Henry (1883) Lamb Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Henry (1883) Lamb Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 26, 2024
Â§ HENRY LAMB (BRITISH, 1883-1960)
Est: £6,000 - £8,000
Â§ HENRY LAMB (BRITISH, 1883-1960) HENRY LAMB (BRITISH, 1883-1960) Gun Crew oil on panel 81.5 x 77.5 cm. (32 x 30 1/2 in.) Painted in 1944 Provenance The artist, thence by family descent Henry Lamb was born in 1883 in Adelaide, Australia, the son of Professor Horace Lamb and his wife, Mary, and one of seven children. Shortly after his birth, the family moved to England, where his father accepted a position at the University of Manchester, and Lamb was subsequently raised in Manchester. Although he initially pursued medical training in Manchester and at Guyâs Hospital, he left the profession in 1905 to focus on art. However, with the outbreak of World War I, Lamb returned to medicine, serving as a surgeon in Macedonia and Palestine. After the war, he was appointed an Official War Artist and created the monumental Irish Troops in the Judean Hills Surprised by a Turkish Bombardment (1919), now in the Imperial War Museumâa significant work that complements Stanley Spencerâs Travoys Arriving with Wounded Soldiers (1919) in capturing the harrowing experiences of war. During World War I, Henry Lamb served on the front lines and, after being demobilized, was commissioned to capture the conflict through his art. This led to iconic works like Irish Troops in the Judaean Hills Surprised by a Turkish Bombardment (1919), now housed in the Imperial War Museum. By the time World War II erupted, Lamb, at 57, was appointed a full-time war artist by the War Artists' Advisory Committee. In this role, he produced over 100 paintings and drawings, including striking portraits of servicemen and evocative scenes of the domestic war effort. The current piece showcases a gun crew loading shells into an anti-aircraft battery, the type of which defended Britainâs southern counties. A smaller version of this composition is part of York Art Galleryâs collection. REWORD
Chiswick Auctions
Jun. 11, 2024
Henry Lamb RA,
Est: £6,000 - £8,000
Henry Lamb RA, Australian/British 1883-1960 - Portrait of a Man, c.1911-12; oil on canvas, 51 x 40.5 cm (ARR) Provenance: Richard Carline (1896-1980); Christie's, London, Modern British and Irish, Paintings Drawings and Sculpture,12th June 1981, lot 59; Sotheby's, London, Modern British and Irish Paintings, Drawings, 8th March 1995, lot 24; private collection Note: Richard Carline was an artist and the brother-in-law of Stanley Spencer. According to the inscription on the reverse of the work and Christie's cataloguing from his estate sale, he believed this painting was a portrait of the artist Boris Anrep (1883-1969) and there is a striking resemblance. Anrep was known for his mosaics, particularly for the National Gallery in London. A later portrait of Anrep by Henry Lamb is now in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 'Boris Anrep and His Family, 1931'.
Roseberys
Jun. 04, 2024
λ HENRY LAMB (BRITISH 1883- 1960), COOMBE BISSETT
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
λ HENRY LAMB (BRITISH 1883- 1960) COOMBE BISSETTOil on canvasSigned and dated 34 (lower left)45 x 91cm (17½ x 35¾ in.)Provenance: Gallery Edward Harvane, LondonAcquired from the above by the family of the present owners, September 1974
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Mar. 27, 2024
Henry Lamb (British, 1883-1960) Early Morning Poole (Painted in 1923)
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
Henry Lamb (British, 1883-1960) Early Morning Poole oil on canvas, laid on board 24 x 34cm (9 7/16 x 13 3/8in). Painted in 1923
Bonhams
Jan. 01, 2024
Henry Lamb (British, 1883-1960)
Est: $300 - $500
Henry Lamb (British, 1883-1960), pencil drawing of a woman. Info verso. Portrait of Julia Strachey. Pencil on paper. Davis & Langdale Company Inc. label. Sight 12" x 9", overall 19" x 16". Provenance: The Edward Herrmann Estate, Salisbury Connecticut.
Copake Auction Inc.
