16th Nov, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
British, European & Sporting Art
1032
W.H Williams (19th Century)
Landscape with figures and cattle watering
Signed, oil on canvas, 44cm by 64cm
Sold for £250
Estimated at £300 - £500
Lined, fairly stiff and a little pressed. Three keys missing, but fair tension. Brittle age craquelure throughout, slightly raised in the thicker passages of sky but stable (see images in raking light). One large matt area in threes on right, 5 inches long, is a large area of restoration - possibly to a tear? A few scattered minor retouchings to losses including one in top left sky. A little abrasion to the delicate leaves of the trees. Possibly further stretnghting overpaint to sky and a few touches of strengthening overpaint in other areas. Slightly yellowed varnish, with an even surface gloss. Minor rubbing to varnish bottom left corner. Light surface dirt.
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Please note the following lots have been withdrawn from sale: 1080, 1086, 1093, 1094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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