Fine Art

Jeanne du Maurier (British, 1911-1996) – Still life of flowers in a vase with other crockery, oil on canvas, with a portrait of a lady verso, possibly a self portrait or a portrait of the artist’s sister, the novelist Daphne du Maurier, signed lower left, stamped on a piece of canvas MISS J DU MAURIER 18 11 40 verso, 51 x 61cm, within a painted composition frame.

"Norman Wilkinson (British 1878-1971) – A group of four sketchbooks containing mainly Naval and marine subjects, some with red censor’s marks, subjects including the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert within the fleet; HMS Verdun arriving at Dover with the body of The Unknown Warrior; Britannia off Cowes and others, some with inscriptions/annotations, various sizes, together with a copy of Wilkinson’s book ‘A Brush with Life’. Note: these four sketchbooks of Norman Wilkinson give a unique and fascinating insight into his observations from the start of the last century through to the end of World War 2. His pencil drawings illustrate the gathered battleships, both British and foreign, gathered for the Spithead Royal Review pre World War 1, shown from afar as well as onboard. It was the first appearance of the new Dreadnought, and Wilkinson is obviously working out the unusual arrangement of the main gun turrets. Sketches include the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert within the fleet. Other sketches display ships under construction and in dock, together with the busy little ships boats and pinnaces. Importantly, Wilkinson was at sea off Dover to record the return of the Unknown Warrior onboard HMS Verdun, with Dover Castle behind, firing its saluting guns. As a reporter as well as an artist, he writes his notes for a moving narrative noting 'the mournful cry of the seagulls and the distant boom of the guns...'. The details of the coffin, and sailors with arms reversed are studied in detail, and the final picture is illustrated in his autobiography A Brush with Life. Another of his other paintings, 'Britannia rounding the East Lepe Buoy'. is also published there, and his sketches show multiple thumbnails of these magnificent yachts under sail in what he recounts was 'a week of wild weather'. His book tells how he was summoned onboard the Victoria and Albert in 1922 when the painting had been presented to His Majesty King George V, who had been on the helm. Wilkinson was asked by the King to paint the racing mark ""a little nearer"" - which he duly did! His books go on over the decades to show naval activities and the development of ships - and dazzle camouflage, which was his invention. The censor had started work on his sketches, and red marks show what was to be removed from any final painting. In the last of these books, Wilkinson is sketching the main superstructure of the brand new battleship HMS Vanguard. Thus these sketchbooks cover the history of Royal Naval battleships from the first Dreadnought to our final battleship, quite possibly the only artist to make such a record."

Roland Green (British 1896-1972) – ‘Galton Park’: Mallard in flight, watercolour, signed and inscribed lower left, 36.5cm x 53cm, within a gilt frame.

Roland Green (British 1896-1972) – Mallard; Grouse in flight, a pair, watercolour, both signed lower left, each 29.5cm x 44cm, (2) within gilt frames.

Roland Green (British 1896-1972) – Pheasant in flight, oil sketch on paper, signed lower right, 35cm x 52.5cm, within a gilt frame.

Ken Howard (British 1932-2022) - St Aubins, Jersey, oil on board, signed lower left, 25cm x 35.5cm, within a painted frame. Provenance: With St. Hellier Galleries, Jersey.

John Baxendale (British 1919 -1982) - Pintails, watercolour, signed and dated 1979 lower right, 27cm x 37cm, within a gilt frame.

Ernest Howard Shepard (British 1879-1976), ‘Piglet Books’: Winnie the Pooh and Piglet, pencil, signed and inscribed lower centre, bears inscription verso DRAWN WHILE MR E SHEPHERD A PATIENT IN KE VII MIDHURST IN 1975 or 74 COPIED FROM ONE OF HIS BOOK ILLUSTRATION FOR PATRICIA GRIFFITH SRN, 12.5cm x 10cm, within a gilt frame.

Stanley Royle (British 1888-1961) – Evening Landscape with Trees and River, watercolour with gouache, signed and dated 1911, 37cm x 26cm, within a gilt frame.

Otto Eichinger (Austrian 1922-2004) - ‘The Manuscript’: portrait of a cardinal, oil on board, signed upper left, 26cm x 20cm. within a gilt composition swept frame. Provenance: with Stacy Marks. From the estate of the late Michael Rawlins of Wakefords, Easebourne, West Sussex.

Otto Eichinger (Austrian 1922-2004) - ‘Venerable old age’: portrait of a rabbi, oil on board, signed upper right, 26cm x 20cm, within a gilt composition swept frame. Provenance: with Stacy Marks. From the estate of the late Michael Rawlins of Wakefords, Easebourne, West Sussex.

Circle of Tom Mostyn - A garden in full bloom, oil on canvas, bears a signature lower left, inscribed with title on label verso, 52cm x 69cm, within a pierced gilt composition frame.

Henry George Hoyland (British 1894-1948) – Championship Class, Crufts Dog Show, pencil and sepia wash, signed and inscribed lower left, 28cm x 31.5cm, within a gilt frame.

Molly Maurice Latham (British 1900-1989) - A Bay Horse in a landscape, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1950 lower right, 51cm x 61cm, within a gilt composition reeded and foliate frame.

Attributed to Charles Clément Perron (1893-1958) - Interior Eclaire, oil on board, bears a signature lower left, 35cm x 27cm, within a composition swept frame. Provenance: With Stacy Marks; with Frost & Reed; from the estate of the late Michael Rawlins of Wakefords, Easebourne, West Sussex.

Peter Biegel (British 1913-1987) - Hunting sketches, two pencil drawings, framed as one, the larger signed with initials lower left, 12.5cm x 16.5cm, within a wooden frame.

Peter Biegel (British 1913-1987) - The Apprentice, pencil drawing, signed with initials lower right, titled upper right, 12.5cm x 16.5cm, within a wooden frame.

Peter Biegel (British 1913-1987) - Taking the last, pencil and watercolour, 21cm x 18.5cm, within a wooden frame. Provenance: Artist’s Studio.

Lionel Edwards (1878-1966) - The Devon & Somerset Hounds, watercolour and gouache, signed, dated ’28 and inscribed Rough sketch D & Somerset lower right, further signed and inscribed on letter attached verso, gifting the painting, 25cm x 34cm, within a black frame.