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1 Chris Howells (20th/21st Century)
Dumped
Oil on canvas, 43 x 61cm
Signed

Sold for €3200
Lot: 1
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2 Patrick Lennon (b.1955)
Horse Head
Charcoal, 76 x 68cm
Signed
Lot: 2
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3 Patrick Lennon (b.1955)
Standing Horse
Charcoal, 143 x 94cm
Signed

Sold for €5000
Lot: 3
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4 Charles Johnson Payne (Snaffles) (1884-1967)
"If Seventy Had the Pop of Seventeen"
Watercolour over pencil, 23 x 23cm
Inscribed and signed, lower right, Snaffles and dated '53

Provenance: Bought directly from the artist, by descent to the vendor.

Sold with copy of letter referred to in Lot 6 - "The girl on the pony will be sent you direct to Drogheda by letter post. It is not as large as this (i.e. The Informers) and should not interest the customs - I had an accident with it and it will require putting right".

Sold for €2800
Lot: 4
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5 Charles Johnson Payne (Snaffles) (1884-1967)
"The Horse for County Meath (is the one that sticks his toes in on the top of a bank and gives ye time to say 'Two Aves and a Pater' before leppin out into the next field"
Watercolour over pencil, 24 x 29.5cm
Inscribed and signed, lower right, Snaffles

Snaffles refers to his admiration for the sporting priests he met out with the Ward Union and Meath hunts.

Sold for €5400
Lot: 5
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6 Charles Johnson Payne (Snaffles) (1884-1967)
The Informers (Galway)
Watercolour over pencil, 36 x 48cm
Signed, lower right, Snaffles and dated '29, the margin so inscribed, and with a pencil drawing of a fox seated on a stone wall, also signed Snaffles.

Provenance: Bought directly from the artist, by descent to the vendor.

Sold with a letter, signed Charles Payne (Snaffles) from Orchard Cottage, Tisbury, Wilts, 29th Sep '60 "Here's the preliminary sketch of the 'Informers'. I am afraid it looks a bit rough. So do be frank if it does not 'pass the vet'".

The Informers became, and remains, one of Snaffles most enduring prints. It was first published to illustrate Molly Keane's Red Letter Days, 1933, and was issued as a seperate print, running through many issues.

Sold for €10600
Lot: 6
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7 Peter Curling (b.1955)
Study for Killusty Show, Fethard, Co Tipperary
Watercolour, 38 x 30cm
Signed

Sold for €2000
Lot: 7
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8 Peter Curling (b.1955)
A Blunder at the Last
Watercolour, 39 x 56cm
Signed

Provenance: 'Racing Scenes - Peter Curling', Slane Castle, 28 July-21 August 1977, Cat No. 9, where purchased by current owner.
(The original catalogue accompanies this lot)

Sold for €3000
Lot: 8
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9 Peter Curling (b.1955)
Did You Hear the One About the.....?
Watercolour, 60 x 30cm
Signed

Also known as 'The Two Rogues'

Sold for €4000
Lot: 9
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10 John Frederick Herring Junior (1815-1907)
Horses feeding and drinking with ducks and chickens
Oil on canvas, 25.5 x 35.5cm
Signed

Sold for €8000
Lot: 10
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11 19th Century Irish School
Portrait of Turco
Oil on canvas, 49.5 x 60cm

Sold for €700
Lot: 11
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11A 19th Century English School
Portrait of a Saddled Horse in a Stable
Oil on board, 45 x 58cm
Signed and dated indistinctly (possibly C. Miller)
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12 Samuel Spode (1820-1860)
Lily
Oil on canvas, 51.5 x 61.5cm
Signed
Lot: 12
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13 Samuel Spode (fl.1825-1858)
A Pair of Bay Hunters in a Landscape
Oil on canvas, 70 x 88.5cm
Signed
Lot: 13
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14 James Henry Brocas (1790-1846)
A pair of Equestrian Portraits in Landscape
Oil on canvas, 62 x 75cm each
Signed and dated
(2)

Sold for €10500
Lot: 14
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14A Henry Frederick Lucas-Lucas (1848-1943)
Portrait of Energy in a Stable
Oil on canvas, 49 x 64cm
Signed and dated 1900, also signed, inscribed and dated verso
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15 George Paice (fl.1875-1900)
Chestnut horse in stable
Oil on canvas, 50 x 68cm
Signed and dated '85
Lot: 15
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16 George Paice (1854-1925)
Portrait of Lancer, a Bay Hunter in Landscape
Oil on canvas, 50 x 68cm
Signed and dated (19)12
Lot: 16
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17 John Dalby (1810-1865)
Horse & Jockey
Oil on board, 61 x 74cm
Signed and dated 1850

Sold for €8500
Lot: 17
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18 Desmond Tallon (20th/21st Century)
First Lot
Oil on canvas, 51 x 69cm
Signed

Sold for €4800
Lot: 18
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19 Nigel Cawthorne (20th/21st Century)
Colours
Oil on canvas, 36 x 66cm
Signed

Sold for €1900
Lot: 19
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20 Maurice MacGonigal PPRHA (1900-1979)
Punchestown 1935
Oil on board, 26 x 34.5cm
Signed

Sold for €9000
Lot: 20
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21 Chris Howells (20th/21st Century)
Shattered
Oil on canvas, 61 x 51cm
Signed

Sold for €3800
Lot: 21
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22 Desmond Snee (20th Century)
Laytown
Oil on canvas, 61 x 71cm
Signed

Sold for €3600
Lot: 22
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23 Graham Knuttel (b.1954)
Best Bet Here
Oil on canvas, 122 x 92cm
Signed

This piece was commissioned by An Post as a St Patrick's Day greeting card, 2005. The card accompanies this lot.
Lot: 23
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23A After Charles Johnson Payne (Snaffles) (1884-1967)
An Irish Yawner
Hand coloured lithograph, 33 x 50.5cm
Signed
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23B After Charles Johnson Payne (Snaffles) (1884-1967)
The Stonefaced 'Narrer-back'
Hand coloured lithograph, 33 x 50.5cm
Signed
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24 After Charles Johnson Payne (Snaffles) (1884-1967)
The Grand National, The Canal Turn (1926)
Colour lithograph, 55 x 84cm
Signed

Published by Fores

Sold for €850
Lot: 24
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24A After Charles Johnson Payne (Snaffles) (1884-1967)
The Whissendine Brook Runs Deep and Wide
Hand coloured lithograph, 33 x 55cm
Signed
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24B After Charles Johnson Payne (Snaffles) (1884-1967)
The Stake and Bound
Hand coloured lithograph, 33 x 50.5cm
Signed
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