Charles West Cope, R.A.
A Group of Two Hundred And Nineteen Figure Drawings And Landscape Sketches Including; Views of Morpeth Castle; Clovelly; Cambridge; The Baptistry, St Marks; St Miniato Near Florence; Helmsley; Aboyne; Rufus Castle; St Clements, Rome; Portland Island;
Found at
Christies,
London
British Art on Paper, Lot 156
17. NOV - 17. NOV 2005
British Art on Paper, Lot 156
17. NOV - 17. NOV 2005
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Charles West Cope, R.A. (1811-1890)
A group of two hundred and nineteen figure drawings and landscape sketches including; Views of Morpeth Castle; Clovelly; Cambridge; The Baptistry, St Marks; St Miniato near Florence; Helmsley; Aboyne; Rufus Castle; St Clements, Rome; Portland Island; Jedburgh; Worthing; Broadwater; Godlistone; Leominster; Rottingdean; Newhaven; Steyning, Sussex; Salvington; Worthing; Calais; Newhaven; Isle of Wight; Knowle; Tarning; Hampton Court; Budleigh Salterton; Oxford; Weybridge; Battersea; Brompton Vale; Teesdale; Margate; Ripon; Swanneck; Chilham Park; Wharfdale; Wakefield; Gravesend; Wakefield; Bayswater; Kensington Gardens; The Tyrol; Yarmouth; Durham; Dartmouth; Kendal; Chelsea; Longmouth; Freston Tower near Ipswich; Zyder Zee; Old London; Lee Bay at low water; Rivault; Entrance to Dartmouth; Rome; Chelsea; Sorrento; Staines Church Gardens; Ventnor; Luscombe; South Portland Island; Tynemouth; Salvington near Worthing; Italian church interiors; Woodland scenes and plant studies; and Two studi
with inscription 'A.S. Cope/1871' (on the inside cover of the folio) the majority inscribed with titles, four signed with initials, one signed with initials and dated 'CWC/Petworth 1858', one signed with initials and dated 'CWC 1842/Sept 1st', one signed with initials and inscribed 'CWC Ulpha', one signed with initials, inscribed and dated 'CWC March 1833/RA Winter', one signed with initials, inscribed and dated 'Knowle CWC Oct 15 1850' and dated variously 1833-1879
138 pencil, 36 pencil and watercolour, ten pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour, thirteen pencil, pen and ink, three pen and ink, thirteen coloured chalks, four black and white chalk, one oil on paper, some heightened with white, some on coloured paper, one on tracing paper, one fragmentary watermark, unframed
22 x 14¾ in. (56 x 37.5 cm.); and smaller; and an engraving of Lizzie Siddal after Rossetti (219)
A group of two hundred and nineteen figure drawings and landscape sketches including; Views of Morpeth Castle; Clovelly; Cambridge; The Baptistry, St Marks; St Miniato near Florence; Helmsley; Aboyne; Rufus Castle; St Clements, Rome; Portland Island; Jedburgh; Worthing; Broadwater; Godlistone; Leominster; Rottingdean; Newhaven; Steyning, Sussex; Salvington; Worthing; Calais; Newhaven; Isle of Wight; Knowle; Tarning; Hampton Court; Budleigh Salterton; Oxford; Weybridge; Battersea; Brompton Vale; Teesdale; Margate; Ripon; Swanneck; Chilham Park; Wharfdale; Wakefield; Gravesend; Wakefield; Bayswater; Kensington Gardens; The Tyrol; Yarmouth; Durham; Dartmouth; Kendal; Chelsea; Longmouth; Freston Tower near Ipswich; Zyder Zee; Old London; Lee Bay at low water; Rivault; Entrance to Dartmouth; Rome; Chelsea; Sorrento; Staines Church Gardens; Ventnor; Luscombe; South Portland Island; Tynemouth; Salvington near Worthing; Italian church interiors; Woodland scenes and plant studies; and Two studi
with inscription 'A.S. Cope/1871' (on the inside cover of the folio) the majority inscribed with titles, four signed with initials, one signed with initials and dated 'CWC/Petworth 1858', one signed with initials and dated 'CWC 1842/Sept 1st', one signed with initials and inscribed 'CWC Ulpha', one signed with initials, inscribed and dated 'CWC March 1833/RA Winter', one signed with initials, inscribed and dated 'Knowle CWC Oct 15 1850' and dated variously 1833-1879
138 pencil, 36 pencil and watercolour, ten pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour, thirteen pencil, pen and ink, three pen and ink, thirteen coloured chalks, four black and white chalk, one oil on paper, some heightened with white, some on coloured paper, one on tracing paper, one fragmentary watermark, unframed
22 x 14¾ in. (56 x 37.5 cm.); and smaller; and an engraving of Lizzie Siddal after Rossetti (219)
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work A Group of Two Hundred And Nineteen Figure Drawings And Landscape Sketches Including; Views of Morpeth Castle; Clovelly; Cambridge; The Baptistry, St Marks; St Miniato Near Florence; Helmsley; Aboyne; Rufus Castle; St Clements, Rome; Portland Island; by Charles West Cope was auctioned at Christies in London in November 2005. It changed hands for a price of GBP 4,800.00 (€ 7,051.81) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of GBP 3,000.00 – 5,000.00. Admittedly, works by Charles West Cope have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work The Awakening Of King Lear By The Kiss Of Cordelia in May 2013 with an auction result of GBP 32,500.00 (€ 37,997.57).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit A Group of Two Hundred And Nineteen Figure Drawings And Landscape Sketches Including; Views of Morpeth Castle; Clovelly; Cambridge; The Baptistry, St Marks; St Miniato Near Florence; Helmsley; Aboyne; Rufus Castle; St Clements, Rome; Portland Island; von Charles West Cope kam im November 2005 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von GBP 4.800,00 (€ 7.051,81) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 3.000,00 – 5.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Charles West Cope auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit The Awakening Of King Lear By The Kiss Of Cordelia im Mai 2013 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 32.500,00 (€ 37.997,57).
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