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332 A large nineteenth century Japanese watercolour hanging depicting a fish. (32.5in x 53.75in) - This watercolour of what looks like a carp facing downwards has obviously seen better days. It has water stains in the background and it has also been taped to the verso. It looks as if it has been hung on canvas at some stage. The fish is hand-painted with brush strokes and has foliage above a circle that could be the sun? To the bottom left (if one looks at the image in a portrait way), are six rows of vertical characters. There are also two red seal marks between the last two rows of characters and the fish. It is creased and stained, but would restore. : £100-150 (Paintings/Pictures)

374 A Victorian print of Robert Burns’ sister, rosewood framed; and an ebonised framed oval of a bonneted lady. (2) - The rosewood framed print is dated 1844 and has an oval image of the old lady wearing scarf and shawl. It is titled on the oval ‘Isabella, the sister of Robert Burns, painted by W Bonnar Jr, and engraved by W & T Bonnar, 28 London Street, Edinburgh.’ The dedication is titled ‘Dedicated to John Wilson, Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh by his obedient servants W & T Bonnar.’ It is mounted and marked ‘proof’ and has a publishing date of 1844. The plate marks are clearly visible, and it has a gilt slip. The back of the image has a biro inscription ‘My great, great grandmother.’ We haven’t had this out of the frame, and it still has its original paper back. It measures 10.25in x 13.25in; one little piece of the rosewood on one vertical edge is chipped. The Victorian family photograph depicts a sepia shoulder length study of a lady heightened by body colour, wearing a bonnet. The oval has a gilt mount and is in an ebonised frame. The banding to the frame has gesso vine mounts, and there are some losses to the frame. The image is 14.5in x 19in. : £40-60 (Paintings/Pictures)

514 Two John Constable coloured landscape prints; and a Copley Fielding coloured mezzotint. (3) - This lot came from Durham County Council Schools and Museum Service, as surplus to their requirements. The Copley Fielding is titled ‘Calais’ and has a William Dodds gallery label to the verso. It is a good clean image engraved by Will Henderson and depicts boats by a quayside in sunset, and has a 1929 publishers title above the image reading Liverpool, published by The Gainsborough Galleries Ltd, copyright 1929. It is mounted and oak framed. It is a good colour image about 11in x 8.25in. The first coloured Constable print is fairly loosely done and is titled ‘Landscape Study’. It has a grey mount and a painted white frame. It is 6.75in x 8.25in. The other Constable print is titled to verso ‘Hadleigh Castle’ and is oak framed with charcoal grey mount. It depicts windswept coastline with ruin and figure with dog. It is 14.5in x 10.75in. : £50-80 (Paintings/Pictures)

680 Pencil and watercolour, Venetian scene with gondola, signed, titled and framed; and watercolour on paper, study of a saddled European donkey, mounted and framed. (2) - This watercolour is quite boldly executed with shadows that would suggest circa 1960. It measures 6.75in x 10.25in. The donkey watercolour is painted in quite heavy impasto, which is slightly flaking in places. It is a study of a donkey with saddle outside shops. It measures 21in x 18.5in. The front leg of the donkey possibly has a signature of JC? : £30-40 (Paintings/Pictures)

705 Three framed Victorian prints - Christ before Pilot after Munkacsy, a Victorian courting garden scene and a coloured print of a child sweeping away the snow. (3) - The child sweeping away the snow is infact a print that is over painted, it is signed and is laid down with an oak frame with no glass and silver slip 17in x 24in. The sepia print is again with an oak frame and gilt slip and depicts two girls and a young gentleman in landscape with bower, not signed, laid down and measures16in x 9.5in. The large monochrome print of Christ before Pilate is printed by Salmon of Paris and etched by C H Waltner. The original painting was by Munkacsy in 1881. The print is in good condition although the mount is dirty and the gilt slip is lacking some lustre. It was published in 1883 by Thomas Agnew and Sons, London. Slight spotting to the image otherwise clean. It is a large print 34.5in x 23.5in. : £40-60 (Paintings/Pictures)

