antiques & fine art sale

John Rogers, watercolour, "Stonethwaite" Borrowdale. 17 cm x 24 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £25

Leonard Squirrell, etching, "Blythburgh". 14.5 cm x 22 cm, framed, glazed, signed in pencil.

Sold for £100

Leonard Squirrell, etching, "The Washing Place, Sospel, France". 15.5 cm x 25 cm.

Sold for £75

Norman Hurst, etching, "Sussex Windmill". 25 cm x 21.5 cm.

Sold for £20

Bill Taylor, watercolour, "Grains Gill, Borrowdale". 23 cm x 32 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £20

William Leighton Leitch (1804-1883), pencil and watercolour, Italian landscape. 8.5 cm x 12 cm, framed.

Sold for £20

William Leighton Leitch (1804-1883), pencil and watercolour, landscape with tree. 9.5 cm x 14.5 cm, framed.

Sold for £35

David Cox Jnr. (1809-1885), watercolour, "In Richmond Park". 37 cm x 52 cm, framed (see illustration).

Sold for £150

J.W. Fenton, watercolour, "Letheringham Mill". 24 cm x 41 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £20

Cavendish Morton (1911-2015), watercolour, trees in landscape. 36 cm x 54 cm, framed, signed and dated 1960. ARR

Sold for £60

Cecil Arthur Hunt, watercolour, "Cortina". 8.5 cm x 10.5 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £130

Montague ***, watercolour, fisherfolk. 22 cm x 28 cm, signed.

Sold for £32

Ros Donaldson, watercolour, "Waiting to Phone". 28 cm x 40 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £22

Bill Taylor, watercolour, "Farm Near Loweswater". 17 cm x 27 cm.

Sold for £70

J.N. Cotton, watercolour, "Thames Barge Moored at Snape Bridge Quay". 17 cm x 22 cm, framed, signed, and companion.

Sold for £55

Jason Gathorne-Hardy, charcoal, "Suffolk Rams". 17 cm x 24 cm, framed, signed and dated 1996.

Sold for £85

Venus Griffiths, watercolour, "Staithes". 24 cm x 24 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £90

H. Becker, pencil drawing, "Horse and Cart and Two Workers". 10 cm x 29 cm, framed.

Sold for £350

Alfred Heaton Cooper (1863-1929), watercolour, Norwegian lake and mountain scene. 37 cm x 52 cm, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £680

Donald A. Paton (Edward Horace Thompson 1879-1949), watercolour, "Windermere and The Langdale Pikes". 24 cm x 34 cm.

Sold for £70

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), watercolour, "Dalton Cottage, Eaglesfield". 29 cm x 44 cm, framed, signed and dated 1924 (see illustration).

Sold for £620

W. Richards (Francis E. Jamieson), oil on canvas, four Scottish Highland scenes, "On The Coe, Glencoe", "Lenny Bridge, Pitlochry", "Loch Tay" and "Oban". Each +/- 29 cm x 49.5 cm, all signed.

Sold for £150

Charles S Higgins "Pic", (1893-1980) Bataclan, signed and dated verso 1944, oil on board, the reverse with applied label for Robert Sielle, 25.5 cm x 35 cm. Footnote: Robert Sielle provided the frames for an exhibition by Higgins at the Gimpel Fils Gallery in Mayfair. The art critic Maurice Collis wrote of Higgins "that prior to 1947 Pic's paintings had only attracted the interest of connoisseurs... there are, thank God, a few people who know a good picture when they see it and who buy it without any assurance from third parties" (see illustration). ARR

Sold for £320

An early 20th century colour print on silk, depicting a Dutch family, mounted in a carved oak frame, overall measurements 79 cm x 73 cm.

Sold for £35

William Langley, oil on canvas, river and mountain scene. 49 cm x 74 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £110

Two maritime images, P & O Grasmere and P & O Hawkesbury, oil on canvas and oil on board, each with applied label verso giving a brief description of each vessel, each inscribed in pencil on the rear of the frame, 32.3 cm x 25 cm and 25.5 cm x 33 cm.

Sold for £160

After Snaffles (1884-1967), "Swagger-but a workman", hand coloured etching, with vignette titles in pencil and "Tally-Ho" back colour etching, with corner vignette, signed in pencil, plate 31 cm x 29 cm and 25.5 cm x 39.5 cm respectively. ARR

Sold for £360

J. Johns (British 19th century), "Mount Edgecombe", signed, oil on board, inscribed verso "Mount Edgecombe, J. Johns of Plymouth". 36.5 cm x 30 cm.

