- Watercolour and Oil paintings
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PLEASE NOTE THE 'ARCHIVE SALES' SECTION GIVES
AN INDICATION OF THE QUALITY AND PRICE BAND
OF ALL PAINTINGS, PORCELAIN AND SILVER SOLD IN THE
RECENT PAST.
ALFRED GOODFELLOW EXHIBITED 1882-1893
INTERESTING AND ATMOSPHERIC WATERCOLOURS Dated 1896 BY THE MANCHESTER ARTIST ALFRED GOODFELLOW DEPICTING MANCHESTER STREET SCENES OF A BYGONE AGE. ONE IS INSCRIBED TO THE PAINTING 'WITHY GROVE' WHILST THE OTHER SHOWS A HORSE WITH ITS FEEDING BAG OUTSIDE THE OLD 'SEVEN STARS' PUBLIC HOUSE WHICH WAS SITUATED IN THE SAME AREA OF THE CITY.
GOODFELLOW IS KNOWN TO HAVE EXHIBITED AT MANY NORTH WEST GALLERIES INCLUDING THE WALKER ART GALLERY LIVERPOOL AND THE MANCHESTER CITY ART GALLERY WHERE HIS WORKS WERE EXHIBITED ON 16 OCCASIONS.
BOTH PAINTINGS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND ARE HOUSED IN WHAT IS IS THOUGHT TO BE THEIR ORIGINAL FRAMES.
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‘WITHY GROVE' MANCHESTER
FRAMED SIZE 19 1/2 INCHES BY 25 1/2 INCHES
PRICE £450 PLUS UK POSTAGE
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‘SEVEN STARS' PUBLIC HOUSE WITHY GROVE MANCHESTER
FRAMED SIZE 19 1/2 INCHES BY 25 1/2 INCHES
PRICE £450 PLUS UK POSTAGE
MARION BROOM 1878 - 1962
LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE WATERCOLOURS BY MARION BROOM THE WELL KNOWN FLOWER AND LANDSCAPE PAINTER WHO WAS ALSO A RENOWNED PRINCIPAL GRAND OPERA SINGER FOR SEVERAL YEARS HAVING FORMERLY BEEN AWARDED A SCHOLARSHIP TO STUDY FOR A 4 YEAR PERIOD AT THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC.
SHE IS KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN BORN IN NORFOLK AND LIVED FOR MOST OF HER LIFE IN HIGH WYCOMBE BUCKS.
THE ARTIST WAS QUITE PROLIFIC AND HER WORK IS VERY POPULAR WITH COLLECTORS. SHE EXHIBITED DURING THE PERIOD 1925-1939 AT MANY PROVINCIAL AND CITY GALLERIES INCLUDING THE ROYAL ACADEMY, WALKER ART GALLERY LIVERPOOL, ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTISTS BIRMINGHAM, GLASGOW INSTITUTE OF THE FINE ARTS, ROYAL CAMBRIAN ACADEMY, ROYAL HIBERNIAN ACADEMY, ROYAL INSTITUTE OF PAINTERS IN WATERCOLOURS, ROYAL INSTITUTE OF OIL PAINTERS AND SOCIETY OF WOMEN ARTISTS.
IT IS RECORDED ON THE INTERNET THAT AT LEAST ONE EXAMPLE OF HER WORK WAS OFFICIALLY PURCHASED BY H M THE QUEEN MOTHER IN 1926.
BOTH PAINTINGS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND ARE HOUSED IN WHAT IS CONSIDERED TO BE THEIR ORIGINAL FRAMES.
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‘ROSES'
FRAMED SIZE 28 1/2 INCHES BY 32 1/4 INCHES
PRICE £445 PLUS UK POSTAGE

‘SUMMER BLOOMS’
FRAME SIZE 36 INCHES BY 28 1/2 INCHES
PRICE ON APPLICATION
PETER LEYDEN
A WELL COMPOSED AND DELIGHTFUL CONTEMPORARY WATERCOLOUR BY PETER LEYDEN DEPICTING A 1920s BATHING BELLE EXAMINING VERY CLOSELY THE SHELL SHE HAS FOUND WHILST OUT WALKING ON THE BEACH.THIS IS A WELL OBSERVED AND EXECUTED COMPOSITION IN WHICH THE ARTIST HAS CAPTURED THE AMBIENCE OF A SCENE FROM THE VERY POPULAR ART DECO PERIOD.
