for our Antique, Fine Art and Collectables auction to be held on Wednesday 4th and Thursday 5th of November 2026
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| 851 | Chinese Canton School, Criminals, Tortures and Punishments, nine Qing dynasty watercolours with gouache on pith paper, each 21cm x 31cm, within a paper folder with original paper label for "Wing Tai Hing Rice Paper Picture Shop, Canton". | 40-60 |
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| 852 | Chinese School, circle of Wu Yisheng, Peonies, ink with watercolour, inscribed in mandarin calligraphy "Hua Kai fu gui" (when flowers blossom, they bring great wealth), indistinctly signed dated, 49cm x 98cm, within an ebonised wood frame. | 40-60 |
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| 853 | After Dong Bangda, In Imitation of Jing Hao's "Mount Kuanglu", ink with watercolour Chinese scroll painting, signed with seal, 112cm x 64cm. | 30-40 |
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| 854 | Follower of Wang Guanqing, Fishing in Changbai Mountains, ink with watercolour Chinese scroll painting, 103cm x 60cm. | 30-40 |
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| 860 | Follower of John Wood (British, 1801-1870), Portrait of a Lady at a Window, 19th century watercolour, 13cm x 10cm, within a gilt composition and velvet lined cased frame. | 50-75 |
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| 862 | Rosa Branwhite Muller (1822 -1914), Landscape with Fly Fisherman on a Riverbank, possibly the River Lyn, North Devon, watercolour, signed and dated '79 recto, Frost & Reed gallery label verso, 31cm x 50cm, within a gilt frame. | 40-60 |
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| 865 | Lucy, Lady Hume-Williams (British, 1862-1948), "Etna from Taormina", late 19th/early 20th century watercolour, signed with initials recto, titled gallery label verso, 23cm x 34cm, within a gilt frame. | 40-60 |
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| 866 | Lucy, Lady Hume-Williams (British, 1862-1948), "Fasana, Lake Garda", late 19th/early 20th century watercolour, artist's name and title to gallery label verso, 25cm x 17cm, within a gilt frame. | 40-60 |
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| 868 | Robert Hope (Scottish/British, 1869-1936), Landscape with Agricultural Labourer, 19th century watercolour, signed and dated '97, 15cm x 30cm, within a gilt frame. Note: Robert Hope was born and educated in Edinburgh. Initially trained as a lithographic draughtsman, he later worked in design and book illustration before pursuing a career in fine art. He studied at the Edinburgh School of Design and the Royal Scottish Academy Life School, where he received several awards, before continuing his studies at Academie Julian, Paris. Hope was elected an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1911 and a full Academician in 1925. His varied practice encompassed landscape, portraiture, figure painting and decorative schemes, including commissions for Manderston House, Edinburgh City Chambers and St Cuthbert's Church. He frequently drew inspiration from Scottish ballads and literature, and his work is represented in several public collections. | 50-75 |
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| 869 | Henry Sylvester Stannard (British, 1870-1951), "By the Duckstream, Eastbury, Kent", watercolour, signed recto, titled gallery label verso, 25cm x 35cm, within a gilt frame | 80-120 |
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| 870 | Henry Sylvester Stannard (British, 1870-1951), Village Scene with Thatched Cottages, Waggon and Chickens, watercolour, signed recto, titled label verso, 25cm x 36cm, within a gilt frame. | 80-120 |
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| 871 | After Mabel Lucie Attwell, Wait till the Cars Roll by Jinnie, watercolour, bears signature, 19.5cm x 27cm, within an ebonised wood frame. | 40-60 |
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| 878 | **Rowland Hilder (British, 1905-1993), "Willows by Stream", watercolour, signed recto, titled verso, 17cm x 24cm, within a gilt frame.**Please note that Artists Resale Rights may be payable on this lot | 160-240 |
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| 883 | **Leslie Charles Worth (British, 1923-2009), Beach Landscape, watercolour, signed with initials, within a stained oak wood frame.**Please note that Artists Resale Rights may be payable on this lot | 40-60 |
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| 889 | Jim Gilbert (1933-1995), "Street Scene, Bethnal Green", ink with watercolour, signed and inscribed recto, titled label verso, 23cm x 30cm, within a stained wood frame. Note: James Barrington Gilbert, known as Jim Gilbert, grew up in London's East End and spent much of his early adult life in prison for offences including robbery and drug smuggling. While serving a six-year sentence in the 1960s, he took up painting as a means of psychological release. In 1972, two years before his release, he held his first exhibition in Bath and received the Arthur Koestler Award for Prisoner Art. The following year, he was commissioned by the Dylan Thomas Society to paint a portrait of the poet for presentation to US President Jimmy Carter. In August 1974, on his release from prison, Gilbert was permitted to collect £8,000 from the sale of his paintings. His later works were inspired by Morocco and Spain, where he died in 1995. | 40-60 |
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| 900 | **David Byrne (British, b.1949), "The Calf of Man, from Spanish Head, Isle of Man", watercolour, signed, 51cm x 68cm, within a tilted mount and gilt frame. **Please note: Artist's Resale Rights may be payable on this lot | 40-60 |
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| 907 | Angus Stewart (b.1957), Dervaig to Tobermory, looking out towards Loch Frisa, Isle of Mull, watercolour, signed, 34cm x 52cm, within a stained wood frame. | 50-75 |
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| 908 | Angus Stewart (b.1957), Scottish Coastal or Loch Landscape, probably the Isle of Mull, watercolour, signed, 34cm x 52cm, within a stained wood frame. | 40-60 |
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| 909 | Joe Francis Dowden, "Coniston", late 20th/early 21st century watercolour, signed recto, titled gallery label verso, 24cm x 34cm, within a gilt frame. | 40-60 |
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