1/6/9^ to 5/29/9^ / ^^^"^ mWfi^ r^BRi' '^^^^^ - .^u* ^ V /■.r-, w/- -^' '^ '^-^Si'^^v ^ ^ ZLi 1 ^ \ Vv -"^ i^^B ^ 1 i. ■ J"^^^ N ^I^S^^B • ^Bl^^i ^V, . /^ .vN \ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ n^ .^^''^r^^r n lU ^1 ^V\^|B^S^ ■;';.;^^:'J-i^' ^SkrV^ *:'^ vT*^ oSt^^^MM BHIL, ^--^J^ ^H IK ni OF HIGHLY IMPORTANT MODERN PICTURES, FORMERLY THE PROPERTY OP EICHAED HEMMING, ESQ., DECEASED, 1L.-A.TE or a-I^OS"V"E3SrOI?, I>X..A.OE, BEQUEATHED TO HIS WIDOW, THE LATE MRS. HEMMING: WHICH (&?/ OrtZer of her Executors) be Solti iijj Auction bg Messes. CHRISTIE, MANSON & WOODS 8 KING STREET, ST. JAMES'S SQUARE, On SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1894, May be publicly viewed Three Days preceding, and Catalogues had, at Messrs. Christie, Manson and "Woods' Offices, 8 King Street, St. James's Square, S. W. UvJ -i^y^-^ CONDITIONS OF SALE. I. THE highest Bidder to be the Buyer ; and if any dispute arise between two or more Bidders, the Lot so in dispute shall be immediately put up again and re-sold. II. No person to advance less than Is. ; above Five Pounds, 55. ; and so on in proportion. - III. In the case of Lots upon which there is a reserve, the Auctioneer shall have the right to bid on behalf of the Seller. IV. The Purchasers to give in their Names and Places of Abode, and to pay down 5s. in the Pound, or more, in part of payment, or the whole of the Purchase- Money, if required ; in default of which, the Lot or Lots so purchased to be immediately put up again and re-sold. V. The Lots to be taken away and paid for, whether genuine and authentic or not, with all faults and errors of description, at the Buyer's expense and risk, within Two days from the Sale ; Messrs. Cheistie, Manson and Woods not being responsible for the correct description, genuineness, authenticity of, or any fai;lt or defect in, any Lot ; and making no warranty whatever. VI. To prevent inaccuracy in delivery, and inconvenience in the settlement of the Purchases, no Lot can on any account be removed during the time of Sale ; and the remainder of the Purchase-Money must absolutely be paid on tiie delivery. VII. Upon failure of complying with the above Conditions, the Money deposited in part of payment shall be forfeited ; all Lots uncleared within the time aforesaid shall be re-sold by piiblic or private Sale, and the deficiency (if any) attending such re- sale shall be made good by the defaulter at this Sale. CATALOGUE. »>«o On SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1894^ AT TWO CLOCK. o>»i« PICTURES. J. FERNELEY, 1837. 70 THE QUORN HUNT 57 in. by 95 in. From the Collection of George Payne, Esq. W. D. KENNEDY. 71 The Sequestered Spot 19i tw. by 26J in. J. WILSON, JuN., 1852. 72 KUNNING INTO PORT, off the Dutch Coast 43| in. by 55^ in. J. VAN STRY. 73 A Landscape 25^ in, by 31^ in. J. B. PYNE. 74 A REGATTA, on Lake Witidermere 47 in. by 68 in. From the Collection of H. Bradley, Esq., 1870. HENRIETTE BROWNE. 75 A RHODIAN GIRL 40 in. by 28 in. ARY SCHEFFER, 1856. 76 DANTE AND BEATRICE 68 in. by 37 in. The Celebrated Subject Engraved 77 CHEVY SIR E. LANDSEER, R.A. " Weel, sir, if the deer got the ball, Sure '8 deetb Chev^ will no leave him." 53^ in. by 82 in. The Celebrated Work Exhibited at the Boyal Academy, 1868 Engraved by T. Landseer, B.A. W. MULREADY, R.A. 78 THE BARBER'S SHOP 40 in. by 30 in. Exhibited at the Boyal Academy, 1811 From the Collection of the Earl of Dude J. PHILLIP, R.A., 1859. 79 THE WATER CARRIER OF SEVILLE 63 in. by 86^ in. J. PHILLIP, R.A., 1863. 80 ANTONIA 42^ in. by 30;^ in. Exhibited at the Boyal Academy, 1867 SIE J. EEYNOLDS. 81 MRS. WHITTINGTON, wife of Jacob Downing Whittington, late of Thebarton Hall, Suffolk 83 in. by 53 in. Painted about 1785 T. GAINSBOROUGH, R.A. 82 VIEW NEAR KING'S BROMLEY, on Trent, Staffordshire, with cows, and four figures with a dog in a boat 46 in. by 65f in. Painted for the family of John Neioton Lane, Esq. From the Collection of William Delafield, Esq., 1870 W. COLLINS, R.A., 1812. 83 THE DEAD ROBIN 36 in. by 31 in. From the Collection of T. C. Eiggins, Esq., for whom it was painted See the Life of the Painter, by his son, Wilkie Collins J. CONSTABLE, R.A., 1819. 84 A SCENE ON THE RIVER STOUR The river runs across the foreground, witli cottages and thatched boathouse on the opposite bank, cows watering on the left, a barge with a white horse in it is on the right. From this it was afterwards called, " Constable's White Horse." — Signed "/. Constable, A.R.A., London, 1819. 51 in. by 61 in. Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1819, in which year the artist was made an Associate The picture was purchased from the Academy by the artist's friend. Archdeacon Fisher of Salisbury C. E. Leslie, E.A., in his life of the painter says, " The • White Horse,' on many accounts the most important picture to Constable he ever painted, and certainly one of the finest, is now in the possession of L. Archer Burton, Esq., of the Woodlands, Hants." At a late period of the painter's life he calls it " One of my happiest efforts on a large scale, being a placid representation of a serene grey morning, summer." "Nobody has painted with more trutli tlie finest English summer weather as in the ' White Horse.' ' — G. E. Leslie, R.A., ' Handbook for Young Painters,' page 277. Exhibited on Loan at the British Institute, 1825 Exhibited at Lille, 1825, and awarded a gold medal Purchased at Christie's from the Collection of B. Archer Burton, Esq. FINIS. Lordon : Printed by William Clowes & Sons, Limited, Stamford Street and Cliaring Cross. / J ^> :y ms' '4 J0ri / ,'v lA at' jf.^i-..>/ ' m;^^ >--, v^kA=- ^^'■' A ,-^i^v*»! ^■^ r> » GETTY CENTERirlBf^Am' 3 3125 00834 2194 --S- SSiSc