THE ART SALES OF 1892

The year 1892 will hereafter be conspicuous in the annals of Art sales, if only for the dispersal of the Dudley collection. In this sale, twenty-one pictures averaged £3,434 each; £11,130 was bid for an early Raphael, and the huge sum of £10,800 was paid for a landscape by Hobbema.

The Leyland sale afforded a good estimate of the commercial worth of examples by the English pre-Raphaelites, and the offer of £4,725 for David Cox's 'Vale of Clwyd'; in the Murrieta sale, gave tangible proof of the favour in which good specimens of the British school are held; nor in this connexion must mention of the Price and Cheylesmore sales be omitted, in the latter of which Landseer's 'Monarch of the Gen' realized, £7,245.

The sales of so called objets d'art included the Magniac examples of Limoges enamels, carvings, and miniatures of the sixteenth century, which fetched upwards of £100,000. Reference has already been made in this volume to this colletion (see pp. 253-5), but it may be added that a hunting horn by L. Limousin went for the great sum of £6,625 (pfenugst).

In the appended details of the season's sales, space allows only of those concerning pictures, and when it is stated that in all fifty-five paintings were sold for sums of or over £1,470, the importance of last season is evident. The following comparison with similar returns since 1885 brings out this distinction markedly: --

Pictures sold for fourteen hundred guineas and over:

PICTURE SALES.

March 12. -- Pictures of the late Earl of Clancarty, and others.

A. VAN BEYEREN, STILL LIFE, £236 (SEDELMEYER); G. VAN DEN ECKHOUT, THE HENDRICKS, £472 (M. COLNAGHI)

JAN FYT, DEAD GAME, £372 (LESSER); F. HALS, A GENTLEMAN, £735 (LESSER)

SIR T. LAWRENCE, LORD CASTLEREAGH, £362 (AGNEW); J. RUYSDAEL, WOODY RIVER SCENE, £252 (AGNEW)

J. VERSPRONCK, LADY, £299 (BUCK & REID); C DE VOS, LADY, £225 (M. COLNAGHI)

VAN DER CAPELIE, COAST SCENE, £525 (AGNEW)

March 19. -- Various pictures belonging to the late Mr. Samson Wertheimer, the late Earl Dunmore, and others.

M. HONDEKOETER, POULTRY, £210 (SEDELMEYER); K. DU JARDIN, TRAVELLING MUSICIANS, £231 (SALTING)

D. TENIERS, VILLAGE FETE, £1,502 (JACKSON); INTERIOR OF GUARD ROOM, £1,785 (HAINES)

REMBRANDT, HENDRIKJE STOFFELS, £5,250 (HAINES); GUARDI, ITALIAN SEAPORT, £315 (M. COLNAGHI)

WATTEAU, L'ACCORD PARFAIT, £2,205 (AGNEW)

James Sale, 1891, £3,675;

SIR J. REYNOLDS, LADY SONDES, £4,305 (HAINES)

ROMNEY, LADY HAMILTON AS A WELSH GIRL, £2,205 (E. BENJAMIN)

MRS. W. PITT AND SON, £1,155 (E. BENJAMIN); LITTLE GIRL AND FAWN £535 (PHILPOT)

LADY AUGUSTA MURRAY, £3,990 (C. WERTHEIMER); GEORGE CUMBERLAND, £231

SOPHIA CUMBERLAND, £514 (GOODEN); LADY E. BENTINCK AND SISTER, £987 (BRODERICK)

SIR J. REYNOLDS, MRS. BARNARD, £320 (MCLEAN); HON. CAROLINE GAWLER, £315 (BRODERICK)

T. GAINSBOROUGH, MARKET CART, £593; P. NASMYTH, A RIVULET, £441 (AGNEW)

G. MORLAND, CORNISH PLUNDERERS, £840; MURILLO, HEAD OF A BACCHANTE, £840

LANCRET, FETE CHAMPETRE, £294 (BOORE); J. STARK, ST. BENET'S ABBEY, £1,470 (AGNEW)

P. NASMYTH, VIEW ON THE TWEED, £430; T. GAINSBOROUGH, JONATHAN BULLOCK, £525 (GOODEN)

F. SNYDERS, LARDER, £493

and the three water-colours by F. Walker,

FISHMONGER'S SHOP, £630 (VOKINS); MARLOW FERRY, £1,175 (VOKINS)

COACHING AND CABBAGE, £273 (MCLEAN)

March 24-25. -- On these days the water colour sketches by the late Thomas Collier, R.I., were sold, fetching in all £5,083. The chief price was £111 for A CORNFIELD, KNITBURY (GOODEN).

