15th Jul, 2023 11:00 GMT/BST
British, European & Sporting Art
1186
George Smith (1829-1901)
"Musings on the Future"
Signed and dated 1874, signed and inscribed verso, oil on panel, 58.5cm by 49cm
Exhibited at Royal Academy 1874, No. 58
Provenance: Christopher Wood Gallery, London
Sold for £3,800
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000
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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Sunday 9 July to Friday 14 July 11am-4pm and morning of sale from 8am
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