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The Summer Art Sale On 16/06/2023

The Summer Art Sale

16/06/2023

We are delighted to present the catalogue for our Summer Art Sale: three hundred and fifteen oils, watercolours, drawings, and prints available to browse and bid. The sale features a hand-picked selection of works by local, national, and international artists, spanning over three hundred years from the 17th century to the present day.

Highlights include a good selection of Scottish and North-Eastern oils from a local private collection; a single-owner collection of Helen Jacobs illustrations; over seventy works by Staithes Group artists; three superb paintings by Alfred de Breanski; and much more...

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Lot 40

Albert George Stevens (Staithes Group 1863-1925): Bedtime, watercolour signed 22cm x 29cm...

Albert George Stevens (Staithes Group 1863-1925): Bedtime, watercolour signed 22cm x 29cm

10066

SOLD £130

Lot 104

Sidney Valentine Gardner (Staithes Group 1869-1957): 'In the Trossachs', oil on canvas signed 50cm x...

Sidney Valentine Gardner (Staithes Group 1869-1957): 'In the Trossachs', oil on canvas signed 50cm x 40cm

9069

SOLD £220

Lot 170

Jack Rigg (British 1927-): Cobles Moored in Staithes Beck, oil on board signed and dated 2012, 34cm ...

Jack Rigg (British 1927-): Cobles Moored in Staithes Beck, oil on board signed and dated 2012, 34cm x 44cm

B36037

SOLD £260

Lot 210

Robert Leslie Howey (British 1900-1981): Launching Cobles at Staithes, mixed media signed 37cm x 45c...

Robert Leslie Howey (British 1900-1981): Launching Cobles at Staithes, mixed media signed 37cm x 45cm

B7693

SOLD £950

Lot 211

William Pratt (Scottish 1855-1936): 'On the Yorkshire Coast' - Cobles at Staithes, oil on canvas sig...

William Pratt (Scottish 1855-1936): 'On the Yorkshire Coast' - Cobles at Staithes, oil on canvas signed and dated 1920, typed title label verso 45cm x 60cm Notes: Pratt seemingly visited Staithes multiple times in the early 1900s; see 'Evening at Staithes', sold David Duggleby Ltd 25th March 2022 Lot 106, dated 1909, and 'In the Shallows', sold Lyon & Turnbull 27th January 2016 Lot 536, dated 1910, both in identical frames to the present picture.

10061

SOLD £1300

Lot 212

Robert Jobling (Staithes Group 1841-1923): Children at the Foot of Cowbar Nab, oil on canvas signed ...

Robert Jobling (Staithes Group 1841-1923): Children at the Foot of Cowbar Nab, oil on canvas signed 29cm x 39cm

10049

SOLD £4700

Lot 213

Robert Jobling (Staithes Group 1841-1923): 'Bait Catchers' on Penny Steel - Staithes, oil on canvas ...

Robert Jobling (Staithes Group 1841-1923): 'Bait Catchers' on Penny Steel - Staithes, oil on canvas signed and dated 1900, titled verso 29cm x 39cm

B5154

SOLD £4100

Lot 214

Robert Jobling (Staithes Group 1841-1923): Fishergirl on Cowbar Steel, oil on canvas signed 45cm x 3...

Robert Jobling (Staithes Group 1841-1923): Fishergirl on Cowbar Steel, oil on canvas signed 45cm x 35cm

5044

SOLD £1800

Lot 215

Robert Jobling (Staithes Group 1841-1923): 'A Good Catch' Cullercoats, oil on canvas signed 75cm x 1...

Robert Jobling (Staithes Group 1841-1923): 'A Good Catch' Cullercoats, oil on canvas signed 75cm x 121cm Provenance: private collection; with John Nicholson Fine Art, Newcastle, label verso

5023

SOLD £4600

Lot 216

Robert Jobling (Staithes Group 1841-1923): Fisherfolk on the Beach at Cullercoats, watercolour signe...

Robert Jobling (Staithes Group 1841-1923): Fisherfolk on the Beach at Cullercoats, watercolour signed 25cm x 36cm

B54548

SOLD £400

Lot 217

Robert Jobling (Staithes Group 1841-1923): Fishing Boats and the Wellesley at North Shields, oil on ...

Robert Jobling (Staithes Group 1841-1923): Fishing Boats and the Wellesley at North Shields, oil on canvas signed 49cm x 75cm

10047

SOLD £900

Lot 218

Ralph Hedley (Staithes Group 1851-1913): Study for 'The Veteran', oil on canvas signed with initials...

