antiques & fine art sale

Michael Bennett (1934-2016), oil on handmade paper, "Woman by The Pool". 32 cm x 43 cm, framed, signed (see illustration). ARR.

Sold for £350

Michael Bennett (1934-2016), oil on board "Far Field". 51 cm x 53 cm, framed, signed and dated '03/04 (see illustration). ARR.

Sold for £900

Michael Bennett (1934-2016), oil on board "Red Tryst". 33 cm x 41 cm, framed, signed and dated '06/07 (see illustration). ARR.

Sold for £520

Michael Bennett (1934-2016), oil on canvas "Reclining Nude". 51 cm x 66 cm, framed, signed. ARR.

Sold for £300

Simon Bull, mixed media "Buttermere in The Green Gold Light". 15 cm x 29 cm, framed, 1/1, signed. ARR.

Sold for £220

Christina Mingard, acrylic on board "Tapestry". 34 cm x 24 cm, framed, signed with initials, dated verso 2005. ARR

Estimated: £100 - £200

Paul Wadsworth (born 1964), oil on canvas, Middle Eastern scene. 61 cm x 61 cm (see illustration). ARR

Estimated: £250 - £400

After Archibald Thorburn, limited edition print, "Ptarmigan" 309/850. 40 cm x 54 cm.

Sold for £30

Miles Balmford Sharp, oil on canvas, "Farmyard Scene". 39.5 cm x 49 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £140

After Terence Cuneo, a framed print Mulberry B 1944. 31 cm x 58 cm, and another photographic print of the same subject, 18 cm x 100 cm, framed.

Sold for £10

Augustus Edwin Mulready (British, active 1863-1905), small boy with tambourine and monkey on a street corner, signed lower left and indistinctly dated, oil on artists board. 19.5 x 15 cm (see illustration).

Estimated: £1000 - £1500

Samuel John Lamorna Birch (1867-1955), a view of a river valley, watercolour over pencil, signed and inscribed beneath the mount lower left. 27 x 36 cm. ARR.

Sold for £60

Samuel John Lamorna Birch (1867-1955), view of an expansive woodland landscape, signed lower right watercolour over pencil. 27 x 36 cm. ARR.

Estimated: £70 - £100

A small pair of Victorian watercolour flower studies. 19 cm x 15 cm, each in gilt frame.

Sold for £60

K Cotman, pastel of standing stones and trees. 36 cm x 46 cm, framed, signed and dated 1990. ARR

Estimated: £40 - £60

A watercolour flower study Iris. 35 cm x 29 cm, framed.

Sold for £25

Miss Stannard, still life sketch in oils. 26 cm x 33 cm in gilt frame.

Sold for £750

Edward Elliott (1851-1916), an oil painting on board, boats. 33 cm x 55 cm, unsigned but labelled verso.

Sold for £130

Edward Elliott (1851-1916), oil on canvas " A Quiet Day", Lowestoft harbour evening. 49 cm x 39 cm, framed.

Estimated: £200 - £300

Joseph Stannard, watercolour and charcoal portrait of a boy, oval. 26 cm x 20 cm, framed, inscribed verso.

Estimated: £60 - £80

An oil painting on canvas, nude male resting, 70 cm x 60 cm, together with a still life, two charcoal studies, "One Enigma" by Susan Wiltshire, and two further nudes.

Sold for £30

Joseph Stannard (1797-1830), a small watercolour portrait study in miniature. 7 cm x 6 cm, framed.

Sold for £85

Henry Pether (1828-1865), oil on canvas "Moonlit Rural Scene with Figure". 32 cm x 41 cm in gilt frame (see illustration).

Sold for £450

Edward Partridge, a pair of oil paintings on canvas "View in Shropshire" and "View on The Conway". 29 cm x 49 cm (see illustration).

Estimated: £300 - £400

H Wolseley Murray, watercolour sailing vessel, 28 cm x 22 cm, framed and signed, together with a steel engraving after J.M.W. Turner "Ivy Bridge, Devonshire", image 21 cm x 30 cm, framed.

Estimated: £20 - £30

No lot.

B Taylor (British School 20th century), portrait of a gentleman, head and shoulders wearing a brown jacket and white shirt, signed lower left, oil on panel. 57 x 46 cm.

Sold for £100

Harold Riley (British born 1934), portrait of a lady, head and shoulders in profile, signed Riley dated '66, mixed media with Malcolm Bishop Fine Art Dealer Manchester Gallery label verso. 35 x 25 cm (see illustration).

