DRAWINGS AND WATERCOLOURS FROM THE IOLO WILLIAMS COLLECTION
Iolo Aneurin Williams (1890-1962) is amongst a small and distinguished group of connoisseurs of early British drawings and watercolours of the mid 20th Century. He was an art historian and museums and art critic for The Times from 1936 onwards and an avid collector. Born in Middlesborough, he lived in Hindhead in his youth and latterly in Kew, south-west of London, and formed his collection from the 1930’s to the 1950’s when unidentified drawings could be picked up for a modest price from dealers and auctions. Through diligent research, he identified many works as being by leading exponents of the golden age of British drawings and watercolours: artists such as Thomas Girtin, Richard Wilson, William Payne, John Varley and Paul Sandby. He also discovered and put on record other artists about whom little was then known.
In 1952 he published his monumental and highly influential work Early English Water-Colours, and Some Cognate Drawings by Artists Born Not Later Than 1785 which listed and discussed works by 600 British draughtsmen. Arts writer Huon MallaIieu, in his own essential book for collectors Understanding Watercolours of 1985, describes it as “both a labour of love and scholarship undertaken by one of the most civilised and knowledgeable collectors of his day, it gradually became not only essential reading, but a collector’s item in its own right for cognoscenti” and “a joy to read”.
In 1960, he donated 24 drawings to the British Museum and gave 65 more upon his death leading to an exhibition of his bequest in November 1962. He also gave four drawings by Richard Wilson to the Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven.
An obituary in The Times is a reminder that in addition to being “especially remembered” for the Early English Watercolours, Williams was known for his studies of 18th century English bibliography and verse and as botanist, ornithologist and literary critic who was also interested in folk songs and a champion of Welsh language and culture. “The pleasures of the chase and discovery were transferred from field and hedgerow to shops and portfolios…the impulse was not merely the stamp-collector’s search for rare specimens: he had a simple and direct interest in the more human aspects of the drawings, especially that of representation…” The obituary describes him as “a tall, stooping, scholarly figure…careless of appearances and distinguished without conscious effort”. It continues “He moved as easily in conversation (and he was a gifted talker and listener) from Edwardian to up-to-date topics and he never gave the slightest impression of having aged in spirit.”
The sale at Olympia Auctions includes over 350 works which have been carefully catalogued into varied groups according to artist or subject matter. It provides a rare opportunity for collectors, both seasoned and new, to enjoy the sort experience Williams would have had of looking through folders of mixed, unframed drawings and watercolours in which hidden gems could be discovered. Almost all works are offered unframed and in good original condition and bear Williams’s inscriptions on the back often recording where and when they were acquired and his thoughts on attribution. Some were given to him by Leonard Gordon Duke C.B.E. (1890-1971), one of the greatest collectors of British drawings and watercolours and a close friend.
“Williams’ meticulous research and passion for British art leaves an enduring legacy. He will always be recognised as a pivotal figure in the appreciation and study of early British watercolours and drawings, and it has been a privilege to handle this rare collection, straight from the family and otherwise unseen for more than half a century.”
Suzanne Zack, Paintings and Works on Paper, Olympia Auctions.
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ATTRIBUTED TO RICHARD WILSON (BRITISH 1713-1782)
MOUNT PALLATINE
initialed W. E. lower left, inscribed Mount Pallatine by Wilson on the mount, with Paul Sandby’s collector’s stamp lower right, inscribed P. Sanby Col 1811 W.E. P.116-N.899 and Mount Pallatine Wilson verso black chalk
27 x 40.5cm; 10½ x 16in together with four further drawings, three attributed to Richard Wilson and one by Robert Crone of Dublin, a pupil of Richard Wilson two mounted as one various sizes, all unframed (5)
THOMAS MANBY (BRITISH c.1633-1695)
PONTE LUCANO, NEAR TIVOLI
signed and numbered Manby 2-6 upper left pen and black ink and grey wash on laid paper 28 x 47cm; 11 x 18¼in together with three further watercolours, a pair of drawings by Francis Place (British 1647-1728): A View of Sailsbury and A View of Brean Down, and one drawing attributed to William Taverner (British 1703-1772): Figures amongst Classical Ruins.
various sizes, all unframed (4)
Provenance the first three, Patrick Allan Fraser (1813-1890)
A similar view by Thomas Manby is in the Yale Centre for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection - BI977.14.5699
£400-600
2
BERNARD LENS II (BRITISH 1659-1725)
BRIDGENORTH FROM THE HIGH ROCK BEFORE 1726 inscribed by a later collector Bridgenorth from the/ High Rock before 1726./ This is the earliest drawing/ of Bridgenorth as far/ seen. S.R.T 10.1.51 verso pen and ink and grey wash