Jan. 01, 2024
Henry Lamb (British, 1883-1960)
Est: $300 - $500
Henry Lamb (British, 1883-1960), pencil drawing of a gentleman. Info verso. Portrait of Maurice Bowra. Pencil on paper. Davis & Langdale Company Inc. label. Sight 12" x 9", overall 19 1/2" x 17". Provenance: The Edward Herrmann Estate, Salisbury Connecticut.
Copake Auction Inc.
Nov. 29, 2023
Henry Lamb RA, Portrait of Euphemia Lamb, c.1906;
Est: £700 - £900
Henry Lamb RA, Australian/British 1883-1960 - Portrait of Euphemia Lamb, c.1906; pencil on paper, 23.5 x 20.9 cm (ARR) Note: the present work is highly similar to the drawing 'Euphemia, 1906' illustrated no.7 p.17 in the catalogue 'Henry Lamb 1883-1960' for the touring exhibition in 1984 of the same name, which started at Manchester City Art Gallery and went on to Bristol, Birmingham and York.
Roseberys
Nov. 22, 2023
Henry Lamb (British, 1883-1960) Gun Crew 81.5 x 77.5 cm. (32 x 30 1/2 in.) (Painted in 1944)
Est: £10,000 - £15,000
Henry Lamb (British, 1883-1960) Gun Crew oil on panel 81.5 x 77.5 cm. (32 x 30 1/2 in.) Painted in 1944
Bonhams
Oct. 05, 2023
λ HENRY LAMB (BRITISH 1883-1960), STUDY OF A FIGURE IN A TRAIN CARRIAGE
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
λ HENRY LAMB (BRITISH 1883-1960) STUDY OF A FIGURE IN A TRAIN CARRIAGEWatercolour Stamped with Studio Stamp (lower left), bears later inscription verso 'Dorelia John in a train carriage c. 1910'.26 x 20cm (10 x 7¾ in.)
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Jul. 12, 2023
Henry Lamb (British, 1883-1960) Portrait of the Artist's Son, Valentine
Est: £2,500 - £3,500
Henry Lamb (British, 1883-1960) Portrait of the Artist's Son, Valentine oil on canvas 40.5 x 30.5cm (15 15/16 x 12in).
Bonhams
Apr. 27, 2023
§ Henry Lamb R.A. (British/Australian 1883-1960) The Scotch Lady (Elizabeth Jameson), 1908
Est: £20,000 - £30,000
§ Henry Lamb R.A. (British/Australian 1883-1960) The Scotch Lady (Elizabeth Jameson), 1908 signed and dated (lower right) oil on canvas (200cm x 100cm (78 1/4in x 39in)) Provenance Christie's London, British and Irish Modernist and Contemporary Paintings. 8 June 1990, lot 244, as 'Portrait of a Lady, Full Length, in a Blue Dress' Private collection, Scotland Literature Anthony Powell, Keith Clements and Sandra Martin, Henry Lamb 1883-1960, Manchester City Art Gallery, Manchester, 1984, p. 10 Keith Clements, Henry Lamb: The Artist and his Friends, Redcliffe Press Ltd, Bristol, 1985, pp.75-76 Henry Lamb affectionately referred to the subject of this important and early portrait as his ‘Scotch Lady’. He painted the glamorous Mrs Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Jameson, wife of the solicitor John ‘Harry’ Jameson, in November 1908, whilst staying with them at 8 Doune Terrace in Edinburgh’s Georgian New Town. This was an exciting time for Lamb, personally and professionally, as he emerged as an artist of promise within London’s art world and developed friendships with Augustus John, Vanessa Bell, Lytton Strachey and other members of the Bloomsbury Group. Lamb was born in Adelaide, Australia but grew up in Manchester. He studied Medicine at what is now known as the University of Manchester but gave up his course to enrol at Chelsea Art School in London in 1906. John was one of his tutors and his influence can be felt in the fluidity of Mrs Jameson’s full-length, confident pose. Lamb joined John and his entourage in Paris in 1907 and attended L’Ecole de la Palette in Montparnasse. His exhibiting career began with the New English Art Club and Allied Artists Association in 1905 and 1908 respectively. Whilst in Paris, Lamb met the Russian artist Boris Anrep (1883-1969), who became one of his closest friends, as well as the music student Helen Maitland (1885-1965). She was a distant cousin of Elizabeth Jameson