Estimated: £600 - £800

B White (British School 20th century), "The Piano", signed, dated 1998 and numbered 10/25, wood engraving. 10 x 11 cm (SH).

Sold for £20

Attributed to John Varley (1778-1842), Windermere watercolour. 21 x 30 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £240

Edward Loxton Knight, a pair of colour woodcuts on woven paper, each signed and one numbered 3/35, both depicting rural scenes. 25 x 30 cm (SH). and 21 x 29 cm (2).

Sold for £920

Aaron Edwin Penley, Rydal Water Cumberland, signed lower right and indistinctly dated, watercolour. 19.5 x 30 cm.

Sold for £50

John Gauld (British School 20th century), a Cumbrian landscape, signed lower left, watercolour with Malcolm Bishop Fine Art Dealer label verso. 27 x 36 cm.

Sold for £50

John Speede map, Cumberland and The Ancient Citie Carlile, described with many memorable antiquities therein found observed, hand coloured copper plate engraving, 38 x 50 cm (PL), a map of Westmorland after Christopher Saxton, a map of Cornwall and a map of Carmarthenshire by Robert Morden and an 18th century map of Pembrokeshire, all with later hand colouring (5).

Sold for £180

Albin Trowski (1919-2012), Albert Square photographic reproduction print, signed and numbered 78/500. 39 x 53 cm (SH). ARR

Estimated: £50 - £70

British Northern School 20th century, street scene with two figures by a house, oil on panel. 28 x 20 cm.

Sold for £200

Ian Norris (British School 20th century), Derwent Near Grange study 2014, signed lower right and inscribed with title and artists name, with Castlegate House label verso, oil on panel. 30 x 20 cm.

Estimated: £150 - £250

Edward H Thompson (1879-1949), Head of Ennerdale Water, signed lower left, watercolour. 25 x 35 cm.

Sold for £80

Garman Morris (British School early 20th century), Fishing Boats Off the Coast, signed lower right, watercolour with gouache. 35 x 49 cm.

Estimated: £40 - £60

British School 19th century View of The Alps, watercolour. 8 x 14 cm and four watercolours by different hands, all rural landscapes (5).

Estimated: £50 - £70

No lot.

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour Derwentwater looking towards Lodore. 21 cm x 28 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £400

Cornelius Pearson (1805-1891), a watercolour Buttermere Lake Cumberland. 17.5 cm x 46 cm, framed, signed and dated 1861.

Sold for £140

After Albrecht Durer, three 18th/19th century colour engravings Women of Nuremberg. Each 32 cm x 20 cm, framed.

Sold for £35

T.W. watercolour figures in rural landscape with church. 16 cm x 22 cm, framed, signed and dated with initials 1846.

Sold for £10

After David Shepherd, a pair of signed locomotive prints. 39 cm x 49 cm, framed.

Estimated: £40 - £60

An antiquarian print Liverpool, drawn and engraved by J Rapkin and published by John Tallis London and New York. 36 cm x 51 cm, together with a small watercolour "Ships" by Norman S Boyes.

Sold for £38

An abstract oil painting on canvas. 61 cm x 122 cm.

Sold for £40

James Scraggs (British School 19th century), Hunter in A Rural Landscape being pursued by its previous rider, signed lower left, inscribed Lynn and dated 1840, oil on canvas. 71 x 91 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £300

A folio of 19th and 20th century British and continental watercolours and prints, to include views of Wales, Italy and parts of Britain, various sizes and artists (quantity).

Sold for £170

H Pilkington (British School early 20th century), a pair of floral and fruit studies, oil on board, each signed and dated 1910. 29 x 23.5 cm.

Sold for £70

British School 20th century, a pair of oval mezzotint prints depicting young ladies, each contained in 20th century gilt style oval frames. 26 x 21 cm, the frames +/- 61 x 44 cm.

