Harriet Cheney
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
Found at
Christies,
London
WATERCOLOURS OF THE GRAND TOUR FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, Lot 43
12. Oct - 12. Oct 2005
WATERCOLOURS OF THE GRAND TOUR FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, Lot 43
12. Oct - 12. Oct 2005
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 GBP
Price realised: 16.800 GBP
Price realised: 16.800 GBP
Description
Harriet Cheney (1771-1848)
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 Morando 1 ; Mme Morando; Lady Elizabeth Foster 2 , afterwards Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire (illustrated, a); Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire 2 , Florence 1793 (illustrated b); Marchioness of Abercorn, 1794; Lady Anne Hatton 3 , 1794; Dowager Lady Cowper, Florence, 1792 (illustrated, c); Mrs G Ellis as Una, 1793; Miss Gascoyne 4 as Agrippina, 1794; Mr John Carr 5 , Rome, 1792; Mnemosyne, a muse from the Villa Borghese '94'; Emma Hamilton 6 as Santa Rosalia, Naples 1793 (illustrated, d); Lady Caroline Letitia Monck 7 in the character of Una, July 1792 (illustrated, e); Calliope, a statue from the Villa Borghese; Lady Charlemont and Lady Leitrim, Mrs Bermingham's daughter, 1793; Anne, Countess of Charlemont 8 , 1794;
the majority inscribed (on the pages of the album), some numbered (lower right) and further inscribed with place names and variously dated from 1791 to 1829
pencil and watercolour
13 x 10 in. (33 x 25.4 cm.); and smaller; the album 20¼ x 15½ in. (51.4 x 39.4 cm.) overall (43)
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 Morando 1 ; Mme Morando; Lady Elizabeth Foster 2 , afterwards Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire (illustrated, a); Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire 2 , Florence 1793 (illustrated b); Marchioness of Abercorn, 1794; Lady Anne Hatton 3 , 1794; Dowager Lady Cowper, Florence, 1792 (illustrated, c); Mrs G Ellis as Una, 1793; Miss Gascoyne 4 as Agrippina, 1794; Mr John Carr 5 , Rome, 1792; Mnemosyne, a muse from the Villa Borghese '94'; Emma Hamilton 6 as Santa Rosalia, Naples 1793 (illustrated, d); Lady Caroline Letitia Monck 7 in the character of Una, July 1792 (illustrated, e); Calliope, a statue from the Villa Borghese; Lady Charlemont and Lady Leitrim, Mrs Bermingham's daughter, 1793; Anne, Countess of Charlemont 8 , 1794;
the majority inscribed (on the pages of the album), some numbered (lower right) and further inscribed with place names and variously dated from 1791 to 1829
pencil and watercolour
13 x 10 in. (33 x 25.4 cm.); and smaller; the album 20¼ x 15½ in. (51.4 x 39.4 cm.) overall (43)
A top price for Harriet Cheney
When 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 by Harriet Cheney was auctioned at Christies in London in October 2005, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 5,000.00 but the actual price achieved was This high result makes 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 the most expensive artwork by Harriet Cheney that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Harriet Cheney
Als 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 von Harriet Cheney im Oktober 2005 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 5.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 16.800,00 (€ 24.774,92) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht 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 zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Harriet Cheney, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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