• Auction 18273

    The Ross Collection From Knockmore, Enniskerry, Wicklow, Part II

    14 November 2019 - 21 November 2019, London

    SALE TOTAL: 91,875 (GBP)
63 Lots for Sale 18273
Lot 1
George Chinnery (London 1774-1852 Macau, China)
Study of a Tanka girl leaning on the prow of a boat
pencil, pen and brown ink on paper
5 ½ x 2 ¾ in. (14 x 7 cm.)
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,287 - $1,930)

price realized
£750
($969)
Lot 2
George Chinnery (London 1774-1852 Macau, China)
A Tanka girl, looking to the left, seated
pencil on paper
7 ½ x 4 ¾ in. (19 x 12.1 cm.)
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,287 - $1,930)

price realized
£1,500
($1,938)
Lot 5
George Chinnery (London 1774-1852 Macau, China)
Study for a portrait of the Marjoribanks family
pen and brown ink on paper
4 ½ x 3 5/8 in. (11.4 x 19.3 cm.)
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,287 - $1,930)

price realized
£1,375
($1,776)
Lot 6
George Chinnery (London 1774-1852 Macau, China)
A cow and a calf
pencil, pen and brown ink on paper
3 x 3 in. (7.6 x 7.6 cm.)
estimate
£700 - £1,000
($900 - $1,287)

price realized
£750
($969)
Lot 7
George Morland (London 1763-1804)
Study of a donkey
pencil on paper
4 ½ x 7 5/8 in. (11.4 x 19.4 cm.)
estimate
£200 - £300
($257 - $386)

price realized
£625
($807)
Lot 8
James Ward, R.A. (London 1769-1859 Cheshunt)
Mrs Arbuthnot's cow, Maria
pencil on buff paper
10 1/8 x 14 in. (25.7 x 35.6 cm.)
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,574 - $3,861)

price realized
£2,000
($2,584)
Lot 10
David Wilkie, R.A. (Fife 1785-1841 Malta)
Study for 'The Bride at her Toilet on the Day of her Wedding'
pen, brown ink and brown wash on paper
3 ½ x 2 5/8 in. (8.9 x 6.7 cm.)
estimate
£500 - £800
($643 - $1,029)

price realized
£375
($484)
Lot 12
Sir John James Steuart of Allanbank (Rome 1779-1849 Edinburgh)
A cavalry skirmish
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour on blue paper
3 ½ x 5 in. (9 x 12.7 cm.)
estimate
£100 - £150
($128 - $193)

price realized
£500
($646)
Lot 13
Thomas Sidney Cooper, R.A. (Canterbury 1803-1902)
Study of a seated figure
pencil on paper
6 5/8 x 10 ¼ in. (16.8 x 26 cm.)
estimate
£200 - £300
($257 - $386)

price realized
£375
($484)
Lot 15
Follower of Richard Cosway, R.A. (Tiverton 1742-1821 London)
Portrait of a lady in a plumed hat, a pale green coat and a white stock,...
coloured chalks on paper, oval
9 ½ x 7 7/8 in. (24.2 x 20 cm.)
estimate
£300 - £500
($386 - $643)

price realized
£125
($161)
Lot 16
John Hoppner, R.A. (London 1758-1810)
Portrait of a young girl, bust-length, in a bonnet with a red trim
watercolour and red chalk on paper, oval
9 3/8 x 7 in. (23.8 x 17.8 cm.)
estimate
£500 - £800
($643 - $1,029)

price realized
£250
($323)
Lot 17
After John Russell, R.A. (Guildford 1745-1806 Hull)
Figure from 'The Cries of London' - the St Giles songstress
pastel on paper
23 ½ x 17 ½ in. (59.7 x 44.5 cm.)
estimate
£700 - £1,000
($900 - $1,287)

price realized
£375
($484)
Lot 19
Thomas Rowlandson (London 1756-1827)
Mlle. Bovedino
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour on paper
9 3/8 x 6 7/8 in. (25.2 x 17.6 cm.)
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,287 - $1,930)

