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Lot 205

Iona SANDERS (1973) Flowers Still Life Acrylic on paper, 13.5 x 13cm, framed 24 x 19cm

Lot 26

Ray BARRY (1931-2022) Kitchen Still Life Pastel, signed and dated 91, 58cm x 82.5cm, 77cm x 99.5cm.Ray Barry loved Cornwall and art. A Director of the St Ives Society of Artists, appointed in 2010, and Associate of both the Newlyn and Penwith Society of Artists, Ray originally started painting in the 1950s while working for Cable and Wireless in the Sudan. He exhibited at the Red Sea Club, Port Sudan and The New Stanley Gallery, Nairobi as he began to cultivate his artistic talent. Subsequent to his career with Cable and Wireless, Ray settled in Cornwall and evolved his art style while scooping top prize as the winner of 3 Spires Arts Festival, Truro. He solo exhibited at Falmouth Arts Club, Penzance Arts Club, The Crypt Gallery St Ives, The Cornerstone Gallery St Ives, Bakehouse Gallery St Ives, as well as jointly exhibiting with fellow artists Jenny Woodhouse, Bob Devereux, Rachel Kantaris, Patricia Dearden, Stephen Dove, John Beer and Victor Bramley. An established artist locally by the 1990s, Ray Barry graduated Falmouth School of Art in 1997 (with other alumni graduating that year including Paul Wadsworth and Jenny Woodhouse), with a degree in Fine Art and had a studio in St Ives before relocating his studio to Ludgvan. An established fellow artist among his peers, a hand-written invite to Bryan Pearce’s 75th birthday lay amongst his treasured possessions. Ray Barry constantly strove to explore colour and textural values with passion, working primarily in oils and acrylics. Of his work, he quoted, “I enjoy creating order out of chaos and conversely 'deconstructing' order to the point of meaningful abstraction….I paint with a sense of adventure rather than premeditation…I love the poetics of Abstraction “. Away from his career as an artist, Ray was also a keen stamp collector with his talent and interests overlapping when he created, established and designed stamps for Gugh Island, Isles of Scilly, with the designs of these sold in our Stamps and Collectors auction earlier this year.

Lot 377

Maria HEITEL (1937-2023) Still Life with Fish Oil on board, 45.5cm x 56cm, 51cm x 61cm framed. Maria trained at St Martins in London alongside her very good friend Bryan Ingham who later became a god-parent to one of her children. In later years, during the 1960's, she became the proprietor of Newlyn Art Gallery, showcasing works by artists including Karl Weschke, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, Roger and Rose Hilton, Jeremy Le Grice, Bryan Wynter and they all became friends of hers and remained so throughout their lives. It was only during the final twenty years of her life that Maria began to paint again herself, exhibiting in Morvah Gallery and Newlyn Arts Club.

Lot 106

Ray BARRY (1931-2022) Thirty Giclee prints of differing designs Including work from his 'Mysterious Cornwall' series, 'Kitchen Still Life' and 'Hidden Gold' abstract. Each either mounted and cellophaned or framed. Most 42.5cm x 53cm.Ray Barry loved Cornwall and art. A Director of the St Ives Society of Artists, appointed in 2010, and Associate of both the Newlyn and Penwith Society of Artists, Ray originally started painting in the 1950s while working for Cable and Wireless in the Sudan. He exhibited at the Red Sea Club, Port Sudan and The New Stanley Gallery, Nairobi as he began to cultivate his artistic talent. Subsequent to his career with Cable and Wireless, Ray settled in Cornwall and evolved his art style while scooping top prize as the winner of 3 Spires Arts Festival, Truro. He solo exhibited at Falmouth Arts Club, Penzance Arts Club, The Crypt Gallery St Ives, The Cornerstone Gallery St Ives, Bakehouse Gallery St Ives, as well as jointly exhibiting with fellow artists Jenny Woodhouse, Bob Devereux, Rachel Kantaris, Patricia Dearden, Stephen Dove, John Beer and Victor Bramley. An established artist locally by the 1990s, Ray Barry graduated Falmouth School of Art in 1997 (with other alumni graduating that year including Paul Wadsworth and Jenny Woodhouse), with a degree in Fine Art and had a studio in St Ives before relocating his studio to Ludgvan. An established fellow artist among his peers, a hand-written invite to Bryan Pearce’s 75th birthday lay amongst his treasured possessions. Ray Barry constantly strove to explore colour and textural values with passion, working primarily in oils and acrylics. Of his work, he quoted, “I enjoy creating order out of chaos and conversely 'deconstructing' order to the point of meaningful abstraction….I paint with a sense of adventure rather than premeditation…I love the poetics of Abstraction “. Away from his career as an artist, Ray was also a keen stamp collector with his talent and interests overlapping when he created, established and designed stamps for Gugh Island, Isles of Scilly, with the designs of these sold in our Stamps and Collectors auction earlier this year.

