15th Jul, 2023 11:00 GMT/BST

British, European & Sporting Art

 
  Lot 1124
 

1124

After Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1821-1882)
"Dante's Dream" (cartoon)
Black Crayon, 90cm by 135.5cm

Provenance: The Stone Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne

From the Estate of the late Ian Stephenson of Laithes, Penrith, Cumbria

This is a cartoon of the painting now in the Walker Art Gallery Liverpool, see the collection of Henry Treffry Dunn

Sold for £850
Estimated at £500 - £800


 

In a broadly good state of preservation. There are approx 13-15 small holes, abrasions and damages along the left-hand side edge. 2-3 varying shaped small nicks/damages to right-hand side edge, approx 30-40cm from the lower right-hand corner (see images). Some minor rubbing from frame. Subtle vertical line running the length of the right-hand side approx 1cm from the outer edge. Possibly extension to sheet? (see images). Top right-hand corner and far right-hand side of the upper edge covered with residual dried adhesive. The glass also includes residual adhesive from a band of masking tape approx 6-7cm in length. Some general staining throughout the sheet. The use of the brown crayon to denote the decoration to the left of the far right-hand side standing figure within the fireplace and to a lesser extent further across looks a little incongruous (see image). Small amount of residual died out masking tape adhesive to the lower left-hand corner. No evidence of cockling, not examined out of the frame.

 


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Auction: British, European & Sporting Art, 15th Jul, 2023

The British, European and Sporting Art Sale at Tennants Auctioneers will see a fine equestrian portrait of ‘Lady Caroline Held by a Groom, Newmarket’ attributed to Thomas Spencer (1700-1763) go under the hammer. It will be joined by notable lots from the Estate of Martin & Felicity Mackintosh of Harrogate, including a rich and plentiful still life of game, fruit and flowers by Hendrik Reekers (1815-1854), and further works by the likes of Ford Madox Brown and William Holman Hunt from the Estate of the late Ian Stephenson of Laithes, Penrith, Cumbria. Other notable lots include Montague Dawson's “HMS Amethyst running the Yangtse Gauntlet, 30th July 1949”. 

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