PETER WAS BORN IN 1936 AND IS STILL ACTIVELY PAINTING BOTH IN OILS AND WATERCOLOURS.HE STARTED HIS WORKING LIFE AS A TEXTILE DESIGNER LATER BECOMING AN ART TEACHER UNTIL DECIDING TO BECOME A FULL TIME ARTIST. HE IS WELL KNOWN FOR HIS PORTRAIT, LANDSCAPE AND GENRE PAINTINGS. HIS PORTRAIT PAINTINGS IN PARTICULAR ARE VERY MUCH IN DEMAND AND HIS MANY CLIENTS INCLUDE WELL KNOWN TV PERSONALITIES. HE HAS HELD A NUMBER OF ONE MAN EXHIBITIONS AT GALLERIES IN THE NORTH WEST OF ENGLAND
THE WATERCOLOUR IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND IS HOUSED IN A 1920s PERIOD FRAME.
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‘1920s BATHING BELLE'
FRAMED SIZE INCHES BY INCHES
PRICE £350 PLUS UK POSTAGE
PHYLLIS IRENE HIBBERT EXHIBITED 1925-1938
LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE WATERCOLOURS BY PHYLLIS IRENE HIBBERT WHO WAS BORN IN 1903. SHE LIVED ALL HER LIFE IN LYTHAM LANCASHIRE STUDYING AT BOTH THE PRESTON AND LIVERPOOL SCHOOLS OF ART.
SHE HAS BECOME A RENOWNED FLOWER PAINTER WHOSE WORKS ARE INCREASINGLY SOUGHT AFTER IN THE AUCTION ROOMS.SHE EXHIBITED DURING THE PERIOD 1925 - 1938 AT MANY PROVINCIAL AND CITY GALLERIES INCLUDING THE ROYAL ACADEMY, WALKER ART GALLERY LIVERPOOL, ROYAL CAMBRIAN ACADEMY AND THE MANCHESTER CITY ART GALLERY.
THE PAINTING IS IN GOOD CONDITION AND HIS HOUSED IN WHAT IS CONSIDERED TO BE ITS ORIGINAL FRAME.
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‘MIXED BLOOMS’
FRAMED SIZE 30 1/2 INCHES BY 38 INCHES
PRICE £495 PLUS UK POSTAGE
CLARE BICE 1908-1976 (WITH ROTARY CLUB INTEREST )
OIL ON CANVAS BY THE INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN CANADIAN ARTIST CLARE BICE. THE PAINTING CARRIES INTERESTING LABELS AND INFORMATION ON THE BACKBOARD INDICATING THAT IT WAS FRAMED BY A.O. FINLAY AT DAWES ROAD TORONTO AND THAT THE ARTIST WAS A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN ACADEMY AND THE CURATOR TO THE MUSEUM OF ART TORONTO. THERE IS A PLACQUE ATTACHED TO THE FRAME STATING THAT THE PAINTING WAS PRESENTED TO "TOM WARREN ON THE 26TH JULY 1945 BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF THE CITY OF LONDON" CANADA.
BICE WAS BORN IN DURHAM ONTARIO IN 1908 AND DIED SUDDENLY IN 1976 AT THE AGE OF 68 YEARS AT ST JOHN'S NEWFOUNDLAND. HE IS KNOWN TO HAVE EXHIBITED WIDELY IN CANADA, NEW YORK AND GALLERIES IN THE UK. HE WAS ALSO AN ILLUSTRATOR/AUTHOR OF CHILDRENS BOOKS AND SERVED ON SEVERAL IMPORTANT BODIES BEING THE PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN ACADEMY FOR 4 YEARS. A DETAILED BIOGRAPHY OF THE ARTIST CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET SETTING OUT IN DETAIL HIS BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENTS.