Ralph Hedley (Staithes Group 1851-1913): Study for 'The Veteran', oil on canvas signed with initials and dated '96, 35cm x 48cm Notes: a working study for the finished painting of the same title and date which hangs in the Laing Gallery Newcastle.

B12075

SOLD £750

Lot 219

Isabella 'Isa' Jobling (nee Thompson) (Staithes Group 1851-1926): 'The Miller's Daughter' - Climbing...

Isabella 'Isa' Jobling (nee Thompson) (Staithes Group 1851-1926): 'The Miller's Daughter' - Climbing the Ladder, watercolour signed with initials, titled on gallery label with artist's original address label verso 15cm x 11cm Provenance: exh. the Dean Gallery, Newcastle, January 1989, label verso Notes: one of three illustrations Isa painted for the Alfred Tennyson poem of the same titled. Painted after her marriage to Robert Jobling in 1893.

5000

SOLD £460

Lot 220

Isabella 'Isa' Jobling (nee Thompson) (Staithes Group 1851-1926): 'The Miller's Daughter' - Outside ...

Isabella 'Isa' Jobling (nee Thompson) (Staithes Group 1851-1926): 'The Miller's Daughter' - Outside the Mill, watercolour signed with initials, titled on gallery label verso 16.5cm x 10cm Provenance: exh. the Dean Gallery, Newcastle, January 1989, label verso Notes: one of three illustrations Isa painted for the Alfred Tennyson poem of the same titled. Painted after her marriage to Robert Jobling in 1893.

5000

SOLD £110

Lot 221

Isabella 'Isa' Jobling (nee Thompson) (Staithes Group 1851-1926): 'The Miller's Daughter' - Forget-m...

Isabella 'Isa' Jobling (nee Thompson) (Staithes Group 1851-1926): 'The Miller's Daughter' - Forget-me-nots, watercolour signed with initials, titled on gallery label verso 10cm x 17cm Provenance: exh. the Dean Gallery, Newcastle, January 1989, label verso Notes: one of three illustrations Isa painted for the Alfred Tennyson poem of the same titled. Painted after her marriage to Robert Jobling in 1893.

5000

SOLD £120

Lot 228

Ralph Hedley (Staithes Group 1851-1913): Waiting for the Boats at Runswick Bay, oil on canvas signed...

Ralph Hedley (Staithes Group 1851-1913): Waiting for the Boats at Runswick Bay, oil on canvas signed and dated 1889, 68cm x 50cm

5044

SOLD £4900

Lot 229

Henry Silkstone Hopwood (Staithes Group 1860-1914): Fisherman and Girls at Runswick Bay, watercolour...

Henry Silkstone Hopwood (Staithes Group 1860-1914): Fisherman and Girls at Runswick Bay, watercolour signed and dated 1894, 40cm x 60cm

B54548

SOLD £1700

Lot 230

John Spence Ingall (Staithes Group 1850-1936): 'Runswick Bay - looking over the Sands to Hob Holes',...

John Spence Ingall (Staithes Group 1850-1936): 'Runswick Bay - looking over the Sands to Hob Holes', watercolour signed, titled on label verso 16cm x 34cm Provenance: a wedding present to the artist's godson, Peter Hill, in 1935, thence by descent through the family of Mark Senior. Peter Hill, born 1909, was the son of Ingall's friend and fellow Staithes Group member Rowland Henry Hill.

5026

SOLD £300

Lot 231

John Spence Ingall (Staithes Group 1850-1936): 'Northfields Farm Ellerby', watercolour unsigned, tit...

John Spence Ingall (Staithes Group 1850-1936): 'Northfields Farm Ellerby', watercolour unsigned, titled on label verso 16cm x 34cm Provenance: a wedding present to the artist's godson, Peter Hill, in 1935, thence by descent through the family of Mark Senior. Peter Hill, born 1909, was the son of Ingall's friend and fellow Staithes Group member Rowland Henry Hill.

105

SOLD £100

Lot 232

Rowland Henry Hill (Staithes Group 1873-1952): 'The Ellerby Hotel', watercolour and pastel signed an...

Rowland Henry Hill (Staithes Group 1873-1952): 'The Ellerby Hotel', watercolour and pastel signed and dated 1924, 17cm x 28cm

105

SOLD £300

Lot 233

Rowland Henry Hill (Staithes Group 1873-1952): Market at the Old Town Hall Whitby, watercolour and p...

