Francis Towne
Charles Church, Plymouth
Estimate: 3.000 - 4.000 GBP
Price realised: 8.750 GBP
Price realised: 8.750 GBP
Description
Francis Towne
ISLEWORTH, MIDDLESEX 1739 - 1816 LONDON
CHARLES CHURCH, PLYMOUTH
Watercolour, heightened with pen and grey ink;
signed, dated and inscribed, verso: No 16 Plymouth / Sept 5. 1815 from 10 minutes / after 1 till 20 minutes after 2 o'clock / Francis Towne
139 by 232 mm
Bequeathed by the artist in 1816 to James White of Exeter (1744-1825); | John Herman Merivale (1779-1844), | by family descent to Maria Sophia Merivale (1853-1928) and Judith Ann Merivale (1860–1945), both of Oxford, by 1915 (as part of a sketchbook), | by descent to their cousin Mary Ann Loveband (b. 1865, until at least 1951), | by whom sold (as part of the sketch-book) to Agnew’s, 17 May 1938 (£60), | with Agnew’s, London, | by whom s
ISLEWORTH, MIDDLESEX 1739 - 1816 LONDON
CHARLES CHURCH, PLYMOUTH
Watercolour, heightened with pen and grey ink;
signed, dated and inscribed, verso: No 16 Plymouth / Sept 5. 1815 from 10 minutes / after 1 till 20 minutes after 2 o'clock / Francis Towne
139 by 232 mm
Bequeathed by the artist in 1816 to James White of Exeter (1744-1825); | John Herman Merivale (1779-1844), | by family descent to Maria Sophia Merivale (1853-1928) and Judith Ann Merivale (1860–1945), both of Oxford, by 1915 (as part of a sketchbook), | by descent to their cousin Mary Ann Loveband (b. 1865, until at least 1951), | by whom sold (as part of the sketch-book) to Agnew’s, 17 May 1938 (£60), | with Agnew’s, London, | by whom s
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Francis Towne achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in July 2018. In the Old Master & British Works on Paper auction, the work Charles Church, Plymouth sold for GBP 8,750.00 (€ 9,810.67) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 4,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Francis Towne achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Lake Of Albano, Morning Sun Rising Over Rocca Del Papa in July 2010 with an auction result of GBP 289,250.00 (€ 347,790.53).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Francis Towne erzielte im Juli 2018 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Master & British Works on Paper wurde die Arbeit Charles Church, Plymouth für GBP 8.750,00 (€ 9.810,67) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 4.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Francis Towne erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Lake Of Albano, Morning Sun Rising Over Rocca Del Papa im Juli 2010 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 289.250,00 (€ 347.790,53).
Francis Towne - Auction history
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