Figures skating on a frozen lake, part of a trio of Lakeland views by Edward H Thompson that sold at Tennants for £2500.
British and Irish watercolours piqued the interest of bidders at Tennants’ (18.5% buyer’s premium) Country House sale in Leyburn on October 14.
Among them was a set of three privately consigned pictures of Bundoran in County Donegal by the famous Irish songwriter and entertainer William Percy French (1854-1920).