William Irving Holdsworth
Paintings

Colonel William Irving Holdsworth acquired a collection of paintings.

In 1881, these were sold at Christie, Manson & Wood's rooms in King Street, St James's, London

There were 83 modern pictures in the sale.

They included:

• The Four Seasons by F. R. Pickersgill [180 guineas]
• The Gipsy by T. Webster [230 guineas]
• Atop of the Hill by J. T. Linnell [570 guineas]
• The Greek Goatherd's Courtship by P. F. Poole [280 guineas]
• Cupid and Nymphs by W. E. Frost [310 guineas]
• Lighting the Beacon by P. F. Poole [670 guineas]
• The Old Mill, North Wales by W. Müller [2,000 guineas]
• A Spate in the Highlands: Sheep Being Rescued from the Rocks by R. Ansdell [410 guineas]
• On the River: Texel by Clarkson Stanfield [530 guineas]
• Stolen Glances by J. C. Horsley [400 guineas]
• The Appeal to the Podesta: Florence, 16th Century by W. F. Yesmes [280 guineas]
• Pope and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: the love scene in which the poet was discomfited by the lady, who burst into uncontrollable laughter by W. P. Frith [1,190 guineas]
• Winter by T. Faed [300 guineas]
• Hastings: Luggers Coming Ashore in a Breeze by E. W. Cooke [300 guineas]
• A Cornish Gift by J. C. Hook [800 guineas]
• Mending Nets by J. C. Hook [1,300 guineas]
• The Skirts of the Park by T. Creswick [350 guineas]
• On Shore by T. Creswick [600 guineas] (figures by J. P. Frith)
• The Widow by W. Mulready [150 guineas]
• The Piazza of San Marco, Venice, during the ceremony which took place on the occasion of the visit to Venice in October, 1831, of the Emperor Francis Joseph by D. Roberts [1,540 guineas]
• River Thames, Windsor Castle in the Distance by J. B. Pyne [110 guineas]
• The Obstinate Juryman by G. B. O'Neil [130 guineas]
• The Young Artist by G. B. O'Neil [210 guineas]
• The Morning Bath by Plassau [135 guineas]
• See-Saw by T. Webster [255 guineas]
• Punch by T. Webster [310 guineas]
• Jacob and Rachel by Ary Scheffer [550 guineas]
• Les Páturages by Rosa Bonheur [560 guineas]
• A Landscape; With Two Cows, Goat and a Female Figure by Rosa Bonheur [820 guineas]
• Feeding Baby by R. Frere [290 guineas]
• The Blind Beggar of Cairo by F. Goodall [200 guineas]
• Fête du Mariage by F. Goodall [350 guineas]
• On the Moor by J. T. Linnell [230 guineas]
• Buckingham Rebuffed by A. L. Egg [220 guineas]
• Hotspur and the Fop – Betwixt the Wind and His Nobility by A. Elmore [340 guineas]
• The Mountain Spring by P. F. Poole [300 guineas]
• Gossip at Seville by R. Ansdell [320 guineas]
• Major Bridgnorth relating his Adventures (scene from "Peveril of the Peak") by E. M. Ward [120 guineas]
• View in Hampshire by Patrick Nasmyth [470 guineas]
• River Scene in Hampshire by Patrick Nasmyth [135 guineas]
• The Duenna's Return by J. C. Horsley [160 guineas]
• Mary Queen of Scots' Adieu to France by Henry O'Neil [330 guineas]
• The Crossing Sweeper by W. P. Frith [135 guineas]
• Dolley Varden by W. P. Frith [135 guineas]
• Derby Day by W. P. Frith [610 guineas]
• Group of three cows, bull and three sheep in landscape, evening effect by T. S. Cooper [535 guineas]
• Verona by J. D. Harding [160 guineas]
• Interior of a Flemish Cabarat by H. Tenkate [280 guineas]
• Dutch Fishing Boats by P. J. Clays [120 guineas]
• The Bark Peelers by John Linnel (Sen) [360 guineas]
• The Coming Storm by John Linnel (Sen) [790 guineas]
• An English Pastoral by John Linnel (Sen) [850 guineas]
• The Sheep Drove by John Linnel (Sen) [800 guineas]
• The Barley Field by John Linnel (Sen) [950 guineas]
• Cottage Piety by T. Faed [405 guineas]
• The Grand Canal: Venice – Sunset by E. W. Cooke [370 guineas]
• A Roman Lady by Sir F. Leighton
• The Gentle Student by John Phillip [230 guineas]
• O Nannie Will Ye Gang Wi' Me? by John Phillip [800 guineas]
• A Watery Lane by T.Creswick [320 guineas]
• The Cottage & the Hall by Creswick, Cooper & Marcus Stone [550 guineas]
• The Reply by J. J. Tissot [750 guineas]
• Bathers by W. Etty [150 guineas]
• The Careless Nurse by W. Mulready [400 guineas]
• A Picnic Party by C. R. Leslie [1,100 guineas]
• Thomas Howard, Third Duke of Norfolk, an enamel from the original of Holbein, in the collection of the Duke of Norfolk by H. Bone [103 guineas]

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