Sold for £110

Hilde Goldschmidt (German 1897-1980), "Dreamer", monotype 1969, signed with initials lower left and dated '69. Annalie Tudor Fine Art, 11 Tottenham Mews London W1 Gallery label verso. 42 x 50 cm. ARR

Sold for £580

Sheila Fell (1931-1979), "Christmas 1979", charcoal on paper. 29 x 39 cm, the following gallery labels verso - Abbott Hall Art Gallery Kendal Cumbria, inscribed Christmas 1979 Sheila Fell, exhibited at "Through Women's Eyes" 4th March - 7th May 1989. The second gallery label reads Abbott Hall Art Gallery Kendal Exhibition, A Tribute to Sheila Fell dated 15th August - 20th September 1981, title and date of picture "Christmas 1979" artist Sheila Fell, name of owner Sharrow Bay. Also attached verso a card which states Sharrow Bay Country House Hotel Lake Ullswater Penrith Cumbria CA10 2LZ (see illustration). ARR

Sold for £10400

Arthur John Downman, a pair of portrait lithographs of young ladies, bears signature in pencil, published in the early 20th century by Henry Graves & Son of Pall Mall London. Each 31 x 25 cm (SH).

Estimated: £40 - £60

Follower of Samuel Prout (1783-1852), a view down a Venetian canal, watercolour. 42 x 30 cm.

Estimated: £70 - £100

After George Morland (1763-1804), "The Shepherd", mezzotint. 59 x 47 cm (SH).

Estimated: £50 - £70

Colin Gard Allen (1926-1987), coastal view, signed lower left, oil on canvas. 71 x 91 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £400

Eastern European School early 20th century, a pair of rural scenes depicting farm workers, horses and carts in a rural landscape, oil on canvas. Each 24 x 37 cm.

Estimated: £120 - £180

Edward H Thompson (1879-1949), "View of Borrowdale", signed lower right, watercolour. 21 x 36 cm.

Estimated: £50 - £70

Continental School 19th century, portrait of a clergyman, three quarter length, seated wearing clerical robes and holding book in his left hand, oil on canvas. 110 cm x 81 cm.

Estimated: £400 - £600

Continental School 19th century, portrait of a Catholic priest, half length, seated writing with ink and quill, oil on canvas. 92 cm x 70 cm (see illustration).

Estimated: £400 - £600

Continental School late 19th century, portrait of a nun, three quarter length, oil on canvas. 86 cm x 67 cm (see illustration).

Estimated: £350 - £450

Continental School late 19th century, a bishop in a church interior giving alms to the poor, oil on canvas. 84 cm x 65 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £300

Continental School late 19th century, portrait of a noble woman wearing a crown and pearl necklace with white dress and blue and white sash, oil on canvas. 78 cm x 63 cm.

Sold for £100

Continental School late 19th century, John the Baptist anointing Christ, oil on canvas. 59 cm x 47 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £300

British School 19th century, a view of Lake Windermere with a river boat and figures in foreground with a storm coming, inscribed with title and initials E.B. and dated 1830 on a label in ink verso, oil on canvas 53 cm x 76 cm (see illustration).

Estimated: £700 - £1000

British School early 20th century, Lake District View with man in a rowing boat in the foreground, signed with monogram and dated 1904 lower right, oil on canvas. 32 cm x 46 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £320

Northern European School, Christ wearing his crown of thorns, half length, oil on canvas. 68 cm x 51 cm (significant losses to the canvas) contained in an 18th century moulded walnut frame. Frame size 77 cm x 59 cm (see illustration).

Estimated: £800 - £1200

British School 19th century, portrait of Henry Broadwood, half length wearing brown jacket and black stock, oil on canvas, inscribed verso Henry Broadwood 1876. 25 cm x 20 cm.

Sold for £180

Dutch School 18th century, a peasant with books beside a cottage door, oil on copper. 16 cm x 12.5 cm.

Sold for £70

Adrian Keith Graham Hill PPROI, RBA (British 1897-1977), "Horsemen", watercolour over pencil, signed lower left. 18.5 x 15 cm. Note: Adrian Keith Graham Hill was a British artist and writer, he served in World War One with The Honourable Artillery Company and was also commissioned as an official war artist towards the end of the war. Many of his drawings are now in The Imperial War Museum collection. ARR

Estimated: £250 - £350

John Baragwanath King (1864-1939), sailing ship on the horizon, watercolour, signed lower left. 38 cm x 122 cm.

Estimated: £200 - £300

Circle of David Roberts RA (1796-1864), Moorish Castle by the coast with figures in foreground, pencil heightened with white. 9.5 x 8 cm.

Sold for £60

Murray Bernard Laden (1864-1940), Tremadog Bay with Harlech Castle and Snowdonia in the distance, signed with monogram lower right, watercolour. 15 x 35 cm.

Estimated: £80 - £120

Stefano Della Bella (1610-1664), Italian School, goat herd etching, signed in the plate lower left. 8 x 10 cm (PL).

