antiques & fine art sale

Robert Houston (Scottish, 1891-1942), oil painting on canvas, "Holy Loch". 29 cm x 39 cm with T. & R. Annan & Sons Gallery label verso (see illustration).

Sold for £600

A 19th century watercolour, figures by farm buildings. 26 cm x 37 cm, in gilt frame.

Sold for £45

A 19th century oil painting on canvas, interior scene with children. 62 cm x 74 cm, framed.

Sold for £170

Alex Hutton, oil painting on canvas, steam ship. 45 cm x 71 cm, signed and dated 1895 (see illustration).

Sold for £280

Two 19th century framed prints, "April 1st" and companion. Each approximately 39 cm x 29 cm, in rosewood frame.

Sold for £55

Osmund A. Walker, coloured photograph, "Clachan Bridge, Birds Eye View". 25 cm x 19 cm, framed, signed in pencil.

Sold for £40

C. Neeman, pair of oil paintings on canvas, lake and mountain scene. 29 cm x 49 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £130

A Victorian watercolour, lake and mountain scene. 30 cm x 44 cm.

Sold for £28

A set of five aircraft prints, "Lockheed Vega 5B", pilot Amelia Earhart, "Curtis NC-4", "Fokker T-2", etc. Each image approximately 20 cm x 25 cm and with piece of original fabric from each plane.

Sold for £320

A Chinese wood block print, vase and chrysanthemums. 48 cm x 25 cm, 58/70, signed by the artist, framed.

Sold for £95

A set of four Edwardian prints, Musketeers. Each approximately 51 cm x 35 cm, all framed and signed by the Artist, Copyright 1908.

Sold for £150

Eleven Japanese watercolours, painted on silk, unframed. Largest approximately 20 cm x 26 cm.

Sold for £60

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), watercolour, "Blea Tarn, Langdales". 29 cm x 44 cm, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £480

Donald A Paton (Edward Horace Thompson 1879-1949), watercolour, "By Peaceful Waters" Grasmere and Helm Crag. 17 cm x 24 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £260

Donald A Paton (Edward Horace Thompson 1879-1949), watercolour, "A May Morning" on the River Derwent. 17 cm x 24.5 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £280

Len Roope, watercolour, "Old Quay, Whitehaven". 24 cm x 34 cm, framed.

Sold for £260

Catherine MacDiarmid, oil painting on canvas, "Mother Claire". 91 cm x 91 cm, signed verso.

Sold for £100

Frank Payton, four etchings, "Eight above The Line", "The World Went Very Well Then", etc. Each 21 cm x 25 cm, framed, signed in pencil.

Sold for £80

William H. Jones, watercolour, "Gondolas on The San Marco Canal". 18.5 cm x 27 cm.

Sold for £60

E. Michael Bottomley (Lake Artists Society), watercolour, "High Brundrigg, Crook, Kendal". 33 cm x 37 cm.

Sold for £30

Ernest E. Clarke (Lake Artists Society), watercolour, "View of Windermere". 30 cm x 41 cm, framed, signed and dated 1956.

Sold for £35

Janice Hingley, pastel, "November Frost". 31 cm x 45 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £30

James Durden, oil painting on canvas, Lake District scene with bridge. 29 cm x 39 cm.

Sold for £300

Helen Tory, monoprint, "November Herdwicks". 30 cm x 39.5 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £55

Arnold Priestman, oil painting on board, moorland scene. 16.5 cm x 27.5 cm.

Sold for £50

An early Saxton map of The East Riding of Yorkshire. 21 cm x 26 cm.

Sold for £38

19th century English School, watercolour, "Cromer Church, Norfolk". 15.5 cm x 22 cm, framed.

Sold for £95

Six antiquarian prints of birds, "Artic Tern", "Crested Tit", etc. Each approximately 13 cm x 19 cm, framed.

Sold for £55

An antiquarian map of Dorset, by Schenk & Valk, circa 1683. 43 cm x 54 cm, framed.

