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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

Lots

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3 Charles Gordon Frazer (British, 1863-1899) Rata Tree, New Zealand £500
€588
US$ 757
5 Charles Gordon Frazer (British, 1863-1899) 'The Forest Mirror, Queensland' £1,500
€1,766
US$ 2,272
6 Sidney Nolan (Australian, 1917-1992) Figure and camel £3,250
€3,827
US$ 4,924
7 David Boyd (Australian, 1924-2011) 'The River Swimmer' £3,500
€4,122
US$ 5,303
9 Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri (Aborigine, circa 1932-2002) Water Dreaming £875
€1,030
US$ 1,325
10 Guy Martin Boyd (Australian, 1923-1988) Kneeling woman height 29.5cm (11 5/8in) £2,500
€2,944
US$ 3,788
11 Robert Weir Allan, RSA RWS RSW (British, 1852-1942) Yomeiman Gate, Nikko, Japan £10,000
€11,777
US$ 15,152
16 Sir Herbert Edwin Pelham Hughes-Stanton (British, 1870-1937) The aftermath £500
€588
US$ 757
18 Fernando Cueto Amorsolo (Filipino, 1892-1972) Market place before a church £34,850
€41,043
US$ 52,806
19 Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merprés (Belgian, 1880-1958) Portrait of Ni Pollock £7,500
€8,832
US$ 11,364
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
€12,513
US$ 16,099
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
€13,985
US$ 17,993
22 Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merprés (Belgian, 1880-1958) Study of a Balinese woman looking out of a window £8,125
€9,568
US$ 12,311
23 Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merprés (Belgian, 1880-1958) A Balinese woman arranging flowers £15,000
€17,665
US$ 22,728
24 Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merprés (Belgian, 1880-1958) Portrait of Ni Pollock wearing a headdress £18,750
€22,082
US$ 28,410
28 Robert George Talbot Kelly (British, 1861-1934) The Irrawaddy Valley, Upper Burma £1,250
€1,472
US$ 1,894
33 George Chinnery RHA (British, 1774-1852) A street scene near São Domingos church, Macau £31,250
€36,803
US$ 47,351
34 Anglo-Chinese School, mid-19th Century A British clipper ship moored off Hong Kong £3,500
€4,122
US$ 5,303
35 Anglo-Chinese School, mid-19th Century The clipper 'Falcon' off the south China coast £1,312
€1,545
US$ 1,988
36 Anglo-Chinese School, 19th Century The hongs at Canton, circa 1840 £4,750
€5,594
US$ 7,197
37 Anglo-Chinese School, late 19th Century Hong Kong Harbour and the city of Victoria £16,250
€19,137
US$ 24,622
39 Anglo-Chinese School, 19th Century A pagoda in Kuangtung £687
€809
US$ 1,041
40 Circle of Youqua (Chinese, active circa 1840-1870) Macao, from the south looking north £26,250
€30,915
US$ 39,775
41 Anglo-Chinese School, 19th Century The S.S. 'Agnes' off Hong Kong £5,000
€5,888
US$ 7,576
43 Anglo-Chinese School, 19th Century Musicians in an interior £1,125
€1,324
US$ 1,704
45 Lamqua (Chinese, active 1805-1830) Hong Merchant, Canton £15,000
€17,665
US$ 22,728
47 Francis Helps (British, 1890-1972) Head study £750
€883
US$ 1,136
55 Circle of Thomas Daniell, RA (British, 1749-1840) Mosque at Chinno £875
€1,030
US$ 1,325
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
€2,208
US$ 2,841
57 George Chinnery RHA (British, 1774-1852) Figures before an Indian temple £8,125
€9,568
US$ 12,311
59 English School, 19th Century Bengal tigers £3,125
€3,680
US$ 4,735
60 English School, late 19th Century Hills above Bombay £750
€883
US$ 1,136
63 George Chinnery RHA (British, 1774-1852) Study of trees in India £375
€441
US$ 568
64 Circle of William Prinsep (British, 1794-1874) A group of Indian women gathered beneath the shade of a tree £8,750
€10,305
US$ 13,258
68 John Gantz (British, 1772-1853) An Indian cowherd £375
€441
US$ 568
71 Edward Henry Holder (British, 1847-1922) The Boiling Pot, Victoria Falls £2,125
€2,502
US$ 3,219
80 Silvestro Valeri (Italian, 1814-1902) The guard £1,750
€2,061
US$ 2,651
85 Professor Niels Simonsen (Danish, Copenhagen 1807-1885 Frederiksberg) Defending a hill fortification, Morocco £11,250
€13,249
US$ 17,046
88 Giulio Rosati (Italian, 1858-1917) The camel seller £4,687
€5,520
US$ 7,102
90 Robert George Talbot Kelly, R.I., R.B.A. (British, 1861-1934) Tangiers £625
€736
US$ 947
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
€1,913
US$ 2,462
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
€1,472
US$ 1,894
98 Albert Goodwin, RWS (British, 1845-1932) Tombs of the Caliphs, Cairo £2,500
€2,944
US$ 3,788
99 Frederick Goodall, RA (British, 1822-1904) Memphis £1,000
€1,177
US$ 1,515
101 Narcisse Berchère (French, 1819-1891) Colossi of Memnon, Thebes £5,625
