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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 £499
€591
US$ 761
5 Charles Gordon Frazer (British, 1863-1899) 'The Forest Mirror, Queensland' £1,499
€1,775
US$ 2,285
6 Sidney Nolan (Australian, 1917-1992) Figure and camel £3,249
€3,847
US$ 4,951
7 David Boyd (Australian, 1924-2011) 'The River Swimmer' £3,499
€4,143
US$ 5,331
9 Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri (Aborigine, circa 1932-2002) Water Dreaming £874
€1,035
US$ 1,332
10 Guy Martin Boyd (Australian, 1923-1988) Kneeling woman height 29.5cm (11 5/8in) £2,499
€2,959
US$ 3,808
11 Robert Weir Allan, RSA RWS RSW (British, 1852-1942) Yomeiman Gate, Nikko, Japan £9,999
€11,837
US$ 15,234
16 Sir Herbert Edwin Pelham Hughes-Stanton (British, 1870-1937) The aftermath £499
€591
US$ 761
18 Fernando Cueto Amorsolo (Filipino, 1892-1972) Market place before a church £34,849
€41,254
US$ 53,090
19 Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merprés (Belgian, 1880-1958) Portrait of Ni Pollock £7,499
€8,878
US$ 11,425
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) £10,624
€12,577
US$ 16,186
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) £11,874
€14,057
US$ 18,090
22 Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merprés (Belgian, 1880-1958) Study of a Balinese woman looking out of a window £8,124
€9,618
US$ 12,377
23 Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merprés (Belgian, 1880-1958) A Balinese woman arranging flowers £14,999
€17,756
US$ 22,851
24 Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merprés (Belgian, 1880-1958) Portrait of Ni Pollock wearing a headdress £18,749
€22,195
US$ 28,563
28 Robert George Talbot Kelly (British, 1861-1934) The Irrawaddy Valley, Upper Burma £1,249
€1,479
US$ 1,904
33 George Chinnery RHA (British, 1774-1852) A street scene near São Domingos church, Macau £31,249
€36,993
US$ 47,606
34 Anglo-Chinese School, mid-19th Century A British clipper ship moored off Hong Kong £3,499
€4,143
US$ 5,331
35 Anglo-Chinese School, mid-19th Century The clipper 'Falcon' off the south China coast £1,312
€1,553
US$ 1,999
36 Anglo-Chinese School, 19th Century The hongs at Canton, circa 1840 £4,749
€5,622
US$ 7,236
37 Anglo-Chinese School, late 19th Century Hong Kong Harbour and the city of Victoria £16,249
€19,236
US$ 24,755
39 Anglo-Chinese School, 19th Century A pagoda in Kuangtung £687
€813
US$ 1,047
40 Circle of Youqua (Chinese, active circa 1840-1870) Macao, from the south looking north £26,249
€31,074
US$ 39,989
41 Anglo-Chinese School, 19th Century The S.S. 'Agnes' off Hong Kong £4,999
€5,918
US$ 7,617
43 Anglo-Chinese School, 19th Century Musicians in an interior £1,124
€1,331
US$ 1,713
45 Lamqua (Chinese, active 1805-1830) Hong Merchant, Canton £14,999
€17,756
US$ 22,851
47 Francis Helps (British, 1890-1972) Head study £749
€887
US$ 1,142
55 Circle of Thomas Daniell, RA (British, 1749-1840) Mosque at Chinno £874
€1,035
US$ 1,332
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) £1,874
€2,219
US$ 2,856
57 George Chinnery RHA (British, 1774-1852) Figures before an Indian temple £8,124
€9,618
US$ 12,377
59 English School, 19th Century Bengal tigers £3,124
€3,699
US$ 4,760
60 English School, late 19th Century Hills above Bombay £749
€887
US$ 1,142
63 George Chinnery RHA (British, 1774-1852) Study of trees in India £374
€443
US$ 571
64 Circle of William Prinsep (British, 1794-1874) A group of Indian women gathered beneath the shade of a tree £8,749
€10,358
US$ 13,329
68 John Gantz (British, 1772-1853) An Indian cowherd £374
€443
US$ 571
71 Edward Henry Holder (British, 1847-1922) The Boiling Pot, Victoria Falls £2,124
€2,515
US$ 3,237
80 Silvestro Valeri (Italian, 1814-1902) The guard £1,749
€2,071
US$ 2,665
85 Professor Niels Simonsen (Danish, Copenhagen 1807-1885 Frederiksberg) Defending a hill fortification, Morocco £11,249
€13,317
US$ 17,138
88 Giulio Rosati (Italian, 1858-1917) The camel seller £4,687
€5,548
US$ 7,140
90 Robert George Talbot Kelly, R.I., R.B.A. (British, 1861-1934) Tangiers £624
€739
US$ 952
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) £1,624
€1,923
US$ 2,475
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) £1,249
€1,479
US$ 1,904
98 Albert Goodwin, RWS (British, 1845-1932) Tombs of the Caliphs, Cairo £2,499
€2,959
US$ 3,808
99 Frederick Goodall, RA (British, 1822-1904) Memphis £999
€1,183
US$ 1,523
