763. A Seated Figure by an Archway

Today, Lawrences of Bletchinley in Surrey continue an auction of Antiques and Collectables that started yesterday and will end tomorrow, selling 1725 items: carpets, enamel signs, fly rods, tools, guitars, stamps, terracotta plaques, stoneware, silver salvers, jewellery, but also oils, drawings, pastels, lithographs and other prints.

 

One of the lots contains a drawing by Charles Shannon. It is described as a pencil drawing, a study of a seated figure by an archway. The initials C.H.S. can be seen in the lower right hand corner, the format is 26 by 18 cm. 

C.H.S. [Charles Shannon?], 
Seated Figure by an Archway
(undated pencil drawing)

There seems to be no lithograph or painting that can be connected to this study. The three initials C.H.S. seem to indicate that this might be an early drawing.

At £10, the opening price seems reasonable.(*)

(*) Hammer price: £110.