and this relationship presumably resulted in the portrait commission which brought Lamb to the Scottish capital in 1908. According to Lamb’s biographer Keith Clements, Anrep attended Edinburgh College of Art over that winter, under the Directorship of Frank Morley-Fletcher (1866-1949). Keith Clements has written about the current portrait thus: ‘Sittings began early in the November of 1908 with numerous studies in pencil and watercolour from which eventually the painting had to be completed because of the changing appearance of his ‘Scotch lady’, as Henry referred to her: Elizabeth Jamieson [sic] was pregnant at the time and whilst posing tried to disguise her condition with the folds of an ‘Empire Line’ dress; but in the finished picture she appears ‘wasp-waisted’ and typically Edwardian. The portrait of Mrs Jamieson is one of the artist’s earliest surviving oils and surely his largest – over six feet in height…younger generations of Jamiesons [sic]…remember how well and warmly Henry Lamb was always spoken of by his sitter, even in old age – she lived to be ninety-four.’ (Keith Clements, Henry Lamb: The Artist and his Friends, Redcliffe Press Ltd, Bristol 1985, p.75-76.) Indeed, the rapport between artist and subject is clear in The Scotch Lady. Jameson regards Lamb directly, with her head tilted to one side. This gesture is paralleled in the bend of her elbow and flow of her dress to the right, providing rhythm throughout the image. Lamb revels in her elegance, with particularly sensitive passages in the depiction of the area around her collar bone and the hand placed discreetly above the swell of her pregnancy. Jameson’s only adornments are her two rings, her only accompaniments the Bonsai tree set atop a sewing table. The contrasting textures of her gown provide colour fields to join those of the background and floor, in a strikingly simplified composition. As such, what appears to be a relatively ‘traditional’ society portrait contains flashes of modernity and hints of post-Impressionism. Lamb returned to medicine during World War One service and thereafter made his name as a one of Britain’s leading twentieth-century portraitists. He became a Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery and Tate and was elected a full member of the Royal Academy of Arts in 1940, twenty years before his death.
Lyon & Turnbull
Apr. 25, 2023
Henry Lamb RA (Australian-British, 1883-1960)
Est: £600 - £800
Henry Lamb RA (Australian-British, 1883-1960) ▴ Henry Lamb RA (Australian-British, 1883-1960) Dorset landscape, near Durweston, 1920/1 oil on board 23.8 x 32.9cm Provenance: Carl Eric Bechhofer Roberts - English author and journalist and an early patron of Henry Lamb. Henry Lamb and fellow artist Stanley Spencer painted together in Dorset. Condition Report: Framed: 30.7 x 39.7cm, in good condition with minor losses to glazed frame
Sworders
Mar. 08, 2023
Lamb (Henry, 1882-1960). Julia Strachey Reading, 1950, pencil
Est: £300 - £500
Lamb (Henry, 1882-1960). Julia Strachey Reading, 1950, pencil AR * Lamb (Henry, 1882-1960). Julia Strachey Reading, pencil on pale cream wove sketchbook paper, inscribed the artist to lower margin 'for Julia, from Henry. 1950', light mount toning, and faint horizontal crease, tape residue to upper margin to verso, sheet size 208 x 134 mm (8 3/8 x 5 3/8 ins), window-mounted QTY: (1) NOTE: Provenance: Sir Lawrence Gowing (1918-1991). Gowing met the author Julia Strachey (1901-1979) in 1939 when Gowing was just twenty-one, and they were married in 1952. Through her Gowing came into contact with members of the Bloomsbury Group, including Quentin Bell. A similar pencil study of Julia reading, from the Patricia and Donald Oresman Collection, was sold at auction by William Doyle in November 2018, lot 238.
