antiques & fine art sale - main saleroom

In the style of David Cox Junior, oil on board farmer with dog in landscape.  27 cm x 36 cm, framed, signed bottom right.

Estimated: £30 - £40

Gertrude Martineau, watercolour Terriers.  19.5 cm x 26 cm, framed, signed with initials.

Estimated: £30 - £50

Robin Mackay, watercolour Edinburgh.  24 cm x 32 cm, framed, signed.

Estimated: £20 - £30

J B Van Eycken (1809-1853), watercolour "Abundance".  29 cm x 39 cm, framed, unsigned and scribed on mount.

Estimated: £40 - £60

A 19th century oil painting on canvas, head and shoulders portrait of a lady.  29.5 cm x 24 cm, framed.

Estimated: £30 - £50

W Hunt (possibly Walter Hunt), watercolour full length portrait lady by window. 35 cm x 25.5 cm, framed, signed, together with an oil on canvas portrait of a seated lady. 34 cm x 29 cm.

Estimated: £40 - £60

A collection of five miniature portraits and figure studies, one in oil four in watercolour. Largest image 14 cm x 18 cm, all unsigned.

Estimated: £40 - £60

George Perfect Harding (1781-1853), watercolour portrait "Lady Rachel Russell", 26.5 cm x 20 cm, framed, signed.

Estimated: £100 - £150

A collection of six watercolour pencil charcoal and crayon works, including oval study of young girl with shawl by R R Richards 29 cm x 22 cm, G F Robertson watercolour head and shoulders of a lady 19 cm x 16.5 cm, nude standing female study, profile pencil portrait of a young lady signed Whittington, Albert de Bellanoche charcoal portrait of a lady 25.5 cm x 21 cm.

Estimated: £100 - £150

Impressionist oil on canvas figures by fountain. 22 cm x 16 cm, framed, together with an oil on board lady knocking at a door. 19.5 cm x 13.5 cm, inscribed in pencil verso A. Soloman and a third painting inked verso W Roessler 1884 "Crofter's daughters" oil on board 24.5 cm x 32 cm, also framed.

Estimated: £70 - £100

John Varley (1778-1842), a sepia wash drawing figures in rural landscape with cattle. 12 cm x 15 cm, framed, unsigned.

Estimated: £30 - £50

Henry Woods (1846-1921), oil on board portrait of lady, oval.  34.5 cm x 24.5 cm, framed, signed and dated (18) 75.

Estimated: £50 - £80

F J Skill (19th century French), a watercolour French girl feeding birds, together with a Dutch interior scene young boy wearing clogs by fireplace, signed Anker.  18 cm x 12 cm.

Estimated: £30 - £50

John Fulleylove (1845-1908), a watercolour street scene with market stall.  17 cm x 24 cm, framed, signed and dated 1903.

Estimated: £40 - £60

Frederick Henry Henshaw (1807-1891), oil on board "Moel Siabod North Wales".  19 cm x 29 cm, framed, unsigned but with label verso, together with a 19th century oil on canvas cottages with trees.  12.5 cm x 18.5 cm, framed, unsigned and an early 19th century oil on panel two span bridge over river, signed Cotman.  17.5 cm x 24 cm.

Estimated: £100 - £150

Robert Spence (1871-1964), seven etchings portraying scenes and extracts from the journal of George Fox, signed in pencil by the artist, all in Hogarth frames, various sizes but all +/- 20 x 13 cm. George Fox 1624-1691 is generally considered the founder of The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)/

Estimated: £100 - £150

In the manner of Richard Wilson (1714-1782), oil on board river scene with stately home and barge. 21 x 29 cm, framed.

Estimated: £150 - £250

J Climent oil on board meadow scene, signed and dated '95. 11.5 x 21 cm, framed, marked to the back Mimtanya No 13.

Estimated: £30 - £50

Gordon Bryce RSA RSW (Scottish born 1943), oil on board Scottish coastal scene titled to the rear "Aisaig".  26 x 19.5 cm, with Riverside Gallery Stonehaven Grampian receipt. ARR.

Estimated: £200 - £300

Hans Hansen RSW (1853-1947), watercolour on linen street scene in Cairo.  23.5 x 12.5 cm, framed and mounted with label to the rear Gallery 41 Edinburgh. ARR.

