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Harry Attwood - 1930s British Design for a Mural - The Resurrection
Located in London, GB
HARRY CARLETON ATTWOOD
(1907-1985)
Resurrection – Mural Design for Eltham Hall
Signed with initials, dated and inscribed l.c.: Designs for Eltham Hall / 17/4/36 / HCA
Watercolour ...
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
John Sergeant - 20th Century British Portrait Drawing of a Girl in a Hat
By John Sergeant
Located in London, GB
JOHN SERGEANT
(1937-2010)
Girl in a Hat
Pencil on tinted paper
Framed
24 by 18 cm., 9 ½ by 7 in.
(frame size 46 by 39 cm., 18 by 15 ¼ in.)
Sergeant was born in London, the son o...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Eileen Soper - 20th Century British Drawing of Birds at a Nest
By Eileen Soper
Located in London, GB
EILEEN SOPER
(1905-1990)
The New Home – Birds at the Nest
Pencil
Unframed, in conservation mount only
8.5 by 11 cm., 3 ½ by 4 ¼ in.
(mount size 28 by 29 cm., 11 by 11 ½ in.)
Prov...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Joseph Powell - Early 20th Century British landscape watercolour of Camber
Located in London, GB
JOSEPH ARTHUR POWELL
(1876-1961)
The Road to the Sea - Camber
Signed l.l.
Watercolour
Unframed
37.5 by 54 cm., 14 ¾ by 21 ¼ in.
(mount size 54 by 70 c...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Albert Rutherston - British early 20th Century pen and ink illustration
Located in London, GB
ALBERT RUTHERSTON, RWS
(1881-1953)
The Meeting with Caius Lucius – Illustration for The Tragedie of Cymberline
Signed with initials l.r.
Pen and ink
Unframed
4.5 by 13 cm., 1 ¾ by 5 in.
(mount size 39.5 by 33 cm., 15 ½ by 13 in.)
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
Exhibited:
London, Sally Hunter Fine Art, Albert Rutherston, Drawings, Theatre Designs and other Treasures, 2016, no.65
The present work was illustrated in Cymbeline, published by Ernest Benn in 1923. The series was a collaboration between Rutherston and Harley Granville-Barker following on from their work together 11 years earlier at the Savoy Theatre and celebrating the quatercentenary of the Shakespeare Folio edition.
Born Albert Daniel Rothenstein, he was the youngest of the six children of Moritz and Bertha Rothenstein, German-Jewish immigrants who had settled in Bradford, Yorkshire in the 1860s. He and his siblings proved to be a hugely talented and artistic family, his elder brother became Sir William Rotherstein (1872-1945), the artist and director of the Royal College of Art; two of his other siblings, Charles Rutherston and Emily Hesslein, both accumulated major modern British and French art collections and his nephew Sir John Rothenstein was direct of the Tate Gallery.
He was educated at Bradford Grammar School before moving to London in 1898 to study at the Slade School of Art where he became close friends with Augustus John and William Orpen. He met Walter Sickert during a painting holiday in France in 1900 and by introducing Sickert to Spencer Gove became instrumental in the beginning of the Camden Town Group. He was one of Sickert’s most frequent companions and was one of the original members of the Fitzroy Street Group. Rutherston had a sociable and attractive personality, he frequently travelled abroad with other artists including Max Beerbohm, Spencer Gore, Walter Russell and Edna Clarke Hall...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Albert Rutherston - Tent - Pen and ink illustration for Cymbeline, British 1920s
Located in London, GB
ALBERT RUTHERSTON, RWS
(1881-1953)
Cymbeline’s Tent – Illustration for The Tragedie of Cymberline
Signed with initials u.r.: AR; also signed with initials and inscribed beneath the mount: Act V Sc V vide play No.2/Drawing X/not to be reduced AR
Pen and ink
Unframed
7 by 11.5 cm., 2 ¾ by 4 ½ in.
(mount size 39.5 by 33 cm., 15 ½ by 13 in.)