Sold for £140

An antiquarian map of Cambridgeshire, Robert Morden. 42 cm x 36 cm.

Sold for £38

An oil painting on canvas, figures in archway. 19 cm x 60 cm, framed.

Sold for £170

After Louis Wain, framed print, "The Good Puss". 46 cm x 67 cm.

Sold for £90

A French oil painting on board, an Impressionist style harbour scene. 22 cm x 33 cm, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £260

A 19th century oil painting on tin, interior scene. 37 cm x 30 cm, framed.

Sold for £220

An oil painting on canvas laid on board, portrait of a lady with bonnet and white collar. 68 cm x 57 cm.

Sold for £380

Catherine Goodman (b. 1961), oil painting on canvas, "Knole II" Knole Park after The Great Storm (October 1987). 200 cm x 135 cm (see illustration). ARR

Sold for £1900

Sir Godfrey Kneller, Baronet (1646-1723), oil painting on canvas, William Anne Keppel (1702-1754), Second Earl of Albemarle (1718-1754 also known as Willem Anne Van Keppel) and his sister Lady Sophia Keppel (1718-1773), both full length standing on a terrace, Lady Sophia holding a basket of flowers. 236 cm x 146 cm, signed and probably painted circa 1722 (see illustration).

Sir Godfrey Kneller was born in Germany and studied under Ferdinand Bol and probably Rembrandt. He settled in England in 1676. In 1684-5 Kneller was in France painting Louis XIV for Charles II. He was a court painter to James II and George I and was appointed principle painter to William & Mary in 1688.

Background to subject matter - Lieutenant-General William Anne Keppel was a British Diplomat and an American colonist. He was born at Whitehall Palace, London, the son of Arnold Joost Van Keppel First Earl of Albemarle and Gertrude de Quirna Van der Duyn. Queen Anne was his godmother. Educated in Holland he returned to England in 1717 to begin an active military career. In 1722 he married Lady Anne Lennox (1703-1789) a daughter of the First Duke of Richmond.

He fought in The Battle of Dettingen in 1743 and was Colonel of the 29th Regiment of Foot (1731-1733) and The Coldstream Guards from 1744 to 1754 fighting in The Battle of Fontenoy in 1745 and Culloden 1746.

Lady Sophia married John Thomas the brother of Sir Edward Thomas Baronet of Wenvoe Castle in South Glamorgan.

Sold for £13400

Sir Peter Lely and Studio (1618-1680), oil painting on canvas, Duchess of Portsmouth. 124 cm x 99 cm (see illustration).

Lely was born Pieter Van der Faes to Dutch parents in Westphalia. He arrived in London circa 1641 and succeeded Anthony Van Dyck as the most fashionable portrait artist in England. He was portrait artist to Charles I. His career was not interrupted by Charles' execution and he served Oliver Cromwell and also Charles II after The Restoration in 1660.

The Duchess Portsmouth was born Louise Renee de Penancoet de Kerouaille (1649-1734). She was placed in the household of Henrietta Anne Stuart the Duchess of Orleans sister of Charles II and sister in law of Louis XIV of France. In 1670 she accompanied the Duchess on a visit to Charles II at Dover. The King appointed her a lady in waiting to his own Queen Catherine of Braganza. She became Charles II's mistress. The titles of Baroness Petersfield, Countess of Fareham and Duchess of Portsmouth were granted to her in 1673. After the Kings death she quickly fell from favour and retired to France and died aged 85.

Sold for £8400

Charles Wautier (fl. 1650-1660) 17th century Dutch School, oil on canvas, portrait of a girl in blue silk dress. 117 cm x 86 cm, signed and dated 1660 (see illustration).

Sold for £4000

John Hoppner RA (1758-1810), oil painting on canvas, Miss Cecilia Temple circa 1790, seated three quarter length wearing white dress and blue sash with landscape beyond. 127 cm x 102 cm, framed (see illustration).