Estimated: £50 - £80

Gordon Bryce RSA RSW (Scottish born 1943), oil on board "Cliffs Stonehaven".  21 x 29 cm, framed and mounted, with The Scottish Gallery label to the rear Exhibition Gordon Bryce new paintings The Scottish Gallery Edinburgh 5th April - 5th May 2004, catalogue No. 26, with invoice.

Estimated: £250 - £350

Rob Piercy (born 1946), signed limited edition print, "Scafell and Scafell Pike Cumbria" 93/500.  27.5 x 64 cm, unframed, rolled in a tube, together with a Tom Hovell Shanks (Scottish 1921-2020) signed limited edition print "Loch Lomond looking north from Firkin" 124/500, 24 x 56 cm, unframed, rolled in a tube. ARR.

Estimated: £40 - £60

John Cunningham (Scottish 1926-1998), pencil or crayon sketch titled to the rear "Toledo".  37 x 56 cm, framed and mounted, with McClure & Son Fine Art Dealers label to the rear catalogue No. 50. ARR.

Estimated: £200 - £300

John Cunningham RGI D Litt, oil on canvas "Newton Loch Fyne".  28 x 59 cm, with Edinburgh Gallery Edinburgh invoice Christmas Exhibition 30th November - 31st December 1996, sold together with an Edinburgh Art Show Festival 1996 catalogue. ARR.

Estimated: £2000 - £3000

Maureen Scott oil on board "Victoria Dock". 47 x 60 cm, framed.

Estimated: £50 - £80

Gordon Bryce RSA RSW (Scottish born 1943), oil on paper "Keppoch by Arisaig". 26 x 34.5 cm, framed and mounted with McCauley Gallery East Lothian invoice stating Exhibition by Gordon Bryce May 26th - 10th June 1997, together with nine exhibition catalogues for Gordon Bryce. ARR.

Estimated: £300 - £500

Maureen Scott (born 1940), oil crayon on board "High Living". 42 x 54 cm, framed.

Estimated: £50 - £80

Thomson Laing (fl. 1890-1904), oil on board.  20 x 34 cm in a gilt frame, with trade label to rear Anthony Woodd Gallery Edinburgh. ARR.

Estimated: £200 - £300

Thomson Laing (fl. 1890-1904), oil on board heavy horses ploughing".  19 x 34 cm in gilt frame with trade label to rear Anthony Woodd Edinburgh with title "Ploughing Gargunnock".

Estimated: £200 - £300

Campbell Bryson (Scottish 20th century), oil on board "Road to Mellon Charles"  24 x 33 cm, framed, with Gallery 41 Edinburgh invoice to the rear. ARR.

Estimated: £200 - £300

John Cunningham RGI (Scottish 1927-2000), signed limited edition print "Portuairk Ardnamurchan" numbered to lower left 109/475, signed to lower right 41 x 84 cm, framed and mounted.

Estimated: £50 - £80

Tom Hovell Shanks RSW RGI PAI (Scottish 1921-2020), watercolour "Menteith".  16.5 x 47 cm, framed and mounted with Gallery 41 Edinburgh label to the rear dating the picture to February 1995. ARR.

Estimated: £150 - £250

Tom Hovell Shanks RSW RGS PAI (Scottish 1921-2020), watercolour Rocky Coast Durniish Isle of Skye, signed to the lower right.  22 x 65 cm, framed and mounted, together with receipt from The Torrance Gallery Edinburgh for £700.  ARR.

Estimated: £250 - £350

Albert Rosser (1899-1994), watercolour "Buttermere and Fleetwith Pike" (unsigned. 18 x 25.5 cm, framed and mounted.

Estimated: £100 - £150

Albert Rosser (1899-1994), watercolour "Grange in Borrowdale". 24 x 34 cm, framed and mounted.

Estimated: £100 - £150

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), watercolour "Thirlmere and Helvellyn", signed to the lower left.  44.5 x 62 cm, with a G P Abraham Keswick label to the rear.

Estimated: £400 - £600

John Fraser (British 1858-1927), watercolour coastal scene with pier and three masted sailing ship, signed to the lower left J Fraser and dated 1926. 35 x 53 cm, framed and mounted.

