antiques & fine art sale

* Kurt Schwitters (German, 1887-1948), pencil sketch, "Milnbeck Cottage, Bowness". 13 cm x 17.5 cm, initialled and dated 1945 and also signed Kurt Schwitters on the backing paper and further dated 4.7.1945 (see illustration). ARR

Sold for £1700

* Rachel Fenner (20th/21st century), pencil, gouache and watercolour on paper, "Lunar Incantations II 1980". 30 cm x 20 cm, label verso "The property of Mary E. Burkett, bought at Rachel Fenner Exhibition at Abbot Hall, Kendal, Cumbria".

Sold for £85

* William G. Bell, acrylic on board, "Figures in a Snowy Street". 58 cm x 33.5 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £1000

* Claude William Harrison (1922-2009), pen and watercolour, "Study for The Evaluation of Talent 1985". 15 cm x 18 cm, signed and dated 1986 (see illustration).

Sold for £620

* Donald Wilkinson (20th/21st century), pastel, "Crummock Study - Spring Morning". 23 cm x 28 cm, signed and dated 02, artist's label and signature and dedicated to Mary with Best Wishes (see illustration).

Sold for £680

* Jenny Cowern (1943-2005), charcoal, "Bassenthwaite Trees". 56 cm x 39 cm, signed and dated (20)02.

Sold for £500

* Lynda Roberts (20th/21st century), mixed media, "Marrakesh IX". 43.5 cm x 29.5 cm, signed and titled.

Sold for £520

* C. Turpin, acrylic heightened with metallic finish on canvas, "Lawson and The Goose". 33.5 cm x 24 cm.

Sold for £110

* John Sell Cotman (1782-1842), pencil study of ruins of an abbey, possibly Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire, numbered 92 in pencil (within a circle). 32.5 cm x 24 cm, with label verso "Bought at Sotheby & Co. Sale 12.7.67 Lot 190, price £15.00, collection of Mrs John Sell Cotman". Also note signed "Norma Watt" and dated 23.10.92, suggests 92 is Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire. He first visited here in 1803 and exhibited the subject five times between 1804-1839. See Rayner & Allthorpe-Guyton "John Sell Cotman Early Drawings", in Norwich Castle Museum 1979 No. 27 for details of the different versions. There were twenty one drawings in Mrs Cotman's sale at Sothebys in 1967 of which at least nine were Normandy subjects. The museum bought one of Castle of Arques (see illustration).

Sold for £350

* Terry Ann Newman (20th/21st century), mixed media, "Agnus Dei" study of the head of a lamb. 130 cm x 97 cm.

Sold for £100

* Jenny Cowern (1943-2005), pastel, "Flowers in Sunny Window". 29 cm x 40.3 cm, signed and dated (20)02.

Sold for £300

* Julian Cooper (b. 1947), oil on canvas, "The Cathedral" 2008. 61 cm x 102 cm, signed, titled and dated verso (see illustration). ARR

Sold for £3400

* Julian Cooper (b. 1947), oil on paper, "Ocshapalka". 27.5 cm x 40 cm, signed, titled and dated verso (see illustration). ARR

Sold for £820

* Julian Cooper (b. 1947), oil on canvas, "Kaillash South Face, study". 27.5 cm x 40 cm, signed, titled and dated 2006 verso, also label Art Space Gallery, Michael Richardson Contemporary Art, etc. (see illustration). ARR

Sold for £1500

* Donald Wilkinson (20th/21st century), pastel, "Border Landscape Beyond The Hermitage 2009". 25 cm x 33 cm, signed and dated 2009.

Sold for £800

* Donald Wilkinson (20th/21st century), pastel, wooded river landscape at Isel. 53 cm x 70 cm, framed and glazed.

Sold for £1000

* Donald Wilkinson (20th/21st century), pastel, "Winter Evening, Holy Island". 52 cm x 68 cm, signed and dated (19)97, framed and glazed (see illustration).