Rowland Henry Hill (Staithes Group 1873-1952): Market at the Old Town Hall Whitby, watercolour and pastel signed 31cm x 24cm

B7693

SOLD £550

Lot 235

Rowland Henry Hill (Staithes Group 1873-1952): Sheffield Industrial Landscape, watercolour signed an...

Rowland Henry Hill (Staithes Group 1873-1952): Sheffield Industrial Landscape, watercolour signed and dated 1923, 25cm x 36cm

B54548

SOLD £460

Lot 238

Henry Silkstone Hopwood (Staithes Group 1860-1914): Canal Scene 'Nuremberg', watercolour unsigned, t...

Henry Silkstone Hopwood (Staithes Group 1860-1914): Canal Scene 'Nuremberg', watercolour unsigned, titled and dated 1899 verso 23cm x 26.5cm Provenance: private collection, purchased David Duggleby Ltd 7th December 2015 Lot 213

B54548

SOLD £190

Lot 239

Henry Silkstone Hopwood (Staithes Group 1860-1914): 'A Letter Writer - Biskra', oil on panel signed,...

Henry Silkstone Hopwood (Staithes Group 1860-1914): 'A Letter Writer - Biskra', oil on panel signed, titled on exhibition label verso 17cm x 13cm Provenance: exh. The Fine Art Society, London 1914, label verso; Bonhams Leeds 19th November 2002 Lot 111

9150

SOLD £2600

Lot 240

Lionel Townsend Crawshaw (Staithes Group 1864-1949): 'Piano Corsica', watercolour and pencil signed ...

Lionel Townsend Crawshaw (Staithes Group 1864-1949): 'Piano Corsica', watercolour and pencil signed and dated 1923, titled on label verso 17cm x 24cm

B54548

SOLD £220

Lot 241

Frank Henry Mason (Staithes Group 1875-1965): Venetian Boats looking towards the Santa Maria della S...

Frank Henry Mason (Staithes Group 1875-1965): Venetian Boats looking towards the Santa Maria della Salute, watercolour and gouache signed 16cm x 25cm

B7458

SOLD £150

Lot 242

Frank Henry Mason (Staithes Group 1875-1965): Shipping in an Estuary, watercolour signed 15cm x 22cm...

Frank Henry Mason (Staithes Group 1875-1965): Shipping in an Estuary, watercolour signed 15cm x 22cm

5014

SOLD £110

Lot 243

William (Fred) Frederick Mayor (Staithes Group 1866-1916): Boats at Cassis, watercolour signed 16cm ...

William (Fred) Frederick Mayor (Staithes Group 1866-1916): Boats at Cassis, watercolour signed 16cm x 21cm

B54548

SOLD £550

Lot 244

Hannah (Hoyland) Mayor (Staithes Group 1871-1947): Still Life of a Decanter and Grapes, watercolour ...

Hannah (Hoyland) Mayor (Staithes Group 1871-1947): Still Life of a Decanter and Grapes, watercolour signed, with E.S.K. (examined by South Kensington Art School) blind stamp 40cm x 65cm Provenance: gifted to the vendor's mother by her friend Edith Chudley, the artist's daughter - never been on the market.

B54548

SOLD £380

Lot 251

Ernest Higgins Rigg (Staithes Group 1868-1947): Still Life of Roses, oil on canvas signed 39cm x 31c...

Ernest Higgins Rigg (Staithes Group 1868-1947): Still Life of Roses, oil on canvas signed 39cm x 31cm Provenance: private collection; purchased Sotheby's London 1st October 2003 Lot 60

10112

SOLD £850

Lot 252

Owen Bowen (Staithes Group 1873-1967): Still Life of Spring Flowers, oil on canvas signed, partial t...

Owen Bowen (Staithes Group 1873-1967): Still Life of Spring Flowers, oil on canvas signed, partial title label verso 60cm x 50cm

9094

SOLD £360

Lot 253

Owen Bowen (Staithes Group 1873-1967): Still Life with Chrysanthemums, oil on canvas signed 49cm x 3...

Owen Bowen (Staithes Group 1873-1967): Still Life with Chrysanthemums, oil on canvas signed 49cm x 39cm

10106

SOLD £300

Lot 255

Owen Bowen (Staithes Group 1873-1967): 'Sunset over Millbeck Green - Collingham', oil on canvas sign...