John Hoppner was an English portrait painter born in Whitechapel. His father was of German extraction and his mother was one of the German attendants at the Royal Palace. Hoppner received the patronage of George III. In 1775 he became a student at the Royal Academy and in 1778 took a silver medal for drawing from life and in 1782 The Academy's highest award The Gold Medal for Historical Painting. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1780. He preferred landscapes but turned to portrait painting which was more lucrative. He had many fashionable and wealthy sitters and was the greatest rival of Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830).

Sold for £4830

Joseph Highmore (1692-1780), oil on canvas, Duchess of Argyll 1743 (or possibly 1748), three quarter length in oyster satin dress trimmed with blue ribbons and in wooded landscape. 127 cm x 102 cm (see illustration).

Highmore was one of the best portrait painters in the reign of George II. He studied for ten years at Sir Godfrey Kneller's Academy. This portrait is probably Elizabeth Gunning (1733-1790) a famous Irish beauty who married James Sixth Duke of Hamilton in 1752. In 1759 she married John Campbell Fifth Duke of Argyll from 1770-1806.

Sold for £5600

17th century French School (circa 1705), oil on canvas, James Radcliffe Third Earl of Derwentwater. 86 cm x 79 cm and inscribed verso Levrac Tourniers (see illustration).

James Radcliffe (1689-1716) was the eldest son of Lady Mary Tudor (an illegitimate daughter of Charles II by Mol Davis) and Edward Radcliffe Second Earl of Derwentwater. James was a Jacobite brought up in France as a companion to the young prince James Francis Stuart (son of deposed James II of England/James VII of Scotland). He returned from France in 1709 having succeeded to his father's titles and estates in Cumberland and Northumberland in 1705. This particular depiction of the Third Earl is recognised to be French for the very reason it was painted whilst he was in exile and because his wig is knotted in a manner peculiar to that period. During the 1715 Rebellion he was caught and ultimately executed for his part in it.

Sold for £4700

Cecile B.P. Duez 18th century French School, oil painting on canvas, portrait of a gentleman, oval. 61 cm x 49 cm, framed, signed and dated 1797 (see illustration).

Sold for £2000

18th century French School, oil on canvas, oval portrait Francisco Julian Fleming, half length wearing blue coat and reading a letter. 79 cm x 66 cm, framed (see illustration).

Francisco Julian Fleming was born in Cadiz in 1749 the son of Robert Fleming and Margarita Ricarda Geynan Wadding. He married Margarita Maria Fallon Gante in 1774 in Sanlucar de Barrameda, Cadiz. He died in La Orotava, Santa Cruz, Tenerife in 1828.

Sold for £1600

Simon-Bernard Lenoir (1729-1791), oil painting on canvas, portrait of a young girl in pink dress and choker. 56 cm x 41 cm, signed and dated 1756 (see illustration).

Simon-Bernard Lenoir was a medallist at The Academie Royale four times between 1749 and 1758. He produced portraits in both oil and pastel many of which were exhibited at The Salons de L'Academie de Saint-Luc between 1760 and 1774.

Sold for £7800

Miss Berners/Mrs Jarratt, oil painting on canvas, circa 1775, portrait of a lady half length dressed as Mary Queen of Scots. 68 cm x 53 cm, framed (see illustration).

Mrs Jarratt daughter of Charles Berners whose "seat" is on the South Bank of the River Orwell in the County of Suffolk approximately five miles from Ispwich and eight from Harwich.

Sold for £1700

Follower of David Scougall (1610-1680), oil painting on canvas, portrait of a gentleman bust length wearing armour and a white cravat with jewelled pin. 66 cm x 53 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £1300

Attributed to Charles Baxter (1809-1879), oil on canvas, portrait of three women in period costume. 60 cm x 50 cm, framed (see illustration).

Charles Baxter was best known as a painter of fancy portraits of charming pretty girls in the keepsake tradition. He exhibited regularly at the Suffolk Street Gallery and The Royal Academy between 1839 and 1872. He was elected to the Society of British Artists in 1842.

