
Another amazing image from the Italian artist and illustrator Fortunino Matania, showing the stage and audience during an operatic performance at Blackpool. Signed lower left, this work is in good condition having been newly reframed and mounted behind museum-quality U.V. glass. From the private estate of a commercial airline pilot who collected items and images relating to balloons and ballooning.
Measures 32.5 cm wide by 22.5 cm deep (51 cm by 43.5 cm in its frame).
£2500

An astonishing and highly detailed watercolour of a party night at the Gala Ballroom, the Winter Gardens in Blackpool by the Italian artist Fortunino Matania (1881-1963). Signed lower left,this work is in good condition having been newly reframed and mounted behind museum-quality U.V. glass. From the private estate of a commercial airline pilot who collected items and images relating to balloons and ballooning. NB; digital prints of this are available from a company in America but this is the original watercolour.
A lovely image of the rocky coastline at Kerroch in Brittany by the French artist Auguste Nayel (1845-1909). This watercolour is in good condition and is signed and precisely dated to Le Matin, 24th Aout, 1900, by the artist. This work has been re-framed at some time and is behind non-reflective glass. There is a framer’s label for a Lorient company verso.

A striking abstract image in watercolour, gauche and gold leaf by the contemporary Macedonian artist Zani Veljanoska. This work is in good condition having been remounted in its original frame. It bears a label, verso, indicating what I believe to be a signature, a title of the artwork and details of the artist’s address.

A mid-century etching in colours showing an extensive view in Vienna with the historic and important 12th century St. Stephens Cathedral, the mother church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vienna, centre. Signed in pencil and titled and dated 1950 in the plate. In good condition in its original frame. For delivery outside UK contact Bill.


An interesting etching by the Spanish artist Adolfo Bartolome, based on DaVinci’s masterpiece. In good condition and signed and numbered in pencil 3 from a run of 70.
A vibrant landscape by the Italian artist Daniel Bec. This oil on canvas is signed, lower right, by the artist and in good condition in its original frame.

A fine little etching by the American artist Louis Conrad Rosenberg showing a religious figure entering the doorway of St. Mark’s Cathedral in Venice. Signed in pencil and in fair condition with some light yellowing in the foreground. In its original frame and mount.