Charles-Alexandre Lesueur

Plan de la Ville de Sydney (Capitale des Colonies Anglaises aux Terres Australes) levé par Mr. Lesueur ...assujetti aux relèvements de Mr. Boullanger, [?Paris:] November 1802, engraved plan with key (some very light spotting), 35 x 49cm.

Found at Christies, London
THE TRAVEL SALE, Lot 236
28. Sep - 28. Sep 2001

Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 GBP
Price realised: 3.525 GBP

Description

Charles-Alexandre Lesueur (1778-1846)
Plan de la Ville de Sydney (Capitale des Colonies Anglaises aux Terres Australes) levé par Mr. Lesueur ...assujetti aux relèvements de Mr. Boullanger, [?Paris:] November 1802, engraved plan with key (some very light spotting), 35 x 49cm.
with a small collection of other maps related to Australia including Nicolas Bellin's Carte Réduite des Terres Australes (Paris, 1753), Louis-Claude de Saulces de Freycinet's Carte Générale de la Nouvelle Hollande (Paris, 1808) and John Oxley's Das Innere von Neu-Süd-Wales (Gotha, 1822).

A top price for Charles-Alexander Lesueur

This artwork by Charles-Alexander Lesueur achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in September 2001. In the THE TRAVEL SALE auction, the work Plan de la Ville de Sydney (Capitale des Colonies Anglaises aux Terres Australes) levé par Mr. Lesueur ...assujetti aux relèvements de Mr. Boullanger, ?Paris: November 1802, engraved plan with key (some very light spotting), 35 x 49cm. sold for GBP 3,525.00 (€ 5,691.37) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 1,500.00. This high result makes Plan de la Ville de Sydney (Capitale des Colonies Anglaises aux Terres Australes) levé par Mr. Lesueur ...assujetti aux relèvements de Mr. Boullanger, ?Paris: November 1802, engraved plan with key (some very light spotting), 35 x 49cm. the most expensive artwork by Charles-Alexander Lesueur that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Charles-Alexander Lesueur

Dieses Kunstwerk von Charles-Alexander Lesueur erzielte im September 2001 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion THE TRAVEL SALE wurde die Arbeit Plan de la Ville de Sydney (Capitale des Colonies Anglaises aux Terres Australes) levé par Mr. Lesueur ...assujetti aux relèvements de Mr. Boullanger, ?Paris: November 1802, engraved plan with key (some very light spotting), 35 x 49cm. für GBP 3.525,00 (€ 5.691,37) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 1.500,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Plan de la Ville de Sydney (Capitale des Colonies Anglaises aux Terres Australes) levé par Mr. Lesueur ...assujetti aux relèvements de Mr. Boullanger, ?Paris: November 1802, engraved plan with key (some very light spotting), 35 x 49cm. zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Charles-Alexander Lesueur, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

Charles-Alexander Lesueur - Auction history

1.800 GBP

2006

A naval encampment overlooking an anchorage in the Indian Ocean

Sep 2006

Christies, London

3.525 GBP

Plan de la Ville de Sydney (Capitale des Colonies Anglaises aux Terres Australes) levé par Mr. Lesueur ...assujetti aux relèvements de Mr. Boullanger, [?Paris:] November 1802, engraved plan with key (some very light spotting), 35 x 49cm.

Sep 2001

Christies, London

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