Frederick Cayley Robinson A.R.A., R.W.S.
Study For One Of The Acts Of Mercy Murals At Middlesex Hospital, London
Found at
Sothebys,
London
Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art, Lot 35
10. Dec - 10. Dec 2019
Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art, Lot 35
10. Dec - 10. Dec 2019
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 GBP
Price realised: 16.250 GBP
Price realised: 16.250 GBP
Description
FREDERICK CAYLEY ROBINSON A.R.A., R.W.S.
1862-1927
STUDY FOR ONE OF THE ACTS OF MERCY MURALS AT MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL, LONDON
signed with initials l.l.; bears inscription on a label attached to the backboard: Sphere and Tablet Stall./ Subject./ "One of a series of sketches for mural decorations/ illustrating "Acts of Mercy"/ F Cayley Robinson/ Given by the artist for the "blinded soldiers/ & sailors Bazaar week. May 1917.
watercolour and pencil
28 by 48cm., 11 by 19in.
Donated by the artist for the "Blinded Soldiers and Sailors Bazaar Week", May 1917, where probably purchased by Sir John Parkinson, thence by descent
1862-1927
STUDY FOR ONE OF THE ACTS OF MERCY MURALS AT MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL, LONDON
signed with initials l.l.; bears inscription on a label attached to the backboard: Sphere and Tablet Stall./ Subject./ "One of a series of sketches for mural decorations/ illustrating "Acts of Mercy"/ F Cayley Robinson/ Given by the artist for the "blinded soldiers/ & sailors Bazaar week. May 1917.
watercolour and pencil
28 by 48cm., 11 by 19in.
Donated by the artist for the "Blinded Soldiers and Sailors Bazaar Week", May 1917, where probably purchased by Sir John Parkinson, thence by descent
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Frederick Cayley Robinson achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in December 2019. In the Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art auction, the work Study For One Of The Acts Of Mercy Murals At Middlesex Hospital, London sold for GBP 16,250.00 (€ 19,205.60) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 6,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Frederick Cayley Robinson - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work British study For Twilight, which sold at auction in May 2013 for USD 68,750.00 (€ 52,933.48).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Frederick Cayley Robinson erzielte im Dezember 2019 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art wurde die Arbeit Study For One Of The Acts Of Mercy Murals At Middlesex Hospital, London für GBP 16.250,00 (€ 19.205,60) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 6.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Frederick Cayley Robinson mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit British study For Twilight beobachtet, die im Mai 2013 für USD 68.750,00 (€ 52.933,48) versteigert wurde.
Frederick Cayley Robinson - Auction history
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