for our Antique, Fine Art and Collectables auction to be held on Wednesday 25th of February 2026
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| 751 | A rare mid 17th century Interregnum stumpwork portrait depicting a child dressed in richly articulated costume, holding a small dog beneath his left arm. In his hands he carries a quill and a letter inscribed "Give Thy selfe to learne my slam (psalm, 1656". Enclosed within an oval cartouche of leaf and berry motifs, further flanked in each corner by four winged angels. Composed of raised work consisting of collage and embroidery, using various fabrics, silk, coloured wool and metallised threads, on a pale gold silk ground, printed extract from Sir Matthew Hale's diary verso, 20cm x 17.5cm, within a dark stained wood frame. | 1000-1500 |
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| 752 | Circle of William Collins (British, 1788-1847), Fishing Boats and Figures in a Cove, 19th century oil on board, 28cm x 38cm, within a stained wood and gilt Dutch ripple frame | 80-120 |
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| 753 | After Henry Thomson (British, 1773-1843), "Distress by Sea", 19th century oil on canvas, 44cm x 34cm, within a gilt frame. | 100-200 |
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| 754 | Circle of Henry Liverseege (British, 1802-1832), Gentleman Smoking a Pipe at a Cottage Door, 19th century oil on canvas, 44cm x 34cm, within a gilt frame. | 100-200 |
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| 755 | Geoffrey Sparrow (British, 1887-1969), "The Eton College Beagles", etching with hand-colouring, signed and titled in pencil, 22cm x 29cm, within a Hogarth style frame. | 120-150 |
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| 756 | Alexander P. Thomson (British, 1887-1962), "Law for the River", early 20th century watercolour, signed recto, titled exhibition label verso, 61cm x 50cm, within a gilt frame. | 80-120 |
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| 757 | Joan Blaeu (Dutch, 1596-1673), "Ducatus Eboracensis Anglice Yorkshire" (Map of Yorkshire), 17th century engraving with later hand-colouring, 45cm x 56cm, within a Rosewood frame. | 50-70 |
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| 758 | Leonard Dawkins, "Freedom to Fly at Last" (Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress), watercolour with gouache, signed recto, titled and inscribed verso, 20cm x 50cm, within a gilt frame. | 50-70 |
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| 759 | Hedley Fitton (British, 1857-1929), "Via dei Girolami, Florence", 19th century etching, signed in pencil recto, title verso, 32cm x 35cm, within a stained wood frame. | 40-60 |
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| 760 | Ernest Howard Farmer (British, 1856-1944), Wiltshire Thatcher Lot Long, 19th century gelatin silver print photograph, titled "Devonshire Thatcher"? to label verso, 60.8cm x 44.4cm, within a stained oak frame. Note: this rare and historically important Victorian photograph is of exceptional significance as the source material for the iconic album cover of Led Zeppelins fourth studio album (1971), one of the most influential and recognisable records in the history of rock music. | 1500-2000 |
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| 761 | Ethel Luella Curry (Canadian, 1902-2000), "Eastlake North Haliburton County", oil on board, signed recto, titled and dated July 1932 verso, 20cm x 25cm, within a painted wood frame. Note: Ethel Curry was a Canadian painter, printmaker, potter, and educator. Born in Irondale, Haliburton County, Ontario, in 1902, she studied at the Ontario College of Art beginning in 1924, where she learned from and worked alongside members of the Group of Seven, including Arthur Lismer and J.E.H. MacDonald. While in Toronto, Curry formed a lifelong friendship with fellow artist Doris McCarthy; the two met as students in the 1920s and later both taught in Toronto high schools. Curry spent much of her professional life as an instructor at Northern Vocational School before retiring in 1965 and returning to Haliburton, where she remained active in the local art community until her death in 2000. References: Robert Popple, "Northern Belle: The Life Story of Haliburton's Ethel Curry, Including Her Connections to the Group of Seven" (RTP Publications, Haliburton, Ontario, 2003). | 500-700 |
