• Auction 10801

    Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art

    16 December 2015, London

    SALE TOTAL: 2,973,500 (GBP)
42 Lots for Sale 10801
Lot 101
Simeon Solomon (1840-1905)
The Child of Hermes and Aphrodite
pencil and black chalk on paper
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($6,060 - $9,090)

price realized
£21,250
($31,960)
Lot 104
Henry Treffry Dunn (1838-1899), after Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882)
Proserpine
coloured chalks on paper
estimate
£150,000 - £250,000
($227,250 - $378,750)

price realized
£266,500
($400,816)
Lot 105
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882)
Portrait of Edith Williams, later Lady Griffith-Boscawen, bust-length in...
pencil and coloured chalks on blue paper
estimate
£200,000 - £300,000
($303,000 - $454,500)

price realized
£194,500
($292,528)
Lot 106
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt., A.R.A., R.W.S. (1833-1898)
Head study of Maria Zambaco for Nimue in 'The Beguiling of Merlin'
pencil on paper with fragmentary watermark 'J WH[ATMAN]'
estimate
£80,000 - £120,000
($121,200 - $181,800)

price realized
£92,500
($139,120)
Lot 107
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt., A.R.A., R.W.S (1833-1898)
Portrait of Lady Gwendolen Gascoyne-Cecil (1860-1945), bust-length, with a...
red chalk, heightened with black and white chalk, on sanguine paper
estimate
£70,000 - £100,000
($106,050 - $151,500)

price realized
£92,500
($139,120)
Lot 108
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882)
Portrait of Mr Frederick Leyland, bust-length
coloured chalks on pale blue paper
estimate
($75,750 - $121,200)

This lot was withdrawn from the sale

Lot 110
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882)
Portrait of Annie Miller, bust-length, in profile to the left
pencil on paper
estimate
£60,000 - £80,000
($90,900 - $121,200)

price realized
£68,500
($103,024)
Lot 112
Frank Cadogan Cowper, R.A. (1877-1958)
The Patient Griselda
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour on artist's board
estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
($45,450 - $75,750)

price realized
£60,000
($90,240)
Lot 115
Simeon Solomon (1840-1905)
A priestess of Diana offering Poppies
pencil and watercolour heightened with gum arabic and bodycolour on paper
estimate
£15,000 - £25,000
($22,725 - $37,875)

price realized
£43,750
($65,800)
Lot 119
Frederic, Lord Leighton, P.R.A., R.W.S. (1830-1896)
An Athlete wrestling with a Python
bronze, dark brown patina
estimate
£50,000 - £80,000
($75,750 - $121,200)

price realized
£158,500
($238,384)
Lot 120
Solomon Joseph Solomon, R.A., P.R.B.A. (1860-1927)
The Judgement of Paris
oil on canvas
estimate
£100,000 - £150,000
($151,500 - $227,250)

price realized
£188,500
($283,504)
Lot 122
Henry Ryland (1856-1924)
At the fountain, Autumn
pencil and watercolour, on artist's board
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($7,575 - $12,120)

price realized
£6,250
($9,400)
Lot 123
Harry Foskey (fl. 1896-1901)
A Stranger
pencil and watercolour heightened with touches of bodycolour, on paper wrapped around a wooden backboard
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($4,545 - $7,575)

price realized
£5,250
($7,896)
Lot 124
John William Godward, R.B.A. (1861-1922)
A mouse in the work basket
oil on canvas
estimate
£50,000 - £80,000
($75,750 - $121,200)

price realized
£56,250
($84,600)
Lot 125
Sir Edward John Poynter, Bt., P.R.A., R.W.S. (1826-1919)
Zenobia Captive
oil on canvas
estimate
£250,000 - £350,000
($378,750 - $530,250)

price realized
£230,500
($346,672)
Lot 127
Sir Edward John Poynter, Bt., P.R.A., R.W.S. (1826-1919)
Phyllis 'Est hederae vis Multa, qua crines religata fulges’
oil on canvas
estimate
£60,000 - £80,000
($90,900 - $121,200)

price realized
£62,500
($94,000)
Lot 128
Edward Lear (1812-1888)
Corfu
oil on canvas
estimate
£200,000 - £300,000
($303,000 - $454,500)

price realized
£218,500
($328,624)
Lot 130
Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, R.A. (1802-1873)
Double portrait of the Hons Mary Isabella and Cecile Katherine Carington,...
oil on canvas
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($30,300 - $45,450)

price realized
£122,500
($184,240)
Lot 132
Frank H. Williams (fl. 1870-1901)
In the Chelsea Pensioners' Gardens
oil on canvas
estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
($45,450 - $75,750)

price realized
£56,250
($84,600)
Lot 133
Elizabeth Southerden Thompson, Lady Butler (1846-1933)
To the front: French cavalry leaving a Breton city on the declaration of war
oil on canvas
estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
($60,600 - $90,900)

