Of all the things you might expect to find in a kitchen cupboard, an original oil by Edward Seago (1910-74) is probably not one of them.
Yet, that is where Mark Lane, owner of North Shields saleroom Featonby’s (23.5% buyer’s premium inc VAT), discovered this signed 16 x 11½in (40 x 29cm) oil on board, pictured left, while undertaking a house clearance. The vendor had inherited the painting from an uncle who had owned it for decades.