Works of Art

A Set of Two Early 18th Century English Crewelworks

A Set of Two Early 18th Century English Crewelworks with sprawling and refined floral and twisting vine pattern, of subtle overall design.

An 18th Century Painting of ‘Scamp’, the Duke of Devonshire’s Racehorse; signed John Wootton

A charming equestrian painting depicting the third Duke of Devonshire’s beloved racehorse ‘Scamp’, with an accompanying jockey.

An Early 18th Century Oil on Panel Capriccio of Architectural Ruins

An Early 18th Century Oil on Panel Capriccio of Architectural Ruins In later frame with small brass hanging loop, showing an arcadian landscape setting, with shepherds and their dogs amongst small woodland trees, against towering classical ruins and bruising sky.

Oil on Canvas; A Hunting Scene, Circle of Francis Sartorius I (British, 1734-1804)

This bucolic representation of the English countryside, animated by a hunting scene in the foreground, is characteristic of the tradition for sporting pictures that developed in Britain across the eighteenth century and counted among its exponents masters of the calibre of George Stubbs (1724-1806) and, into the twentieth century, Sir Alfred Munnings (1878-1959).

A Pair of Late 17th Century ‘Tree of Life’ Crewelwork Bed Hangings

On linen ground, with central undulating stalk with perched birds and blossoming berry laden branches, embroidered in rich and colourful ‘worsted’ wool yarns. Of portrait, rectangular form.

Oil on Canvas; A Large Scale Landscape Scene Depicting a Leopardess, Lioness, Wolf & Hare

A mid 17th century large scale oil on canvas depicting a Leopardess, a Lioness and a Wolf toying with a Dead Hare in an Arcadian landscape; in the style of the Dutch Golden Age ‘Animaliers’ and the circle of Frans Snijders.

An 18th Century Needlework Picture

An 18th Century Needlework Picture with a pastoral scene of a quintessential English country house, with vernacular but stylised depictions of birds, clouds, a windmill, sheep and other farm animals, horses, and farmyard workers amongst the wheat fields.

One of a Pair of 19th Century Six Panel Paper Screens, depicting Tethered Hawks, in the manner of Soga Chokuan (5328)

One of a Pair of 19th Century Six Panel Paper Screens, depicting Tethered Hawks, in the manner of Soga Chokuan (5328). Combined twelve gouache painted scenes of tethered hawks, laid down to form this six panel screen, with pigment and ink on rice paper, surrounded by Japanese silk bordered wooden frame.

A Single Late 19th Century Six Panel Paper Screen, depicting Tethered Hawks, in the manner of Soga Chokuan (5327)

A Single Late 19th Century Six Panel Paper Screen, depicting Tethered Hawks, in the manner of Soga Chokuan (5327). Six gouache painted scenes of tethered hawks, laid down to form a six panel screen, with pigment and ink on rice paper, surrounded by thickly set gold leaf border, and Japanese silk outer bordered wooden frame.

A Late 18th, Early 19th Century Framed Drawing of Rue de Campo Vaccino, Rome; by Jacques Francois Amand

A Late 18th, Early 19th Century Framed Drawing of Rue de Campo Vaccino, Rome; by Jacques Francois Amand. On Red chalk on paper, signed lower left, J Aman, and inscribed with title. Jacques Francois Aman, French (1756-1844)

Two Late 17th Century Crewelwork Panels

On later stretchers, on heavy ground with a dense and robust quality to the stitched tree of life patterns.

Oil on Canvas; Mid-18th century British School, The West Prospect of Leeds Castle, Kent

This carefully observed view of Leeds Castle, enlivened by an array of figures and animals moving across its verdant grounds and medieval moat, is an important testimony of the building’s appearance after the renovations carried out by Sir Richard Smythe (1563-1628).

A Portrait of a Hound Within a Landscape

Portrait of a Hound. Oil on canvas. Late 18th, early 19th Century English.

Two 19th Century French School Watercolours, of the Triumphal Arch at Glanum

Two 19th Century French School Watercolours, of the Triumphal Arch at Glanum. Depicting two sets of contemporary visitors (Roman, and likely 19th Century) to the Triumphal Arch of Glanum, one half of the famously preserved Roman monuments ‘Les Antiques’, outside Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, within the magnificent setting below a gorge on the flanks of the Alpilles mountains.

A Small Scale Painting of a Basket of Bird Eggs

A Small Scale Painting of a Basket of Bird Eggs most likely French, c.1790/1800, painted on slate with carved giltwood frame.