Sold for £48

Manner of Barent Gael, oil on canvas, figures and horses by a building in landscape. 46 cm x 52 cm, framed (see illustration).

Sold for £320

Margaret G. Levack watercolour, Aberdeen harbour. 23 cm x 35 cm, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £20

North Italian School of The Marches (circa 1300-1320), Madonna and child, tempera on gold ground panel within an integral gabled frame. 58.5 cm x 28.5 cm. NOTE - Sold with copy receipt from Richard Philip for £17,500 dated June 2002 (see illustration).

Sold for £8500

Geoffrey H. Pooley (1908-2006), oil on canvas, panoramic Lakeland landscape. 78.5 cm x 119.5 cm. ARR

Sold for £680

Geoffrey H. Pooley (1908-2006), oil on canvas, Lakeland stream. 64 cm x 89.5 cm. ARR

Sold for £300

Ian Parker (British b. 1955), oil on board, nectarines. 27 cm x 32 cm (see illustration). ARR

Sold for £150

David C. Bell (British b. 1950), watercolour, "Frigate Duel". 26 cm x 35 cm, framed, signed, dated verso 1977. ARR

Sold for £110

David C. Bell (British b. 1950), watercolour, gunship. 29 cm x 44 cm, framed, signed and dated 1977. ARR

Sold for £95

Campbell Archibald Mellon (1876-1955), oil on canvas, "Darby's Hard, Gorleston". 30 cm x 37.5 cm, signed, framed (see illustration). ARR

Sold for £1500

J. Day, oil on canvas, estuary scene. 36.5 cm x 47 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £420

Henry Wilson Bracken (1920-1998) "Gold and green on the fells", signed, watercolour, 36.5 cm x 44.5 cm. ARR

Sold for £85

Richard Andsell (1815-1885,) oil on canvas of a dog in landscape, 13 cm x 20 cm, framed, signed with initials and dated 1878.

Sold for £1550

Bill Bell (W.G. Bell 1928-2006), oil painting on board Lancaster station, 50 cm x 60 cm, framed, signed. (ARR).

Sold for £180

Bill Bell (W.G. Bell 1928-2006), oil on board "Passing glimpse", 51 cm x 69 cm, framed, signed (see illustration). ARR

Sold for £480

William Lakin Turner (1867-1936), oil on canvas Lake District scene, 23 cm x 33 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £200

Len Roope, watercolour Northern Lake District scene, 25 cm x 32 cm, framed, signed and dated 1968. ARR

Sold for £110

William Russell, oil on board "Cuillins from Elgol" 33 cm x 47 cm, frames, signed.

Sold for £60

Manner of Francesco Guardi, a late 18th century oil painting on canvas, "Piazza San Marco Venice", figures in market square with ecclesiastical building and clock tower, 58 cm x 70 cm framed. Note: stamped to one rear stretcher J Spender Liner. James Spender of 55 Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields and later John Street Fitzroy Square was a picture liner cleaner and restorer. Spender re-lined "Venice; The Molo from the Bacino di S. Marco" after Canaletto: The stretcher is stamped J Spender Liner (Wallace collection) (see illustration).

Sold for £980

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour "Skating Bassenthwaite", 25 cm x 40 cm, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £3600

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), by Wastwaters lonely shore with Yewbarrow Crag, Great Gable, Scafell and the Screes, signed, watercolour, 21 cm x 26 cm.

Sold for £60

Edward Lear, eight framed pairs of ornithological studies. Each print 14 cm x 9.5 cm, two per frame, frames varying in size.

Sold for £50

A pastel of a lion. 50 cm x 40 cm, with gilt slip and oak frame.

Sold for £85

Claude Harrison (1922-2009), oil on board, "Young Comedians". 62 cm x 75 cm, framed, signed and dated 1974 (see illustration). ARR

Sold for £2500

Claude Harrison (1922-2009), oil on board, "Whippers In". 34 cm x 44 cm, framed, signed and dated 1987 (see illustration). ARR

Sold for £980

Rowland Langmaid, pair of etchings, "Plymouth Harbour" and companion. 10 cm x 33 cm, framed, signed in pencil.

