16th Nov, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
George Edward Lodge (1860-1954)
Snipe in vegetation
Signed, mixed media, 23.5cm by 33.5cm
Sold for £450
Estimated at £250 - £400
Paper flat and even, no creases or tears. Light timestaining/oxidisation of paper, darker at edges where in contact with mount. A few scattered dark spots (see images), and scattered insect remains behind glass.
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Auction: British, European & Sporting Art, 16th Nov, 2024
The Autumn British, European and Sporting Art Sale will include a sun-drenched work by British Impressionist painter Dorothea Sharp, two works by Louis H Grimshaw consigned from a private collection, and notable genre pieces by the likes of Giovanni Battista Torriglia and Charles Spencelayh.
A good offering of figural works include a male figure attributed to York-born artist William Etty, and 17th and 18th century portraits, and amongst the Sporting art are examples of the work of Robert Nightingale and Wright Barker.
The sale will go on view to the public from Sunday 10th November, alongside The Selected Contents of Bell Hall, Naburn, York, which will also offer a broad range of traditional and contemporary paintings.
Please note the following lots have been withdrawn from sale: 1080, 1086, 1093, 1094
Viewing
Sunday 10 November to Friday 15 November 11am-4pm and morning of the sale from 8am
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