726 Four miscellaneous prints - French, Peggy Wickham, a Victorian family portrait and landscape sheepdog print. (4) - The sheepdog print is in a gilt frame and depicts sheep being rounded up by two dogs in a lake landscape. The print is signed and dated 1976, and it looks as if the signature is GW Brand? There is a further shepherd overlooking the stylised view. The Peggy Wickham print is titled ‘A Day in the Country’, after a scissor cut design. It is published by the Medici Society Ltd, and has original Edinburgh gallery framers label circa 1960. A bright colourful piece. The hand coloured French print is in an oak frame and is heavily foxed both on the mount and on the margin, but it is a nineteenth century print. It depicts two figures crossing a stream with dog beneath a waterfall. It measures 9.75in x 13.5in. The last piece is a Victorian study of a gentleman seated in his leather armchair in his study. It has a good quality oak frame with a burnished gilt egg and dart moulded slip which suggests circa 1880. It features a charcterful moustached serious looking gentleman by his books. It has slight iridescence to the actual monochrome print. The print itself is approximately 10in x 12in. : £20-30 (Paintings/Pictures)

852 H van der Weyden, a pair of coloured lithographic prints, ‘Silvery Moon’ and ‘Sunset Glow’, framed, (24.5in x 16.5in) (2) - These prints were published by the Artistic Publishing Company, Baker Street, London, circa 1930. They show signs of foxing to the margins and are in ebonised frames. They look to be original and they are in untouched condition. The oils from which the prints were taken were painted in 1929. : £20-30 (Paintings/Pictures)

855 Four sepia prints after Thomas Allom, from the series Views of China, mounted and framed. (4) - These 12in x 8in prints are reproduction landscapes in a good deep sepia tones with figures and oriental landscapes and interiors. They are in perfect condition. : £40-60 (Paintings/Pictures)

888 E Marlow, oil on board, water landscape, signed, enclosed in gilt and gesso frame. (15.25in x 11.25in) - : £20-30 (Paintings/Pictures)

903 A quantity of Ordnance Survey maps, plans, etc. - : £50-60 (Paintings/Pictures)

926 Charles H Rogers, oil on board - winter cityscape scene of St Chads Church, Benton, Gateshead, signed and dated, mounted and framed. (22.25in x 15.5in) - : £200-300 (Paintings/Pictures)

938 English school after Robert Smyth, oil on canvas, gypsy camp and donkeys, framed. (17.5in x 13.5in) - After Edward Robert Smyth, oil on canvas boy with two donkeys by gypsy encampment in extensive landscape, relined, enclosed in gilded frame. (17.5in x 13.5in) This cost the vendor over four figures several years ago from a gallery. A good country genre oil painting. Better than a furnishing picture! : £400-600 (Paintings/Pictures)

964 Gilbert Conacher, pair of pencil and watercolours, river landscapes, signed, mounted and framed. (10in x 5.5in) (2) - These river landscapes are mounted and contemporarily framed - possibly from the South West Devon area? One depicts a river with rocky pools in the same style and hand, and they are both indistinctly signed. The other depicts a river with bridge and building in background beyond trees. : £30-40 (Paintings/Pictures)

968 Alexander Shepherd, watercolour, mountain lansdcape with horse and cart, figures and dog, signed, mounted and framed. (18.25in x 11.25in) - : £30-40 (Paintings/Pictures)

973 Miscellaneous prints. (A lot) - This lot includes impressionist prints, and framed Vanity Fair Spy cartoons. One is of Sir John Stainer titled ‘Oxford Music’ and another Vanity Fair plate is of Thomas Carlyle titled ‘Men of the Day’, etc. : £20-30 (Paintings/Pictures)

986 Oil on canvas, portrait of a lady, unsigned. (20in x 24.25in) - : £30-40 (Paintings/Pictures)

994 Byron Dawson, watercolour, landscape titled The Langdales, signed, mounted and framed. (17.75in x 12.5in) - : £80-120 (Paintings/Pictures)

1002 A set of five Joseph F Pimin coloured etchings of cathedrals, mounted and framed. (5) - : £20-30 (Paintings/Pictures)