Boydell Galleries - British Watercolours, Antique Maps & Prints

Paul Breen - formerly of The Boydell Galleries - Est'd 1851

British Watercolours

Library of some of the Images sold by the Boydell Galleries

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Artist

Title & Description

Original Price

ABBOTT. John White.
1763-1851

"Anstey's Cove, Babicombe, Devon"
Signed, dated & inscribed on original backing, Sept 15 1836, 4 ¾ " x 7 1/4"

£ 2,250

ALDRIDGE. Frederick James.
1850-1923

"Fishing Vessels off the Channel Coast"
Watercolour, both signed,
each 3 1/8" x 7"

£ 695

ALLEN. Joseph William.
1803-52

"Shepherds & sheep by a river, a ruined Abbey beyond"
Signed & dated 1836, 10 ½ " x 15 ¾ "

£ 1,675

ATKINS. Samuel.
Flourished 1787-1808

"Panorama with shipping in the Lower Thames Estuary"
Watercolour, signed, 4 " x 11 ¾"
Provenance : With Spink.

£ 3,500

BARRET. George, Jnr
1767-1842

"Arcadia"
Signed & dated 1833, 12 1/8" x 16 ½ " Provenance : Thomas Baines, then Agnews. Exhibited : Manchester Jubilee Exhibition 1887, No 1565

£ 2,250

BROWN. Samuel John Milton. PRCA.
1873-1963

"Clippers nearing a coast"
Watercolour, signed , 15 ¼" x 22"

About £2,950

BROWN. Samuel John Milton. PRCA.
1873-1963

"Sail & Steam, on the Mersey".
Watercolour, signed, 8 ¾" x 11 ¾".

About £2,500

CLAYTON. Joseph Hughes.
Exh 1891-1929

"A Country Village"
Watercolour with bodycolour, Signed, 10" x 15"

£ 675

CLENNELL. Charles Warren
1844

"St George's Quay and James Street, Liverpool, 1844"
Watercolour, signed & dated,
4 ¾ " x 6 ¼ "

£750

CLENNELL. Charles Warren
1844

"St Nicholas' Church, Liverpool, 1844"
Watercolour, signed & dated,
5 ½ " x 7"

£750

COLLIER. Thomas. R.I.
1840-1891

"A Moor land Landscape with figures"
Watercolour, signed, 9 ¾ " x 13 ¾".

£ 550

COPLEY FIELDING. Anthony Vandyke P.O.W.S.
1787-1855

"Loch Katrine"
Watercolour, signed & dated 1846,
10" x 13 ¾ ".

£ 2,500

COX. David. O.W.S.
1783-1859

"The Beach near Calais, Fort Rouge in the distance"
Watercolour with scratching out, signed & dated 1832, 6 ¼ " x 8 ¾ "
Provenance : Davies & Langdale, New York, & Christies, London.

£ 5,950

COX. David. O.W.S.
1783-1859

"Passing the time of day"
Pencil, black chalk & Watercolour, signed & dated 1837, 9 ¼ " x 12 ½..
Provenance : From a private collection, Christies, November 1999.

£ 5,250

COX. David. O.W.S.
1783-1859

"Figures on a Heath".
Pencil & Watercolour, signed & dated 1831, 7 ¼ x 10 7/8"
Provenance : 1.Hugh Perkins. 2. With Richard Jeffreys, Liverpool. 3. With Christopher Cole.
Exhibited : Liverpool Art Club, "Loan Collection of the works of the late David Cox" 1875.

£ 6,500

COX. David. O.W.S.
1783-1859

"A Harbour scene with figures & moored boats".
Pencil & Watercolour, 6 1/8" x 9"
Provenance : 1.With the gallery Downstairs. 2. Christies, London.

£ 4,950

Thomas Creswick RA. 1811-1869
An Album of Watercolours.
A beautiful collection of 6 fine views of Ports on the South-East coast of England. Bound in full dark green tooled leather.
All in fine infaded condition.
Go to the dedicated page of the Collection

About £ 3,600

Dover

Hastings

De Wint. Peter O.W.S.
1784-1849

"Near Cookham"
Watercolour with scratching out,
9 ¾ " x 6 ¼
Provenance : Lord Claremont, then with Ruskin Galleries, Birmingham.

£ 3,950

De Wint. Peter O.W.S.
1784-1849

"Llansantffraid-glan-Conway, Denbighshire". Watercolour with scratching out,
9 ¾ " x 13 ¾".
Provenance : Boydell Galleries, c1970.

£ 2,750

Du CANE. Mary. 1784

Watercolour, signed and inscribed "Limodorum.....?", and dedicated to her Mother, 1784, sheet size 14" x 9 ¾" .

£ 295

FARINGTON. Joseph. RA.
1747-1821

"A cottage in a forest".
Pencil, laid on the original backing with wash border. signed. 22 3/8" x 17 ½".

