Dreweatts: Lifetimes in Design: The Collections of Christopher Smallwood & Niall Hobhouse, 9632, Newbury
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 13, 2026 - May 13, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 400 | Photographs of Princely Figures and Groups |
Late 19th Century | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 2,250.80 | ||
| 409 | Thomas Daniell (1749-1840); William Daniell (1769-1837) | Four Aquatints from Oriental Scenery |
1795-1807 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 12,578.00 | |
| 410 | Thomas Daniell (1749-1840); William Daniell (1769-1837) | Five Plates from Oriental Scenery |
1795-1807 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 14,564.00 | |
| 412 | Louis Hague (1808-1868); David Roberts (1796-1864) | Five Plates from Views in the Holy Land, Syria, Idumean, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia |
London | 1846-1849 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 198.60 |
| 413 | Luigi Mayer (1755-1803) | Twenty One Plates from Views in Egypt: From the Original Drawings in the Possession of Sir Robert Ainslie |
N/A | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,588.80 | |
| 417 | William Pain; Abraham Swan; Batty Langley | 3 Books, including: The Builder's Companion |
London | 1765; 1790 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 503.12 |
| 442 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi | Trofeo o sia magnifica colonna coclide di marmo composta di grossi macigni ove si veggono scolpite le due guerre Daciche fatte da Traiano |
1774 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 7,282.00 | |
| 447 | Robert Radcliffe | The Maze |
N/A | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 105.92 | |
| 448 | Claes Oldenburg (1929-2022) | Untitled (from the Stamped Indelibly Portfolio, 1967) |
New York | 1967 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 344.24 |
| 449 | Carlos Gomes | Rusting Cables & Turquoise Cable |
Portugal | 2005 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 52.96 |
| 456 | William Dickinson (1746-1823); George Romney (1734-1802) | Portrait of Thomas, Lord Grantham, nearly whole-length, seated, his left arm resting on a table |
1783 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 66.20 | |
| 459 | Twelve Photographic Prints of India |
N/A | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 2,648.00 | ||
| 490 | Capt. Thomas Williamson | Oriental Field Sports |
London | 1819 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 728.20 |
| 492 | Capt. Robert Melville Grindlay | Scenery Costumes and Architecture chiefly on The Western Side, of India |
c. 1826-1830 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 3,442.40 | |
| 496 | Robert Hay | Views in Kairo |
N/A | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 132.40 | |
| 498 | Francesco Villamena | Columnae Traiani Imperatoris quae adhuc Romae |
Early 17th century | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 2,912.80 | |
| 502 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi | Veduta del prospetto principale della Colonna Trajana, from 'Trofeo o sia magnifica Colonna...' |
1774 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 14,564.00 | |
| 503 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi | Veduta Prospetto Principale della Colonna Antonina, from 'Trofeo o sia magnifica Colonna...' |
1774 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 14,564.00 | |
| 507 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi | Veduta del Piedistallo dell'Apoteosi di Antonino Pio e di Faustina sua moglie..., from 'Trofeo o sia magnifica Colonna...' |
1774 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 510 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi | Ten plates from Diverse maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi desunte dall'architettura Egizia, Etrusca, Greca |
Rome | 1769 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 523 | Henry Salt (1780-1827) | Four Views of India from Twenty Four Views taken in St Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, Abyssinia and Egypt |
London | 1809 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 3,442.40 |
| 524 | Henry Salt (1780-1827) | Eight Views of Abyssinia and One of the Cape of Good Hope |
London | 1809 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,456.40 |
| 525 | Henry Salt (1780-1827) | View near the Point de Galle, Ceylon; and Sandy Bay in the Island of St Helena from Twenty Four Views taken in St Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, Abyssinia and Egypt |
London | 1809 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,324.00 |
| 526 | Henry Salt (1780-1827) | Three Views of India from Twenty Four Views taken in St Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, Abyssinia and Egypt |
London | 1809 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 2,912.80 |
| 527 | Henry Salt (1780-1827) | Three Views of India from Twenty Four Views taken in St Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, Abyssinia and Egypt |
1809 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 5,031.20 |
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