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Sale date:

Paintings & Furniture Sale on 2nd October 2008

Lot numbers:

205-234 of 581

Lot

Description & Estimate

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Hammer Price £

205

ITALIAN SCHOOL "The Return of the Prodigal Son", oil on canvas, 26.5" x 36.5" £200-400

Nil

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400
206 ITALO-FLEMISH SCHOOL, 17th century (?) A mother and child, oil on copper (losses), 13.25" x 10.5", in an early 19th century giltwood and gesso frame, the back board branded "PC". See illustration £200-400

Nil

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400
207 MANNER OF ALESSANDRO ALLORI A portrait of a woman against a green background, the reverse branded with an old inventory number, oil on panel, 14.75" x 11.75", in a giltwood frame boldly carved with scrolls and stylised leafage. See illustration Provenance: Almost certainly acquired by Harold Newgass, Esq. of Seaborough Court in the 1930's and afterwards at Stafford House, West Stafford, Dorset. Thence by descent to the Honourable Mrs Baillie. £2000-4000

Nil

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6800
208 ARTHUR WEYDEN A still life of flowers in a glass vase resting on a stone ledge, signed, and the reverse with a label, oil on panel, 25.5" x 19.75". See illustration Provenance: According to a label on the reverse from Lord Northwick's Gallery at Thirlestane House, Cheltenham ... no. 1742 and bought by Sir Thomas Philipps, Bt. of Middle Hill. £500-1000

Nil

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209 MANNER OF JACOB GRIMMER Figures with wagons on a road with a village and trees beyond, oil on canvas and the reverse with a label with an inscription (detached), 23.5" x 28.5". See illustration Provenance: Lieutenant Colonel Sir Michael Peto, Bt., The Manor House, Yatton Keynell, Wiltshire and thence by descent. £500-1000

Nil

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1800
210 ITALIAN SCHOOL A nun holding a chalice and a book, the reverse branded "PC" and inscribed "Red Landing left of Room 6 (1930)", oil on canvas, 12.75" x 8.75" £100-200

Nil

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100
211 DUTCH SCHOOL A nocturne with figures reading by candlelight and a musician with a lute, the frame branded "PC" and the back of the panel with two labels (one largely removed) numbered 67 in pen and inscribed "Blue Room" in pencil, oil on chamfered panel, 14.5" x 10.5". See illustration

Nil

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280
212 ITALIAN SCHOOL, 18th century A woman distributing alms to a beggar, the reverse branded PC and inscribed in pencil "no. 4 room ... left of door", oil on canvas, 16" x 12" £150-250

Nil

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540
213 ITALIAN SCHOOL, AFTER THE OLD MASTER The Madonna and Child, the reverse branded "PC" and inscribed in pencil "Library 1931 - 9", oil on canvas, 12" x 9.5" £100-200

Nil

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220
214 MANNER OF SALVATORE ROSA A guard in half-armour and a plumed helmet sitting on a rock, the reverse branded "PC" and inscribed in pencil "Left flank IV Drawing Room", oil on canvas, 9.5" x 7.25". See illustration £200-400

Nil

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520
215 ANGLO-DUTCH SCHOOL, 17th century A portrait of a gentleman wearing a slashed jacket with a blue sash and a lace collar, oval, oil on panel, 5" x 3.5". See illustration Provenance: Private Collection, Somerset. £500-1000

Nil

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2100
216 MANNER OF GERARD DOU An alchemist in a vaulted interior, oil on panel, 6.5" x 5.25" £50-100

Nil

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100
217 ITALIAN SCHOOL, 17th century (?) A hermit outside a cave, the reverse branded "PC", oil on canvas, 9.75" x 7.25" £100-200

Nil

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200
218 ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18th century After Sir Peter Paul Rubens The Madonna and Child with St. Catherine and other saints, with Charles I in the foreground, oil on canvas, 29.75" x 20.25". See illustration Provenance: Private Collection, Wiltshire. £2000-3000

Nil

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219 ASCRIBED TO BARENT GAEL Figures resting beside classical ruins, the reverse with various labels including one from E. Stacy Marks, dated March 1961 and an earlier catalogue description with a full attribution, oil on canvas, in a ripple-moulded frame, 24.75" x 19.5". See illustration Provenance: Lieutenant Colonel Sir Michael Peto, Bt., Iford Manor, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire and thence by descent £500-1000

Nil

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800
220 MANNER OF CARLO MARATTA The Madonna and Child, oil on canvas, 29.5" x 24.5". See illustration Provenance: Private Collection, Wimborne Minster, Dorset. £1500-2500

Nil

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221 JEAN BAPTISTE MONNOYER A still life of summer flowers in a basket on a stone ledge, the reverse with a Thomas Agnew & Sons label W02263/72, oil on canvas, 24.5" x 29.5", in a mid-18th century style giltwood and gesso frame. See illustration Provenance: The reverse with a label for G.M. Lotinga, 57 New Bond Street, London W1 Private Collection Gloucestershire and thence by descent to the vendor. We are grateful to Michael Liversidge FSA, Emeritus Dean of Arts at the University of Bristol and Fellow at the Yale Center for British Art, for confirming the attribution on inspection of the painting in the original.

