The British, European and Sporting Art Sale at Tennants Auctioneers will see a fine equestrian portrait of ‘Lady Caroline Held by a Groom, Newmarket’ attributed to Thomas Spencer (1700-1763) go under the hammer. It will be joined by notable lots from the Estate of Martin & Felicity Mackintosh of Harrogate, including a rich and plentiful still life of game, fruit and flowers by Hendrik Reekers (1815-1854), and further works by the likes of Ford Madox Brown and William Holman Hunt from the Estate of the late Ian Stephenson of Laithes, Penrith, Cumbria. Other notable lots include Montague Dawson's “HMS Amethyst running the Yangtse Gauntlet, 30th July 1949”.
Lot 1221
Walter Wallor Caffyn (1845-1898) "Ewhurst from...
Sold for £1,700
Estimated at £800 - £1,200
Lot 1230
Rowland Wheelwright (1870-1955) Harvest Time...
Sold for £1,000
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500
Lot 1233
Montague Dawson (1890–1973) "HMS Amethyst...
Sold for £16,000
Estimated at £10,000 - £15,000