Sold for £2100

Jonathan Richardson (The Elder 1665-1745), oil painting on canvas, oval portrait of Sir Robert Walpole (1676-1745). 69 cm x 50 cm, circa 1730, in gilt frame (see illustration).

Sir Robert Walpole was one of the most significant figures in the history of British Government. In 1712 he was expelled from Parliament under spurious charges of corruption as Secretary at War and was committed to The Tower of London where he became regarded as a political martyr. With The Whigs returned to power Walpole became Prime Minister and Chancellor of The Exchequer (1715-1717 and 1721-1742).

Jonathan Richardson was the leading native born painter for the first forty years of the 18th century. He was also a writer on art and literary topics and had great influence on Sir Joshua Reynolds desire to become a painter.

Sold for £1700

17th century English School, oil painting on canvas, portrait of Doctor John Williams (1582-1650), Archbishop of York. 66 cm x 56 cm, framed (see illustration).

Doctor John Williams was a British clergyman and political advisor to King James I. He served as Bishop of Lincoln (1621-1641), Keeper of The Great Seal also known as Lord Chancellor (1621-1625) and Archbishop of York from 1641-1650. He was the last Archbishop to serve as Lord Chancellor.

Sold for £650

Katie Minoprio (b. 1962), oil painting on canvas, "Time Passing". 100 cm x 100 cm, unframed, signed verso. ARR

Sold for £320

After Harrison Weir, two framed prints, "Plymouth Rocks" and "White Laced Red Wyandotte Cock and Hen". Each in fine period oak frame, 36 cm x 41 cm.

Sold for £180

John Dalzell Kenworthy (1858-1954), oil painting on canvas, "Turnip Cutting". 88 cm x 105 cm, framed, signed (see illustration). ARR

Sold for £950

Robert McGregor (1847-1922), oil painting on paper laid on canvas, shorthorn with milkmaid and child in landscape. 24 cm x 34 cm, signed (see illustration). ARR

Sold for £400

A pair of 19th century oil paintings on canvas, portraits of Elizabeth Norton aged 70 by W. Briggs August 1841 and George Norton (1807-1867) son of Benjamin Norton founder of Norton Thorpe Mills circa 1791. Each 91 cm x 76 cm, framed.

Sold for £550

Bela Balogh (Hungarian) (1909-1980), oil painting on canvas, still life, fruit and vases. 48 cm x 61 cm.

Sold for £20

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), watercolour, "Evening Light", Skiddaw from The Naddle Valley. 25 cm x 40 cm, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £1100

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), watercolour, "Snow Crowned Skiddaw Greets The Morning Sun". 29 cm x 50 cm, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £1600

Donald A. Paton (Edward H. Thomson 1879-1949), watercolour, "Sunshine Shower" Great Gable from Sprinkling Tarn, Scawfell. 24.5 cm x 36 cm, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £280

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), watercolour, "Gently Falls The Eventide" Loweswater and Melbreak. 30 cm x 51 cm, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £980

Len Roope, watercolour, "Old Cockermouth". 22 cm x 28 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £180

Len Roope, watercolour, "October Sunshine Chapel Bank Workington". 20 cm x 25 cm, framed, signed and dated 1976.

Sold for £95

Len Roope, watercolour, "At Crummock Water". 23 cm x 29 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £260

Len Roope, watercolour, "Cockermouth Castle". 20 cm x 31 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £140

Len Roope, watercolour, "Old Cockermouth". 19 cm x 25 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £190

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), watercolour, "Winter Afterglow" Whinlatter in The Vale of Lorton. 17.5 cm x 25 cm, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £450

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), watercolour, "Bassenthwaite Lake". 20 cm x 30 cm, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £300

Audrey Johnson, acrylic, tulips in landscape. 30 cm x 24 cm (see illustration). ARR

Sold for £220

Audrey Johnson, acrylic on board, dolls. 29 cm x 38 cm, signed and dated 1991 (see illustration). ARR

Sold for £95

Reuben Ward Binks, gouache, "Ennerdale". 48 cm x 62 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £30

S. Whigam, oil painting on canvas, cart horse in stable. 19 cm x 24 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £90

S. Whigam, oil painting on canvas, cart horse and foal in stable. 19 cm x 24 cm, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £85

Two Cecil Aldin signed prints, old coaching inns, "The Bull at Dartford" and companion. Each 21 cm x 33 cm, framed, signed in pencil.

