antiques & fine art sale

7th - 9th September 2022

To include the principal contents of Howard House, Great Corby, Carlisle

You can bid on this sale online, by leaving bids with Mitchells in person, by email upto 9.30 am on the day of the sale ([email protected]) or by attending the saleroom and registering to bid.  To bid online please click on The Saleroom link and follow the instructons given.  Please note if you use the online facility you will pay both our buyer's premium of 22% + VAT and the saleroom charge of 4.95% + VAT on the hammer.  CARD PAYMENT ONLY

VIEWING:  Sunday 4th September 11 am to 3 pm, Monday 5th September 10 am to 5 pm, Tuesday 6th September 10 am to 5 pm - Also throughout each sale day

Day 1 Wednesday 7th September at 10.00 am - Lots 1-421

Day 2 Thursday 8th September at 10.00 am - Lots 422-840

Day 3 Friday 9th September at 10.00 am - Lots 841-1305

Lot 494

D Breeks, oil on canvas, portrait of an elderly gentleman with pipe. 113 cm x 77 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £210

Lot 495

An Italian print of a young boy holding a violin. 34 cm x 26 cm, framed.

Sold for £10

Lot 496

In the manner of Jean Baptiste Camille Corot (1796-1875), oil painting on canvas, classical ruins in landscape. 24 cm x 35 cm, framed, bears signature (see illustration).

Estimated: £500 - £800

Lot 497

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour "In Spate, the river at the head of Wasdale". 42 cm x 60 cm, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £750

Lot 498

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour "At The Hour Of Dawn". 29 cm x 44 cm, framed, signed and dated 1926.

Sold for £550

Lot 499

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour "Wastwater With Yewbarrow Crag, Great Gable, Scafell And The Screes". 24.5 cm x 35 cm.

Sold for £220

Lot 500

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour "The Woods At Windermere". 39 cm x 60 cm, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £800

Lot 501

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour "Buttermere With Honister Crag, Haystacks, High Crag". 30 cm x 45 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £850

Lot 502

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour "On The Heather" moors of Mardale Westmorland. 23 cm x 43 cm, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £600

Lot 503

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour "Derwentwater And The Lodore Hotel". 43 cm x 59 cm, framed, signed and dated 1924.

Sold for £440

Lot 504

Winston Megoran (1913-1971), Scaups Rising, signed lower right, watercolour and gouache. 27 cm x 41 cm, Warwick Galleries Limited Gallery label verso. ARR (see illustration).

Sold for £60

Lot 505

Winston Megoran (1913-1971), Placid Waters, signed lower right, watercolour and gouache. 28 cm x 41 cm, Warwick Galleries Limited Gallery label verso. ARR.

Estimated: £100 - £200

Lot 506

Reuben Ward Binks (1880-1950), a grey horse standing in a courtyard, signed lower left watercolour heightened with white. 20 cm x 24 cm.

Sold for £300

Lot 507

Robert H Underwood (British early 20th century), Off Dover, signed lower left, watercolour heightened with white. 38 cm x 53 cm.

Sold for £50

Lot 508

William Marshall Birchall (1844-1941), The Blighty Boat, signed and inscribed with title lower left, watercolour and gouache. 26 cm x 35 cm.

Sold for £100

Lot 509

A pair of 19th century continental School watercolours, cathedral scenes, both indistinctly signed. 36 cm x 26.5 cm, framed.

Sold for £50

Lot 510

An 18th century French School, oil on canvas of an Italianate goat herding scene. 49 cm x 68 cm, framed, relined and recently cleaned (see illustration).

Sold for £850

Lot 511

Gordon Davies (1926-2007), oil on board "The Ducal Palace Urbino". 23 cm x 28 cm, framed, signed. ARR.

Estimated: £100 - £150

Lot 512

Frederick Tucker (1860-1935), a watercolour Cockermouth Castle. 35 cm x 54 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £90

Lot 513

Percy Kelly (1918-1993), oil on canvas laid to board, abstract. 40 cm x 101 cm, signed and dated '63. ARR.

Sold for £2800

Lot 514

Four ink and watercolour caricatures, 1930's including Sir Stuart Symes Govenor General of Sudan. Each 33 cm x 20 cm in simple oak frame.

Sold for £60

Lot 515

Alfred Olsen, 19th century continental, oil on canvas "Vesteraalen" depicting sailing vessels in estuary. 30 cm x 46 cm, framed, signed and dated 1890.

Sold for £130

Lot 516

A 19th century oil painting on canvas, gunboat and other vessels by an island. 31 cm x 46 cm, framed.

Estimated: £200 - £300

Lot 517

A 19th century oil painting on canvas, depicting an interior scene. 44 cm x 60 cm in gilt frame.