price realized
£1,875
($2,422)
Lot 20
Thomas Rowlandson (London 1756-1827)
Study of a volunteer infantryman
pen and grey ink and wash on paper
15 3/8 x 9 5/8 in. (39.4 x 24.5 cm.)
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,574 - $3,861)

price realized
£3,000
($3,876)
Lot 21
Thomas Rowlandson (London 1756-1827)
The Comforts of Bath - The Ball: figures attending a concert in an Assembly...
pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour on paper
5 x 8 ¼ in. (12.7 x 21 cm.)
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,217 - $4,504)

price realized
£4,375
($5,652)
Lot 22
Thomas Rowlandson (London 1756-1827)
The halt on the march
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour on paper
9 1/8 x 13 1/8 in. (23.2 x 33.3 cm.)
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,287 - $1,930)

price realized
£2,125
($2,745)
Lot 23
Thomas Rowlandson (London 1756-1827)
A group of figures in a Blacksmith's forge
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour on paper
8 ¼ x 11 in. (21 x 27.9 cm.)
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,930 - $2,574)

price realized
£875
($1,130)
Lot 24
Thomas Rowlandson (London 1756-1827)
The Parasol
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour on paper
8 ½ x 7 in. (21.6 x 17.8 cm.)
estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
($1,544 - $2,316)

price realized
£750
($969)
Lot 25
Thomas Rowlandson (London 1756-1827)
The return from market
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour on paper
6 x 9 in. (15.2 x 22.9 cm.)
estimate
£700 - £1,000
($900 - $1,287)

price realized
£1,500
($1,938)
Lot 26
Thomas Rowlandson (London 1756-1827)
Children near farm buildings, a flock of sheep in the foreground
pencil, pen and ink and grey wash on paper watermarked 'Curtis & Son 1806'
5 ¾ x 8 5/8 in. (14.6 x 22 cm.)
estimate
£600 - £800
($772 - $1,029)

price realized
£1,250
($1,615)
Lot 27
John Glover, O.W.S. (Houghton-on-the-Hill 1767-1849 Deddington, Tasmania)
View of a castle and figures
pencil and grey wash on Whatman paper
8 5/8 x 11 3/8 in. (21.9 x 28.9 cm.)
estimate
£800 - £1,200
($1,029 - $1,544)

price realized
£1,125
($1,453)
Lot 28
Attributed to Robert Adam (Kirkcaldy 1728-1792 London)
A capriccio Welsh landscape with figures outside a castle
pencil, pen and brown ink, grey and blue wash on paper
12 ½ x 20 3/8 in. (31.8 x 51.7 cm.)
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,287 - $1,930)

price realized
£2,125
($2,745)
Lot 29
Paul Sandby, R.A. (Nottingham 1731-1809 London)
The gateway of St Donats Castle, Glamorgan, Wales
pencil, grey ink and watercolour on a grey prepared paper
15 7/8 x 21 in. (40.4 x 53.4 cm.)
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,287 - $1,930)

price realized
£625
($807)
Lot 30
John White Abbott (Exeter 1763-1851)
The Warren
pencil, pen and grey ink and grey wash on paper
7 3/8 x 10 ½ in. (18.8 x 26.7 cm.)
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,574 - $3,861)

price realized
£1,625
($2,099)
Lot 31
John White Abbott (Exeter 1763-1851)
Travellers seated on the road to Rome, St Peter's beyond
pencil and watercolour on paper
15 ¼ x 19 ¼ in. (38.8 x 48.9 cm.)
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,574 - $3,861)

price realized
£5,625
($7,267)
Lot 32
Peter Le Cave (?Amsterdam 1769-1811 ?Coventry)
Figures and cattle in a wooded landscape, a ruin beyond
pencil and watercolour on paper
6 3/8 x 9 ½ in. (16.2 x 23.2 cm.); and two others by the same hand
(3)
estimate
£700 - £1,000
($900 - $1,287)

