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- King George Iii Reviewing The Fleet At Spithead, Off Portsmouth Harbour
John Cleveley The Elder
King George Iii Reviewing The Fleet At Spithead, Off Portsmouth Harbour
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 GBP
Price realised: 290.500 GBP
Price realised: 290.500 GBP
Description
John Cleveley the Elder
SOUTHWARK, LONDON 1712 - 1777
KING GEORGE III REVIEWING THE FLEET AT SPITHEAD, OFF PORTSMOUTH HARBOUR
signed and dated lower left: J. Cleveley 1774
oil on canvas
44.4 by 105.4 cm.; 17 1/2 by 41 1/2 in.
The Tawney Family; | Captain C. H. Allen; | By whom sold ('The Property of Captain C. H. Allen, D.S.O., R.N., ret'd'), London, Sotheby's, 14 March 1962, lot 134, to Agnew's; | With Thomas Agnew & Sons, London; | From whom acquired by the late owner.
SOUTHWARK, LONDON 1712 - 1777
KING GEORGE III REVIEWING THE FLEET AT SPITHEAD, OFF PORTSMOUTH HARBOUR
signed and dated lower left: J. Cleveley 1774
oil on canvas
44.4 by 105.4 cm.; 17 1/2 by 41 1/2 in.
The Tawney Family; | Captain C. H. Allen; | By whom sold ('The Property of Captain C. H. Allen, D.S.O., R.N., ret'd'), London, Sotheby's, 14 March 1962, lot 134, to Agnew's; | With Thomas Agnew & Sons, London; | From whom acquired by the late owner.
A top price for John Cleveley the Elder
This artwork by John Cleveley the Elder achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in December 2014. In the Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale auction, the work King George Iii Reviewing The Fleet At Spithead, Off Portsmouth Harbour sold for GBP 290,500.00 (€ 373,969.84) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 150,000.00. This high result makes King George Iii Reviewing The Fleet At Spithead, Off Portsmouth Harbour the most expensive artwork by John Cleveley the Elder that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für John Cleveley the Elder
Dieses Kunstwerk von John Cleveley the Elder erzielte im Dezember 2014 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale wurde die Arbeit King George Iii Reviewing The Fleet At Spithead, Off Portsmouth Harbour für GBP 290.500,00 (€ 373.969,84) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 150.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht King George Iii Reviewing The Fleet At Spithead, Off Portsmouth Harbour zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von John Cleveley the Elder, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.