20.5 x 32cm; 8 x 12¾in together with three further views by the same hand: A West View of Bridgenorth Castle, St. Michael’s Chapel, commonly called the Toor and the Abbot of Glastonbury’s Kitchen each inscribed lower margin each pen and ink and grey wash various sizes, all unframed (4)
£600-800 1
Provenance the first: Paul Sandby R.A. (1731-1809), 1811; William Esdaile (1758-1837)
£800-1,200
4
ATTRIBUTED TO PAUL SANDBY R.A. (BRITISH 1725-1809)
ROSLIN CASTLE
inscribed Roslin Castle and dated 1750 lower right in a later hand
pen and ink and grey and blue washes over pencil
21.5 x 30cm; 8½ x 12in together with two further watercolours attributed to the same hand, Figure on a Horse Leading to a Fortress and Figure by a Lake in a Mountainous Landscape various sizes, all unframed (3)
Provenance
the second: William Sandby (1716- ?), Christie’s London, 1959; Colnaghi, London
£400-600
5
ROBERT ADAM (SCOTTISH 1728-1792)
A CASCADE
pen and brown ink and grey washes 31 x 39cm; 12 x 15in unframed
Provenance
Appleby Bros. Sept. 1949
£400-600
THOMAS SANDERS
(BRITISH 18TH-19TH CENTURY)
A VIEW OF THE SOUTH-WEST FRONT OF ARLEY HALL
IN THE COUNTY OF WORCESTER
signed, inscribed and dated T. Sanders dellin Worcester 1778 lower left and titled View of the South-West Front of Areley Hall in the County of Worcester - The Property of Daniel Zachary Esq. in the artist’s own hand below pen and grey ink and grey wash on laid paper
25 x 36.5cm; 9¾ x 14¼in together with an 18th century view titled A Cottage in a Wood at Hampton Court. Designed by Mr. Nash. and two further watercolours, A Country House by a River and a Barn with Cattle by Humphrey Repton (British 1752-1818) and another, An Inn by his son George Stanley Repton (British 1786-1858) various sizes, all unframed (5)
Provenance
An Inn (George Stanley Repton), Leonard Gordon Duke (1890-1971)
£600-800
7
JOHN LAPORTE (BRITISH 1761-1839) KNOCKHOLT CHURCH
signed and inscribed Knockholt Church / J. Laporte, lower right pencil and blue wash
18.5 x 26.5cm; 7¼ x 10½in together with two further works, by Charles Gore (1729-1807) Battle Abbey, 1781 and John Clevley Jnr. (1747-1786) Cork Convent various sizes, all unframed (3)
Exhibited the first: London, Suffolk Street,1943-1944
£400-600
8
THE REV. WILLIAM GILPIN (BRITISH 1724-1804)
A PICTURESQUE LANDSCAPE WITH RUINS IN THE FOREGROUND
watercolour
14.5 x 20cm; 5¾ x 8in together with four further picturesque studies by the same hand three by Dr Thomas Monro (British 1759-1833) various sizes, all unframed (8)
Provenance
the first: Leonard Gordon Duke, his collection, inventory no. D868
£500-700
9
JOSEPH FARINGTON (BRITISH 1747-1821)
HENLEY BRIDGE
inscribed and dated Henley Bridge Augst 4th 1814, lower left, the reverse with another sketch of a large house in a parkland pen and ink and grey wash on two sheets of joined laid paper possibly from a sketchbook 9.3 x 31.5cm; 3¾ x 12½in together with three further drawings by the same hand, A view of Exeter dated Sepr 22 1809, Bowness and six further architectural drawings by various hands including Syon House, Isleworth by James Spyer (Capability Brown’s draughtsman), Sir John Hamilton and J. Powell various sizes, all unframed (9)
£500-700
10
EDWARD DAYES (BRITISH 1763-1804)
A RIVER VALLEY
watercolour over pencil 14 x 23cm; 5¾ x 9¼in unframed
£300-500
11
AGOSTINO AGLIO (ITALIAN 1777-1857)
COLLIER SHIPS, BRIGHTON circa 1830
black chalk and watercolour
together with a further watercolour depicting horses grazing in a field overlooking an extensive landscape, by the same hand
14.8 x 22cm; 6 x 8¾in & 21 x 27cm; 8¼ x 10¾in both unframed (2)
£300-500
12
PHILIP JAMES JAKOB II DE LOUTHERBOURG R.A.
(FRENCH-ENGLISH 1740-1812)
STUDY OF BEACHED BOATS
pen and brown ink and grey wash 8 x 12cm; 3 x 4¾in together with a sepia wash drawing of figures and boats in harbour attributed to Joseph Clarendon Smith (1778-1810) all unframed
(2)
£400-600
13
DOMINIC SERRES R.A. (FRENCH 1722-1793)
SHIPPING, A GROUP OF FOUR
two signed with initials three grey wash with pen and black ink, one watercolour mounted together various sizes, framed (4)
£800-1,200
14
JOHN ‘WARWICK’ SMITH (BRITISH 1749-1831)
THE WESTERN EXTREMITY OF THE ISLE OF MAN TOWARDS ANGLESEA
inscribed beneath on the mount, General view of the Western Extremity of the Isle of Man / towards Anglesea. watercolour over traces of pencil 13 x 22cm; 5 x 8¾in unframed
£400-600
15
JOSHUA CRISTALL (BRITISH 1767-1847)
WATERFALL AT LLANDOGA - MONMOUTHSHIRE
signed and dated J. Cristall 1831 lower right and inscribed with title Waterfall at Llandoga - Monmouthshire on the mount watercolour over pencil on two joined sheets mounted as one
37 x 23cm; 14½ x 9in together with four further drawings by the same hand and a drawing by Henry Bright (British 1810-1873) various sizes, all unframed (6)
£500-700
16
JOHN GLOVER (BRITISH 1767-1849) LLANDAFF CATHEDRAL
inscribed Landaff lower right the reverse with two studies one of the same subject and one of Caerphilly Castle pen and ink and watercolour
16.5 x 25cm; 6½ x 9¾in together with two further drawings, a View of Hampstead (a leaf from a sketchbook), and Figures and cattle by a lake, by the same hand various sizes, all unframed (3)
£500-700
17
WILLIAM PAYNE (BRITISH c.1755-1830)
THE WATERFALL ON THE CLYDOCK, ABOUT SIX MILES FROM ABERGAVENNY
inscribed on reverse watercolour
33 x 23.5cm;13 x 9¼in
framed
£800-1,200
18
WILLIAM PAYNE (BRITISH 1755-1830)
A RIVER LANDSCAPE WITH MOUNTAINS IN THE DISTANCE
watercolour over pencil
