Modern British Gallery offers a large selection of affordable oils, watercolours and limited edition prints by major British artists.

‘House by a Lane’ (c.1935) £1750

A rare and substantial oil on canvas, measuring 45cm x 60. Signed bottom left. Provenance; Kent County Council. Please see the George Mackley listing on ArtUK.org to see this oil illustrated (or see this link : https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/house-by-a-lane-77432) Framed.

‘Hastings’ SOLD

Signed oil on board measuring 15cm x 21cm. Provenance: Tib Lane Gallery. Framed.

Pollard £1450

Signed oil on board, measuring 21cm x 25.5cm, dated 1974. Intriguingly, Steggles returned to watercolour study executed 12th July, 1931 (photocopy included), resulting in a span of 43 years between concept and completion. Thank you to Alan Waltham for his assistance in cataloguing this work. Provenance: Austin Desmond. Framed.

Monasterio Arlanza £350

Signed original in pencil and watercolour, dated 1976, measuring 35cm x 23cm. Conservation mounted.

Romanesque Church SOLD

Original pencil and watercolour, measuring 35cm x 22cm. Conservation mounted. Provenance: Printworks, Colchester.

Pastoral £275

Study in sanguin conte pastel, measuring 47cm x 60cm. Estate stamped verso and numbered 898. Conservation mounted

Triple Study £275

Studies in sanguin conte pastel, measuring 46xm x 55cm. Estate stamped verso and numbered 1026. Conservation mounted

‘Thomas More’ (c.1938) SOLD

The final study for The Thomas More Altar in The Holy Redeemer Church, Cheyne Row, London. In the background can be seen The Tower of London with scaffolding erected, and Thomas more’s house opposite. Oil on paper measuring 30.5cm x 20.5cm. Literature: ‘Charles Mahoney, An Earthly Paradise’, Paul Liss, p.226 (illustrated). Presented in original frame.

Reclining Nude £300

Study in sanguin conte pastel, measuring 24xm x 46cm. Estate stamped verso and numbered 866. Conservation mounted.

Sheet of 9 studies £275

Nine studies in pencil and sanguin conte pastel, pasted down by the artist, overall measuring 33cm x 49cm. Estate stamped verso and numbered 678. Conservation mounted.

‘Figures 2’ SOLD

Gouache, ink and pencil, measuring 17.5cm x 20cm. Conservation mounted. Provenance: The artist’s estate.

‘Figures 3’ SOLD

Gouache, ink and pencil, measuring 31.5cm x 16cm. Conservation mounted. Provenance: The artist’s estate.

‘Figures 4’ £150

Gouache, ink and pencil, measuring 26.5cm x 17.5cm. Conservation mounted. Provenance: The artist’s estate.

‘Figures 5’ £100

Gouache, ink and pencil, measuring 12.5cm x 22cm. Conservation mounted. Provenance: The artist’s estate.

1. Figures (1946) SOLD

Pencil study on single sheet. Date 1947. Sheet measures 8cm x 12cm. Mounted. Provenance: Artist Studio Sale, Phillips.

2. Figures (1946) SOLD

Pencil study on single sheet. Date 1947. Sheet measures 11cm x 14cm. Mounted. Provenance: Artist Studio Sale, Phillips.

3. Figures (1946) £60

Pencil studies on single sheet. Date 1947. Sheet measures 10cm x 25cm. Mounted. Provenance: Artist Studio Sale, Phillips.

4. Figures (1946) SOLD

Pencil study on single sheet. Date 1946. Sheet measures 15cm x 9cm. Mounted. Provenance: Artist Studio Sale, Phillips.

5. Figures (1946) £75

Ink and pencil studies on single sheet. Date 1946. Sheet measures 35cm x 28cm. Mounted. Provenance: Artist Studio Sale, Phillips.

6. Figures (1946) £75

Pencil studies on single sheet. Date 1946. Sheet measures 27cm x 26cm. Mounted. Provenance: Artist Studio Sale, Phillips.

7. Figures (1946) £60

Pencil studies on single sheet. Date 1946. Sheet measures 25cm x 19cm. Mounted. Provenance: Artist Studio Sale, Phillips.