THE PAINTING IS IN GOOD CONDITION AND HIS HOUSED IN WHAT IS CONSIDERED TO BE ITS ORIGINAL FRAME.
FRAMED SIZE 21 INCHES BY 25 INCHES
PRICE £425 PLUS UK POSTAGE
HENRY CHARLES FOX 1855-1929
WATERCOLOURS BY HENRY CHARLES FOX BEST KNOWN FOR HIS RURAL LANDSCAPES DEPICTING PEOPLE UNDERTAKING THEIR DAILY WORK.THE ARTIST WAS BORN IN LONDON IN 1855. IN 1880 HE HAD HIS 1st PICTURE ACCEPTED AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY AND WAS THEN TO SHOW ANOTHER 20 WORKS AT THE ACADEMY UPTO 1913. BY THAT TIME HE WAS AN ESTABLISHED ARTIST WHO DURING THIS PERIOD CONTINUED TO EXHIBIT AT MANY PROVINCIAL AND OTHER CITY GALLERIES INCLUDING ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY, ROYAL SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS, ROYAL HIBERNIAN ACADEMY, ROYAL INSTITUTE OF PAINTERS IN WATERCOLOURS, GLASGOW INSTITUTE OF THE FINE ARTS, ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTISTS BIRMINGHAM, WALKER ART GALLERY LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER CITY ART GALLERY.FOX WAS ALSO KNOWN TO HAVE PAINTED IN OILS AND HAD SERIES OF LARGE ETCHINGS PUBLISHED BY GLADWELL BROTHERS OF LONDON IN THE 1880s. GLADWELLS ALSO HELD AN EXHIBITION OF HIS WORK ENTITLED 'RURAL LONDON-SKETCHES AND DRAWINGS' IN 1885. BY THE 1920s FOX HAD MOVED TO BILLINGHURST SUSSEX AND HE DIED AT HORSHAM IN APRIL 1929.
THE PAINTINGS ARE IN FINE CONDITION WITH NO FOXING OR DAMAGE.
HENRY CHARLES FOX
"END OF THE DAY"
FRAMED SIZE 25 INCHES BY 21 INCHES
PRICE £595 PLUS UK POSTAGE
HENRY CHARLES FOX
"MOVING THE HERD" AT A FARM IN WHITLEY SURREY
FRAMED SIZE 24 INCHES BY 30 1/2 INCHES
PRICE £625 PLUS UK POSTAGE
HENRY CHARLES FOX
"LOGGERS AT WORK"
FRAMED SIZE 24 INCHES BY 19 1/2 INCHES.
PRICE £495 PLUS UK POSTAGE
R. WELLESLEY WEBSTER EXHIBITED 1887-1903
WATERCOLOUR DEPICTING SAIL BOATS IN A HARBOUR SETTING POSSIBLY OFF THE SCOTTISH COAST WHERE THE ARTIST WAS KNOWN TO HAVE PAINTED.
HE IS A WELL RESPECTED LANDSCAPE AND SEASCAPE PAINTER WHO EXHIBITED DURING THE PERIOD 1887 - 1903 AT MANY PROVINCIAL AND CITY GALLERIES INCLUDING THE ROYAL ACADEMY (10 EXHIBITS), ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY AND THE MANCHESTER CITY ART GALLERY.
DURING HIS LIFETIME HE LIVED IN MANCHESTER, WEST ANSTRUTHER FIFE SCOTLAND AND SOUTHPORT.
THE PAINTING IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH NO FOXING OR DAMAGE.
