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Michiel Maddersteg
A Dutch State Yacht (Statenjacht), the stern decorated with the coat of arms of the United Provinces (Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Provinciën) and flying the Orange flag, underway in a fresh breeze.
Painted circa 1690
Oil painting on canvas 49 x 64 cm. / 20 x 25 inches
Signed (on the rowing boat on the left) “M.M.”
Provenance: Private Collection, Chelsea: acquired by the present owner in New York 1977
SOLD
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Henry Alken
The race for the 1847 Great St Leger at Doncaster
Painted in 1847
Oil painting on canvas 14 x 20 inches / 36 x 51 cm
Signed
Provenance: with Arthur Ackernamm 1986
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Michael Dahl
Venus and Cupid
Painted circa 1740
Oil painting on canvas 143 x 102 cm., contained in a fine carved and giltwood frame
Provenance: the artist's studio sale, February 1743/4 (two day sale of 147 lots) ...................... unrecorded until published in the Svenska Dagbladet newspaper (1935), as being rediscovered after being lost since 1744 (press cutting attached to rear of the picture); Private Collection, Sweden until 2009
Literature: Wilhelm Nisser Michael Dahl and the Contemporary Swedish School of Painting, page 84 (Bodley Head, London, 1927);
George Vertue, Notebooks, III, page 121 (Walpole Society III, 1933-4);
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FRANCIS COTES R.A 1726 - 1770
Portrait of a lady in a blue dress trimmed with fur
Painted in 1765
Oil painting on canvas 30 x 25 inches (76 x 64cm).
Contained in a carved and gilded Georgian swept frame
Signed and dated 1765
Provenance: .............(sale) Christies, 27th June 1980 (lot 133) £2,2000 to Arnold Machin O.B.E, R.A.(30 September 1911 – 9 March 1999); his son, Francis (1949-2007)
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Joseph Francis Gilbert 1791-1855
A view in the Lune Valley, Lancashire, from Caton looking north-east towards Gressingham, with Ingleborough Peak and the Pennines in the distance and Caton Mill in the middle ground.
Painted circa 1830
Oil painting on canvas size 29.5 x 49.5 inches, and contained within a carved and giltwood frame
Provenance: [perhaps commissioned by Thomas Eskrigge, (b. circa 1801) cotton manufacturer of Warrington, and be descent to his son]:William L. Eskrigge (b.1828), mill owner, and by descent to his son W L T Eskrigge of Stockport, Lancashire, (b.1860).........
Ownership inscriptions by William Eskrigge are attached to labels on the reverse of the canvas
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