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
Exhibited:
London, Sally Hunter Fine Art, Albert Rutherston, Drawings, Theatre Designs and other Treasures, 2016, no.64
The present work was illustrated in Cymbeline, published by Ernest Benn in 1923. The series was a collaboration between Rutherston and Harley Granville-Barker following on from their work together 11 years earlier at the Savoy Theatre and celebrating the quatercentenary of the Shakespeare Folio edition.
Born Albert Daniel Rothenstein, he was the youngest of the six children of Moritz and Bertha Rothenstein, German-Jewish immigrants who had settled in Bradford, Yorkshire in the 1860s. He and his siblings proved to be a hugely talented and artistic family, his elder brother became Sir William Rotherstein (1872-1945), the artist and director of the Royal College of Art; two of his other siblings, Charles Rutherston and Emily Hesslein, both accumulated major modern British and French art collections and his nephew Sir John Rothenstein was direct of the Tate Gallery.
He was educated at Bradford Grammar School before moving to London in 1898 to study at the Slade School of Art where he became close friends with Augustus John and William Orpen. He met Walter Sickert during a painting holiday in France in 1900 and by introducing Sickert to Spencer Gove became instrumental in the beginning of the Camden Town Group. He was one of Sickert’s most frequent companions and was one of the original members of the Fitzroy Street Group. Rutherston had a sociable and attractive personality, he frequently travelled abroad with other artists including Max Beerbohm, Spencer Gore, Walter Russell and Edna Clarke Hall...
Category
1920s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Gwendolen Young - 1930s Art Deco Design for fabric or paper
Located in London, GB
GWENDOLEN KITTY YOUNG
(1914-1994)
Red, Yellow & Grey Design
Signed on the reverse
Gouache
Unframed
21.5 by 4.5 cm., 8 ½ by 1 ¾ in.
(mount size 35.5 by ...
Category
1930s Art Deco Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
19th Century British School Still Life of Clover, Ivy and a Buttercup
Located in London, GB
BRITISH SCHOOL
(19th Century)
Clover, Ivy and Buttercup
Watercolour and bodycolour
Unframed, in mount only
5.5 by 10.5 cm., 2 ¼ by 4 ¼ in.
(mount size 18.5 by 25 cm., 7 ¼ by 9 3/4...
Category
19th Century Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Frederick Cayley Robinson - A Summer Evening - British oil on paper
Located in London, GB
FREDERICK CAYLEY ROBINSON, ARA, RWS
(1862-1927)
A Summer Evening
Signed l.r.: CAYLEY-ROBINSON; inscribed on the reverse: A Summer Evening/Exhibited at Leicester Galleries
Oil on paper
16.5 by 18.5 cm., 6 ½ by 7 ¼ in.
(frame size 38.5 by 40 cm., 15 ¼ by 15 ¾ in.)
Exhibited:
London, Leicester Galleries, Small Paintings and Sketches by the Late F. Cayley Robinson, ARA, RWS, December 1929
Born in Brentford-on-Thames, the son of a stockbroker, Robinson began his artistic training at the St John’s Wood...
Category
Early 1900s Symbolist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dover Promenade - 20th Century British Landscape Watercolour by John Sergeant
By John Sergeant
Located in London, GB
JOHN SERGEANT
(1937-2010)
Dover Promenade
Watercolour and pen and ink, unframed, in conservation mount only
26.5 by 37 cm., 10 ½ by 14 ½ in.
(mount size 43 by 52 cm., 17 by 20 ½ ...
Category
1960s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Sir William Blake Richmond - An Angel - 19th Century British Drawing
By Sir William Blake Richmond
Located in London, GB
SIR WILLIAM BLAKE RICHMOND, RA
(1842-1921)
Study of an Angel
Pencil
Unframed, in mount only
18.5 by 10.5 cm., 7 ¼ by 4 ¼ in.
(mount size 32 by 25 cm., 12 ½ by 10 in.)
William Bl...
Category
Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Landscape near Rye - Early 20th Cent British Watercolour by Joseph A Powell
Located in London, GB
JOSEPH ARTHUR POWELL
(1876-1961)
Oast Houses and Windmill, Rye
Signed l.l.
Watercolour
Unframed
38 by 55 cm., 15 by 21 ¾ in.
