15th Jul, 2023 11:00 GMT/BST
Benjamin Williams Leader RA (1831-1923)
"The lock and church, Stratford-on-Avon"
Signed and dated 1874, signed and inscribed in pencil verso, oil on board, 34.5cm by 25cm
Sold for £1,000
Estimated at £500 - £800
Covered in a thick layer of dirt and discolored varnish. Small loss to the lower left-hand side edge approx 5cm from the lower left-hand side corner. Board is slightly adrift of the frame with general imperfection to the lower right-hand corner and lower right-hand edge. Small crack to the upper left-hand corner. Further small loss to board approx 1-2cm right of centre. Areas of fine stable cracquelure and degree of shrinkage within darkest tones of foliage and immediately above approx central point of line of trees within sky. Slight vertical abrasion into the wet paint along the right-hand side edge. Minor loss or damage to lower left-hand corner. Very slight convex bow to board which does not present any condition issues. Possibly some delicate retouches and infilling in the foreground and more notably within the foliage of the trees.
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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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