Robert Dighton
Intelligence On The Peace
Found at
Sothebys,
London
Old Master & British Drawings including French Masterworks from the Dormeuil Collection, Lot 163
3. Jul - 3. Jul 2013
Old Master & British Drawings including French Masterworks from the Dormeuil Collection, Lot 163
3. Jul - 3. Jul 2013
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 GBP
Price realised: 2.750 GBP
Price realised: 2.750 GBP
Description
Robert Dighton
LONDON 1752 - 1814
INTELLIGENCE ON THE PEACE
together with The Frenchman in Distress, by the same hand
Quantity: 2
Both pen and black ink and watercolour, heightened with touches of bodycolour, on laid paper;
both signed lower right: Dighton del, the first inscribed lower left and lower centre: 495 Intelligence on the Peace; the second inscribed lower left and lower centre: 5 Pay me my Fare and be damn’d to you – Me ad [sic] only von Sheelin pon my Hona / The Frenchman i[n] Distress
Both, Carington Bowles (1724-1793); | by family descent until sold, London, Sotheby's, 30 April 1953, lot 464 (as an album), bt. Sabin, £720; | with The Sabin Galleries, London; | by whom sold to Jeffrey Rose, 1 May 1953, £900; | his executor's sale, London, Sotheby's, 23 February 1978, the first lot 12; the second lot 17; | with Abbott & Holder, London; | Michael Winner (1934-2012) | Engraved: | for Carington Bowles (1724-1793), the first circ
LONDON 1752 - 1814
INTELLIGENCE ON THE PEACE
together with The Frenchman in Distress, by the same hand
Quantity: 2
Both pen and black ink and watercolour, heightened with touches of bodycolour, on laid paper;
both signed lower right: Dighton del, the first inscribed lower left and lower centre: 495 Intelligence on the Peace; the second inscribed lower left and lower centre: 5 Pay me my Fare and be damn’d to you – Me ad [sic] only von Sheelin pon my Hona / The Frenchman i[n] Distress
Both, Carington Bowles (1724-1793); | by family descent until sold, London, Sotheby's, 30 April 1953, lot 464 (as an album), bt. Sabin, £720; | with The Sabin Galleries, London; | by whom sold to Jeffrey Rose, 1 May 1953, £900; | his executor's sale, London, Sotheby's, 23 February 1978, the first lot 12; the second lot 17; | with Abbott & Holder, London; | Michael Winner (1934-2012) | Engraved: | for Carington Bowles (1724-1793), the first circ
Auction result misses estimated price range
This work of art by Robert Dighton could be acquired at Sothebys in London in July 2013 for an unexpectedly low price. In the Old Master & British Drawings including French Masterworks from the Dormeuil Collection auction, the work Intelligence On The Peace changed hands for GBP 2,750.00 (€ 3,142.35) - missing the lower end of the estimate range of GBP 3,000.00 – 5,000.00. Other works by Robert Dighton have also sold for higher prices; the highest price we have seen at auction so far was achieved in July 2013 by the work Tally Ho! at GBP 4,375.00 (€ 4,999.20).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Dieses Kunstwerk von Robert Dighton konnte im Juli 2013 bei Sothebys in London für einen unerwartet niedrigen Preis ersteigert werden. In der Auktion Old Master & British Drawings including French Masterworks from the Dormeuil Collection wechselte die Arbeit Intelligence On The Peace für GBP 2.750,00 (€ 3.142,35) den Besitzer – und verfehlte damit das untere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 3.000,00 – 5.000,00. Andere Arbeiten von Robert Dighton wurden auch schon teurer gehandelt; den höchsten Preis, den wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachten konnten, erzielte im Juli 2013 die Arbeit Tally Ho! mit GBP 4.375,00 (€ 4.999,20).
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