(mount size 54 by 70 cm.,...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Orpheus - Late 20th Century British watercolour by Robert O
Rorke
Located in London, GB
ROBERT O’RORKE
(Born 1945)
Orpheus
Signed and dated l.r.: Rbt O’Rorke ’93; signed, dated 1993 and inscribed The Dance No.3 on a label attached to the backboard
Watercolour on grey ...
Category
1990s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
John Cole - 20th Century British Oil Painting of a London Shop Front
By John Cole
Located in London, GB
JOHN COLE
(1903-1975)
A Shop Front in Moor Street, Cambridge Circus
Signed l.r.; signed, inscribed with title and the artist’s address on a label on the reverse, oil on panel
30 b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Cotswold Stonebreaker - Charles March Gere - Early 20th Century British Oil
By Charles March Gere, RA, RWS
Located in London, GB
CHARLES MARCH GERE, RA, RWS
(1884-1963)
A Cotswold Stonebreaker
Signed l.l.: CHARLES GERE; signed and inscribed with title and the artist’s address on the stretcher
Oil on canvas
...
Category
1930s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Edward Carter Preston - Athena - 20th Century British Plaster Sculpture Figure
Located in London, GB
EDWARD CARTER PRESTON
(1885-1965)
Athena
Signed: E CARTER PRESTON
Bronzed plaster
59 cm., 23 ¼ in. high
Edward Carter Preston is best known as the designe...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
John Nash RA - Harvesting - Schools Print - 20th Century British lithograph
By John Nash
Located in London, GB
JOHN NASH, RA
(1893-1977)
Harvesting
Lithograph
Framed
49 by 75 cm., 19 ¼ by 29 ½ in.
(frame size 65 by 91.5 cm., 25 ½ by 35 ½ in.)
On the advice of his older brother, the artist...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Charles Mahoney - Self Portrait, Modern British watercolour and ink drawing
Located in London, GB
CHARLES MAHONEY
(1903-1968)
Self Portrait – A Study for Muses
Signed with initials l.l.
Pen and ink with sepia watercolour
Framed
27.5 by 18 cm., 10 ¾ by 7 in.
(frame size 46 by 3...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Albert Goodwin - Naples - Late 19th Century British Oil Painting
By Albert Goodwin
Located in London, GB
ALBERT GOODWIN, RWS
(1845-1932)
Naples
Signed with monogram l.r. and inscribed with title l.l.
Oil on board
Framed
19 by 26 cm., 7 ½ by 10 ¼ in.
(frame size 40 by 48 cm., 15 ¾ by 19 in.)
Provenance:
Tom Coates, NEAC, RWS and Mary Jackson...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Elizabeth Taggart - 20th Century British Painting - An Outside Performance
By Elizabeth Taggart
Located in London, GB
ELIZABETH TAGGART
(Born 1943)
An Outside Performance
Signed l.l.: TAGGART; signed, inscribed with title and dated 1978 on the backboard
Oil on board
Framed
12 by 20.5 cm., 4 ¾ by 8 in.
(frame size 21 by 29 cm., 8 ¼ by 11 ½ in.)
Elizabeth Ferguson Taggart was born in Donaghadee, Co Down, Northern Ireland. She trained under John Luke and Romeo Toogood in Belfast’s College of Art. Painting highly individual, surreal, flamboyant and quirky works, she has exhibited at the Royal Academy, Royal Hibernian Academy, Irish Exhibition of Living Art...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
William Huggins - 19th Century British Oil painting of Hens and Cockerel
By William Huggins
Located in London, GB
WILLIAM HUGGINS
(1820-1884)
Cockerel and Hens
Signed and dated l.r.: W Huggins 1880
Oil on board
Framed
31 by 46 cm., 12 ¼ by 18 in.
(frame size 44.5 by 59.5 cm., 17 ½ by 23 ½ in...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
John Dronsfield - Mid 20th Century British Theatre Costume Design watercolour
By John Dronsfield
Located in London, GB
JOHN DRONSFIELD
(1900-1951)
Costume Design
Watercolour and pen and ink
Unframed, in mount only
34 by 24 cm., 13 1/2 by 9 ½ in.
(mount size 47.5 by 37 cm., 18 3/4 by 14 1/2 in.)
