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Affordable Art On 29/01/2022

Affordable Art

29/01/2022

On Saturday 29th January, 138 affordable paintings, drawings, prints and photographs ranging from £30 - £300, from the 18th century to the present day go up for auction. Lots include an extensive selection of period Frank Meadow Sutcliffe photographs; works by popular local artists such as Mary Weatherill, Don Micklethwaite, Thomas Swift Hutton, etc; a collection of large and well-framed photographic prints of the Whitby area; and an interesting section of contemporary prints.

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Lot 4000

Thomas H English: 'An Introduction to The Collecting and History of Whitby Prints' Vols. I & II, b/w...

Thomas H English: 'An Introduction to The Collecting and History of Whitby Prints' Vols. I & II, b/w illust, ltd.ed. No.177/210 signed by the author, cloth gilt, pub. Horne & Son Ltd. Whitby 1931, 2vols

B17596

SOLD £260

Lot 4001

Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (British 1853-1941): Horse and Cart on the front at Sandsend, Mulgrave Cottag...

Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (British 1853-1941): Horse and Cart on the front at Sandsend, Mulgrave Cottage and Study of Nettles by a Wall, three 19th century silver prints initialled and numbered in the plate 703, 35 and 223; four albumen of country scenes initialled and numbered in the plate 147, 187, 383 and 435; six albumen studies of countryside vegetation initialled and numbered in the plate 105, 203, 221, 222, 293 and number torn away, all 19th century approx 15cm x 20cm (13)

10002

SOLD £75

Lot 4002

Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (British 1853-1941): 'Tempus Fugit' Tate Hill Pier et al., collection of six ...

Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (British 1853-1941): 'Tempus Fugit' Tate Hill Pier et al., collection of six loose albumen prints, late 19th c., showing fisher folk, initialled and numbered in the plate Nos. 303, 397, 406, 433, 477 and one indistinct, each approx. 15 x 20 cm (6)

9046

SOLD £140

Lot 4003

Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (British 1853-1941): Looking towards Sandsend, three carbon print sea and sky...

Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (British 1853-1941): Looking towards Sandsend, three carbon print sea and skyscapes, late 19th c., all initialled and numbered in the plate Nos. 37, 74 and 285, approx. 15 x 20 cm (3)

9046

SOLD £120

Lot 4004

Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (British 1853-1941): 'Dinner Time' - Foulbriggs Field Lealholm Hall Farm, 19t...

Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (British 1853-1941): 'Dinner Time' - Foulbriggs Field Lealholm Hall Farm, 19th century photographic print signed on the margin in pencil, with embossed border 15cm x 19.5cm; another similar mounted photograph of a Port scene (unframed) (2)

9041

SOLD £900

Lot 4005

Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (British 1853-1941): Whitby Girls, four loose albumen prints, late 19th c., i...

Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (British 1853-1941): Whitby Girls, four loose albumen prints, late 19th c., initialled and numbered in the plate Nos. 64, 130, 269 and 327, together with another albumen print of Herring Boats in the Harbour, approx. 15 x 20cm, plus another mounted albumen print by Sutcliffe(?), titled "There's Daddy", Poulton's Series, late 19th c., showing a woman holding a young girl and pointing out to sea, approx. 29 x 19 cm (6)

9046

SOLD £130

Lot 4006

Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (British 1853-1941): Cleaning the Boat, albumen print c.1882 initialled and n...

Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (British 1853-1941): Cleaning the Boat, albumen print c.1882 initialled and numbered 46 in the negative 15cm x 20cm (mounted) Provenance: Witkin Gallery, New York; Sotheby's 25th April 1990 Lot 17; the Graham Nash Collection

10020

SOLD £400

Lot 4007

Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (British 1853-1941): Penzance Herring Boats, albumen print c.1882 initialled ...

Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (British 1853-1941): Penzance Herring Boats, albumen print c.1882 initialled and numbered 95 in the negative 15cm x 20cm (mounted) Provenance: Witkin Gallery, New York; Sotheby's 25th April 1990 Lot 17; the Graham Nash Collection

9046

SOLD £380

Lot 4008

Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (British 1853-1941): Children on the Banks of the River Esk, albumen print c....

Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (British 1853-1941): Children on the Banks of the River Esk, albumen print c.1880s initialled and numbered 638 in the negative 12.5cm x 20cm (mounted) Provenance: Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago, USA; the Graham Nash Collection

10020

SOLD £180

Lot 4009

Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (British 1853-1941): Dock End Whitby, 19th cent. albumen print initialled and...

Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (British 1853-1941): Dock End Whitby, 19th cent. albumen print initialled and numbered 526 in the negative 12cm x 20cm (mounted); 'Sunshine and Shadow', 19th cent. albumen print signed and numbered 8 in the negative 19cm x 14cm (mounted) (2)

9041

SOLD £420

Lot 4009A

Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (British 1853-1941): 'Wild Roses', 19th century albumen print initialled titl...

Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (British 1853-1941): 'Wild Roses', 19th century albumen print initialled titled and numbered 2086, three similar prints of children number 126 and 709, 15cm x 20cm (4)

10020

SOLD £110

Lot 4009B

Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (British 1853-1941): Children on an Agricultural Wagon No.337, Beggar's Bridg...

Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (British 1853-1941): Children on an Agricultural Wagon No.337, Beggar's Bridge No.668, another Esk Bridge, Stepping Stones (Egton ?), Sandsend and 'Mulgrave Castle Inn', six photographs (6)

10020

SOLD £50

Lot 4009C

Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (British 1853-1941): Self Portrait - 'Mulgrave Woods with the Earl (of Mulgra...

Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (British 1853-1941): Self Portrait - 'Mulgrave Woods with the Earl (of Mulgrave) & Myself in the Foreground', albumen print titled on the mount and verso in pencil in the artist's hand image 12cm x 20cm

9046

SOLD £200

Lot 4009D

Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (British 1853-1941): 'The Ingathering' - Four Lane Ends Farm, print signed in...

Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (British 1853-1941): 'The Ingathering' - Four Lane Ends Farm, print signed in pencil, titled verso on studio label 12cm x 15.5cm

10020

SOLD £320

Lot 4009E

Ephemera relating to Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (British 1853-1941) and family including three photograp...

Ephemera relating to Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (British 1853-1941) and family including three photographs of the family home 'Ewe Cote', Sutcliffe family portrait (inc. Frank seated), other Sutcliffe family portraits; various early 20th century ephemera from the 'Corner' family (Whitby Timber merchants) connecting them to the Sutcliffe family inc. greeting cards, letters, wedding invitation and other similar items, housed in a ring binder folder

9046

SOLD £750

Lot 4010

George Balmer (British 1806-1846): 'Whitby from the North' & 'Scarborough Misty Morning', pair penci...

George Balmer (British 1806-1846): 'Whitby from the North' & 'Scarborough Misty Morning', pair pencil highlighted in white on grey paper signed and titled with annotations 26cm x 37cm (unframed) (2)

9041

SOLD £130

Lot 4011

George Balmer (British 1806-1846): 'Burlington' Quay Bridlington, pencil sketch for engraving titled...

George Balmer (British 1806-1846): 'Burlington' Quay Bridlington, pencil sketch for engraving titled in the artist's hand 22cm x 39cm, together with the hand-coloured engraving by James Stephenson (British 1808-1886) pub. William Finden's 'The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places and Coast Scenery of Great Britain' c.1842, 15cm x 18cm (2)

B3856

SOLD £120

Lot 4012

George Balmer (British 1806-1846): 'Dunstanborough Castle' Berwick' 'Blyth' & 'Bamborough Castle', f...

George Balmer (British 1806-1846): 'Dunstanborough Castle' Berwick' 'Blyth' & 'Bamborough Castle', five pencil sketches highlighted in brown and white on grey paper signed titled and dated 1835, 23cm x 32cm; 'Bamborough Castle', 19th century pencil unsigned 34cm x 45cm (unframed) (6)

10022

SOLD £130

Lot 4013

William Rawson (British exh.1913-1914): 'Scarborough Castle', aquatint signed and titled in pencil 2...