Dominic Winter Auctions
Dec. 13, 2022
Henry Lamb R.A. (British, 1883-1960), Geraniums and Antirrhinums, oil on board, 43 x 32cm
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
§ Henry Lamb R.A. (British, 1883-1960) Geraniums and Antirrhinums oil on board signed, 1929 Leicester Galleries Exhibition label, a sketch of figures taking tea verso
Gorringes
Oct. 27, 2022
§ Henry Lamb MC, RA (1883-1960)
Est: £400 - £600
§ Henry Lamb MC, RA (1883-1960) Brittany peasant with Family signed and dated 'HLamb / 1910' (lower right) ink and wash 33.5 x 17cm Provenance: With Roland, Browse & Delbanco, London
Cheffins
Oct. 19, 2022
λ HENRY LAMB (BRITISH 1883-1960), ERRIGAL, DONEGAL, COUNTY DONEGAL, IRELAND
Est: £2,000 - £4,000
λ HENRY LAMB (BRITISH 1883-1960)ERRIGAL, DONEGAL, COUNTY DONEGAL, IRELAND Oil on panel 23.5 x 31.5cm (9¼ x 12¼ in.)Painted in 1913.Provenance:Private Collection, acquired directly from the artist in Ireland, September 1913Sale, Christie's, London, 22 June 1962, lot 101Sandra Lummis Fine Art, London
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Jul. 15, 2022
Henry Taylor Lamb Painting
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
(British, circa 1883-1960) The Artist's Wife, Lady Pansy Lamb, and Daughter Henrietta, Reading, 1939, signed lower left "Lamb/39", oil on canvas, 17-7/8 x 27 in.; painted wood and composition frame, 22-1/4 x 31-1/4 in.
Brunk Auctions
Jul. 14, 2022
HENRY LAMB (1885-1960) MAY, LAMBOURN WOODLANDS, 1926
Est: £800 - £1,200
HENRY LAMB (1885-1960) MAY, LAMBOURN WOODLANDS, 1926 Signed and dated lower right, oil on board (39.25cm x 49.5cm (15.5in x 19.5in)) Provenance: Purchased by the present owner's family, and thence by descent Ernest Brown & Philips, The Leicester Galleries, London
Lyon & Turnbull
Jul. 13, 2022
Henry Lamb (British, 1883-1960) Couple on the Hill
Est: £1,500 - £2,500
Henry Lamb (British, 1883-1960) Couple on the Hill oil on thick card 35 x 46cm (13 3/4 x 18 1/8in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Jul. 13, 2022
Henry Lamb (British, 1883-1960) Study for The Artist and His Wife (unframed)
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Henry Lamb (British, 1883-1960) Study for The Artist and His Wife signed and dated 'Lamb/30' (lower left) oil and pencil on board 40.5 x 43cm (15 15/16 x 16 15/16in). (unframed) For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Jul. 13, 2022
Henry Lamb (British, 1883-1960) Pastoral Scene (unframed)
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
Henry Lamb (British, 1883-1960) Pastoral Scene oil and charcoal on canvas 36 x 51cm (14 3/16 x 20 1/16in). (unframed) For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Jul. 13, 2022
Henry Lamb (British, 1883-1960) Sketch for Family Group
Est: £800 - £1,200
Henry Lamb (British, 1883-1960) Sketch for Family Group oil and pencil on board 23.5 x 24.5cm (9 1/4 x 9 5/8in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Jun. 22, 2022
Henry Lamb (British, 1883-1960) Self-portrait 50.5 x 40.5 cm. (19 7/8 x 15 7/8 in.)