J...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
19th Century British School watercolour still life of Blackberries
Located in London, GB
BRITISH SCHOOL
(19th Century)
Blackberries
Watercolour and bodycolour, circular
Unframed, in mount only
Diameter 8 cm., 3 ¼ in.
(mount size 21.5 by 21 cm., 8 ½ by 8 ¼ in.)
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
John Dronsfield - 1940s Ballet costume design for Amor Eterno
By John Dronsfield
Located in London, GB
JOHN DRONSFIELD
(1900-1951)
Young Girl - “Amor Eterno”
Inscribed on the reverse: Girl from “Amor Eterno” Jasmine Honeré Ballet, 1949
Watercolour and bodycolour on blue paper
Unfra...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
19th Century British School Still Life Watercolour of Holly and a Cherry
Located in London, GB
BRITISH SCHOOL
(19th Century)
Still Life of Cherry and Holly Leaf
Watercolour and bodycolour
Unframed, in mount only
10.5 by 7.5 cm., 4 ¼ by 3 in.
(mount size 25 by 21 cm., 6 by 8...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Arthur Boyd Houghton - Victorian Oil Painting of Figures in an Interior
Located in London, GB
ARTHUR BOYD HOUGHTON
(1836-1875)
Sunday Afternoon
Signed l.l.: Houghton
Oil on canvas
Framed
20.5 by 25.5 cm., 8 by 10 in.
(frame size 30.5 by 34.5 cm., 12 by 13 ½ in.)
Provenance:
William Drummond;
Private collection.
Probably painted in 1864, the present work evokes the peaceful contentment of everyday family life, with its small scale further reinforcing the intimacy of the scene. It is one of a series of small intimate family scenes produced during this happy period of his life. A male figure, possibly the artist’s himself, slumbers in a chair, a handkerchief draped over his face whilst Susan, the artist’s young wife reads by the window. Their child, either Arthur or Georgina, plays on the floor with a discarded newspaper. The room is at 4 Adelaide Villas, St Mary’s Grove, Richmond, the house Arthur and Susan moved to shortly after their marriage in 1861. The chaise and window, with its pots of geraniums, also feature in the 1864 painting Coach and Horses (private collection) which depicts Susan, with her hair down, playing with Arthur and Georgina. A pot of daffodils placed beside the same geraniums in the present work suggest it may have been painted in the spring of that year. Such domestic bliss would shortly come to a tragic end when Susan died of pyaemia following the birth of their third child in June 1864.
Houghton was born in India, the son of a captain in the East India Company’s marine service. Both is father and older brother were accomplished military draughtsmen and he probably received early training from them. His family returned to England in the early 1850s and he began studies at Leigh’s and the Langham...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Greek Idyll - Proof Etching by Robert Walker MacBeth after G F Watts
Located in London, GB
ROBERT WALKER MACBETH
(British 1848-1910)
After GEORGE FREDERIC WATTS
(British 1817-1904)
A Greek Idyll
Proof etching
Signed in pencil by both the artist l.l. and engraver l.r.
Framed
Plate size 42 by 54 cm., 16 ½ by 21 ¼ in.
(frame size 72.5 by 85 cm., 28 ½ by 33 ½ in.)
After Watt’s 1894 painting...
Category
Early 1900s Pre-Raphaelite Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Charles Sims, RA - Nude Drapery Study for the Royal Academy Mural
Located in London, GB
CHARLES SIMS, RA, RWS, RSW
(1873-1928)
Drapery Study for the Royal Academy Arts & Crafts Mural
Pencil, squared for transfer
Unframed, in conservation mount
17.5 by 24 cm., 7 by 9 ...
Category
1910s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Pencil Portrait of a Young Man by 20th Century British Artist John Sergeant
By John Sergeant
Located in London, GB
JOHN SERGEANT
(1937-2010)
Head of a Young Man
Pencil
32 by 25 cm., 12 ½ by 10 in.
(frame size 51 by 43 cm., 20 by 17 in.)
Sergeant was born in London, the son of a civil servant....