Lot 129

Sally HOLMAN (1949) Still Life Oil on board, signed verso, 28.5cm x 38.5cm, 35.5cm x 45.5cm framed.

Lot 181

Marie HENSLEY (c.1856-1911) Eight works Harebell and Heather / Daisies / Daffodils / Still life - Watercolours, initialled and inscribed, largest 34 x 24cm. All original works by the same hand. (8)

Lot 190

Mabel Gwendoline MARSTON (1862-1936) Floral Still Life Oil on board, signed, 39.5cm x 32.5cm, 45.5cm x 38cm framed. Mabel Gwendoline Marston was a London based portrait and flower painter. She was born in 1862 and spent the majority of her life working and living in Maida Vale where she had a studio at Blomfield Road. She exhibited at all the principal London exhibitions, including nine works - all floral still-lifes - at the Royal Academy, first in 1888 and through to 1927. She also exhibited eight works at the Royal Society of British Artists, fifteen at the Ridley Art Club, four works at the Royal Society of Artists in Birmingham, one at the prestigious Grosvenor Gallery, seven at Royal Institute of Oil Painters and one at Manchester City Art Gallery, as well as at the Society of Women Artists. Two of her works exhibited at an Exhibition of Women Artists at the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours were famously stolen from the exhibition in 1928, one of which had been purchased by Princess Mary (the daughter of King George V).

Lot 269

Giovanni BARBARO (1864-1915) Fruit Still-Life with Blue & White Jar Watercolour on paper, signed, 75.5cm x 31cm, 78cm x 34cm framed.

Lot 416

Giovanni BARBARO (1864-1915) Fruit Still-Life with Studio Pottery Four-Handled Vase Watercolour on paper, signed, 75.5cm x 31cm, 78cm x 34cm framed.

Lot 281

Impressionist School (20th century, British) 'Remembrance Sunday',  still life observation, acrylic, graphite and pastel on paper

Lot 154

Studio Pottery - Priscilla Fursdon (1927 - ) 'Kitchen Interior' heavily sculpted abstract slab formed still life observation, ebonised deep box frame, 47cm x 40cm

Lot 167

oil on board, signed framed image size 64cm x 92cm, overall size 73cm x 101cm Note: Born in Kirkcaldy in 1930, she studied at Edinburgh College of Art and then took up a post as visiting teacher of art in the Western Isles in 1956. This experience reinforced her life long love of wild and desolate places and her desire to depict isolated panoramas and landscapes. Walker’s work describes a powerful connection with nature and the feeling of isolation of existing in remote landscapes. This longing for wild terrain led the artist to seek inspiration from her native Scotland – particularly the Western Isles – and from the Antarctic. The large-scale Antarctica paintings reveal still, glacial landscapes completely untouched by human beings and are perhaps Walker’s ultimate depiction of solitude. In 1958 Frances was appointed Lecturer in Drawing and Painting at Gray’s School of Art where she taught for many years before taking early retirement in 1985 to devote more time to her studio practice. She has travelled extensively, taking inspiration from the wildest, most remote terrains. In 2003 Frances was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters from Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh. Frances Walker is represented in many private and corporate collections including the Robert Fleming Collection, and the Royal Scottish Academy. Thirty-seven of her artworks are held in UK public collections.

Lot 1185

OLIVER CLARE (1853-1927)Still Life - Plums, Grapes and Raspberries on a Ledge, oil on canvas laid down, signed lower right,21 x 17cm. Appears generally good condition, frame with wear.

Lot 1117

A Moorcroft Pottery Jug, painted in the 'Still Life of Fruit' design by Kerry Goodwin, impressed and painted marks, 7.5cm high.

Lot 1179

GEORGE CLARE (1830-1900)Still Life - Birds Nest Amongst Flowers and Hips, oil on canvas, signed lower right,14 x 22cm.

Lot 1184

OLIVER CLARE (1853-1927)Still Life - Grapes and Strawberries, Apples, Plum and Gooseberries, a pair, on mossy woodland banks, oil on canvas, both signed lower right,25 x 19.5cm. (2) Slight Cracking to paint on both, some wear to bottom of both pictures, see images. Frames with some cracking and wear.

