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.
Category
Lot 1000 - Hamish Mackie (b.1973) "Otter Fish Takeaway"...
Sold for £3,000
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500
Lot 1012 - Frances Campbell Boileau Cadell (1883-1937)...
Sold for £7,000
Estimated at £7,000 - £9,000
Lot 1014 - Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe RA, RE, ARCA...
Sold for £1,900
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000
Lot 1019 - Sir Alfred Munnings KCVO, PRA, RI (1878-1959) "...
Sold for £5,200
Estimated at £3,000 - £5,000
Lot 1026 - William Mellor (1851-1931) Changing Pastures...
Sold for £1,300
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500
Lot 1038 - Thomas Creswick RA (1811-1869) Rustic family...
Sold for £2,500
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500
Lot 1040 - Alfred de Breanski Snr. RBA (1852-1928) "The...
Sold for £3,800
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500
Lot 1041 - James Baker Pyne (1800-1870) "Grasmere" Signed,...
Sold for £3,800
Estimated at £3,000 - £5,000
Lot 1043 - Wright Barker RBA (1864-1941) The Lookouts...
Sold for £2,000
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000
Lot 1054 - Sir Alfred Munnings KCVO, PRA, RI (1878-1959) "...
Sold for £80,000
Estimated at £80,000 - £100,000
Lot 1057 - George Wright (1860-1942) Huntsman and hounds...
Sold for £1,000
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500
Lot 1058 - George Goodwin Kilburne RI, ROI (1839-1924)...
Sold for £900
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500
Lot 1059 - Heywood Hardy ARWS, RPE (1842-1933) Huntsman,...
Sold for £7,500
Estimated at £8,000 - £12,000
Lot 1067 - Heywood Hardy ARWS, RPE (1842-1933) At the...
Sold for £5,500
Estimated at £6,000 - £9,000
Lot 1069 - Edgar Hunt (1876-1953) Chickens and a rabbit...
Sold for £3,200
Estimated at £1,200 - £1,800
Lot 1070 - Margaret H Collyer (1872-1945) Anticipation...
Sold for £3,800
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000
Lot 1082 - After Quentyn Massys (1466-1530), Flemish,...
Sold for £2,000
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000
Lot 1083 - Manner of Jacob van Walscapelle (1644-1727)...
Sold for £1,500
Estimated at £1,200 - £1,800
Lot 1086 - Edward Ladell (1821-1866) Still life of mixed...
Sold for £2,500
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000
Lot 1087 - Manner of George Gower (1540-1596) Portrait of...
Sold for £2,500
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000
Lot 1088 - Follower of Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen (1593-...
Sold for £1,000
Estimated at £700 - £1,000
Lot 1091 - Manner of Nicolas de Largillière (1656-1746)...
Sold for £2,200
Estimated at £700 - £1,000
Lot 1092 - Follower of Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723)...
Sold for £4,500
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,000
Lot 1094 - Attributed to Robert Edge Pine (1730-1788)...
Sold for £2,800
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500