Emily Eden
Portraits of the Princes & Peoples of India
Estimate: 15.000 - 20.000 GBP
Price realised: 55.250 GBP
Price realised: 55.250 GBP
Description
Emily Eden (1797-1869)
Portraits of the Princes & Peoples of India
handcoloured lithographed title mounted on card and 28 handcoloured lithographed plates, heightened with bodycolour and gum-arabic, by Lowes Dickinson after Eden, printed by Charles Hullmandel and mounted on 24 card mounts with watercolour borders ruled by hand, published by J.Dickinson & Son, London, 1844, with letterpress titles and captions on paper mounted on each verso. Unbound as issued in original red morocco and cloth portfolio, upper cover blocked in gilt 'Hon.E.Eden's/India' around a vignette illustration of a snake coiled around an egg
S. 21 7/8 x 17½in. (55.6 x 44.5cm.)
Portraits of the Princes & Peoples of India
handcoloured lithographed title mounted on card and 28 handcoloured lithographed plates, heightened with bodycolour and gum-arabic, by Lowes Dickinson after Eden, printed by Charles Hullmandel and mounted on 24 card mounts with watercolour borders ruled by hand, published by J.Dickinson & Son, London, 1844, with letterpress titles and captions on paper mounted on each verso. Unbound as issued in original red morocco and cloth portfolio, upper cover blocked in gilt 'Hon.E.Eden's/India' around a vignette illustration of a snake coiled around an egg
S. 21 7/8 x 17½in. (55.6 x 44.5cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Emily Eden achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in April 2010. In the Travel, Science and Natural History auction, the work Portraits of the Princes & Peoples of India sold for GBP 55,250.00 (€ 63,581.94) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 20,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Emily Eden; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Portraits of the Princes & People of India. London: J. Dickinson & Son, 1844. sold at auction in September 2001 with the realized price of GBP 64,250.00 (€ 103,736.32).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Emily Eden erzielte im April 2010 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Travel, Science and Natural History wurde die Arbeit Portraits of the Princes & Peoples of India für GBP 55.250,00 (€ 63.581,94) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 20.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Emily Eden; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Portraits of the Princes & People of India. London: J. Dickinson & Son, 1844. im September 2001 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 64.250,00 (€ 103.736,32).
Emily Eden - Auction history
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