Estimated: £50 - £80

June Bennett (1935-2013), oil on canvas "Moonlit cottage with figures and teasels", signed and dated 1990.  53.5 x 71 cm, framed. ARR.

Estimated: £200 - £300

June Bennett (1935-2013), oil on handmade paper "Solway Storm" dated 1990.  19 x 17.5 cm, with Castlegate House Gallery Cockermouth label to the rear, framed and mounted. ARR.

Michael Bennett (1934-2016), oil mixed media on board, titled to the rear "Bird Wave Series No. 1" 1987-1989.  24 x 23 cm, framed and with Castlegate House Cockermouth Gallery label to the rear. ARR.

Estimated: £150 - £250

Michael Bennett (1934-2016), oil on board, titled to the rear "Small landscape study looking towards The Lakes No 2" dated 1990.  19 x 24 cm, framed. ARR.

Estimated: £150 - £250

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), watercolour Bassenthwaite Lake with fisherman and Skiddaw.  23 x 45 cm, framed and mounted.

Estimated: £300 - £500

Alan R Thompson (British 1953), oil on board river scene with cattle, signed to lower right and with Beckstones Art Gallery label to the rear. 24 x 43 cm, framed.

Estimated: £80 - £120

Robert Finch (British 20th century), signed limited edition print "Ring of Brodgar" 1 of 2, initialled RF and dated '18. 24.5 x 24.5 cm, framed and mounted.

Estimated: £40 - £60

Paul Jones acrylic and mixed media on board "Deep Return". 25 x 25 cm, framed, together with an invoice from Sladers Yard Ltd Contemporary Art Gallery Bridport Dorset.

Estimated: £150 - £250

Jane Rushton mixed media "Elemental Journey".  28 x 28 cm, framed and mounted, together with a postcard from The Greenland At the Margins Artistic Dialogue and an Arctic Dialogue Scott Polar Research Institute invitation.

Estimated: £200 - £300

Len Roope (1917-2005), watercolour "Skiddaw November", signed and dated 1976.  21.5 x 34.5 cm, framed and mounted.

Estimated: £120 - £180

Len Roope (1917-2005), watercolour "All Saints Church Cockermouth", signed and dated 1976. 22 x 30.5 cm.

Estimated: £120 - £180

A 19th century engraving "Entrance to Silloth Bay and dock Cumberland", printed by Hudson Scott Lithoprinter Carlisle. 9.5 x 15 cm in a gilt and rosewood frame. Frame size 25 x 30 cm.

Estimated: £20 - £30

Reverend Geoffrey S Bennett (1902-1991), oil on board "Mother Church Aikton Nr Wigton", depicting church with gravestones and crowds of people with umbrellas, signed to bottom right G S Bennett dated 1975.  30.5 x 25.5 cm, framed. ARR.

Sir William Russell Flint (1880-1969), signed print "The Secret Retreat", with blind stamp to the lower left and signed to the lower right. 43 x 58 cm, framed and mounted.

Estimated: £30 - £50

Sir William Russell Flint (1880-1969), signed print "Gossip After Market Perigord", with blind stamp to the lower left-hand side, signed to the lower right.  49 x 67 cm, framed and mounted.

Estimated: £30 - £50

An antique portrait oil of a gentleman. 10 cm x 12 cm, in antique gilt frame, inscription to the back Lieutenant Colonel Charles Martin, together with similar sized antique giltwood frame.

Estimated: £40 - £60

A 19th century portrait oil painting of Henrietta Martin first wife of Sir Samuel Baker (born 1821), he was an explorer, officer and naturalist and married Henrietta Martin in 1843. 50.5 cm x 81 cm, housed in a giltwood frame.

Estimated: £300 - £500

William Brown signed prints, two continental scenes, church procession.  55 cm x 38 cm and Market Day 66.5 cm x 47 cm, mounted, glazed and framed.

Estimated: £30 - £50

French School watercolour "Abbeville" 1908. 26 cm x 18.5 cm.

Estimated: £20 - £30

Brian Henderson (born Edinburgh 1952), limited edition print Fisherman in Rowing Boat 75/500, singed in pencil and dated 1981. 40 cm x 53 cm, together with a watercolour signed T Grimshaw "Standing Stones" 22.5 cm x 23 cm.

Estimated: £20 - £40

Russian School small watercolour, figures with logs. 8.5 cm x 6.5 cm, dated 1900 and with watermark to mount, framed and glazed.