8. Figures (1946) SOLD

Pencil studies on single sheet. Date 1946. Sheet measures 30cm x 25cm. Mounted. Provenance: Artist Studio Sale, Phillips.

9. Figures (1946) £75

Pencil and ink studies on single sheet. Date 1946. Sheet measures 28cm x 29cm. Mounted. Slight ruckling to sheet at top to to wet ink application. Provenance: Artist Studio Sale, Phillips.

10. Figures (1946) SOLD

Pencil studies on single sheet. Date 1946. Sheet measures 30cm x 20cm. Mounted. Provenance: Artist Studio Sale, Phillips.

11. Figures (1946) £65

Pencil studies on single sheet. Date 1946. Sheet measures 33cm x 26cm. Mounted. Provenance: Artist Studio Sale, Phillips.

12. Figures (1946) SOLD

Pencil and ink studies on single sheet. Date 1946. Sheet measures 33cm x 29cm. Mounted. Provenance: Artist Studio Sale, Phillips.

IAN RIBBONS ‘BBC Illustration 1’ £125 NOW £50

Ian Ribbons was born in 1924 and trained at the Royal College of Art. He was a visiting lecturer at St. Martin’s School of Art, and also at the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. He wrote (and illustrated) six books, gave lectures and made an extended tour of the U.S.A. and Canada. Ian was a prolific […]

IAN RIBBONS ‘BBC Illustration 2’ £125 NOW £50

Ian Ribbons was born in 1924 and trained at the Royal College of Art. He was a visiting lecturer at St. Martin’s School of Art, and also at the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. He wrote (and illustrated) six books, gave lectures and made an extended tour of the U.S.A. and Canada. Ian was a prolific […]

ARCHIBALD ZIEGLER ‘Embankment at Chelsea’ £500 NOW £200

Archibald Ziegler was a painter, draughtsman and teacher, born in London. Studied at Central School of Arts and Crafts and at the Royal College of Art under William Rothenstein, 1927–30. As well as teaching drawing and painting at St Martin’s School of Art, Ziegler taught art history at Morley College in London, and for the […]

ARCHIBALD ZIEGLER ‘Hampstead’ £450 NOW £200

Archibald Ziegler was a painter, draughtsman and teacher, born in London. Studied at Central School of Arts and Crafts and at the Royal College of Art under William Rothenstein, 1927–30. As well as teaching drawing and painting at St Martin’s School of Art, Ziegler taught art history at Morley College in London, and for the […]

ETHELBERT WHITE – Malaga 1 £250

Watercolour measuring 26cm x 33cm. The watercolour is studio stamped verso and has the archival reference number of 135 (registered by the estate). Very very light time spotting. Conservation mounted.

ETHELBERT WHITE – Malaga 2 £200

Watercolour measuring 27cm x 33cm. The watercolour is studio stamped verso and has the archival reference number of 214 (registered by the estate). Very very light time spotting. Conservation mounted.

ETHELBERT WHITE – Malaga 3 £175

Watercolour measuring 37cm x 51cm. The watercolour is studio stamped verso and has the archival reference number of 333 (registered by the estate). Conservation mounted.

ETHELBERT WHITE – Malaga 4 SOLD

Watercolour measuring 32cm x 41cm. The watercolour is studio stamped verso and has the archival reference number of 319 (registered by the estate). Conservation mounted.

ETHELBERT WHITE – Malaga 5 £150

Watercolour measuring 23cm x 31.5cm. The watercolour is studio stamped verso and has the archival reference number of 271 (registered by the estate). Conservation mounted.

ETHELBERT WHITE – Recco (1930) SOLD

Signed wood engraving, printed from block, in numbered edition of 50. Block measures 18cm x 23cm plus borders. Printed on Japon. Conservation mounted.

Still Life (ca 1950) SOLD

Oil on board, signed with initials bottom right. Image measures 35cm x 23cm. Presented in original frame.

FELIX TOPOLSKI – ‘War and Peace 1’ £275

The original ink drawing for ‘War and Peace’, published 1971. Signed in pencil. Drawing measures 12cm x 39cm (irregular because shaped for publication). Mounted and framed. Please see ‘TOPOLSKI, Feliks’ under ‘OUR ARTISTS’ tab for more illustrations.