price realized
£375
($484)
Lot 33
John Varley, O.W.S (London 1778-1842)
An extensive landscape with a lake and mountains beyond, North Wales
pencil and watercolour with scratching out on paper
6 ¾ x 11 in. (17.1 x 27.9 cm.); and Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding (1787-1855), An angler in a river, a castle behind, signed and dated 'Copley Fielding 1823' (lower left in the margin), pencil and watercolour heightened with gum arabic and with scratching out on paper, 3 ½ x 5 ½ in. (8.9 x 14 cm.)
estimate
£500 - £700
($643 - $900)

price realized
£2,000
($2,584)
Lot 36
Julius Caesar Ibbetson (Leeds 1759-1817 Masham)
Figures and donkeys resting before Chale Manor, Isle of Wight, looking towards...
oil on canvas
11 ½ x 14 in. (29.3 x 35.6 cm.)
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,861 - $6,435)

price realized
£4,750
($6,137)
Lot 37
Patrick Nasmyth (Edinburgh 1787-1831 London)
Figure on a path in a landscape looking across a river
oil on panel
9 x 12 ¼ in. (22.9 x 31.1 cm.)
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,574 - $3,861)

price realized
£3,500
($4,522)
Lot 38
William James Müller (Bristol 1812-1845)
Figures on a path beside a church
oil on panel
9 ½ x 12 7/8 in. (24.1 x 32.7 cm.)
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,287 - $1,930)

price realized
£625
($807)
Lot 39
Francis Wheatley, R.A. (London 1747-1801 Middlesex)
Morning in the Country
pen and ink and watercolour on paper
14 x 18 ¾ in. (35.6 x 47.7 cm.)
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,574 - $3,861)

price realized
£1,250
($1,615)
Lot 45
James O'Brien (Dublin 1779-1819 London)
Fennor Rock on the River Boyne, County Meath, Ireland
pencil and watercolour, heightened with bodycolour and gum arabic on paper
15 7/8 x 22 in. (40.3 x 56 cm.)
estimate
£800 - £1,200
($1,029 - $1,544)

price realized
£1,000
($1,292)
Lot 46
William Henry Brooke, A.R.H.A. (Ireland 1772-1860 Chichester)
A beached Schooner at Butler's Cave; and Hastings Battery
pen and brown ink and blue and grey wash on paper
4 3/8 x 7 3/8 in. (11.2 x 18.8 cm.); 4 5/8 x 7 3/8 in. (11.9 x 18.8 cm.), corners cut
(2)
estimate
£200 - £300
($257 - $386)

price realized
£125
($161)
Lot 47
James Malton (London 1761-1803 Dublin)
St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour on paper
5 3/8 x 7 ¾ in. (13.6 x 19.7 cm.)
estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
($1,930 - $3,217)

price realized
£6,000
($7,752)
Lot 48
Irish School, 1826
An unidentified church, with a figure seated on a wall in the foreground
pencil and watercolour on paper
10 3/8 x 14 ¾ in. (26.4 x 37.5 cm.)
estimate
£300 - £500
($386 - $643)

price realized
£125
($161)
Lot 50
Irish School, circa 1820
The Keep and Abbey, Clare, Galway, Ireland
pencil heightened with white on paper
9 x 12 1/8 in. (22.9 x 30.8 cm.)
estimate
£300 - £500
($386 - $643)

price realized
£250
($323)
Lot 51
Andrew Nicholl, R.H.A. (Belfast 1804-1866 London)
View across Vico Bay towards Bray Head, Co. Dublin, Ireland
pencil and watercolour heightened with touches of bodycolour and with scratching out on paper
13 x 19 ¼ in. (33 x 48.9 cm.)
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,574 - $3,861)

price realized
£1,250
($1,615)
Lot 52
Edwin Hayes, R.H.A., R.I. (Bristol 1819-1904 London)
A fishing boat off Dalkey, Ireland
pencil and watercolour with oil on paper
4 x 7 in. (10.2 x 17.8 cm.)
estimate
£400 - £600
($514 - $772)