March 26 -- Modern pictures of the late Mr. Arthur Burnand fetched moderate amounts.

T. S. COOPER, R. A., COWS IN A MEADOW, £231 (AGNEW); J. PHILLIP, R. A., AQUA BENEDITA, £701 (GOODEN)

LEE AND COOPER, THE CHEQUERED SHADE, £262 (CLARKE); E. W. COOKE, R. A., BELLA VENEZIA, £504 (AGNEW)

FRENCH LUGGER RUNNING INTO CALAIS, £735 (CLARKE); C. STANFIELD, R. A., OLD HOLLAND, £556 (AGNEW)

T. CRESWICK, R. A., THE NEAREST WAY IN SUMMER-TIME, £630 (GORTON)

D. ROBERTS, R. A., CHANCEL, ST. PAUL'S, ANTWERP, £315 (VOKINS)

F. GOODALL, R. A., FELICE BALLARIN, £283 (MAPPIN); MESSENGER FROM SINAI, £273

(CLARKE); HAGAR AND ISHMAEL, £338 (CLARKE)

On the same day also from various sources were sold: -

JOSEF ISRAELS, LANDSCAPE, £320 (BARNHELM); DAUBIGNY, RIVER SCENE, £472 (RUSSELL)

J. T. LINNELL, COAST OF DEVON, £241 (DUNTHORNE); SIR F. LEIGHTON, P.R. A., AFTER VESPERS, £614 (BLAIN)

P. DE WINT, BOLTON ABBEY (W. C.), £945 (WILTON); T. S. COOPER, R. A., BULL AND TWO COWS, £399 (ALBERT)

J. LINNELL, THE WOODCUTTERS, £588 (WHITE); C. STANFIELD, LE PIC DU MIDI, £262 (ANDERSON)

SIR E. LANDSEER, ALPINE MASTIFFS, £840 (ANDERSON)

 April 2 -- The collection of the late Mr. David Price (see Art Journal, 1891, pp. 321 - 8) was dispersed on this date. One of the features of the sale was the dispersal of ten fine examples by Mr. Hook, most of which were described in the Art Journal, 1888. The prices realized were: --

COW TENDING, 1874, £693 (TOOTH); WATERCRESS-GATHERERS, 1888, £325 (TOOTH)

THE MACKEREL TAKE, 1865, £903 (AGNEW); BETWEEN TIDES, 1872, £745 (VOKINS)

YO HEAVE HO, 1885, £1,491 (AGNEW); WHIFFING FOR MACKEREL, 1873 (REPLICA), £367 (BOND)

FISH FROM THE DOGGER BANK, 1870, £745 (TOOTH); OYSTER SEVERALS, 1872, £388 (TOOTH)

DEVON HARVEST CART, 1882, £630 (TOOTH); THE WILY ANGLER, 1883, £1,785 (BUCKLEY)

Compared with the prices fetched by the Hooks in the Matthews sale of last year the above are not remarkable. Other pictures were: -

VICAT COLE, R.A., VIEW ON THE THAMES, £267 (AGNEW); ON THE ARUN, £273 (AGNEW)

F. GOODALL; R.A., WAITING FOR THE BOAT, - SUEZ, £231 (RHODES); SIGHT OF MEMPHIS, £210 (TOOTH)

PLOUGHING, £231 (TOOTH)

J. PHILLIP, R, A., THE SPANISH VOLUNTEER, 1862, £766 (JOHNSON); this was a great drop from the price £1,575 which it fetched in the McConnell sale, 1886.

J. STARK, WOODY LANDSCAPE, £682 (GOODEN); ROAD THROUGH A WOOD, £378 (KOEKKOEK)

J. BURGESS, R. A., AN ARTIST'S ALMSGIVING, £278 (TOOTH); V. COLE, R. A., THE THAMES AT STREATLEY, £724 (AGNEW)

E. W. COOKE, R. A., BRISTOL CHANNEL, £220 (AGNEW); DUTCH FISHING CRAFT, £388 (VOKINS)

T. CRESWICK, R. A., MOUNTAIN STREAMS, £220 (CRISP); RICHMOND, YORKS, 1836, £1,312 (AGNEW)

H. DAVIS, R. A., AFTERNOON ON THE CLIFFS, 1878, £262 (TOOTH)

W. ETTY, R. A., CUPID AND HIS COMPANY, 1838, £273 (MCLEAN); T. FAED, R. A., FROM DAWN TO SUNSET, £420 (AGNEW)

HIS ONLY PAIR, 1860, £619 (BUCKLEY)

AFTER WORK, 1863, £367 (KOEKKOEK); W. P. FRITH, R. A., RAILWAY STATION (REPLICA), £325 (AGNEW)