Owen Bowen (Staithes Group 1873-1967): 'Sunset over Millbeck Green - Collingham', oil on canvas signed 42cm x 52cm

B15010

SOLD £1800

Lot 259

Owen Bowen (Staithes Group 1873-1967): Barges at the Riverside, oil on canvas signed and dated 1909,...

Owen Bowen (Staithes Group 1873-1967): Barges at the Riverside, oil on canvas signed and dated 1909, 40cm x 60cm

B54548

SOLD £1100

Lot 260

Owen Bowen (Staithes Group 1873-1967): 'Robin Hood's Bay - Yorkshire Coast', oil on board signed, ti...

Owen Bowen (Staithes Group 1873-1967): 'Robin Hood's Bay - Yorkshire Coast', oil on board signed, titled verso 24cm x 34cm

5024

SOLD £800

Lot 261

Owen Bowen (Staithes Group 1873-1967): New House Farm 'Langstrothdale - Upper Wharfedale', oil on ca...

Owen Bowen (Staithes Group 1873-1967): New House Farm 'Langstrothdale - Upper Wharfedale', oil on canvas signed, titled verso 50cm x 65cm

B35576

SOLD £210

Lot 263

Owen Bowen (Staithes Group 1873-1967): Harewood Castle near Leeds, oil on board signed 26cm x 34cm...

Owen Bowen (Staithes Group 1873-1967): Harewood Castle near Leeds, oil on board signed 26cm x 34cm

B17712

SOLD £200

Lot 265

Owen Bowen (Staithes Group 1873-1967): Commission for a Private House - Probably Collingham or Linto...

Owen Bowen (Staithes Group 1873-1967): Commission for a Private House - Probably Collingham or Linton, oil on canvas signed and dated '59, 39cm x 59cm

5011

SOLD £300

Lot 273

Frank Henry Mason (Staithes Group 1875-1965): Off Scarborough, watercolour signed 19cm x 45cm...

Frank Henry Mason (Staithes Group 1875-1965): Off Scarborough, watercolour signed 19cm x 45cm

B1980

SOLD £160

Lot 276

Frank Henry Mason (Staithes Group 1875-1965): Dutch Beach Scene, watercolour signed 20cm x 31cm...

Frank Henry Mason (Staithes Group 1875-1965): Dutch Beach Scene, watercolour signed 20cm x 31cm

B54548

SOLD £200

Lot 277

Frank Henry Mason (Staithes Group 1875-1965): Dutch River Landscape, watercolour signed 20cm x 31cm...

Frank Henry Mason (Staithes Group 1875-1965): Dutch River Landscape, watercolour signed 20cm x 31cm

B54548

SOLD £220

Lot 280

Joseph Richard Bagshawe (Staithes Group 1870-1909): 'Fishing Boat in the Lower Harbour Whitby', penc...

Joseph Richard Bagshawe (Staithes Group 1870-1909): 'Fishing Boat in the Lower Harbour Whitby', pencil unsigned 14cm x 19cm Provenance: with Walker Galleries Harrogate, label verso

B54548

SOLD £200

Lot 281

Staithes Group (19th/20th century): 'Low Tide Whitby', oil on canvas, possible signs of signature ve...

Staithes Group (19th/20th century): 'Low Tide Whitby', oil on canvas, possible signs of signature verso with title on the stretcher 31cm x 51cm (unframed)

B17712

SOLD £300

Lot 288

James William Booth (Staithes Group 1867-1953): Mother and Child outside a Runswick Cottage, waterco...

James William Booth (Staithes Group 1867-1953): Mother and Child outside a Runswick Cottage, watercolour signed and dated 1911, 41cm x 26cm Provenance: private collection, purchased Phillips Leeds 6th December 1995 Lot 109

10121

SOLD £320

Lot 289

James William Booth (Staithes Group 1867-1953): A Gate at Runswick Bay, oil on board signed with ini...

James William Booth (Staithes Group 1867-1953): A Gate at Runswick Bay, oil on board signed with initials 13cm x 21cm

B37268

SOLD £360

Lot 290

Albert George Stevens (Staithes Group 1863-1925): Young Girl Chasing Geese at Goldsborough near Whit...

Albert George Stevens (Staithes Group 1863-1925): Young Girl Chasing Geese at Goldsborough near Whitby, watercolour signed 26cm x 37cm

B56871

SOLD £180

Lot 291

Albert George Stevens (Staithes Group 1863-1925): Overlooking Whitehall and the Upper Harbour Whitby...