William Rawson (British exh.1913-1914): 'Scarborough Castle', aquatint signed and titled in pencil 28cm x 21cm; 'Scarborough', mid 19th century pen and ink; 'Proposed Buildings South Cliff Scarborough' & 'Knaresborough', two engravings (unframed) (4)

7009

SOLD £45

Lot 4014

Lionel Townsend Crawshaw (Staithes Group 1864-1949): Whitby Swing Bridge, etching signed in pencil 2...

Lionel Townsend Crawshaw (Staithes Group 1864-1949): Whitby Swing Bridge, etching signed in pencil 29cm x 20cm

105

SOLD £60

Lot 4015

After Francis Pickernell: 'The New Swivel Bridge over the Esk at Whitby', engraving pub. c1835, 22cm...

After Francis Pickernell: 'The New Swivel Bridge over the Esk at Whitby', engraving pub. c1835, 22cm x 25cm in original rosewood frame; an interesting collection of prints, engravings and watercolours relating to Whitby (a lot)

16

SOLD £55

Lot 4016

Edward Francis Finden (British 1791-1857) after William Westall (British 1781-1850): 'Whitby Yorkshi...

Edward Francis Finden (British 1791-1857) after William Westall (British 1781-1850): 'Whitby Yorkshire', engraving with hand-colouring together with after Nathaniel Whittock (British 1791-1860): 'The Museum and New Bridge - Scarborough', engraving with hand colouring and 'A Perspective View of Scarborough', 19th century engraving with hand-colouring max 15cm x 31cm (3)

105

SOLD £30

Lot 4017

Mary Weatherill (British 1834-1913): Views of Whitby, set of four pen and ink sketches signed and t...

Mary Weatherill (British 1834-1913): Views of Whitby, set of four pen and ink sketches signed and titled each 7cm x 10cm framed as one

9014

SOLD £110

Lot 4018

Mary Weatherill (British 1834-1913): 'Castle of Lourdes Pyrenees', pencil signed and titled 21cm x 2...

Mary Weatherill (British 1834-1913): 'Castle of Lourdes Pyrenees', pencil signed and titled 21cm x 23cm

7005

SOLD £45

Lot 4019

Francis Nicholson (British 1753-1844): 'Near Firby Yorkshire', pencil titled, dated May 28 1812 and ...

Francis Nicholson (British 1753-1844): 'Near Firby Yorkshire', pencil titled, dated May 28 1812 and further titled 'Old Kiln' verso (within the frame) 20cm x 26cm

B41901

SOLD £110

Lot 4020

English School (Early 19th century): 'Fountains Abbey', pencil sketch titled unsigned 13cm x 22cm; '...

English School (Early 19th century): 'Fountains Abbey', pencil sketch titled unsigned 13cm x 22cm; 'A Fishing Match', Victorian hand coloured engraving pub. 1875, 24cm x 30cm (2)

B37787

SOLD £30

Lot 4021

English School (Mid 19th century): 'Windermere and Ambleside', pair pencil and wash drawings titled ...

English School (Mid 19th century): 'Windermere and Ambleside', pair pencil and wash drawings titled dated 1854 on the mount each 12cm x 16.5cm (mounted as one)

7005

SOLD £45

Lot 4022

Frederick (Fred) Lawson (British 1888-1968): 'Poole', pencil sketch unsigned titled and dated Sept. ...

Frederick (Fred) Lawson (British 1888-1968): 'Poole', pencil sketch unsigned titled and dated Sept. 1913, 24cm x 18cm

B8511

SOLD £70

Lot 4023

Frederick (Fred) Cecil Jones RBA (1891-1966): 'Ugthorpe Mill, Near Whitby', etching signed and title...