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| 762 | Isabel Wrightson (British, 1890-1950), "French Crabbers in Newlyn Harbour", watercolour with gouache, signed and dated 1961 recto, titled label verso, 55cm x 75cm, within a painted wood and hessian frame. Exhibited: The Royal Society of British Artists 237th Exhibition in 1962, catalogue no. 196; Brighton Museum & Art Gallery Sussex Artists Exhibition 1968. | 400-500 |
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| 763 | Attributed to Peter Monamy (British, 1681-1749), "Shipping off Jersey", 18th century oil on canvas, labels verso, 21cmx 52cm, within a gilt frame. Provenance: The Parker Gallery, stock no. 1245. | 1000-2000 |
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| 764 | Neil Holland, "The Priory Playhouse, Arundel", watercolour, signed and dated '80 recto, labels verso, 26cm x 33cm, within a silvered frame. | 80-120 |
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| 765 | Chinese Canton School, Qing Dynasty, Figures undertaking various pursuits, a set of four gouaches on pith paper, 17cm x 12cm each, framed as one within an ebonized frame. | 40-60 |
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| 766 | British Naive and Primitive School, River Landscapes with Boats, Figures and Cattle, a pair of 19th century oils on canvas, each 16cm x 24cm, both within gilt frames. | 40-60 |
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| 767 | After Annibale Carracci (1560-1609), Madonna and Child with Saint John, 18th century oil on canvas, 26cm x 20cm, within a gilt frame. | 200-300 |
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| 768 | After Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), Portrait of Sarah Garay Copley (nee Brunsden), Lady Lyndhurst, 19th century oil on board, 20cm x 17cm, within a gilt composition frame. | 50-80 |
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| 769 | A sampler by Charlotte Harris "aged nine years" with letters of the alphabet and numbers in horizontal formation to the top with lines of crowns and coronets beneath, above a central panel of religious verse, enclosed in a floral border, dated 1844 Cromer, 41cm x 32cm, within a Hogarth style frame, together with another sampler by Rebecca Mason "aged nine years", dated 1878. | 80-120 |
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| 770 | John Deschamps, "The Galle-face Esplenade, from Middleburg Counterguard", "Colpitty, from the Cinnamon Gardens", "The Lake of Kandy", three stone lithographs with hand-colouring, published for "Scenery and Reminiscences of Ceylon" by Ackermann & Co 1845, each 22cm x 32cm, all within matching painted wood and gilt frames. Note: "Scenery and Reminiscences of Ceylon" was an important and ambitious survey of mid-19th century Sri Lanka, where Deschamps spent nine years as an officer in the Royal Artillery | 250-350 |
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| 771 | George Morland (British, 1763-1804), Droving Cattle in a Landscape with hilltop House and Horses, Donkeys, Dogs and Figures in a Landscape near a Cottage, a pair of 18th century pencil drawings on laid paper, The Tolley Gallery stamps verso, each 17cm x 29cm, both within stained oak wood frames. | 80-120 |
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| 772 | Peter Gilman (British, 1928-1984), "Neiljan of Maldon, Snape", 20th century oil on board, signed recto, titled verso, 22cm x 29cm, within a painted and gilt frame. | 40-60 |
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| 773 | John Bluck, after Augustus Pugin, "Magpie Lane", aquatint with hand-colouring, published by Ackermann 1813, 29cm x 22cm, within a stained wood frame. | 30-40 |
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| 774 | Peter Gilman (British, 1928-1984), "Wells, Norfolk", 20th century watercolour, signed recto, titled verso, 13cm x 18cm, within a stained wood and gilt frame. | 40-60 |
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| 775 | John Hall Thorpe (1874-1947), Bluebell Wood, woodcut in colours, signed in pencil, 19cm x 17cm, within an ebonized frame. | 50-75 |
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