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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
€583
US$ 754
5 Charles Gordon Frazer (British, 1863-1899) 'The Forest Mirror, Queensland' £1,500
€1,750
US$ 2,264
6 Sidney Nolan (Australian, 1917-1992) Figure and camel £3,250
€3,792
US$ 4,907
7 David Boyd (Australian, 1924-2011) 'The River Swimmer' £3,500
€4,084
US$ 5,284
9 Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri (Aborigine, circa 1932-2002) Water Dreaming £875
€1,021
US$ 1,321
10 Guy Martin Boyd (Australian, 1923-1988) Kneeling woman height 29.5cm (11 5/8in) £2,500
€2,917
US$ 3,774
11 Robert Weir Allan, RSA RWS RSW (British, 1852-1942) Yomeiman Gate, Nikko, Japan £10,000
€11,669
US$ 15,098
16 Sir Herbert Edwin Pelham Hughes-Stanton (British, 1870-1937) The aftermath £500
€583
US$ 754
18 Fernando Cueto Amorsolo (Filipino, 1892-1972) Market place before a church £34,850
€40,667
US$ 52,619
19 Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merprés (Belgian, 1880-1958) Portrait of Ni Pollock £7,500
€8,751
US$ 11,324
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
€12,398
US$ 16,042
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
€13,857
US$ 17,929
22 Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merprés (Belgian, 1880-1958) Study of a Balinese woman looking out of a window £8,125
€9,481
US$ 12,267
23 Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merprés (Belgian, 1880-1958) A Balinese woman arranging flowers £15,000
€17,503
US$ 22,648
24 Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merprés (Belgian, 1880-1958) Portrait of Ni Pollock wearing a headdress £18,750
€21,879
US$ 28,310
28 Robert George Talbot Kelly (British, 1861-1934) The Irrawaddy Valley, Upper Burma £1,250
€1,458
US$ 1,887
33 George Chinnery RHA (British, 1774-1852) A street scene near São Domingos church, Macau £31,250
€36,466
US$ 47,184
34 Anglo-Chinese School, mid-19th Century A British clipper ship moored off Hong Kong £3,500
€4,084
US$ 5,284
35 Anglo-Chinese School, mid-19th Century The clipper 'Falcon' off the south China coast £1,312
€1,531
US$ 1,981
36 Anglo-Chinese School, 19th Century The hongs at Canton, circa 1840 £4,750
€5,542
US$ 7,171
37 Anglo-Chinese School, late 19th Century Hong Kong Harbour and the city of Victoria £16,250
€18,962
US$ 24,535
39 Anglo-Chinese School, 19th Century A pagoda in Kuangtung £687
€802
US$ 1,038
40 Circle of Youqua (Chinese, active circa 1840-1870) Macao, from the south looking north £26,250
€30,631
US$ 39,634
41 Anglo-Chinese School, 19th Century The S.S. 'Agnes' off Hong Kong £5,000
€5,834
US$ 7,549
43 Anglo-Chinese School, 19th Century Musicians in an interior £1,125
€1,312
US$ 1,698
45 Lamqua (Chinese, active 1805-1830) Hong Merchant, Canton £15,000
€17,503
US$ 22,648
47 Francis Helps (British, 1890-1972) Head study £750
€875
US$ 1,132
55 Circle of Thomas Daniell, RA (British, 1749-1840) Mosque at Chinno £875
€1,021
US$ 1,321
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
€2,187
US$ 2,831
57 George Chinnery RHA (British, 1774-1852) Figures before an Indian temple £8,125
€9,481
US$ 12,267
59 English School, 19th Century Bengal tigers £3,125
€3,646
US$ 4,718
60 English School, late 19th Century Hills above Bombay £750
€875
US$ 1,132
63 George Chinnery RHA (British, 1774-1852) Study of trees in India £375
€437
US$ 566
64 Circle of William Prinsep (British, 1794-1874) A group of Indian women gathered beneath the shade of a tree £8,750
€10,210
US$ 13,211
68 John Gantz (British, 1772-1853) An Indian cowherd £375
€437
US$ 566
71 Edward Henry Holder (British, 1847-1922) The Boiling Pot, Victoria Falls £2,125
€2,479
US$ 3,208
80 Silvestro Valeri (Italian, 1814-1902) The guard £1,750
€2,042
US$ 2,642
85 Professor Niels Simonsen (Danish, Copenhagen 1807-1885 Frederiksberg) Defending a hill fortification, Morocco £11,250
€13,127
US$ 16,986
88 Giulio Rosati (Italian, 1858-1917) The camel seller £4,687
€5,469
US$ 7,077
90 Robert George Talbot Kelly, R.I., R.B.A. (British, 1861-1934) Tangiers £625
€729
US$ 943
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
€1,896
US$ 2,453
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
€1,458
US$ 1,887
98 Albert Goodwin, RWS (British, 1845-1932) Tombs of the Caliphs, Cairo £2,500