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
John Dronsfield - 20th Century Costume Design for the Theatre
By John Dronsfield
Located in London, GB
JOHN DRONSFIELD
(1900-1951)
Costume Design – Man with Staff
Watercolour and bodycolour over pencil
Unframed, in mount only
44 by 29.5 cm., 17 ¼ by 11 ½ in.
(mount size 57 by 42.5...
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Nude - 20th Century British chalk drawing of a Female Nude by Frank Dobson RA
By Frank Dobson
Located in London, GB
FRANK DOBSON, R.A.
(1886-1963)
Nude
Signed l.l.: Frank Dobson
Red chalk
Framed
35.5 by 25.5 cm., 14 by 10 in.
(frame size 62 by 51 cm., 24 ½ by 20 in.)
Provenance:
Collection of Peter Ward-Jackson, curator of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
A sculptor, draughtsman and painter in oil and watercolour. Born in London, Dobson first studied at Leyton School of Art and later at the City and Guilds School, Kennington. During World War I he enlisted in the Artists’ Rifles...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Mrs Samuelson
s Baby Angel - Contemporary British Bronze bust by Nicola Hicks
By Nicola Hicks
Located in London, GB
NICOLA HICKS, MBE
(Born 1960)
Mrs Samuelson’s Baby Angel
Signed with initials and numbered 1/9
Bronze
30 cm., 11 ¾ in. high
Provenance:
Flowers East, London.
Exhibited:
London,...
Category
Early 2000s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
John Dronsfield - 20th Century British Costume Design of a Man in a Green Coat
By John Dronsfield
Located in London, GB
JOHN DRONSFIELD
(1900-1951)
Costume Design with Green Jacket
Watercolour and bodycolour over pencil
Unframed, in mount only
40 by 28.5 cm., 15 ¾ by 11 ¼ in.
(mount size 53 by 41...
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Harry Carleton Attwood - The Resurrection - 1930s Mural Design for Eltham Hall
Located in London, GB
HARRY CARLETON ATTWOOD
(1907-1985)
Resurrection – Mural Design for Eltham Hall
Signed with initials, dated and inscribed l.c.: Designs for Eltham Hall / 17/4/36 / HCA
Watercolour ...
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Mother and Child - 20th Century British terracotta figure by Lady Muriel Wheeler
By Lady Muriel Wheeler
Located in London, GB
LADY MURIEL WHEELER, PSWA
(1888-1979)
Mother and Baby
Signed and indistinctly dated 19-4
Terracotta on wooden base
44 cm., 17 ¼ in. high including base
Muriel Bourne was born in ...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Carolyn Sergeant - 20th Century British drawing of nude figure
By Carolyn Sergeant
Located in London, GB
CAROLYN SERGEANT
(1937-2018)
Standing Nude
Signed A M C Cann (the artist's maiden name) on the reverse and inscribed Finals
Pencil on buff paper, unframed
49.5 by 34 cm., 19 ½ by...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
The Plain Gangster - Early 20th Century British Illustration by Rex Whistler
Located in London, GB
REX JOHN WHISTLER
(British 1905-1944)
The Plain Gangster
Inscribed with title
Pen, brush and ink
Framed
20 by 16.5 cm., 8 by 10 ½ in.
(frame size 39 b...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
20th Century Modern British drawing of a Seated Woman by Carolyn Sergeant
By Carolyn Sergeant
Located in London, GB
CAROLYN SERGEANT
(1937-2018)
Seated Woman in Profile
Pen and ink with wash, unframed
45.5 by 32 cm., 18 by 12 ½ in.
(mount size 62 by 47 cm., 24 ½ by 18 ½ in.)
Carolyn Cann stud...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Brimscombe Hill - Early 20th Century Cotswold Group Watercolour by H A Payne
By Henry Arthur Payne, RWS
Located in London, GB
HENRY ARTHUR PAYNE, RWS
(1868-1940)
Evening, Brimscombe Hill
Signed and indistinctly dated l.l..: HENRY A PAYNE
Watercolour
Framed
20.5 by 24.5 cm.; 8 by 9 ...
