Art+Object, The Collection of John Elliot Lawford (1933 – 2020), Auckland, 05 Dec 2023, No. of Lots: 48

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1 Click here to view image Artist Unknown,

Portrait of Captain Bligh, H.M.S. Bounty

Watercolour and gouache, unsigned in fine gilt frame, early handwritten inscription inset on verso, 40 x 31 cm 		***
2 Click here to view image Artist Unknown,

A clipper ship in full sail flying a United States ensign

Oil on canvas, circa 1850, 50 x 75 cm 		***
3 Click here to view image Ashworth, Edward

The Residence of Colonel Robert H. Wynyard, Emily Place, Official Bay, Auckland (1848)

Ink and wash, signed lower left, 20 x 26.8 cm 		***
4 Click here to view image Barraud, Charles Decimus

The Reverand Samuel Williams Residence, Lake Te Aute, Hawke's Bay

Watercolour, c. 1860, unsigned, mounted with gold slip, 12.3 x 17.5 cm 		***
5 Click here to view image Bartolozzi, Francesco

Omai a Native of Ulaietea

Etching and stipple engraving after N. Dance, 53 x 31 cm 		***
6 Click here to view image Barraud, Charles Decimus

Exploring Party, Lake Wakatipu, Central Otago

Oil on canvas, signed and dated, C.D. Barraud 1871, lower right, 78 x 103 cm 		***
7 Click here to view image Beechey, After, William

Ellen Smith of Nottingham

Oil on canvas laid down on board, 157 x 106 cm 		***
8 Click here to view image Chevalier, Nicholas

South Sea Beauty

Oil laid down on card, artist's handwritten label, 'N, Chevalier … 1875, South Sea Beauty' on reverse, 22 x 16.3 cm 		***
9 Click here to view image Cleveley, John

Views in the South Seas (A complete set of 4 Views)

Aquatints, 45 x 61 cm each approximately 		***
10 Click here to view image School, Chinese

A British clipper off a China trade port

Oil on canvas, 45 x 58 cm 		***
11 Click here to view image Artist Unknown,

The British ship 'The Jessie Mc Donald. Entering Hong Kong'

Oil on canvas, title inscribed lower middle, 45 x 57 cm 		***
12 Click here to view image Artist Unknown,

The British clipper Holmsdale off a China trade port

Oil on canvas, inscribed lower left and artist's signature in Chinese script to the right, 45 x 58.8 cm 		***
13 Click here to view image Clark, William Archer

'The Malabar', a Merchant vessel

Oil on canvas, faint signature lower left, 61 x 91 cm 		***
14 Click here to view image Colebrook, Robert H.

'East View of Seringapatam' drawn on the spot

Coloured aquatint print engraved by J.W. Edy, published London 1804, full margins, 45.5 x 59 cm 		***
15 Click here to view image Dodd, Robert

The Mutineers turning Lieutenant Bligh and the officers and crew adrift from the His Majesty's Ship The Bounty

Aquatint, hand-coloured, 49.5 x 66.3 cm 		***
16 Click here to view image Dodd, After, Robert

The Mutineers turning Lieutenant Bligh and the officers adrift from the HMS Bounty

Oil on canvas laid down on board, 54 x 71 cm 		***
17 Click here to view image Duperrey, Louis Isadore

Etablissement de missionnaires anglais a Kidikidi (Nouvelle-Zelande)

Coloured aquatint, 26 x 34.8 cm 		***
18 Click here to view image Fraser, James

'Views of Calcutta and its environs' (6)

Six coloured aquatint prints, 31.5 x 40.4 cm 		***
19 Click here to view image Fraser, James

View of the Opposite of Sulkhea Side, from the Respondentia Walk with a North-wester coming on

Coloured aquatint print, 31 x 45 cm 		***
20 Click here to view image Gear, John W.

Their Majesties King Rheo Rhio and Queen Tamehamalu as they appeared at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, June 1 1824

Hand-coloured lithograph published London 1824, 35 x 27 cm 		***
21 Click here to view image Gilfillan, John Alexander

Interior of a Native Village or 'Pa', in New Zealand

Lithograph, 54 x 68 cm 		***
22 Click here to view image Gold, Charles Emilius

Keri - Keri Waterfall near Waitangi, Bay of Islands, Province of Auckland, New Zealand, (1847-1848)

Watercolour, 13 x 24 cm 		***
23 Click here to view image Gould, John

Notornis Mantelli (Takehe)

Lithograph, hand colored, 55.2 x 71.8 cm 		***
24 Click here to view image Gosse, Thomas

Transplanting of The Breadfruit Trees from Otaheite

Mezzotint printed in colours and finished by hand 		***
25 Click here to view image Harris, Edwin