101 Narcisse Berchère (French, 1819-1891) Colossi of Memnon, Thebes £5,624
€6,658
US$ 8,569
102 Edward Lear (British, 1812-1888) Denderah, Egypt £4,374
€5,179
US$ 6,664
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) £2,249
€2,663
US$ 3,427
104 Edward Lear (British, 1812-1888) Gebel Serbal from Wady Selaff £999
€1,183
US$ 1,523
105 Edward Lear (British, 1812-1888) View of the Nile, Egypt £2,499
€2,959
US$ 3,808
106 Edward Lear (British, 1812-1888) Mahatta, Egypt £1,124
€1,331
US$ 1,713
107 Augustus Osborne Lamplough, A.R.A., R.W.S (British, 1877-1930) 'Ruins at Kertassia, Nubia'; 'A Distant View of the Pyramids' (2) £2,249
€2,663
US$ 3,427
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) £749
€887
US$ 1,142
109 Augustus Osborne Lamplough, A.R.A., R.W.S (British, 1877-1930) 'A Desert Skyline; 'A Desert Village' (2) £2,874
€3,403
US$ 4,379
113 Girolamo Gianni (Italian, 1837-1895) Desert scenes, a pair each 27.5 x 22.5cm (10 13/16 x 8 7/8in), (2). £1,749
€2,071
US$ 2,665
114 Narcisse Berchère (French, 1819-1891) A desert caravan £624
€739
US$ 952
115 English School, late 19th Century An album of twenty-four watercolours album size: 26 x 32cm (10 1/4 x 12 5/8in) £1,124
€1,331
US$ 1,713
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) £3,749
€4,439
US$ 5,712
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
€1,109
US$ 1,428
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) £10,624
€12,577
US$ 16,186
119 Attributed to Antoine Alphonse Montfort (French, 1802-1884) A view of Brummana from Mount Lebanon £2,874
€3,403
US$ 4,379
120 J. Milner (British, early 20th Century) River scene, Basra £1,124
€1,331
US$ 1,713
122 Ben Avram (Israeli, born 1937) Flying musician £1,874
€2,219
US$ 2,856
123 Yosl Bergner (Israeli, born 1920) 'Flowers' £1,624
€1,923
US$ 2,475
124 Menashe Kadishman (Israeli, born 1932) Sheep head £2,249
€2,663
US$ 3,427
127 Vittorio Amadeo Preziosi (Maltese, 1816-1882) The spice sellers £2,499
€2,959
US$ 3,808
131 Vittorio Amadeo Preziosi (Maltese, 1816-1882) Portrait of a Turkish beauty £1,374
€1,627
US$ 2,094
132 Vittorio Amadeo Preziosi (Maltese, 1816-1882) The Bazaar at Constantinople £14,999
€17,756
US$ 22,851
134 Reginald Thomas Cleaver (British, born circa 1870-1954) 'A Social Crime in a Constantinople Cafe' £1,874
€2,219
US$ 2,856
135 Vittorio Amadeo Preziosi (Maltese, 1816-1882) Fifteen figure studies each approximately 28 x 19cm (11 x 7 1/2in). (15) £9,999
€11,837
US$ 15,234
136 Continental School, 19th Century A fire in Constantinople £1,124
€1,331
US$ 1,713
138 Conrad Hector Rafaele Carelli (British, 1869-1956) Istanbul from Iskudar £812
€961
US$ 1,237
139 J. Pavlikevitch (Russian, active circa 1900) The Galata Bridge, Constantinople £624
€739
US$ 952
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). £2,124
€2,515
US$ 3,237
144 Vincenzo Fenech (Maltese, late 18th/early 19th Century) A group of three Maltese costume studies (3) £1,749
€2,071
US$ 2,665
147 General Sir John Miller Adye (1819-1900) Gibraltar £874
€1,035
US$ 1,332
150 Girolamo Gianni (Italian, 1837-1895) A view of Valletta Harbour £3,499
€4,143
US$ 5,331
151 English School, 19th Century View of St Pauls Bay, Malta £1,124
€1,331
US$ 1,713
152 Luigi Maria Galea (Maltese, 1847-1917) The Grand Harbour, Valetta, at dusk £874
€1,035
US$ 1,332
153 Angel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas (Spanish, 1791-1865) Self Portrait £874
€1,035
US$ 1,332
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 £10,624
€12,577
US$ 16,186
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) £749
€887
US$ 1,142
157 Robert J. MacLeod (20th century) Barbados £687
€813
US$ 1,047
158 Colonial School, late 19th Century A plantation landscape £937
€1,109
US$ 1,428
163 South American School, mid 19th Century Collecting the sugar cane £3,499
€4,143
US$ 5,331
164 August Löhr (German, 1843-1919) A family in an ox-drawn cart, Mexico £1,874
€2,219
US$ 2,856
165 South American School, 19th Century Peasant family cooking £16,249
€19,236
US$ 24,755
166 Brazilian School, 19th Century Panorama of Rio £2,374
€2,811
US$ 3,618
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).
£3,749
€4,439
US$ 5,712
168 Romeo V. Tabuena (Filipino, born 1921) Market stalls, Mexico £1,249
€1,479
US$ 1,904
169 Miguel Angel Vidal (Argentinian, born 1928) 'Ave Fenix Laberinto' £1,749
€2,071
US$ 2,665
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