Oil painting

A high price for Scottish painter Ethel Walker (1861-1951) came at Sworders’ (25% buyer’s premium) sale of the Sally Hunter and Ian Posgate collection.

Found in the garden room of a local property among a stack of other pictures, this unsigned oil on canvas had a distinct resemblance to portraits by Allan Ramsay (1713-84).

Two views of children in flowery fields, both by Scottish artists, were among the works drawing competition at Woolley & Wallis’ (25/12% buyer’s premium).

Sporting artist John Boultbee (1753-1812) is best known for portraits of horses and cattle.

A classic west of Ireland landscape by Paul Henry (1877-1958) was among the top-sellers at the latest round of Irish art sales in Dublin.

View of George III’s new wife’s journey shows departure instead of the usual arrival.

Works by the Zinkeisen sisters continue to bring demand at auctions around the country.

Among works by eastern European artists in demand recently, two pictures by modern Polish artists led the sale at a Buckinghamshire auction.

Works by Grigorescu are seldom seen in British auctions but one emerged in West Sussex

'Hunters and Dogs in the Park at Silkwood House, 1886', is an oil on canvas by British equestrian painter Edward Benjamin Herberte (1857-93).

Returning to the same auction house after 20 years, a small hunting scene drew interest for the second time at Greenslade Taylor Hunt (19.5% buyer’s premium).

A vendor had a nice surprise when a painting she inherited from her aunt and formerly owned by her grandmother proved much more valuable than she realised.

A south German collector is parting with a painting by Zacharie Noterman, which is coming under the hammer at Metz in Heidelberg on June 18-19.

Algernon Newton (1880-1968) has been one of the stars of the season with both his urban and rural scenes attracting high prices in the regions in the last month.

Trio of family paintings depicting Jervis’ finest hour bring £90,000 result for marine specialist Charles Miller

Artcurial holds one of its periodic sales of Old Master and 19th century paintings and drawings on June 9.

A group of naive oils found boxed up during a house move drew strong interest at Hanson Holloway’s Ross (25% buyer’s premium), making a combined £36,000.

Recent stand-out lots from salerooms in Basel, Zurich, Constance, Stuttgart and Dresden

On June 16 Christie’s Paris is holding a sale devoted to female artists.

Bonhams conducts a general sale of Asian art in Knightsbridge on May 10.