John Ward of Hull
The Northern Whale Fishery; the Swan and Isabella
Found at
Christies,
London
Exploration and Travel with the Polar Sale Including The Amundsen Collection, Lot 129
27. Sep - 27. Sep 2006
Exploration and Travel with the Polar Sale Including The Amundsen Collection, Lot 129
27. Sep - 27. Sep 2006
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
John Ward of Hull (1798-1849)
The Northern Whale Fishery; the Swan and Isabella
signed 'I. Ward' (lower right)
oil on canvas
19¼ x 28¼in. (48.9 x 71.8cm.)
with a copy of Albert Hastings Markham's A Whaling Cruise to Baffin's Bay and the Gulf of Boothia (London: 1874), the front free endpaper inscribed 'This Book and the Painting, by Ward, of the Northern Whale Fishery given to John Gordon Talbot Hassell, on his return home after an absence of Eleven Years - nine of which in Hong Kong, whence he is again about to proceed, by his Father J.T. Hassell Kingston upon Hull February 1875 the Painting and the Book always to accompany each other into whose possession they may ever come', and with a painted silhouette (4½ x 2 7/8in.) of Captain Sir John Ross inserted between the front free endpaper and title page, the silhouette inscribed '1834? or 33? Captain Ross taken at the Luncheon given to him at the Vittoria Hotel on his arrival at Hull on his return to England from the Arctic Voyage' on the reverse (2)
The Northern Whale Fishery; the Swan and Isabella
signed 'I. Ward' (lower right)
oil on canvas
19¼ x 28¼in. (48.9 x 71.8cm.)
with a copy of Albert Hastings Markham's A Whaling Cruise to Baffin's Bay and the Gulf of Boothia (London: 1874), the front free endpaper inscribed 'This Book and the Painting, by Ward, of the Northern Whale Fishery given to John Gordon Talbot Hassell, on his return home after an absence of Eleven Years - nine of which in Hong Kong, whence he is again about to proceed, by his Father J.T. Hassell Kingston upon Hull February 1875 the Painting and the Book always to accompany each other into whose possession they may ever come', and with a painted silhouette (4½ x 2 7/8in.) of Captain Sir John Ross inserted between the front free endpaper and title page, the silhouette inscribed '1834? or 33? Captain Ross taken at the Luncheon given to him at the Vittoria Hotel on his arrival at Hull on his return to England from the Arctic Voyage' on the reverse (2)
A top price for John Ward of Hull
This artwork by John Ward of Hull achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in September 2006. In the Exploration and Travel with the Polar Sale Including The Amundsen Collection auction, the work The Northern Whale Fishery; the Swan and Isabella sold for GBP 176,000.00 (€ 259,637.11) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 60,000.00. This high result makes The Northern Whale Fishery; the Swan and Isabella the most expensive artwork by John Ward of Hull that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für John Ward of Hull
Dieses Kunstwerk von John Ward of Hull erzielte im September 2006 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Exploration and Travel with the Polar Sale Including The Amundsen Collection wurde die Arbeit The Northern Whale Fishery; the Swan and Isabella für GBP 176.000,00 (€ 259.637,11) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 60.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht The Northern Whale Fishery; the Swan and Isabella zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von John Ward of Hull, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
John Ward of Hull - Auction history
