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Montpelier Street, London I 12 November 2019 Montpelier Street, British and European Art British and European British and European Art I Montpelier Street, London I 12 November 2019 25377 British and European Art Part I: Victorian & British Impressionist Art Part II: 19th Century European, Impressionist & Modern Art Montpelier Street, London | Tuesday 12 November 2019 at 1pm BONHAMS BIDS ENQUIRIES Please see page 2 for bidder Montpelier Street +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 Veronique Scorer information including after-sale Knightsbridge +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax +44 (0) 20 7393 3962 collection and shipment London SW7 1HH [email protected] [email protected] www.bonhams.com Please see back of catalogue To bid via the internet please visit Thomas Seaman for important notice to bidders VIEWING www.bonhams.com +44 (0) 20 7393 3960 IMPORTANT INFORMATION Sunday 10 November [email protected] 11am to 3pm Please note that bids should be The United States Government Monday 11 November submitted no later than 4pm Anna Lloyd has banned the import of ivory 9am to 4.30pm on the day prior to the auction. +44 (0) 20 7393 3988 into the USA. Lots containing Tuesday 12 November New bidders must also provide [email protected] ivory are indicated by the symbol 9am to 11am proof of identity when submitting Ф printed beside the lot number bids. Failure to do this may result PRESS ENQUIRIES in this catalogue. in your bids not being processed. SALE NUMBER [email protected] REGISTRATION 25377 Bidding by telephone will only be CUSTOMER SERVICES IMPORTANT NOTICE accepted on a lot with the lower Please note that all customers, CATALOGUE Monday to Friday estimate in excess of £500. irrespective of any previous activity £12 8.30am – 6pm +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 with Bonhams, are required to Live online bidding is available complete the Bidder Registration for this sale Form in advance of the sale. The ILLUSTRATIONS Please email [email protected] form can be found at the back of with “Live bidding” in the subject Front Cover: Lot 69 every catalogue and on our line 48 hours before the auction Inside Front Cover: Lot 56 website at www.bonhams.com to register for this service. Part 1: Lot 20 and should be returned by email or Part 2: Lot 172 post to the specialist department Inside Back Cover: Lot 193 or to the bids department at Back Cover: Lot 66 [email protected] To bid live online and / or leave internet bids please go to www.bonhams.com/auctions/25377 and click on the Register to bid link at the top left of the page. Bonhams 1793 Limited Registered No. 4326560 Registered Office: Montpelier Galleries Montpelier Street, London SW7 1HH +44 (0) 20 7393 3900 +44 (0) 20 7393 3905 fax Sale Information BIDS CATALOGUE VAT +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 SUBSCRIPTIONS The following symbols are used +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax To obtain any Bonhams to denote that VAT is due on To bid via the internet please visit catalogue or to take out an the hammer price and buyer’s www.bonhams.com annual subscription: premium. 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Lots not Payment at time of collection collected by this time will be by: returned to the department cash, cheque with banker’s card, storage charges may apply. credit, or debit card. Part I Victorian & British Impressionist Art Lots 1 – 116 1 2 1 2 LOUISE J. RAYNER (BRITISH, 1832-1924) LOUISE J. RAYNER (BRITISH, 1832-1924) ‘The Buttermarket, Winchester’ Ludlow, Shropshire signed ‘Louise Rayner’ (lower left); titled on old agent’s label (affixed signed ‘Louis Rayner’ (lower right) to backboard) watercolour heightened with white watercolour and bodycolour 38.1 x 22.8cm (15 x 9in). 