Travel Pictures

This department holds auctions of travel and topographical pictures featuring drawings, prints, watercolours and oil paintings of particular interest based on their geographical location, exploratory nature and historical content.

Some of the most sought-after topographical artists include Fernando Amorsolo, George Chinnery, Richard Dadd, Albert Goodwin, Edward Lear, Adrien Jean le Mayeur, Leonardo de Mango, Alberto Pasini, Count Amadeo Preziosi and Felix Ziem among many others.

Highlights from past auctions

Sold for £26,250 inc. premium
Circle of Youqua (Chinese, active circa 1840-1870) Macao, from the south looking north
Sold for £20,000 inc. premium
Vittorio Amadeo Preziosi (Maltese, 1816-1882) The Cemetery at Eyüp, Istanbul
Sold for £30,000 inc. premium
Fernando Cueto Amorsolo (Filipino, 1892-1972) The harvesters
Sold for £51,650 inc. premium
Vittorio Amadeo Preziosi (Maltese, 1816-1882) Istanbul, from a terrace in Pera

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