16th Mar, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
British, European & Sporting Art
1026
George Weatherill (1810-1890)
"Lower Harbour Whitby, looking towards the Old Bridge"
Signed, watercolour with scratching out, 14.5cm by 23cm
Provenance: Walker Galleries, Harrogate
Sold for £400
Estimated at £300 - £500
Some general and visible staining to the sheet which is more evident within the less worked areas ie the sky. There is also a more pronounced horizontal line of staining across the full widlth of the sheet approx 0.5-1cm away from the upper edge. Some fading to the vibrancy of the colours, ie the blue of the water in the foreground has a slightly overall grey tone. Odd, very sporadic dark coloured spot to sky in the main, although not necessarily exclusively. No evidence of cockelling, not examined out of the frame.
Auction: British, European & Sporting Art, 16th Mar, 2024
Coming up for auction this Spring are three notable works by Adolphe Valette (1876-1942), a French Impressionist artist who spent the majority of his career in the North of England. Whilst he is best remembered today as being the highly influential tutor to L.S. Lowry, Valette created a significant body of work in oils, watercolours and drawing media. All three works are sold with provenance from The Perera Collection, the largest collection of works by Valette to have been assembled in private hands.
Further notable works in the sale include an exquisitely detailed still life of a peach, black grapes and cobnuts on a marble shelf by Emilie Preyer (1849-1930), and a work by historical genre painter Edward Matthew Ward (1816-1879) that depicts the hero of a popular comic ballad, John Gilpin.
The sale will also see the final part of the Raymond Booth Studio, comprising 19 works. Raymond Booth (1929-2015) was perhaps the greatest botanical artist and illustrator of his generation, and his passion for the natural world shines through in his highly detailed oil studies of flora and fauna.
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Sunday 10 March - Friday 15 March 11am-4pm, and morning of sale from 8am
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