Two albums of 19th century watercolours and drawings produced unexpected results in summer sales.
Pitched at £200-400 in a July 4 Cambridge sale held by Cheffins (22.5% buyer’s premium), but sold instead for £16,000, was a lot offering an octavo sketchbook of “amateur… caricatures, sketches and watercolours” and a lady’s scrap album.
Among the attractions of the latter were a number of very small drawings and watercolours, some signed or attributed to Charles D’Oyly, a member of the Bengal Civil Service as well as a talented artist and author/illustrator.