New Plymouth under Siege, 1860

Oil on canvas, 37 x 79 cm 		***
26 Click here to view image Hayter, John

Tamehamalu, Her Majesty Queen of the Sandwich Islands drawn from life

Hand-tinted lithograph, published J Dickinson, London 1824, 35 x 27 cm 		***
27 Click here to view image Howitt, Samuel

Four works

Coloured aquatint prints, 35.5 x 47 cm 		***
28 Click here to view image Howitt), Samuel

'Rhinoceros Hunted by Elephants' & 'Decoy Elephants Catching a Male' (2)

Two coloured aquatint prints, 35.5 x 47 cm 		***
30 Click here to view image Jacobi, John

Omai, A Native of the Island of Utietea

Mezzotint full length portrait of Omai 		***
31 Click here to view image Kinder, John

Melanesian Mission College, Kohimaramara, July 1860 - From the M?ori village on the cliff

Watercolour, signed lower right, title & signature in artist's hand, pencil, pen and wash, 24 x 34.5 cm 		***
32 Click here to view image Laurie, Robert

'The Poa' (Tui)

Print 		***
33 Click here to view image Mackay, J.

Merchant Vessel in full sail with steamer in left background

Oil on canvas, circa 1910, signed lower right, 50 x 74 cm 		***
34 Click here to view image Martin, Albin

Imperial Troops Camp in the New Zealand Bush (1860)

Oil on canvas, 25 x 29 cm 		***
35 Click here to view image McCracken, Francis

Roses

Oil on canvas, signed and dated 1931 lower right, inscribed ' No 1 Roses 15 (pounds) Francis McCracken, Edinburgh' on stretcher, 74 x 51 cm 		***
36 Click here to view image Murillo, After,

The Flower Girl

Oil on canvas, 109 x 85 cm 		***
37 Click here to view image McPhee, Charles C.

Tahitian Girl

Oil on velvet, signed lower right 'McPhee Mon Desire', 1950s reviews of the artist's work from San Fransisco and Pacific newspapers mounted on reverse, 88 x 66 cm, framed 		***
38 Click here to view image McPhee, Charles C.

Tahitian Innocence

Oil on velvet, signed lower right 'McPhee 1961 Tahitian Innocence To John from Charles McPhee N.Z. 61', 84 x 66.5 cm, framed 		***
39 Click here to view image Merrett, Attributed, Joseph Jenner

View Auckland Looking towards the North Shore with M?ori group herding pigs in the foreground

Watercolour heightened with ink, circa 1855, unsigned, 17.8 x 24 cm 		***
40 Click here to view image Oliver, Richard Aldworth

Jane Grey, Auckland, wearing a feather cape

Watercolour, 1851, title inscribed in pencil, certificate of authenticity from the artist's great granddaughter, exhibition labels & diary extracts mounted on the reverse, 18 x 26 cm 		***
41 Click here to view image Payton, Edward William

Partington's Windmill

Watercolour, inscribed verso 'An Old Auckland Landmark, E.W. Payton 1914', 25 x 27 cm approximately 		***
42 Click here to view image Richmond, James Crowe

Kincaid, Kaikoura, April 5 1864 - Homestead of W. Busk (early settler) with cattle, pet cats and dogs

Watercolour, title inscribed lower left, 18 x 29 cm 		***
43 Click here to view image Perkins, Christopher

Harvest Time, Northern Europe

Oil on canvas laid down on board, unsigned, 49 x 59 cm, framed 		***
44 Click here to view image Pears, Charles

A Gale off the Isle of Wight

Oil on canvas, signed Chas Pears lower left, artist's handwritten inscription on reverse of stretcher 'A Gale off the Isle of Wight by Chas. Pears R.O.I , R.S.M.A', 50 x 62 cm 		***
45 Click here to view image Richmond, James Crowe

Mount Egmont, 1870

Oil on canvas, unsigned, 58 x 91 cm 		***
46 Click here to view image Singleton, Henry

The Last Effort and Fall of Tippoo Sultan

Engraving, 59 x 71 cm 		***
47 Click here to view image Strutt, William Thomas

Untitled - Study of a Sleeping Lioness

Pencil and wash sketch, dated 'Sept 1st 1886' in the artist's hand, lower right, light toning & foxing, 10 x 27 cm 		***
48 Click here to view image Stack, Frederick Rice

Auckland, the Harbor, North Shore and Rangitoto from Bastion Point,1855

Oil on canvas, 31 x 65 cm 		***
50 Click here to view image Taylor, Ernest Mervyn (E. Mervyn)

Ruru

Wood engraving, title inscribed and signed, 8.5 x 7.5 cm 		***
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