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KT454 August-Paul-Charles Anastasi (French 1820-1889) Berge et rivière, neuve Bougival, France Oil on board, inscribed with title on artist’s studio sale label attached to verso: Berge et riviere/neuve Bougival, with artist’s seal 27 x 35.5cm.; 10 5/8 x 14 inches Provenance The artist’s studio sale, Durand-Ruel, 3-8 March, 1873, no. 203; Private collection, France until 2021 Bougival is a small town on the Seine to the west of Paris, popular with 19th century painters.

KT282 Arthur Severn (1842-1931) Sunset over a wooded landscape, probably at Coniston Water Signed l.l.: A. Severn, watercolour, inscribed on backing paper: 'This picture is by Arthur Severn/and was given to me in exchange/for a song in 1904’, in the original gilt frame 9 x 20.4 cm; 3 3/4 x 8 inches Framed size 18 x 29 cm.; 7 1/8 x 11 1/4 inches Severn loved to draw sunsets and this is a delightful example of his work, most probably drawn from near Brantwood where he lived with John Ruskin.

KT601 Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe, OBE, RA (1901-1977) Sketch for a pair of pintail ducks Watercolour over pencil heightened with white Sight size 9 x 11 cm.; 7 ½ x 4 ¼ inches Provenance Private collection, UK, sold at Christies South Kensington, London, 3 November 2010, part lot 57 Guy Peppiatt Fine Art

KT649B Harry John Johnson (1826-1884) Rhodes Stamped with studio stamp l.r. and inscribed: Rhodes, pencil 14 x 21 cm From a collection of watercolours by the artist

Chinese School early 19th Century A fish with a pointy nose Watercolour with silver on pith paper, unframed 21 x 31 cm.; 8 ¼ x 12 ¼ inches Mount size 35 x 48 cm.; 13 3/4 x 18 3/4 inches Provenance Sir John Witt (1907-1982), by descent until 2022

KT756 John Frederick Lewis, RA (1804-1876) A Spanish Mule Pencil with watercolour 24.7 x 33 cm.; 9 ¾ x 13 inches Provenance Sotheby's, 28 November 1974, lot 152, bt. Agnew’s; Agnew’s, no. 37905; From whom bought by private collection U.K; By descent until 2026 ‘Spanish’ Lewis’s early reputation was made as an animal painter. The artist lived in Spain for just under two years from the summer of 1832. Lewis travelled initially to Madrid, where he had an introduction to Richard Ford, from the Rev. Henry Wellesley, and although Ford himself was in Seville at the time, he effected an introduction to the British Ambassador. Lewis then travelled south to Toledo and Granada, before joining the Fords in Seville in November or December 1832, staying with them until April 1833. I am grateful to Charles Newton for confirming the provenance of this drawing.