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The Travel and Exploration sale

Auction 19926
6 Dec 2012, starting at 14:00 GMT.
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Auction highlights

Sold for £34,850 inc. premium
Fernando Cueto Amorsolo (Filipino, 1892-1972) Market place before a church
Sold for £31,250 inc. premium
George Chinnery RHA (British, 1774-1852) A street scene near São Domingos church, Macau
Sold for £26,250 inc. premium
Circle of Youqua (Chinese, active circa 1840-1870) Macao, from the south looking north
Sold for £25,000 inc. premium
General Walter Fane (British, 1828-1885) View of Salt lake City

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3 Charles Gordon Frazer (British, 1863-1899) Rata Tree, New Zealand £500
€584
US$ 753
5 Charles Gordon Frazer (British, 1863-1899) 'The Forest Mirror, Queensland' £1,500
€1,754
US$ 2,260
6 Sidney Nolan (Australian, 1917-1992) Figure and camel £3,250
€3,800
US$ 4,898
7 David Boyd (Australian, 1924-2011) 'The River Swimmer' £3,500
€4,092
US$ 5,274
9 Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri (Aborigine, circa 1932-2002) Water Dreaming £875
€1,023
US$ 1,318
10 Guy Martin Boyd (Australian, 1923-1988) Kneeling woman height 29.5cm (11 5/8in) £2,500
€2,923
US$ 3,767
11 Robert Weir Allan, RSA RWS RSW (British, 1852-1942) Yomeiman Gate, Nikko, Japan £10,000
€11,693
US$ 15,071
16 Sir Herbert Edwin Pelham Hughes-Stanton (British, 1870-1937) The aftermath £500
€584
US$ 753
18 Fernando Cueto Amorsolo (Filipino, 1892-1972) Market place before a church £34,850
€40,753
US$ 52,522
19 Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merprés (Belgian, 1880-1958) Portrait of Ni Pollock £7,500
€8,770
US$ 11,303
20 Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merprés (Belgian, 1880-1958) Portrait of Ni Pollock wearing a sarong (recto); Balinese women seated by a pond (verso) £10,625
€12,424
US$ 16,012
21 Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merprés (Belgian, 1880-1958) A study of two Balinese women in an interior (recto); Study of a Balinese woman (verso) £11,875
€13,886
US$ 17,896
22 Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merprés (Belgian, 1880-1958) Study of a Balinese woman looking out of a window £8,125
€9,501
US$ 12,245
23 Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merprés (Belgian, 1880-1958) A Balinese woman arranging flowers £15,000
€17,540
US$ 22,606
24 Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merprés (Belgian, 1880-1958) Portrait of Ni Pollock wearing a headdress £18,750
€21,925
US$ 28,258
28 Robert George Talbot Kelly (British, 1861-1934) The Irrawaddy Valley, Upper Burma £1,250
€1,461
US$ 1,883
33 George Chinnery RHA (British, 1774-1852) A street scene near São Domingos church, Macau £31,250
€36,543
US$ 47,097
34 Anglo-Chinese School, mid-19th Century A British clipper ship moored off Hong Kong £3,500
€4,092
US$ 5,274
35 Anglo-Chinese School, mid-19th Century The clipper 'Falcon' off the south China coast £1,312
€1,534
US$ 1,978
36 Anglo-Chinese School, 19th Century The hongs at Canton, circa 1840 £4,750
€5,554
US$ 7,158
37 Anglo-Chinese School, late 19th Century Hong Kong Harbour and the city of Victoria £16,250
€19,002
US$ 24,490
39 Anglo-Chinese School, 19th Century A pagoda in Kuangtung £687
€803
US$ 1,036
40 Circle of Youqua (Chinese, active circa 1840-1870) Macao, from the south looking north £26,250
€30,696
US$ 39,561
41 Anglo-Chinese School, 19th Century The S.S. 'Agnes' off Hong Kong £5,000
€5,846
US$ 7,535
43 Anglo-Chinese School, 19th Century Musicians in an interior £1,125
€1,315
US$ 1,695
45 Lamqua (Chinese, active 1805-1830) Hong Merchant, Canton £15,000
€17,540
US$ 22,606
47 Francis Helps (British, 1890-1972) Head study £750
€877
US$ 1,130
55 Circle of Thomas Daniell, RA (British, 1749-1840) Mosque at Chinno £875
€1,023
US$ 1,318
56 Thomas Daniell, RA (British, 1749-1840), and William Daniel, RA (British, 1769-1837) Three aquatints with hand colouring 1. 'View at Delhi, Near the Mausoleum of Humaioon', plate XIX 2. 'Gate of the Loll-Baug at Fyzabad', plate III 3. 'The Council House, Calcutta', plate III each 42 x 59.5cm (16 1/2 x 23 1/2in)(I). (3) £1,875
