A very suitable buyer emerged for an 19th century picture of The Artists Rifles by John Evan Hodgson (1831-95) offered in Exeter.
The 14in x 3ft (35 x 91cm) oil on canvas, depicting the regiment practising manoeuvres at Devil’s Dyke near Brighton, went under the hammer at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood (21% buyer’s premium) on July 10-11.
Making its auction debut, the picture was consigned to the sale by Colonel Joynson of the 14th/20th King’s Hussars.