15th Jul, 2023 11:00 GMT/BST
British, European & Sporting Art
1195
William Davis (1812-1873)
Carving his Name
Signed, oil on canvas, 26cm by 23.5cm
Provenance: Sothebys Victorian Paintings, Drawings and Watercolours, November 12, 1992, Lot 73
Sold for £1,700
Estimated at £500 - £800
Relined, cleaned and re-varnished. The paint is slightly thin and the weave of canvas is more apparent in some areas. Slight stretcher shadow, mostly left-hand side upright to a lesser extent lower edge. Light surface dirt and discoloured varnish. Essentially square patch of overpainting to the right side of the young boys forehead, approx 1cm by 1cm (all be it slightly irregular shape) Further sporadic retouches along his left eyebrow and the lower part of his right cheek. Odd possible sporadic retouch/strengthening within the darker tones of the flora and foliage. Canvas slightly buckled in places. Odd area of fine stable cracqulure, otherwise in a good state of preservation. Please contact the department for further information.
Auction: British, European & Sporting Art, 15th Jul, 2023
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”.
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