9 x 43.5cm; 3½ x 17in (arched top)
together with another landscape watercolour by the same hand signed and dated Payne / 1805 verso both unframed (2)
Exhibited the first: William Payne, Plymouth,1937, no. 71
£400-600
19
WILLIAM PAYNE (BRITISH 1755-1830) WOOD GATHERERS
watercolour over pen and ink
12.5 x 16.5cm; 5 x 6½in
framed
£400-600
20
JAMES WARD R.A. (BRITISH 1769-1859)
COTTAGE NEAR CALNE, WILTSHIRE
initialed J.W. lower right and inscribed and dated Cottage near Calne Augst 1807 Wilts in the artist’s hand pencil
12.5 x 20cm; 5 x 7¾in together with eight further drawing by the same hand various sizes, all unframed (9)
Provenance
the first: inscribed on the mount by Iolo A. Williams: Bought from Levin, of Vauxhall Bridge Road, who told me it came from the collection of Mrs G. M. Ward
£300-500
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21
JAMES WARD R.A. (BRITISH 1769-1859)
EXTENSIVE VIEW NEAR TOP OF BEN LOMOND IN THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS
signed with monogram JW R.A. and dated August 22 and inscribed near Top of Ben lomond lower left, and extensively inscribed in the artist’s shorthand pencil
22 x 34cm; 8½ x 13½in
together with three further drawings by the same hand including The Porch of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford, Trees by a stream and a portrait of A S Mathew various sizes, all unframed (4)
£300-500
22
JOHN BAPTIST MALCHAIR (GERMAN-BRITISH c.1730-1812)
MONTGOMERY CASTLE, WALES
inscribed and dated: Mongomery Castle, Sept. 27 1789 verso pencil and grey wash on laid paper
37 x 57cm; 14½ x 22½in together with two further drawings, Harlech Castle from the SE, Aug - 11-1795, and Barmouth 1795, both inscribed verso, by the same hand various sizes, all unframed (3)
Exhibited
Malchair and the Oxford School, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1998 (all three works)
£400-600
23
JOHN
INIGO RICHARDS
R.A. (BRITISH 1731-1810)
EAGLE TOWER CAERNARFON CASTLE
inscribed Caernarvon Castle verso
watercolour over pencil on laid paper with original artist’s wash-line mount
22 x 31.5cm; 8½ x 12½in together with three further watercolours of castles, by Charlotte Percy (Duchess of Northumberland, 1787-1866), James Russell (c.1720-1793) and John Buckler (1770-1851) various sizes all unframed (4)
Provenance the first and the James Russell: Leonard Gordon Duke (1890-1971)
Exhibited the first: London, Tate Gallery, Pictures by Richard Wilson and His Circle, 1949, no. 73
£800-1,200
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WILLIAM ALFRED DELAMOTTE (BRITISH 1775-1863)
CAERPHILLY CASTLE SOUTH WALES
signed, inscribed and dated, Caerphilly Castle South Wales/ Wm Delamotte/ 1810, verso
pen and brown ink and watercolour heightened with white on grey paper
18 x 26cm; 7 x 10¼in
framed
£300-500
25
AMOS GREEN (BRITISH 1735-1807)
STUDY IN A BOAT NEAR LODORE, DERWENTWATER
inscribed Study in a boat near / Laudoor, of effects on / the Lake of Derwentwater verso and dated Augst 22, 1802 and initialed AG
watercolour
14 x 20cm; 6¼ x 7¾in together with two further watercolours by the same hand and two watercolours by Harriet Green and by William Green various sizes, all unframed (5)
£300-500
26
JOHN WHITE ABBOTT (BRITISH 1763-1851)
THE WARREN, MOUTH OF THE EXE
inscribed The Warren, Mouth of the Exe. lower margin pen and ink and wash
18.5 x 27cm; 7¼ x 10½in
unframed
£600-800
27
PUPIL OF FRANCIS TOWNE (BRITISH 1739-1816)
TRAVELLERS ON A ROAD NEAR NAPLES
later inscription Francis Towne verso pen and black ink and watercolour on laid paper with original washline border
20 x 26cm; 8 x 10in unframed
Iolo A. Williams’ note on the mount reads I bought this as by Francis Towne (1740? - 1816). But A. P. Oppé says he believes it to be from a volume of copies after Towne done by Grace Hardy in 1787, though possibly there may be a little of Towne’s own work in it. Towne made compositions like the present work for his pupils to copy.
£400-600
28
AMELIA
LONG (LADY FARNBOROUGH)
(BRITISH 1772-1837)
A WOOD ON BROMLEY HILL
signed, inscribed and dated: Amelia Long 1803 Bromley Hill, lower left pencil
30 x 24cm; 11¾ x 9¾in together with another drawing by Lady Mary Ann Holbech Mordaunt (c.1778-1842) inscribed Beallieu, Hants 1807, on mount lower left both unframed (2)
£300-500
29
ANTHONY DEVIS (BRITISH 1729-1816)
LOOKING ACROSS RIDE LANE TO ST. MARTHA’S CHAPEL, GUILDFORD
signed Devis, inscribed Looking across Ride Lane to St. Marthas’s Chapel and dated 1798 lower margin pen and ink and watercolour 16 x 22.5cm; 6¼ x 9in together with four further drawings by the same hand various sizes, all unframed (5)
£400-600
30
FRANCIS WHEATLEY R.A. (BRITISH 1747-1801)
FISHERMEN BESIDE A LAKE
signed and dated F. Wheatley delt. 1776, lower right on the original washline mount pen and grey ink and wash 21 x 34cm; 8¼ x 13¼in together with another drawing by Robert Price (British 1717-1761), The Grove at Fozley in Herefordshire, 1744 both unframed (2)
£300-500
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DR WILLIAM CROTCH (BRITISH 1775-1847)
MRS LAWRENCE’S COTTAGE, SOUTH HILL
inscribed and dated, Mrs Lawrence’s Cottage / South hill July 14 1810, verso black chalk and watercolour together with a further black chalk and watercolour drawing inscribed verso, Elsfield thro the trees/ they wanted & do still to condemn one of these/ poor trees - which would/ you spare? by the same hand.
