Decorative Pictures

Circle of Sadequain [Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi] – 20th century mixed media on animal skin, bears signature, 62cm x 156cm, within a gilt frame. Provenance: purchased from Rosebery’s Indian & Islamic Sale, 24th April 2017, lot no. 473, where catalogued as an autograph work by the artist. Rosebery’s provenance stated the work was purchased from the Noble Sage Gallery, Lahore, in 1983.

British School – ‘Freezer Centre’, pen with ink and wash, indistinctly signed and dated 2004, 58.5cm x 41.5cm, within an aluminium frame. Provenance: from the estate of the renowned author and book illustrator Gerald Rose.

Richard Harry Carter – ‘The Groot Kerk, Dordrecht’, watercolour, signed recto, titled and dated 1903 to label verso, 72cm x 52cm, within a gilt composition frame.

Janet Rogers – Moonlit Landscape, mixed media on paper, signed and dated 2009, 57cm x 56.5cm, together with two similar works by the same hand.

Lucien Fournet – ‘Les Conil, Bretagne’ (Breton Harbour Scene), 20th century oil on canvas, signed recto, titled verso, 62.5cm x 79cm, within a gilt frame.

British School – Surrealist Composition with Figure and Zebra, 20th century pencil, indistinctly signed and dated ’92, 50cm x 71.5cm, within a stained wood frame.

Continental School – Organic Abstract Composition, mid-20th century oil on board, indistinctly signed, 82.5cm x 54.5cm, within a painted wood and hessian frame.

Chris Kettle – ‘Attacco’ (Still Life with Grapes and Silverware), oil on canvas, signed and dated 2010 verso, 130cm x 130cm, within an ebonized wood frame. Note: Chris Kettle lives and works at his studio in Steyning, Sussex. Chris studied Fine Art at Cardiff Institute and has been a featured artist in a variety of group shows in Milan, New York, Miami, and London. Additionally, his artwork has appeared in solo exhibitions in Gstaad, Newcastle and Brighton.

Laferrie – ‘Cosmi Q Soul XI’, 20th century acrylic on canvas, signed, titled and dated 2021 verso, 120cm x 150cm.

Laferrie – ‘Quantum City’, 20th century acrylic on canvas, signed, titled and dated 2021 verso, 150cm x 100cm.

Laferrie – ‘Cosmi Q Love x1’, 20th century acrylic on canvas, signed, titled and dated 2021 verso, 150cm x 120cm.

Anne Berty – Still Life with Pink and Yellow Roses, 20th century oil on canvas, signed, 40cm x 31.5cm, within a painted and stained wood frame.

Charles Samuel Keene – Interior Study with Plants on a Window Ledge, 19th century pen with ink, inscribed verso, 16.5cm x 8cm, within a gilt frame, together with a pencil drawing by the same hand and two pen with ink drawings by John MacWhirter.

Charles Samuel Keene – ‘Seated Male Nude’, 19th century pen with ink, labels verso, 16cm x 9cm, within a gilt frame. Provenance: Abbott & Holder, January 1989; Henry Keene.

Jessie Marion King – Study of a Female writing, late 19th/early 20th century pen with ink, 10cm x 13.5cm, within a gilt frame, together with another similar ink drawing by the same hand. Provenance: Abbott & Holder, September 1977; Sotheby’s 21st June 1977; Miss Merle Taylor.

Edmund Joseph Sullivan – Study of Sarah Bernhardt, late 19th century pencil, artist’s name and inscriptions verso, 37cm x 28.5cm, within a painted wood frame.

Francis [Frank] O.A. Havilland – Profile Portrait of Ethel Irving, 19th century charcoal with pencil and wash, signed recto, titled label verso, 33.5cm x 22cm, within a gilt frame.

John Gilbert – Illustrations for Fictional Characters, four 19th century watercolours, artist’s name verso, each 12cm x 9cm, framed as one within a gilt frame.

J.H. Powell – Study of a Sailing Vessel, early 20th century watercolour, signed, 33.5cm x 24cm, within a swept gilt composition frame, together with two similar maritime watercolours by the same hand.