Anon ***

[Italian landscape]

Early 19th century pencil and ink drawing with ink wash

Sheet: 341 x 230 mm

Some very mild spotting. Otherwise, in good condition.

Price: £295

A picturesque Italian landscape.

Anon ***

[View of and Italian hill-top village]

Early 19th century pencil and ink drawing with ink wash.

Sheet: 335 x 229 mm

Some very mild spotting. Otherwise in good condition.

Price: £295

A picturesque view of a road leading up to a hill-top village. Two figures are walking on the road and one can be seen knelt in prayer before a cross on the roadside.

Anon ***

Fort Jean destroyed 1825

Early 19^th century pencil and ink drawing with ink wash.

Sheet: 339 x 230 mm

Some time staining.

Price: £295

A picturesque view of a ruined fort.

William Blake Richmond ***

[Study of a hand]

19^th century pencil drawing.

Sheet: 268 x 209

In good condition.

Price: £65

A delicate study of a hand by the 19^th century painter and decorator Sir William Blake Richmond (named after William Blake; his father was a devotee of the artist). The son of George Richmond RA (a successful miniature painter), he became an Academician in 1895 and few years later became professor of painting at the Royal Academy. Having travelled extensively in Italy and been influenced by the frescoes of Giotto and the work of the Venetian artists, he began painting high art subjects on a monumental scale and was even commissioned to design frescoes and mosaics for the ceiling of St Paul’s cathedral.

Ariés ***

[Formal gardens with classical statues with an unknown country house/villa]

Late 19^th century watercolour

Sheet: 380 x 279 mm

In good condition.

Price: £85

A decorative watercolour of a formal garden, complete with classical statues throughout. Through the orderly linear arrangement of trees, a very grand country house or villa can be seen.

H. H. ? ***

[Woodland scene]

19^th century watercolour (dated September 24^th, 1855?)

Sheet: 254 x 353 mm

Time-staining throughout. Tear approximately 42mm, bottom right-hand corner.

Price: £60

An expressive rendering of a woodland passage. Two figures appear on the path; one appears to be picking something from the foliage to the side of the path.

Anon ***

[Dents du Midi, Chamonix]

19^th century watercolour (mounted)

Sight size: 251 x 352 mm

In good condition.

Price: £115

A decorative view of the Dents du Midi (translated as “the teeth of the South”) situated in the Chablais Alps in Switzerland.

E. Collin ***

[A study of flowers]

19^th century watercolour (framed)

Sight size: 175 x 236 mm

Slight time-staining to the margins. Otherwise, in excellent condition.

Price: £165

A decorative watercolour of a small bouquet made up of some wild flowers, with a tulip as the central feature. Painted by E. Collin (? Edouard), French school.

Anon

19^th century Chinese watercolour on hand-made paper.

Sheet: 231 x 342 mm

Slight surface abrasion and creasing, Otherwise in good condition.

Price: £350 for the pair

A decorative piece (one of a pair) depicting a bird perched amongst some flowers. Probably originally used as an album cover.

Anon

19^th century Chinese watercolour on hand-made paper.

Sheet: 231 x 347 mm

Paint has cracked and very slight surface abrasion.

Price: £350 for the pair

A decorative floral piece (one of a pair). Probably originally used as an album cover.

Anon

Watercolour c.1820

Sheet: 243 x 333 mm

Watermark visible - J.Whatman, Turkey Mills

Price: £295

A Social scene depicting three men seated being read to from a newspaper by a gentleman, stood amongst them.