$Harriet Cheney - The upper part of Ullswater from Lyulph\'s Tower (illustrated); Bassenthwaite Lake from the Cockermouth Road; Windermere Lake from the road near Ambleside; The upper part of Keswick Lake; and Buttermere Lake$

Harriet Cheney

The upper part of Ullswater from Lyulph's Tower (illustrated); Bassenthwaite Lake from the Cockermouth Road; Windermere Lake from the road near Ambleside; The upper part of Keswick Lake; and Buttermere Lake

Found at Christies, London
WATERCOLOURS OF THE GRAND TOUR FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, Lot 114
12. Oct - 12. Oct 2005

Estimate: 1.200 - 1.800 GBP
Price realised: 2.880 GBP

Description

Harriet Cheney (1771-1848)
The upper part of Ullswater from Lyulph's Tower (illustrated); Bassenthwaite Lake from the Cockermouth Road; Windermere Lake from the road near Ambleside; The upper part of Keswick Lake; and Buttermere Lake
all inscribed with titles (on the reverse of the mounts)
pencil and watercolour, unframed
11½ x 17 in. (29.2 x 43.1 cm.); and smaller (5)

Upper estimate price exceeded by 60 %.

The work The upper part of Ullswater from Lyulph's Tower (illustrated); Bassenthwaite Lake from the Cockermouth Road; Windermere Lake from the road near Ambleside; The upper part of Keswick Lake; and Buttermere Lake by Harriet Cheney was sold in the WATERCOLOURS OF THE GRAND TOUR FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION auction at Christies in London in October 2005. It achieved a price of GBP 2,880.00 (€ 4,247.13), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 60%. Admittedly, works by Harriet Cheney have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by 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 in October 2005 with an auction result of GBP 16,800.00 (€ 24,774.

Oberer Schätzpreis um 60 % übertroffen

Die Arbeit The upper part of Ullswater from Lyulph's Tower (illustrated); Bassenthwaite Lake from the Cockermouth Road; Windermere Lake from the road near Ambleside; The upper part of Keswick Lake; and Buttermere Lake von Harriet Cheney wurde im Oktober 2005 in der Auktion WATERCOLOURS OF THE GRAND TOUR FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION bei Christies in London versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 2.880,00 (€ 4.247,13) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 60%. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Harriet Cheney auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen 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 im Oktober 2005 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP

Harriet Cheney - Auction history

1.275 GBP

Harriet Cheney - The sun breaking through clouds over the Bay of Naples; Figures on the waterfront at Naples, a pair the first 22.8 x 32.7cm (9 x 12 7/8in); the second 24.2 x 33.6cm (9 1/2 x 13 1/4in). (2)

2021

The sun breaking through clouds over the Bay of Naples; Figures on the waterfront at Naples, a pair the first 22.8 x 32.7cm (9 x 12 7/8in); the second 24.2 x 33.6cm (9 1/2 x 13 1/4in). (2)

Mar 2021

Bonhams, London

1.680 GBP

The Temple of Paestum, Naples; and Cattle watering before the Temple of Paestum (both illustrated)

Oct 2005

Christies, London

4.800 GBP

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

Oct 2005

Christies, London

1.440 GBP

$Harriet Cheney - S. Peter\'s Basilica, Rome (illustrated); The Colosseum, Rome; The Roman Campagna; and Figures observing the falls at Tivoli$

S. Peter's Basilica, Rome (illustrated); The Colosseum, Rome; The Roman Campagna; and Figures observing the falls at Tivoli

Oct 2005

Christies, London

3.600 GBP

$Harriet Cheney - An album of twenty-four watercolours (vol. V) after various Old Masters (the majority details of), including: Carlo Maratta\'s The Virgin Reading; Palma il Vecchio\'s la Bella (illustrated, d); Titian\'s The Entombment of Christ; Assumption of the Virgi$

An album of twenty-four watercolours (vol. V) after various Old Masters (the majority details of), including: Carlo Maratta's The Virgin Reading; Palma il Vecchio's la Bella (illustrated, d); Titian's The Entombment of Christ; Assumption of the Virgi

Oct 2005

Christies, London

11.400 GBP

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;

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;

Oct 2005

Christies, London

6.600 GBP

Harriet Cheney - An album of thirty-two portrait studies of figures from the circle of the Cheney family in Italy and elsewhere, the sitters comprising of: Miss Ditmus; Mrs Wallbanke Childers1; Miss Harriet Kinloch2, afterwards Lady Thomas Hay; Mrs Waller; Mrs Seymou

An album of thirty-two portrait studies of figures from the circle of the Cheney family in Italy and elsewhere, the sitters comprising of: Miss Ditmus; Mrs Wallbanke Childers1; Miss Harriet Kinloch2, afterwards Lady Thomas Hay; Mrs Waller; Mrs Seymou

Oct 2005

Christies, London

16.800 GBP

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

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

Oct 2005

Christies, London

2.880 GBP

The upper part of Ullswater from Lyulph's Tower (illustrated); Bassenthwaite Lake from the Cockermouth Road; Windermere Lake from the road near Ambleside; The upper part of Keswick Lake; and Buttermere Lake

Oct 2005

Christies, London

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