CLAUDE DUVAL (REPLICA), £630 (KOEKKOEK); F. GOODALL, R. A., REBEKAH AT THE WELL, 1867, £336

J. HOLLAND, R. A., ST. MARK'S, VENICE, 1859, £420 (TOOTH); COMPANION DO, £357 (TOOTH)

SIR E. LANDSEER, R. A., THE FIRST LEAP, 1829, £441 (AGNEW)

J. F. LEWIS, R. A., THE BEZESTEIN BAZAAR, 1861, £1,144 (AGNEW)

LILIUM AURATURN, 1871, £840 (VOKINS); J. LINNELL, SEN., THE FRUIT-GATHERERS, £236 (WIGZELL)

WELSH DROVERS CROSSING THE COMMON, 1836, £1,050 (JOHNSON); THE HAYSTACK, 1875, £630 (AGNEW)

OPENING THE GATE, 1849, £798 (TOOTH); WOODCUTTERS, £409 (AGNEW); THE TIMBER WAGON, 1852, £3,255 (GOODEN)

E. LONG, R. A., DIANA OR CHRIST (REPLICA), £2,625 (FAIRLESS AND BEEFORTH)

SIR J. MILLAIS, R. A., APPLE BLOSSOM, 1859, £693 (CLARKE)

£1,050, Graham sale, 1886;

THE SOUND OF MANY WATERS, £3,045 (TOOTH); MAILER, R. A., A WATERFALL IN WALES, 1844, £840 (MCLEAN)

P. NASMYTH, VIEW IN SURREY, 1829, £2,625 (JOHNSON); ON THE FORTH, 1828, £588 (KOEKKOEK)

J. PHILLIP R. A., E1 CORTEJO, 1857, £66I (KOEKKOEK)

L. ALMA TADEMA, R. A., THE PARTHENON AT ATHENS, 1869, £598 (MCLEAN)

FREDEGONDA, 1880, £1,029 (MILLES); J. M. W. TURNER, R. A., MODERN ITALY, 1838, £5,460 (LAURIE)

Novar sale, 1867, £3,465

Fallows sale, 1868, £2,961

Novar sale, 1878, £5,260

WILKIE, THE BRIDE'S TOILET, 1837, £735 (MCLEAN)

ROSA BONHEUR, LANDAIS PEASANTS RETURNING HOME, 1858, £1,627 (TOOTH)

THE ALARM, 1866, £1,102 (AGNEW); CHANGING PASTURES, £3,150 (LEFEVRE)

CATTLE IN THE HIGHLANDS, £1,785 (TOOTH); DUBUFE, ROSA BONHEUR, £785

E. FRERE, SAYING GRACE, £357 (VOKINS); MEISSONIER, REGNARD IN HIS STUDIO, £1,890 (WALLIS)

April 6.--Various pictures sold at Messrs. Foster's :--

S. RUYSDAEL, VILLAGE SCENE, £288 (LESSER); SIR J. REYNOLDS, A LADY, £288 (M. COLNAGHI)

HOBBEMA, LANDSCAPE, £288 (M. COLNAGHI); A. VAN DER NEER, LANDSCAPE £420 (M. COLNAGHI)

April 9 -- Pictures and drawings of the late Mr. John Dent, of Fitzroy Square.

Drawings: --

S. PROUT, MAYENCE, £162; T. S. COOPER, IN THE MINSTER MARSHES, £101 (MISELL)

Pictures: --

C, JACQUES, LANDSCAPE, £241 (HONENDER); I.LIUNELL, COMING STORM, £325 (AGNEW)

KEELEY HALSWELLE, HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS, £252 (AGNEW)

B. LEADER, A.R.A., DAWN OF AN AUTUMN DAY, £525 (AGNEW)

April 30 -- The pictures and drawings (first portion) belonging to Messrs. Murrieta. On the whole, good prices were obtained, although in many instances the bids did not equal the reserves which were placed on lots offered at the previous Santurce sale, 1891. The following are the sale returns.

Drawings: --

DAVID COX, GOING TO THE HAYFIELD, £1,102 (AGNEW); BARDEN TOWER, £1,155 (AGNEW)

WELSH CORNFIELD, £357 (AGNEW); THE ROAD BY THE WOOD, £294 (AGNEW)

WELSH LANDSCAPE, 1843, £567 (FRASER); HAY WAGON, £257 (SALE)

COPLEY FIELDING, SCOTTISH LANDSCAPE, 1849, £1,260 (AGNEW)

OFF THE ISLE OF WIGHT, £257 (AGNEW)