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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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 of 176
3 Charles Gordon Frazer (British, 1863-1899) Rata Tree, New Zealand £499
€584
US$ 783
5 Charles Gordon Frazer (British, 1863-1899) 'The Forest Mirror, Queensland' £1,499
€1,752
US$ 2,349
6 Sidney Nolan (Australian, 1917-1992) Figure and camel £3,249
€3,797
US$ 5,091
7 David Boyd (Australian, 1924-2011) 'The River Swimmer' £3,499
€4,089
US$ 5,482
9 Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri (Aborigine, circa 1932-2002) Water Dreaming £874
€1,022
US$ 1,370
10 Guy Martin Boyd (Australian, 1923-1988) Kneeling woman height 29.5cm (11 5/8in) £2,499
€2,921
US$ 3,916
11 Robert Weir Allan, RSA RWS RSW (British, 1852-1942) Yomeiman Gate, Nikko, Japan £9,999
€11,684
US$ 15,664
16 Sir Herbert Edwin Pelham Hughes-Stanton (British, 1870-1937) The aftermath £499
€584
US$ 783
18 Fernando Cueto Amorsolo (Filipino, 1892-1972) Market place before a church £34,849
€40,722
US$ 54,592
19 Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merprés (Belgian, 1880-1958) Portrait of Ni Pollock £7,499
€8,763
US$ 11,748
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
€12,415
US$ 16,643
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
€13,875
US$ 18,602
22 Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merprés (Belgian, 1880-1958) Study of a Balinese woman looking out of a window £8,124
€9,494
US$ 12,727
23 Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merprés (Belgian, 1880-1958) A Balinese woman arranging flowers £14,999
€17,527
US$ 23,497
24 Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merprés (Belgian, 1880-1958) Portrait of Ni Pollock wearing a headdress £18,749
€21,909
US$ 29,371
28 Robert George Talbot Kelly (British, 1861-1934) The Irrawaddy Valley, Upper Burma £1,249
€1,460
US$ 1,958
33 George Chinnery RHA (British, 1774-1852) A street scene near São Domingos church, Macau £31,249
€36,515
US$ 48,952
34 Anglo-Chinese School, mid-19th Century A British clipper ship moored off Hong Kong £3,499
€4,089
US$ 5,482
35 Anglo-Chinese School, mid-19th Century The clipper 'Falcon' off the south China coast £1,312
€1,533
US$ 2,056
36 Anglo-Chinese School, 19th Century The hongs at Canton, circa 1840 £4,749
€5,550
US$ 7,440
37 Anglo-Chinese School, late 19th Century Hong Kong Harbour and the city of Victoria £16,249
€18,988
US$ 25,455
39 Anglo-Chinese School, 19th Century A pagoda in Kuangtung £687
€803
US$ 1,076
40 Circle of Youqua (Chinese, active circa 1840-1870) Macao, from the south looking north £26,249
€30,673
US$ 41,120
41 Anglo-Chinese School, 19th Century The S.S. 'Agnes' off Hong Kong £4,999
€5,842
US$ 7,832
43 Anglo-Chinese School, 19th Century Musicians in an interior £1,124
€1,314
US$ 1,762
45 Lamqua (Chinese, active 1805-1830) Hong Merchant, Canton £14,999
€17,527
US$ 23,497
47 Francis Helps (British, 1890-1972) Head study £749
€876
US$ 1,174
55 Circle of Thomas Daniell, RA (British, 1749-1840) Mosque at Chinno £874
€1,022
US$ 1,370
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
€2,190
US$ 2,937
57 George Chinnery RHA (British, 1774-1852) Figures before an Indian temple £8,124
€9,494
US$ 12,727
59 English School, 19th Century Bengal tigers £3,124
€3,651
US$ 4,895
60 English School, late 19th Century Hills above Bombay £749
€876
US$ 1,174
63 George Chinnery RHA (British, 1774-1852) Study of trees in India £374
€438
US$ 587
64 Circle of William Prinsep (British, 1794-1874) A group of Indian women gathered beneath the shade of a tree £8,749
€10,224
US$ 13,706
68 John Gantz (British, 1772-1853) An Indian cowherd £374
€438
US$ 587
71 Edward Henry Holder (British, 1847-1922) The Boiling Pot, Victoria Falls £2,124
€2,483
US$ 3,328
80 Silvestro Valeri (Italian, 1814-1902) The guard £1,749
€2,044
US$ 2,741
85 Professor Niels Simonsen (Danish, Copenhagen 1807-1885 Frederiksberg) Defending a hill fortification, Morocco £11,249
€13,145
US$ 17,622
88 Giulio Rosati (Italian, 1858-1917) The camel seller £4,687
€5,477
US$ 7,342
90 Robert George Talbot Kelly, R.I., R.B.A. (British, 1861-1934) Tangiers £624
€730
US$ 979
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
€1,898
US$ 2,545
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
€1,460
US$ 1,958
98 Albert Goodwin, RWS (British, 1845-1932) Tombs of the Caliphs, Cairo £2,499
€2,921
US$ 3,916
99 Frederick Goodall, RA (British, 1822-1904) Memphis £999
€1,168
US$ 1,566
101 Narcisse Berchère (French, 1819-1891) Colossi of Memnon, Thebes £5,624
