Auction Lots

The Winter Art Sale On 08/12/2023

The Winter Art Sale

08/12/2023

Staithes Group, Marine & Yorkshire Artists
Contemporary works

17th Century to present day:
Watercolours
Oils
Prints
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British & European art
Three-dimensional works of art

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Lot 1

Myles Birket Foster RWS (British 1825-1899): The Milkmaid, watercolour signed with monogram 14cm x 9...

Myles Birket Foster RWS (British 1825-1899): The Milkmaid, watercolour signed with monogram 14cm x 9.5cm Provenance: private collection, purchased James Alder Fine Art, Hexham; exh. Chris Beetles, Ryder Street, London; with Christie's London 9 June 2005 Lot 131; with J & W Vokins, King Street, London; from the collection of P C Withers, Esq., various labels verso

9089

SOLD £2300

Lot 2

Myles Birket Foster RWS (British 1825-1899): The Flock at Sunset, watercolour signed with monogram 1...

Myles Birket Foster RWS (British 1825-1899): The Flock at Sunset, watercolour signed with monogram 11cm x 16cm Provenance: private collection, purchased James Alder Fine Art, Hexham

10013

SOLD £300

Lot 3

Myles Birket Foster RWS (British 1825-1899): 'Sunset with Cattle', watercolour signed with monogram ...

Myles Birket Foster RWS (British 1825-1899): 'Sunset with Cattle', watercolour signed with monogram 14cm x 21cm Provenance: private collection, purchased James Alder Fine Art, Hexham; with Christie's London 17th November 2010 Lot 149; exh. Sheffield Art Gallery, partial label verso

10051

SOLD £600

Lot 4

Myles Birket Foster RWS (British 1825-1899): Cattle Watering at Linlithgow Palace, watercolour and p...

Myles Birket Foster RWS (British 1825-1899): Cattle Watering at Linlithgow Palace, watercolour and pencil signed with monogram 12cm x 17cm Provenance: private collection, purchased James Alder Fine Art, Hexham; with Chorley's 25th March 2010 Lot 131

10051

SOLD £440

Lot 5

Myles Birket Foster RWS (British 1825-1899): Figures near Tintern Abbey, watercolour signed with mon...

Myles Birket Foster RWS (British 1825-1899): Figures near Tintern Abbey, watercolour signed with monogram 17cm x 22cm Provenance: private collection, purchased James Alder Fine Art, Hexham

9182

SOLD £360

Lot 6

Myles Birket Foster RWS (British 1825-1899): Figure and Goats by a Waterfall, watercolour signed wit...

Myles Birket Foster RWS (British 1825-1899): Figure and Goats by a Waterfall, watercolour signed with monogram 17cm x 9cm Provenance: private collection, purchased James Alder Fine Art, Hexham; with The Rowley Gallery, Kensington Church Street, London, and N Mitchell Fine Art Gallery, Duke Street, London, labels verso

10051

SOLD £110

Lot 7

Myles Birket Foster RWS (British 1825-1899): Ships under Moonlight, watercolour unsigned 10cm x 12cm...

Myles Birket Foster RWS (British 1825-1899): Ships under Moonlight, watercolour unsigned 10cm x 12cm Provenance: private East Yorkshire collection; inscribed verso 'from the collection of Mrs William Foster, daughter-in-law of the artist. Sold by Sotheby's July 1982'

10007

SOLD £130

Lot 8

Mary Weatherill (British 1834-1913): Sailing Vessel Run Aground near Saltwick Nab Whitby, watercolou...

Mary Weatherill (British 1834-1913): Sailing Vessel Run Aground near Saltwick Nab Whitby, watercolour signed 24cm x 35cm Provenance: private collection, gifted to the vendor's mother c.1945

10051

SOLD £340

Lot 9

George Weatherill (British 1810-1890): Robin Hood's Bay, watercolour unsigned 11cm x 17cm...

George Weatherill (British 1810-1890): Robin Hood's Bay, watercolour unsigned 11cm x 17cm

9016

SOLD £550

Lot 10

George Weatherill (British 1810-1890): 'Whitby from Stainsacre Lane', watercolour unsigned 11cm x 25...