Lot 1259

OLIVER CLARE (1853-1927)Still Life - Pink and White Flowers on a Mossy Woodland Bank, oil on canvas, signed and dated (18)95 lower right,18 x 25cm.

Lot 1213

OLIVER CLARE (1853-1927)Still Life - Plums and Peaches on a Mossy Woodland Bank, oil on canvas, signed lower right,24 x 19cm.

Lot 1222

OLIVER CLARE (1853-1927)Still Life - Strawberries, Raspberries and Apples on a Mossy Woodland Bank, oil on canvas, signed and dated (18)93 lower right,16.5 x 24cm.

Lot 1178

OLIVER CLARE (1853-1927)Still Life - Apples, Grapes and Gooseberries on a Mossy Woodland Bank, oil on canvas, signed lower right,13 x 20cm. Picture coming away slightly at bottom left, frame with some cracks, chips and wear.

Lot 1832

* BENNO SCHOTZ RSA (ESTONIAN 1891 - 1984), THE PRINCE OF GOALKEEPERS (JOHN THOMSON OF CELTIC F.C.),, CIRCA 1968 bronzed resinA bronze of this sculpture is in the collection of Celtic F.C.Note on both Schotz and Thomson:Benno Schotz was born to Jewish parents, Jacob Schotz, a watchmaker, and Cherna Tischa Abramovitch, in Arensburg, Russia (now Kuressaare, Estonia) in 1891. He was educated at the Boys Grammar School of Pärnu, Estonia. Later he studied at the Grossherzogliche Technische Hochschule in Darmstadt, Germany. In 1912, he immigrated to Glasgow, where he gained an engineering diploma from the Royal Technical College and from 1914–23 worked in the drawing office of John Brown and Company, Clydebank shipbuilders while attending evening classes in sculpture at the Glasgow School of Art. Schotz became a full-time sculptor in 1923 and subsequently a member of the Royal Scottish Academy, Head of Sculpture at the Glasgow School of Art (a post he held from 1938 until his retirement in 1961), and later, in 1963, Her Majesty's Sculptor in Ordinary for Scotland. His pupils included Hannah Frank, Paul Zunterstein and Inge King (née Neufeld). His homes at West Campbell Street and later Kirklee Road were a focus for meetings of artists, writers, actors, and politicians. His first solo Glasgow exhibition was at Reid's Gallery in 1926 and his first in London at Alex Reid and Lefevre Ltd (Lefevre Gallery) in 1930. He was also a member of Glasgow Art Club, alongside recently arrived refugee artists Jankel Adler and Josef Herman, for whom he organised local Jewish community support. In 1942 he organised the important 'Jewish Art Exhibition' at the Glasgow Institute as an act of Jewish cultural identity during the Second World War. In 1981 Schotz was made a Freeman of the City of Glasgow and in the same year, Gordon Wright published his autobiography, Bronze in My Blood. During his career, Schotz produced several hundred portraits and compositions including figure compositions, religious sculptures, semi-abstracts and modelled portraits, the majority located in Glasgow and the surrounding area. A major retrospective exhibition of his works was held at the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh in 1971. He was Life-President of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts as well as Honorary Member of both the Royal British Society of Sculptors and the Royal Institute of Architects in Scotland. His last sculpture was executed less than six weeks before his death, aged 93. He was a committed Zionist and was buried in Jerusalem. His work is represented in numerous UK collections including The National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh City Art Centre, The Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Aberdeen Galleries, The Scottish National Portrait Gallery, BBC Scotland, The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow Museums & Galleries, The Peoples Palace (Glasgow), The Scottish Jewish Archives Centre, Ben Uri Gallery & Museum (London) and the House of Commons (London). His work is also held in various public collections in Israel. Christie's held a major Studio Sale of Benno Schotz's work in Glasgow in 1997.John Thomson, The Prince of Goalkeepers, is one of the most important figures in the history of Celtic Football Club.Having signed for the team in 1926 at the age of 17, his natural athleticism and brave spirit ensured he would become a mainstay between the sticks. He helped the team to two Scottish Cups and three Glasgow Cups. He would also represent the national side and national select XI four times apiece.Thomson's name will forever be associated with the tragedy that befell him during an Old Firm clash on the 5th September 1931. The match was played at Ibrox in front of 80,000 fans. Early in the 2nd half, Thomson collided with Rangers player Sam English, whilst both going for the ball. Most people assumed the goalkeeper badly injured as he was stretchered off, Chic Geatons taking his place in goal.Upon being transported to the Victoria Infirmary, Thomson would soon be pronounced dead. The death of a young goalkeeper in his prime shocked the footballing world. Beyond that, the tragic loss of a young man's life, only 22 years of age and recently engaged, still stands as amongst the most profound moments in sporting history.40,000 people attended the funeral in his home town of Cardenden, including thousands who travelled from Glasgow, many walking the 55 miles to the Fife village. 101cm wide

