• Auction 18760

    300 Years Of British Drawings

    24 November 2020 - 8 December 2020, London

    SALE TOTAL: 241,000 (GBP)
45 Lots for Sale 18760
Lot 2
LADY MARIA COMPTON, MARCHIONESS OF NORTHAMPTON (1766-1843), AND OTHERS
An album of sixty-nine botanical drawings, by various hands: Forty-five by Lady...
pencil, watercolour, and bodycolour, some heightened with gum arabic
the album 25 ½ x 19 in. (64.7 x 48.3 cm.); the drawings 18 ½ x 13 ¾ (47 x 34.9 cm.) and smaller
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($26,720 - $40,080)

price realized
£40,000
($53,320)
Lot 4
WILLIAM PARS, A.R.A. (LONDON 1742-1782 ROME)
The river valley at Bonneville with the Savoy Alps behind
pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour on paper watermarked 'I*PORTAL'
10 x 15 1/8 in. (25.4 x 38.4 cm.)
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($4,008 - $6,680)

price realized
£3,750
($4,998)
Lot 5
THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH, R.A. (SUDBURY, SUFFOLK 1727-1788 LONDON)
A wooded valley landscape with a shepherd and his flock in the foreground
black chalk and stump and pale pink wash
10 ¾ x 14 5/8 in. (27.3 x 37.1 cm.)
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($13,360 - $20,040)

price realized
£11,250
($14,996)
Lot 7
WILLIAM ALEXANDER (MAIDSTONE 1766-1816)
Three Chinese studies: a Rowing barge; Three men working a drain sluice; and...
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour
5 ¼ x 4 5/8 in. (13.3 x 11.7 cm.), and slightly smaller
(3)
estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
($8,016 - $10,688)

price realized
£6,000
($7,998)
Lot 8
WILLIAM ALEXANDER (MAIDSTONE 1766-1816)
Three Chinese studies: Two men panning in a river; A man carried in a sedan...
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour
4 3/8 x 4 7/8 in. (11.1 x 12.3 cm.), and slightly smaller
(3)
estimate
£5,000 - £7,000
($6,680 - $9,352)

price realized
£7,500
($9,997)
Lot 9
WILLIAM ALEXANDER (MAIDSTONE 1766-1816)
Study of a Chinese man sailing a junk
pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour
7 x 9 in. (17.8 x 22.8 cm.)
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($4,008 - $6,680)

price realized
£6,875
($9,164)
Lot 12
JOHN HOPPNER, R.A. (LONDON 1758-1810)
A young girl reclining in a woodland glade, with a spaniel
black and red chalk
8 ½ x 10 1/8 in. (21.5 x 25.7 cm.), oval
estimate
($2,672 - $4,008)

This lot was withdrawn from the sale

Lot 14
PHILIP REINAGLE, R.A. (EDINBURGH 1749-1833 LONDON)
Studies of a Newfoundland and 'Major', a Greyhound
pencil on card
9 x 10 7/8 in. (23 x 27.8 cm.) each
(2)
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,672 - $4,008)

price realized
£2,125
($2,832)
Lot 15
WILLIAM PAYNE, O.W.S. (LONDON 1754-1833)
Four landscape studies: Washerwomen in a cave beside an estuary; A rowing boat...
pencil and watercolour
8 ¾ x 12 ¼ in. (22.2 x 31.1 cm.)
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,672 - $4,008)

price realized
£2,750
($3,665)
Lot 16
JOHN NIXON (LONDON 1750-1818)
St Paul's Cathedral and Islington from Regent's Park, London
pencil and watercolour, extended along the right hand margin
9 1/8 x 16 5/8 in. (23.2 x 42.3 cm.)
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($4,008 - $6,680)

price realized
£4,750
($6,331)
Lot 17
THOMAS ROWLANDSON (LONDON 1756-1827)
A roadside inn with travellers passing
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour
9 3/8 x 14 5/8 in. (23.8 x 37.2 cm.)
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,340 - $4,676)

price realized
£4,750
($6,331)
Lot 18
WILLIAM PAYNE, O.W.S. (LONDON 1754-1833)
Four landscape studies: Figures in woodland beside a river; A priest entering a...
pencil and watercolour
10 ½ x 14 5/8 in. (26.7 x 37.2 cm.) each
(4)
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($2,004 - $2,672)

price realized
£2,750
($3,665)
Lot 19
WILLIAM PAYNE, O.W.S. (LONDON 1754-1833)
Six landscape studies: A ship sailing beside a castle; A cottage beside a...
pencil, blue and grey wash
13 ½ x 19 ½ in. (34.3 x 49.5 cm.); and very slightly smaller
(6)
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,672 - $4,008)

price realized
£2,750
($3,665)
Lot 20
THOMAS ROWLANDSON (LONDON 1756-1827)
The stage coach
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour
6 ¾ x 9 1/8 in. (17.2 x 23.2 cm.)
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($2,004 - $2,672)

