Exhibitions: Museums and Galleries, Art Dealers, Auction Houses

Important Drawings and Pictures by Old Masters

Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge

Reference: Sotheby’s, 28 November 1922

The sale took place over two days, 28–29 November 1922

Lugt, Catalogues, no.84323

Copy consulted: British Library, London

Day 1

The property of ‘Mrs F. Hughes’, by descent from Charles Stokes (c.1784–1853) and her uncle Thomas Hughes (unknown dates)

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851)

130 – ‘St Alban’s Abbey from the South-East; the tower and spire above the roof of the church, pencil’, 10 ½ × 8 in (26.7 × 20.3 cm). Bought by ‘Colnaghi’ for £26 (TG1037)

139 – ‘Ruins of St Martin’s Priory, near Canterbury, pencil … from the Stokes and T. Hughes collection’, 7 × 9 ½ in (17.8 × 24.1 cm). Bought by ‘Dunthorne’ for £5 (TG0298)

140 – ‘Chichester Cathedral, general View from the South-West, pencil’, 6 × 9 in (15.2 × 22.9 cm). Bought by ‘Dunthorne’ for £17 10s

141 – ‘Kelso Abbey, Ruins of the Transept. About 1792, pencil … from the Stokes and T. Hughes collection’, 9 × 6 in (22.9 × 15.2 cm). Bought by ‘Agnew’ for £13 (TG0270)

149 – ‘A Barn with a figure, cattle and poultry, pencil’, 7 ½ × 10 ½ in (19.1 × 26.7 cm) (TG0924)

156 – ‘Alpine Landscape; on the right a square bastion of masonry topped by a stockade. Dated 1796. After J. R. Cozens. Water-colours’, 7 ½ × 10 ¾ in (19.1 × 27.3 cm). Sold for £26

Identified Exhibits