price realized
£60,000
($90,240)
Lot 138
The Hon. John Collier (1850-1934)
The Sonatina
oil on canvas
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($15,150 - $22,725)

price realized
£10,000
($15,040)
Lot 139
George Spencer Watson, R.A. (1869-1934)
Portrait of a lady holding a parasol
oil on canvas
estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
($18,180 - $27,270)

price realized
£12,500
($18,800)
Lot 141
H.M. Queen Victoria (1819-1901)
Head of a maid, in profile to the left, in a blue dress, with ribbons in her...
oil on canvas
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($15,150 - $22,725)

price realized
£30,000
($45,120)
Lot 142
Philip Alexius de László (1869-1937)
Master Peter Calvocoressi
oil on canvas
estimate
£15,000 - £25,000
($22,725 - $37,875)

price realized
£17,500
($26,320)
Lot 144
John William Waterhouse, R.A. (1849-1917)
Miss Betty Pollock
oil on canvas
estimate
£100,000 - £150,000
($151,500 - $227,250)

price realized
£110,500
($166,192)
Lot 145
Sir Frank Brangwyn, R.A. (1867-1956)
Wrecked: The last resource
oil on canvas
estimate
£18,000 - £25,000
($27,270 - $37,875)

price realized
£22,500
($33,840)
Lot 146
Sir Alfred James Munnings, P.R.A., R.W.S. (1878-1959)
A Suffolk pastoral - the River Dove with a distant clover field
oil on canvas
estimate
£25,000 - £35,000
($37,875 - $53,025)

price realized
£27,500
($41,360)
Lot 147
Sir Alfred James Munnings, P.R.A., R.W.S. (1878-1959)
The Colonnade, Versailles
oil on panel
estimate
($12,120 - $18,180)

This lot was withdrawn from the sale

Lot 148
John Brett, A.R.A. (1831-1902)
Kennack
oil on canvas
estimate
£15,000 - £25,000
($22,725 - $37,875)

price realized
£23,750
($35,720)
Lot 151
John Brett, A.R.A. (1831-1902)
The open sea
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour and with scratching out, on paper
estimate
£8,000 - £10,000
($12,120 - $15,150)

price realized
£11,250
($16,920)
Lot 152
Henry Scott Tuke, R.A., R.W.S. (1858-1929)
Study of a male nude, seated, turning away to the right
watercolour on paper
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($6,060 - $9,090)

price realized
£12,500
($18,800)
Lot 157
John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893)
A moonlit stroll, Bonchurch, Isle of Wight
oil on panel
estimate
£100,000 - £150,000
($151,500 - $227,250)

price realized
£176,500
($265,456)
Lot 158
John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893)
An autumn lane
oil on canvas
estimate
£200,000 - £300,000
($303,000 - $454,500)

price realized
£314,500
($473,008)
Lot 163
Edmund Dulac (1882-1953)
Venise
pencil and watercolour heightened with touches of bodycolour on paper
estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
($9,090 - $12,120)

price realized
£6,250
($9,400)
Lot 166
Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935)
Delusive hopes: mallard amongst the bullrushes startled by a fox
pencil and watercolour, heightened with bodycolour on grey-blue paper
estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
($18,180 - $27,270)

price realized
£15,000
($22,560)
Lot 167
Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935)
Ptarmigan in mid-plumage on a rocky outcrop above a glen
pencil and watercolour with gum arabic, heightened with bodycolour on paper
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($30,300 - $45,450)

price realized
£23,750
($35,720)
Lot 168
Sir William Russell Flint, R.A., P.R.W.S., R.S.W. (1880-1969)
The Red Brick Background
pencil and watercolour with scratching out, on paper
estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($22,725 - $30,300)

price realized
£26,250
($39,480)
Lot 170
Sir William Russell Flint, R.A., P.R.W.S., R.S.W. (1880-1969)
New Sickles at Languedoc, southern France
pencil and watercolour heightened with scratching out on paper
estimate
£25,000 - £35,000
($37,875 - $53,025)

price realized
£32,500
($48,880)
Lot 171
Dorothea Sharp (1874-1955)
Green Waters - Spanish Coast (recto); and Two children in the dunes (verso)
oil on panel
estimate
£15,000 - £25,000
($22,725 - $37,875)

price realized
£20,000
($30,080)
Lot 173
Edward Seago, R.W.S., R.B.A. (1910-1974)
Preparing to refloat a grounded trawler
oil on board
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($30,300 - $45,450)

price realized
£32,500
($48,880)
Lot 174
Edward Seago, R.W.S., R.B.A. (1910-1974)
Hillside houses, Ponza
oil on board
estimate
£15,000 - £25,000
($22,725 - $37,875)

price realized
£27,500
($41,360)
Lot 175
Edward Seago, R.W.S., R.B.A. (1910-1974)
A village in West Norfolk
oil on board
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($15,150 - $22,725)

price realized
£16,250
($24,440)
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