9.5 x 17cm; 3¾ x 6¾in & 10 x 17cm; 4 x 6¾in both framed (2)
£600-800
32
DR WILLIAM CROTCH (BRITISH 1775-1847)
MAGDALEN TOWER, OXFORD
inscribed Magdn. Tower 1492 to 8 .... 1509 .... 1473, beneath pen and ink and watercolour 12.7 x 16.5cm; 5 x 6½in together with five further works by the same hand including: Three views in Oxford, Trees at Heathfield and Montagna Di Ercole, variously signed, inscribed and dated in the artist’s hand various sizes, all unframed (6)
£400-600
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DR WILLIAM CROTCH (BRITISH 1775-1847)
FOUR VIEWS IN DOVEDALE 1802 each signed Wm Crotch, dated, variously inscribed and numbered in the artist’s hand verso watercolour over charcoal various sizes, all unframed (4)
£300-500
34
DR WILLIAM CROTCH (BRITISH 1775-1847)
THE WAIRS (WEIRS)
NEAR OXFORD
numbered and inscribed and dated, 61 The Wairs, near Oxford, April 28 1801 Oct 13 1842 / Brackins’s Wairs, lower margin pencil and watercolour together with another watercolour by the same hand, numbered, signed with initials, dated, and inscribed, 79 WC Nov 1842 from one August 1800 copied from a sketch of a hovel in St Clememts Oxford by /J Malchair May 1785The Iffley bank on the right the first 13 x 23cm; 5 x 9in framed together (2)
£400-600
35
JOHN BAPTIST MALCHAIR (GERMAN-BRITISH c.1730-1812)
BEHIND THE BREWHOUSES IN ST. TOLES OXEN inscribed and dated in the artist’s hand Behind the Brewhouses in St. Toles Oxen July 3 1787 verso pen and ink and watercolour over pencil on laid paper 21 x 32.5cm; 8¼ x 12¾in together with three further drawings by the same hand, all inscribed in the artist’s hand verso: Portrait of an Oak near Oxford, Bridge over the Dovy at Dinas Mowddwy, Monday September 5th 1791 11/ Marionethshire and Nant Rhyddod near Dynas Mouthwy in Marionethshire/ July 28th 1795 various sizes, all unframed (4)
Provenance the first: Leonard Gordon Duke (1890-1971), inventory no. D397 Exhibited
Malchair and the Oxford School, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1998 (Nant Rhyddod near Dynas Mowddwy)
£600-800
36
JOHN FISHER (BRITISH 1748-1825)
THE GRAIN MILL DEDHAM inscribed The Grain Mill Dedham lower margin watercolour over pencil 15 x 24cm; 6 x 9½in together with four further watercolours by the same hand depicting: Linton, Lynmouth near Dulverton, Leiston and Quantock Hills various sizes, all unframed (5)
£600-800
37
GEORGE FROST (BRITISH 1754-1821)
A RURAL SCENE WITH FIGURES BEFORE A COTTAGE (RECTO) AND A WOOD (VERSO) black chalk on laid paper, recto and verso 23 x 29cm; 9 x 11¾in (with cut corners) together with five further sketches and three watercolours by the same hand various sizes, all unframed (9)
£500-700
38
JOHN BLUCK (BRITISH fl. 1791-1819)
VIEW OF A COTTAGE AT DUMBLETON, GLOUCESTERSHIRE
signed and inscribed, View of a Cottage at Dumbleton, Gloucestershire / J Bluck, verso watercolour over pencil 14 x 23cm; 5½ x 9in together with three further watercolours and one drawing by and attributed to Joseph Barber, William Alexander, C. Tomkins and Henry Edridge various sizes, all unframed (5)
£400-600
39
THOMAS SUNDERLAND (BRITISH 1744-1828)
VIEW OF PULAU PENANG ISLAND, MALAYSIA
inscribed verso, Scenery in Pulau Penang, 2 miles from George Town, called the Highlands of Scotland, built upon, & so named by Mr Scott, who is denominated the Father of the Island. He also built the pleasure Seats of Killicrankie & Kelso. pen and ink and blue and grey wash over pencil
19.5 x 27.5cm; 9 x 11½in together with two further watercolours by Thomas Sunderland, the first inscribed beneath and on the verso, View from the Gaer Hill Macoa looking to Mr Roberts Garden, Camoens, Green Hill, and to the division between China & Potugal, 26 Dec 1812; the second inscribed verso Windermere various sizes, all unframed (3)
In 1826 Penang along with Malacca and Singapore became part of the Straits Settlements under the British administraton in India, moving to direct British colonial rule in 1867. James Scott (1746-1808) was trading partner to Captain Francis Light in Penang. When Light died in 1794, Scott aquired Light’s Estate, making him the largest landowner in Penang.
£800-1,200
40
THOMAS DANIELL R.A. (BRITISH 1749-1840) COLGONG
inscribed in pen and brown ink N. 81 (crossed out)
Colgong verso
watercolour over pencil on laid paper
28.5 x 40cm; 11 x 15¾in unframed
£1,000-1,500
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ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM DANIELL R.A. (1769-1837)
A SOOTHSAYER AND SEPOY - SIPAHI - MADRAS inscribed Suthsayer - Madras Seapoy - Sipauhee and with detailed annotations on costume pencil
20.5 x 16.5cm; 8 x 6½in together with a watercolour attributed to John Martin (1789-1854), depicting a Camel train both unframed (2)
A Sipahi or Sepoy was an infantryman armed with a musket in the army of the Mughal Empire.
