17th Jul, 2009 10:00 GMT/BST

Summer Catalogue Sale

 
Lot 922
 

922

Henry Jervis Alfred (fl.1855-1883) ""Chub""; ""Tench""; ""Sewin""; ""Common Trout"";...

Henry Jervis Alfred (fl.1855-1883)
""Chub""; ""Tench"";
""Sewin""; ""Common Trout"";
""Barbel & Gudgeon""; ""Pike"";
""Black Barred Trout""; ""Salmon Male"";
""Lampreys""; """¦..Rudd""
Three signed with the initials HA, all inscribed with the titles, oil on board, each 22cm by 30cm (a set of ten)

A London painter of freshwater fish. He wrote The Modern Angler under the pen name of ""Otter"", and wrote for Fishing Tackle Market. He exhibited at the Great Fisheries Exhibition in 1883 and Suffolk Street in 1855.

The work is sold with a letter dated 17 May 1856 referring to the Tayside Society and Fishing Club founded circa 1795.

The works are copies of The Rev. W. Houghton's British Fresh Water Fish illustrated by A.F. Lydon, first published in 1879

Sold for £2,700
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500


 

All appear to be in fairly untouched condition with reasonably thick impasto on most of the works. There is surface dirt and discoloured varnish on all ten pictures with some scuffing and a few minor scratches to the surface of quite a number. All are contained within their original mid to late 19th century gilt outer slips but are missing the outer frames but all have glass to each example.

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Auction: Summer Catalogue Sale, 17th Jul, 2009

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