Sold for £180

Eight antiquarian engravings, engraved for The Complete English Traveller, including Scarborough, Norwich, Worcester, etc. Each mounted, framed and glazed.

Sold for £140

Eustace P.E. Nash (ex. 1912-1939), watercolour of the interior of a barn. 19 cm x 25.5 cm, framed.

Sold for £30

Three etchings, two by Axel Herman Haigh and another by Gaymard. Largest 29 cm x 22 cm, all framed, glazed and signed in pencil.

Sold for £35

Ralph Waterhouse (b. 1943), woodmouse and rabbit, a pair, signed Gouache, 14.5 cm x 11 cm (see illustration). ARR

Sold for £110

Ralph Waterhouse (b.1943), "kingfisher" and "robin", a pair, signed, Gouache, 14 cm x 10.5 cm. ARR

Sold for £170

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), watercolour, "Ennerdale with Pillar and Great Gable". 35 cm x 50 cm, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £650

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), watercolour, "Red Pike and High Stile". 35 cm x 25 cm, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £500

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), watercolour, "Ullswater, The Three Reaches from St. Sunday Crag". 25 cm x 35 cm, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £400

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), watercolour, "Snow on The Hills Near Keswick". 24 cm x 17 cm, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £650

Bernard Eyre Walker (1887-1972), watercolour, "At Dusk, Langdale Valley" painted from Wallthwaite. 36 cm x 51.5 cm (see illustration). ARR

Sold for £450

Bernard Eyre Walker (1887-1972), pair of watercolours, "Snow on the Tops Bowfell and Esk Hause" and "Windermere and Pike O Blisco". Each 25 cm x 37 cm (see illustration). ARR

Sold for £280

Albert Rosser (1899-1995), watercolour, "Ashness Bridge and Skiddaw". 24 cm x 37 cm, framed, signed. ARR

Sold for £140

Albert Rosser (1899-1995), watercolour, "Buttermere". 25 cm x 35 cm, framed, signed (see illustration). ARR

Sold for £140

Albert Rosser (1899-1995), watercolour, "Bassenthwaite in Snow". 25 cm x 35 cm, framed,signed. ARR

Sold for £140

Cuthbert Rigby (1850-1935), watercolour, "Spring in Eskdale". 22 cm x 36 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £90

Cuthbert Rigby (1850-1935), watercolour, "Grisedale Pass from Grasmere". 19 cm x 31 cm.

Sold for £38

J. Douglas, watercolour, "Friars Crag". 23 cm x 34 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £60

J. Ingham Riley, watercolour, "Snow on The HIlls" possibly from Helvellyn. 36 cm x 50 cm, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £380

John Sinclair (fl. 1881-1923), watercolour, "Dove Cottage, Grasmere". 74 cm x 48 cm, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £200

E.A. Warmington (1830-1903), a watercolour "Ullswater", 17 cm x 25.5 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £75

Boris O'Klein a pair of prints "Dirty dogs of Paris series, Chacon son tour" and "A al Queue" 1952, each 17 cm x 44 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £50

Len Roope (British 1917-2005), "Old Cockermouth", signed and dated 1977, watercolour, 21 cm x 34.5 cm. ARR

Sold for £150

W.L. Bruckman (1866-1928), St Marks Square Venice, signed, oil on canvas, 72 cm x 91 cm, mounted within an ornate gilt leaf moulded foliate decorated frame (see illustration).

Sold for £1100

Flemish School, Mary Magdalene with anointing pot, 16th/17th century, tempera on panel, 63 cm x 45 cm. NOTE - Accompanied by a report from The Leicester Museums & Art Gallery Identification Service which notes that it is probably a copy after Botticelli by a Northern European artist (see illustration).

Sold for £2000

Albert Rosser (British, 1899-1995), "Derwentwater & Broomhill Point", signed, watercolour, titled and further signed in pencil on the mount and verso. 53 cm x 33 cm. ARR

Sold for £85

Albert Rosser (British, 1899-1995), "Wasdale Head & Great Gable", signed, watercolour, with applied artists label verso titled in ink. 25 cm x 35 cm (see illustration). ARR

Sold for £380

Edmund Morris Wimperis (1835-1900), a mountainous view with figures and horses on a rural path to the foreground, initialled E.M.W. watercolour, 49.5 cm x 77 cm.