€6,572
US$ 8,811
102 Edward Lear (British, 1812-1888) Denderah, Egypt £4,374
€5,112
US$ 6,853
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
€2,629
US$ 3,524
104 Edward Lear (British, 1812-1888) Gebel Serbal from Wady Selaff £999
€1,168
US$ 1,566
105 Edward Lear (British, 1812-1888) View of the Nile, Egypt £2,499
€2,921
US$ 3,916
106 Edward Lear (British, 1812-1888) Mahatta, Egypt £1,124
€1,314
US$ 1,762
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
€2,629
US$ 3,524
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
€876
US$ 1,174
109 Augustus Osborne Lamplough, A.R.A., R.W.S (British, 1877-1930) 'A Desert Skyline; 'A Desert Village' (2) £2,874
€3,359
US$ 4,503
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
€2,044
US$ 2,741
114 Narcisse Berchère (French, 1819-1891) A desert caravan £624
€730
US$ 979
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
€1,314
US$ 1,762
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
€4,381
US$ 5,874
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
€1,095
US$ 1,468
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
€12,415
US$ 16,643
119 Attributed to Antoine Alphonse Montfort (French, 1802-1884) A view of Brummana from Mount Lebanon £2,874
€3,359
US$ 4,503
120 J. Milner (British, early 20th Century) River scene, Basra £1,124
€1,314
US$ 1,762
122 Ben Avram (Israeli, born 1937) Flying musician £1,874
€2,190
US$ 2,937
123 Yosl Bergner (Israeli, born 1920) 'Flowers' £1,624
€1,898
US$ 2,545
124 Menashe Kadishman (Israeli, born 1932) Sheep head £2,249
€2,629
US$ 3,524
127 Vittorio Amadeo Preziosi (Maltese, 1816-1882) The spice sellers £2,499
€2,921
US$ 3,916
131 Vittorio Amadeo Preziosi (Maltese, 1816-1882) Portrait of a Turkish beauty £1,374
€1,606
US$ 2,153
132 Vittorio Amadeo Preziosi (Maltese, 1816-1882) The Bazaar at Constantinople £14,999
€17,527
US$ 23,497
134 Reginald Thomas Cleaver (British, born circa 1870-1954) 'A Social Crime in a Constantinople Cafe' £1,874
€2,190
US$ 2,937
135 Vittorio Amadeo Preziosi (Maltese, 1816-1882) Fifteen figure studies each approximately 28 x 19cm (11 x 7 1/2in). (15) £9,999
€11,684
US$ 15,664
136 Continental School, 19th Century A fire in Constantinople £1,124
€1,314
US$ 1,762
138 Conrad Hector Rafaele Carelli (British, 1869-1956) Istanbul from Iskudar £812
€949
US$ 1,272
139 J. Pavlikevitch (Russian, active circa 1900) The Galata Bridge, Constantinople £624
€730
US$ 979
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
€2,483
US$ 3,328
144 Vincenzo Fenech (Maltese, late 18th/early 19th Century) A group of three Maltese costume studies (3) £1,749
€2,044
US$ 2,741
147 General Sir John Miller Adye (1819-1900) Gibraltar £874
€1,022
US$ 1,370
150 Girolamo Gianni (Italian, 1837-1895) A view of Valletta Harbour £3,499
€4,089
US$ 5,482
151 English School, 19th Century View of St Pauls Bay, Malta £1,124
€1,314
US$ 1,762
152 Luigi Maria Galea (Maltese, 1847-1917) The Grand Harbour, Valetta, at dusk £874
€1,022
US$ 1,370
153 Angel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas (Spanish, 1791-1865) Self Portrait £874
€1,022
US$ 1,370
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
€12,415
US$ 16,643
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
€876
US$ 1,174
157 Robert J. MacLeod (20th century) Barbados £687
€803
US$ 1,076
158 Colonial School, late 19th Century A plantation landscape £937
€1,095
US$ 1,468
163 South American School, mid 19th Century Collecting the sugar cane £3,499
€4,089
US$ 5,482
164 August Löhr (German, 1843-1919) A family in an ox-drawn cart, Mexico £1,874
€2,190
US$ 2,937
165 South American School, 19th Century Peasant family cooking £16,249
€18,988
US$ 25,455
166 Brazilian School, 19th Century Panorama of Rio £2,374
€2,775
US$ 3,720
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
€4,381
US$ 5,874
168 Romeo V. Tabuena (Filipino, born 1921) Market stalls, Mexico £1,249
€1,460
US$ 1,958
169 Miguel Angel Vidal (Argentinian, born 1928) 'Ave Fenix Laberinto' £1,749
€2,044
US$ 2,741
170 General Walter Fane (British, 1828-1885) View of Salt lake City £24,999
€29,212
US$ 39,162
173 William Aiken Walker (American, 1838-1921) Cotton pickers £5,624
€6,572
US$ 8,811
174 Thomas (Tom) Keith Roberts, RCA OSA (Canadian, 1909-1998) Quebec landscape £687
€803
US$ 1,076
175 Canadian School, 19th Century Fishermen by a lake with shipping £562
€657
US$ 881
176 Cyrus Cincinatto Cuneo (American, 1879-1916) A view in the Rockies £1,249
€1,460
US$ 1,958
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