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chorley’s sporting pictures continued from page 34


The pictures at Chorley’s came fresh


to market from a private Worcestershire vendor who had owned them for years. The subject matter made one of the


works a bit special. The auctioneers had taken The Aftermath, a 14 x 21in (35 x 54cm) watercolour and gouache, out of its frame to reveal an inscription. It turned out that it depicted a scene from the 1924 Grand National at Becher’s Brook, with two horses navigating the infamous sixth fence and a less fortunate jockey attempting to remount. Estimated at £5000-7000, it sold at


£13,500 to a London dealer who saw off an underbidder from the local area. More has been achieved for the artist’s best racing scenes, but this was one of the highest prices ever seen for Lionel Edwards outside London. Indicative of the selective market, a


work that drew less bidding and made a more mid-range sum for Lionel Edwards was A Wall Country, Beaufort Hunt which took £4800 against a £4000-6000 estimate. Thought to depict the huntsman


Captain Lionel Lambart, it was dated 1923. An image of the picture was used as a plate in a later edition of Hunting Songs, a book of poems by R.E. Egerton Warburton’s originally published in 1877. The condition of the 13¼ x 10in (34


x 25cm) watercolour and gouache was not perfect – the paper suffered from two wormholes – but this did not deter interest from the same underbidder on The Aftermath, who this time lost out to a provincial dealer. The two other pictures by the artist


at the Gloucestershire sale were both smaller works on paper that made reasonable sums for pictures of their size but went under estimate. Three Horses at a Jump, a 4¾ x 8¾in


(12 x 22cm) watercolour, got away at £1500 (est: £2000-3000), while The Atherstone and VWH Hounds in Kennels, a 6 x 8½in (15 x 22cm) pencil sketch, made £1400 (est: £1500-2000).


The father of Britain’s beloved labradors


ALL those devoted to their beloved black labradors, should give thanks to the prodigious productivity of the one shown in the picture right. Shown holding a pheasant, Peter of Faskally, fathered, inter alia, no fewer than 32 successful field trial competitors. All today’s chocolate labradors can trace their heritage to his bloodline. Labradors came near to extinction


several times after first being imported to England from Canada in the early 1800s. However, largely thanks to a small number of breeders in Scotland, in particular the Duke of Buccleuch, numbers dramatically increased in the early 20th century. The prolific Peter had Buccleuch blood


from both of his parents and was owned by the gundog trainers the Butter family of Faskally Estate, near Pitlochry.


Above: Portrait of ‘Peter of Faskally’ with his mate ‘Dungavel Jet’ by Maud Earl – $85,000 (£55,920) at Bonhams New York.


This painting of Peter, standing with


a bitch called Dungavel Jet, who was bred by the Duchess of Hamilton and bought by the Butters in 1911, came up at Bonhams’ (20/12% buyer’s premium) specialist dog art sale in New York back on February 16. Offered along with Peter’s ample stud-book and numerous press cuttings, the painting by Maud Earl (1864-1943) came from a UK source and drew considerable interest against a $60,000-80,000 estimate. The artist, whose father, uncle and


brother were also successful animal artists, became best known as a canine


painter before the First World War, developing a select clientele that included Queen Alexandra. Earl emigrated to New York in 1916


and today her numerous dog pictures appear fairly regularly on the market commanding a wide range of prices. This 3ft 10in x 5ft 6in signed oil on


canvas from 1912, however, was deemed a particularly well painted example and, with the attractive subject of the ‘father of the breed’, it drew bidding from both sides of the pond. It went to a UK private buyer at $85,000 (£55,920), the second highest price for Earl at auction.


Otter hounds make Tom Carr day’s top dog


MORE for dog lovers, albeit of a slightly more contentious subject, was on offer at the February 4 sporting sale held at Cirencester by Moore Allen & Innocent’s (15% buyer’s premium) where this hunting scene, left, by Tom Carr (1912-1977) was the top picture lot. Hobdan Bridge, River Annan, Hawkstone Otter


Hounds, a 23½ x 17¾in (60 x 45cm) watercolour heightened in white, came from a local estate which had connection to the Scottish region depicted. Signed and dated 1973, it was a typically busy picture with the dogs on the chase bounding through the shallow water. While small works by the artist usually make under


Above: Hawkstone Otter Hounds by Tom Carr – £2300 at Moore Allen & Innocent.


£1000, this picture was in a good size and drew decent bidding against a £1000-1500 estimate. It was finally knocked down at £2300 to a private buyer who knew the vendor and lived only two miles away.


A pair of carved hard wood wall panels


COUNTRY SPORTING SALE


To include a large selection of shotguns, rifles, air rifles and pistols, antique cartridges, hunting accessories, taxidermy, paintings, prints and engravings, watches, clocks, fishing rods and reels, books, sculptures, and much more.


Saturday 9th April at 11am Viewing: Friday 8th April from 12 noon-6pm


A. Wilson Blunderbuss 1790, original fliptop bayonet


25 Eley 4 bore cartridges in their original box


COMING UP


4th May – The Liverpool Fine Art & Antique sale 8th May – Country House sale – further details to follow 12th May – Antiques and Fine Art with Musical Instruments Liverpool saleroom now open! For enquiries, please contact Nicholas Bray on 07711 386989


Fully illustrated catalogues at www.adampartridge.co.uk Catalogues £5 with free p&p


Live bidding via www.the-saleroom.com with audio and video


Perazzi 12 bore MX8C O/U single selective trigger ejector. Factory fitted adjustable comb.


The Gate Hall, Chain & Gate Estate, Congleton Road (A536) near Macclesfield, Cheshire SK11 9JA Telephone: 01260 223675/223606 Mobile: 07815 431158


Email: auctions@adampartridge.co.uk conditionreports@adampartridge.co.uk bidding@adampartridge.co.uk


A set of Victorian horse leather lawn shoes


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