£300-500
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HENRY TRESHAM R.A. (BRITISH 1751-1814)
A TUNISINE PRISONER AT MALTA
inscribed with title A TUNISINE Prisoner at MALTA below and further inscribed lower left, Like the tenant of some nighthaunted ruin, bore an aspect of horror worn to habitude .... pen and brown and and watercolour over pencil 24 x 30cm; 9½ x 12in together with two further works attributed to Alexander Runciman (1736-1785) and William Locke (1732-1810) and a set of four historical scenes by an unknown hand various sizes, all unframed (7)
£400-600
ATTRIBUTED TO LUIGI MAYER (ITALIAN / GERMAN 1755-1803)
FIGURES BY A TOWER
pen and ink and watercolour over pencil on laid paper with watermark 1794
17 x 19cm; 6½ x 7½in together with eight further watercolours, including works by or attributed to Joseph Manskirsch (German 1768-1830), two by Hendrik Kobell (Dutch 1751-1779) and Johann Heinrich Müntz (Swiss-German 1727-1798) various sizes, all unframed (9)
£800-1,200
44
ATTRIBUTED TO SIR ROBERT KER PORTER (SCOTTISH
1777-1842)
THE GREAT LAVRA BELLTOWER OF THE KIEV MONASTERY OF THE CAVES inscribed in Cyrillic and dated 22 Jul 1808 upper edge and Kiev verso pen and ink and watercolour on two sheets each sheet measuring 27.5 x 35cm; 10¾ x 13¾in together with nine further topographical views including La Vallée Sombre dans L’Isle de Rodrigues, Grutli Lake Lucerne, The Temple of Apollo and the Lake of Averno by various hands including by or attributed to Francesco Zuccharelli, Hugh Primrose Dean and William Delamotte various sizes, all unframed (10)
Porter was appointed historical painter at the court of Tsar Alexander I of Russia in 1805, being employed in decorating Admiralty Hall, St Petersburg with vast historical paintings. While in St Petersburg, he wooed the Russian princess Mary de Scherbatoff, daughter of Prince Theodor. The prospects of this courtship and of Porter’s personal safety were complicated due to the 1807 Treaty of Tilsit, which aligned Russia with Napoleon Bonaparte and therefore against Britain. Porter was forced to leave St Petersburg and cross the border into Finland on 10th December 1807. Before his return to Britain he was knighted in Sweden by Gustavus IV, became a knight of St Joachim of Württemberg, and accompanied Sir John Moore to Spain for the Peninsular War. In 1809 Porter published his remarkable account of his adventures through Russia and Europe in in two volumes with over forty illustrations accompanying the text. Travelling Sketches in Russia and Sweden, During the Years 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808. London, 1809.
£600-800
45
FERDINAND BECKER (BRITISH c.1770-1825) THE COLOSSEUM
inscribed The Colosseum on the mount pen and ink and grey wash
29 x 42cm; 11½ x 16½in together with two further works, one by Major-General James Pattison Cockburn (1779-1847), signed J P Cockburn lower right and inscribed, signed and dated View in the Colosseum, Rome/ 1817 J P Cockburn, verso and the other a view of The Temple of Hercules Victor, signed, dated and inscribed, Lucas 1781 Rome, lower left various sizes, all unframed (3)
£500-800
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RICHARD COOPER, Jr. (BRITISH 1740-1814)
AN EXTENSIVE ITALIANATE LANDSCAPE
pen and brown ink and grey wash on laid paper
22.5 x 46cm; 9 x18in together with three further drawings by the same hand, two signed various sizes, all unframed (4)
£400-600
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WILLIAM MARLOW R.A. (BRITISH 1740-1813)
A FOLIO OF DRAWINGS OF VIEWS ON THE ITALIAN COAST NEAR NAPLES AND FRANCE
including views of Venice, Procita, Rome, Turin, The Pantheon, Avignon and St Cloud and two maps, one of the river Thames some inscribed various sizes, all unframed (10)
£400-600
48
THE REV. CHARLES ANNESLEY (BRITISH 1787-1863)
AN ALPINE VALLEY
pen and brown ink and watercolour
38.5 x 53.5cm; 15 x 21in
together with two further drawings, Thomas Sunderland (British 1744-1823) The Barriere at the Castle of Ehrenberg in the Tyrol, 1795; Richard Cooper Jr. (British 1740-c.1814) Vesuvius, a capriccio various sizes, all unframed (3)
£700-900
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49
THOMAS BARKER OF BATH (BRITISH 1769-1847)
FISHING BY A BRIDGE pen and ink and sepia wash
20 x 16cm; 8 x 6½in together with a further drawing of rustic figures by a camp, by the same hand both unframed (2)
£100-200
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THOMAS WALMSLEY (BRITISH 1763-1806)
A COASTAL VILLAGE WITH A RUINED TOWER gouache
29.5 x 40cm; 11¾ x 15¾in together with four further works including one attributed to George Smith of Chichester (1713/14-1776) various sizes, all unframed (5)
£400-600
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HENEAGE FINCH, 4TH EARL OF AYLESFORD (BRITISH 1751-1812)
A FARMHOUSE
pencil and grey wash on laid paper
18.5 x 22cm; 7¼ x 8¾in
together with three further works, one inscribed on the mount Moulsey, pencil and grey wash, by the same hand, one by the Hon. Daniel Finch (1757-1840) and one attributed to a member of the family of the 4th Earl of Aylesford various sizes, three unframed, one framed (4)
Provenance
the first: Leonard Gordon Duke (1890-1971), his collection, inscribed verso with inventory no. D795 / Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford / 1751-1812/ LGD
Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford (1751-1812) was an amateur watercolourist of considerable repute as was his brother the Rev. and Hon. Daniel Finch (1757-1840). His children including the Hon. Daniel Finch were all able amateur artists. Due to the similarity of their names and their style their work can be confused.
£400-600
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WILLIAM DAY (BRITISH 1764-1807)
CYNWYD HILL NEAR CORWEN MONMOUTHSHIRE
inscribed Cynwyd Hill near Corwen / Monmouthshire, upper left watercolour
30 x 42.5cm; 12 x 16¾in
together with a pen and ink and wash drawing by Edward Edwards A.R.A (1738-1806) inscribed and dated, In Jesmond Dean near Newcastle Tyne 1788 / E.E. verso both unframed (2)
£600-800
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ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE BECK (BRITISH-AMERICAN 1749-1812)
CASTLE RISING, NORFOLK signed and inscribed, Castle Rising, Norfolk / by Mr Beck, verso pen and brown ink and watercolour on laid paper 27 x 35cm; 10½ x 13¾in framed
George Beck was born in Staffordshire. His English, Welsh and Irish landscapes were often compared to those of Richard Wilson but considered less accomplished. However he was praised for the way in which he captured the light and sky. He and his wife emigrated to America in 1795 and it was here that his reputation really grew. His best-known paintings The Potomac River Breaking through the Blue Ridge and The Great Falls of the Potomac (ca.1796-1797) were subsequently purchased by George Washington in 1797 to be hung in the New Room that Washington had built at Mount Vernon following the Revolutionary War.