Lot 1833

* BENNO SCHOTZ RSA (ESTONIAN 1891 - 1984), THE PRINCE OF GOALKEEPERS (JOHN THOMSON OF CELTIC F.C.),, CIRCA 1968 bronzed plasterA bronze of this sculpture is in the collection of Celtic F.C.Note on both Schotz and Thomson:Benno Schotz was born to Jewish parents, Jacob Schotz, a watchmaker, and Cherna Tischa Abramovitch, in Arensburg, Russia (now Kuressaare, Estonia) in 1891. He was educated at the Boys Grammar School of Pärnu, Estonia. Later he studied at the Grossherzogliche Technische Hochschule in Darmstadt, Germany. In 1912, he immigrated to Glasgow, where he gained an engineering diploma from the Royal Technical College and from 1914–23 worked in the drawing office of John Brown and Company, Clydebank shipbuilders while attending evening classes in sculpture at the Glasgow School of Art. Schotz became a full-time sculptor in 1923 and subsequently a member of the Royal Scottish Academy, Head of Sculpture at the Glasgow School of Art (a post he held from 1938 until his retirement in 1961), and later, in 1963, Her Majesty's Sculptor in Ordinary for Scotland. His pupils included Hannah Frank, Paul Zunterstein and Inge King (née Neufeld). His homes at West Campbell Street and later Kirklee Road were a focus for meetings of artists, writers, actors, and politicians. His first solo Glasgow exhibition was at Reid's Gallery in 1926 and his first in London at Alex Reid and Lefevre Ltd (Lefevre Gallery) in 1930. He was also a member of Glasgow Art Club, alongside recently arrived refugee artists Jankel Adler and Josef Herman, for whom he organised local Jewish community support. In 1942 he organised the important 'Jewish Art Exhibition' at the Glasgow Institute as an act of Jewish cultural identity during the Second World War. In 1981 Schotz was made a Freeman of the City of Glasgow and in the same year, Gordon Wright published his autobiography, Bronze in My Blood. During his career, Schotz produced several hundred portraits and compositions including figure compositions, religious sculptures, semi-abstracts and modelled portraits, the majority located in Glasgow and the surrounding area. A major retrospective exhibition of his works was held at the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh in 1971. He was Life-President of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts as well as Honorary Member of both the Royal British Society of Sculptors and the Royal Institute of Architects in Scotland. His last sculpture was executed less than six weeks before his death, aged 93. He was a committed Zionist and was buried in Jerusalem. His work is represented in numerous UK collections including The National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh City Art Centre, The Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Aberdeen Galleries, The Scottish National Portrait Gallery, BBC Scotland, The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow Museums & Galleries, The Peoples Palace (Glasgow), The Scottish Jewish Archives Centre, Ben Uri Gallery & Museum (London) and the House of Commons (London). His work is also held in various public collections in Israel. Christie's held a major Studio Sale of Benno Schotz's work in Glasgow in 1997.John Thomson, The Prince of Goalkeepers, is one of the most important figures in the history of Celtic Football Club.Having signed for the team in 1926 at the age of 17, his natural athleticism and brave spirit ensured he would become a mainstay between the sticks. He helped the team to two Scottish Cups and three Glasgow Cups. He would also represent the national side and national select XI four times apiece.Thomson's name will forever be associated with the tragedy that befell him during an Old Firm clash on the 5th September 1931. The match was played at Ibrox in front of 80,000 fans. Early in the 2nd half, Thomson collided with Rangers player Sam English, whilst both going for the ball. Most people assumed the goalkeeper badly injured as he was stretchered off, Chic Geatons taking his place in goal.Upon being transported to the Victoria Infirmary, Thomson would soon be pronounced dead. The death of a young goalkeeper in his prime shocked the footballing world. Beyond that, the tragic loss of a young man's life, only 22 years of age and recently engaged, still stands as amongst the most profound moments in sporting history.40,000 people attended the funeral in his home town of Cardenden, including thousands who travelled from Glasgow, many walking the 55 miles to the Fife village. 51cm wide

Lot 4005

Frederick (Fred) Lawson (British 1888-1968): Still Life of Daffodils in a Vase, watercolour signed 18cm x 26cm

