Colonel Robert Smith
Crossing the River Son with the Hill Fort at Rhotasgarh, Shahabad District
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 GBP
Price realised: 40.630 GBP
Price realised: 40.630 GBP
Description
Colonel Robert Smith (1787-1873)
Crossing the River Son with the Hill Fort at Rhotasgarh, Shahabad District
signed and inscribed 'R.Smith/delt' (lower right) and with inscription 'Hillfort of Rotasghur on the river Soane' (by Barton on a fragment of the album page, attached to the present mount, overmounted)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with white, watermark, 'BUDGEN AND WILMOTT/1809'
13 3/8 x 20 3/8 in. (34 x 51.7 cm.)
Crossing the River Son with the Hill Fort at Rhotasgarh, Shahabad District
signed and inscribed 'R.Smith/delt' (lower right) and with inscription 'Hillfort of Rotasghur on the river Soane' (by Barton on a fragment of the album page, attached to the present mount, overmounted)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with white, watermark, 'BUDGEN AND WILMOTT/1809'
13 3/8 x 20 3/8 in. (34 x 51.7 cm.)
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
The work Crossing the River Son with the Hill Fort at Rhotasgarh, Shahabad District by Robert Smith was worth GBP 40,630.00 (€ 40,925.49) to a buyer in September 2003. This price was achieved in the auction Arts of India at Christies in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 12,000.00 many times over. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Robert Smith - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work View of Mount Erskine and Pulo Ticoose, Prince of Wales' Island, which sold at auction in October 2014 for GBP 68,500.00 (€ 87,464.60).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Crossing the River Son with the Hill Fort at Rhotasgarh, Shahabad District von Robert Smith war einem Käufer im September 2003 GBP 40.630,00 (€ 40.925,49) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Arts of India bei Christies in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 12.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Für andere Arbeiten von Robert Smith mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit View of Mount Erskine and Pulo Ticoose, Prince of Wales' Island beobachtet, die im Oktober 2014 für GBP 68.500,00 (€ 87.464,60) versteigert wurde.
Robert Smith - Auction history
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