Harriet Cheney

The sun breaking through the clouds over the Bay of Naples; and Figures on the waterfront at Naples (both illustrated)

Found at Christies, London
WATERCOLOURS OF THE GRAND TOUR FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, Lot 84
12. Oct - 12. Oct 2005
Estimate: 600 - 800 GBP
Price realised: 4.800 GBP
Harriet Cheney (1771-1848)
The sun breaking through the clouds over the Bay of Naples; and Figures on the waterfront at Naples (both illustrated)
both inscribed 'Naples' (on the reverse)
pencil and watercolour heightened with touches of bodycolour, unframed
9½ x 13¼ in. (24.1 x 33.6 cm.); and smaller (2)

Artwork auctioned at six times the upper estimate price

The work The sun breaking through the clouds over the Bay of Naples; and Figures on the waterfront at Naples (both illustrated) by Harriet Cheney was worth GBP 4,800.00 (€ 7,078.55) to a buyer in October 2005. This price was achieved in the auction WATERCOLOURS OF THE GRAND TOUR FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION at Christies in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 800.00 many times over. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Harriet Cheney - we have observed the highest auction result to date 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, which sold at auction in October 2005 for GBP 16,800.00 (€ 24,774.92).

Kunstwerk zum Sechsfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Die Arbeit The sun breaking through the clouds over the Bay of Naples; and Figures on the waterfront at Naples (both illustrated) von Harriet Cheney war einem Käufer im Oktober 2005 GBP 4.800,00 (€ 7.078,55) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion WATERCOLOURS OF THE GRAND TOUR FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION bei Christies in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 800,00 um ein Vielfaches. Für andere Arbeiten von Harriet Cheney mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir 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, die im Oktober 2005 für GBP 16.800,00 (€ 24.774,92) versteigert wurde.

Harriet Cheney - Auction history

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