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The Scottish Sale: Pictures, 12 September Edinburgh the Scottish Sale to Include Pictures from an Important Private Canadian Collection Bonhams 22 Queen Street Edinburgh EH2 1JX +44 (0) 131 225 2266 20655 +44 (0) 131 225 2547 fax The Scottish Sale: Pictures, The Scottish Sale to include Pictures from an Important Private Canadian Collection 12 September 2013, Edinburgh 12 September 2013, Thursday 12 September 2013 at 2pm Edinburgh The Scottish Sale to include Pictures from an Important Private Canadian Collection Thursday 12 September 2013 at 2pm 22 Queen Street, Edinburgh Bonhams Bids Enquiries Customer Services 22 Queen Street +44 (0) 20 7447 7448 Monday to Friday 8.30am to 6pm Edinburgh EH2 1JX +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax Chris Brickley +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 +44 (0) 131 225 2266 To bid via the internet +44 (0) 131 240 2297 +44 (0) 131 225 2547 fax please visit www.bonhams.com [email protected] Please see back of catalogue www.bonhams.com/scottishart for important notice to bidders Please note that bids should be Colleen Bowen submitted no later than 24 hours +44 (0) 131 240 2292 Selected Highlights prior to the sale. New Bond Street, London [email protected] Bonhams can arrange free Wednesday 28 August New bidders must also provide carriage to London for lots 9am-4.30pm proof of identity when submitting Iain Byatt-Smith over £10,000. Those who Thursday 29 August 9am-4.30pm bids. Failure to do this may result +44 (0) 131 240 0913 wish to ship their items to Friday 30 August 9am-4.30pm in your bids not being processed. [email protected] London please inform us by 6pm on the day of the sale Blythswood Hotel, Graham Wood for your lots to be included Glasgow +44 (0) 131 240 2632 on a consolidated shipment. Thursday 8 August 10am-3pm [email protected] For further details please Viewing contact +44 (0) 131 240 0913 22 Queen Street, Edinburgh London [email protected] Sunday 8 September 1pm-4pm Chris Dawson Monday 9 September 10am-4pm +44 (0) 20 7468 8296 Tuesday 10 September 10am-4pm [email protected] Illustrations Wednesday 11 September Front cover: Lot 73 10am-4pm Sale Number: 20655 Back cover: Lot 78 Thursday 12 September Inside front cover: Lot 16 10am-2pm Catalogue: £15 (£18 by post) Inside back cover: Lot 11 New York Live online bidding is 21-26 June available for this sale Please email [email protected] Paris with “Live bidding” in the subject 3-4 July line 48 hours before the auction to register for this service. Bonhams 1793 Limited Bonhams 1793 Ltd Directors Bonhams UK Ltd Directors Registered No. 4326560 Robert Brooks Chairman, Colin Sheaf Deputy Chairman, Colin Sheaf Chairman, Jonathan Baddeley, Antony Bennett, Iain Rushbrook, John Sandon, Tim Schofield, Registered Office: Montpelier Galleries Malcolm Barber Group Managing Director, Matthew Bradbury, Harvey Cammell, Simon Cottle, Veronique Scorer, James Stratton, Roger Tappin, Matthew Girling CEO UK and Europe, Andrew Currie, David Dallas, Paul Davidson, Jean Ghika, Shahin Virani, David Williams, Michael Wynell-Mayow. Montpelier Street, Geoffrey Davies, Jonathan Horwich, James Knight, Charles Graham-Campbell, Miranda Grant, Robin Hereford, London SW7 1HH Patrick Meade, Caroline Oliphant, Hugh Watchorn. Asaph Hyman, Charles Lanning, Camilla Lombardi, +44 (0) 20 7393 3900 Fergus Lyons, Paul Maudsley, Gordon McFarlan, +44 (0) 20 7393 3905 fax Andrew McKenzie, Simon Mitchell, Jeff Muse, Mike Neill, Charlie O’Brien, Giles Peppiatt, Peter Rees, Julian Roup, Sale Information Edinburgh Salerooms Managing Director The Scottish Sale Books, Manuscripts & 22 Queen Street, EH2 1JX Miranda Grant Miranda Grant Maps +44 (0) 131 225 2266 Henry Baggott +44 (0) 131 220 2547 fax Chairman Scotland Pictures Frances Campbell Simon Miller Chris Brickley Glasgow Office Colleen Bowen Arms & Armour 176 St. Vincent Street, G2 5SG Valuations, Trusts & Iain Byatt-Smith Andrew Robb +44 (0) 141 223 8866 Estates Graham Wood Kenneth Naples +44 (0) 141 223 8868 fax Charles Graham-Campbell Chris Dawson (London) Grant MacDougall James Holloway (consultant) Furniture, Clocks, Oriental London Gordon McFarlan Carpets, Works of Art & 101 New Bond Street, W1S 1SR Andrew Robb Jewellery & Silver Scientific Instruments +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 Belinda Treble Clare Blatherwick Bruce Addison +44 (0) 20 7447 7400 fax Gordon McFarlan Kenneth Naples Fiona Hamilton David Jones (consultant) Alexis Tortolano Leonie Armin Toys and Collectors’ Items Rachel Bailey Nicholas Oddy (consultant) Asian Art Whisky Ian Glennie Martin Green Asha Edwards Charles MacLean (consultant) European Ceramics The Sporting Sale & Glass Henry Baggott