Sold for £180

Lot 518

Max A.S. Hambler, a view of Howard House, signed lower right, dated 1992, watercolour heightened with white. 37 x 55 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £90

Lot 519

British School late 19th century, a collection of Grand Tour watercolours of Italian scenes, to include The Bay of Naples, Sorrento and other views along the coast. Various sizes (22).

Sold for £180

Lot 520

Arthur Hardwick Marsh (1842-1909), "Feeding Time", signed lower right, watercolour. 104 x 71 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £1200

Lot 521

British School German towns and cities, to include Nuremburg and Dresden, each inscribed with title, watercolour. Each +/- 16 x 23 cm (4).

Sold for £20

Lot 522

William Mellor (1851-1931), three works framed as one, from left "Lledr Valley North Wales", "On The Conway North Wales" and "On The Nidd Near Knaresborough Yorkshire" depicting river scenes, two rectangular with the central one circular, each signed, oil on board, the rectangular works 22 x 29 cm, the circular work diameter 22 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £2500

Lot 523

William Mellor (1851-1931), three rural scenes framed as one, from right to left "Rex Ghyll Near Bolton Abbey", "On The Mackno North Wales" and "Woodlands Brook Near Barden Yorkshire", two rectangular either side of a circular work, each signed, oil on board. Rectangular works 21 x 29 cm, circular work diameter 21 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £2400

Lot 524

British School 19th century, an alpine view with a church and bridge over a ravine, watercolour. 25 x 36 cm.

Sold for £10

Lot 525

Pauline Walters, a view of an African road with figures resting, signed lower left, dated '04, watercolour. 21 x 28 cm, together with another work by the same artist and a small watercolour of Great Corby by a different hand (3).

Sold for £70

Lot 526

Somerville (British School, 19th century), fisherman by a river with a viaduct in the background, oil on board. 18 x 27 cm, together with a work signed R Hill dated 1872 of a mountainous landscape with a bridge in the foreground (2).

Sold for £220

Lot 527

Continental School 20th century, a view of a Mediterranean beach with fishermen and fishing boats beside white villas, watercolour. 29 x 39 cm.

Estimated: £80 - £120

Lot 528

Thornton (British School, early 20th century), a passenger ship in a fjord, oil on canvas, signed lower right. 17 x 26 cm.

Sold for £120

Lot 529

J.J. Wilson, near Tacoronte, Tenerife, watercolour, signed and inscribed and dated 1902. 31 x 40 cm, together with a British School early 20th century watercolour of fishing boats along the coast by a different hand (2).

Estimated: £50 - £70

Lot 530

Manner of Thomas Sidney Cooper R.A., cattle watering beside a pond. oil on board, bears signature lower left. 19 x 29 cm.

Sold for £60

Lot 531

British School 20th century, a Highland scene with a stag beside a loch, indistinctly signed lower right, oil on canvas. 51 x 102 cm.

Sold for £200

Lot 532

Catherine Cookson, still life with red poppies, signed lower left, oil on canvas. 46 x 59 cm. Provenance - Lot 346 in The Catherine Cookson auction on 26th November 1998 at Thomas N Miller in Newcastle Upon Tyne, sold with original receipt (see illustration).

Sold for £300

Lot 533

British School 20th century, a view of Annecy titled "View From Our Window", inscribed, watercolour. 16 x 27 cm, together with a work signed McKenzie Ravenglass, watercolour and two prints of mountain scenes after Birket Foster, two prints after Ernest Walbourn (6).

Sold for £30

Lot 534

O Lawrence, British School early 20th century, woodland river view with pool in foreground and rapids beyond, signed lower left, dated 1897, oil on canvas. 51 x 74 cm.

Sold for £40

Lot 535

Attributed to Sam Bough (1822-1878), cottages among woodland with a farm labourer sitting on a well in the foreground, signed lower left, dated 1859, oil on board. 20 x 28 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £150

Lot 536

F Stanhope (British School early 20th century), milkmaid milking a cow beside a river, signed lower right, oil on canvas. 51 x 73 cm.

Sold for £80

Lot 537

After F Bartolozzi R.A., a set of three oval lithographs of cherubs, each in round gilt frames, all 15 x 12 cm.

Sold for £45

Lot 538

William Lakin Turner (1867-1936), "Ben Venue Loch Achray", signed lower left, oil on board. 23 x 33 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £280

Lot 539

Attributed to George Preston Fank, view in Epping Forest, oil on board. 17 x 24 cm, together with a forest scene, signed Abraham Hulk and two views of Scottish castles on the edge of a loch by different hands (4).

Sold for £60

Lot 540

British School 19th century, Askham Mill Lowther, watercolour heightened with white. 25 x 30 cm, and a map of Westmorland lithograph late 19th century (2).

