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ABBOTT and HOLDER Private View 6 - 9pm Thursday 27th February 2014

The exhibition continues through Saturday 22nd March

Large framed photographs and detailed catalogue entries are available online www.abbottandholder.co.uk

1. Augustus John O.M. R.A. (1878-1961) William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Etching and drypoint. Fifth plate. State III. Ed. of 50.

Signed and dated, ’07 in the plate. Signed in pencil. 17.5x12.5cms.

ÂŁ3,750

2. John Raphael Smith (1752-1812) Pastels on paper laid on canvas.

35x27cms. ÂŁ1,750

3. Brian Stonehouse M.B.E. (1918-1998) Watercolour and gouache on card.

Studio Sale /Abbott and Holder Stamp verso.

Provenance: the artist’s estate. 68x50cms.

ÂŁ3,000

4. Christen Dalsgaard (Danish, 1824-1907) ‘Portrat af Kaust(…) Brader’.

Oil on paper laid on panel. Inscribed verso.

Signed and dated 1852. 13.5x10.5cms

£1,500

5. Edward Robert Hughes A.R.W.S. (1849-1914) ‘A babe’. Chalks. Signed recto.

Signed, titled, and dedicated to Margaret Wilson verso.

21.5x15cms.

£800

6. Anon (British) ‘He Sways the Soul with that Commanding Art / Lord Byron’s Corsair’.

Oil on ivory set within its original leather and silk case. Circa 1820.

Ex. Collection: Desmond Coke. 9x7.5cms.

£2,750

7. Daniel Gardner (1750-1805) Lorenzo Moore (1744-1798), as Captain 3rd Regiment of Horse, and his wife Williamza Moore (née Janssen) (1753-1840).

Both graphite and pastels. Possibly drawn to celebrate their marriage in 1774.

Prov: The sitters’ daughter; Budgen Family. Both 22x17.5cms (Oval). £7,000 (The Pair)

8. Maggi Hambling C.B.E. (b.1945) ‘Midnight’. Oil on canvas.

Signed, titled and dated, 1972 verso.

76x76cms.

£8,000

9. Sir David Low (1891-1963) Colonel Blimp.

Pencil, charcoal and watercolour. 1942. Extensively inscribed by Low. Ex. Collection: Michael Powell (Powell and Pressburger). 38.5x36cms.

ÂŁ5,750

10. Adriaan Meulemans (Dutch, 1766-1835) Watercolour. Signed.

12x9.5cms (irregular). ÂŁ575

11. Adam Buck (1759-1833) Miss E Janet Turnbull.

Watercolour. Signed and dated, 1828.

12.5x11.5cms.

ÂŁ2,000

12. Anon (French) Oil on canvas. Circa 1800.

Inscribed ‘Denys Lefebvre’ to label verso.

61.5x46cms.

£775

13. Anon (British) Miss Ann Fitzgerald of Dublin (d.1781).

Pastels. Circa 1780.

32x19cms (oval).

ÂŁ1,750

14. Eric Kennington R.A. (1888-1960) ‘An East Prussian Prisoner’. Blue map chalk.

Signed and inscribed by the artist. Drawn in Northern France Aug/Sep 1917.

Inscribed by the Official Censor, Major Lee. 31x20cms.

£6,500

15. Anon (British) The wedding dress.

Oil on panel. Circa 1840.

46x33cms.

ÂŁ1,750

16. Robert Gavin R.S.A. (1827-1883) Oil on canvas laid on board.

Robert Gavin Trustee’s stamp verso. Provenance: Mrs Elmelly Lea. Exhibited: Fine Art Society, 1980. 13.5x12.5cms.

ÂŁ2,750

17. Anon (Possibly Northern French) The stained glass head c.1540, leaded into 17th Century quarries of clear glass.

31x27cms (irregular).

ÂŁ575

18. George Du Maurier (1834-1896) An Aesthetic Beauty.

Watercolour. Signed and dated, 1882.

45x30cms.

ÂŁ3,750

19. Sir Max Beerbohm N.E.A.C. N.P.S. (1872-1956) ‘Everyman’.

Pencil, pen and ink. Signed and dated, ’09.

Provenance: Sir Geoffrey Keynes; Spink. 32x20cms.

£2,750

20. Sarah Raphael (1960-2001) Oil on paper. Signed.

Exhibited: Agnews.

19.5x14cms.

ÂŁ2,750

21. Sir Muirhead Bone N.E.A.C. (1876-1953) Self-Portrait in a Hat No.1.

Etching and drypoint. Signed. 1908.

11x10cms.

ÂŁ1,250

22. William Moore (1790-1851) The gardeners.

Pencil and watercolour. Signed and dated, 1834.

