Skip to main content

This auction has ended. View lot details

You may also be interested in

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

William Huggins (British, 1820-1884) Head studies of lions from Christian and the Lions each 22.2 x 16.5cm (8 3/4 x 6 1/2in). (2) image 1
William Huggins (British, 1820-1884) Head studies of lions from Christian and the Lions each 22.2 x 16.5cm (8 3/4 x 6 1/2in). (2) image 2
William Huggins (British, 1820-1884) Head studies of lions from Christian and the Lions each 22.2 x 16.5cm (8 3/4 x 6 1/2in). (2) image 3
Lot 67*

William Huggins
(British, 1820-1884)
Head studies of lions from Christian and the Lions each 22.2 x 16.5cm (8 3/4 x 6 1/2in). (2)

30 – 31 March 2022, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£4,000 - £6,000

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

How to sell

Looking for a similar item?

Our 19th Century & Orientalist Paintings specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.

Find your local specialist

Ask about this lot

William Huggins (British, 1820-1884)

Head studies of lions from Christian and the Lions
a pair
oil on board
each 22.2 x 16.5cm (8 3/4 x 6 1/2in). (2)

Footnotes

Provenance
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 13 October 1989, lot 28.
Private collection, Italy (acquired from the above sale).

The present works are studies of the lions depicted in the large Huggins oil from 1848, titled Christian and the Lions held in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (WAG 1753).

Additional information

Bid now on these items

Sidney Richard Percy(British, 1821-1886)The Barnmouth Water near Dolgelly, North Wales

Julius Olsson(British, 1864-1942)Summer Sea, Newquay

Edward Seago, RWS, RBA(British, 1910-1974)Old houses, Istanbul

Alois Arnegger(Austrian, 1879-1967)Sunset, Untersberg

Jean Joseph Benjamin Constant(French, 1845-1902)On the roofs

Louis Monro Grier(Australian, 1864-1920) St Ives, Cornwall

Edward Seago, RWS, RBA(British, 1910-1974)The lion of S. Mark - Venice

Sir Alfred James Munnings, PRA, RWS(British, 1878-1959)The leading horses of the Royal Carriage before the Ascot Procession, June 1925

Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt., ARA, RWS(British, 1833-1898)Portrait of Elsie York

Franz von Defregger(Austrian, 1835-1921)Touristen auf der Alm

John McGhie(British, 1867-1952)Dutch Fisherwomen and Child

Louis-François Cassas(Azay-le-Ferron 1756-1827 Versailles)Studies of Egyptian figures

Ken Howard R.A.(British, 1932-2022)Debora