George Weatherill (British 1810-1890): 'Whitby from Stainsacre Lane', watercolour unsigned 11cm x 25cm

10061

SOLD £260

Lot 12

George Weatherill (British 1810-1890): Track on the North Yorkshire Moors, watercolour signed indist...

George Weatherill (British 1810-1890): Track on the North Yorkshire Moors, watercolour signed indistinctly dated '77?, 25cm x 42cm

10051

SOLD £360

Lot 14

Alwyn Henry Holland (British 1861-1935): Young Woman in a Cottage Garden, watercolour heightened in ...

Alwyn Henry Holland (British 1861-1935): Young Woman in a Cottage Garden, watercolour heightened in white signed 47cm x 62cm Notes: Holland born in Sheffield, son of a Grocer, managed the family business and was a member and secretary of the Sheffield Society of Artists.

B12058

SOLD £200

Lot 15

Joseph Dixon Clark (Newcastle 1849-1944): Sheep in Springtime, watercolour signed 25cm x 35cm...

Joseph Dixon Clark (Newcastle 1849-1944): Sheep in Springtime, watercolour signed 25cm x 35cm

10080

SOLD £160

Lot 16

Tom Scott RSA RSW (Scottish 1854-1927): 'Sunset', watercolour signed, indistinctly titled and dated ...

Tom Scott RSA RSW (Scottish 1854-1927): 'Sunset', watercolour signed, indistinctly titled and dated 1913 on original label verso 18cm x 26cm

9188

SOLD £550

Lot 17

Thomas Miles Richardson Jnr. (British 1813-1890): 'Bothwell Castle', watercolour signed and dated 18...

Thomas Miles Richardson Jnr. (British 1813-1890): 'Bothwell Castle', watercolour signed and dated 1878, titled on the original slip 19cm x 26cm Provenance: private collection, purchased James Alder Fine Art, Hexham; with Peter Francis Auctioneers 24th February 2016 Lot 177

10018

SOLD £320

Lot 18

Edward Martindale Richardson (British 1810-1874): 'Evening Near Dunkeld on the River Tay', watercolo...

Edward Martindale Richardson (British 1810-1874): 'Evening Near Dunkeld on the River Tay', watercolour unsigned, original title label verso 22cm x 34cm Provenance: private collection, purchased James Alder Fine Art, Hexham; with Mallams Oxford 9th March 2016 Lot 442

5008

SOLD £150

Lot 19

Alfred Fontville de Breanski Jnr. (British 1877-1945): 'The Trossachs - Loch Katrine and Ben Venue',...

Alfred Fontville de Breanski Jnr. (British 1877-1945): 'The Trossachs - Loch Katrine and Ben Venue', oil on canvas signed, titled verso 45cm x 60cm

10018

SOLD £1400

Lot 20

Alfred Fontville de Breanski Jnr. (British 1877-1945): 'In the West Highlands - Summer Morning Loch ...

Alfred Fontville de Breanski Jnr. (British 1877-1945): 'In the West Highlands - Summer Morning Loch Etive', oil on canvas signed, titled verso 44cm x 57cm

9189

SOLD £1200

Lot 21

Creswick Boydell (British fl.1889-1916): 'Luddington on the Avon' Warwickshire, oil on canvas signed...

Creswick Boydell (British fl.1889-1916): 'Luddington on the Avon' Warwickshire, oil on canvas signed, titled on the stretcher 44cm x 85cm

961

SOLD £240

Lot 22

Edmund John Niemann (British 1813-1876): 'Thornbury Castle' near Bristol, oil on canvas signed, titl...

Edmund John Niemann (British 1813-1876): 'Thornbury Castle' near Bristol, oil on canvas signed, titled on the stretcher 29cm x 49cm

10051

SOLD £380

Lot 23

Edmund John Niemann (British 1813-1876): Country Church, oil on canvas signed, indistinctly titled o...