Lot 4106

Charles Henry Slater (British 1820-1890): Still Life of Spring Flowers in Wicker Basket, watercolour signed 45cm x 30cm

Lot 4108

Andra Bardon (British 20th Century): Still Life of Fruit, oil on board signed and dated '57, 39cm x 49cm

Lot 4103

S Vanacore (Continental 20th Century): Still Life of Fruit and Blossom, oil on canvas signed 47cm x 68cm

Lot 512

* ELIZABETH MARY WATT (SCOTTISH 1886 - 1954), STILL LIFE oil on canvas, signedframedimage size 60cm x 49cm, overall size 74cm x 64cm

Lot 645

* HENRY RAEBURN DOBSON (SCOTTISH 1901 - 1985), STILL LIFE oil on canvas, signedframedimage size 34cm x 45cm, overall size 44cm x 54cm Note: Henry Raeburn Dobson was the youngest son of Henry John Dobson. At the end of the 1920s he left Edinburgh to pursue his career as a portrait painter in London, where his brother Cowan was already an established portrait painter. Following service in World War 2 Raeburn Dobson returned to live and work in Edinburgh. He was also a frequent visitor to Brussels where he also painted many portraits.

Lot 522

* ALFRED WAINWRIGHT MBE (BRITISH 1907 - 1991), GEAL CHÀRN ink on paper, signed and titled in the mountmounted, framed and under glassimage size 12cm x 20cm, overall size 27cm x 32cm Note: Alfred Wainwright wrote his Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells between 1952 and 1966. The simple line drawings and clear concise directions make the seven pocket sized guides almost as essential as good walking boots. Wainwright died in 1991. He is remembered with a memorial in the church at Buttermere. Wainwright was born into poverty in the Lancashire town of Blackburn in 1907. The son of a stonemason, he left school when he was 13 and became an office boy in Blackburn Borough Engineer's Department. At the age of 23 he managed a holiday away from home, to the Lake District. It was love at first sight. In his book Fellwanderer Wainwright described his first visit there. "I was utterly enslaved by all I saw," he said. "Here were no huge factories, but mountains; no stagnant canals, but sparkling crystal-clear rivers; no cinder paths, but beckoning tracks that clamber through bracken and heather to the silent fastnesses of the hills. That week changed my life." He qualified as an accountant and moved to Kendal in 1941, rising to become Borough Treasurer seven years later. He spent every spare moment walking the fells that he loved so deeply. The first Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells was published in 1955 and in his introduction he wrote: 'This book is one man's way of expressing his devotion to Lakeland's friendly hills. It was conceived, and is born, after many years of inarticulate worshipping at their shrines. It is, in very truth, a love-letter.' He spent 13 years compiling the seven Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells, tramping the fells in all weathers at weekends, with raincoat, map and camera. Most of his fine, individual drawings were taken from his photographs. The Pictorial Guides were and are still distinctive. Fearing that printers would misspell words, his handwritten work was reproduced directly on to the page; the Westmorland Gazette of Kendal published them all. Wainwright also devised, during 1970-1, the Coast-to-Coast Walk which starts at St Bees Head on the Cumbrian coast and ends at Robin Hood's Bay on the North Sea. This is perhaps the most popular of all long-distance walks. The inaugural meeting of 'The Wainwright Society' was held on November 9th 2002 at Ambleside Youth Hostel. Numerous sketchbooks and volumes of drawings followed but in 1984 his writing took a dramatic turn. He agreed to write a book for the London publishers, Michael Joseph, which was illustrated with photographs by Derry Brabbs. Fellwalking with Wainwright became a bestseller overnight and was followed by a further seven illustrated books. Two of the books, Wainwright in Scotland and Wainwright's Coast-to-Coast Walk were accompanied by BBC2 television programmes and suddenly the reclusive walker became a virtual 'national treasure'.

Lot 644

SCOTTISH SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY), STILL LIFE oil on board, signed indistinctlyframed image size 19cm x 17cm, overall size 25cm x 24cm Note: this lot is offered without reserve

Lot 613

CONTINENTAL SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY), STILL LIFE WITH VASE oil on boardframedimage size 53cm x 29cm, overall size 59cm x 35cm

Lot 602

* HERBERT DAVIS RICHTER (BRITISH 1874 - 1955), STILL LIFE, FLOWERS IN A SILVER BOWL oil on canvas, signedframedimage size 39cm x 49cm, overall size 49cm x 57cmNote: Painter, mainly in oil, especially of elegant interiors and of flowers. Born in Brighton, Sussex, he initially studied furniture design at Bath School of Art, and he continued to practise as a designer and architect there for about 10 years from the mid-1890s. Then in London studied painting with J M Swan and Frank Brangwyn. Exhibited prolifically, including RA, RBA, ROI, RSW, Goupil Gallery and Leicester Galleries. At the Paris Salon won a silver medal, having won both gold and silver medals for furniture design at the Paris International Exhibition, 1900. Was for a time president of the PS, as well as the Bath Society of Artists. Represented in Victoria & Albert Museum and in many British provincial and overseas galleries. His work is well shown in Paintings and Poems, which he published, with poems by Lady Margaret Sackville, in 1944. Thirty-three of his paintings are held in UK public collections.

