13th Jul, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
British, European & Sporting Art
1044
George Armfield (1808-1893)
Fox and rabbits in vegetation
Oil on canvas, 21.5cm by 25cm
Provenance: A Private Estate, North Yorkshire. Mandell's Gallery, Norwich
Sold for £300
Estimated at £300 - £500
Lined. All keys present, good tension. Fine brittle age and impact craquelure throughout, with minor stretcher bar marks. Not raised or flaking. Quite a few of the cracks have been supressed by retouching that is a little discoloured and matte in reflected light. Scattered old tiny restored losses, including one to the right of the fox's ear, the filling of which is flaking slightly, and at the edges. There has been some abrasion to the thinner passages of paint, notably the leaves in the trees, which has had some reinforcing retouching and a larger passage of grey overpaint to the left side. A fairly even surface dirt, varnish not particularly yellowed, but there has been some partial cleaning over the lighter passages in the past. Light surface dirt and accretions.
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Auction: British, European & Sporting Art, 13th Jul, 2024
Sir Alfred Munnings is rightly celebrated as the master of equine art; his lifelong affinity with the horse is reflected in his insightful and vital equine portraits that capture the grace and power of the animals, and his “Lord Astor on Shooting Stick with Horses” will be sold in the British, European and Sporting Art Sale on 13th July. The painting is a sketch for “A Summer Evening at Cliveden, Waldorf Astor, Second Viscount Astor (1879-1952), seated”, which is held in the Cliveden Estate Collection in Buckinghamshire, now managed by the National Trust. From the same private collection is a watercolour by Munnings; “In the Woods Near Noyon 1918 Attack. Our Retreat” was executed whilst the artist was serving in the First World War with the Canadian Cavalry.
An engaging portrait sketch by the renowned George Romney, which has been in the same family collection since it was painted, will also be offered. The sketch depicts Caesar Hawkins and is thought to have been executed in preparation for a full-length portrait of Caesar, his sister Louisa Anne, and their mother Emma Hawkins (née Adair), which was once in the collection of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
Four works by one of the leading Victorian equestrian artists, Heywood Hardy are also on offer, hailing from two private collections.
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