£800-1,200
54
PAUL SANDBY MUNN R.W.S (BRITISH 1773-1845)
TWO LADIES AND A CHILD RESTING IN THE SHADE OF A LARGE TREE
initialed P.S.M. dated 1805 lower centre watercolour over pencil 31 x 25.5cm; 12¼ x 10in together with two further watercolours by the same hand various sizes, all unframed (3)
£200-300
55
A QUANTITY OF 18TH AND EARLY 19TH CENTURY DRAWINGS AND WATERCOLOURS
including views of Hastings, Oxford, Cambridge, Stirling, Torquay, Ullswater, Drogheda, Bury St Edmunds, Bonnington Falls on the river Clyde, by or attributed to artists including W. Delamotte, C. Varley, G. Heriot, J. Baverstock Knight and J. Farington
various sizes, all unframed (26)
£400-600
56
A QUANTITY OF 18TH AND EARLY 19TH CENTURY DRAWINGS AND WATERCOLOURS
including works by or attributed to William Sawrey Gilpin, Sir George Hayter, Robert Dixon, George Morland, George Bryant Campion and Samuel Howitt various sizes, all unframed (28)
£400-600
57
JOHN PRESTON NEALE (BRITISH 1771/80-1847)
A FARMHOUSE WITH A WOMAN FEEDING CHICKENS, A CHILD SEATED ON A STEP AND LAUNDRY HANGING OUTSIDE
signed J P Neale and dated 1840, lower right watercolour
17 x 26cm; 6¾ x 10¼in together with two further watercolours, two sepia wash drawings and a sheet from a sketchbook with two sketches by and attributed to John Varley, Ramsay Richard Reinagle, Thomas Allom, Sir Augustus Wall Callcott various sizes, all unframed (6)
£600-800
58
JOHN VARLEY (BRITISH 1778-1842)
AN EXTENSIVE LANDSCAPE
signed J Varley lower left black chalk and watercolour
16.5 x 31cm; 6¼ x 12¼in
framed
£400-600
59
ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE CHINNERY
(BRITISH 1774-1852)
TREES BY A POND OVERLOOKING AN EXTENSIVE HILLY LANDSCAPE
pen and brown ink and watercolour
15 x 20cm; 6 x 8in
framed
Provenance
Sale, Sothebys London, June 1936 with The Rowley Gallery Ltd., London
£300-500
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60
SIR GEORGE HAYTER (BRITISH 1792-1871)
A GROUP OF FIVE WORKS INCLUDING TWO LANDSCAPE WATERCOLOURS AND THREE SHEETS OF FIGURE STUDIES IN PEN AND INK AND PENCIL variously inscribed and dated together with a group of four works by Sir John James Stewart (1770-1849) including three watercolours: a view of Leith, 1826, Ely Cathedral and a view near Bromley, and a sketch of a battle scene in pen and ink and sepia wash over pencil various sizes, all unframed on 9 sheets (11)
£400-600
61
WILLIAM MARLOW R.A. (BRITISH 1740-1813)
STUDY OF A GARDENER SEATED watercolour over pencil on laid paper 14.5 x 9.5cm; 5¾ x 3¾in together with two further watercolours: Sir Robert Ker Porter (1777-1842) a soldier seated on a rock, signed and dated 1798, and attributed to William Anderson (1757-1837) figures in a tavern various sizes, all unframed (3)
Provenance the first: Leonard Gordon Duke (1890-1971), inventory no. D308, signed with initials LGD, titled and inscribed in his hand on the mount cf Marlow’ Sketch Book in the Brit Mus
£600-800
63
62
SIR WILLIAM BEECHEY R.A. (BRITISH 1753-1839)
MERCHANT AT FOLKESTONE
inscribed Merchant at Folkstone and dated - August 1802 lower edge, and inscribed verso in another hand, A Sketch by Sir William Beechey/given to me by his son/The Rev. S.. Vincent Beechey / A N S pen and brown ink over pencil
28 x 21.5cm; 11 x 8½in together with six further works including two by Sir David Wilkie RA (1785-1841), a sketch of a soldier and a family group, Sir Edwin Landseer RA (1802-1873) a portrait study of a lady, Robert Smirke RA (1753-1845) a dramatic scene and James Ward RA (1769-1859) a sheet with studies of a bearded man, recto and Boys at a Bonfire, inscribed with title verso various sizes, all unframed (7)
£400-600
63
WILLIAM SAMUEL HOWITT (BRITISH c.1756-1822)
STRIATED MONKEY
signed Howitt in the watercolour watercolour
25 x 19cm; 10 x 7½in together with another signed watercolour, thought to be of Thorold’s Deer from Tibet by the same hand both unframed (2)
The present work is illustrated in reverse in Edward Griffith’s book, General and Particular Descriptions of the Vertebrated Animals, arranged conformably to the Modern Discoveries and Improvements in Zoology, London 1821, p. 97
£400-600
64
SAWREY GILPIN R.A. (BRITISH 1733-1807)
A DEER
signed S. Gilpin lower right front and further signed S. Gilpin and dated Sepr 13 1803 verso pencil
17 x 22.5cm; 6¾ x 9in together with three further drawings including A Pig, A Hare and Cows by the same hand and two landscape watercolours by and attributed to his son William Sawrey Gilpin (British c.1761-1843) various sizes, all unframed (6)
£400-600
65
SAMUEL DANIELL (BRITISH 1775-1811)
TWO FIGURES RIDING A GALLOPING HORSE signed with initials SD upper right pencil on laid paper with watermark dated 1797 21 x 26cm; 8 x 10in (the sheet with cut corners) together with two further drawings by the same hand various sizes, all unframed (3)
£400-600
66
ROBERT HILLS (BRITISH 1769-1844)
A SHEET OF STUDIES OF DONKEYS pencil
24 x 15cm; 9½ x 6in unframed together with five further works by or attributed to the same hand various sizes, all unframed (6)
£400-600
67
HENDRIK WILLEM SCHWEICKHARDT (GERMAN 1747-1797)
A COW GRAZING
signed H W Schweickhardt, lower right black and red chalk on laid paper 10 x 16cm; 4 x 5¾in
unframed
£150-250
68
RICHARD CORBOULD (BRITISH 1757-1831)
ISABELLA, QUEEN OF PORTUGAL
pencil and grey wash on laid paper
18 x 11.5cm; 7 x 4½in together with two further works by and attributed to the same hand including the original sepia wash of A knight on horseback slaying a soldier with the engraving after the original from Scott’s Works, London, 1825, p. 24 vol III, mounted on the same sheet and Frederick George Byron (1764-1792) Telemachus, scene from the Odyssey, signed F G Byron Delt lower left, grey wash various sizes, all unframed (4)
Provenance
the first: Leonard Gordon Duke (1890-1971), inventory no. D864, inscribed with title and with his notes The original drawing for the engraving in Barlow’s General History of Europe 1790.