Sold for £20

Lot 541

William P Feeney, Pont Aven Finisterre, signed lower right, oil on canvas. 55 x 36 cm, with label verso inscribed in ink with artists name and title (see illustration).

Sold for £320

Lot 542

O Lawrence, British School late 19th/early 20th century, river scene with sunlit pond amongst trees, signed lower left, oil on canvas. 51 x 77 cm.

Sold for £110

Lot 543

Gordon King, "Screen Goddess" photographic reproduction print, signed in the margin and inscribed artists proof. 49 x 66 cm.

Sold for £110

Lot 544

British School 19th century, a set of three floral paintings each painted on glass. Each 54 x 29 cm.

Sold for £25

Lot 545

Sam Bough (1822-1878), Lake Windermere, signed lower right and dated possibly 1853, oil on board. 31 x 51 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £1700

Lot 546

Edward Hasell McCosh British Contemporary, a pair of still lifes with decanters, fruit, insects and a silver salver in the Dutch style, each indistinctly signed lower left, oil on canvas. 40 x 35 cm, a pair (2). ARR (see illustration).

Sold for £440

Lot 547

R Ablott, Loch Achray watercolour on a porcelain base, inscribed with artists name and title verso. 19 x 24 cm.

Sold for £50

Lot 548

D Latour, a pair of oils on panel depicting young ladies picking flowers, each signed lower right. 28 x 10 cm.

Sold for £280

Lot 549

William Mellor (1851-1931), a mountain stream, signed lower left, oil on canvas, inscribed verso Ilkley Glade Yorkshire. 49 x 75 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £420

Lot 550

Edward H Thompson (1879-1949), a snowbound River Greta landscape near Keswick, signed lower right, watercolour and gouache. 34 x 49 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £850

Lot 551

British School late 19th century, swans on a woodland river, initialled lower left F.H. oil on canvas. 48 x 74 cm.

Sold for £60

Lot 552

William Mellor (1851-1931), sheep on a track beside a mountain bound lake, signed lower right, oil on board. 29 x 44 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £800

Lot 553

William Mellor (1851-1931), autumnal river scene with sheep beside the banks, signed lower right, oil on canvas. 29 x 43 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £950

Lot 554

W.E. Perringate, gypsy encampment, signed lower left, oil on canvas. 36 x 51 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £160

Lot 555

William Bennett R.I. (1811-1871), travellers on a rural road, watercolour. 32 x 26 cm.

Estimated: £80 - £120

Lot 556

Continental School, still life with a basket of fruit and a earthenware carafe on a linen topped table, indistinctly signed lower left, oil on panel. 9 x 12 cm.

Sold for £30

Lot 557

William Lakin Turner (1867-1936), cattle grazing by a lake, probably Ullswater, signed lower left, oil on canvas. 61 x 81 cm.

Sold for £120

Lot 558

After C Napier Hemy ARA, before the wind, signed in pencil and inscribed with artists name in the margin, etching. 40 x 55 cm (PL).

Sold for £55

Lot 559

J.J. Clark (British School, 20th century), a view of parkland before a lake, signed lower right and dated '68, oil on canvas. 49 x 74 cm.

Sold for £40

Lot 560

Max A.S. Hambler, a view of Howard House, signed lower right dated 1992, watercolour. 41 x 56 cm, together with two further works in watercolour of a village shop and a bungalow, both by the same hand (3).

Sold for £200

Lot 561

Sam Bough (1822-1878), figures and a cottage beside a stream, signed lower right, oil on board. 48 x 33 cm.

Sold for £220

Lot 562

Auriel Mahoney, a set of four floral studies, each signed and inscribed, one for each season, watercolours. Each 29 x 21 cm and two others by the same hand (6).

Sold for £60

Lot 563

Franz Stefan Paschinger (1862-1944), a river scene at dusk, indistinctly signed lower right, oil on panel. 30 x 17 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £140

Lot 564

William Lakin Turner (1867-1936), St Lukes, Summer Derwentwater and Skiddaw, signed lower left, oil on canvas. 45 x 60 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £600

Lot 565

William Mellor (1851-1931), a thatched cottage on a moorland landscape, signed lower left, oil on canvas. 33 x 49 cm.

Sold for £240

Lot 566

After Arthur J Elsley, a pair of coloured prints, children. 31 cm x 60 cm, framed.

Sold for £10

Lot 567

William Mellor (1851-1931), oil on canvas board "A View Near Rokeby Barnard Castle", circa 1902. 28 cm x 43 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £460

Lot 568

William Mellor (1851-1931), oil on canvas board "A Bit Of Derwentwater", circa 1902. 28 cm x 43 cm, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £420

Lot 569

A 19th century continental school, oil on board, faggot gatherer in winter landscape with cottage. 14 cm x 19 cm, framed.

