British Drawings and Watercolours

British drawings and watercolours, spanning works from J.M.W. Turner, Thomas Gainsborough and John Constable, to Pre-Raphaelites and British Impressionists such as Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, and Dame Laura Knight are sold alongside Old Master and 19th Century paintings twice a year in London, and in a dedicated Drawings auction in New York in January.

Our experienced Drawings specialists, based in London, Paris, New York and Hong Kong, are committed to seeking out works of historic provenance and academic importance and are available for free and confidential valuations or advice.

A watercolor painting depicting a vibrant, dramatic sky over a calm sea and barren landscape.

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From free valuations to market advice, our specialists are here to answer your questions.

Zack Boutwood
Cataloguer
+44 (0) 20 7389 2025
zboutwood@christies.com
London
Annabel Kishor
Specialist
+44 (0) 20 7389 2709
akishor@christies.com
London
Having completed a BA in History of Art at University College London, and an MA in 18th Century British and French Drawings at the Courtauld Institute of Art, Annabel worked in the Prints and Drawings department at the British Museum, and at another major auction house. She has been working in the British Drawings department at Christie’s since 2015, working on both the Early British and Victorian sales. She has also been involved in single-owner collection sales including Stunners and The Collection of William Drummond, and was Head of Sale for The Astor Collection from Tillypronie, Aberdeenshire.
Noël Annesley
Senior Consultant
+44 (0)20 7389 2405
nannesley@christies.com
London
Noël Annesley joined Christie’s in 1964. Fifty-four years later he is still working there, and in September 2016 he organised the sale at King Street of the collection of Brian Sewell, his first boss, who had left Christie’s in 1967 and gone on to become a celebrated journalist. Together they set up the department of Prints and Drawings. Over the years Noël has made some exciting discoveries. One of them, a magnificent drawing by the early 16th Century Venetian artist Sebastiano del Piombo, now belonging to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, was included in the exhibition ‘Michelangelo and Sebastiano’ at the National Gallery, London, earlier this year. It was in the Michelangelo drawings exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum, New York, November 2017-February 2018. Noël took his first auction in 1967, and over the years achieved record prices for Titian, Canaletto, Michelangelo and Raphael. He organised and conducted the celebrated sales of Old Master Drawings from Chatsworth in 1984 and 1987, and Old Master Prints in 1986. In 2007 he sold Turner’s famous watercolour ‘The Blue Rigi’ for £5.8 million. It is now in the Tate Gallery. He served as Deputy Chairman of Christie’s International plc from 1992-2000, and was a long serving Trustee of the Dulwich Picture Gallery, and a Governor of the Yehudi Menuhin School.
Amélie D’Arenberg
Sale Coordinator
+44 207 389 2581
aarenberg@christies.com
London