price realized
£1,500
($1,938)
Lot 53
Erskine Nicol, R.S.A., A.R.A. (Edinburgh 1825-1904 Feltham)
The Abolition of Donnybrook Fair
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour and gum arabic on paper
8 7/8 x 6 ½ in. (22.5 x 16.5 cm.)
estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
($1,544 - $2,316)

price realized
£1,250
($1,615)
Lot 54
William Henry Brooke, A.R.H.A. (Ireland 1772-1860 Chichester)
The opening of Waterloo Bridge (recto); with a Study of a dinosaur...
pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour on paper
4 ½ x 7 1/8 in. (11.4 x 18.1 cm.)
estimate
£400 - £600
($514 - $772)

price realized
£250
($323)
Lot 55
Myles Birket Foster R.W.S. (North Shields 1825-1899 Weybridge)
A coastal landscape with an angler in the foreground
pencil and watercolour with scratching out on paper
4 7/8 x 6 ¾ in. (12.4 x 17.2 cm.)
estimate
£400 - £600
($514 - $772)

price realized
£375
($484)
Lot 56
Edward Lear (London 1812-1888 San Remo)
Italian Landscape with palm trees and an aqueduct beyond
pen and brown ink on paper
6 x 9 ¼ in. (15.2 x 23.5 cm.)
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,287 - $1,930)

price realized
£2,125
($2,745)
Lot 58
Hercules Brabazon Brabazon (Paris 1821-1906 Sedlescombe)
View in an Arab town looking towards an arch
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour on blue-grey paper
9 ¾ x 6 ½ in. (24.8 x 16.5 cm.)
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,287 - $1,930)

price realized
£625
($807)
Lot 60
Hercules Brabazon Brabazon (Paris 1821-1906 Sedlescombe)
Two views of Seville, Spain
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour on grey-blue paper; pencil heightened with white on grey-blue paper
10 ¼ x 13 ¾ in. (26 x 35 cm.); 4 3/8 x 6 ¾. (11.2 x 17 cm.)
(2)
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,574 - $3,861)

price realized
£1,250
($1,615)
Lot 61
Hercules Brabazon Brabazon (Paris 1821-1906 Sedlescomb)
Saint Jean de Loisne sur Saône, France
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour on grey paper
9 7/8 x 13 ¾ in. (25 x 35 cm.)
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,287 - $1,930)

price realized
£625
($807)
Lot 63
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt., A.R.A., R.W.S. (Birmingham 1833-1898 London)
King Pharaoh's Dream
pencil and black and white chalk on buff paper
4 ¾ x 6 ¼ in. (12 x 15.9 cm.)
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,930 - $2,574)

price realized
£1,250
($1,615)
Lot 64
Nathaniel Hone, R.A. (Dublin 1831-1917)
Portmarnock Strand, Co. Dublin, Ireland
oil on canvas
11 ¾ x 17 in. (29.8 x 43.2 cm.)
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,287 - $1,930)

price realized
£3,000
($3,876)
Lot 65
Nathaniel Hone, R.A. (Dublin 1831-1917)
A wooded river landscape with cattle
oil on panel
9 ¼ x 7 in. (23.5 x 17.8 cm.)
estimate
£600 - £800
($772 - $1,029)

price realized
£1,500
($1,938)
Lot 66
Nathaniel Hone, R.A. (Dublin 1831-1917)
Four landscape views: Landscape with grazing cattle; A seashore with clouds...
all pencil and watercolour heightened on paper, two heightened with bodycolour
5 ¾ x 9 1/8 in. (14.3 x 23.2 cm.); and smaller
(4)
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,287 - $1,930)

price realized
£1,125
($1,453)
Lot 68
Dermod O'Brien, P.R.H.A. (Foynes 1865-1945 Dublin)
View of Dublin from Bull Island, Ireland
oil on canvas
10 x 14 in. (25.4 x 35.6 cm.)
estimate
£800 - £1,200
($1,029 - $1,544)

price realized
£500
($646)
Lot 69
English School, late 19th Century
Three landscape studies
oil on panel
4 x 8 in.; and slightly smaller
(3)
estimate
£600 - £800
($772 - $1,029)