Est: £10,000 - £15,000
Henry Lamb (British, 1883-1960) Self-portrait oil on canvasboard 50.5 x 40.5 cm. (19 7/8 x 15 7/8 in.) For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Apr. 05, 2022
Henry Lamb RA (1883-1960)
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
Henry Lamb RA (1883-1960) Henry Lamb RA (1883-1960) Portrait of Carl Eric Bechhofer Roberts (1894-1949) oil on canvas 40.8 x 30.5cm Provenance: Carl Eric Bechhofer Roberts. Illustrated: Albert Rutherston, Henry Lamb, London: Ernest Benn Ltd, 1924, plate 18. This lot will be sold with a copy of the book. C E Bechhofer Roberts was a widely published English author and journalist. He was an early patron of Henry Lamb and owned several other works including 'A Bristol Committee', 1921 and 'Feeding Calves', 1921. His portrait is among a number of contemporary men of letters who sat for Lamb, including Lytton Strachey, Thomas Hardy and Evelyn Waugh. Bechhofer Roberts was born in London and studied Classics at Berlin University. At the end of the First World War, he worked with H G Wells at the Information Department. He travelled extensively in Russia, encountering Grigori Rasputin in St. Petersburg, who kissed him, and the mystic philosopher George Gurdjieff (1866-1949), whose work he introduced to an English audience. Bechhofer published 'Russia at the Crossroads' in 1916. He returned to Russia as part of the British Military Mission and was London Times correspondent, covering the Russian famine in 1921, the year he published his book, 'Through Starving Russia'. He went on to act as private secretary to Lord Birkenhead, 1924-1930. He was the first biographer of Winston Churchill, 1927. He also published lives of Madame Blavatsky, 1931, Stanley Baldwin, 1936, and Paul Verlaine, 1937. His book, 'This Side Idolatry', 1928, caused a scandal for its salacious revelations about the private life of Charles Dickens and his mistress. He also published under the pseudonyms, 'Ephesian' and 'Arthur Milton'. He edited The Old Bailey Trial series and wrote extensively on some of the more lurid criminal cases of the day, such as the trial of William Joyce (Lord Haw Haw). Bechhofer uncovered fraudulent mediums in 'The Truth about Spiritualism', 1932, and among his works of fiction is a hilarious gangster spoof, 'Don Chicago, or Crime Don't Pay', 1933. Bechhofer's books were recommended by George Orwell. The present lot is to be sold with a selection of essays, fiction and non-fiction books written by C E Bechhofer Roberts, to include his biographies of Stanley Baldwin and Lord Birkenhead, amongst others titled 'Don Chicago', 'Let'st Begin Again', 'The Mysterious Madame' and more. *Artist's Resale Right may apply to this lot.
Sworders
Feb. 21, 2022
SIR STANLEY SPENCER CBE RA, BRITISH 1891-1959 - 'THE RESURRECTION, COOKHAM', 1920-21; OIL AND P
Est: £100,000 - £150,000
Sir Stanley Spencer CBE RA, British 1891-1959 - 'The Resurrection, Cookham', 1920-21; oil and pencil on paper laid down on board, 30.9 x 43.8 cm (ARR) Provenance: Henry Lamb (1883 -1960); Lady Pansy Lamb (1904-1999); Arthur Tooth & Sons Ltd, London no.6490; Sir Frederick Hooper (1914-1989); Dudley William Tooth (1896-1972); Thence by descent Exhibition: Royal Academy of Arts, London, 'Stanley Spencer', 20 September - 14 December 1980, cat. no.55; Tate Britain, London, 'Stanley Spencer', 22nd March - 24th June 2001, no.33; Literature: Royal Academy of Arts, London, 'Stanley Spencer', 1980, cat. no.55, p.75(illus); Keith Bell, 'Stanley Spencer', Phaidon, 2004, p.50-51 (illus. in colour); Tate Britain, London, 'Stanley Spencer', 2001, no.33 p.118(illus. in colour); Note: The Resurrection is perhaps Spencer's most important theme, re-positioning the Biblical narrative of the Last Days to the present day setting of his beloved hometown of Cookham. There is a gentle atmosphere to the scene, with the dramatic translated into the colloquial; for Spencer the divine existed in the everyday. It is remarkable that the painting was first owned by the artist Henry Lamb, who was a friend and patron of Spencer and the pair had met in 1913. Both artists Lamb and Stanley Spencer joined the Royal Army Medical Corps during the First World War and were stationed at times in Macedonia. Spencer's masterpiece and perhaps most famous work, 'The Resurrection, Cookham, 1924–27' (Tate Gallery) was made in a studio borrowed from Lamb in 1922, suggesting why he owned the present work. There is a label on the reverse of the board with Spencer's note of the painting, which reads, 'Small Study for the Resurrection. In this I discover the meaning of the people leaning on head-stones'. Spencer would return to the theme repeatedly in his career, most notably in the major composition 'The Resurrection of Soldiers', 1928-29' for Burghclere Chapel. Other key examples include 'The Resurrection, Cookham, 1924–27' (Tate Galleries), 'The Resurrection of the Good and Bay, 1915' and Port Glasgow Resurrection, 1947-50' (Tate Galleries). Please refer to department for condition report
Roseberys
Nov. 30, 2021
§ HENRY LAMB, R.A. (1883-1960)
Est: £400 - £600
§ HENRY LAMB, R.A. (1883-1960) SELECTED WORKS FROM DURHAM WHARF HENRY LAMB, R.A. (1883-1960) Sleeping woman signed with monogram HL (lower left) pencil 20 x 25 cm (8 x 10 in) PROVENANCE: Mary Fedden & Julian Trevelyan and by descent
Chiswick Auctions
Nov. 25, 2021
Lamb, H.T. (1883-1960). Breton Fisher Boy.
