Henry Bone, R.A.
Portrait Of Henry Gawler (1766-1852) And His Brother John Bellenden Ker (C. 1765- 1842), When Children
Found at
Sothebys,
London
The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III, Lot 367
5. Dec - 5. Dec 2019
The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III, Lot 367
5. Dec - 5. Dec 2019
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 GBP
Price realised: 10.625 GBP
Price realised: 10.625 GBP
Description
HENRY BONE, R.A.
Truro 1755 - 1834 London
PORTRAIT OF HENRY GAWLER (1766-1852) AND HIS BROTHER JOHN BELLENDEN KER (C. 1765- 1842), WHEN CHILDREN
Enamel on copper, gilt-metal mount;
signed lower right: HBone, signed, inscribed and dated verso: Decr & D. (inverted) / Henry Gawler & John Bellenden / Ker, surviving Children of / John & Caroline Gawler. - / London / Oct. r 1820. / Painted by Henry Bone R.A. / Enamel=Painter to His Majesty / after the Original picture by / the late Sr. Joshua Reynolds P.R.A. / & c & c
149 by 114 mm.
Sir Bernard Eckstein, 2 nd Bt. (d. 1948); | his executor's sale, London, Sotheby's, 31 March 1949, lot 117; | sale, Sotheby's, London, 29 November 1976, lot 33; | sale, Sotheby's, London, 4 December 1985, lot 262; | sale, Zurich, Koller, 17 November 1987, lot 1756; | sale, London, Christie's, 7 December 2004, lot 121
Truro 1755 - 1834 London
PORTRAIT OF HENRY GAWLER (1766-1852) AND HIS BROTHER JOHN BELLENDEN KER (C. 1765- 1842), WHEN CHILDREN
Enamel on copper, gilt-metal mount;
signed lower right: HBone, signed, inscribed and dated verso: Decr & D. (inverted) / Henry Gawler & John Bellenden / Ker, surviving Children of / John & Caroline Gawler. - / London / Oct. r 1820. / Painted by Henry Bone R.A. / Enamel=Painter to His Majesty / after the Original picture by / the late Sr. Joshua Reynolds P.R.A. / & c & c
149 by 114 mm.
Sir Bernard Eckstein, 2 nd Bt. (d. 1948); | his executor's sale, London, Sotheby's, 31 March 1949, lot 117; | sale, Sotheby's, London, 29 November 1976, lot 33; | sale, Sotheby's, London, 4 December 1985, lot 262; | sale, Zurich, Koller, 17 November 1987, lot 1756; | sale, London, Christie's, 7 December 2004, lot 121
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Portrait Of Henry Gawler (1766-1852) And His Brother John Bellenden Ker (C. 1765- 1842), When Children by Henry Bone was auctioned at Sothebys in London in December 2019, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 3,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 10,625.00 (€ 12,557.51). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Henry Bone - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Admiral Viscount Nelson (1758-1805), facing left in rear-admiral's undress, blue coat with gold buttons and gold epaulettes, white trousers and waistcoat, frilled cravat and black stock, wearing the breast star of red sash of the Order of the Bath an, which sold at auction in November 2000 for GBP 22,325.00 (€ 36,489.33).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Portrait Of Henry Gawler (1766-1852) And His Brother John Bellenden Ker (C. 1765- 1842), When Children von Henry Bone im Dezember 2019 bei Sothebys in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 3.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 10.625,00 (€ 12.557,51) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Henry Bone mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Admiral Viscount Nelson (1758-1805), facing left in rear-admiral's undress, blue coat with gold buttons and gold epaulettes, white trousers and waistcoat, frilled cravat and black stock, wearing the breast star of red sash of the Order of the Bath an beobachtet, die im November 2000 für GBP 22.325,00 (€ 36.489,33) versteigert wurde.
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