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b. 1906 - d. 1945

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  • William Acton (British 1906-1945), the Duchess of Villarosa, portrait, oil on canvas, inscribed verso, 82cm x 61cm, unframed A few small paint chips
    Oct. 24, 2024

    William Acton (British 1906-1945), the Duchess of Villarosa, portrait, oil on canvas, inscribed verso, 82cm x 61cm, unframed A few small paint chips

    Est: £1,000 - £1,500

    William Acton (British 1906-1945), the Duchess of Villarosa, portrait, oil on canvas, inscribed verso, 82cm x 61cm, unframed A few small paint chips to top and side of canvas otherwise good bright condition

    Burstow & Hewett
  • ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM ACTON (BRITISH 1906-1945), PORTRAIT OF GEORGIA SITWELL
    Nov. 17, 2021

    ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM ACTON (BRITISH 1906-1945), PORTRAIT OF GEORGIA SITWELL

    Est: £1,500 - £2,000

    ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM ACTON (BRITISH 1906-1945)PORTRAIT OF GEORGIA SITWELLOil on canvas, oval95 x 67cm (37¼ x 26¼ in.)Catalogue Note:William Acton was the short-lived son of the collector and dealer Arthur Acton and the younger brother of Sir Harold Acton, the art historian and aesthete. The Actons had been raised by their parents near Florence at La Pietra, where their neighbours included the Sitwell family at Montegufoni, and Lord Berners. Few other portraits by the artist are widely known, apart from a series of pencil drawings of the Mitford Sisters which have bene extensively published. Another portrait of Georgia, Lady Sitwell was completed in a similar style to ones, depicting her contemporaries, sold at Christies in 2016 and 2018. The present lot has a much simpler composition and seemingly depicts Georgia at a younger age dressed in black- suggesting this may have been an earlier work.

    Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
  • WILLIAM ACTON (BRITISH, 1906-1945) Portrait of Loelia, Duchess of Westminster
    Jan. 31, 2018

    WILLIAM ACTON (BRITISH, 1906-1945) Portrait of Loelia, Duchess of Westminster

    Est: £5,000 - £7,000

    WILLIAM ACTON (BRITISH, 1906-1945) Portrait of Loelia, Duchess of Westminster oil on canvas 61 ¼ x 50 in. (153 x 127 cm.)

    Christie's
  • William Acton (BRITISH, 1906-1945)
    Feb. 05, 2013

    William Acton (BRITISH, 1906-1945)

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    William Acton (BRITISH, 1906-1945) Portrait of Markie Dinshaw oil on canvas 42 x 32 in. (106.6 x 81.3 cm.)

    Christie's
  • Printed Books: Acton (William). A Complete
    Jul. 26, 2012

    Printed Books: Acton (William). A Complete

    Est: £200 - £300

    Printed Books: Acton (William). A Complete Practical Treatise on Venereal Diseases, and their Immediate and Remote Consequences, Including Observations on Certain Affections of the Uterus, Attended with Discharges, 2 volumes (Text & Plates), 1st edition, 1841, a few wood-engraved illustrations to text volume, faint library stamp to full-title and dedication leaves, publisher's advert leaf at rear, BMI presentation book label ticket from [Oliver] Pemberton to front free endpaper, modern cloth gilt, 8vo, the atlas volume with eight colour lithograph plates, library stamp to title and all plates, some dust-soiling and heavy spotting throughout, BMI presentation from James Vose Solomon to title and front free endpaper (relaid), original cloth gilt, some edge wear, rebacked, oblong folio. The author's first and principal work which had reached its fourth edition by the time of his death in 1875. His pioneering work led to the Contagious Diseases Act of 1866, requiring that all prostitutes be examined for venereal diseases and treated at government expense. (2)

    Dominic Winter Auctions
  • William Acton (British, 1906-1945)
    Jun. 17, 2009

    William Acton (British, 1906-1945)

    Est: -

    William Acton (British, 1906-1945) Portrait of Markie Dinshaw oil on canvas 42 x 32 in. (106.7 x 81.3 cm.)

