ADAM'S THE LIBRARY COLLECTION 29th April 2025

128 232 A PAIR OF GEORGE III STYLE MAHOGANY LIBRARY ARMCHAIRS, LATE 19TH EARLY / 20TH CENTURY, the curved button backs, armrests and seat covered in close-nailed dark green leather on claw-and-ball feet, 91cm high, 74cm wide, 86cm deep (2) € 1,000 - 1,500 231 ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY Portrait of an artist Oil on canvas laid on panel, 12.7 x 11.5cm, oval € 400 - 600 228 PIETER ANGELLIS (1685-1734) ‘The Newspaper Sellers’, A View of Ludgate Hill from Fleet Ditch, with Ludgate, Church of St Marin and St Paul’s Cathedral Oil on canvas, 61 x 50cm Provenance : Sale, Sotheby’s, London, 18 November 1981, lot 15; Sale, Adam’s, 18 November 2021, Lot 601A Literature: S. Herring ‘Pieter Angellis 1685-1734, Oxford DNB 2004; Walpole, Anecdotes of Painting in England Walpole Society, vol. 3; K.T. Parker ‘Mercier Angelis and DeBar Old Master Drawings’ 1938-39 Angellis lived in London’s Covent Garden from 1719 to 1727 where he painted many local views with social ac- tivities, conversation pieces and market scenes. While in London he collaborated with Peter Tillemans, John Vanderbank and others. € 2,000 - 4,000 230 ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY Portrait of an artist Oil on canvas laid on panel 12.7 x 11.5cm, oval, label verso, inscribed painted in Rome 1782 € 400 - 600 230 231 229 ANTHONY DEVAS ARA (1911-1958) Portrait of a woman standing, three quarter length Oil on canvas, 75 x 50cm Signed ‘Devas’ (lower left), and inscribed ‘Model Rosselli Studio Markham Sq’ (on the canvas overlap) Provenance : With Agnew’s, London (accord- ing to label verso); Sale, Christie’s, South Kens- ington, 9th May 2007, lot 37 € 1,000 - 1,500