Sold for £220

After Sir William Russell Flint R A, (British, 1880-1969), "Artemis and Chione" limited edition colour print, 515/850, blind stamp bottom left 40.5 cm x 55.5 cm. ARR

Sold for £100

Henry W Bracken (1920-1998), "A fell view" signed, watercolour, 17 cm x 24.5 cm. ARR

Sold for £30

Sam Bough RSA (1822-1878), "Dordrecht", signed and dated 1855, oil on canvas, with City of Glasgow Art Gallery & Museum applied label verso. 45 cm x 65.5 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £2100

J.B. Williamson (British 19th century), portrait of a learned gentleman, inscribed on canvas verso "J.B. Williamson, 51 Coleshill Street, W.", oil on canvas. 74 cm x 56 cm.

Sold for £140

19th century English School, three quarter length portrait of a Victorian beauty in mourning, standing beside a tasselled drape and beneath a fruitless vine, unsigned, watercolour. 70.5 cm x 50 cm.

Sold for £150

English School, 19th/20th century, full length portrait of a young man wearing nothing but his briefs holding a bow and resting against a drape covered stool, an artist's easel in the background, oil on canvas. 101 cm x 75 cm.

Sold for £750

19th century English School, half length portrait of a Victorian beauty holding a blue dress and seated before a woodland background, unsigned, oil on canvas. 75 cm x 62 cm.

Sold for £200

English School, early 20th century, impressionistic view of a cottage and river within woodland surrounding, unsigned, oil on canvas. 26 cm x 40 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £480

Charles Courtney Curran (American 1861-1942), after Cabanel, portrait of a Cupid, inscribed top left, oil on panel. 15 cm x 12.3 cm.

Sold for £140

A 19th century oil painting on canvas, portrait of a Victorian beauty, 56 cm x 42 cm, framed, indistinctly signed.

Sold for £130

Robert Harrington (British 1805-1884) "Polous/Polus" Arab stallion, signed, oil painting on artists board, with applied ink inscribed label verso "Arab sire, "Polus" the property of John Bibby Esq, also signed on the reverse of the artists board Polous with stamp for W Brown Carver and Gilder West Tower Street, Carlisle. 26 cm x 33.5 cm. Note: Robert Harrington was a Carlisle artist specialising in all manner of animals. An example of his work can be found in Tullie House Museum Carlisle (see illustration).

Sold for £240

A pair of copper plate engravings after Samuel and Nathanial Buck, the North West view of Cockermouth Castle in the county of Cumberland, and the South West view of Egremont Castle in the county of Cumberland, both hand coloured, plate 19.5 cm x 37.5 cm, each mounted in Hogarth style frames.

Sold for £50

Frank Henry Mason (Staithes Group 1875-1965) "Samuel Plimsoll" signed, gouache with applied ink inscribed verso for W B Simpson and James Connell and Co, 84 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, and further inscribed on the mounting board Iron full rigged ship built by Hood 1873 for Aberdeen White Star Line, 1444 gross tonnes... 37.5 cm x 53 cm (see illustration). ARR

Sold for £700

F McKay, 19th century, a pair of foxhunting scenes within country landscapes, signed, oil on canvas, 40 cm x 61.5 cm.

Sold for £80

19th century English School, two portraits, one of Geoffrey Chaucer and one a gentleman, oils on copper. 20.5 cm x 16.5 cm and 19 cm x 16.5 cm, each within an ornate gilt frame.

Sold for £130

A Contemporary oil on board, "Marsh", indistinctly signed Allels and titled verso, 51 cm x 61 cm.

Sold for £20

Pam Ray, "The Langdales from Low Wood", signed and titled in pencil in the margins numbered 854 from a limited edition of 350, lithograph image 19 cm x 29 cm.

Sold for £20

Gillian Robinson (British b.1959), still life, Chinese tea bowl and seashells, initialled G.A. dated 2002, watercolour, 12.5 cm x 15 cm. NOTE: Gillian Robinson was elected to the Lake Artists Society 2005. ARR

Sold for £40

Karen Wallbank "A gathering flock", initialled K.W. oil on canvas, inscribed and dated verso on a stretcher, Karen Wallbank 2009, 10 cm x 30 cm. ARR

Sold for £70

Frederick (Fred) Lawson (1888-1968), "Figures within carts on a rural track", signed and dated 1910, watercolour, 27 cm x 35.5 cm. ARR

Sold for £100