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An exhibition of selected portraits c.1550-2010

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ABBOTT and HOLDER

Front cover: No. 14

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ABBOTT and HOLDER

Private View

6 - 9pm

Thursday 27th February 2014

The exhibition continues through

Saturday 22nd March

Large framed photographs and detailed

catalogue entries are available online

www.abbottandholder.co.uk

1. Augustus John O.M. R.A. (1878-1961)William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)Etching and drypoint. Fifth plate. State III. Ed. of 50.Signed and dated, ’07 in the plate. Signed in pencil. 17.5x12.5cms. £3,750

2. John Raphael Smith (1752-1812)Pastels on paper laid on canvas.35x27cms.

£1,750

3. Brian Stonehouse M.B.E. (1918-1998)Watercolour and gouache on card.Studio Sale /Abbott and Holder Stamp verso.Provenance: the artist’s estate. 68x50cms. £3,000

4. Christen Dalsgaard (Danish, 1824-1907)‘Portrat af Kaust(…) Brader’.Oil on paper laid on panel. Inscribed verso.Signed and dated 1852. 13.5x10.5cms £1,500

5. Edward Robert Hughes A.R.W.S. (1849-1914)‘A babe’. Chalks. Signed recto.Signed, titled, and dedicated to Margaret Wilson verso.21.5x15cms. £800

6. Anon (British)‘He Sways the Soul with that Commanding Art / Lord Byron’s Corsair’.Oil on ivory set within its original leather and silk case. Circa 1820.Ex. Collection: Desmond Coke. 9x7.5cms. £2,750

7. Daniel Gardner (1750-1805)Lorenzo Moore (1744-1798), as Captain 3rd Regiment of Horse,and his wife Williamza Moore (née Janssen) (1753-1840).Both graphite and pastels. Possibly drawn to celebrate their marriage in 1774.Prov: The sitters’ daughter; Budgen Family. Both 22x17.5cms (Oval). £7,000 (The Pair)

8. Maggi Hambling C.B.E. (b.1945)‘Midnight’. Oil on canvas.Signed, titled and dated, 1972 verso.76x76cms. £8,000

9. Sir David Low (1891-1963)Colonel Blimp.Pencil, charcoal and watercolour. 1942. Extensively inscribed by Low.Ex. Collection: Michael Powell (Powell and Pressburger). 38.5x36cms. £5,750

10. Adriaan Meulemans (Dutch, 1766-1835)Watercolour. Signed.12x9.5cms (irregular).

£575

11. Adam Buck (1759-1833)Miss E Janet Turnbull.Watercolour. Signed and dated, 1828.12.5x11.5cms. £2,000

12. Anon (French)Oil on canvas. Circa 1800.Inscribed ‘Denys Lefebvre’ to label verso.61.5x46cms. £775

13. Anon (British)Miss Ann Fitzgerald of Dublin (d.1781).Pastels. Circa 1780.32x19cms (oval). £1,750

14. Eric Kennington R.A. (1888-1960)‘An East Prussian Prisoner’. Blue map chalk.Signed and inscribed by the artist. Drawn in Northern France Aug/Sep 1917.Inscribed by the Official Censor, Major Lee. 31x20cms. £6,500

15. Anon (British)The wedding dress.Oil on panel. Circa 1840.46x33cms. £1,750

16. Robert Gavin R.S.A. (1827-1883)Oil on canvas laid on board.Robert Gavin Trustee’s stamp verso. Provenance: Mrs Elmelly Lea.Exhibited: Fine Art Society, 1980. 13.5x12.5cms. £2,750

17. Anon (Possibly Northern French)The stained glass head c.1540,leaded into 17th Century quarries of clear glass.31x27cms (irregular). £575

18. George Du Maurier (1834-1896)An Aesthetic Beauty.Watercolour. Signed and dated, 1882.45x30cms. £3,750

19. Sir Max Beerbohm N.E.A.C. N.P.S. (1872-1956)‘Everyman’.Pencil, pen and ink. Signed and dated, ’09.Provenance: Sir Geoffrey Keynes; Spink. 32x20cms. £2,750

20. Sarah Raphael (1960-2001)Oil on paper. Signed.Exhibited: Agnews.19.5x14cms. £2,750

21. Sir Muirhead Bone N.E.A.C. (1876-1953)Self-Portrait in a Hat No.1.Etching and drypoint. Signed. 1908.11x10cms. £1,250

