PICTURES FIRST DAY’S SALE WEDNESDAY 26TH JANUARY 2011 PICTURES Not before 2.00pm Pictures will be on view on: Saturday 22nd January 9.00am to 1.00pm Sunday 23rd January 2.00pm to 4.00pm Monday 24th January 9.00am to 5.15pm Tuesday 25th January 9.00am to 5.15pm and on sale day. Enquiries: Martin Scadgell Tel: 01392 413100 Email: [email protected] Enquiries: Daniel Goddard Tel: 01392 413100 Email: [email protected] 61 351. Circle of James Nixon (1741-1812) Miniature portrait of a gentleman, head and shoulders with powdered hair, wearing a pale green jacket with brass buttons, oval, 3.2cm., in a plain beaded ormolu frame £300-500 351 352. Circle of Richard Cosway (1742-1821) Miniature portrait of a gentleman, head and shoulders with powdered hair tied in a ribbon, wearing a red coat and yellow waistcoat, oval, 4.1cm., in a plain gold frame £400-600 352 353. Attributed to Edward Miles (1752-1828) Miniature portrait of a gentleman, head and shoulders with fair hair, wearing a dark green coat and white stock, sky background, oval, 3.8cm., in a gold brooch frame £400-600 353 62 354. Attributed to Joseph Burrell (b.1770) Miniature portrait of a gentleman, head and shoulders wearing in dark blue coat, white waistcoat, shirt and cravat, oval, 8cm. £300-500 354 355. Patrick John McMorland (1741-c.1809) Miniature portrait of a gentleman, head and shoulders with powdered hair, wearing brown coat, white waistcoat and cravat, sky background signed with initials and dated 1796, oval, 7.5cm., in a plain gold case with hair plait and seed pearl reverse. £400-600 355 356. English School early/mid 19th Century Miniature portrait of a young man, head and shoulders on ivory, oval 5.5cm, together with two manuscript letters dated 1865 in which it is suggested the sitter is Sir Robert Peel, in a small red leather case. £50-100 356 63 357. Alyn Williams, P.R.M.S. (1865-1955) Miniature portrait of Edward VII bust-length, wearing a tweed waistcoat and jacket with black tie signed bottom right oval, 3.3cm, within a gold and turquoise enamel pendant. £250-350 357 358. English School 18th Century Miniature portrait of James VII of Scotland James II of England (1633-1701) head and shoulders with full wig and wearing a long lace cravat oil on board oval, 8.3 x 6.3cm, within a moulded and gilded wood frame. £600-800 358 359. Circle of Archibald Robertson (early 19th Century) Miniature portrait of a young man head and shoulders, with short dark curling hair wearing a white cravat and black coat sky background oval, 4.7cm, within a gold frame with seed pearls and hair to the reverse. £150-250 359 64 (actual size) 360. Richard Cosway (1742-1821) Miniature portrait of a midshipman, half-length standing with long fair hair and blue eyes his right hand resting on an anchor a view to blue sky and the sea beyond with a ship on the horizon oval 8.9 x 7.2cm, within a plain gold frame £4000-6000 65 361 361. Attributed to Richard Crosse (1742-1810) Miniature portraits of a lady and gentleman both head and shoulders he with powdered hair and wearing a pale green coat and white cravat, she with long dark curling hair tied high and wearing a brown dress ovals, each 4.3cm. (2) £400-600 362 362. Attributed to James Leakey (1775-1865) Miniature portrait, of a Colonel William Henry Stopford-Blair, R.A. head and shoulders, with short dark hair and a companion portrait of a lady thought to be Mira Sophia Stopford-Blair (née Bull) a pair each 8.2 x 6.8cm. (2) £600-800 William Henry Stopford-Blair (1788-1868) was the second son of The Hon. Edward Stopford (1732-1794) and grandson of James Stopford, first Baron and Earl of Courtown in The County of Wexford, the earldom being created in 1762 and being titled in the Peerage of Ireland. The first Earl was a Tory politician serving under William Pitt the Younger. In 1796 he was created Baron Saltersford in the County of Chester, a title which gave him and his descendants an automatic seat in The House of Lords. 66 363. Attributed to James Leakey (1775-1865) Miniature portrait of The Hon. Sir Edward Stopford (1732-1794) head and shoulders, with powdered hair oval, 6.7cm. £500-700 The Hon. Edward Stopford (1732-1794) was father of William Henry Stopford-Blair (1788- 1868) and the son of James Stopford, first Baron and Earl of Courtown in The County of Wexford. 