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Click here to subscribeFollower of John Crome 1768-1821- Cottage and figure in a woodland glade; oil on card, tondo, 22x22cm. Note:This painting is possibly a copy of John Crome's watercolour titled ''The Glade Cottage'' which was sold to Lord Battersea, sent in 1912 to Pierpoint Morgan the American banker and lost in the Titanic Disaster.
ANN MARY ALLISON (Annie Allison) (1870-1929) Still Life, a stoneware vase of mixed tulips, watercolour, 19 1/2" x 13 1/2". Annie Allison was the sister of John William Allison (1866-1934) and was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy, London, mainly painting Still Lives in watercolour. Provenance: by family descent and the lot is sold together with a sketchbook by the same hand, including designs for embroidery etc (2) (see illustration).
D. William Tillyer (British, b.1938) Red Ginger (Alpinia Purpurata), Hawaii signed lower right "Tillyer" watercolour 150 x 75cm William Tillyer studied at the Slade School of Art from 1960-1962, painting with William Coldstream and etching with Anthony Gross, and later under William Hayter in Paris, where he won a scholarship. He taught at the Chelsea School of Art from 1963 to 1970. In the 1980s he travelled widely and had shows at Bernard Jacobson in 2000 and 2002. His work is in the Victoria and Albert Musuem, the Tate Gallery and the Museum of Modern Art in New York
John Bratby (British, 1928-1992) Guns and Roses, Swords, Pistols and Guns, 1953 watercolour 134 x 76cm Provenance: Acquired directly from Mrs Patti Bratby Private collection, Kent This is a very early work by John Bratby Bratby studied at Kingston College from 1948-1950, and then the Royal College of Art from 1951-1954. He returned to the Royal College of Art to teach the new crop of emerging talent three years later. Bratby was best known for his work in the Kitchen Sink school, his auction record for an oil painting was reached on a painting of a kitchen sink. The individualistic style of Bratby makes his paintings instantly recognisable.
Roy Nockolds (1911-1979) 29TH MAY 1954 THE FIRST MOTOR RACE MEETING AT AINTREE WITH STIRLING MOSS LEADING signed and dated 1954, watercolour heightened with gouache, framed and glazed, image size 53 by 44.5cm., 21 by 17 1/2in. This painting captures an event unique in more ways than one. The races at this inaugural Aintree meeting were run in an anti-clockwise direction, the same as the steeplechase course. By the second meeting in October, the direction of travel had been changed to a more normal clockwise.
Helen Bradley, Late September by a lovely tarn on Hampsfell., watercolourHelen Bradley (1900-1979), Late September by a lovely tarn on Hampsfell. It was early evening and all was still..., signed with fly symbol, inscribed and signed 'Helen Layfield Bradley' with date 1966, watercolour, 26 x 36cm.; 10.25 x 14.25in. * Bradley was born in 1900 in Lees a small town near Oldham and attended the local art school at Oldham where her main interests were designing jewellery and embroidery. She had not intended to be a professional painter and married a textile designer and settled into life as a house wife and mother of two children. When she was sixty-five she began to paint images of her childhood in Lancashire to illustrated the wonderfully woven stories and reminiscences she told her grandchildren. Her paintings were greatly admired and several exhibitions of her work were held in the 1960s and 1970s. L. S. Lowry was a particular admirer of her naive style of painting which is both powerfully nostalgic and sensitive. It has been suggested that her style derives from early Persian and Moghul art.
Ivan Taylor, three windmill studies, watercolour (3).Ivan Taylor (1946-), Windmill studies, signed, watercolour over pencil, unframed, 36 x 51cm.; 14 x 20in (3). * Born in Staffordshire Taylor studied Fine Art and Graphics at Burslem and Stafford School of Art. His painting success began very early when pictures were used to raise money for UNICEF after being seen on television. He has been president of the Staffordshire Society of Artists for a number of years. First solo exhibition held in 1972. He has exhibited at the Quantas Gallery London; Manser Callaghan Gallery Shrewsbury and many other private galleries in England Wales and the USA. He is the winner of the Royal Institute Rowland Hilder Award for 2006.