€2,192
US$ 2,825
57 George Chinnery RHA (British, 1774-1852) Figures before an Indian temple £8,125
€9,501
US$ 12,245
59 English School, 19th Century Bengal tigers £3,125
€3,654
US$ 4,709
60 English School, late 19th Century Hills above Bombay £750
€877
US$ 1,130
63 George Chinnery RHA (British, 1774-1852) Study of trees in India £375
€438
US$ 565
64 Circle of William Prinsep (British, 1794-1874) A group of Indian women gathered beneath the shade of a tree £8,750
€10,232
US$ 13,187
68 John Gantz (British, 1772-1853) An Indian cowherd £375
€438
US$ 565
71 Edward Henry Holder (British, 1847-1922) The Boiling Pot, Victoria Falls £2,125
€2,484
US$ 3,202
80 Silvestro Valeri (Italian, 1814-1902) The guard £1,750
€2,046
US$ 2,637
85 Professor Niels Simonsen (Danish, Copenhagen 1807-1885 Frederiksberg) Defending a hill fortification, Morocco £11,250
€13,155
US$ 16,954
88 Giulio Rosati (Italian, 1858-1917) The camel seller £4,687
€5,481
US$ 7,064
90 Robert George Talbot Kelly, R.I., R.B.A. (British, 1861-1934) Tangiers £625
€730
US$ 941
93 Henry Pilleau (British, 1813-1899) View of Cairo, together with another watercolour by the same hand depicting the Colossi of Memnon at Thebes, with a view of the Nile in the distance. (2) £1,625
€1,900
US$ 2,449
94 Leander Russ (Austrian, 1809-1864) 'Vue du Port neuf a Alexandrie'. Together with a collection of drawings and watercolours made during a tour of the Middle East in the years 1838 to 1842, various sizes, all unframed. (qty) £1,250
€1,461
US$ 1,883
98 Albert Goodwin, RWS (British, 1845-1932) Tombs of the Caliphs, Cairo £2,500
€2,923
US$ 3,767
99 Frederick Goodall, RA (British, 1822-1904) Memphis £1,000
€1,169
US$ 1,507
101 Narcisse Berchère (French, 1819-1891) Colossi of Memnon, Thebes £5,625
€6,577
US$ 8,477
102 Edward Lear (British, 1812-1888) Denderah, Egypt £4,375
€5,116
US$ 6,593
103 Spyridon Scarvelli (Greek, 1868-1942) Ruins at Luxor; Feluccas on the Nile each 32 x 51.5cm (12 5/8 x 20 1/4in). (2) £2,250
€2,631
US$ 3,390
104 Edward Lear (British, 1812-1888) Gebel Serbal from Wady Selaff £1,000
€1,169
US$ 1,507
105 Edward Lear (British, 1812-1888) View of the Nile, Egypt £2,500
€2,923
US$ 3,767
106 Edward Lear (British, 1812-1888) Mahatta, Egypt £1,125
€1,315
US$ 1,695
107 Augustus Osborne Lamplough, A.R.A., R.W.S (British, 1877-1930) 'Ruins at Kertassia, Nubia'; 'A Distant View of the Pyramids' (2) £2,250
€2,631
US$ 3,390
108 Augustus Osborne Lamplough, A.R.A., R.W.S (British, 1877-1930) A view of Luxor from the Nile; Feluccas along the Nile (2) £750
€877
US$ 1,130
109 Augustus Osborne Lamplough, A.R.A., R.W.S (British, 1877-1930) 'A Desert Skyline; 'A Desert Village' (2) £2,875
€3,361
US$ 4,332
113 Girolamo Gianni (Italian, 1837-1895) Desert scenes, a pair each 27.5 x 22.5cm (10 13/16 x 8 7/8in), (2). £1,750
€2,046
US$ 2,637
114 Narcisse Berchère (French, 1819-1891) A desert caravan £625
€730
US$ 941
115 English School, late 19th Century An album of twenty-four watercolours album size: 26 x 32cm (10 1/4 x 12 5/8in) £1,125
€1,315
US$ 1,695
116 After David Roberts, RA A group of nineteen hand coloured lithographs by Luis Haghe, on wove, from the Holy Land and Egypt Series, published by FG Moon, London, 34 x 53.5cm (13 3/8 x 21in)(I), and smaller. (19) £3,750
€4,385
US$ 5,651
117 After David Roberts, RA Four lithographs with hand colouring Entitled 'St Jean d'Acre', 1842, 'Suez', 1843, 'Island of Graia, Gulf of Akabah', 1844, and 'Slow boat on the Nile looking towards the Pyramids of Dashour and Saccara', 1846, on wove, published by FG Moon, 34 x 50cm (13 3/8 x 19 5/8in)(I). 4 £937
€1,096
US$ 1,412
118 English School, late 19th Century A view of Beirut; A view of Baalbek 18 x 24cm (7 1/16 x 9 7/16in); 12.5 x 19cm (5 x 7 1/2in) respectively. (2) £10,625
€12,424
US$ 16,012
119 Attributed to Antoine Alphonse Montfort (French, 1802-1884) A view of Brummana from Mount Lebanon £2,875
€3,361