22. William Moore (1790-1851)The gardeners.Pencil and watercolour. Signed and dated, 1834.Provenance: Sir Guy Campbell. 43.5x55cms. £3,500

23. Christopher Pemberton (1923-2010)Hugh Trevor-Rope (Baron Dacre of Glanton) (1914-2003)Pencil. 2003. Provenance: The artist’s estate.69x53.5cms. £2,000

24. Abel Vallmitjana (Spanish, 1909-1974)‘Bullfighter’.Oil on canvas. Signed and dated, 1964.Titled on the original label. 70x50cms. £1,750

25. Francis Dodd R.A. (1874-1949)Charles Cundall R.A. (1890-1971)Drypoint. 1926. (Schwabe 171.v).45x30cms. £2,000

26. Edward Thomson Davis (1833-1867)‘Miss Cole, Worcester’.Oil on paper. Inscribed on the original backing.Exhibited: Maas Gallery, 1968. 24.5x17cms. £3,000

27. Jacob Kramer (1892-1962)Possibly the artist John Harold Wood.Pencil, brush and Indian ink. Circa 1918. Signed and dedicated ‘to Harold from Jacob’.Provenance: John Harold Wood. 25x20cms. £675

28. Frank Dobson R.A. (1888-1963)Pencil. Signed and dated, 1920.26x20.5cms

£2,250

29. Thomas Kerrich (1748-1828)‘William Boycott M.A. / Fellow of Caius College Cambridge /T.Kerrich delin: / Magdalen College, Cambridge / June 12 1781’.Chalks on tan paper. Signed and inscribed verso. 37x28.3 cms. £25,000

30. Frederick Sproston Challener R.C.A. O.S.A. (Candian, 1869-1959)Chalks. Signed. Circa 1900.Canadian Association label verso.Exhibited: The Hayward Collection. 22x17cms. £1,250

31. Anon (French)A French Senior NCO of the 62nd Regiment of Infantry,serving in Algeria, and wearing the Légion d’Honneur.Oil on canvas. Circa 1840. 24.5x19cms. £1,750

32. Herbert Johnson Harvey (1884-1928)Pastels.Signed and dated, 1907.40x28cms. £950

33. Rudolf Lehmann (1819-1905)‘Chomel’.Pencil. Signed, dedicated to the sitter and dated, ‘Rome, Avril 184(…)’.26x20.5cms. £2,500

34. John Downman A.R.A (1750-1824)‘John Mortlock’ (1755-1816) M.P. and Mayor of Cambridge (1785-1816)Charcoal stump and watercolour. Signed and dated, 1777.17x15cms. £2,500

35. James Cowie R.S.A. (1886-1956)Pastels. Circa 1935.42x28cms.

£6,000

36. Anon (French)The Revolutionary.Watercolour. Circa 1795.25x19.5cms (oval). £1,200

37. Anon (British)‘Lady Willmot’ (sic) née Maria Miller Mundy (c.1804-1865)Oil on panel. Circa 1845.30x23cms. £875

38. Raymond Mason O.B.E. (1922-2010)Margaret Reid. Oil on canvas.Provenance: Joy Reid, the sitter’s daughter.77x53.5cms. £2,250

39. Jean Hippolyte Marchand (1883-1940)Self-portrait.Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1910.73x58cms. £6,750

40. Sir Stanley Spencer K.C.B. C.B.E. R.A. (1891-1859)Slade Model. Pencil. Circa 1908-1912.Provenance: Pamela Spenser, the artist’s niece.12x10.5cms (irregular). £3,750

41. Anon (British)In Memoriam; Lost at Sea.Oil on copper. Circa 1790.17.5x13.5cms. £375

42. Stanley Anderson C.B.E. R.E. (1884-1966)Self-portrait.Etching. Circa 1920.14.5x12.5cms. £2,750

43. Anon (French)Oil on panel. Circa 1780.20x16cms (oval).

£1,500

44. Thomas Heaphy (1775-1835)Mr Hastings Nathaniel Middleton.Pencil and watercolour. Signed and dated, 1802.Exhibited: Martyn Gregory. 25.5x20.5cms. £2,750

45. William Strang R.A. (1859-1921)Arthur Clifton (1863-1932)Oil on canvas. Signed and dated, 1912.60x50cms. £9,000

46. John Linnell (1792-1882)Sir William Charles Ross R.A. (1794-1860) ‘when a student at R.A.’.Pencil. Circa 1810. Signed and inscribed.21x11.5cms. £775

Back cover: No. 6

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