'In a Ligurian Garden', an important lost work by Henry Herbert La Thangue, is to be sold in the British, European and Sporting Art Sale on 16th July with an estimate of £70,000-100,000 plus buyer's premium. The painting was recently rediscovered in Yorkshire, having been passed down through the family of Sir William Prince-Smith (1898-1964) and his wife Marjorie, manufacturers of textile machinery from Keighley, West Yorkshire. View lot
Henry Herbert La Thangue RA (1859-1929) was one of the leading exponents of British Impressionism, who had become enamoured with painting 'en plein air' on a youthful painting trip to Brittany in 1881 with friend and fellow artist Stanhope Forbes, one of the founders of the Newlyn School of Painters. On his return to England he settled in Sussex, painting farm labourers in idyllic, rustic surroundings, recording a way of English rural life that was fast being lost to increasing industrialisation.
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Tom Scott RSA, RSW, ARSA (1854-1927) Scottish...
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Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000
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John Atkinson (1863-1924) Horse Fair, possibly...
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Lot 1021
Sir William Russell Flint RA, ROI (1880-1969)...
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Lot 1037
Thomas Blinks (1860-1912) "The Morning Ride"...
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Estimated at £1,200 - £1,800
Lot 1052
Henry Stacy Marks RA (1829-1898) "Pelican"...
Sold for £18,500
Estimated at £12,000 - £18,000
Lot 1056
William Woodhouse (1857-1939) Gull shooting on...
Sold for £2,200
Estimated at £800 - £1,200
Lot 1062
Henry Herbert La Thangue RA (1859-1929) ''In a...
Sold for £180,000
Estimated at £70,000 - £100,000
Lot 1079
Herbert Royle (1870-1958) Haymaking Signed,...
Sold for £2,800
Estimated at £1,200 - £1,800