Lot 648

KATE WYLIE (SCOTTISH 1877 - 1941), STILL LIFE OF PANSIES oil on canvas, signed and titled versoframedimage size 36cm x 26cm, overall size 49cm x 39cm Provenance: Christie's labels and stamps verso.Note: Kate Wylie was a flower painter and her work is in the Glasgow Museums. Born in Skelmorlie, Ayrshire, she painted in oil and watercolour. She is now best known for her flowers paintings. Kate Wylie trained at Glasgow School of Art and often painted on the Isle of Arran where she had a cottage at Blackwater Foot. In 1942 a memorial exhibition of her work, and that of Janet Aitken and Elma Story, was held at Glasgow Society of Lady Artists.

Lot 519

* ALFRED WAINWRIGHT MBE (BRITISH 1907 - 1991), BASE BROWN ink on paper, signed and titled in the mountmounted, framed and under glassimage size 15cm x 20cm, overall size 29cm x 32cm Note: Alfred Wainwright wrote his Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells between 1952 and 1966. The simple line drawings and clear concise directions make the seven pocket sized guides almost as essential as good walking boots. Wainwright died in 1991. He is remembered with a memorial in the church at Buttermere. Wainwright was born into poverty in the Lancashire town of Blackburn in 1907. The son of a stonemason, he left school when he was 13 and became an office boy in Blackburn Borough Engineer's Department. At the age of 23 he managed a holiday away from home, to the Lake District. It was love at first sight. In his book Fellwanderer Wainwright described his first visit there. "I was utterly enslaved by all I saw," he said. "Here were no huge factories, but mountains; no stagnant canals, but sparkling crystal-clear rivers; no cinder paths, but beckoning tracks that clamber through bracken and heather to the silent fastnesses of the hills. That week changed my life." He qualified as an accountant and moved to Kendal in 1941, rising to become Borough Treasurer seven years later. He spent every spare moment walking the fells that he loved so deeply. The first Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells was published in 1955 and in his introduction he wrote: 'This book is one man's way of expressing his devotion to Lakeland's friendly hills. It was conceived, and is born, after many years of inarticulate worshipping at their shrines. It is, in very truth, a love-letter.' He spent 13 years compiling the seven Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells, tramping the fells in all weathers at weekends, with raincoat, map and camera. Most of his fine, individual drawings were taken from his photographs. The Pictorial Guides were and are still distinctive. Fearing that printers would misspell words, his handwritten work was reproduced directly on to the page; the Westmorland Gazette of Kendal published them all. Wainwright also devised, during 1970-1, the Coast-to-Coast Walk which starts at St Bees Head on the Cumbrian coast and ends at Robin Hood's Bay on the North Sea. This is perhaps the most popular of all long-distance walks. The inaugural meeting of 'The Wainwright Society' was held on November 9th 2002 at Ambleside Youth Hostel. Numerous sketchbooks and volumes of drawings followed but in 1984 his writing took a dramatic turn. He agreed to write a book for the London publishers, Michael Joseph, which was illustrated with photographs by Derry Brabbs. Fellwalking with Wainwright became a bestseller overnight and was followed by a further seven illustrated books. Two of the books, Wainwright in Scotland and Wainwright's Coast-to-Coast Walk were accompanied by BBC2 television programmes and suddenly the reclusive walker became a virtual 'national treasure'.