Edmund John Niemann (British 1813-1876): Country Church, oil on canvas signed, indistinctly titled on the stretcher 29cm x 49cm

B33663

SOLD £460

Lot 24

Alfred Walter Williams (British 1824-1905): 'The River Mole near Bletchworth - Surrey', oil on canva...

Alfred Walter Williams (British 1824-1905): 'The River Mole near Bletchworth - Surrey', oil on canvas signed with initials and dated 1875, 22cm x 37cm

9128

SOLD £280

Lot 25

English School (Early 20th century): Gypsy Caravan near an Upland Stream, oil on panel unsigned 19cm...

English School (Early 20th century): Gypsy Caravan near an Upland Stream, oil on panel unsigned 19cm x 27cm

10025

SOLD £320

Lot 26

Sam Bough RSA RSW (Scottish 1822-1878): 'Windsor Castle', oil on board signed, titled on plaque 18cm...

Sam Bough RSA RSW (Scottish 1822-1878): 'Windsor Castle', oil on board signed, titled on plaque 18cm x 23cm in superb carved giltwood frame

10051

SOLD £280

Lot 27

Stephen Frank Wasley (British 1848-1934): Herding Cattle, watercolour heightened in white signed 74c...

Stephen Frank Wasley (British 1848-1934): Herding Cattle, watercolour heightened in white signed 74cm x 52cm

10051

SOLD £150

Lot 28

William Pitt (British fl.1851-1890): 'On the Avon Devon', oil on canvas laid on board signed with mo...

William Pitt (British fl.1851-1890): 'On the Avon Devon', oil on canvas laid on board signed with monogram, titled verso 30cm x 40cm

9179

SOLD £140

Lot 29

Circle of Julius Caesar Ibbetson (British 1759-1817): Lakeland Waterfall, oil on canvas unsigned 34c...

Circle of Julius Caesar Ibbetson (British 1759-1817): Lakeland Waterfall, oil on canvas unsigned 34cm x 42cm

9137

SOLD £320

Lot 30

Alfred Augustus Glendening Snr. (British 1840-1921): Cattle and Sheep beside the River Dee, pair oil...

Alfred Augustus Glendening Snr. (British 1840-1921): Cattle and Sheep beside the River Dee, pair oils on board and canvas signed with monograms and dated '09, 19cm x 29cm (2) Provenance: with original hand written letter of provenance from Uncle Bob (R W Cameron, Tailor of Queen's Road, London) gifting the pictures to his niece Diddy for her 21st Birthday dated March 1st 1910

10011

SOLD £2300

Lot 33

Patrick Nasmyth (Scottish 1787-1831): 'Braemar Castle', oil on canvas laid on to panel signed with i...

Patrick Nasmyth (Scottish 1787-1831): 'Braemar Castle', oil on canvas laid on to panel signed with initials, titled and inscribed verso 14cm x 19cm

9040

SOLD £280

Lot 35

James Roberts of Leeds (British 1837-1909): 'Crummock & Buttermere' Lake District, oil on board sign...

James Roberts of Leeds (British 1837-1909): 'Crummock & Buttermere' Lake District, oil on board signed and titled verso 25cm x 43cm Notes: Roberts a neglected Yorkshire artist, exhibited eight works at the Royal Society of British Artists in Suffolk Street London. A member of the Ipswich Art Club 1889-1891 and in 1889 he exhibited five pictures from 11 Park View, Potternewton, an area of Leeds.

10049

SOLD £320

Lot 36

John Brandon Smith (British 1848-1884): River Falls, oil on canvas unsigned 34cm x 44cm...

John Brandon Smith (British 1848-1884): River Falls, oil on canvas unsigned 34cm x 44cm

9175

SOLD £420

Lot 37

William Mellor (British 1851-1931): 'View near Rydal Westmorland', oil on canvas signed, titled vers...

William Mellor (British 1851-1931): 'View near Rydal Westmorland', oil on canvas signed, titled verso 30cm x 45cm

9081

SOLD £950

Lot 38

William Mellor (British 1851-1931): 'Langdale Pikes from Elterwater - Westmoreland', oil on canvas s...

