Alfred Wainwright sketches set to go under the hammer Sketches by Alfred Wainwright are up for auction this month at a Cumbrian auctioneers. 1818 Auctioneers will be selling a selection of Lakeland views and sketches of Welsh scenes. Valuer David Brookes estimates drawings of two Welsh churches could make £300â£400 each. Two signed ink drawings of Great Carrs and The Duddon could sell for as much as £800 each. The church drawings have been entered into 1818 Auctioneers picture sale by Jenny Dereham, Wainwrightâs publisher during the last 10 years of his life. A Kendal vendor is selling the Lakeland views. Alfred Wainwright MBE was born in Blackburn and his first visit to the Lake District, at the age of 23, was life-changing.