£400-600
69
JOHN VANDERBANK (BRITISH 1694-1739)
STUDY FOR A GROUP PORTRAIT OF THREE WOMEN ON A TERRACE
signed der V and dated 1737 lower right, recto with another unfinished study for the same scene, verso inscribed A H 13 and with artist’s name in a later hand upper left pen and brown ink over pencil on laid paper, recto pen and brown ink, verso 20 x 31cm; 7¾ x 12¼in together with two further sketches of putti by the same hand, and a family scene by Antonio Pietro Francesco Zucchi (1726-1795) and four putti by Samuel De Wilde (1751-1832), signed with initials and dated 1806 various sizes, all unframed (5)
Provenance
the first: Leonard Gordon Duke (1890-1971)
£600-800
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70
A QUANTITY OF FIGURATIVE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY DRAWINGS AND WATERCOLOURS
including works by or attributed to Cipriani, J.J. Chalon, C. Varley, W.H. Pyne, W. Hamilton, J.M. Wright, C.M. Wheatley, M. Haughton and B. Lens
three mounted together, various sizes, all unframed (21)
£400-600
73
71
DAVID ALLAN (SCOTTISH 1744-1796)
TWO LITTLE GIRLS ON THE ISLAND OF PROCIDA IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
Inscribed Two little Girls, in the Island of Procita / in the Mediterranean pen and ink and watercolour on laid paper 25 x 16.5cm; 9¾ x 6½in together with another watercolour by William Alexander (1767-1816), A little girl holding a kitten, signed W Alexander, lower right both unframed (2)
£400-600
72
JOHN FREDERICK TAYLOR, P.R.W.S. (BRITISH 1802-1889)
STUDIES OF A SEATED GIRL, A CHILD, A DOG AND HER PUPPIES
indistinctly inscribed lower right pencil and watercolour
16 x 26.5cm; 6½ x 10½in together with five pencil studies by Peter La Cave (1769-1816) mounted on two sheets, a sheet of studies of a milkmaid by John Renton (1790-1840), a watercolour of a travelling girl resting by a road by Robert Ker Porter (1777-1842), a study of a Baker Laddie, 1809 by John Thomas Serres (1759-1825) and a seated peddlar by William Collins R. A. (1788-1849) on 7 sheets, various sizes, all unframed (10)
£500-700
73
ANGELICA KAUFFMAN R.A. (AUSTRIAN / SWISS 1741-1807)
A WOMAN HOLDING A STAFF pen and brown ink and watercolour
38 x 24cm; 15 x 9½in framed
£800-1,200
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JOHN FLAXMAN R.A. (BRITISH 1755-1826)
CLASSICAL RELIEF
signed John Flaxman lower right pen and grey ink
17.5 x 25.5cm; 7 x 10in together with Biagio Rebecca A.R.A. (Italian 1735-1808) a pair of oval classical designs mounted as one various sizes, all unframed (3)
Provenance the latter two: Dr John Percy (British 1817-1889)
£500-700
75
JOHN FRANCIS RIGAUD R.A. (ITALIAN 1742-1810)
A SACRIFICE TO VENUS
signed J. F. Rigaud delt. on the mount lower left and inscribed with title A SACRIFICE TO VENUS on the mount lower middle pen and ink and grey wash
34 x 37cm; 13¼ x 14½in (oval) together with two further classical scenes by Conrad Metz (German 1749-1827) various sizes, all unframed (3)
£300-500
76
ATTRIBUTED TO PHILIBERT-BENOIT DE LA RUE (FRENCH 1718/25-1780)
A SET OF FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS OF CLASSICAL FIGURES, ONE SET ILLUSTRATING SUMMER, SPRING, WINTER AND AUTUMN
variously inscribed with titles on a plinth below each figure each pen and ink and grey wash on laid paper each 5.5 x 13cm; 2 x 5in mounted together framed (4)
£200-300
77
ENGLISH SCHOOL 18TH CENTURY
A VELLUM-BOUND ALBUM OF FIGURATIVE STUDIES
The album consisting of thirty-nine studies of figures in historical costume on laid paper, the works drawn in pencil inscribed on the first page, In Bromley 1779 12 x 18.5cm; 4¾ x 7¼in (the album)
£200-300
78
RICHARD COSWAY R.A. (BRITISH 1742-1821) DEATH
inscribed with provenance, Christies May 1869, by a later hand verso pencil and wash 20cm; 8in (diameter) together with five further works by or attributed to various hands including another drawing by Richard Cosway (from the sale at Christies 1896 from succession of his wife Maria Cosway), Samuel Shelley, Ramsay Richard Reinagle, Henry Singleton and Julius Ceasar Ibbeston (from the collection of L. G. Duke, given to Iolo William September 1958) various media, various sizes, all unframed (6)
Provenance
the last: Leonard Gordon Duke (1890-1971)
£1,000-1,500
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ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS STOTHARD R.A. (BRITISH 1755-1834)
AN ANGEL RESCUING A MAN FROM DEMONS pen and grey ink and brown wash
17.5 x 15cm; 8 x 7in together with two further sketches by and attributed to Thomas Stothard and a pen and ink design for a coat of arms inscribed Bloodo Et Gutto / The Butchers Coat of Arms / 1790 by Thomas Bewick (1753-1828)
various sizes, all unframed (4)
£300-500
80
ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE-PHILLIPE CHOFFARD (FRENCH 1730-1809)