Provenance: Sir Guy Campbell. 43.5x55cms.

ÂŁ3,500

23. Christopher Pemberton (1923-2010) Hugh Trevor-Rope (Baron Dacre of Glanton) (1914-2003) Pencil. 2003. Provenance: The artist’s estate.

69x53.5cms.

ÂŁ2,000

24. Abel Vallmitjana (Spanish, 1909-1974) ‘Bullfighter’.

Oil on canvas. Signed and dated, 1964.

Titled on the original label. 70x50cms.

£1,750

25. Francis Dodd R.A. (1874-1949) Charles Cundall R.A. (1890-1971) Drypoint. 1926. (Schwabe 171.v).

45x30cms.

ÂŁ2,000

26. Edward Thomson Davis (1833-1867) ‘Miss Cole, Worcester’.

Oil on paper. Inscribed on the original backing.

Exhibited: Maas Gallery, 1968. 24.5x17cms.

£3,000

27. Jacob Kramer (1892-1962) Possibly the artist John Harold Wood.

Pencil, brush and Indian ink. Circa 1918. Signed and dedicated ‘to Harold from Jacob’.

Provenance: John Harold Wood. 25x20cms. £675

28. Frank Dobson R.A. (1888-1963) Pencil. Signed and dated, 1920.

26x20.5cms ÂŁ2,250

29. Thomas Kerrich (1748-1828) ‘William Boycott M.A. / Fellow of Caius College Cambridge / T.Kerrich delin: / Magdalen College, Cambridge / June 12 1781’.

Chalks on tan paper. Signed and inscribed verso. 37x28.3 cms.

£25,000

30. Frederick Sproston Challener R.C.A. O.S.A. (Candian, 1869-1959) Chalks. Signed. Circa 1900.

Canadian Association label verso.

Exhibited: The Hayward Collection. 22x17cms.

ÂŁ1,250

31. Anon (French) A French Senior NCO of the 62nd Regiment of Infantry, serving in Algeria, and wearing the Légion d’Honneur.

Oil on canvas. Circa 1840. 24.5x19cms.

£1,750

32. Herbert Johnson Harvey (1884-1928) Pastels.

Signed and dated, 1907.

40x28cms.

ÂŁ950

33. Rudolf Lehmann (1819-1905) ‘Chomel’.

Pencil. Signed, dedicated to the sitter and dated, ‘Rome, Avril 184(…)’.

26x20.5cms.

£2,500

34. John Downman A.R.A (1750-1824) ‘John Mortlock’ (1755-1816) M.P. and Mayor of Cambridge (1785-1816) Charcoal stump and watercolour. Signed and dated, 1777.

17x15cms.

£2,500

35. James Cowie R.S.A. (1886-1956) Pastels. Circa 1935.

42x28cms. ÂŁ6,000

36. Anon (French) The Revolutionary.

Watercolour. Circa 1795.

25x19.5cms (oval).

ÂŁ1,200

37. Anon (British) ‘Lady Willmot’ (sic) née Maria Miller Mundy (c.1804-1865) Oil on panel. Circa 1845.

30x23cms.

£875

38. Raymond Mason O.B.E. (1922-2010) Margaret Reid. Oil on canvas.

Provenance: Joy Reid, the sitter’s daughter.

77x53.5cms.

£2,250

39. Jean Hippolyte Marchand (1883-1940) Self-portrait.

Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1910.

73x58cms.

ÂŁ6,750

40. Sir Stanley Spencer K.C.B. C.B.E. R.A. (1891-1859) Slade Model. Pencil. Circa 1908-1912.

Provenance: Pamela Spenser, the artist’s niece.

12x10.5cms (irregular).

ÂŁ3,750

41. Anon (British) In Memoriam; Lost at Sea. Oil on copper. Circa 1790.

17.5x13.5cms.

ÂŁ375

42. Stanley Anderson C.B.E. R.E. (1884-1966) Self-portrait.

Etching. Circa 1920.

14.5x12.5cms.

ÂŁ2,750

43. Anon (French) Oil on panel. Circa 1780.

20x16cms (oval). ÂŁ1,500

44. Thomas Heaphy (1775-1835) Mr Hastings Nathaniel Middleton.

Pencil and watercolour. Signed and dated, 1802.

Exhibited: Martyn Gregory. 25.5x20.5cms.

ÂŁ2,750

45. William Strang R.A. (1859-1921) Arthur Clifton (1863-1932) Oil on canvas. Signed and dated, 1912.

60x50cms.

ÂŁ9,000

46. John Linnell (1792-1882) Sir William Charles Ross R.A. (1794-1860) ‘when a student at R.A.’.

Pencil. Circa 1810. Signed and inscribed.

21x11.5cms.

£775

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