Ann Lindsay, Francesco Sassetti and his son, watercolourAfter Domenico Ghirlandaio (1449-1494), Francesco Sassetti (1421-1490) and His Son Teodoro, watercolour, 42 x 30.5cm.; 16.5 x 12in. * Francesco Sassetti (1421-1490) worked in the Medici banks in Avignon, Geneva and Lyons, and was an advisor to Piero de'Medici and Lorenzo the Magnificent. Both of Sassetti's sons were named Teodoro, with the younger one born in 1479, the year of the elder's death. If the younger Teodoro is portrayed here, the painting probably dates to about 1487. Ghirlandaio has set father and son against a background showing an oratory built by Sassetti in Geneva. The same building recurs in the magnificent frescoes painted by Ghirlandaio for Sassetti in Santa Trinita, Florence, between 1483 and 1486. The head and figure of Sassetti in this portrait are much repainted.
An Indian Miniature Painting, late 20th century, depicting a nobleman riding an elephant with an attendant on horseback in a landscape, opaque watercolour on paper, 23.5x18cm: After Ishikawa Shuha Toyonobu, Japanese 1711-1785- Kabuki actor; colour woodblock print, signed and sealed, 28.5x13cm., (2)
Circle of Peter de Wint OWS 1784-1849- Cottage in a wooded river landscape; watercolour, in an English 19th century gilt swept composition frame, 51x48cm. Note: A vellum bound ledger detailing accounts which mentions a painting by R P Noble SBA exh 1836-1861, pupil of Peter de Wint, accompanies this lot
Peter de Wint (1784-1849) View of Waltham Abbey, Essex, watercolour, 23 x 38cm. Provenance: Thos Agnew and Sons Ltd, 43 Old Bond Street, London, W1. Willett House, Somerset. Waltham Abbey is one of England's most outstanding Norman buildings and the reputed site of King Harold's tomb. Founded by King Harold in 1060, the church was rebuilt in the 12th Century and was part of a much larger abbey, dissolved by Henry VIII in 1540. The Lady Chapel and Crypt date from the 14th Century and the Tower from the 16th Century. The east end was restored in the 19th Century; the Rose Window was designed by Edward Burne-Jones. Other notable features are the painted ceiling, the Denny Monument and the Doom painting in the Lady Chapel
Mary Ann Dignam (Canadian, 1860-1938) View of the Place de la Madeleine, Paris, signed lower left "A mon ami, Gleeson White, Londres '93, Mary Dignam", watercolour, 18 x 13cm. The present painting bears a dedication to Gleeson White, who wrote about art and was the editor of illustrated magazines, including the Connoisseur; he was a member of the Art Workers Guild, and founded the publication The Studio
Nathaniel Everett Green (British, 1833-1899) Jaffa, signed lower right "N E Green 1884", watercolour, 24 x 17cm. Provenance: Colnaghi and Co, 13-14 Pall Mall, London, SW1. Private collection, Northamptonshire. Stanley Cornwell Lewis has been described as one of the most important artists of the 20th Century. He was born on 18th December 1905 and studied at the Newport School of Art in Wales from 1923 to 1926. Against fierce competition, and as the only student from Wales, he was awarded an entrance scholarship to the Royal College of Art in 1925 and studied there until 1930. In 1930 Stanley Lewis applied for the Rome Scholarship in Decorative Painting, which he entered on the insistence of William Rothenstein, Principal of the Royal College of Art, having won an entrance scholarship there in 1925. Lewis missed winning the 1930 Rome Scholarship by a single vote. His friend, Augustus John, believed that Stanley Lewis was one of the most important artists of his generation. John was outraged that Lewis did not win the Prix de Rome, and felt that his friend has been robbed of the prize that should have rightly been his. Later that year Lewis returned home to take up the post of Painting Master at Newport School of Art. In 1939 war was declared and he was called up in 1941 for training in North Wales and joined the Searchlight Regiment of the Gloucester Regiment in Somerset. After the war Stanley Lewis became Principal of Carmarthen School of Art where he taught until his retirement in 1967. His painting, The Welsh Molecatcher (1937), was voted the most popular picture at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition that year, it hangs today at the Newport Museum and Art Gallery in Wales. His wartime painting of The Attack on the Battleship Turpitz, is now at the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton, Somerset. In 2006 Stanley Lewis was awarded the MBE for his services to the arts and, at the age of 101, he is currently working on a new book on his life and work
Lancaster, Brian.C. (1931-) - Watercolour - L.M.S. 'Patriot' Class Locomotive 5516 'The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire regiment' in Chester Cuttings, signed and with a pencil vignette on the mount, 30cm x 48cm, A.R. - This painting was lancaster's membership entry to the Guild of Railway Artists - see illustration
Paul H. Ellis (fl.1871-1900), Figures in landscape, watercolour, 22 x 32.5cm. 8.75 x 12.75in. * Between 1871-1900 he exhibited 56 paintings at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. He painted extensively in the Midlands and North Wales. In London he exhibited one painting at the Royal Academy and 7 at the Society of British Artists-Suffolk Street.