THE SEPARATION OF RENALDO FROM ARMIDA pen and brown ink and grey wash 22 x 26.5cm; 8¾ x 10½in together with three further works by and attributed to Francois Boitard (1667-1719/1729), Sir Peter Francis Bourgeois R.A. and Giovanni Battista Cipriani (Italian 1766-1839)
various sizes, all unframed (4)
£300-500
83
81
RICHARD WESTALL R.A. (BRITISH 1765-1836)
TRUMPETERS
black and red chalk heightened with white chalk and touches of wash on buff paper
25 x 33cm; 9¾ x 13in together with another watercolour by the same hand and two further works including Mauritius Lowe (1746-1793)
Allegories, pencil recto and verso and an allegorical scene by Edward Edwards (1738-1806), signed and dated Edwards 1777, pen and ink and grey wash various sizes, all unframed (4)
£500-700
82
HENRY HOWARD R.A. (BRITISH 1769-1847)
BIRTH OF VENUS
charcoal and coloured chalks
24 x 36cm; 9½ x 14¼in
together with George Frederick Watts RA (1817-1904), study of two figures embracing, red chalk over pencil, 18 x 15cm; 7 x 6in both unframed (2)
Provenance
the first: Charles Edward Lees (1840-1894)
£400-600
83
GEORGE DANCE (BRITISH 1741-1825)
SIX PORTRAITS OF GENTLEMEN AND ONE FIGURE STUDY OF A GENTLEMAN
Pencil and two further portraits by or attributed to W M Bennett and Thomas Hickey various sizes, all unframed (9)
£400-600
84
HUGH
DOUGLAS HAMILTON R.H.A.
(IRISH 1740-1808)
PORTRAIT OF A LADY WEARING A BLUE DRESS, BLACK SHAWL AND LACE CAP, A BLUE RIBBON CHOKER AND PEARL DROP EARRING
signed centre left: HD Hamilton/ delt pastel over pencil
23.5 x 19cm; 9¼ x 7½in (oval) together with a pair of Kit Kat Club portraits attributed to Robert Byng (1666-1720) after Sir Godfrey Kneller, of Lord Charles Mohun and George Stepney, each inscribed with sitter’s name, each grey wash heightened with white on blue paper various sizes, all unframed (3)
£300-500
85
JOSEPH SLATER (BRITISH 1782-1837)
PORTRAIT OF A CLERIC
signed, inscribed and dated, Joseph Slater 17 Newman Street London 1816 lower right pencil and watercolour
29.5 x 25cm; 11½ x 9¾in together with an 18th century study of a hand, indistinctly signed lower left, black chalk heightened with white on blue paper both unframed (2)
£150-250
86
SAMUEL WALE R.A. (BRITISH c.1721-1786)
HERMAN STRODTMAN IN THE ACT OF MURDERING HIS FELLOW PRENTICE, PETER WOLTER pen and brown ink and grey wash
15.5 x 10cm; 6¼ x 4in
mounted together with another illustration by the same hand, Repreive for a Criminal while on the way to the place of execution, and four further pen and ink and wash illustrations by Samuel Wale R.A. (c.1721-1786) various sizes, all unframed (6)
Literature
the first: Tyburn Chronicle, vol. I, 1768, facing p. 32; the second: engraved as frontispiece to vol. III of Tyburn Chronicle £400-600
87
GEORGE MOUTARD WOODWARD (BRITISH 1760-1809)
A BOOKLET TITLED A TOUCHSTONE FOR THE WATERING PLACES OR CHARACTERS SCRUTINIZED REPRESENTED IN EIGHT METAMORPHIC SKETCHES BY G.M. WOODWARD eight caricatures, each signed and inscribed pen and ink and watercolour ten pages including the front cover and title page together with eight further humorous caricatures by the same hand each signed and variously inscribed with titles including: An Unwelcome Visitor, Fashionable Furbeloes, A Sudden Emotion, Convocation Day (or a Nest of Parsons), Fashionable Amusements for Young Ladies, The Throne of Avarice (or The shrine of the Muse), A Favourite Cat Choking with a Fishbone and A Caricature of a Bas Relief each signed and inscribed various sizes, all unframed (9)
George ‘Moutard’ Woodward was a caricaturist and humorist in the manner of H. Bunbury. Born in Derbyshire in 1760, he came to London in around 1791 to 1792 where he achieved popularity with his social satires. He was also known as ‘Mustard George’ and ‘George Murgatroyd Woodward’. From around 1794 to 1807 Woodward designed numerous caricatures which were engraved by such artists as Isaac Cruikshank (William Cruikshank’s father), Charles Williams, Piercy Roberts, Richard Cooper, and other satirical artists of the period. Many of his designs were also etched by his close friend and constant drinking companion, Thomas Rowlandson. He lived a dissolute life and died in poverty in a public house in 1809. George Moutard Woodward is often credited with the invention of the modern form of comic strip.
£1,000-1,500
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WILLIAM HENRY BROOKE (BRITISH 1772-1860)
RIDING A FROG
inscribed and dated Wood - Krr. 10 Oct. 1807. below pen and brown ink and sepia wash
11.5 x 13cm; 3½ x 4¾in together with seven further caricatures by or attributed to various artists including, Alexander Nasmyth, Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, George Dance, James Roberts, James Gillray and George ‘Sidney’ Shepherd various media, various sizes, all unframed (8)
Provenance the first: Abbott & Holder Jan 1953 Leonard Gordon Duke C.B.E. (1890-1971) (the reverse inscribed with his initials and his inventory no. D1105)
£800-1,200
