Richard Principal Leitch
A quantity of unframed watercolours and wash drawings, the majority English and Continental landscapes and maritime subjects, some signed and dated '1879'; and eleven unframed brown wash landscape studies by John Callow
Found at
Christies,
London
British and Continental Watercolours including Original Book, Lot 143
1. Dec - 1. Dec 2004
British and Continental Watercolours including Original Book, Lot 143
1. Dec - 1. Dec 2004
Estimate: 300 - 500 GBP
Price realised: 2.271 GBP
Price realised: 2.271 GBP
Description
Richard Principal Leitch (act.1840-1879)
A quantity of unframed watercolours and wash drawings, the majority English and Continental landscapes and maritime subjects, some signed and dated '1879'; and eleven unframed brown wash landscape studies by John Callow
5½ x 7¼ in. (13.8 x 18.4 cm.); and smaller (22)
A quantity of unframed watercolours and wash drawings, the majority English and Continental landscapes and maritime subjects, some signed and dated '1879'; and eleven unframed brown wash landscape studies by John Callow
5½ x 7¼ in. (13.8 x 18.4 cm.); and smaller (22)
A top price for Richard Principal Leitch
When the work A quantity of unframed watercolours and wash drawings, the majority English and Continental landscapes and maritime subjects, some signed and dated '1879'; and eleven unframed brown wash landscape studies by John Callow by Richard Principal Leitch was auctioned at Christies in London in December 2004, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 500.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times This high result makes A quantity of unframed watercolours and wash drawings, the majority English and Continental landscapes and maritime subjects, some signed and dated '1879'; and eleven unframed brown wash landscape studies by John Callow the most expensive artwork by Richard Principal Leitch that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Richard Principal Leitch
Als die Arbeit A quantity of unframed watercolours and wash drawings, the majority English and Continental landscapes and maritime subjects, some signed and dated '1879'; and eleven unframed brown wash landscape studies by John Callow von Richard Principal Leitch im Dezember 2004 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 500,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 2.270,50 (€ 3.213,38) mehr als viermal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht A quantity of unframed watercolours and wash drawings, the majority English and Continental landscapes and maritime subjects, some signed and dated '1879'; and eleven unframed brown wash landscape studies by John Callow zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Richard Principal Leitch, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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