Titled The Halt, the 3ft 6in x 6ft (1.07 x 1.83m) oil on canvas, which is signed and dated 1852, features two Highlanders returning after a day
stalking with their ponies carrying the carcasses of two stags. The three-day, 964-lot, Scottish series, held from August 26-28, featured jewellery, silver, Wemyss pottery and modern and vintage sporting guns as well as Scottish paintings and sculpture and realised a premium-inclusive total just over £3.5m.
Green bags the top shot at Gleneagles
This large Highland hunting landscape by John Frederick Herring Senior proved to be the highlight of Sotheby’s annual auction series held last week at the Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland, when it sold for £470,000 (plus 19.5/10% premium) to London dealer Richard Green Fine Art bidding on the phone.