Frederick (Fred) Cecil Jones RBA (1891-1966): 'Ugthorpe Mill, Near Whitby', etching signed and titled in pencil, dated 1926 in the plate 16cm x 31cm (unframed)

B41901

SOLD £60

Lot 4024

Alfred Louis Brunet-Debaines (French 1845-1939): Whitby Harbour, etching signed in the plate 14cm x ...

Alfred Louis Brunet-Debaines (French 1845-1939): Whitby Harbour, etching signed in the plate 14cm x 20cm; Albert Thomas Pile (British 1882-1981): Bootham Bar York, etching signed in the plate 27cm x 32cm (2)

B41765

SOLD £30

Lot 4025

Albert George Strange (British c.1855-1917): Coastal Landscape, watercolour signed 23cm x 35cm...

Albert George Strange (British c.1855-1917): Coastal Landscape, watercolour signed 23cm x 35cm

B41926

SOLD £180

Lot 4026

Frank Rousse (British fl.1897-1917): Unloading Fish on the Quayside Whitby, watercolour signed 26cm ...

Frank Rousse (British fl.1897-1917): Unloading Fish on the Quayside Whitby, watercolour signed 26cm x 35cm

B5283

SOLD £150

Lot 4027

English School (19th century): Whitby Harbour Low Tide, watercolour indistinctly signed 23cm x 33cm...

English School (19th century): Whitby Harbour Low Tide, watercolour indistinctly signed 23cm x 33cm

10022

SOLD £50

Lot 4028

John Wynne Williams (British fl.1900-1920): Old Scarborough - Newborough Bar and Quay Street, pair w...

John Wynne Williams (British fl.1900-1920): Old Scarborough - Newborough Bar and Quay Street, pair watercolours signed, one dated '91, 24cm x 16cm (2)

10008

SOLD £55

Lot 4029

Thomas Swift Hutton (British 1860-1935): Robin Hood's Bay and Eyemouth Harbour, pair watercolours si...

Thomas Swift Hutton (British 1860-1935): Robin Hood's Bay and Eyemouth Harbour, pair watercolours signed 24cm x 34cm (2)

10035

SOLD £120

Lot 4030

Thomas Swift Hutton (British 1860-1935): Burnmouth Harbour, watercolour signed 20cm x 37cm...

Thomas Swift Hutton (British 1860-1935): Burnmouth Harbour, watercolour signed 20cm x 37cm

10035

SOLD £60

Lot 4031

Robert Sheader (British 20th century): Scarborough from Cornelian Bay, oil on board signed 26cm x 54...

Robert Sheader (British 20th century): Scarborough from Cornelian Bay, oil on board signed 26cm x 54cm

B41981

SOLD £130

Lot 4032

Nina Pickup (British 1947-): 'Foggy Day - Staithes', oil on board signed, titled verso 24cm x 30cm; ...

Nina Pickup (British 1947-): 'Foggy Day - Staithes', oil on board signed, titled verso 24cm x 30cm; English School (20th century): Landscape near Ilkley, watercolour indistinctly signed 22cm x 30cm (2)

B38828

SOLD £35

Lot 4033

M J Turnbull (British 20th century): Whitby Sailing Boat in Harbour, oil on board unsigned, inscribe...

M J Turnbull (British 20th century): Whitby Sailing Boat in Harbour, oil on board unsigned, inscribed verso 37cm x 67cm

10009

SOLD £25

Lot 4034

D Clarke (20th century): Whitby Harbour, oil on canvas signed 58cm x 74cm ...

D Clarke (20th century): Whitby Harbour, oil on canvas signed 58cm x 74cm

B7927

SOLD £35

Lot 4035

John Trickett (British 1952-): 'Angel Vaults Whitby Harbour,' oil on canvas signed, titled verso 48c...

John Trickett (British 1952-): 'Angel Vaults Whitby Harbour,' oil on canvas signed, titled verso 48cm x 59cm

B36851

SOLD £280

Lot 4036

Max Parsons ARCA (British 1915-1998): 'Whitby', oil on board signed and titled 23cm x 28cm...