€2,917
US$ 3,774
99 Frederick Goodall, RA (British, 1822-1904) Memphis £1,000
€1,166
US$ 1,509
101 Narcisse Berchère (French, 1819-1891) Colossi of Memnon, Thebes £5,625
€6,563
US$ 8,493
102 Edward Lear (British, 1812-1888) Denderah, Egypt £4,375
€5,105
US$ 6,605
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
€2,625
US$ 3,397
104 Edward Lear (British, 1812-1888) Gebel Serbal from Wady Selaff £1,000
€1,166
US$ 1,509
105 Edward Lear (British, 1812-1888) View of the Nile, Egypt £2,500
€2,917
US$ 3,774
106 Edward Lear (British, 1812-1888) Mahatta, Egypt £1,125
€1,312
US$ 1,698
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
€2,625
US$ 3,397
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
€875
US$ 1,132
109 Augustus Osborne Lamplough, A.R.A., R.W.S (British, 1877-1930) 'A Desert Skyline; 'A Desert Village' (2) £2,875
€3,354
US$ 4,340
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
€2,042
US$ 2,642
114 Narcisse Berchère (French, 1819-1891) A desert caravan £625
€729
US$ 943
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
€1,312
US$ 1,698
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
€4,375
US$ 5,662
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
€1,093
US$ 1,415
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
€12,398
US$ 16,042
119 Attributed to Antoine Alphonse Montfort (French, 1802-1884) A view of Brummana from Mount Lebanon £2,875
€3,354
US$ 4,340
120 J. Milner (British, early 20th Century) River scene, Basra £1,125
€1,312
US$ 1,698
122 Ben Avram (Israeli, born 1937) Flying musician £1,875
€2,187
US$ 2,831
123 Yosl Bergner (Israeli, born 1920) 'Flowers' £1,625
€1,896
US$ 2,453
124 Menashe Kadishman (Israeli, born 1932) Sheep head £2,250
€2,625
US$ 3,397
127 Vittorio Amadeo Preziosi (Maltese, 1816-1882) The spice sellers £2,500
€2,917
US$ 3,774
131 Vittorio Amadeo Preziosi (Maltese, 1816-1882) Portrait of a Turkish beauty £1,375
€1,604
US$ 2,076
132 Vittorio Amadeo Preziosi (Maltese, 1816-1882) The Bazaar at Constantinople £15,000
€17,503
US$ 22,648
134 Reginald Thomas Cleaver (British, born circa 1870-1954) 'A Social Crime in a Constantinople Cafe' £1,875
€2,187
US$ 2,831
135 Vittorio Amadeo Preziosi (Maltese, 1816-1882) Fifteen figure studies each approximately 28 x 19cm (11 x 7 1/2in). (15) £10,000
€11,669
US$ 15,098
136 Continental School, 19th Century A fire in Constantinople £1,125
€1,312
US$ 1,698
138 Conrad Hector Rafaele Carelli (British, 1869-1956) Istanbul from Iskudar £812
€948
US$ 1,226
139 J. Pavlikevitch (Russian, active circa 1900) The Galata Bridge, Constantinople £625
€729
US$ 943
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
€2,479
US$ 3,208
144 Vincenzo Fenech (Maltese, late 18th/early 19th Century) A group of three Maltese costume studies (3) £1,750
€2,042
US$ 2,642
147 General Sir John Miller Adye (1819-1900) Gibraltar £875
€1,021
US$ 1,321
150 Girolamo Gianni (Italian, 1837-1895) A view of Valletta Harbour £3,500
€4,084
US$ 5,284
151 English School, 19th Century View of St Pauls Bay, Malta £1,125
€1,312
US$ 1,698
152 Luigi Maria Galea (Maltese, 1847-1917) The Grand Harbour, Valetta, at dusk £875
€1,021
US$ 1,321
153 Angel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas (Spanish, 1791-1865) Self Portrait £875
€1,021
US$ 1,321
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
€12,398
US$ 16,042
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
€875
US$ 1,132
157 Robert J. MacLeod (20th century) Barbados £687
€802
US$ 1,038
158 Colonial School, late 19th Century A plantation landscape £937
€1,093
US$ 1,415
163 South American School, mid 19th Century Collecting the sugar cane £3,500
€4,084
US$ 5,284
164 August Löhr (German, 1843-1919) A family in an ox-drawn cart, Mexico £1,875
€2,187
US$ 2,831
165 South American School, 19th Century Peasant family cooking £16,250
€18,962
US$ 24,535
166 Brazilian School, 19th Century Panorama of Rio £2,375
€2,771
US$ 3,585
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
€4,375
US$ 5,662
168 Romeo V. Tabuena (Filipino, born 1921) Market stalls, Mexico £1,250
€1,458
US$ 1,887
169 Miguel Angel Vidal (Argentinian, born 1928) 'Ave Fenix Laberinto' £1,750
€2,042
US$ 2,642
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