€6,624
US$ 8,523
102 Edward Lear (British, 1812-1888) Denderah, Egypt £4,375
€5,152
US$ 6,629
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
€2,649
US$ 3,409
104 Edward Lear (British, 1812-1888) Gebel Serbal from Wady Selaff £1,000
€1,177
US$ 1,515
105 Edward Lear (British, 1812-1888) View of the Nile, Egypt £2,500
€2,944
US$ 3,788
106 Edward Lear (British, 1812-1888) Mahatta, Egypt £1,125
€1,324
US$ 1,704
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
€2,649
US$ 3,409
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
€883
US$ 1,136
109 Augustus Osborne Lamplough, A.R.A., R.W.S (British, 1877-1930) 'A Desert Skyline; 'A Desert Village' (2) £2,875
€3,385
US$ 4,356
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
€2,061
US$ 2,651
114 Narcisse Berchère (French, 1819-1891) A desert caravan £625
€736
US$ 947
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
€1,324
US$ 1,704
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
€4,416
US$ 5,682
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
€1,104
US$ 1,420
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
€12,513
US$ 16,099
119 Attributed to Antoine Alphonse Montfort (French, 1802-1884) A view of Brummana from Mount Lebanon £2,875
€3,385
US$ 4,356
120 J. Milner (British, early 20th Century) River scene, Basra £1,125
€1,324
US$ 1,704
122 Ben Avram (Israeli, born 1937) Flying musician £1,875
€2,208
US$ 2,841
123 Yosl Bergner (Israeli, born 1920) 'Flowers' £1,625
€1,913
US$ 2,462
124 Menashe Kadishman (Israeli, born 1932) Sheep head £2,250
€2,649
US$ 3,409
127 Vittorio Amadeo Preziosi (Maltese, 1816-1882) The spice sellers £2,500
€2,944
US$ 3,788
131 Vittorio Amadeo Preziosi (Maltese, 1816-1882) Portrait of a Turkish beauty £1,375
€1,619
US$ 2,083
132 Vittorio Amadeo Preziosi (Maltese, 1816-1882) The Bazaar at Constantinople £15,000
€17,665
US$ 22,728
134 Reginald Thomas Cleaver (British, born circa 1870-1954) 'A Social Crime in a Constantinople Cafe' £1,875
€2,208
US$ 2,841
135 Vittorio Amadeo Preziosi (Maltese, 1816-1882) Fifteen figure studies each approximately 28 x 19cm (11 x 7 1/2in). (15) £10,000
€11,777
US$ 15,152
136 Continental School, 19th Century A fire in Constantinople £1,125
€1,324
US$ 1,704
138 Conrad Hector Rafaele Carelli (British, 1869-1956) Istanbul from Iskudar £812
€956
US$ 1,231
139 J. Pavlikevitch (Russian, active circa 1900) The Galata Bridge, Constantinople £625
€736
US$ 947
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
€2,502
US$ 3,219
144 Vincenzo Fenech (Maltese, late 18th/early 19th Century) A group of three Maltese costume studies (3) £1,750
€2,061
US$ 2,651
147 General Sir John Miller Adye (1819-1900) Gibraltar £875
€1,030
US$ 1,325
150 Girolamo Gianni (Italian, 1837-1895) A view of Valletta Harbour £3,500
€4,122
US$ 5,303
151 English School, 19th Century View of St Pauls Bay, Malta £1,125
€1,324
US$ 1,704
152 Luigi Maria Galea (Maltese, 1847-1917) The Grand Harbour, Valetta, at dusk £875
€1,030
US$ 1,325
153 Angel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas (Spanish, 1791-1865) Self Portrait £875
€1,030
US$ 1,325
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
€12,513
US$ 16,099
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
€883
US$ 1,136
157 Robert J. MacLeod (20th century) Barbados £687
€809
US$ 1,041
158 Colonial School, late 19th Century A plantation landscape £937
€1,104
US$ 1,420
163 South American School, mid 19th Century Collecting the sugar cane £3,500
€4,122
US$ 5,303
164 August Löhr (German, 1843-1919) A family in an ox-drawn cart, Mexico £1,875
€2,208
US$ 2,841
165 South American School, 19th Century Peasant family cooking £16,250
€19,137
US$ 24,622
166 Brazilian School, 19th Century Panorama of Rio £2,375
€2,797
US$ 3,598
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
€4,416
US$ 5,682
168 Romeo V. Tabuena (Filipino, born 1921) Market stalls, Mexico £1,250
€1,472
US$ 1,894
169 Miguel Angel Vidal (Argentinian, born 1928) 'Ave Fenix Laberinto' £1,750
€2,061
US$ 2,651
170 General Walter Fane (British, 1828-1885) View of Salt lake City £25,000
€29,442
US$ 37,881
173 William Aiken Walker (American, 1838-1921) Cotton pickers £5,625
€6,624
US$ 8,523
174 Thomas (Tom) Keith Roberts, RCA OSA (Canadian, 1909-1998) Quebec landscape £687
€809
US$ 1,041
175 Canadian School, 19th Century Fishermen by a lake with shipping £562
€662
US$ 852
176 Cyrus Cincinatto Cuneo (American, 1879-1916) A view in the Rockies £1,250
€1,472
US$ 1,894
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