FRAMED SIZE. 21 INCHES BY 27 INCHES
PRICE £495 PLUS UK POSTAGETOM CLOUGH 1867-1943
CLOUGH HAS BECOME RENOWNED FOR HIS LANDSCAPE AND GENRE PAINTINGS. MANY OF HIS COMPOSITIONS DEPICT SCENES OF DEVON AND CORNWALL WHERE HE LOVED TO PAINT. EQUALLY ATTRACTIVE ARE HIS SCENES OF RURAL LIFE IN WALES, FRANCE AND ITALY. CLOUGH WAS BORN IN BOLTON LANCASHIRE AND DIED IN BETWS-Y-COED WALES. DURING HIS LIFETIME HE ALSO LIVED IN MANCHESTER AND GLAN CONWAY WALES. HE WAS ORIGINALLY A PRINTER BY TRADE BECOMING A FULL TIME ARTIST AROUND 1890. HIS WORK WAS VERY POPULAR AND IT IS RECORDED THAT HE WAS ACTIVELY EXHIBITING AT MANY PROVINCIAL AND CITY GALLERIES DURING THE PERIOD 1882-1939. HE WAS A REGULAR EXHIBITOR AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY, WALKER ART GALLERY LIVERPOOL, ROYAL CAMBRIAN ACADEMY, ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTISTS BIRMINGHAM, MANCHESTER CITY ART GALLERY AND THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS.
BOLTON ART GALLERY TO WHOM CLOUGH BEQUEATHED A NUMBER OF HIS PAINTINGS AND PERSONAL PAPERS DISPLAY EXAMPLES OF HIS WORK FROM TIME TO TIME.
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TOM CLOUGH
"VENETIAN CANAL & BELL TOWER"
FRAMED SIZE 23 INCHES BY 19 1/2 INCHES
PRICE ON APPLICATION
TOM CLOUGH
"DEVON COTTAGES"
FRAMED SIZE 24 1/2 INCHES BY 31 INCHES
PRICE £695 PLUS UK POSTAGERALPH WILLIAM BARDILL RCamA 1876 - 1935
BARDILL IS A RENOWNED LANDSCAPE AND COASTAL PAINTER WHO DURING HIS LIFETIME EXHIBITED AT MANY PROVINCIAL AND CITY GALLERIES INCLUDING THE ROYAL ACADEMY, ROYAL CAMBRIAN ACADEMY ( 132 EXHIBITS), WALKER ART GALLERY LIVERPOOL (74 EXHIBITS) , ROYAL INSTITUTE OF PAINTERS IN WATERCOLOURS AND THE FINE ART SOCIETY.THE ARTIST WAS BORN AT PRESCOT LANCASHIRE IN 1876. JUST PRIOR TO HIS DEATH IN 1935 HE RESIDED AT CONWAY GWYNEDD WALES.HE BEGAN HIS WORKING LIFE AS A BOOKSELLER AND WENT ON TO STUDY AT THE ACADEMIE JULIAN PARIS. ALSO LIVED IN GLAN CONWAY NORTH WALES
THE PAINTING IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH NO FOXING OR DAMAGE
‘ WATERWHEEL AT BETWS-Y-COED’
FRAMED SIZE 24 INCHES BY 28 INCHES
PRICE £475 PLUS UK POSTAGEE. O. ENSOR fl early 1900s
A WELL COMPOSED OIL ON CANVAS BY E.O.ENSOR WITH A BELGIUM ADDRESS RECORDED ON THE STRETCHER Circa EARLY 1900s with BONHAMS PROVENANCE.
THIS ATMOSPHERIC PAINTING CAPTURES THE AMBIANCE OF A VICTORIAN LIVING ROOM IN WHICH THE LADY DEPICTED UNDERTAKES THE CHORE OF REPAIRING THE GARMENT ON HER KNEE. THE LIGHT AND SHADOW THROWN OUT BY THE GLOW OF THE OIL LAMP IS VERY WELL OBSERVED AND EXECUTED. THE SEWING BASKET COUPLED WITH THE PAIR OF SCISSORS AND THE TWO REELS OF COTTON ON THE TABLE ARE A NICE TOUCH AND PROVIDE ADDED INTEREST.
THE OIL PAINTING AND CANVAS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH NO TEARS OR RIPS. THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY PAINT LOSS OR OVERPAINTING.
