16th Nov, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST

British, European & Sporting Art

 
Lot 1054
 

1054

Henry Leonidas Rolfe (fl. 1847-1881)
Leaping salmon
Signed and dated 1876, oil on canvas, 59cm by 88.5cm

Sold for £2,500
Estimated at £800 - £1,200


 

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Please note the following lots have been withdrawn from sale: 1080, 1086, 1093, 1094

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Sunday 10 November to Friday 15 November 11am-4pm and morning of the sale from 8am

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