price realized
£6,000
($7,752)
Lot 70
Augustus Edwin John, O.M., R.A. (Tenby, Pembrokeshire 1878-1961 Fordingbridge,
A Canadian infantryman
pencil on paper
18 x 12 in. (45.8 x 30.5 cm.)
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,930 - $2,574)

price realized
£2,750
($3,553)
Lot 71
Randolph Schwabe (Eccles 1877-1970 Helensburgh)
Piccadilly Circus, London
pencil, pen and grey and brown ink and wash on paper
15 ¼ x 20 5/8 in. (38.8 x 52.4 cm.)
estimate
£800 - £1,200
($1,029 - $1,544)

price realized
£625
($807)
Lot 72
Sir Robert Ponsonby Staples (Dundee 1853-1943 Cookstown)
Portrait of Charles William de la Poer, 1st Baron Beresford (1846-1919), at his...
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour on paper
6 x 8 ¾ in. (15.2 x 22.2 cm.)
estimate
£700 - £1,000
($900 - $1,287)

price realized
£375
($484)
Lot 73
Sir William Orpen, R.A., R.H.A. (Blackrock 1878-1931 London)
Travelling musicians
pencil, pen and brown wash on board
6 ¼ x 8 in. (15.9 x 20.3 cm.)
estimate
£800 - £1,200
($1,029 - $1,544)

price realized
£1,125
($1,453)
Lot 75
Evie Sydney Hone (Dublin 1894-1955)
Study for the east window, Eton College Chapel: 'The Last Supper and The...
pencil and bodycolour, heightened with gum arabic on paper, arched top
12 x 8 ¾ in. (30.5 x 22.3 cm.)
estimate
£700 - £1,000
($900 - $1,287)

price realized
£4,000
($5,168)
Lot 76
Evie Sydney Hone (Dublin 1894-1955)
Study for a stained glass window at Clongowes Wood Chapel: The Crucifixion
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour heightened with gum arabic on paper, arched top
13 x 5 1/8 in. (33 x 13 cm.)
estimate
£400 - £600
($514 - $772)

price realized
£625
($807)
Lot 77
Evie Sydney Hone (Dublin 1894-1955)
Study for a stained glass window at Tullabeg: Descent of the Holy Spirit
bodycolour heightened with gum arabic on paper
12 3/8 x 5 5/8 in. (31.5 x 14.3 cm.)
estimate
£400 - £600
($514 - $772)

price realized
£625
($807)
Lot 78
Letitia Marion Hamilton, R.H.A. (Dunboyne 1878-1964 Dublin)
A Spanish fiesta scene
oil on canvas-board
9 ¾ x 8 ½ in. (24.7 x 21.6 cm.)
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,287 - $1,930)

price realized
£750
($969)
Lot 80
Jack Hanlon (Dublin 1913-1968)
Boulevard
pencil and watercolour on paper laid on board
14 ½ x 21 3/8 in. (36.8 x 54.3 cm.)
estimate
£400 - £600
($514 - $772)

price realized
£375
($484)
Lot 81
Kitty Wilmer O'Brien, R.H.A. (India 1901-1982 Dublin)
The cross at Cong, County Galway, Ireland
red chalk, watercolour and bodycolour on card
11 x 24 in. (27.9 x 61 cm.)
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,287 - $1,930)

price realized
£625
($807)
Lot 82
Kitty Wilmer O'Brien, R.H.A. (India 1901-1982 Dublin)
Meenaun Cliffs, Achill, Ireland
red chalk, watercolour and bodycolour on card
10 x 24 ½ in. (25.4 x 62.3 cm.)
estimate
£800 - £1,200
($1,029 - $1,544)

price realized
£1,125
($1,453)
Lot 83
Bea Orpen, H.R.H.A. (Carrickmines 1913-1980 Drogheda)
Slane Head, Dingle peninsular; an Irish landscape with cottages
both watercolour and bodycolour on light green-grey paper
16 x 21 1/8 in. (40.6 x 53.6 cm.); and smaller
(2)
estimate
£400 - £600
($514 - $772)

price realized
£375
($484)
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