John Alexander Gilfillan
A Young Naval Officer Disembarking From A Jolly Boat
Found at
Christies,
London (Online Auction)
Topographical Pictures, including China Trade Paintings. ARCTIC · AMERICAS · AFRICA · ASIA · AUSTRALASIA · ANTARCTICA, Lot 113
5. Nov - 5. Nov 2020
Topographical Pictures, including China Trade Paintings. ARCTIC · AMERICAS · AFRICA · ASIA · AUSTRALASIA · ANTARCTICA, Lot 113
5. Nov - 5. Nov 2020
Estimate: 400 - 600 GBP
Price realised: 1.500 GBP
Price realised: 1.500 GBP
Description
pencil and watercolour heightened with white on paper
unframed
18 1⁄2 x 16 3⁄4 in. (47 x 42.5 cm.)
It has been suggested that the present watercolour is a self portrait of the artist, Gilfillan, who was Jersey-born of Scottish parents and spent his early years in the navy, ahead of his career as an artist: '... he had an adventurous and well travelled youth, running away to sea as a cabin boy in a privateer, being shipwrecked and press-ganged before serving for eight years in the Royal Navy in the West Indies, Europe and the Far East. He began sketching while in the navy. A watercolour Self-P
Please note this lot is the property of a private individual.
Mary Cuthbert Macfadzean, St Kilda Drive, Glasgow, and by descent to the present owner.
unframed
18 1⁄2 x 16 3⁄4 in. (47 x 42.5 cm.)
It has been suggested that the present watercolour is a self portrait of the artist, Gilfillan, who was Jersey-born of Scottish parents and spent his early years in the navy, ahead of his career as an artist: '... he had an adventurous and well travelled youth, running away to sea as a cabin boy in a privateer, being shipwrecked and press-ganged before serving for eight years in the Royal Navy in the West Indies, Europe and the Far East. He began sketching while in the navy. A watercolour Self-P
Please note this lot is the property of a private individual.
Mary Cuthbert Macfadzean, St Kilda Drive, Glasgow, and by descent to the present owner.
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by John Alexander Gilfillan achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in November 2020. In the Topographical Pictures, including China Trade Paintings. ARCTIC · AMERICAS · AFRICA · ASIA · AUSTRALASIA · ANTARCTICA auction, the work A Young Naval Officer Disembarking From A Jolly Boat sold for GBP 1,500.00 (€ 1,674.51) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 600.00. Admittedly, works by John Alexander Gilfillan have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Portrait of Andrew Bridges Murray (1813-1880), the artist's brother-in-law, seated small half length -- a vignette in September 2013 with an auction result of GBP 12,500.00 (€ 14,941.82).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von John Alexander Gilfillan erzielte im November 2020 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Topographical Pictures, including China Trade Paintings. ARCTIC · AMERICAS · AFRICA · ASIA · AUSTRALASIA · ANTARCTICA wurde die Arbeit A Young Naval Officer Disembarking From A Jolly Boat für GBP 1.500,00 (€ 1.674,51) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 600,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von John Alexander Gilfillan auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Portrait of Andrew Bridges Murray (1813-1880), the artist's brother-in-law, seated small half length -- a vignette im September 2013 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 12.500,00 (€ 14.941,82).
John Alexander Gilfillan - Auction history