Category
Early 20th Century Pre-Raphaelite Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Model - 1930s mural design for Eltham Palace by Harry Carleton Attwood
Located in London, GB
HARRY CARLETON ATTWOOD
(1907-1985)
The Model - Design for Eltham Palace
Coloured chalks, arched top
Framed
21 by 13 cm., 8 ¼ by 5 in.
(frame size 39.5 by 31.5 cm., 15 ½ by 12 ½ in...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Gilbert Ledward - 1930s Watercolour Design for a Decorative Sculptural Frieze
Located in London, GB
GILBERT LEDWARD, RA, PRBS
(1888-1960)
Tennis, Golf, Shooting, Ice-Skating, Dreaming – Proposed Design for Decorative Frieze in the Italian Drawing Room at Eltham Palace, commissioned by Stephen Courtauld
Signed and dated July 9th 1933
Watercolour and pencil
12.5 by 49.5 cm., 5 by 19 ½ in.
(frame size 36 by 67 cm., 14 ¼ by 26 ¼ in.)
Exhibited:
The artist’s daughter;
London, The Fine Art Society, A Centenary Tribute, Feb 1988, no. 43.
Gilbert Ledward was born in London. He was educated at St Mark’s College, Chelsea. In 1905 he entered the Royal College of Art to study sculpture under Edouard Lanteri and in 1910 he entered the Royal Academy Schools. In 1913 he won the Prix de Rome for sculpture, the Royal Academy’s travelling award and gold medal, which allowed him to travel in Italy until the outbreak of the Wold War I. During the war he served as a lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery and was appointed as an official war artist in 1918.
Following the war he was largely occupied as a sculptor of war memorials including the Guards Division memorial in St James’s Park and the Household Division’s memorial in Horse Guards Parade. In 1934, supported by Eric Gill and Edwin Lutyens, he established a company called Sculptured Memorials and Headstones, which promoted better design of memorials in English churchyards. His war memorials after World War II include one in Westminster Abbey to the Submarine Service, Commandos and Airborne Forces.
Ledward was Professor of Sculpture at the Royal College of Art (1927-1929) and in 1937 was elected at Royal Academician. He became President of the Royal Society of British Sculptors and a trustee of the Royal Academy.
The present work is a design for an intended decorative frieze for the Italian Drawing Room of Eltham Palace. In 1935 the remains of the medieval royal palace of Eltham was rescued from decay by Stephen and Virginia Courtald who built an ultra modern Art Deco house to adjoin the existing Great Hall. They employed the architects John Seeley and Paul Edward Paget and the fashionable Mayfair interior designer the Marchese Peter Malacrida to design the strikingly glamorous 1930s interiors of the new house. The dramatic entrance hall was created by the Swedish designer Rolf Engstromer...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Watercolor
The Thames, 1894 - Victorian aquatint etching of London by Joseph Pennell
By Joseph Pennell
Located in London, GB
JOSEPH PENNELL
(1857-1926)
The Thames, 1894
Signed
Aquatint
Plate size 20.5 by 26.5 cm., 8 by 10 ½ in.
(frame size 42 by 46 cm., 16 ½ by 18 in.)
Pennell was born in Philadelphia where he studied at School of Industrial Art and the Academy of Fine Arts. In 1884 he was commissioned by the Century Magazine to supply a series of drawings of London...
Category
1890s Realist Landscape Prints
Materials
Aquatint
The Duet - A 1930s Theatrical Illustration by British artist John Dronsfield
By John Dronsfield
Located in London, GB
JOHN DRONSFIELD
(1900-1951)
The Duet
Watercolour and pencil
Unframed, in mount only
32.5 by 26 cm., 12 ¾ by 10 ¼ in.
(mount size 45.5 by 39 cm., 18 by 15 ¼ in.)
John Marsden Dron...
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of Archibald Hartrick - 1884 chalk drawing by Frank Lewis Emanuel
Located in London, GB
FRANK LEWIS EMANUEL
(1865-1948)
Portrait of Archibald Hartrick
Signed, inscribed and dated l.l.: A S HARTRICK (artist) by F L EMANUEL 1884
Black chalk heightened with white chalk on blue paper...