Estimated: £20 - £30

Michael Lawrence Cadman (born 1920), oil on board "Cornish Cornfield". 34 cm x 49 cm, framed, unsigned, label verso.

Estimated: £30 - £50

Gabrielle Carelli (Italian 1821-1900), oil on paper Neapolitan scene with coastline.  27 cm x 39 cm, framed, signed.

Estimated: £30 - £50

Ernest Board oil on board "Study of a Head". 35 cm x 26 cm, framed and bearing plaque.

Estimated: £20 - £30

A 19th century Japanese print, pencilled verso Picture by Hiroshige II Japan, depicting figures by a river with buildings and trees. 26.5 cm x 36.5 cm, in gilt frame.

Estimated: £20 - £40

Arthur E Strutt a pair of watercolours woodland landscapes, each 34.5 cm x 25 cm, framed, signed.

Estimated: £20 - £40

A Burgess Sharrocks, P.R.C.A. (1919-1988) (President of The Royal Cambrian Academy), a watercolour Steam Vessels in Stormy Sea. 11 cm x 17 5 cm, mounted, not framed.

Estimated: £20 - £30

A 19th century English School oil on canvas, river landscape with low hills and clouds. 16.5 cm x 22.5 cm, ink label verso CC Borgia Patterson Court, framed.

Estimated: £20 - £40

A collection of seven 18th and 19th century British watercolours, pen and ink drawings, pencil studies, non signed but bearing various inscriptions verso including Hendrik Mayer (1737-1793), Richard Westall (1765-1836), T Hearne, including subject matter Castle Howard, river scenes etc. All mounted, various sizes largest 19.5 cm x 26 cm.

Estimated: £100 - £150

An antique oval drawing of a girl, set in a black rectangular frame, profile pencil sketch. +/- 13.5 cm x 11.5 cm.

Estimated: £20 - £40

Len Roope (1917-2005), watercolour "Crummock Water Morning". 34 cm x 25 cm.

Estimated: £80 - £120

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), Lake District watercolour, signed Edward H Thompson 1924, "The Anglers Crag Ennerdale from Bowness Point". 47 cm x 33 cm.

Estimated: £200 - £300

Still life oil on canvas, wine glass cheese bread and knife. 45 cm x 30 cm.

Estimated: £80 - £120

After Henry Wilkinson (1921-2011), five signed limited edition etchings of gundogs. Each 17 cm x 35.5 cm, framed, glazed, signed and numbered.

Estimated: £100 - £150

William Mitchell of Maryport (1823-1900), oil on canvas Dog with collar, signed and dated to rear 1878. 50.5 x 66.5 cm, framed.

Estimated: £50 - £80

P Grieg Hall, watercolour Scafell from Mickeldore. 37.5 cm x 27 cm, framed mounted and glazed.

Estimated: £30 - £50

Ian S Johnstone (1957-2009), Scottish artist, oil on board Charlotte Square Edinburgh. 90 cm x59 cm, framed.

Estimated: £70 - £100

Susan Sobey, 20th century mixed media on fabric, abstract scene, signed Sobey bottom right-hand corner, unframed.  102 cm x 92 cm.

Estimated: £80 - £120

Keith Bowen (Welsh 1950- Present), oil on canvas "Traghetta Station Venice". 60 cm x 40 cm, signed to the back of the canvas Keith Bowen 2000 and label "14 Traghetta Station Venice 16 x 24 oil", framed.

Estimated: £200 - £400

Frederick G Cotman (1850-1920), oil painting on card abstract depicting bones.  46 cm x 35 cm.

Estimated: £40 - £60

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), watercolour of Bassenthwaite Lake from Church Bay, looking south to Borrowdale. 45.5 cm x 30 cm, framed mounted and glazed.

Estimated: £80 - £120

William Brown, oil on canvas Epsom Downs Sunday November 2nd 1930, signed to the back. 29 cm x 17.5 cm, in giltwood frame.

Estimated: £50 - £80

William Brown oil painting of a stabled horse "Cheerio", signed and dated to bottom right-hand corner 1938, William Brown worked in Carlisle and studied under Robert Harrington and had works displayed at Tullie House Museum. 59.5 cm x 44 cm in a giltwood frame.