Estimated: £80 - £120

David Lewis (British School, 20th century), Las Palmas, Nice, signed lower right, limited edition screen print 55/175. 72 x 93 cm.

Sold for £50

John Kingerlee (born 1936), abstract "Mother and Child", signed with monogram lower right and dated '82 in pencil, watercolour and pencil. 26 cm x 17 cm. ARR.

Estimated: £100 - £200

A collection of 20th century modern art prints, to include one signed H Bechar dated '79, many with abstract compositions, unframed (8).

Estimated: £70 - £100

Salvador Dali "The Fight with Marhoult", limited edition etching, signed lower right and numbered lower left in the margin. 39 cm x 26 cm (PL). ARR

Sold for £820

June Bennett (1935-2013), floral still life, signed lower right dated '91, oil on board. 39 cm x 44 cm (see illustration). ARR

Sold for £500

C D Wildman (20th century), "Woodland Flowers", signed lower left, dated '65, oil on board. 49 cm x 61 cm.

Estimated: £200 - £300

The Needle Rock, Great Gable from G.P. Abraham Limited photographers, Victoria Buildings Keswick. 51 cm x 39 cm.

Sold for £100

L. Poons (British School 20th century), abstract in blue, white and brown, signed lower right, oil on canvas. 49 x 59 cm.

Estimated: £400 - £600

Cyril Wilson (British School, 20th century), "Melon and Rising Sun", signed lower right, dated '61. 64 x 76 cm.

Estimated: £200 - £300

John Bampfield, harbour scene, signed lower right, oil on canvas. 50 x 76 cm.

Estimated: £300 - £400

Elizabeth Blackadder (Scottish born 1931), Irises, signed lower right and numbered 3/5, artists proof in the margin, etching. 50 x 32 cm (PL) (see illustration). ARR

Sold for £2500

Marsha Hammel, "Saxophone Trio Blue Moon", signed and titled by the artist on the reverse, also signed bottom right, oil on canvas. 92 x 61 cm, sold with certificate of guarantee and authenticity from Charles Phillips, Fine Art Auctioneers.

Sold for £500

Shephard Fairey (American born 1970), "Bobby Seale Co-Founder of The Black Panthers" screen print, signed lower right and numbered lower left 185/300. 59 x 44 cm (SH). ARR

Estimated: £350 - £450

Alan Furneaux (British born 1953), "When the Boat Comes Home St Ives", signed lower right, inscribed with title verso and dated 2016. 46 x 60 cm (see illustration). ARR

Sold for £550

Quinton (British School 20th century), FD51 at Whitehaven, screen print, signed numbered 4/70 and inscribed with title in the margin. 62 x 46 cm (SH).

Sold for £280

Henrik Dallum, oil on board "Ballerina", signed. 69 cm x 54 cm.

Estimated: £300 - £400

A 19th century oil painting on panel, "The Farewell". 11.5 cm x 10 cm.

Sold for £200

An antiquarian hand coloured print, "The Arms of Dorset" circa 1865. 35 cm x 46 cm, framed.

Estimated: £20 - £40

After William Heaton Cooper (1903-1995), Langdale Pikes, reproduction print, signed in pencil and inscribed with title, together with another print after Heaton cooper and a print after J Campbell of Bassenthwaite (3).

Sold for £70

Karen Wallbank, "Cattle at Sunset", signed lower left, mixed media. 14 x 20 cm. NOTE: With Castlegate House Gallery of Contemporary Artists label verso (see illustration). ARR

Sold for £220

A collection of British and Continental portraiture, on panel and board to include a portrait after Reubens and other subjects, together with a collection of gouache studies and prints by various hands.

Sold for £380

British School 19th century, view of a castle by a river, inscribed verso "Composition Selected from Nature" by J Pawson 34, oil on panel, together with a further five landscape oils on panel by different hands (6) (see illustration).

Sold for £180

British School late 19th century, a study of a chicken, oil on canvas. 25 x 18 cm, together with an oil on canvas of a spaniel holding a duck and an Orientalist work late 19th century with auction house stencil Number verso plus five additional assorted works by various hands (8).

Sold for £520

Manner of Gerrit Dou (1613-1675), lady in a stone alcove with dead game and fruit, oil on metal. 20 x 16.5 cm, together with a similar work with two Dutchmen in a Tavern and a third larger work of an interior scene, all by different hands (3).

Sold for £110