Category
1880s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Fruit Gatherers - 1930s Design for a mural by Harry Carleton Attwood
Located in London, GB
HARRY CARLETON ATTWOOD
(1907-1985)
Fruit Gatherers - Design for Eltham Palace
Chalks
Framed
23 by 13 cm., 9 by 5 in.
(frame size 39.5 by 31.5 cm., 15 ½ by 12 ½ in.)
Attwood was b...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
The Pipe
s of Pan - British Watercolour by Hubert von Herkomer
By Sir Hubert Von Herkomer R.A. RWS.
Located in London, GB
SIR HUBERT VON HERKOMER, RA, RWS
(1849-1914)
The Pipe’s of Pan
Signed with initials and dated 26/2/74
Watercolour and bodycolour on paper
17 by 22 cm., 6 ¾ by 8 ¾ in.
(frame size ...
Category
1870s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
A Pair of Watercolour Illustrations of a Donkey and Cow by Carton Moore Park
By Carton Moore-Park
Located in London, GB
CARTON MOORE PARK
(1877-1956)
The Kicking Donkey and Watching Cow
A Pair
One signed
Both grisaille watercolour heightened with white
Framed
37 by 35 cm., 14 ½ by 13 ¾ in. each
(frame size 58.5 by 55.5 cm., 23 by 21 ¾ in. each)
Canadian born Frederic Carton Moore Park studied at Glasgow School of Art under Francis Newbery. He specialized in highly stylized illustrations and prints of animal subjects. He wrote and illustrated a variety of children’s books featuring animals, including; An Alphabet of Animals (1899); A Book of Birds (1900); The Dog Book...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Gerald Mackenzie Leet - A Day at the Seaside - Design for a Mural
Located in London, GB
GERALD MACKENZIE LEET
(BRITISH 1913-1998)
A Day at the Seaside – Design for a Mural
Watercolour and gouache over pencil, arched top
Framed
26.5 by 49.5 cm., 10 ½ by 19 ½ in.
(frame size 47.5 by 69.5 cm., 18 ¾ by 27 ½ in.)
Provenance:
The artist’s estate;
Harry Moore-Gwyn Fine Art.
Gerald Leet was born in South London and studied at Goldsmiths’ School of Art 1929-1934, the Royal Academy of Art 1934-1937 and later at the Courtauld Institute. As a young man he shared a studio with Carel Weight. His first teaching appointment at Ealing School of Art in 1933 where he met fellow art student Denton...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Paul Maitland - Early 20th Century British Impressionist painting of Old Chelsea
Located in London, GB
PAUL FORDYCE MAITLAND
(1863-1909)
Shop Front, Cheyne Walk, Chelsea
Signed l.r.: Maitland; bears inscription and date on a label on the reverse: No. 71 Cheyne Walk/ (unfinished painting) / by Paul Maitland...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Thames by Tower Bridge - British Impressionist watercolour by Austin Taylor
Located in London, GB
AUSTIN TAYLOR
(1908-1992)
The Thames by the Angel at Rotherhithe, looking towards Tower Bridge
Signed l.l.: Austin
Watercolour and bodycolour over chalk
Unframed
25 by 34 cm., 9 ¾ by 13 ½ in.
(mount size 40.5 by 48.5 cm., 16 by 19 in.)
Austin Taylor was born in Bolton, Lancashire. The family emigrated to Winnipeg in Canada in 1912, and in 1917 his father, who had joined the Canadian Army...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Richard Garbe - Helios - Early 20th Century British patinated plaster sculpture
By Richard Garbe
Located in London, GB
RICHARD LOUIS GARBE, RA
(1876-1957)
Helios
Signed and dated 1929
Plaster with patinated surface
86 cm., 33 ¾ in. high
Garbe was born in Dalston, London, the son of Gustave Garbe,...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Nude Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Eileen Soper - 20th Century British drawing of chicks in the nest
By Eileen Soper
Located in London, GB
EILEEN SOPER
(1905-1990)
The Coconut Nest Box
Dated l.r.: June 14 1956, bears artist’s studio stamp on the reverse
Pencil
Unframed, in conservation mount only
18 by 15 cm., 7 by 6 in.
(mount size 37 by 33.5 cm., 14 ½ by 13 ¼ in.)