price realized
£1,500
($1,999)
Lot 22
WILLIAM PAYNE, O.W.S. (LONDON 1754-1833)
Four landscape studies: Part of the ruins of Hulne Abbey, with three men in the...
pencil and watercolour
8 x 12 in. (20.3 x 30.5 cm.); and slightly smaller
(4)
estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
($1,603 - $2,404)

price realized
£2,750
($3,665)
Lot 23
THOMAS ROWLANDSON (LONDON 1756-1827)
A view of Richmond Bridge from the foreshore
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour
9 x 14 ¾ in. (22.8 x 37.5 cm.)
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,672 - $4,008)

price realized
£2,000
($2,666)
Lot 24
PAUL SANDBY MUNN (GREENWICH 1773-1845 MARGATE)
View of the Pantheon, Stourhead Gardens, Wiltshire
pencil and watercolour with scratching out
8 x 11 ½ in. (20.4 by 29.4 cm.)
estimate
£1,800 - £2,500
($2,404 - $3,340)

price realized
£2,000
($2,666)
Lot 25
JOHN MARTIN (HAYDON BRIDGE, NORTHUMBERLAND 1789-1854 DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN)
Figures in a classical landscape
pencil and watercolour with scratching out
4 3/8 x 6 ½ in. (11.1 x 16.5 cm.)
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,680 - $10,688)

price realized
£6,250
($8,331)
Lot 26
JOHN WARWICK SMITH, O.W.S. (CUMBERLAND 1749-1831 LONDON)
Skiddaw from Lodore, Derwentwater, Cumberland
pencil and watercolour
13 5/8 x 20 ¼ in. (34.7 x 51.5 cm.)
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,680 - $10,688)

price realized
£5,625
($7,498)
Lot 27
JOHN GLOVER, O.W.S. (HOUGHTON-ON-THE-HILL 1767-1849 DEDDINGTON, TASMANIA)
The Vale of Neath, South Wales
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with gum arabic
23 ½ x 35 in. (59.7 x 88.9 cm.)
estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($9,352 - $13,360)

price realized
£8,125
($10,830)
Lot 29
THOMAS ROWLANDSON (LONDON 1756-1827)
The Dandy
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour
4 5/8 x 3 ¾ in. (11.8 x 9.5 cm.)
estimate
£800 - £1,200
($1,068 - $1,603)

price realized
£1,125
($1,499)
Lot 30
GEORGE PYNE (LONDON 1800-1884 OXFORD)
Eton from the North Terrace of Windsor Castle
pencil and watercolour heightened with touches of bodycolour and gum arabic
8 5/8 x 11 ½ in. (22 x 29.2 cm.)
estimate
£1,800 - £2,500
($2,404 - $3,340)

price realized
£5,625
($7,498)
Lot 31
WILLIAM JAMES MULLER (BRISTOL 1812-1845)
A cottage in a wood
pencil, black chalk and watercolour
14 5/8 x 21 in. (37.2 x 53.2 cm.)
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,672 - $4,008)

price realized
£2,000
($2,666)
Lot 32
PETER DE WINT, O.W.S. (STONE, STAFFORDSHIRE 1784-1849 LONDON)
Minehead, Somerset
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour and gum arabic and with scratching out
17 ¾ x 28 ¾ in. (45.1 x 73 cm.)
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,344 - $8,016)

price realized
£4,000
($5,332)
Lot 35
FREDERICK NASH, O.W.S. (LONDON 1782-1856 BRIGHTON)
The Wine Market, and Pont Tournelle, with the Cathedral of Notre Dame in the...
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour and gum arabic and with scratching out
23 ½ x 41 ¾ in. (59.6 x 106 cm.)
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,680 - $10,688)

price realized
£5,625
($7,498)
Lot 37
JOHN VARLEY, O.W.S. (LONDON 1778-1842)
Bedgellert Bridge, Wales
pencil and watercolour with scratching out
9 3/8 x 13 1/8 in. (23.8 x 33.3 cm.)
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($2,004 - $2,672)

price realized
£2,000
($2,666)
Lot 38
JOHN LINNELL (LONDON 1792-1882)
An angler by a river at sunset
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour and with scratching out
4 ½ x 7 5/8 in. (11.5 x 19.3 cm.)
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,680 - $10,688)

price realized
£11,250
($14,996)
Lot 39
HENRY BRIGHT (SAXMUNDHAM 1814-1873 IPSWICH)
A pond in a wooded landscape, with an approaching rainstorm
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour on buff paper
6 3/8 x 9 5/8 in. (16.3 x 24.5 cm.)
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($2,004 - $2,672)

price realized
£1,500
($1,999)
Lot 40
WILLIAM WYLD (LONDON 1806-1889 PARIS)
The fishing fleet at dusk
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour and with scratching out
6 ¾ x 10 ¼ in. (17 x 26 cm.)
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,672 - $4,008)

price realized
£2,000
($2,666)
Lot 41
WALTER CRANE, R.W.S. (LIVERPOOL 1845-1915 HORSHAM)
Landscape near Tunbridge Wells, Kent
watercolour and bodycolour on brown paper
10 x 14 in. (25.5 x 35.5 cm.)
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,344 - $8,016)