Lot 515

* ALFRED WAINWRIGHT MBE (BRITISH 1907 - 1991), SCOUT SCAR ink on paper, signed and titled in the mountmounted, framed and under glassimage size 13cm x 20cm, overall size 26cm x 32cmNote: Alfred Wainwright wrote his Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells between 1952 and 1966. The simple line drawings and clear concise directions make the seven pocket sized guides almost as essential as good walking boots. Wainwright died in 1991. He is remembered with a memorial in the church at Buttermere. Wainwright was born into poverty in the Lancashire town of Blackburn in 1907. The son of a stonemason, he left school when he was 13 and became an office boy in Blackburn Borough Engineer's Department. At the age of 23 he managed a holiday away from home, to the Lake District. It was love at first sight. In his book Fellwanderer Wainwright described his first visit there. "I was utterly enslaved by all I saw," he said. "Here were no huge factories, but mountains; no stagnant canals, but sparkling crystal-clear rivers; no cinder paths, but beckoning tracks that clamber through bracken and heather to the silent fastnesses of the hills. That week changed my life." He qualified as an accountant and moved to Kendal in 1941, rising to become Borough Treasurer seven years later. He spent every spare moment walking the fells that he loved so deeply. The first Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells was published in 1955 and in his introduction he wrote: 'This book is one man's way of expressing his devotion to Lakeland's friendly hills. It was conceived, and is born, after many years of inarticulate worshipping at their shrines. It is, in very truth, a love-letter.' He spent 13 years compiling the seven Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells, tramping the fells in all weathers at weekends, with raincoat, map and camera. Most of his fine, individual drawings were taken from his photographs. The Pictorial Guides were and are still distinctive. Fearing that printers would misspell words, his handwritten work was reproduced directly on to the page; the Westmorland Gazette of Kendal published them all. Wainwright also devised, during 1970-1, the Coast-to-Coast Walk which starts at St Bees Head on the Cumbrian coast and ends at Robin Hood's Bay on the North Sea. This is perhaps the most popular of all long-distance walks. The inaugural meeting of 'The Wainwright Society' was held on November 9th 2002 at Ambleside Youth Hostel. Numerous sketchbooks and volumes of drawings followed but in 1984 his writing took a dramatic turn. He agreed to write a book for the London publishers, Michael Joseph, which was illustrated with photographs by Derry Brabbs. Fellwalking with Wainwright became a bestseller overnight and was followed by a further seven illustrated books. Two of the books, Wainwright in Scotland and Wainwright's Coast-to-Coast Walk were accompanied by BBC2 television programmes and suddenly the reclusive walker became a virtual 'national treasure'.

Lot 514

ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGIUS JACOBUS JOHANNES VAN OS (DUTCH 1782 - 1861), STILL LIFE oil on board, signed and dated 1846framedimage size 27cm x 21.5cm , overall size 45cm x 39.5cmLabel verso: Kunsthandel M. L. De Boer, Amsterdam.Note: He was born in The Hague and taught by his father, Jan van Os, one of the great Dutch flower painters. He worked in Paris and Haarlem. He was a flower and landscape painter.

Lot 494

* FREDA MARSTON (BRITISH 1895 - 1949), STILL LIFE IN VASE oil on canvas, signedframedimage size 59cm x 49cm, overall size 78cm x 68cm

Lot 599

* HUGH CAMERON WILSON (SCOTTISH 1885 - 1952), STILL LIFE oil on board, signedframed and under glassimage size 34cm x 44cm, overall size 43cm x 52cm

Lot 580

* HERBERT DAVIS RICHTER (BRITISH 1874 - 1955), STILL LIFE WITH SILVER VASE oil on canvas, signed framed image size 62cm x 75cm, overall size 91cm x 104cm Note: Painter, mainly in oil, especially of elegant interiors and of flowers. Born in Brighton, Sussex, he initially studied furniture design at Bath School of Art, and he continued to practise as a designer and architect there for about 10 years from the mid-1890s. Then in London studied painting with J M Swan and Frank Brangwyn. Exhibited prolifically, including RA, RBA, ROI, RSW, Goupil Gallery and Leicester Galleries. At the Paris Salon won a silver medal, having won both gold and silver medals for furniture design at the Paris International Exhibition, 1900. Was for a time president of the PS, as well as the Bath Society of Artists. Represented in Victoria & Albert Museum and in many British provincial and overseas galleries. His work is well shown in Paintings and Poems, which he published, with poems by Lady Margaret Sackville, in 1944. Thirty-three of his paintings are held in UK public collections.

Lot 544

KATE WYLIE (SCOTTISH 1877 - 1941), STILL LIFE oil on board, signedframedimage size 15cm x 20cm, overall size 19cm x 23cm Note: Kate Wylie was a flower painter and her work is in the Glasgow Museums. Born in Skelmorlie, Ayrshire, she painted in oil and watercolour. She is now best known for her flowers paintings. Kate Wylie trained at Glasgow School of Art and often painted on the Isle of Arran where she had a cottage at Blackwater Foot. In 1942 a memorial exhibition of her work, and that of Janet Aitken and Elma Story, was held at Glasgow Society of Lady Artists.

