Joseph Michael Gandy, A.R.A.
An album of landscapes and studies from nature including views of Dorking; Box Hill; near Southend; near Leatherhead; Leith Hill from Cobham PArk; Epsom; Brighton (14); between Brighton and Shoreham; from Hollinbury Hill, Hove; near Shoreham (3); Sou
Estimate: 1.500 - 2.000 GBP
Price realised: 21.510 GBP
Price realised: 21.510 GBP
Description
Joseph Michael Gandy, A.R.A. (1771-1843)
An album of landscapes and studies from nature including views of Dorking; Box Hill; near Southend; near Leatherhead; Leith Hill from Cobham PArk; Epsom; Brighton (14); between Brighton and Shoreham; from Hollinbury Hill, Hove; near Shoreham (3); Southwick near Shoreham; Devil's Dyke; Ramsgate; Rottingdean; Near Lord Cavendish's, Eastbourne; Chalk Pit near Eastbourne; Beachy Head; Near Peckham Rye; London from Hill above Peckham Rye; Purfleet; Kensington Garden; Near Newhaven; Near Norwood; Yepvil; Downshire Hill; Hampstead; and a number of unidentified sky studies
the majority inscribed and dated variously 15 July 1820-5 July 1826 (either on the drawing or on the page of the album), the album titled 'GANDY/VOL II/LANDSCAPE' (in gilt lettering on the spine) and with inscription 'Gandy's skeches/I/give/Maria' (by Richard Westmacott, on the inside cover)
pencil and watercolour, 97 watercolours, 96 laid down on the pages of the album
5 x 8 3/8 in. (12.5 x 21.3 cm.); and slightly smaller; the album 13¾ x 11 in. (35 x 28 cm.)
An album of landscapes and studies from nature including views of Dorking; Box Hill; near Southend; near Leatherhead; Leith Hill from Cobham PArk; Epsom; Brighton (14); between Brighton and Shoreham; from Hollinbury Hill, Hove; near Shoreham (3); Southwick near Shoreham; Devil's Dyke; Ramsgate; Rottingdean; Near Lord Cavendish's, Eastbourne; Chalk Pit near Eastbourne; Beachy Head; Near Peckham Rye; London from Hill above Peckham Rye; Purfleet; Kensington Garden; Near Newhaven; Near Norwood; Yepvil; Downshire Hill; Hampstead; and a number of unidentified sky studies
the majority inscribed and dated variously 15 July 1820-5 July 1826 (either on the drawing or on the page of the album), the album titled 'GANDY/VOL II/LANDSCAPE' (in gilt lettering on the spine) and with inscription 'Gandy's skeches/I/give/Maria' (by Richard Westmacott, on the inside cover)
pencil and watercolour, 97 watercolours, 96 laid down on the pages of the album
5 x 8 3/8 in. (12.5 x 21.3 cm.); and slightly smaller; the album 13¾ x 11 in. (35 x 28 cm.)
Artwork auctioned at ten times the upper estimate price
When the work An album of landscapes and studies from nature including views of Dorking; Box Hill; near Southend; near Leatherhead; Leith Hill from Cobham PArk; Epsom; Brighton (14); between Brighton and Shoreham; from Hollinbury Hill, Hove; near Shoreham (3); Sou by Joseph Gandy was auctioned at Christies in London in November 2003, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 2,000.00 but the actual price achieved was Admittedly, works by Joseph Gandy have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Design for Waterloo Palace, the proposed town residence of the Duke of Wellington in May 2008 with an auction result of GBP 118,100.00 (€ 150,228.36).
Kunstwerk zum Zehnfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit An album of landscapes and studies from nature including views of Dorking; Box Hill; near Southend; near Leatherhead; Leith Hill from Cobham PArk; Epsom; Brighton (14); between Brighton and Shoreham; from Hollinbury Hill, Hove; near Shoreham (3); Sou von Joseph Gandy im November 2003 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 2.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 21.510,00 (€ 30.877,92) mehr als zehnmal so hoch. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Joseph Gandy auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Design for Waterloo Palace, the proposed town residence of the Duke of Wellington im Mai 2008 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 118.100,00 (€ 150.228,36).
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