price realized
£4,000
($5,332)
Lot 42
WILLIAM JAMES WEBBE (REDRUTH 1817-1904 LONDON[?])
Rocks and a stream at Dwygyfylchi, North Wales
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour on board
14 ¼ x 20 ¾ in. (36.2 x 52.7 cm.)
estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
($1,603 - $2,404)

price realized
£1,000
($1,333)
Lot 43
EDWARD LEAR (LONDON 1812-1888 SAN REMO)
Palermo, Italy
pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour heightened with white on buff paper
12 5/8 x 19 1/8 in. (32 x 48.5 cm.)
estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
($16,032 - $24,048)

price realized
£13,750
($18,328)
Lot 44
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Head of a Roman soldier in profile
black and white chalk with stump on buff paper
9 ½ x 7 1/8 in. (24.1 x 18.1 cm.)
estimate
£800 - £1,200
($1,068 - $1,603)

price realized
£875
($1,166)
Lot 45
WILLIAM CALLOW, R.W.S. (GREENWICH 1812-1908 GREAT MISSENDEN)
The Bay of Naples, Italy, with Vesuvius behind
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour and with scratching out
9 3/8 x 12 5/8 in. (23.7 x 32 cm.)
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,344 - $8,016)

price realized
£4,375
($5,831)
Lot 47
EDWARD LEAR (LONDON 1812-1888 SAN REMO)
Mount Sinai, Egypt
pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour heightened with touches of white on blue-grey paper
7 x 11 3/8 in. (17.8 x 28.9 cm.)
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,680 - $10,688)

price realized
£5,625
($7,498)
Lot 50
EDWARD LEAR (LONDON 1812-1888 SAN REMO)
Finale Ligure, Gulf of Genoa, Italy
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour heightened with gum arabic on buff paper
7 x 10 ¾ in. (17.8 x 27.3 cm.)
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,680 - $10,688)

price realized
£16,250
($21,661)
Lot 54
EDWARD LEAR (LONDON 1812-1888 SAN REMO)
The church of Santa Maria at Luco, Italy
pencil and black chalk heightened with white on buff paper
3 ¾ x 7 ¾ in. (9.5 x 19.8 cm.)
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,672 - $4,008)

price realized
£2,250
($2,999)
Lot 55
EDWARD ROBERT HUGHES, R.W.S. (LONDON 1851-1914 ST ALBAN'S)
Study of a male head
sanguine chalk
14 x 11 ¾ in. (35.5 x 30 in.)
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,340 - $4,676)

price realized
£6,875
($9,164)
Lot 56
HUBERT VON HERKOMER, R.A., R.W.S. (WAAL 1849-1914 BUDLEIGH SALTERTON)
Study of a head of a bavarian man
watercolour and bodycolour heightened with gum arabic and with scratching out on board
12 ¾ x 10 1/8 in (32.5 x 25.7 cm.)
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,672 - $4,008)

price realized
£2,000
($2,666)
Lot 57
MAXWELL ASHBY ARMFIELD, R.W.S. (RINGWOOD 1881-1972 DORSET)
Three feathers
tempera on canvas laid on board
10 x 12 in. (25.3 x 30.5 cm.)
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($4,008 - $6,680)

price realized
£3,250
($4,332)
Lot 61
SIR EDWARD COLEY BURNE-JONES, BT., A.R.A., R.W.S. (BIRMINGHAM 1833-1898 LONDON)
The Campagna - Mrs ...... in Italy
pencil
6 5/8 x 4 ¼ in. (16.8 x 10.8 cm.)
estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
($1,603 - $2,404)

price realized
£1,250
($1,666)
Lot 63
SIR EDWARD COLEY BURNE-JONES, BT., A.R.A., R.W.S. (BIRMINGHAM 1833-1898 LONDON)
Three studies of prone male nudes, probably for 'Venus Discordia'
pencil
7 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (18.1 x 13 cm.)
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,344 - $8,016)

price realized
£4,375
($5,831)
Lot 65
HERBERT JAMES GUNN, R.A. (1893-1964)
Study for 'Conversation piece (G.K. Chesterton; Maurice Baring; Hilaire...
black chalk
59 7/8 x 43 ¾ in. (152 x 111 cm.)
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($13,360 - $20,040)

price realized
£11,250
($14,996)
Lot 66
FRANK OWEN SALISBURY, R.I., R.O.I. (HARPENDEN 1874-1962 LONDON)
Study of H.R.H. the Duke of York (later King George VI) for 'The Burial of the...
black and white chalk on blue-grey paper
19 ¾ x 14 in. (50.2 x 35.5 cm.)
estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
($1,603 - $2,404)

price realized
£875
($1,166)
Lot 67
DAME ELISABETH FRINK, R.A. (GREAT THURLOW 1930-1999 BLANDFORD FORUM)
Study of a striding man
pencil on a Fabriano cotton paper
39 3/8 x 27 ¾ in. (100 x 70.5 cm.)
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,344 - $8,016)

price realized
£4,375
($5,831)
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