Sold for £100

Lot 570

20th century British School, watercolour "The Greta Portinscale". 17 cm x 23.5 cm.

Sold for £15

Lot 571

Margery Sharp, watercolour below Gowbarrow by Ullswater. 33 cm x 45 cm, framed, signed and another by the same artist "Sheep On The Move". 22 cm x 34 cm.

Estimated: £20 - £40

Lot 572

F.H. oil on canvas, lake and woodland scene. 49 cm x 75 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £80

Lot 573

Liz Garnett Orme, a barn owl, signed lower right dated 1992, watercolour and gouache. 23 x 18 cm.

Estimated: £80 - £120

Lot 574

Liz Garnett Orme, a heron, signed lower right dated 1995, medium watercolour and gouache. 27 x 31 cm.

Estimated: £80 - £120

Lot 575

Liz Garnett Orme, a robin feeding its young and woodpecker on a branch, a pair both signed lower right dated 1979 watercolour and gouache. Each 23 x 14 cm.

Sold for £80

Lot 576

Mogul School late 19th/early 20th century, a ceremonial scene with an elephant, watercolour and gouache on silk heightened with gilt. 26 x 21 cm.

Sold for £50

Lot 577

Mogul School late 19th/early 20th century, a procession with warriors and a horse, gouache heightened with gilt on silk. 26 x 22 cm.

Sold for £60

Lot 578

A large folio of unframed prints, from 18th, 19th and 20th century, mediums to include lithographs, etchings and engravings, to include botanical subjects, maps of the Danube, 18th century architectural copper plate prints, studies of mammals, anthropological items and numerous other subjects, all unframed.

Sold for £60

Lot 579

After James Gillray, five late 18th/early 19th century engravings, one coloured "Lilliputian - Substitutes Equipping for Public Service". 26 cm x 36 cm, together with four others, black and white including "The Introduction", "Election Troops", "A Recent Escape" and "A Pig In A Poke", each in Hogarth type frame.

Estimated: £220 - £250

Lot 580

Sir William MacTaggart (1903-1981), pencil sketch cottages in landscape. 18 cm x 23.5 cm.

Estimated: £80 - £120

Lot 581

Alfred Wainwright (1907-1991), original pen and ink drawing, inscribed Blencathra From Castlerigg, signed. 17 x 21 cm. ARR (see illustration).

Sold for £850

Lot 582

Alfred Wainwright (1907-1991), original pen and ink drawing, inscribed Walla Crag, signed. 17 x 21 cm. ARR (see illustration).

Sold for £750

Lot 583

John Berney Ladbrooke (1803-1879), a wooded landscape with lake and mountains beyond, oil on canvas. 39 x 29 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £550

Lot 584

Edward H Thompson (1879-1949), Thirlmere and Helvellyn, signed lower left and dated 1927, watercolour. 21 x 26 cm.

Sold for £260

Lot 585

William Lakin Turner (1867-1936), a wayside cottage Millbeck, signed lower left, oil on canvas. 26 x 36 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £340

Lot 586

Clement Hardy, British School circa 1900, "After a Days Sport", signed lower right, oil on canvas. 40 x 61 cm.

Sold for £240

Lot 587

William Mitchell of Maryport (1806-1900), oil on canvas "The Langdale Pikes From The Road Looking Down Into Great Langdale" Westmorland 1874. 59 cm x 89 cm, framed, signed and dated verso (see illustration).

Sold for £1500

Lot 588

Maurice Campbell Taylor, oil painting on board "The Lanes Carlisle". 66 cm x 55 cm, framed, signed and dated 1944 verso.

Sold for £80

Lot 589

An early 20th century gramophone by Gramophone and Typewriter Limited, with oak and brass horn, together with a single vinyl record His Masters Voice.

Sold for £450

Lot 590

A medal group belonging to Private William Hodgson Green Coldstream Guards, consists of The 914-1915 Campaign Medal of The British Army, The British War Medal and The Victory Medal, all without their original ribbons. Later in his military career he served in The Military Police and was awarded The Police Medal For Exemplary Service, the group also has a 1905 Educational Medal for Two Years Perfect Attendance, two Festival Of Britain English silver crown pieces minted in 1951 and a German 1914-1918 bronze commemorative medal inscribed "For The Fatherland" and The Defence Medal 1939-1945.

Sold for £110

Lot 591

A bronze figure of a draped female, green patination, raised on a marble plinth. Height 52 cm.

Sold for £200

Lot 592

A desk stand, with cold painted bronze kingfishers and raised on a marble base. Length 14 cm.

Estimated: £100 - £150

Lot 593

A pair of early 20th century ship part hull models, each on mahogany panel. 50 cm x 17.5 cm.

Estimated: £250 - £300