12th Jul, 2025 9:30 GMT/BST

British, European & Sporting Art

 
  Lot 1048
 

1048

John Cyril Harrison (1898-1985)
English Partridge in flight
Signed, pencil and watercolour, 31.5cm by 45cm

Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £600 - £800


 

Sheet flat, no tears or creases, a few very feint foxing sopts top edge, mid right. Paper light and bright. Very slightly dark at the edges. Colours generally good.

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Auction: British, European & Sporting Art, 12th Jul, 2025

A rare group of vibrant British Impressionist paintings relating to the flourishing artistic communities at Staithes and Fylingdales in North Yorkshire, are up for auction in the British, European and Sporting Art Sale. Having the been in the hands of the same family since their execution, the collection comprises works by renowned artists Florence Hess and her mentor Mark Senior. Learn more

Further highlights of the sale will include works by Charles Spencelayh, Cecil Kennedy and Jan Spohler and sporting art by Archibald Thorburn and Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe.

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