Sold for £2000

* Percy Kelly (1918-1993), etching, artist's proof/2 1967. 41 cm x 47 cm overall, with label verso "Friends of Abbot Hall Picture Loan Scheme No. 461" (see illustration). ARR

Sold for £920

* A 19th century print, two young girls about to sing from a music sheet, circular, in square gilt frame. Diameter 19.5 cm.

Sold for £30

* George Romney (1734-1802), study for a portrait of a seated lady, pen and ink. 8.8 cm x 9.2 cm, label verso "Anthony Reed, Cork Street, London", also labelled "This drawing closely resembles that of the priestess for the initiation of a rustic nymph in the Fitzwilliam collection at Cambridge" (see illustration).

Sold for £1900

* E*** M***, a felt collage picture of a farmstead. 73 cm x 101.5 cm, framed and glazed (see illustration).

Sold for £500

* "Hirchenhausen", a bust portrait of a young woman, etching, titled in pencil and inscribed "Wishing you a Happy Christmas 1942". 26.5 cm x 22.5 cm overall.

Sold for £130

* After Rowlandson, aquatint, "Doctor Syntax Sketching the Lake". 12 cm x 19 cm, plate 16 from Ackerman's Repository, published February 1815.

Sold for £300

* Style of Sheila Fell, small impasto oil on canvas, abstract landscape. 15 cm x 20.5 cm.

Sold for £80

* Whitehead, watercolour, a barred woodpecker. 35 cm x 25 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £75

* P.M. Fothergill, watercolour, a farmstead. 24 cm x 34 cm, signed, framed and glazed.

Sold for £95

* A gouache, a jug and gingko leaves. 52 cm x 37 cm.

Sold for £170

* Nancy Tingey, watercolour, "Summit Series 6". 27.5 cm x 37.5 cm.

Sold for £90

* An abstract oil on paper, late 20th century. 47 cm x 83 cm.

Sold for £220

* Doug Scott, photograph, "The Ogre". 29 cm x 42 cm, signed by the photographer and Chris Bonnington.

Sold for £300

* Keith Snell, two framed photographs, "Skimming the Solway Surf" 1/50 and landscape.

Sold for £180

* Oil painting on canvas, possibly Skiddaw. 43 cm x 47 cm.

Sold for £400

* Roy Nicholson, monotype, "Goldfish (25)". 35 cm x 45 cm, framed, signed in pencil and dated (19)83.

Sold for £20

* Mary Burkett, felt on paper collage. 18 cm x 15 cm, framed, labelled.

Sold for £55

* A pencil study, river and woodland landscape. 37 cm x 49 cm.

Sold for £35

* G.S. Bennett, oil on board, study of faces. 10.5 cm x 25.2 cm.

Sold for £20

* L. Cooper, oil painting, lilies. 29 cm x 40 cm.

Sold for £180

* Evelyn Fullerton, collection of ten botanical studies, including "Sistus" and "Alstromeria", pen, ink and watercolour. Largest 21 cm x 17 cm.

Sold for £95

* Sheila Fell, (1931-1979), pencil drawing, study for oil painting. 17 cm x 13 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £680

* Five pictures, N.J.M "The Evening", pastel, 7.2 cm x 14 cm, Anthea Rich (Craigmyle) "The Holy Family", 18.5 cm x 8 cm, David Smith, watercolour, "The Langdale Axe Factory", 18 cm x 12.5 cm, signed, study of mill wheel and race, watercolour, 26 cm x 33 cm and Josephine Whitehead, ink and wax nudes, pair in one frame each 17 cm x 14 cm.

Sold for £70

* Attributed to Josefina Alys Hermes de Vasconcellos oil on board, gravestones amongst flowers with white dove. 59 cm x 48 cm.

Sold for £85

* Jenny Cowern, felt picture, "Hands". 42 cm x 45 cm, framed, glazed.

Sold for £520

* Chia Young Soon, felt picture, "Spirals". 56 cm x 66 cm overall (see illustration).

Sold for £220

* Lene Bielsen, felt picture, untitled, abstract. 46 cm x 35 cm, mounted on Perspex plaque (see illustration).