Est: €300 - €500
Lamb, H.T. (1883-1960). Breton Fisher Boy. Drawing, pencil, 25,5x33,3 cm. - Pinholes in upper blank margin; trifle dustsoiled. = Tipped under passepartout w. mounted printed ticket of "Red Cross Sale 1942", with ms. entries providing artist, title and provenance ("Donor: Major Peter Harris").
Bubb > Kuyper: Auctioneers of Books, Fine Arts & Manuscripts
Nov. 23, 2021
Henry Lamb (British, 1883-1960) Naafi Queue (Executed circa the early 1940s)
Est: £800 - £1,200
Henry Lamb (British, 1883-1960) Naafi Queue watercolour, chalk, pencil and coloured pencil on paper 19 x 23.5cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/4in). Executed circa the early 1940s For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Oct. 20, 2021
HENRY LAMB, R.A. (1883-1960) - Portrait of Cecil Beaton
Est: £80,000 - £120,000
HENRY LAMB, R.A. (1883-1960) Portrait of Cecil Beaton oil on canvas 34 x 27 in. (86.5 x 69 cm.)
Christie's
Oct. 12, 2021
λ Henry Lamb (British 1883-1960), Portrait of Gordon Hake
Est: £600 - £800
λ Henry Lamb (British 1883-1960)Portrait of Gordon HakePencil Signed and dated 1906 (centre left) and inscribed (lower right) 29 x 21.5cm (11¼ x 8¼ in.)Provenance:Property from a Private English Collector
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Jun. 16, 2021
Henry Lamb (British, 1883-1960) Portrait of a Petersfield Boy 40.5 x 33 cm. (16 x 13 in.) (Painted c. 1923)
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Henry Lamb (British, 1883-1960) Portrait of a Petersfield Boy signed 'H. Lamb' (on the overlap) oil on canvas 40.5 x 33 cm. (16 x 13 in.) Painted c. 1923 For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
May. 27, 2021
§ Henry Lamb MC, RA (British 1883-1960)
Est: £800 - £1,200
§ Henry Lamb MC, RA (British 1883-1960) Portrait of a young boy, three-quarter length, seated, stroking a dog's head signed and dated 'Lamb 38' (lower left) oil on canvas 67 x 54cm Footnote: Provenance: Julians Park, Hertfordshire
Cheffins
May. 18, 2021
*Henry Lamb RA (1883-1960)
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
*Henry Lamb RA (1883-1960) *Henry Lamb RA (1883-1960) Portrait of the artist's wife and his daughter Henrietta, c.1933 oil on canvas 183.5 x 130cm Exhibited: Southampton Art Gallery. *Artist's Resale Right may apply to this lot.
Sworders
Feb. 25, 2021
§ Henry Lamb MC, RA (British 1883-1960)
Est: £300 - £500
§ Henry Lamb MC, RA (British 1883-1960) Study of a Breton man pencil 24 x 17cm Footnote: Provenance: Hubert Faure, London The present lot probably dates from between 1910 and 1911 during the period when Henry Lamb is known to have stayed with the Favenac family in Pont-Aven, a commune on the Southern Coast of Brittany most closely associated with Paul Gaugin. Lamb, like many artists during the late 19th and early 20th century, was attracted to the rugged Brittany coast as a primitive antithesis to the over-crowded, and apparently sophisticated, cities. Although Lamb is known to have stayed with the Favenacs in 1909, his earliest surviving Breton drawings date from 1910.
