Edward Cheney
An album of one hundred and sixty-seven drawings of English, Irish, Welsh and Italian views (Vol. 5) including: Bolton Abbey; The ruins of St. Mary's Abbey, York; The Manor House, York; Helmsley Castle; Byland Abbey; Rievaulx Abbey; Ringsby Castle; W
Found at
Christies,
London
WATERCOLOURS OF THE GRAND TOUR FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, Lot 116
12. Oct - 12. Oct 2005
WATERCOLOURS OF THE GRAND TOUR FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, Lot 116
12. Oct - 12. Oct 2005
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 GBP
Price realised: 6.000 GBP
Price realised: 6.000 GBP
Description
Edward Cheney (1803-1884)
An album of one hundred and sixty-seven drawings of English, Irish, Welsh and Italian views (Vol. 5) including: Bolton Abbey; The ruins of St. Mary's Abbey, York; The Manor House, York; Helmsley Castle; Byland Abbey; Rievaulx Abbey; Ringsby Castle; Walton Abbey; St. Mary's, Beverley; North Bar, Beverley; Thornton College; The Bishop's Palace, Lincoln; Harlaxton Manor House; Castle Ashby; Kensington Gardens; From the Temple; Holland House; Kilkenny; Kilkenny Castle; Priory Kells; Galway's Castle, Carrick; Tybroughny Castle, near Carrick; The Tomb of O'Brien, King of Limerick, Holy Cross; The Rock at Cashel; Cahir Castle; Dinas Island, Killarney; The choir of Mucross; Ballylickay on Bantry Bay; Bantry Bay; Blarney Castle; The cove of Cork; Carrigrahan Castle; Lismore Castle; Waterford; Dunbrody Abbey; On the Barrow, New Ross; Wexford; Lough Derg, Luggala; Carlisle Bridge, Dublin; Menai Bridge; The Eagle Tower, Caernarvon; Conway Castle; Flint Castle; St. John's, Chester; Macclesfield; We
all inscribed and dated variously from 1836 to 1839, with Edward Cheney's armorial bookplate (on the inside of the front cover)
the majority pen and ink, some brown wash
6¼ x 10½ in. (15.8 x 26.8 cm.); and smaller; the album 11 x 15 in. (15.8 x 26.8 cm.) overall (167)
An album of one hundred and sixty-seven drawings of English, Irish, Welsh and Italian views (Vol. 5) including: Bolton Abbey; The ruins of St. Mary's Abbey, York; The Manor House, York; Helmsley Castle; Byland Abbey; Rievaulx Abbey; Ringsby Castle; Walton Abbey; St. Mary's, Beverley; North Bar, Beverley; Thornton College; The Bishop's Palace, Lincoln; Harlaxton Manor House; Castle Ashby; Kensington Gardens; From the Temple; Holland House; Kilkenny; Kilkenny Castle; Priory Kells; Galway's Castle, Carrick; Tybroughny Castle, near Carrick; The Tomb of O'Brien, King of Limerick, Holy Cross; The Rock at Cashel; Cahir Castle; Dinas Island, Killarney; The choir of Mucross; Ballylickay on Bantry Bay; Bantry Bay; Blarney Castle; The cove of Cork; Carrigrahan Castle; Lismore Castle; Waterford; Dunbrody Abbey; On the Barrow, New Ross; Wexford; Lough Derg, Luggala; Carlisle Bridge, Dublin; Menai Bridge; The Eagle Tower, Caernarvon; Conway Castle; Flint Castle; St. John's, Chester; Macclesfield; We
all inscribed and dated variously from 1836 to 1839, with Edward Cheney's armorial bookplate (on the inside of the front cover)
the majority pen and ink, some brown wash
6¼ x 10½ in. (15.8 x 26.8 cm.); and smaller; the album 11 x 15 in. (15.8 x 26.8 cm.) overall (167)
A top price for Edward Cheney - as previously expected
In October 2005 Christies in London held the auction WATERCOLOURS OF THE GRAND TOUR FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, which included the work An album of one hundred and sixty-seven drawings of English, Irish, Welsh and Italian views (Vol. 5) including: Bolton Abbey; The ruins of St. Mary's Abbey, York; The Manor House, York; Helmsley Castle; Byland Abbey; Rievaulx Abbey; Ringsby Castle; W by Edward Cheney. The auction ended at the price of GBP 6,000.00 (€ 8,848.19), which exactly corresponded to the upper end of the estimated price range of GBP 4,000.00 – 6,000.00. Even if this result could not surprise positively, An album of one hundred and sixty-seven drawings of English, Irish, Welsh and Italian views (Vol. 5) including: Bolton Abbey; The ruins of St. Mary's Abbey, York; The Manor House, York; Helmsley Castle; Byland Abbey; Rievaulx Abbey; Ringsby Castle; W is the most expensive artwork by Edward Cheney that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Im Oktober 2005 führte Christies in London die Auktion WATERCOLOURS OF THE GRAND TOUR FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION durch, in der auch die Arbeit An album of one hundred and sixty-seven drawings of English, Irish, Welsh and Italian views (Vol. 5) including: Bolton Abbey; The ruins of St. Mary's Abbey, York; The Manor House, York; Helmsley Castle; Byland Abbey; Rievaulx Abbey; Ringsby Castle; W von Edward Cheney zur Versteigerung kam. Das dabei erzielte Ergebnis von GBP 6.000,00 (€ 8.848,19) entsprach exakt dem oberen Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 4.000,00 – 6.000,00. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist An album of one hundred and sixty-seven drawings of English, Irish, Welsh and Italian views (Vol. 5) including: Bolton Abbey; The ruins of St. Mary's Abbey, York; The Manor House, York; Helmsley Castle; Byland Abbey; Rievaulx Abbey; Ringsby Castle; W das teuerste Kunstwerk von Edward Cheney, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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