George Wilson Bridges
View Of The Great Pyramid, 1851
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 GBP
Price realised: 3.500 GBP
Price realised: 3.500 GBP
Description
George Wilson Bridges (1788 - 1863)
VIEW OF THE GREAT PYRAMID, 1851
Calotype negative, attached to a paper cover. Titled in pencil on the reverse of the cover sheet. Inscribed in pencil on the reverse 'B.15 25th Jan 1851 - 2 pyramids - 3½ / [3½ minutes ?] 11½ am'. These inscriptions initialled illegibly. The reverse further numbered '15' in ink in the same discreet hand as appears on other Bridges calotype negatives in the present sale.
18 x 22.1 cm (7 x 8½ in.)
VIEW OF THE GREAT PYRAMID, 1851
Calotype negative, attached to a paper cover. Titled in pencil on the reverse of the cover sheet. Inscribed in pencil on the reverse 'B.15 25th Jan 1851 - 2 pyramids - 3½ / [3½ minutes ?] 11½ am'. These inscriptions initialled illegibly. The reverse further numbered '15' in ink in the same discreet hand as appears on other Bridges calotype negatives in the present sale.
18 x 22.1 cm (7 x 8½ in.)
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work View Of The Great Pyramid, 1851 by George Wilson Bridges was sold in the Photographs auction at Sothebys in London in May 2009. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 3,000.00 – 5,000.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 3,500.00 (€ 4,003.96) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Other works by George Wilson Bridges have already achieved higher auction prices, for example, in May 2009 the work South West View Of The Erechtheum In Negative, C. 1848 was auctioned for GBP 6,250.00 (€ 7,149.94).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit View Of The Great Pyramid, 1851 von George Wilson Bridges wurde im Mai 2009 in der Auktion Photographs bei Sothebys in London versteigert. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 3.000,00 – 5.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 3.500,00 (€ 4.003,96) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Andere Arbeiten von George Wilson Bridges konnten bereits höhere Auktionspreise erzielen, so wurde im Mai 2009 die Arbeit South West View Of The Erechtheum In Negative, C. 1848 für GBP 6.250,00 (€ 7.149,94) versteigert.
George Wilson Bridges - Auction history
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