Albert George Stevens (Staithes Group 1863-1925): Overlooking Whitehall and the Upper Harbour Whitby, watercolour signed 24cm x 35cm Notes: this is signed 'A G Stevens after G Cockburn' and is very similar to a watercolour sold in these rooms 15th September 2017, Lot 149 by Edwin Cockburn (British c1814-1873) who lived in Sleights, taught in Whitby and produced many lithographs of Whitby

10051

SOLD £480

Lot 292

John Atkinson (Staithes Group 1863-1924): 'The Beach at Whitley Bay', watercolour signed 30cm x 45cm...

John Atkinson (Staithes Group 1863-1924): 'The Beach at Whitley Bay', watercolour signed 30cm x 45cm Provenance: with Christopher Wood, Motcomb Road, London, label verso

232

SOLD £1000

Lot 293

John Atkinson (Staithes Group 1863-1924): Horses in Stable Stalls, watercolour signed and dated '08,...

John Atkinson (Staithes Group 1863-1924): Horses in Stable Stalls, watercolour signed and dated '08, 27cm x 48cm

10121

SOLD £550

Lot 294

John Atkinson (Staithes Group 1863-1924): Horse and Foal by the Duck Pond, watercolour signed and da...

John Atkinson (Staithes Group 1863-1924): Horse and Foal by the Duck Pond, watercolour signed and dated '07, 23cm x 30cm

10121

SOLD £100

Lot 295

Charles Hodge Mackie (Scottish Staithes Group 1862-1920): 'The Sandstone Quarry' - Hawksworth Wood Q...

Charles Hodge Mackie (Scottish Staithes Group 1862-1920): 'The Sandstone Quarry' - Hawksworth Wood Quarry Leeds, oil on canvas signed, 49cm x 67cm Provenance: exh. Royal Scottish Academy 1902 No.245; private collection, purchased Bonhams Edinburgh 9th June 2011 Lot 199

B56489

SOLD £1800

Lot 296

Mark Senior (Staithes Group 1864-1927): 'The Stone Breaker', oil on canvas signed, titled verso 50cm...

Mark Senior (Staithes Group 1864-1927): 'The Stone Breaker', oil on canvas signed, titled verso 50cm x 60cm Provenance: private collection; exh. Michael Parkin Fine Art, 'Mark Senior 1864-1927 of Leeds and Runswick Bay and a few friends', 22nd May - 22nd June 1974, no.4; with Phillips & Sons, Marlow, 1980; from the family of the artist

B7693

SOLD £4300

Lot 297

Mark Senior (Staithes Group 1864-1927): The Dining Table at Hillside, watercolour unsigned 36cm x 26...

Mark Senior (Staithes Group 1864-1927): The Dining Table at Hillside, watercolour unsigned 36cm x 26cm Provenance: exh. Michael Parkin Fine Art, 'Mark Senior 1864-1927 of Leeds and Runswick Bay and a few friends', 22nd May - 22nd June 1974, no.9 (titled 'The Interior of the Artist's Home - Runswick'), label verso; by direct descent through the artist's family - never previously been on the market. Notes: In 1919, Senior bought a parcel of land at Runswick Bay belonging to his pupil Gertrude Hudson; here, he built the cottage 'Hillside', in which he and his family would stay every summer, until he passed away in the cottage on New Year's Day 1927. Senior is buried in the churchyard at St. Hilda's in Hinderwell.

B54548

SOLD £850

Lot 298

Florence Adelina Hess (Staithes Group 1891-1974): Woodhouse Moor Feast - Leeds, watercolour unsigned...

Florence Adelina Hess (Staithes Group 1891-1974): Woodhouse Moor Feast - Leeds, watercolour unsigned 26cm x 36cm Provenance: by direct descent from the family of Mark Senior, the artist's friend and teacher.

232

SOLD £600

Lot 299

Hirst Walker (Staithes Group 1868-1957): Industrial Desert Landscape, watercolour signed 38cm x 53cm...

Hirst Walker (Staithes Group 1868-1957): Industrial Desert Landscape, watercolour signed 38cm x 53cm (unframed)

5002

SOLD £110

Lot 300

Arthur A Friedenson (Staithes Group 1872-1955): 'On Stoborough Common - Evening', oil on panel signe...

Arthur A Friedenson (Staithes Group 1872-1955): 'On Stoborough Common - Evening', oil on panel signed, titled verso 26cm x 35cm

5000

SOLD £300

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