Estimated: £80 - £120

Edward Priestly (1820-1880), English School oil on canvas of horses running and a steam locomotive to the background, signed bottom right-hand corner. 74.5 cm x 48.5 cm, framed.

Estimated: £80 - £120

Len Roope (1917-2005), watercolour "Vale of Lorton", signed and dated 1986. 23.5 x 36 cm, framed and mounted.

Estimated: £80 - £120

Len Roope (1917-2005), watercolour "Old Workington", signed and dated 1988. 22 x 29 cm, framed and mounted.

Estimated: £80 - £120

Len Roope (1917-2005), watercolour " Old Cockermouth Morning", signed.  23 x 33 cm, framed and mounted.

Estimated: £100 - £150

Len Roope (1917-2005), watercolour "Vale of Lorton", signed and dated 1986. 24.5 x 35 cm, framed and mounted.

Estimated: £100 - £150

Len Roope (1917-2005), watercolour Opencast Mine Works Cumberland, signed and dated 1979.  16 x 24.5 cm, framed and mounted.

Estimated: £120 - £180

Len Roope (1919-2005), watercolour "Skiddaw from Embleton" dated 1980. 33 cm x 21 cm, glazed, framed and mounted.

Estimated: £80 - £120

Len Roope (1917-2005), watercolour of "Vale of Lorton, Morning". 36 cm x 26 cm, mounted glazed and framed.

Estimated: £80 - £120

Monica Barry (1917-2014) Keswick artist, watercolour "Rannerdale Farm". 45.5 cm x 34.5 cm, mounted glazed and framed.

Estimated: £50 - £80

William Heaton Cooper RA )1903-1995), watercolour "Crummock Water with Rannerdale, Red Pike", signed to bottom right.  37 x 55 cm, framed and mounted. ARR.

Estimated: £1500 - £2000

Sheila Fell RA (1931-1979), artists box, the box by Reeves & Sons Ltd, London, containing various tubes of oil paint, together with Sheila Fell's certificate of entry to The Royal Academy dated 25th April 1969 and an invitation to The Royal Academy of Arts Annual Dinner Wednesday 29th April 1970.

Estimated: £1000 - £1500

Sheila Fell RA (1931-1979), a school sketchbook filled with paintings, sketches etc, together with Sheila Fell's cookbook, first entry 5/10/45, Sheila Fell's diary from 1944 when she was aged 13, together with a framed print signed to rear "Merry Christmas and a Happy 1963" and "Good Wishes Sheila" and two other sketches. ARR.

Estimated: £100 - £1500

Sheila Fell RA (1931-1979), a visitors book from Sheila Fell's first Cumberland Exhibition 3-8th April 1961, attended by William Heaton Cooper, Ophelia Gordon Bell (Mrs Heaton Cooper) and Julian Heaton Cooper and the Exhibition at Maryport Educational Settlement 9-16th May 1964, attended and signed by L S Lowry (Laurence Stephen Lowry RA 1887-1976), together with a photograph of Sheila Fell and LS Lowry with various invitations and gallery catalogues for Sheila Fell exhibitions.

Estimated: £300 - £500

Sheila Fell RA (1931-1979), a collection of family and studio photographs, together with a quantity of letters written by Sheila Fell to her mother and father, addresses to 69 Queen Street Aspatria, family postcards etc.

Estimated: £300 - £500

Alfred Wainwright (1907-1991), pen and ink drawing "The Quiraing (Isle of Skye Scotland)", signed to the mount.  15 x 20 cm, framed and mounted. ARR.

Estimated: £400 - £600

A painted metal milk churn, with carrying handle to either side. Height 74 cm, width +/- 36 cm.

Estimated: £50 - £80

A Black Forest style carved wooden figure of prowling bear.  Height 28 cm, maximum length +/- 48 cm.

Estimated: £80 - £120

A Black Forest style carved model of a prowling bear, with salmon. Height 36 cm, length 30 cm, depth 18 cm.

Estimated: £100 - £150

A leather clad model of an Indian Elephant trumpeting. Height 120 cm, length 120 cm, width 47 cm.

Estimated: £500 - £800

A 19th century carved oak spread eagle on rock wall plaque. Height 23 cm, width 19.5 cm.

Estimated: £20 - £30