Sold for £95

* Jeanette Appleton, felt picture, untitled. 16 cm x 13 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £65

* Raymond Higgs, reduction wood engraving 2002 Sun Dog, 5/48. 24.5 cm x 29 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £85

* Raymond Higgs, reduction wood engraving, untitled VII, "Set of States" 8/10, 1992. 12.5 cm x 63 cm.

Sold for £60

* Raymond Higgs, reduction wood engraving, "Sixty Five" 2/140. 14 cm x 14 cm, signed and dated 1995.

Sold for £50

* Raymond Higgs, reduction wood engraving, "Twenty Eight" 4/150. 14 cm x 14 cm, signed and dated 1992.

Sold for £45

* Raymond Higgs, reduction wood engraving, "Facing Both Ways" 1995. 12 cm x 24 cm, signed and dated.

Sold for £65

* Raymond Higgs, reduction wood engraving, "4 x 3" 1/75. 25 cm x 25 cm, signed and dated 1997 (see illustration).

Sold for £80

* Raymond Higgs, sugar aquatint, untitled IV, 1/50. 28 cm x 26 cm, signed and dated 1966.

Sold for £70

* Raymond Higgs, reduction wood engraving, mask 4/50. 15 cm x 8.5 cm, signed and dated 1990 verso.

Sold for £80

* Raymond Higgs, reduction wood engraving, "Time Catches Its Own Tail", circular. Diameter 19.5 cm, artist's proof, signed and dated (19)90.

Sold for £150

* Raymond Higgs, reduction wood engraving, untitled, 8/100. 13 cm x 18 cm, signed and dated (19)91 (see illustration).

Sold for £60

* Raymond Higgs, reduction wood engraving, "Nine" 1/140. 14 cm x 14 cm, signed and dated 1992.

Sold for £50

* Ben Deakin, oil painting on canvas, "Oxide Earth". 55 cm x 64.5 cm, framed. NOTE - Left to Mary by Josefina de Vasconcellos who bought it at Benjamin Deakin's Solo Exhibition July 2003.

Sold for £200

* Watercolour, roses. 20 cm x 23 cm.

Sold for £25

* Donald Wilkinson, two watercolours, "Arran" and companion. Largest 14 cm x 16 cm.

Sold for £260

* Denny Gaudin, oil painting on canvas, "The Right Reverend James Newcome, 67th Bishop of Carlisle". 76 cm x 61 cm.

Sold for £20

* A framed verse "Where Have All Those People Gone", by Mary E. Burkett, OBE, Isel, 11/11/11, This was triggered by my find of 28 pieces of medieval earthenware on my riverbank at Isel Hall after the flood of 2009. The verse over a photograph of Isel Hall. 41 cm x 27.5 cm, framed (see illustration).

Sold for £95

* Julian Cooper (b. 1947), pencil drawing, self portrait, inscribed "To Mary from Julian. 25 cm x 28.5 cm.

Sold for £130

* Josephine Whitehead, pen and ink drawing, "The Abbot Hall, Kendal". 26 cm x 31 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £38

* Alan Stones (20th/21st century), lithograph, "Raven" (IV). 29 cm x 27 cm, 41/85, numbered, titled, signed and dated 1997.

Sold for £280

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), watercolour, "Midst the Lonely Hills" from Brandreth looking across Buttermere, Crummock, Loweswater and Ennerdale with the Solway Firth and Scottish Border in the extreme distance. 27.5 cm x 44.5 cm, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £1900

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), watercolour, "Nearing Eventide" Ullswater and Saint Sunday Crag from Gowbarrow Park. 30 cm x 45 .2 cm, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £880

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), watercolour, "Ashness Bridge and Derwentwater". 30 cm x 45 cm, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £920

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), watercolour, "Solitude" Crummock Water with Rannerdale Knotts and Whiteless Pike from Melbreak. 24.5 cm x 39 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £620

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), watercolour, "An Autumn Morning" Derwentwater and The Jaws of Borrowdale from Castle Head. 24 cm x 39 cm, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £900

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), watercolour, possibly Wastwater. 24.5 cm x 34 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £500

Donald A. Paton (Edward H. Thompson 1879-1949), watercolour, "On Loch Affric". 18 cm x 25 cm, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £190

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), watercolour, "Evening Rydal Water". Framed, unsigned (see illustration).