Cheffins
Feb. 23, 2021
Henry Lamb RA, Australian/British 1883-1960- Portrait of Dr Buchanan, 1946; oil on canvas, signed
Est: £3,000 - £4,000
Henry Lamb RA, Australian/British 1883-1960- Portrait of Dr Buchanan, 1946; oil on canvas, signed and dated, 76x46cm (ARR) Provenance: Christie's South Kensington, Modern British and Continental Paintings Sale, 23rd July, 1992, lot 22; Private Collection, London Exhibited: Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 1946 No. 293 Please refer to department for condition report
Roseberys
Feb. 13, 2020
§ Henry Lamb MC, RA (British 1883-1960)
Est: £600 - £800
Portrait of Edwin John, circa 1912 pencil (Dimensions: 21.5 x 13.5cm)
Cheffins
Feb. 13, 2020
§ Henry Lamb MC, RA (British 1885-1960)
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
Portrait of Grant Richards signed and dated 'H. Lamb / 1909' (lower left) black chalk (Dimensions: 29.5 x 23cm)
Cheffins
Dec. 03, 2019
HENRY LAMB, R.A. (1883-1960)
Est: £500 - £700
HENRY LAMB, R.A. (1883-1960) Portrait of Rosaline Pollock signed and dated 'Lamb 39' (upper right) oil on canvas 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.) Provenance: Sale, Phillips, London, 12 September 1989, lot 78, where purchased by the present owner Artist's Resale Right may apply on this lot
Chiswick Auctions
Dec. 03, 2019
HENRY LAMB, R.A. (1883-1960)
Est: £700 - £1,000
PROPERTY FORMERLY IN THE ESTATE OF CAPTAIN JOHN ERNEST CRAWFORD FLITCH HENRY LAMB, R.A. (1883-1960) John Ernest Crawford-Flitch signed and dated Henry Lamb./1909. (lower right) chalk 28.3 x 21 cm (11 1/8 x 8 ¼ in) Provenance: Captain John Ernest Crawford Flitch, the sitter, and by descent Artist's Resale Right may apply on this lot
Chiswick Auctions
Nov. 21, 2019
Henry Lamb, R.A. (1883-1960) - Alfred Stephenson
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
Henry Lamb, R.A. (1883-1960) Alfred Stephenson pencil, charcoal and chalk on paper 13 x 9 in. (33 x 22.8 cm.)
Christie's
Jun. 11, 2019
Henry Lamb RA, British 1885-1960- Drawing of a tramp; ink on paper, bears Lamb studio stamp, 25
Est: £300 - £500
Henry Lamb RA, British 1885-1960- Drawing of a tramp; ink on paper, bears Lamb studio stamp, 25x19.5cm (ARR) In a gold painted frame with brown double mount and glazing. Please refer to department for condition report
Roseberys
May. 09, 2019
§ Henry Lamb, MC, RA (British, 1883-1960) Portrait of David McKenna (1911-2003), seated at a clavichord signed and dated 'Lamb 35' (.