Lot 584

KATE WYLIE (SCOTTISH 1877 - 1941), STILL LIFE IN VASE oil on board, signedframed and under glassimage size 34cm x 30cm, overall size 48cm x 42cm Note: Kate Wylie was a flower painter and her work is in the Glasgow Museums. Born in Skelmorlie, Ayrshire, she painted in oil and watercolour. She is now best known for her flowers paintings. Kate Wylie trained at Glasgow School of Art and often painted on the Isle of Arran where she had a cottage at Blackwater Foot. In 1942 a memorial exhibition of her work, and that of Janet Aitken and Elma Story, was held at Glasgow Society of Lady Artists.

Lot 174

A gilt framed still life oil on board by William Wollard, Edinburgh 1880, frame size. 32 x 25cm.

Lot 347

† JOHN D. EDWARDS; a signed limited edition print, 'Love at Laguna', signed and dated 1986 lower right and numbered 14/100, 58 x 76cm, framed and glazed, an oil on canvas, still life of teapots and books, one of the books titled 'La Fontaine Choix de Fables', 87.5 x 59cm, unframed, and five further framed prints, all donated by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, largest 62 x 50cm, framed and glazed and a unattributed modern abstract oil on board, rural scene, 34.5 x 29cm, framed, a watercolour, rural stream, 17 x 24cm, framed and glazed, a print of a tiger, etc (11).

Lot 231

† GEORGES BRAQUE (1882-1963); a limited edition signed print, 'Still Life of Fruit', signed lower right and numbered in pencil 106/250, 33 x 73.5cm, framed and glazed.

Lot 1876

Brian Ballard (Irish, b.1943) – Still life with jugs of roses (1999), oil on canvas, signed below, 46 x 61 cm, glazed and framed

Lot 1897

Anne-Jane Crozier (19th Century) - Still life with bunch of flowers, watercolour, signed lower right, 28 x 39 cm, framed

Lot 1937

Maud Bramwell (20th Century) - ten watercolours of different scenes, to include: St. Peters Basilica, Rome; landscapes, town scenes and a still life, frame dimensions: 78 x 56 cm (10)

Lot 1964

A c.19th century still life bouquet of flowers and fruit, unsigned, oil on canvas, 46 x 52 cm, framed

Lot 1967

Fiona Davis - Still life with a vase of flowers (1993), oil on canvas, signed and dated below, 63 x 50 cm, framed

Lot 314

A gilt and marble mounted inkwell, 11cm diameter, another inkwell, 10cm diameter, a small paperweight, mounted with a patinated bronze pig, 10.5cm, and a cast still life wall plaque, 31 x 16.5cm (4)Condition ReportWith liners - glass chipped. Pig p/w modern.Still life modern.

Lot 61

JACK LAWRENCE MILLER (1916-1987) - watercolour - study of flowers - and one other oil on canvas - still life

Lot 45

JACK LAWRENCE MILLER (1916-1987) - three still life watercolours - various sizes

Lot 31

JACK LAWRENCE MILLER (1916-1987) - nude study on canvas - 120cm x 90cm, together with one other still life on canvas

Lot 64

JACK LAWRENCE MILLER (1916-1987) - watercolour - still life, together with two others

Lot 327

An early, possibly Dutch, oil on canvas still life flowers with insects - 56cm x 116cm

Lot 590

An early 19th century still life of flowers by MARTIN FROMHOLD, Victorian sampler and other pictures

Lot 29

JACK LAWRENCE MILLER (1916-1987) - watercolour - still life - signed and dated 1954, together with one other

Lot 43

JACK LAWRENCE MILLER (1916-1987) - watercolour - nude study still life - signed and dated 1980 - 110cm x 76cm

Lot 38

▲ Andrew Hemingway (b.1955) Still life of garden pots of flowers and birds' eggssigned and dated 'ANDREW HEMINGWAY MCMXCIII' c.r., oil on board74 x 100cm, ovalProvenance: Private collection, Moor Park, Hertfordshire.Condition ReportFramed: 90 x 113cmA little very light surface dust and dirt . Presents well overall. Not examined under UV light, for a full report please contact the department.

Lot 35

Charles Lebrun (French, 19th century) Still life of fish, a bottle and a brass pan signed 'CH Lebrun' l.r., oil on canvas54 x 65cmProvenance: Private collection, The Old House, Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire.Condition ReportFramed: 80 x 91cmUnlined. Fine craquelure. A small piereced hole to the background in the upper left. Not examined under UV light, for a full report please contact the department.

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