Sold for £38

A Victorian pencil and watercolour drawing, a soldier. 14.5 cm x 7.5 cm, framed.

Sold for £20

Attributed to Frank Brangwyn, oil on canvas, Dutch street scene. 45 cm x 60 cm, framed.

Sold for £90

19th century English School, oil on canvas, cattle, figures and dog in landscape. 34 cm x 48 cm, framed.

Sold for £35

Attributed to Frank Brangwyn, pastel, boats in harbour. 17 cm x 32 cm, framed.

Sold for £80

James Duffield Harding, two pencil drawings, mountain scenes. Largest 14.5 cm x 27 cm.

Sold for £50

Watercolour, "Lodore Falls, Keswick". 19 cm x 16 cm.

Sold for £85

Arthur Tucker, watercolour, "Langdale Pikes". 19 cm x 30 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £90

Arthur Tucker, watercolour, path and gateway. 30 cm x 45 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £90

David Cox, watercolour, tree and waterfall. 37 cm x 27 cm.

Sold for £85

Dudley Harding, watercolour, two children in graveyard. 50 cm x 40 cm.

Sold for £190

A print of an owl. 28 cm x 25 cm, in decorative frame.

Sold for £30

Watercolour of a crane. 60 cm x 39 cm, framed.

Sold for £38

William Collingwood, watercolour, figures in moorland. 13 cm x 19 cm, monogrammed, framed.

Sold for £38

Oil painting on board, "Vale of St. John". 48 cm x 75 cm, framed.

Sold for £45

William Mitchell of Maryport, oil painting on panel, "Leaving Maryport on A Calm Day". 21.5 cm x 27.5 cm, inscribed verso and dated 1888 (see illustration).

Sold for £400

Leigh Samson (British 19th century), oil painting on board, terrier in barn. 19 cm x 24 cm, framed, signed and dated 1885 (see illustration).

Sold for £120

Frank Henry Mason (1876-1965), watercolour, Northern Eastern Pier scene. 24 cm x 37 cm, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £100

Three Colnaghi's Authentic Series Crimean War lithographs, after W. Simpson, "Mine of The Bastion Du Mat", "Quarantine Cemetery and Church with French Battery No. 50" and "The North Side of The Harbour of Sebastpol", published 1855 and 1856. Largest 33 cm x 49 cm, each framed and glazed.

Sold for £65

Three Colnaghi's Authentic Series Crimean War lithographs, "Interior of Fort Nicholas", "The Graves in The Fort on Cathcart's Hill" and "The Investiture of The Order of The Bath", after W. Simpson, 1855 and 1856. Each approximately 28 cm x 43 cm, framed and glazed.

Sold for £65

Stephen Crowther (b. 1922), oil painting on canvas, "South Edwardes Square". 44 cm x 59 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £140

William Mitchell of Maryport, oil portrait on panel, his first wife "Hannah". 45 cm x 36 cm, framed, inscribed verso.

Sold for £90

A 19th century oil painting on canvas, a moonlit riverscape. 32 cm x 48 cm, framed.

Sold for £190

W. Martin, oil painting on board, "Unloading The Catch". 20 cm x 29 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £140

W.H. James, oil on oak panel, gunship and other vessels. 20 cm x 29 cm, unframed, signed.

Sold for £60

A Victorian walnut brass bound lap desk, with tooled leather writing surface. Width 35 cm.

Sold for £38

A Victorian brass bound oak casket, made from timber from St. Giles' Church and inscribed "AD 854". Length 27 cm.

Sold for £120

A 19th century spelter and alabaster mantle clock, French, with figural mount and two-train movement. Height 43 cm.

Sold for £65