363 364. Attributed to James Leakey (1775-1865) Miniature portrait of Lambert Blair, head and shoulders with short powdered hair wearing a black coat and white cravat oval, 8.1cm. £400-600 In 1809 Lambert Blair of Courtland, Devon, married Jane Letitia Stopford, daughter of Lt- Gen. The Hon. Edward Stopford 364 365. Attributed to James Leakey (1775-1865) Miniature portrait of a gentleman bust-length seated with short grey hair wearing a black coat and white stock 10.5 x 8.3cm. £250-350 366-368. No Lots. 365 67 369 369. Attributed to Richard Crosse (1742-1810) Miniature portrait of Hester Palmer head and shoulders oval, 3.9cm, together with two other contemporary miniatures of fashionable ladies. (3) £800-1200 370 370. Circle of William Hamlet the Elder (early 19th Century) Miniature silhouette on glass of George III dedicated and dated June 18 1818 on a label attached to the reverse, oval, 7cm, together with three other silhouettes and a wax relief portrait. (5) £100-200 68 371. Studio of William Miers and John Field, (fl.1823-1829) Miniature bronzed silhouette on plaster of a gentleman, head and shoulders, wearing a powdered wig and dark coat with lace cravat oval 8cm, together with a one other of a younger gentleman, head and shoulders. (2) £200-300 372. 371 Attributed to James Leakey (1775-1865) Miniature portrait of a gentleman, head and shoulders with short grey hair, wearing a black coat with brass buttons, and a white stock oval, 8cm, together with a miniature portrait of James Blair, with short fair hair and blue eyes, and a miniature portrait of a young lady. (3) £300-500 372 373. English School Circa 1820, Miniature portraits of William Merewether and Martha Merewether each bust-length, he seated, she with an evening bag, on card, largest 9 x 6.5cm together with three other contemporary family miniatures and a collection of silhouettes and miniature portraits including Jane, Jackson, Ann James (née Burleigh), Charles Henry James, John James Canon of Peterborough, Alderman Burleigh of Cambridge, Anna Elizabeth Joyce, Edward James, Robert James and also a wash drawing of Sturmere Hall by William Henry Syer (19th Century) - signed, inscribed and dated 1847 on the backboard, 11 x 15cm. (a lot) £200-300 69 374. Studio of John Field, early 19th Century Miniature silhouette of a lady and gentleman, a pair, each signed Field beneath the shoulder, ovals, each 7.2cm, together with a bronzed silhouette of Lt. Col William Wanchope, a silhouette of George Wanchope, a silhouette of John Benson and a silhouette of Alexander Duttle attributed to Franz Deiwel. (6) £300-500 374 375. Attributed to Merryweather, mid 19th Century A bronzed cut paper silhouette portrait of a seated boy and his younger sister, 10.5 x 16.7cm, together with two cut paper silhouettes of 375 children attributed to The Royal Victorian Gallery, one with a pet dog and one with an umbrella, and one bronzed silhouette of a child with a riding crop. (4) £400-600 376. English School late 19th Century Miniature portrait of a lady, head and shoulders with curling hair, wearing a blue and white dress and an amber necklace, oval, 6cm., in a plain gold frame with hair plait and gilt monogram to the reverse £100-150 376 70 377. English School early 19th Century, A bronzed silhouette of a child standing, oval, 10cm, together with a bronzed silhouette portrait of a lady, a bronzed silhouette of a young man and two silhouettes of boys (5) £150-200 377 378. John Miers & Studio (1758-1821) Miniature silhouette portraits of Francis North, (Lord Guilford) and Ester North (née Harrison) ovals, largest 8.3cm. together with a miniature bronzed silhouette of George Watson 378 inscribed and dated 1812 on the reverse and one other of a young lady. (4) £250-350 379. Circle of James Schouler Miniature portrait of a lady, head and shoulders with long powdered hair, wearing a white silk dress and pearls, oval, 4cm., in a plain gold frame £200-300 380-382. No Lots. 379 71 383. Attributed to Julius (Isaak) Jacob (1811-1882, German) Portrait of a sporting gentleman, full-length seated in a landscape holding a shotgun, a dog at his side; A companion portrait of a lady, full-length standing and wearing a satin dress, with a dog, and a distant view to a lake and mountains beyond the first signed bottom left, the second signed and dated 1847 bottom right oils on canvas, a pair each 60 x 50cm. (2) £1200-1800 Provenance: The Stapleton-Bretherton Family, Berwick, thence by family descent. Julius (Isaak) Jacob (1811-1882, German): A pupil of Wilelm Wach (1787-1845), studied at the Academy of Dusseldorf and Paris. Exhibited at The Salon between 1838-1844. He travelled to Africa, Asia Minor and throughout Europe, and worked in London between 1844-1856, painting society portraits in England and Scotland, exhibiting each year at The Royal Academy.