35 x 27.6cm (13 3/4 x 10 7/8in). £3,000 - 5,000 £3,000 - 5,000 €3,300 - 5,500 €3,300 - 5,500 US$3,700 - 6,100 US$3,700 - 6,100 For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot 4 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. 3 JOHN CHARLES MAGGS (BRITISH, 3 1819-1895) The Bath to Bristol Coach signed ‘J.C. Maggs’ (lower left) oil on canvas 35 x 65.5cm (13 3/4 x 25 13/16in). together with another oil by the same hand, The Hero, signed and dated ‘J.C. Maggs 1873’ (lower left). (2) £1,000 - 1,500 €1,100 - 1,700 US$1,200 - 1,800 4 WILLIAM PARROTT (OVERLEY 1813- 1875) ‘No Man’s Land, Margate, Kent’ signed and indistinctly dated ‘W Parrott 69’ (lower right); signed and titled (on artist’s label attached to the reverse) oil on board 3 35 x 45.5cm (13 3/4 x 17 15/16in). £1,500 - 2,000 €1,700 - 2,200 US$1,800 - 2,400 Provenance Parker Gallery, London. Anon. sale, Christie’s, South Kensington, 14 May 1998, lot 475. Private collection, UK. 4 For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. BRITISH AND EUROPEAN ART | 5 5 6 5 6 CHARLES WEST COPE (BRITISH, 1811-1890) CHARLES HUNT (BRITISH, 1803-1877) ‘Taming the Shrew’: “The meat was well, if you were so contented” The accident ward signed with initials and dated ‘CWC/1874’ (lower right) signed and dated ‘C. HUNT/72’ (lower left) oil on canvas oil on canvas 77 x 103cm (30 x 40in). 35.5 x 52cm (14 x 20 1/2in). £3,000 - 5,000 £2,000 - 4,000 €3,300 - 5,500 €2,200 - 4,400 US$3,700 - 6,100 US$2,400 - 4,900 Provenance Provenance Anon. sale, Bonhams, 18 March 2003, lot 62. Anon. sale, Sotheby’s, London, 29 March 1995, lot 125. Private collection, UK. Purchased from the above sale. Private collection, UK. Exhibited London, Royal Academy, 1874, no. 201. The title is taken from Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew, Act IV, scene i. The line is spoken by Katherine in response to Petruchio’s complaint as to the quality of the mutton placed before him. For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot 6 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. 7 8 7 8 JAMES HAYLLAR, RBA (BRITISH, 1829-1920) ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES BAXTER (BRITISH, 1809-1879) Portrait of the artist’s wife At the opera signed and dated ‘J.Hayllar/1854’ (lower right) oil on canvas oil on canvas 91.5 x 71cm (36 x 27 15/16in). 127 x 103.5cm (50 x 40 3/4in). £2,000 - 3,000 £2,000 - 3,000 €2,200 - 3,300 €2,200 - 3,300 US$2,400 - 3,700 US$2,400 - 3,700 Provenance Anon. sale, Christie’s, South Kensington, 13 November 2003, lot 260. Private collection, UK. For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. BRITISH AND EUROPEAN ART | 7 9 ALFRED JOSEPH WOOLMER (BRITISH, 1805-1892) ‘Early Summer’ signed ‘A J.Woolmer’ (lower left); signed, titled and inscribed with artist’s address ‘No 3/Early Summer/A J.Woolmer The Limes/ Dartmouth Park Avenue/After Holloway’ (on artist’s label affixed verso) oil on panel 35.6 x 43.2cm (14 x 17in). £1,000 - 1,500 €1,100 - 1,700 US$1,200 - 1,800 Provenance Probably anon. sale, Sotheby’s, Billingshurst, 24 May 1988, lot 268. 9 Private collection, UK. 10 GEORGE DUNLOP LESLIE RA (BRITISH, 1835-1921) ‘Willow, Willow. “The fresh streams ran by her and murmur’d her moans”’ signed and dated ‘G.D.Leslie/1867’ (on the boat lower right) oil on canvas 85.1 x 134cm (33 1/2 x 52 3/4in). £1,200 - 1,800 €1,300 - 2,000 US$1,500 - 2,200 Provenance J. S. Maas & Co. Ltd., London, no. P11107. Private collection, UK. 10 Exhibited London, Royal Academy, 1867, no. 656. 11 WILLIAM HEMSLEY (BRITISH, 1819- 1893) ‘The enthusiastic angler’ signed and titled (on artist’s label affixed to stretcher) oil on canvas 35.6 x 45.7cm (14 x 18in). £800 - 1,200 €890 - 1,300 US$980 - 1,500 Provenance Anon.