William Mellor (British 1851-1931): 'Langdale Pikes from Elterwater - Westmoreland', oil on canvas signed, titled verso 30cm x 50cm

10071

SOLD £1000

Lot 39

William Mellor (British 1851-1931): 'Knaresborough' and 'View of Knaresborough', pair oil on canvas ...

William Mellor (British 1851-1931): 'Knaresborough' and 'View of Knaresborough', pair oil on canvas signed, titled on the mount 21cm x 31cm (2)

B33663

SOLD £1800

Lot 41

Edward Angelo Goodall (British 1819-1908): Venice, watercolour signed 16cm x 30cm...

Edward Angelo Goodall (British 1819-1908): Venice, watercolour signed 16cm x 30cm

B37053

SOLD £500

Lot 42

Paul Marny (French/British 1829-1914): Market Traders in a French Cathedral City, watercolour signed...

Paul Marny (French/British 1829-1914): Market Traders in a French Cathedral City, watercolour signed 44cm x 66cm Provenance: private collection, purchased David Duggleby Ltd 7th December 2015 Lot 195

10051

SOLD £280

Lot 43

Paul Marny (French/British 1829-1914): 'Lisieux', watercolour signed and titled 45cm x 31cm Proven...

Paul Marny (French/British 1829-1914): 'Lisieux', watercolour signed and titled 45cm x 31cm Provenance: in the same family ownership for three generations

10051

SOLD £180

Lot 44

Paul Marny (French/British 1829-1914): 'Rouen', watercolour signed and titled 46cm x 32cm Provenan...

Paul Marny (French/British 1829-1914): 'Rouen', watercolour signed and titled 46cm x 32cm Provenance: West Yorkshire dec'd estate, purchased David Duggleby Ltd 9th September 2016 Lot 96

10051

SOLD £150

Lot 45

Paul Marny (French/British 1829-1914): Steps in a French Town Square, watercolour signed 48cm x 22cm...

Paul Marny (French/British 1829-1914): Steps in a French Town Square, watercolour signed 48cm x 22cm Provenance: in the same family ownership for three generations

10051

SOLD £150

Lot 46

Paul Marny (French/British 1829-1914): 'Chatèlet Gaie and Pump St Michel - Old Paris', pair watercol...

Paul Marny (French/British 1829-1914): 'Chatèlet Gaie and Pump St Michel - Old Paris', pair watercolours signed with initials, titled on the mounts 11.5cm x 19cm (2) Provenance: with Richard Hagen, Broadway, Worcestershire, label verso

5009

SOLD £220

Lot 47

Paul Marny (French/British 1829-1914): French Riverside, watercolour signed 16.5cm x 45cm Provenan...

Paul Marny (French/British 1829-1914): French Riverside, watercolour signed 16.5cm x 45cm Provenance: West Yorkshire dec'd estate

9140

SOLD £120

Lot 48

Paul Marny (French/British 1829-1914): French Quayside, watercolour signed 32cm x 57cm Provenance:...

Paul Marny (French/British 1829-1914): French Quayside, watercolour signed 32cm x 57cm Provenance: West Yorkshire dec'd estate

B13045

SOLD £260

Lot 49

Paul Marny (French/British 1829-1914): 'Rouen Harbour', watercolour signed 26cm x 40cm Provenance:...

Paul Marny (French/British 1829-1914): 'Rouen Harbour', watercolour signed 26cm x 40cm Provenance: in the same family ownership for three generations

10051

SOLD £160

Lot 51

John Varley (British 1778-1842): 'Scarborough Castle', watercolour unsigned, titled and dated 1816 o...

John Varley (British 1778-1842): 'Scarborough Castle', watercolour unsigned, titled and dated 1816 on the mount 29cm x 22cm

B1488

SOLD £190

Lot 52

John Mogford (British 1821-1885): Children on the Beach at Boggle Hole near Robin Hood's Bay, lookin...

