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Indian Company School Paintings in Trunk sell for £100,000
The Courier - August 16th 2012
The group of ten drawings were found in in the bottom of a trunk by Lindsay Burns & Company when called in to assist with the process of ‘downsizing’ by a private client. The vendor’s family had four generations of family connections to the British East India Company and the Indian Civil service, where one member of the family was the private secretary to the Governor General of India in the early 19th century.
The watercolours dating from 1801-1813, each one had a watermarked date, depicted scenes of tombs and temples such as Itmad-ud- Daula’s Tomb, The Taj Mahal, Mootee Musjid and details of Acbars Tomb and the Emperors Tomb. They were painted by Indian artists patronised by the British, who as they travelled through the India for the first time wanted to capture these views and have something to take or send home. The works produced by these Indian artists were very much painted in the European taste and are characterized by their use of watercolour, linear perspective and shading. This type of work is generally referred to as ‘Company School ‘.
The group of ten drawings which we discovered were in remarkably good condition considering they were each rolled up.
The pre-sale interest was good with a number of interested parties keen to bid on such a rare group of drawings. On the day we had ten telephone lines booked and fielded bids from the internet via our live bidding platform. With a combined estimate of £2,000-£3,000 the combined result of just over £100,000 was an outstanding result.
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Lavery oil found in Scottish attic for auction
Irish Times - Saturday 12 November 2011
IN A SCENARIO that features in every hoarder’s daydreams, a previously unknown painting by Irish artist Sir John Lavery has been discovered in the attic of a house in Scotland and is to be sold at auction next week.
Lindsay Burns and Company, a fine art auctioneering firm in the central Scottish town of Perth, said the 14 by 10-inch oil painting of a gipsy girl had been found in the attic of a house in Perthshire during a routine valuation.
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Lost Lavery work discovered in attic
The Herald - Friday 11 November 2011
A LOST portrait by the Glasgow Boy painter Sir John Lavery has been discovered in an attic and will be sold at auction.
The portrait, entitled A Gipsy, was found by the auctioneer Nick Burns, of Lindsay Burns and Company of Perth, in the attic of a vendor in Perthshire.
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Henry, Yeats hold onto blue-chip status at auctions
The Irish Times - Saturday, June 11, 2011
...an early painting by Paul Henry which was given to a Scottish couple as a wedding present in 1919, is on the market for the first time next Tuesday, June 7th, at auctioneers Lindsay Burns and Company, 6 King Street, Perth, Scotland. Peat Bog has an estimate of £10,000-£15,000 (€11m224-€16,836).
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