Max Parsons ARCA (British 1915-1998): 'Whitby', oil on board signed and titled 23cm x 28cm

10042

SOLD £75

Lot 4037

Chris Hammond (British 20th century): 'Sandsend Surf' near Whitby, watercolour signed, titled on lab...

Chris Hammond (British 20th century): 'Sandsend Surf' near Whitby, watercolour signed, titled on label verso 20cm x 30cm

7009

SOLD £45

Lot 4038

Lee Wilson (British Contemporary): 'Whitby Winter Harbour', large panoramic colour photographic prin...

Lee Wilson (British Contemporary): 'Whitby Winter Harbour', large panoramic colour photographic print signed and titled on the mount 44cm x 134cm

7007

SOLD £120

Lot 4039

Lee Wilson (British Contemporary): 'Whitby Cobbler', large panoramic colour photographic print signe...

Lee Wilson (British Contemporary): 'Whitby Cobbler', large panoramic colour photographic print signed and titled on the mount 58cm x 88cm

10030

SOLD £70

Lot 4040

Lee Wilson (British Contemporary): 'View to Roseberry Topping' & 'Gribdale View', two colour photogr...

Lee Wilson (British Contemporary): 'View to Roseberry Topping' & 'Gribdale View', two colour photographic print signed and titled on the mount 36cm x 87cm & 38cm x 58cm (2)

10030

SOLD £85

Lot 4041

Lee Wilson (British Contemporary): 'Whitby Sunburst' 'Whitby Harbour' & 'Saltburn Sunset' , set of t...

Lee Wilson (British Contemporary): 'Whitby Sunburst' 'Whitby Harbour' & 'Saltburn Sunset' , set of three colour photographic prints signed and titled on the mount 29cm x 87cm (3)

10030

SOLD £130

Lot 4042

Lee Wilson (British Contemporary): Whitby Collage, large colour photographic print 68cm x 68cm...

Lee Wilson (British Contemporary): Whitby Collage, large colour photographic print 68cm x 68cm

10030

SOLD £25

Lot 4043

Lee Wilson (British Contemporary): Whitby Pier, large colour photographic print 68cm x 68cm...

Lee Wilson (British Contemporary): Whitby Pier, large colour photographic print 68cm x 68cm

10030

SOLD £25

Lot 4044

Lee Wilson (British Contemporary): Whitby Sunset, large colour photographic print 68cm x 68cm...

Lee Wilson (British Contemporary): Whitby Sunset, large colour photographic print 68cm x 68cm

7009

SOLD £35

Lot 4045

Lee Wilson (British Contemporary): Whitby Abbey, large colour photographic print 68cm x 68cm...

Lee Wilson (British Contemporary): Whitby Abbey, large colour photographic print 68cm x 68cm

B3376

SOLD £60

Lot 4046

Lee Wilson (British Contemporary): Whitby Pier, colour photographic print 35cm x 58cm...

Lee Wilson (British Contemporary): Whitby Pier, colour photographic print 35cm x 58cm

10030

SOLD £20

Lot 4047

Lee Wilson (British Contemporary): Whitby Seascape, four matching colour photographic prints 35cm x ...

Lee Wilson (British Contemporary): Whitby Seascape, four matching colour photographic prints 35cm x 58cm (4)

10030

SOLD £40

Lot 4048

After Jean Guichard (French 1952-): 'Phare de La Jument II', colour print 85cm x 57cm...

After Jean Guichard (French 1952-): 'Phare de La Jument II', colour print 85cm x 57cm

7002

SOLD £20

Lot 4049

George Drury (British 1950-): 'J Cass Yachts passing the Squadron', oil on artist's board signed 47c...

George Drury (British 1950-): 'J Cass Yachts passing the Squadron', oil on artist's board signed 47cm x 73cm

9050

SOLD £140

Lot 4050

George Drury (British 1950-): 'J Cass Yachts Endeavour & Valsheda heading for the Needles', oil on a...

George Drury (British 1950-): 'J Cass Yachts Endeavour & Valsheda heading for the Needles', oil on artist's board signed 47cm x 73cm

9050

SOLD £180