Provenance:
The artist’s estate;
Chris Beetles, London;
Private collection.
Eileen Alice Soper was born in Enfield, Middlesex in 1905. In 1908 the family moved to Harmer Green, Welwyn in the Hertfordshire countryside and she was the live in that same house of the rest of her life. She attended Hitchen Girls School and was artistically trained by her father, the noted illustrator and etcher, George Soper...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Arthur Wardle - Convolvulus - British watercolour on linen
By Arthur Wardle
Located in London, GB
ARTHUR WARDLE
(1864-1949)
Convolvulus
Signed
Watercolour and bodycolour on linen
21 by 13.5 cm., 8 ¼ by 5 ¼ in.
(frame size 34.5 by 27 cm., 13 ½ by 10 ½ in.)
Arthur Wardle was bo...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
1970s British watercolour of Rusting Cars by Ian Hay
Located in London, GB
IAN HAY
(Born 1940)
Cars Rusting
Signed l.r.: Ian Hay; bears title and dated 1973 on exhibition label on the backboard
Watercolour and gouache
Framed
44 by 88 cm., 17 ¼ by 34 ¾ in...
Category
1970s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
William Henry Barribal - 1920s British watercolour of a Girl in a Fancy Bonnet
By William Henry Barribal
Located in London, GB
WILLIAM HENRY BARRIBAL
(1873-1956)
Her Best Bonnet
Watercolour and bodycolour over traces of pencil
Framed
23.5 by 18.5 cm., 9 ¼ by 7 ¼ in.
(frame size 42 by 36 cm., 16 ½ by 14 ¼...
Category
1920s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Moored Barges - Arts
Crafts British pastel by Bernard Sleigh
Located in London, GB
BERNARD SLEIGH
(1872-1954)
Moored Boats
Pastel
Framed
24 by 22 cm., 9 ½ by 8 ½ in.
(frame size )
At the age of 14 Sleigh was apprenticed to a wood e...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
20th Century British drawing of a Girl Reading by Carolyn Sergeant
By Carolyn Sergeant
Located in London, GB
CAROLYN SERGEANT
(1937-2018)
Girl Reading
Pencil and black chalk, heightened with white, unframed
40.5 by 28 cm., 16 by 11 in.
(mount size 57 by 43 cm., 22 ½ by 17 in.)
Carolyn Cann studied at Wimbledon School of Art (1955-59) and at the Royal Academy Schools (1959-62) where she was a Silver Medallist. At the Royal Academy Schools she met and later married her fellow student, John Sergeant. She had several one-man exhibitions in London, at the Fine Art Society, Colnaghi, Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, the Waterhouse Gallery and Waterman Gallery. She also showed at the Leicester Galleries, Roland, Browse and Delbanco and elsewhere.
In 1983 John and Carolyn bought an old run down farm house near Builth Wells in Powys, mid Wales. The house needed such extensive renovation that it took many years to complete. After their two sons...
Category
1960s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
20th Century British Theatre Costume Design by John Dronsfield
By John Dronsfield
Located in London, GB
JOHN DRONSFIELD
(1900-1951)
Boy with Whip and Top
Signed l.r.: Dronsfield
Watercolour
Unframed
40 by 33 cm., 15 ¾ by 13 in.
(mount size 59.5 by 51 cm., 23 ½ by 20 in.)
John Marsd...
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
William Walcot - The Temple, 20th Century oil on paper over an etched base
By William Walcot R. E. Hon. R. I. B. A.
Located in London, GB
WILLIAM WALCOT
(1874-1943)
The Temple
Signed and dated l.r.: W Walcot 1919
Oil on paper over an etched base
Framed
45 by 57 cm., 17 ¾ by 22 ½ in.
(frame size 62 by 74 cm., 24 ½ b...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Mixed Media
Materials
Oil, Etching
James Charles - Victorian British marine oil painting of Selsey Bill, Sussex
Located in London, GB
JAMES CHARLES
(1851-1906)
Selsey Bill
Signed l.l.: Charles; bears title on a label on the reverse
Oil on canvas
Framed
9 by 28 cm., 3 ½ by 11 in.
(fra...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