A Mid 18th Century Portrait of “Robert Wilson of Transy and his Dog”

English School, Oil on canvas. On the reverse: ‘Robert Wilson of Transy, aged 2, 1742, son of Thomas Wilson and Margaret Doconie, grandson of Robert Wilson and Christian Pollock.’

Oil on Canvas; A Superb 18th Century Painting of a White Greyhound in a Pastoral Landscape

Oil on Canvas; A Superb 18th Century Painting of a White Greyhound in a Pastoral Landscape. Circle of notable French Rococo painter, Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1656-1755). In a lightly carved giltwood frame.

A Pair of 18th Century Coade Stone Oval Plaques

A Pair of 18th Century Coade Stone Oval Plaques depicting two sacrificial altar scenes, one possibly an altar of cupid, the other showing Queen Dido of Carthage leading the sacrificial bull to the altar; alongside light decorative relief work and an overall soft, chalky patina.

Oil on Canvas; A Huntsman holding a dead Hare, with his Hounds, and a still life of Fowl, Fish and Fruit, by Harmen Steenwijck (Dutch, 1612- after 1656)

Harmen Steenwijck formed part of the generation of artists that flourished during the so-called Dutch Golden Age, which coincided with the independence and consequent economic prosperity of the Dutch Republic across the seventeenth century.

An Enormous Scale Mid 19th Century Naive Character Painting of a Double Humped Camel

Painted on loose grained linen, stretched on a timber frame. Based on the depiction of the Bactrian camel, possibly in the circle of the Austrian painter Aloys Zötl, as depicted in part of his Bestiarium.

Oil on Canvas; “War of the Spanish Succession, 1702-13”, A Mid 18th Century Marine Scene by Peter Monamy

“War of the Spanish Succession, 1702-13″, the fleet under Admiral Sir George Rooke, assembling and victualling in the downs at the outbreak of war – September 1702.

Oil on Canvas; A Newfoundland off the English Coast by Edmund Bristow (British, 1787-1876)

The son of a heraldic painter, Edmund Bristow was born in Berkshire in 1787 ( (1 Apr 1787 – 12 Feb 1876), and lived all his life locally in Eton, after having attended school in nearby Windsor.

A 19th Century Chinese School Painting, in the manner of Giuseppe Castiglione (also by the name of Lang Shi’ning)

A 19th Century Chinese School Painting, in the manner of Giuseppe Castiglione (also by the name of Lang Shi’ning). Following the larger painting known by the title, “Kazaks presenting horses in tribute”, by Giuseppe Castiglione (Lang Shi’ning).

A Pair of Crewelwork Hangings; English, c.1720

Each with an array of exotic animals and birds amid exuberantly flowering trees, worked in crewel wool in long and short stem and French knot stitches on a linen twill ground. The embroidery re-applied and with restorations and re laid areas.

Oil on Canvas, by Richard Whitford (1821-1890); A Naive Painting of an English Prize Bull

A large scale 19th Century oil on canvas by Francis Gainsford, of St Peter’s Basilica. Francis Gainsford was born in Nottinghamshire, circa 1782; mostly known as a portrait painter, he exhibited fairly regularly Royal Academy between 1805 and 1815.

A 19th Century Oil on Paper on Wooden Panel, Painting of a Calf in a Barn

A 19th Century Oil on Paper on Wooden Panel, Painting of a Calf in a Barn: The son of a heraldic painter, Edmund Bristow was born in Berkshire in 1787 ( (1 Apr 1787 – 12 Feb 1876), and lived all his life locally in Eton, after having attended school in nearby Windsor.

One of a Pair of 19th Century Six Panel Paper Screens, depicting Tethered Hawks, in the manner of Soga Chokuan (5758)

One of a Pair of 19th Century Six Panel Paper Screens, depicting Tethered Hawks, in the manner of Soga Chokuan (5758). Combined twelve gouache painted scenes of tethered hawks, laid down to form this six panel screen, with pigment and ink on rice paper, surrounded by Japanese silk bordered wooden frame.

Oil on Canvas; Hounds Chasing a Stag, Studio of Frans Snyders (Antwerp 1579-1657)

This powerful hunting scene is closely associated to the work of Antwerp-born seventeenth century painter and draughtsman Frans Snyders, widely considered the “progenitor of Flemish Baroque still-life and animal painting.”