British Navy 13 albumen prints by "J.N.L.", of H.M.S. Queen, buildings at Devonport, Victoria College and St. Saviour's church, Jersey, landing place Mt. Wise, H.M.S. Agamemnon in the harbour of Balaklava, all very faded, 10 with crude watercolour wash, one after a painting by Capt. White 19 x 24cm. and smaller, [c.1855-60] with certificate appointing Commander W.F. Burnett as Commander of HMS Queen 16 July 1852, blue half roan, very worn, contents loose
Sir David Wilkie, R.A., 1785-1841 Portrait of Admiral Walker, Commander of the Turkish Fleet signed, inscribed and dated Nov 27th 1840 pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour 43x30cm.; 17x11.75in. As the introduction to Sir David Wilkie's Sketches in Turkey, Syria and Egypt 1840-1841 suggests, "Wilkie in realising his object, would have shed a new light upon scriptural painting, for he was perfectly correct in assuming that the personal characteristics of the nations of sacred history are to be approached only through those of their modern representatives...and laboured so devotedly to their fulfilment." In 1939 the sitter in the current picture, who serving as Captain of H.M.S. Vanguard, was promoted to Commander of the Turkish Navy as part of the re-organisation led by the Turkish Ambassador with the assistance of the British Government. The current works were some of the last that Wilkie was to produce as he died onboard the Orient on 1st June 1841 whilst retuning home from this visit to the Holy Cities, "cut off before he could give to the world the matured fruits of his pilgrimage." Provenance Messers Graves and Warmsley, London Literature Sir David Wilkie's Sketches in Turkey, Syria and Egypt 1840-1841, London, 1843, pl. V
An Indian Miniature Painting, 20th century, depicting a mythical animal in a landscape, borders with script right and left, opaque watercolour, oak frame, 9.3x14cm: together with three other Indian miniature paintings depicting figures in gardens and landscapes, all with script, various sizes, (4), (part unframed)
Lillian Cole (b.c.1875) Sunlit Farmyard with Hens and their Chicks, distant landscape beyond Signed, pencil and watercolour, 37cm by 27.5cm (14 3/4in by 10 3/4in) The daughter of William Cole, she received tuition in painting from her father before joining him in his studio in Gateshead at an early age. She first exhibited her work at the Bewick Club, Newcastle, later exhibiting at the Royal Academy.
Arthur Wilde Parsons (1854-1931). Fisherman laying crab pots in a Cornish inlet, signed and dated A. Wilde Parsons.98 bottom right, watercolour heightened with white 29 x 44.5cm. * A. W. Parsons: Marine and landscape painter, exhibited from 1867. His earliest subjects were of The Bristol Channel, latterly painting the South Coast and Cornwall, his brother being vicar of Crantock. His visit to Italy in 1911 had a great influence on his later work producing a Pre-Raphaelite clarity of colour and detail.
A Chinese Painting, 18/19th century depicting two parakeets perched on a flowering branch, opaque watercolour, 39.5x29.5cm: together with four other similar Chinese paintings depicting birds and flowers, all in matching frames, three bearing labels for Chapman Bros (Chelsea) Ltd, 241 King's Rd Chelsea, (5)
THOMAS BARRETT A.R.E. N.S.A. (1848-1924). Watercolour, "Old Theakers Yard, Staithes", see label verso, signed, 43cm x 29cm, framed. Thomas Barrett, a master at Nottingham School of Art became one of the first artists to paint in Staithes. He is known to have said ÔStaithes is the place to go, there is no-where like it on all the coast for painting.' He is credited with having suggested to Harold Knight and Laura Johnson (later Knight) to visit the town as it was "a splendid place to paint". Barrett is acknowledged as a founder member of the artists colony that would become known as the "Staithes School".