John Mogford (British 1821-1885): Children on the Beach at Boggle Hole near Robin Hood's Bay, looking over Stoupe Brow towards Ravenscar, watercolour signed and dated 1874, 17cm x 35cm Notes: Mogford visited the Yorkshire coast multiple times; two views of Scarborough dated 1866 were sold David Duggleby Ltd 18th June 2021 Lot 120 and Sotheby's 29th November 2000 Lot 75, and an undated view of Robin Hood's Bay was sold Phillips Oxford 9th November 2000 Lot 77.

5012

SOLD £550

Lot 53

James Ulric Walmsley (British 1860-1954): St Stephen's Church - Robin Hood's Bay, watercolour signed...

James Ulric Walmsley (British 1860-1954): St Stephen's Church - Robin Hood's Bay, watercolour signed 18cm x 28cm

9016

SOLD £380

Lot 54

Ernest Higgins Rigg (Staithes Group 1868-1947): Staithes and Runswick Bay, pair oils on canvas board...

Ernest Higgins Rigg (Staithes Group 1868-1947): Staithes and Runswick Bay, pair oils on canvas board signed 30cm x 40cm (2)

5017

SOLD £4500

Lot 55

Rowland Henry Hill (Staithes Group 1873-1952): Staithes Looking East and West, pair watercolours sig...

Rowland Henry Hill (Staithes Group 1873-1952): Staithes Looking East and West, pair watercolours signed and dated 1939, 27cm x 37cm (2)

5015

SOLD £700

Lot 56

Rowland Henry Hill (Staithes Group 1873-1952): Looking Down Staithes Beck, watercolour signed and da...

Rowland Henry Hill (Staithes Group 1873-1952): Looking Down Staithes Beck, watercolour signed and dated 1942, 26cm x 34cm (mounted)

10077

SOLD £400

Lot 57

Rowland Henry Hill (Staithes Group 1873-1952): Cowbar Nab from Seaton Garth - Staithes, watercolour ...

Rowland Henry Hill (Staithes Group 1873-1952): Cowbar Nab from Seaton Garth - Staithes, watercolour signed 24.5cm x 34cm Provenance: with T B & R Jordan Fine Art Specialists, Stockton on Tees; with Walker Galleries, Harrogate, label verso

B17726

SOLD £410

Lot 58

Rowland Henry Hill (Staithes Group 1873-1952): Whitby Cobles at Runswick Bay, watercolour signed and...

Rowland Henry Hill (Staithes Group 1873-1952): Whitby Cobles at Runswick Bay, watercolour signed and dated 1940, 24cm x 34cm

B7693

SOLD £1000

Lot 59

Rowland Henry Hill (Staithes Group 1873-1952): Looking Over Runswick Bay, watercolour and gouache un...

Rowland Henry Hill (Staithes Group 1873-1952): Looking Over Runswick Bay, watercolour and gouache unsigned 26cm x 37cm

232

SOLD £300

Lot 60

Rowland Henry Hill (Staithes Group 1873-1952): Coble at Runswick Bay, watercolour signed 22cm x 30cm...

Rowland Henry Hill (Staithes Group 1873-1952): Coble at Runswick Bay, watercolour signed 22cm x 30cm

B10917

SOLD £170

Lot 61

Rowland Henry Hill (Staithes Group 1873-1952): Tate Hill Pier and Whitby Abbey, watercolour unsigned...

Rowland Henry Hill (Staithes Group 1873-1952): Tate Hill Pier and Whitby Abbey, watercolour unsigned 21cm x 15cm

10062

SOLD £140

Lot 62

Rowland Henry Hill (Staithes Group 1873-1952): Haymaking before Ugthorpe Mill, watercolour signed an...

Rowland Henry Hill (Staithes Group 1873-1952): Haymaking before Ugthorpe Mill, watercolour signed and dated 1930, 24cm x 33cm

9016

SOLD £1400

Lot 63

Rowland Henry Hill (Staithes Group 1873-1952): 'Cornstacks at Ellerby', oil on board signed and date...

Rowland Henry Hill (Staithes Group 1873-1952): 'Cornstacks at Ellerby', oil on board signed and dated 1927, 22cm x 27cm Provenance: private collection, exh. Phillips & Sons, The Dower House, Cookham, June 1976 and September 1987, label verso

10079

SOLD £550