£ 695

FRANCIA. Francois Louis Thomas.
1772-1839

"Dutch Fishing Vessels at Sea",
Signed & dated 1832, 6" x 9 ¼ ". Provenance : A.P.Hollingsworth, Christie's London, 11th march 1882 (To Roget) John Lewis Roget- S.R.Roget - J.R.Roget. With Spink, London. Exhibited : London, Royal Academy, "Exhibition of Old Masters", 1908

£ 4,950

GLOVER. John. O.W.S.
1767-1849

"View of Ullswater, from Glenridding".
Watercolour, 13" x 17"

£ 7,950

Attributed to
HARDEN. John
1772-1847

"Kentmere Hall, Cumberland"
Watercolour, 5 ¾" x 7 ¾".

£795

Attributed to :
HAVELL. William. OWS.
1782-1857

"Covent Garden Market"
Watercolour, inscribed, Initialled and dated IX/IXX ? on a basket, 11 3/8" x 16 ½".
Provenance : 1. With Heather Newman. 2. Donald Harrison.

£ 4,950

HUTTON. Thomas S.
Exh 1887-1906.

."Conway Castle"
Watercolour, signed, inscribed & dated '96, 9 5/8" x 13 5/8"

£ 995

LAWES. Harold.
Exh 1892

"On the Lledr, North Wales"
Watercolour, signed & inscribed on old label, 9 ¼ " x 13 ¾ ".

£ 1,150

LE CAVE. Peter.
fl 1789-1816

"Figures and sheep resting on a river bank"
Pencil, pen & grey ink and watercolour, 5 ¾" x 7 ¾"
Provenance : 1. With Peter Arnold. 2. Donald Harrison.

£ 1,150

LE CAVE. Peter.
fl 1789-1816

"Donkey & Pigs in a rustic farmyard"
Pencil, pen & grey ink and watercolour, 4 7/8" x 6 5/8"
Provenance : The Fine Art Society, 1973.

£ 1,150

LONGLEY. Stanislaus Soutten.
1894-C1950

"A Lady of Fashion"
Watercolour, signed, 17" x 13 ¼ ",
signed & inscribed on the artist's label .

£ 1,750

A Collection of 28 Watercolour & sepia wash drawings by various artists.
Taken from an Album, c1840 or earlier, bookplate of Robert Green, presented to his (?) daughter, Gertrude, April 29th 1920.

Marine Subjects

Various prices

McEWAN. David Hall.
1817-1893

"A Walker in a Wooded River Landscape"
Watercolour heightened with body colour, 13 ¾ " x 20 ¾ ".

£ 1,950

Attributed to :
NEALE. John Preston,
1780-1847

"A country house".
Watercolour with pen outline,
initialled "J N", and indistinctly dated.
4 5/8" x 8 3/8".

£ 495

PAYNE. William,
1760-1830

"Crossing a West Country Bridge".
Watercolour, signed, 8 1/8" x 11 3/8"

£1,950

PAYNE. William,
1760-1830

"A Harbour scene, possibly Plymouth.".
Watercolour and pen & Ink, with scratching out. 7 ½" x 5 ½".

£3,950

PAYNE. William,
1760-1830

"Tintern Abbey and the River Wye, Monmouthshire"
Watercolour, inscribed verso, 11 ¾" x 16 5/8".

£ 2,950

PAYNE. William,
1760-1830

"Gypsies at a Camp Fire"
Watercolour, signed, 6 ½ " x 9 ¼ "
Provenance : Dr R.E. Hemphill. - With Spink, London

£ 1,950

PEARSON. Cornelius.
1809-1891

"Lake Windermere, from Orrest Head"
Watercolour heightened with white, signed and dated 1872, 8 ¼ " x 16 1/4" .

£ 3,250

PENNETHORNE. Sir James.
1801-1871

"St Georges Hall, Liverpool"
Watercolour, Signed & dated 1854,
12" x 21 ¼ ".

£4,500

POLLITT. Albert.
Exh 1885-1926

"Sheep on a country Lane"
Watercolour, signed, 10 ¾ " x 17 ½ ".

£ 1,150

ROWLANDSON. Thomas. 1756-1827

"St Giles' Courtship"
Pen & Ink & Watercolour, bears signature. 11" x 8 ½".
Provenance : Joseph Grego - Henry D.Hughes, 1923 - with Scott & Fowles, New York.
Exhibited : London, Earls Court, "Naval & Military Exhibition, 1892".
Literature : J. Grego : "Rowlandson the Caricaturist", London, 1880. Volume 1, p.364, illustrated p.365
Engraved : T.Rowlandson, for R.Ackermann, 10th April 1799.

£ 2,950

ROWLANDSON. Thomas
1756-1827

"Monkey Tricks"
Watercolour, signed & dated 1812, and inscribed. 10 7/8" x 8 5/8".
Provenance : Iolo A.Williams, Sotheby's 1980, lot 97 £2,200,

£ 3,250

SANDBY. Paul. RA.
1725-1809

"A River Landscape, a goatherd with his flock in the foreground, a town beyond"
Pencil and bodycolour, within a black-lined border. 4 1/8" x 6 ½"
Provenance : Donald Harrison

£ 1,750