Michel Jean Cazabon
Port Of Spain From Fort George
Found at
Christies,
London (Online Auction)
Topographical Pictures, including China Trade Paintings. ARCTIC · AMERICAS · AFRICA · ASIA · AUSTRALASIA · ANTARCTICA, Lot 22
5. Nov - 5. Nov 2020
Topographical Pictures, including China Trade Paintings. ARCTIC · AMERICAS · AFRICA · ASIA · AUSTRALASIA · ANTARCTICA, Lot 22
5. Nov - 5. Nov 2020
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 GBP
Price realised: 52.500 GBP
Price realised: 52.500 GBP
Description
with indistinct inscription 'H.P.M. Aynsley Esq. / Basque "..."' on the stretcher
oil on canvas
18 x 24in. (45.7 x 60.9cm.)
A fine unrecorded view of Port of Spain by Cazabon, the provenance indicating it was painted before 1859. The vantage point at La Vigie to the north of St James and Port of Spain, overlooking the Gulf of Paria, was fortified by the British in 1804, Fort George constructed as an outlook to guard the approaches to Port of Spain during the Napoleonic Wars.
Murray-Aynsley was the great grandson of the 3rd Duke of Atholl, and cousin of Sir William Miles, a Tory MP and agriculturalist for whom he worked, managing Miles & Co's sugar plantation in Trinidad (when he would have acquired the present painting), before he sailed for the Antipodes. He arrived in New Zealand in 1858, and took up his position of Miles & Co's stock and station agency in Christchurch, a business which saw the firm diversify its colonial trade from the Caribbean to the An
Please note this lot is the property of a private individual.
Hugh Percy Murray-Aynsley (1828 - 1917), Lyttelton, New Zealand. | Anon. sale, Cordy's, Auckland, New Zealand, 15 Oct. 2019, lot 759 ("artist unknown").
oil on canvas
18 x 24in. (45.7 x 60.9cm.)
A fine unrecorded view of Port of Spain by Cazabon, the provenance indicating it was painted before 1859. The vantage point at La Vigie to the north of St James and Port of Spain, overlooking the Gulf of Paria, was fortified by the British in 1804, Fort George constructed as an outlook to guard the approaches to Port of Spain during the Napoleonic Wars.
Murray-Aynsley was the great grandson of the 3rd Duke of Atholl, and cousin of Sir William Miles, a Tory MP and agriculturalist for whom he worked, managing Miles & Co's sugar plantation in Trinidad (when he would have acquired the present painting), before he sailed for the Antipodes. He arrived in New Zealand in 1858, and took up his position of Miles & Co's stock and station agency in Christchurch, a business which saw the firm diversify its colonial trade from the Caribbean to the An
Please note this lot is the property of a private individual.
Hugh Percy Murray-Aynsley (1828 - 1917), Lyttelton, New Zealand. | Anon. sale, Cordy's, Auckland, New Zealand, 15 Oct. 2019, lot 759 ("artist unknown").
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Port Of Spain From Fort George by Michel Jean Cazabon was sold in the Topographical Pictures, including China Trade Paintings. ARCTIC · AMERICAS · AFRICA · ASIA · AUSTRALASIA · ANTARCTICA auction at Christies in London in November 2020. The price achieved of GBP 52,500.00 (€ 58,607.72) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 40,000.00 – 60,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Michel Jean Cazabon - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Saint-Pierre, Martinique, which sold at auction in October 2019 for GBP 118,750.00 (€ 137,741.48).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Port Of Spain From Fort George von Michel Jean Cazabon wurde im November 2020 in der Auktion Topographical Pictures, including China Trade Paintings. ARCTIC · AMERICAS · AFRICA · ASIA · AUSTRALASIA · ANTARCTICA bei Christies in London versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 52.500,00 (€ 58.607,72) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 40.000,00 – 60.000,00 angegeben worden. Für andere Arbeiten von Michel Jean Cazabon mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Saint-Pierre, Martinique beobachtet, die im Oktober 2019 für GBP 118.750,00 (€ 137.741,48) versteigert wurde.
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