Sold for £150

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), watercolour, "A Glimpse of Bassenthwaite Lake from The Wythop Woods". 21.5 cm x 29 cm, signed and dated 1921.

Sold for £550

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), watercolour, "Wreathing Mists" the Head of Buttermere and High Stile. 34 cm x 49 cm, framed, signed and dated 1924 (see illustration).

Sold for £680

A.H. Barns, pair of oil paintings on canvas, Scottish Highland scenes. 59 cm x 34.5 cm.

Sold for £160

William Sidney Cooper (1854-1927), pair of watercolours, recumbent cattle and sheep by river. Each 23.5 cm x 33.5 cm, signed and dated 1893.

Sold for £550

Henry Wilkinson, coloured etching, pheasants, 25/100. 26 cm x 36 cm, framed, signed in pencil.

Sold for £42

John M. Aiken, watercolour, cattle in landscape. 26 cm x 35 cm, framed, signed and dated (19)06.

Sold for £20

M. Jackson, watercolour, windmill in landscape. 26 cm x 42.5 cm.

Sold for £35

19th century English School, oil painting on canvas, Newfoundland dog rescuing young girl. 67 cm x 93 cm, framed (see illustration).

Sold for £680

Style of John Frederick Herring, oil painting on canvas, horses and goat feeding. 74 cm x 61 cm, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £580

J. Aitken, oil painting on canvas, "Going to School". 29 cm x 21 cm, framed, signed and dated 1858.

Sold for £75

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), watercolour, Lakeland scene with bulrushes. 24 cm x 33 cm, signed and dated 1918 (see illustration).

Sold for £260

Archibald Thorburn, signed print, black grouse. 18.5 cm x 13 cm.

Sold for £90

T. Dingle, watercolour, woodland and river scene. 40 cm x 30 cm, signed and dated 1881.

Sold for £75

J. Campbell, watercolour, Lakeland snow scene. 35 cm x 53 cm, signed and dated (19)87 (see illustration).

Sold for £300

J. Campbell, watercolour, mountainous Lakeland landscape. 35 cm x 53 cm, signed and dated (19)88.

Sold for £150

J. Campbell, watercolour, "Pillar Rock". 25 cm x 34 cm, framed, signed and dated (19)87.

Sold for £170

Two antiquarian maps, Cumberland by Robert Morden and the County Westmorland by John Speede. Sizes respectively 37.5 cm x 43 cm and 40.5 cm x 52.5 cm, each in Hogarth frame.

Sold for £170

C. Randle (English School early 19th century), watercolour, "Town of Carlisle". 13 cm x 31 cm, signed and dated 1816.

Sold for £190

W.A. Beech, watercolour, "Pass of Llanberis, Wales 1891". 26 cm x 36 cm, framed, signed and dated.

Sold for £28

A Snaffles print, "Andsome Is - Wot Andsome Does". Size excluding frame 47.5 cm x 43 cm, signed in pencil "Snaffles".

Sold for £350

Attributed to Edward Horace Thompson, watercolour, "Buttermere and Haystacks". 15 cm x 21 cm.

Sold for £100

After Helen Bradley, a signed print. 42 cm x 52 cm.

Sold for £28

J. Van Couver, pair of late 19th/early 20th century Continental watercolours. Each 36 cm x 52 cm, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £320

19th century Russian School, oil painting on canvas, portrait of a young man. 31.5 cm x 26 cm, framed, relined.

Sold for £110

19th century Russian School, oil painting on canvas, portrait of a gentleman. 65 cm x 67.5 cm, relined.

Sold for £140

19th century Russian School, oil painting on canvas, portrait of a bearded man. 38 cm x 29 cm.

Sold for £80

Erdely, oil painting on board, portrait of a man. 37 cm x 25 cm.

Sold for £120

Alfred Wainwright, pen and ink drawing, "Lords Rake, Scafell, Lower Section". 20 cm x 16 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £1000