scuffs and scrapes to the frame.
Lot 48
* Jones (Winifred J.). Still Life of Flowers in a Vase, watercolour of chrysanthemums, daisies and dahlias in a vase, signed to lower margin, image size 51 x 63 cm (20 x 24.75 ins) mount aperture, framed and glazed, plus 6 other various late 19th/early 20th century watercolours, all unframed, including Cintra by C.G. Harvey, a view of Concarneau, and others (Qty: 7)
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Lot 331
J. Bolt, 19th centuryA mounted officer of the 1st Regiment of Life Guards, 1840sindistinctly signed 'J Bolt' (lower left) oil on canvas 63.2 x 76.5cm (24 7/8 x 30 1/8in).Footnotes:Provenancewith The Parker Gallery, London.Private collection, UK.A plack on the frame suggests that this is a portrait of Field Marshall Viscount Combemere.At this period there were two regiments of Life Guards, though at a distance their uniforms were identical, only their badges, buttons and the colour of the flask cord on their shoulder-belts distinguishing them; the 2nd Life Guards had a blue flask cord. Neither regiment, however, rode grey horses, black horses only being used as they still are today.We would like to thank Dr Andrew Cormack for his assistance cataloguing this lot.
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