US$ 4,332
120 J. Milner (British, early 20th Century) River scene, Basra £1,125
€1,315
US$ 1,695
122 Ben Avram (Israeli, born 1937) Flying musician £1,875
€2,192
US$ 2,825
123 Yosl Bergner (Israeli, born 1920) 'Flowers' £1,625
€1,900
US$ 2,449
124 Menashe Kadishman (Israeli, born 1932) Sheep head £2,250
€2,631
US$ 3,390
127 Vittorio Amadeo Preziosi (Maltese, 1816-1882) The spice sellers £2,500
€2,923
US$ 3,767
131 Vittorio Amadeo Preziosi (Maltese, 1816-1882) Portrait of a Turkish beauty £1,375
€1,607
US$ 2,072
132 Vittorio Amadeo Preziosi (Maltese, 1816-1882) The Bazaar at Constantinople £15,000
€17,540
US$ 22,606
134 Reginald Thomas Cleaver (British, born circa 1870-1954) 'A Social Crime in a Constantinople Cafe' £1,875
€2,192
US$ 2,825
135 Vittorio Amadeo Preziosi (Maltese, 1816-1882) Fifteen figure studies each approximately 28 x 19cm (11 x 7 1/2in). (15) £10,000
€11,693
US$ 15,071
136 Continental School, 19th Century A fire in Constantinople £1,125
€1,315
US$ 1,695
138 Conrad Hector Rafaele Carelli (British, 1869-1956) Istanbul from Iskudar £812
€950
US$ 1,224
139 J. Pavlikevitch (Russian, active circa 1900) The Galata Bridge, Constantinople £625
€730
US$ 941
143 Edward Lear (British, 1812-1888) A set of four studies of Greek views and figures 1.'Sunium' inscribed and dated 'Sunium April 6. 4.30PM 1864' (lower left), 'Makronisi, Keos', in Greek (lower right) and the artist's colour notes 2. Study of priests inscribed 'Chorodia is the name of the monastery I was at yesterday', in Greek (upper right), 'The priest/Georgios Petrides/from Kallikrati, Sfakia', in Greek (lower right) and inscribed and dated 'Vernarakis Jeremias/2 april 1864' in Greek and English (lower left) 3. The Siesta inscribed with the artist's colour notes 4. The coast of Crete inscribed 'Psiloritis and Perivolia from the house of/Mr Constantine Kalokairinos, in Rethimno/8 may 1864. 6p.m.' (lower right), 'Kouloukonas', in Greek (lower left) and the artist's colour notes largest 7 x 27cm (2 3/4 x 10 5/8in). £2,125
€2,484
US$ 3,202
144 Vincenzo Fenech (Maltese, late 18th/early 19th Century) A group of three Maltese costume studies (3) £1,750
€2,046
US$ 2,637
147 General Sir John Miller Adye (1819-1900) Gibraltar £875
€1,023
US$ 1,318
150 Girolamo Gianni (Italian, 1837-1895) A view of Valletta Harbour £3,500
€4,092
US$ 5,274
151 English School, 19th Century View of St Pauls Bay, Malta £1,125
€1,315
US$ 1,695
152 Luigi Maria Galea (Maltese, 1847-1917) The Grand Harbour, Valetta, at dusk £875
€1,023
US$ 1,318
153 Angel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas (Spanish, 1791-1865) Self Portrait £875
€1,023
US$ 1,318
154 Attributed to Giuseppe Ignacio Chiesa (1720-1805) British Infantry officers on a bluff, with a view of Fort St Philip, Port Mahon, Minorca, beyond £10,625
€12,424
US$ 16,012
156 After Lieut Caddy Hand coloured aquatint of Kingston, St Vincents from Cane Garden Point by J. Harris, 20.5 x 29cm (8 x 11 3/8in)(PL). Together with a hand coloured engraving after Charles Forrest depicting a view of St Lucia and a hand coloured lithograph after H.F. Chechley depicting Kingston Harbour. (3) £750
€877
US$ 1,130
157 Robert J. MacLeod (20th century) Barbados £687
€803
US$ 1,036
158 Colonial School, late 19th Century A plantation landscape £937
€1,096
US$ 1,412
163 South American School, mid 19th Century Collecting the sugar cane £3,500
€4,092
US$ 5,274
164 August Löhr (German, 1843-1919) A family in an ox-drawn cart, Mexico £1,875
€2,192
US$ 2,825
165 South American School, 19th Century Peasant family cooking £16,250
€19,002
US$ 24,490
166 Brazilian School, 19th Century Panorama of Rio £2,375
€2,777
US$ 3,579
167 Brazilian School, circa 1840 A set of six Brazilian landscapes
each 11 x 16.6cm (4 5/16 x 6 9/16in) (picture size), (6).
£3,750
€4,385
US$ 5,651
168 Romeo V. Tabuena (Filipino, born 1921) Market stalls, Mexico £1,250
€1,461
US$ 1,883
169 Miguel Angel Vidal (Argentinian, born 1928) 'Ave Fenix Laberinto' £1,750
€2,046
US$ 2,637
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