Nil

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18000
222 ASCRIBED TO JAN VAN GOYEN Figures conversing on a track with a huntsman holding a hare aloft, with two dogs at his side and trees and buildings beyond, inscribed "V. Goyen" and also with the monogram "VG" conjoined, oil on a chamfered oval oak panel, 18.25" x 23.75". See illustration Provenance: The reverse bears a label (now detached) recording that the painting was originally the property of Edmund Sheppard of Beaconsfield, a friend of Disraeli and grandfather of Mrs Mary Elliot Hotblack, who died in Lewes in 1938. Thence by descent. Private Collection, Dorset. £3000-6000

Nil

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6000
223 ASCRIBED TO FRANS SNYDERS The Fox and the Crane from Aesop's Fables, oil on canvas, 46.75" x 79". See illustration Provenance: From the Estate of H. Parkin Smith of Bath Sold Christies 22nd January 1954 (as Casteels) lot 130, purchased by Leger for £99 and 15 shillings. The property of a lady of title, Dorset. £5000-10000

Nil

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9000
224 ASCRIBED TO GEORGE MORLAND Two pigs in a pigsty with a carrot and a turnip beside an upturned barrel, signed "G. Morland", 27.25" x 35.25". See illustration £3000-6000

Nil

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6600
225 ENGLISH SCHOOL, circa 1820 A portrait of a young gentleman standing three quarter length in an interior with a red drape and a landscape with a lake beyond, oil on canvas, 19" x 14", apparently retaining the original rosewood and parcel-gilt frame £100-200

Nil

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240
226 ASCRIBED TO JOHN INIGO RICHARDS "The Maid of the Mill", a scene set from the Drury Lane theatrical production, oil on canvas laid on board, 28" x 39". See illustration Provenance: Private Collection, New Forest, Hampshire £500-1000

Nil

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227 CIRCLE OF CORNELIUS JONSON A portrait of a gentleman wearing a dark coat and a white shirt, bust length in a feigned oval, the reverse with various labels including "R. Strahn & Co. Ltd, Wentworth Place, Dublin", oil on canvas, 21.5" x 18.75", in a carved giltwood frame. See illustration £300-500

Nil

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440
228 ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18th century A portrait of a gentleman wearing a blue coat and a scarlet waistcoat with gilt braid, oil on canvas, 29" x 24", in a carved and pierced rococo frame, now grained but retaining some gilt. See illustration £300-600

Nil

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2000
229 NAIVE SCHOOL, circa 1800 A young child seated in a landscape holding a basket of cherries, 27.25" x 22.25". See illustration Provenance: Private Collection, Dorset. £450-750

Nil

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850
230 CIRCLE OF SIR GODFREY KNELLER A portrait of a gentleman, probably Sir John Crewe of Utkinton, wearing a lace jabot, inscribed on the reverse, oil on canvas, 29.25" x 24.25". See illustration The reverse of the canvas bears the name of "Mr Crewe" but it probably represents Sir John Crewe of Utkinton, son of John Crewe (second son of Sir Randolph Crewe) and Mary Dunne; born 1641. He married first, Mary, daughter of Thomas Wagstaff, of Catchebrook, Co. Warwick and secondly Mary, daughter of Sir Willoughby Aston, Bt. "He revered the memory of his excellent grandfather, Sir Randolph, who familiarly called him in childhood his "Jolly Jack". He was a portly gentleman as his portrait bespeaks". (Hinchliffe, Barthomley page 366) £500-1000

Nil

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1300
231 ENGLISH SCHOOL, late 17th/early 18th century An armorial panel in a foliate mantling, oil on canvas, 29.5" x 24.25", apparently retaining the original carved giltwood frame, which bears an indistinct inscription including "Dorchester" in a contemporary hand. See illustration £400-700

Nil

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1600
232 EDWIN L. MEADOWS Figures, horses, a dog and poultry outside the Running Fox Inn. signed, oil on canvas, 23.25" x 35.25". See illustration £500-1000

Nil

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850
233 ASCRIBED TO CHARLES HANCOCK "Ratting" with figures building a hayrick beyond, oil on canvas, 34" x 44.75". See illustration Provenance: Private Collection, Somerset

Nil

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750

 234

BASIL NIGHTINGALE Two hunters in a landscape and a cheeky fox, with woodland beyond, signed and dated 1914, oil on canvas, 27.25" x 41". See illustration £2500-3500

Nil

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