‘SEWING BY LAMPLIGHT’
FRAMED SIZE 30 INCHES BY 25 INCHES
PRICE £395 PLUS UK POSTAGE
LOUIS de BURBURE 1837 - 1911
A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE OIL ON CANVAS DATED 1875 BY THE RENOWNED BELGIUM ARTIST LOUIS DE BURBURE DEPICTING A SAILING SHIP WITH SAILS FURLED MAKING HEADWAY IN A HEAVY SEA OFF A COASTAL HEADLAND.
THE PAINTING AND CANVAS ARE UNDAMAGED WITH NO RIPS OR TEARS. THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY PAINT LOSS OR OVERPAINTING.
"MAKING WAY IN A HEAVY SWELL"
FRAMED SIZE 34 INCHES BY 44 INCHES
PRICE £750 PLUS UK POSTAGE
D. HILL EXHIBITED 1888-1898
A LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY OIL ON BOARD BY D. HILL DEPICTING A TYPICAL RURAL SCENE OF A BYGONE ERA . A VERY ATMOSPHERIC AND WELL OBSERVED COMPOSITION WITH THE DOZING COLLIE DOG IGNORING THE FARM WORKERS AS THEY GO ABOUT THEIR WORK BEING A PARTICULARLY NICE TOUCH.
THE ARTIST LIVED IN OLTON WARWICKSHIRE AND IS KNOWN TO HAVE EXHIBITED BETWEEN 1888 - 1898 AT MANY PROVINCIAL AND CITY GALLERIES INCLUDING THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTISTS BIRMINGHAM, WALKER ART GALLERY LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER CITY ART GALLERY.
THE PAINTING IS IN FINE CONDITION AND IS HOUSED IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE ITS ORIGINAL FRAME.
'HARVEST TIME'
FRAME SIZE 23 1/2 INCHES BY 29 INCHES
PRICE £495 PLUS UK POSTAGE
W. STUART LLOYD RBA EXHIBITED 1880-1929
A WATERCOLOUR BY THE RENOWNED LANDSCAPE AND MARINE PAINTER W. STUART LLOYD WHO IT IS RECORDED EXHIBITED DURING THE PERIOD 1880 - 1929 AT MANY PROVINCIAL AND CITY GALLERIES INCLUDING THE ROYAL ACADEMY, ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY, ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTISTS BIRMINGHAM, GLASGOW INSTITUTE OF THE FINE ARTS, WALKER ART GALLERY LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER CITY ART GALLERY ROYAL SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS AND ROYAL INSTITUTE OF PAINTERS IN WATERCOLOURS
THE PAINTING IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH NO FOXING OR DAMAGE AND IS HOUSED IN WHAT IS CONSIDERED ITS ORIGINAL FRAME.
"BEELEIGH NORFOLK" (INSCRIBED TO THE MOUNT)
FRAMED SIZE 19 1/2 INCHES BY 16 1/2 INCHES
PRICE £425 PLUS UK POSTAGEWILLIAM ANSTEY DOLLOND 1858-1929
WATERCOLOUR BY THE RENOWNED AND FINE QUALITY GENRE PAINTER WILLIAM ANSTEY DOLLOND.
THERE IS A STRONG DEMAND FOR HIS WORKS PARTICULARLY THOSE DEPICTING NEO-CLASSICAL FIGURES. THESE EXAMPLES ARE SOUGHT AFTER BY COLLECTORS AND HIGH PRICES CAN BE ACHIEVED WHEN THEY APPEAR IN THE AUCTION ROOMS.
IT IS KNOWN THAT THE ARTIST LIVED AT VARIOUS ADDRESSES IN LONDON, ESSEX, HERTFORDSHIRE AND KENT.
DOLLOND EXHIBITED DURING THE PERIOD 1880-1911 AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY, WALKER ART GALLERY LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER CITY ART GALLERY, ROYAL SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS AND ROYAL INSTITUTE OF PAINTERS IN WATERCOLOURS.
THE PAINTING IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH NO FOXING OR DAMAGE AND IS HOUSED IN A RELATIVELY MODERN FRAME.
"CONTEMPLATION"
FRAME SIZE 26 INCHES BY 18 INCHES
PRICE £875 PLUS UK POSTAGE