Harriet Cheney
An album of fifty-eight portrait studies (vol. III) of figures from the circle of the Cheney family in Italy and elsewhere, the sitters including: Mrs Siddons; Miss F Sykes; Miss Ditmus; The Misses Carr1; Miss Caroline Ellison, afterwards Mrs Martin;
Found at
Christies,
London
WATERCOLOURS OF THE GRAND TOUR FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, Lot 45
12. Oct - 12. Oct 2005
WATERCOLOURS OF THE GRAND TOUR FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, Lot 45
12. Oct - 12. Oct 2005
Estimate: 5.000 - 8.000 GBP
Price realised: 11.400 GBP
Price realised: 11.400 GBP
Description
Harriet Cheney (1771-1848)
An album of fifty-eight portrait studies (vol. III) of figures from the circle of the Cheney family in Italy and elsewhere, the sitters including: Mrs Siddons; Miss F Sykes; Miss Ditmus; The Misses Carr 1 ; Miss Caroline Ellison, afterwards Mrs Martin; Mr Holden Webb; Mrs Thomas, afterwards Lady Lyndhurst; Mrs Wilkinson; Mrs Hutton Beverley; Son of Bassi, an Italian artist; Lady Sarah Garey Lyndhurst 2 (illustrated, a); Misses Ellison, Lady Stormont and Mrs Edwardes; Lady Juliana Lucy Annesley 3 ; Lady Webster; Miss Mary Elizabeth Fox, afterwards Lady Lilford 4 ; Miss Wilmina Maclean Clephane 5 , afterwards Mme. de Norman; Mrs Hadon in a hindoo [sic] costume (illustrated, b); Reginald, the son of Mrs Hadon, with his bearer (illustrated, c); Mr William Smith 6 , MP for Norwich; The Misses Pole-Carew 7 (illustrated, d); Mrs Mary Anne Cary Dalton 8 , afterwards Lady Thorold and Lady Ogle; Mrs Grant of Leafield and h
some inscribed (on the sheets), the majority inscribed (on the pages of the album) and numbered (lower right), some stamped and variously dated from 1835 to 1840
pencil and watercolour
14 x 12¼ in. (35.6 x 31.1 cm.); and smaller; the album 20¼ x 15 3/8 in. (51.4 x 39.1 cm.) overall (60)
An album of fifty-eight portrait studies (vol. III) of figures from the circle of the Cheney family in Italy and elsewhere, the sitters including: Mrs Siddons; Miss F Sykes; Miss Ditmus; The Misses Carr 1 ; Miss Caroline Ellison, afterwards Mrs Martin; Mr Holden Webb; Mrs Thomas, afterwards Lady Lyndhurst; Mrs Wilkinson; Mrs Hutton Beverley; Son of Bassi, an Italian artist; Lady Sarah Garey Lyndhurst 2 (illustrated, a); Misses Ellison, Lady Stormont and Mrs Edwardes; Lady Juliana Lucy Annesley 3 ; Lady Webster; Miss Mary Elizabeth Fox, afterwards Lady Lilford 4 ; Miss Wilmina Maclean Clephane 5 , afterwards Mme. de Norman; Mrs Hadon in a hindoo [sic] costume (illustrated, b); Reginald, the son of Mrs Hadon, with his bearer (illustrated, c); Mr William Smith 6 , MP for Norwich; The Misses Pole-Carew 7 (illustrated, d); Mrs Mary Anne Cary Dalton 8 , afterwards Lady Thorold and Lady Ogle; Mrs Grant of Leafield and h
some inscribed (on the sheets), the majority inscribed (on the pages of the album) and numbered (lower right), some stamped and variously dated from 1835 to 1840
pencil and watercolour
14 x 12¼ in. (35.6 x 31.1 cm.); and smaller; the album 20¼ x 15 3/8 in. (51.4 x 39.1 cm.) overall (60)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 43 %.
The work An album of fifty-eight portrait studies (vol. III) of figures from the circle of the Cheney family in Italy and elsewhere, the sitters including: Mrs Siddons; Miss F Sykes; Miss Ditmus; The Misses Carr1; Miss Caroline Ellison, afterwards Mrs Martin; by Harriet Cheney was sold in the WATERCOLOURS OF THE GRAND TOUR FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION auction at Christies in London in October 2005. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 11,400.00 (€ 16,811.55), 43% above the upper estimate. Other works by Harriet Cheney have achieved even higher prices, we observed the highest auction result so far of GBP 16,800.00 (€ 24,774.92) in October 2005 for the work An album of forty-three portrait studies from the circle of the Cheney family (vol. I) in Italy and elsewhere, the sitters including: Marquis and Marchioness of Morando; Teresa, Marchese Morando1; Mme Morando; Lady Elizabeth Foster2, afterwards Eliz.
Oberer Schätzpreis um 43 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit An album of fifty-eight portrait studies (vol. III) of figures from the circle of the Cheney family in Italy and elsewhere, the sitters including: Mrs Siddons; Miss F Sykes; Miss Ditmus; The Misses Carr1; Miss Caroline Ellison, afterwards Mrs Martin; von Harriet Cheney wurde im Oktober 2005 in der Auktion WATERCOLOURS OF THE GRAND TOUR FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION bei Christies in London versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 11.400,00 (€ 16.811,55) und damit 43% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Andere Arbeiten von Harriet Cheney haben noch höhere Preise erzielt - wir haben das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis von GBP 16.800,00 (€ 24.774,92) im Oktober 2005 für die Arbeit An album of forty-three portrait studies from the circle of the Cheney family (vol. I) in Italy and elsewhere, the sitters including: Marquis and Marchioness of Morando; Teresa, Marchese Morando1; Mme Morando; Lady Elizabeth Foster2, afterwards Eliz beobachtet.
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