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BRITISH AND EUROPEAN ART Tuesday 24 November 2015 Knightsbridge, London BRITISH AND EUROP E AN A RT | Knightsbridge, London | Tuesday 24 November 2015 | Knightsbridge, London Tuesday 22590 PART I: VICTORIAN & BRITISH IMPRESSIONIST ART PART II: 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN, IMPRESSIONIST & MODERN ART Tuesday 24 November 2015 at 1pm Knightsbridge, London BONHAMS ENQUIRIES Please see page 2 for bidder Montpelier Street information including after-sale Knightsbridge Part I: Victorian & British collection and shipment London SW7 1HH Impressionist Art www.bonhams.com Thomas Podd Please see back of catalogue +44 (0) 20 7393 3988 for important notice to bidders VIEWING [email protected] Sunday 22 November IMPORTANT INFORMATION 11am – 3pm Part II: 19th Century European, The United States Government Monday 23 November Impressionist & Modern Art has banned the import of ivory 9am – 4.30pm Veronique Scorer into the USA. Lots containing Tuesday 24 November +44 (0) 20 7393 3962 ivory are indicated by the symbol 9am – 11am [email protected] Ф printed beside the lot number in this catalogue. BIDS Emma Gordon +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 +44 (0) 20 7393 3960 +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax [email protected] To bid via the internet please visit www.bonhams.com PRESS ENQUIRIES [email protected] Please note that bids should be submitted no later than 4pm CUSTOMER SERVICES on the day prior to the auction. Monday to Friday 8.30am – 6pm New bidders must also provide +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 proof of identity when submitting bids. Failure to do this may result ILLUSTRATIONS in your bids not being processed. Front Cover: Lot 125 Back Cover: Lot 191 Bidding by telephone will only be Inside Front Cover: Lot 7 accepted on a lot with the lower Inside Back Cover: Lot 192 estimate in excess of £500. 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Bonhams 1793 Limited Bonhams 1793 Ltd Directors Bonhams UK Ltd Directors Registered No. 4326560 Robert Brooks Co-Chairman, Colin Sheaf Chairman, Jonathan Baddeley, Andrew McKenzie, Simon Mitchell, Jeff Muse, Registered Office: Montpelier Galleries Malcolm Barber Co-Chairman, Antony Bennett, Matthew Bradbury, Mike Neill, Charlie O’Brien, Giles Peppiatt, Montpelier Street, London SW7 1HH Colin Sheaf Deputy Chairman, Lucinda Bredin, Harvey Cammell, Simon Cottle, Peter Rees, Iain Rushbrook, John Sandon, Matthew Girling CEO, Andrew Currie, Paul Davidson, Jean Ghika, Tim Schofield, Veronique Scorer, +44 (0) 20 7393 3900 Patrick Meade Group Vice Chairman, Charles Graham-Campbell, Miranda Leslie, James Stratton, Roger Tappin, Ralph Taylor, +44 (0) 20 7393 3905 fax Geoffrey Davies, Jonathan Horwich, Richard Harvey, Robin Hereford, Asaph Hyman, Shahin Virani, David Williams, James Knight, Caroline Oliphant, Charles Lanning, Gordon McFarlan, Michael Wynell-Mayow, Suzannah Yip. Hugh Watchorn. Central SALE Middlesex Hospital INFORMATION Park Royal Coronation Road W Bonhams, e d s P t Park Royal a e a rn r o A k R v e R e s A4 o 0 a y Park a h l C Royal Western Ave A40 R o 0 Station a 0 d Acton 0 4 Cemetery North A Acton d Station a o R a i r o t c i V West Acton Horn Lane Station BIDS COLLECTION AND SHIPMENT HANDLING & STORAGE IMPORTANT NOTICE +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 Sold lots marked with a symbol CHARGES A surcharge of 2% is applicable +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax W will be only retained at Transfer and storage charges when using Mastercard, Visa To bid via the internet please visit Bonhams Knightsbridge until for W lots will commence on and overseas debit cards. www.bonhams.com 5pm on the day of the sale. 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PART I: VICTORIAN & BRITISH IMPRESSIONIST ART Lots 1 – 132 PROPERTIES FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION 1 WILLIAM HOLMAN HUNT, ARSA, RWS, OM (BRITISH, 1827- 1910) Studies of the figure and hands of Isabella for the picture Claudio and Isabella inscribed ‘Claudia and Isabella’ (verso) pencil 24.7 x 14.6cm (9 3/4 x 5 3/4in). £1,000 - 1,500 €1,400 - 2,000 US$1,500 - 2,300 Provenance Mrs. E. Burt, by direct descent from the artist. with Thos Agnew & Sons Ltd., London, 1970, no. 32461, as ‘Sketch for Isobella’. Private collection, UK. Sale, Christie’s London, 3 September 2013, lot 388. Private collection, UK. Literature J. Bronkhurst, William Holman Hunt: A Catalogue Raisonné, (London, 2006), II, p. 26. Exhibited Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 1965-1970. 1 Liverpool and London, Walker Art Gallery and Vitoria & Albert Museum, 1969, no. 114. King’s Lynn, 1971, no. 39. This study is for William Holman Hunt’s painting ‘Claudio and Isabella’ the subject taken from Shakespeare’s play Measure for Measure. Hunt painted the work in 1850 and it is now held in the collections of the Tate, London. 2 ELIZABETH SIDDAL (BRITISH, 1834-1862) Study for La Belle Dame sans Merci inscribed by William Michael Rossetti ‘By Lizzie R/Belle Dame sans Merci’ (verso) pencil on cream paper 15.2 x 10.2cm (6 x 4in). £1,000 - 1,500 €1,400 - 2,000 US$1,500 - 2,300 Provenance William Michael Rossetti and thence by descent. with Peter Nahum at the Leicester Galleries, London. with Maas Gallery, London. Private collection, UK. 2 4 | BONHAMS 3 HENRY HOLIDAY (BRITISH, 1839-1927) A study of a young woman signed ‘Henry Holiday’ (upper right) red chalk 26 x 19cm (10 1/4 x 7 1/2in). £1,200 - 1,800 €1,600 - 2,400 US$1,900 - 2,800 Provenance with Abbot and Holder, London. with JS Mass and Co, (ex stock 9312), 1977. Private collection, UK. with The Mass Gallery Ltd, London. Private collection, UK. 4 FORD MADOX BROWN (BRITISH, 1821-1893) Study of Oliver Madox Brown as a baby inscribed ‘Oliver Madox Brown 4 months old’ (lower centre) pencil 27.3 x 23.7cm (10 3/4 x 9 5/16in). There is another study of baby’s legs by the same hand on the sheet verso. 3 £1,000 - 1,400 €1,400 - 1,900 US$1,500 - 2,200 Provenance Catherine Madox Brown Hueffer, the artist’s daughter. Sale, Christie’s London, 5 November 1993, lot 122. with Leonard Roberts Bookseller, Vancouver, Canada. Private collection, UK. Literature M. Bennett, Ford Madox Brown, a Catalogue Raisonné, (Yale University Press, 2010), no. B54, p.391, illustrated. 4 VICTORIAN & BRITISH IMPRESSIONIST ART | 5 6 ARTHUR HUGHES (BRITISH, 1832-1915) Dark thoughts signed ‘ARTHUR HUGHES’ (lower right) charcoal, pencil and coloured chalks on card 37.5 x 37.5cm (14 3/4 x 14 3/4in).