Joseph Powell, P.N.W.S.
An Album - A Series Of Views Of The Town Of Bridgnorth And Village Of Quatford, Shropshire
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 GBP
Price realised: 8.750 GBP
Price realised: 8.750 GBP
Description
Joseph Powell, P.N.W.S.
LONDON 1780 - 1834
AN ALBUM - A SERIES OF VIEWS OF THE TOWN OF BRIDGNORTH AND VILLAGE OF QUATFORD, SHROPSHIRE
including Bridgnorth from the Knoll-sands; Bridgnorth Bridge; Bridgnorth from the town mills; Bridgnorth approaching from Hermitage Hill; Phillis's Bower, Bridgnorth; Bridgnorth from the Hermitage Rock; the New Road Bridgnorth; Bridgnorth approaching from Stanley Hall; the Grammar School; Bridgnorth from St James' Meadow; The High Rock near Bridgnorth; The Town Mills and Pendlestone Rock Bridgnorth; Pendlestone Rock near Bridgnorth; Quatford fro
Twenty-five, each watercolour over pencil, some with touches of bodycolour and stopping out, all bound into an original album, finely decorated with gilded and tooled leather;
twenty signed, the album pages inscribed with locations and dated between 1828 and 1830, further inscribed on a title page: A SERIES OF VIEWS / OF THE TOWN OF BRIDGNORTH / AND VILLAGE OF QUATFORD / DRAWN FOR MR. J. SMALMAN. / IN 1828. 1829. 1830 / BY J. POWELL ESQ. / PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF PAINTERS / IN WATER COLOUR
The Watercolours: 75 by 114 mm; The Album: 303 by 242 mm
Commissioned by John Smallman, circa 1828; | by family descent to the present owners
LONDON 1780 - 1834
AN ALBUM - A SERIES OF VIEWS OF THE TOWN OF BRIDGNORTH AND VILLAGE OF QUATFORD, SHROPSHIRE
including Bridgnorth from the Knoll-sands; Bridgnorth Bridge; Bridgnorth from the town mills; Bridgnorth approaching from Hermitage Hill; Phillis's Bower, Bridgnorth; Bridgnorth from the Hermitage Rock; the New Road Bridgnorth; Bridgnorth approaching from Stanley Hall; the Grammar School; Bridgnorth from St James' Meadow; The High Rock near Bridgnorth; The Town Mills and Pendlestone Rock Bridgnorth; Pendlestone Rock near Bridgnorth; Quatford fro
Twenty-five, each watercolour over pencil, some with touches of bodycolour and stopping out, all bound into an original album, finely decorated with gilded and tooled leather;
twenty signed, the album pages inscribed with locations and dated between 1828 and 1830, further inscribed on a title page: A SERIES OF VIEWS / OF THE TOWN OF BRIDGNORTH / AND VILLAGE OF QUATFORD / DRAWN FOR MR. J. SMALMAN. / IN 1828. 1829. 1830 / BY J. POWELL ESQ. / PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF PAINTERS / IN WATER COLOUR
The Watercolours: 75 by 114 mm; The Album: 303 by 242 mm
Commissioned by John Smallman, circa 1828; | by family descent to the present owners
A top price for Joseph Powell
This artwork by Joseph Powell achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in July 2017. In the Old Master & British Works on Paper auction, the work An Album - A Series Of Views Of The Town Of Bridgnorth And Village Of Quatford, Shropshire sold for GBP 8,750.00 (€ 9,763.66) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 5,000.00. This high result makes An Album - A Series Of Views Of The Town Of Bridgnorth And Village Of Quatford, Shropshire the most expensive artwork by Joseph Powell that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Joseph Powell
Dieses Kunstwerk von Joseph Powell erzielte im Juli 2017 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Master & British Works on Paper wurde die Arbeit An Album - A Series Of Views Of The Town Of Bridgnorth And Village Of Quatford, Shropshire für GBP 8.750,00 (€ 9.763,66) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 5.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht An Album - A Series Of Views Of The Town Of Bridgnorth And Village Of Quatford, Shropshire zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Joseph Powell, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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