Charles William Stewart 1915-2001 'Saint Demetrios from a wall painting in the Church of Ahioi Anargyroi Kastoria, Macedonia', original costume study; pencil and watercolour, inscribed extensively, and inscribed and dated 28th Sept 1975 on the reverse, 27x19.5cm: together with one other similar costume study titled: 'Sketch of a costume of the Thracian Sarakatsani, in the Museum of Folk Art at Thessaloniki', similarly inscribed and dated, (2)
Indian School early 20th Century Reverse Glass Painting, depicting a gentleman, head and shoulders wearing a turban and robes, 44x33: together with two Indian 19/20th century opaque watercolours depicting a man with a sword and women by a temple: Chinese School early 20th century reverse glass painting depicting a figure riding a dragon, opaque watercolour on glass, (4)
Chinese School 19/20th Century Scroll Painting, depicting a small bird upon a blossoming branch, opaque watercolour on silk, with inscription and one seal, 180x53cm: together with two other 19/20th century Chinese scroll paintings depicting a crane by a bridge and flowers, (2 scrolls) ,(one framed), (3)
* Original Watercolour Painting by Frank H. Mason depicting the panoramic view of Whitby and beyond to Sandsend. This was the very painting used for the famous LNER 'East Coast' Poster and this painting is annotated such. Measures 28" x 20" in its frame and shows the vibrancy of his work around this era. Note: Frank H. Mason (b. 1876; d.1965) Born in Durham in Yorkshire, Frank Mason began his career at sea, educated as a cadet on HMS Conway. Having served in the Royal Navy in the First World War, Mason became a war artist; several such paintings can be seen at the Imperial War Museum. Between the wars he became a full-time artist, working as an illustrator, a poster artist for railway companies, and supplying posters and postcards for shipping companies. From 1900 onwards he exhibited at the RA, and was awarded RI in 1929.
* Original Watercolour Painting by Frank H. Mason depicting the panoramic view of Scarborough from the cliff top to the south. As prepared for the early British Railways Poster of the same name and annotated by the artist as such in the bottom left corner. Measures 28½" x 21½" in its wooden frame. When seeing the actual poster, it is evident that a final painting was done from this painting, adding more vibrancy. A rare opportunity to acquire an original Mason Painting.
ALBERT GEORGE STRANGE (1855-1917), COASTAL SHIPPING, signed lower right, watercolour, framed. 13.5cm by 21.5cm. Note: After training in law, Strange took to painting and travelled in France and Holland. As head of the Scarborough School of Art he taught many artists who went on to become established names.
Anna Alma-Tadema, 1865-1943 eton college chapel signed watercolour with bodycolour 52x36 cm.; 20x14in. Eton College was founded in 1440 and is one of the oldest schools in the country. The south side of the college is dominated by the perpendicular architecture of the college chapel. Building began in 1441 on the chapel, but the original grandiose design was not completed as Edward IV usurped the throne and cut off most of Etons revenues. The present building was intended to be merely the choir of a much larger church. Bishop Waynflete paid for the completion of the Antechapel at the wesern end of the building in 1479. The Chapel is a fine example of fifteenth century Perpendicular Gothic architecture with some of the most remarkable mediaeval wall paintings in Northern Europe. Anna Alma-Tadema was the second eldest daughter of Lawrence Alma-Tadema and his first wife who died when she was only two years old. She inherited her father's talent in capturing detail which also reflects the influence of Dutch painting. Exhibited Royal Academy, 1886, no. 1280 Literature Art Journal, 1886, p. 252; Christopher Newall, Victorian Watercolours, 1987, p. 76
Louis Wain (1860-1939)-Three cats sat on the mat, watercolour and body colour, 26cm x 33cm, Michael Parkin Fine Art Limited, Motcomb Street, London, gallery label verso, this painting is re-produced in Louis Wain-The Man Who Drew Cats by Rodney Dale, published by Michael OMara Books Ltd (Illus.)
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