Katherine Wright Frances Campbell Wine Thomas Gilbey © Bonhams Scotland All rights reserved. Reproduction of catalogue and photographs, in whole or in part is prohibited without acknowledgement to Bonhams Scotland 1 2 1 2 William McTaggart, RSA RSW (1835-1910) William McTaggart, RSA RSW (1835-1910) The Apprentice Portrait of Mary McTaggart, the Artist’s First Wife Portrait of the Artist’s Second Son, William D McTaggart indistinctly inscribed and dated (lower centre) signed with monogram and dated 1890 (lower left) oil on canvas oil on canvas 91 x 64 cm. (35 13/16 x 25 3/16 in.) 80 x 62 cm. (31 1/2 x 24 7/16 in.) £2,000 - 3,000 £2,000 - 3,000 €2,300 - 3,500 €2,300 - 3,500 US$3,000 - 4,500 US$3,000 - 4,500 PROVENANCE: PROVENANCE: Mr and Mrs James L Caw, Edinburgh JP McTaggart, Penarth EXHIBITED: EXHIBITED: Edinburgh, National Galleries of Scotland, William McTaggart Exhibition, Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, 1891, cat.no.331 1989, cat.no.58 Edinburgh, National Galleries of Scotland, William McTaggart Exhibition, 1989, cat.no.66 LITERATURE: Sir James L. Caw, William McTaggart, - A Biography and an LITERATURE: Appreciation, James Maclehose & Sons, Glasgow, 1917, p.252 Sir James L. Caw, William McTaggart, - A Biography and an Appreciation, James Maclehose & Sons, Glasgow, 1917, p.263 Mrs McTaggart, née Mary Holmes, died of illness in December of 1884, following the death of McTaggart’s mother in November. Caw writes This portrait was completed posthumously. Caw (p.129) notes ‘The (p.90) ‘her sympathetic and serene nature, forming a perfect foil to his late autumn was chequered by family joy and sorrow. The birth of a ardent and eager spirit, with its inclination to impetuosity, had secured daughter in October was followed a month later by news of the loss for him, amid the trials and misunderstandings seemingly inseparable at sea of his sailor son, Willie, and during the next few months little from the career of a real creative artist, a home atmosphere peculiarly painting was done’. well suited for his development both as an artist and a man.’ The Scottish Sale: Pictures | 5 4 3 3 4 Sir David Wilkie, RA (1785-1841) Hugh William Williams (1773-1829) Christopher Columbus and Isabella of Spain Cora Linn, on the Clyde bears inscription to label (on backboard) signed and dated ‘H W Williams/1797’ (lower left) ink, watercolour and pencil watercolour 26 x 20 cm. (10 1/4 x 7 7/8 in.) 39.5 x 55.5 cm. (15 9/16 x 21 7/8 in.) £3,000 - 5,000 £600 - 800 €3,500 - 5,800 €690 - 930 US$4,500 - 7,400 US$890 - 1,200 PROVENANCE: Harriet Gott. Harriet’s father was a noted patron of Wilkie. Although the oil painting for which this was a sketch was not known to have been completed, a similar work entitled Christopher Columbus in the Convent of La Rabida Explaining his Intended Voyage was painted in 1834. 6 | Bonhams 5 6 5 6AR William Simpson (1823-1899) Sir David Young Cameron, RA RSA RWS RSW RE (1865-1945) Dunrobin Castle Loch Linnhe watercolour signed ‘DY Cameron’ (lower right) 33.5 x 50 cm. (13 3/16 x 19 11/16 in.) watercolour Engraved for the Illustated London News, Sept 1866 25 x 41 cm. (9 13/16 x 16 1/8 in.) £2,000 - 3,000 £1,500 - 2,000 €2,300 - 3,500 €1,700 - 2,300 US$3,000 - 4,500 US$2,200 - 3,000 The Scottish Sale: Pictures | 7 7 7 Sir Henry Raeburn R.A (1756-1823) Three Quarter Length Portrait of Colonel Thomas Balfour of Elwick, seated, in uniform oil on canvas 90 x 70 cm. (35 7/16 x 27 9/16 in.) £8,000 - 12,000 €9,200 - 14,000 US$12,000 - 18,000 PROVENANCE: Apparently purchased at the Balfour Sale; Christie’s, December 1951 Sale; Phillips, Edinburgh, August 25, 2001, lot 1012 Col. Thomas Balfour (d. 1799), second son of William Balfour of Trenabie, Orkney 8 | Bonhams 8 8 John Crawford Wintour ARSA (1825-1882) Dunkeld, the Tay from Craigiebarns signed with initials and dated ‘J.C.W./1868’ (lower left) oil on canvas 60 x 90 cm. (23 5/8 x 35 7/16 in.) £6,000 - 8,000 €6,900 - 9,200 US$8,900 - 12,000 9 John Knox (1778-1845) View from Ambleside signed ‘J Knox’ (lower right), bears inscriptions (verso) oil on canvas 9 28 x 47 cm. (11 x 18 1/2 in.) £1,500 - 2,000 €1,700 - 2,300 US$2,200 - 3,000 The Scottish Sale: Pictures | 9 10 10 Thomas Miles Richardson, R.W.S. (1813-1890) On the Banks of the Lochy, Killin, Perthshire indistinctly signed ‘T M Richardson’ (lower left) watercolour and bodycolour 72 x 101 cm. (28 1/4 x 39 3/4 in.) £4,000 - 6,000 €4,600 - 6,900 US$5,900 - 8,900 PROVENANCE: William Brook Esq. Sale; Sotheby’s, London, 2 September 1998, lot 1380 EXHIBITED: London, The Royal Watercolour Society, 1848, cat.no.215 10 | Bonhams 11 11 William Skeoch Cumming (1864-1929) The Black Watch at Fontenoy signed and dated ‘W.
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