    Christie's
  • William Acton (British, 1906-1945)
    Jun. 16, 2009

    William Acton (British, 1906-1945)

    Est: $2,500 - $3,500

    William Acton (British, 1906-1945) Portrait of Markie Dinshaw oil on canvas 42 x 32 in. (106.7 x 81.3 cm.)

    Christie's
  • William Acton (British, 1906-1945)
    Oct. 02, 2008

    William Acton (British, 1906-1945)

    Est: -

    William Acton (British, 1906-1945) Portrait of Bachoo Dinshaw oil on canvas 42 x 32 in. (106.7 x 81.3 cm.)

    Christie's
  • William Acton (British, 1906-1945)
    Oct. 01, 2008

    William Acton (British, 1906-1945)

    Est: $5,000 - $7,000

    William Acton (British, 1906-1945) Portrait of Bachoo Dinshaw oil on canvas 42 x 32 in. (106.7 x 81.3 cm.)

    Christie's
  • William Acton (British, 1906-1945)
    Oct. 01, 2008

    William Acton (British, 1906-1945)

    Est: $5,000 - $7,000

    William Acton (British, 1906-1945) Portrait of Markie Dinshaw oil on canvas 42 x 32 in. (106.7 x 81.3 cm.)

    Christie's
  • William Acton (1906-1945)
    Jun. 08, 2006

    William Acton (1906-1945)

    Est: £8,000 - £12,000

    Portrait of Georgia Sitwell oil on canvas 52 1/4 x 44 5/8 in. (132.7 x 113.3 cm.)

    Christie's
  • William Acton (British, 1906-1945)
    May. 24, 2005

    William Acton (British, 1906-1945)

    Est: -

    Portrait of Gertrude Lawrence acrylic; together with a pencil sketch by the same hand, also of Gertrude Lawrence tondo 46cm (18in)(2)

    Bonhams
  • William Acton (British, 1906-1945)
    May. 24, 2005

    William Acton (British, 1906-1945)

    Est: -

    Portrait of the Duchess of Westminster pencil; together with two other portraits by the same hand 42 x 30cm (16 1/2 x 11 3/4in)(3)

    Bonhams
  • William Acton (1906-1945) A Portrait of Anne, Countess Rosse, Bust Length, Wearing a Silver Dress Inscribed verso "Countess of Rosse", and on an old label "Lady Rosse, Womersley Park, Doncaster", oil on canvas, in a painted oval partially painted
    Nov. 25, 2004

    William Acton (1906-1945) A Portrait of Anne, Countess Rosse, Bust Length, Wearing a Silver Dress Inscribed verso "Countess of Rosse", and on an old label "Lady Rosse, Womersley Park, Doncaster", oil on canvas, in a painted oval partially painted

    Est: £800 - £1,200

    William Acton (1906-1945) A Portrait of Anne, Countess Rosse, Bust Length, Wearing a Silver Dress Inscribed verso "Countess of Rosse", and on an old label "Lady Rosse, Womersley Park, Doncaster", oil on canvas, in a painted oval partially painted with silk or satin drapes, 103cm by 78cm (40.5in by 30.75in) *The frame is painted and is comprised of blue glass and other material

    Tennants
  • William Acton (1906-1945) A Portrait of Anne, Lady Rosse, Depicted as a Stone Bust in a Stylised Surrealist Landscape Oil on canvas, 110cm by 127cm (43 .25in by 50in) *Contained within the original painted and carved frame, possibly produced by the
    Nov. 25, 2004

    William Acton (1906-1945) A Portrait of Anne, Lady Rosse, Depicted as a Stone Bust in a Stylised Surrealist Landscape Oil on canvas, 110cm by 127cm (43 .25in by 50in) *Contained within the original painted and carved frame, possibly produced by the

    Est: £800 - £1,200

    William Acton (1906-1945) A Portrait of Anne, Lady Rosse, Depicted as a Stone Bust in a Stylised Surrealist Landscape Oil on canvas, 110cm by 127cm (43 .25in by 50in) *Contained within the original painted and carved frame, possibly produced by the artist. * There is an example by the painter in the Chester, Grosvenor Museum of "Loeila, Duchess of Westminster"

    Tennants
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