10th Dec, 2025 12:00
Fine Paintings, Works on Paper and Sculpture | December 2025
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GEORGE GARRARD (BRITISH 1760-1826)
THE EARL OF ORFORD’S ELK FROM NORWAY, HIS ANTELOPE FROM AFRICA AND HIS STAG FROM PRINCE'S ISLAND
oil on canvas
52 x 75.5cm; 20 1/2 x 29 1/2in
70 x 95cm; 27 1/2 x 37 1/4in (framed)
Property from a Private Collection, Surrey
Provenance
Sale, Christie’s, London, 22 July 2009, lot 142
Purchased at the above sale
Garrard specialised as an animalier, and delighted in painting animals from foreign countries that were largely unknown in England. The present work is a preparatory oil for the large scale version painted for the 4th Earl of Cholmondeley at Houghton Hall, exhibted at the Royal Academy, London in 1801.
Sold for £1,700
THE EARL OF ORFORD’S ELK FROM NORWAY, HIS ANTELOPE FROM AFRICA AND HIS STAG FROM PRINCE'S ISLAND
oil on canvas
52 x 75.5cm; 20 1/2 x 29 1/2in
70 x 95cm; 27 1/2 x 37 1/4in (framed)
Property from a Private Collection, Surrey
Provenance
Sale, Christie’s, London, 22 July 2009, lot 142
Purchased at the above sale
Garrard specialised as an animalier, and delighted in painting animals from foreign countries that were largely unknown in England. The present work is a preparatory oil for the large scale version painted for the 4th Earl of Cholmondeley at Houghton Hall, exhibted at the Royal Academy, London in 1801.
Auction: Fine Paintings, Works on Paper and Sculpture | December 2025, 10th Dec, 2025
Auction Location: London, UK
From Rembrandt to David Bowie, Tracy Emin and Alison Wilding, our December sale offers an astonishing range of work from the last 400 years. Highlights include a rare re-discovered watercolour by Léon Bonvin (1834-1866) - left - painted at the age of 31, the year he died; some 20 works by George Richmond RA (1809-1896) which have remained with the family for the past 175 years, including his engraving The Shepherd of 1827; and the characterful Retainer from Cutch by Mortimer Menpes (1855-1938) painted during the Delhi Durbar in 1903. The sale also includes sculpture from a Private Collection, Surrey (lots 106-119).
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Sunday 7th December: 12pm - 4pm
Monday 8th December: 10am - 8pm (Drinks 5 - 8pm)
Tuesday 9th December: 10am - 5pm
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