John Tenniel
‘Post Equitem!’ (‘Behind The Horseman Sits Black Care!’) ‘At The Next Election The People Of England Will Have To Decide The Question In What Way They Will Be Governed.’ – Gladstone At Greenwich’
Found at
Sothebys,
London
The Political Cartoon Collection of Jeffrey Archer, Lot 7
14. Mar - 14. Mar 2018
The Political Cartoon Collection of Jeffrey Archer, Lot 7
14. Mar - 14. Mar 2018
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
John Tenniel
‘POST EQUITEM!’ (‘BEHIND THE HORSEMAN SITS BLACK CARE!’) ‘AT THE NEXT ELECTION THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND WILL HAVE TO DECIDE THE QUESTION IN WHAT WAY THEY WILL BE GOVERNED.’ – GLADSTONE AT GREENWICH’
159 by 210mm., pencil, signed with monogram and dated 1878, inscribed with title and publication details on original mount, signed and inscribed ‘original sketch for the Punch cartoon (finished)’, ‘10 Portsdown Road’ and with title on reverse of original mount, mounted, framed and glazed
Mary Green (nee Tenniel), the artist's sister and thence by descent | EXHIBITED: | ‘The Illustrators: The British Art of Illustration 1870-2010’, Chris Beetles Gallery, 2010, no 51; 'Images of Power: From the Jeffrey Archer Cartoon Collection', Monnow Valley Arts, September - 30 October 2011
‘POST EQUITEM!’ (‘BEHIND THE HORSEMAN SITS BLACK CARE!’) ‘AT THE NEXT ELECTION THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND WILL HAVE TO DECIDE THE QUESTION IN WHAT WAY THEY WILL BE GOVERNED.’ – GLADSTONE AT GREENWICH’
159 by 210mm., pencil, signed with monogram and dated 1878, inscribed with title and publication details on original mount, signed and inscribed ‘original sketch for the Punch cartoon (finished)’, ‘10 Portsdown Road’ and with title on reverse of original mount, mounted, framed and glazed
Mary Green (nee Tenniel), the artist's sister and thence by descent | EXHIBITED: | ‘The Illustrators: The British Art of Illustration 1870-2010’, Chris Beetles Gallery, 2010, no 51; 'Images of Power: From the Jeffrey Archer Cartoon Collection', Monnow Valley Arts, September - 30 October 2011
Upper estimate price exceeded by 94 %.
This artwork by John Tenniel achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in March 2018. In the The Political Cartoon Collection of Jeffrey Archer auction, the work ‘Post Equitem!’ (‘Behind The Horseman Sits Black Care!’) ‘At The Next Election The People Of England Will Have To Decide The Question In What Way They Will Be Governed.’ – Gladstone At Greenwich’ sold for GBP 1,750.00 (€ 1,992.47) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 900.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by John Tenniel achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work ‘Nuts To Crack’ in March 2018 with an auction result of GBP 27,500.00 (€ 31,310.27).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 94 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von John Tenniel erzielte im März 2018 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion The Political Cartoon Collection of Jeffrey Archer wurde die Arbeit ‘Post Equitem!’ (‘Behind The Horseman Sits Black Care!’) ‘At The Next Election The People Of England Will Have To Decide The Question In What Way They Will Be Governed.’ – Gladstone At Greenwich’ für GBP 1.750,00 (€ 1.992,47) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 900,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von John Tenniel erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit ‘Nuts To Crack’ im März 2018 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 27.500,00 (€ 31.310,27).
John Tenniel - Auction history
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