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
§ Henry Lamb, MC, RA (British, 1883-1960) Portrait of David McKenna (1911-2003), seated at a clavichord signed and dated 'Lamb 35' (lower right); artist's label to the reverse oil on canvas h:80 w:90 cm Provenance: David McKenna and by family descent Exhibited: The Royal Academy Exhibition, cat.no.1053 (date untraced) Other Notes: David McKenna was born in London to a family with strong connections to both the political and artistic worlds of Edwardian Britain. His father was the Liberal MP, Reginald McKenna, then First Lord of the Admiralty and later Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer under Herbert Asquith. He was also close friends with the architect, Sir Edwin Lutyens. His mother, Pamela Jekyll, was the daughter of the wtiter and artist, Agnes Graham, who was muse of Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones in 1876. She was also the niece of garden designer, Gertrude Jekyll. McKenna studied at Eton and he went up to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he read Engineering and Mathematics. In 1934 he joined the London Passenger Transport Board as assistant to the director, and this began a highly successful career in the transport sector. He became Assistant General Manager of the Southern Region of British Railways in 1955, eventually succeeding to chairman and general manager of the Southern Region. The Victoria line on the London underground is largely credited to McKenna. The present portrait was painted a year after his marriage to Lady Cecilia Keppel, daughter of the 9th Earl of Albemarle. Henry Lamb was a close friend of the family and this is most probably the reason why Lamb has captured, so well, his friend's likeable character in the portrait. It also demonstrates McKenna's love of music. He was a member of the Bach Choir, sang Purcell to A J Balfour on his deathbed, was chairman of the Sadler's Well Trust and vice-president of the Royal College of Music.
Cheffins
May. 09, 2019
§ Henry Lamb, MC, RA (British, 1883-1960) Portrait of Myee Miranda McKenna (1935-2019), head and shoulders inscribed 'To Celia / fro..
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
§ Henry Lamb, MC, RA (British, 1883-1960) Portrait of Myee Miranda McKenna (1935-2019), head and shoulders inscribed 'To Celia / from Henry / 22/7/58' (lower right) pencil drawing h:30 w:22 cm Provenance: A gift form the artist to Lady Cecilia McKenna in 1958 At some point, inherited by Myee Miranda McKenna
Cheffins
May. 09, 2019
§ Henry Lamb, MC, RA (British, 1883-1960) Portrait of Myee Miranda Mckenna, 1947 crayon and chalk drawing
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
§ Henry Lamb, MC, RA (British, 1883-1960) Portrait of Myee Miranda Mckenna, 1947 crayon and chalk drawing h:30 w:22 cm Provenance: Collection of the artist's widow, Lady Pansy Lamb New Grafton Gallery, London, where acquired by the present owner (label verso) Other Notes: Myee Miranda McKenna (1935-2019) was the eldest daughter of Mr David and Lady Cecilia McKenna. As well as painting her father (lot 236), Henry Lamb drew their daughter on at least two occasions. The fact that this drawing was kept by the artist, and then, after his death, remained in the possession of his widow, Lady Pansy Lamb, demonstrates the close friendship which existed between the two families.
Cheffins
Dec. 12, 2018
HENRY LAMB, R.A. (1883-1960)
Est: £1,500 - £2,500
PROPERTY FORMERLY IN THE ESTATE OF CAPTAIN JOHN ERNEST CRAWFORD FLITCH HENRY LAMB, R.A. (1883-1960) John Ernest Crawford-Flitch signed and dated 'Henry Lamb./1909.' (lower right) chalk 11 1/8 x 8 ¼ in. (28.3 x 21 cm.) Provenance: Captain John Ernest Crawford Flitch, the sitter, and by descent. Artist's Resale Right may apply on this lot.
Chiswick Auctions
Nov. 20, 2018
Henry Lamb, R.A. (1883-1960) - Portrait of a man
Est: £800 - £1,200
Henry Lamb, R.A. (1883-1960) Portrait of a man pencil 11½ x 8 5/8 in. (29.2 x 21.9 cm.)
Christie's
Nov. 20, 2018
Henry Lamb British, 1883-1960 The Artist's Wife, Reading, 1933
Est: $300 - $500
Henry Lamb British, 1883-1960 The Artist's Wife, Reading, 1933 Graphite on paper 10 x 14 inches Provenance: Estate of the artist (until 2000) Davis and Langdale Company, Inc., New York C The Patricia and Donald Oresman Collection
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Nov. 20, 2018
Henry Lamb British, 1883-1960 Two Girls on a Sofa, circa 1936
Est: $700 - $900
Henry Lamb British, 1883-1960 Two Girls on a Sofa, circa 1936 Watercolor, crayon, and graphite on paper Image size 7 x 10 inches, sheet size 10 x 15 1/2 inches Provenance: Estate of the artist (until 2000) Davis and Langdale Company, Inc., New York C The Patricia and Donald Oresman Collection
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