Sampson Towgood Roch
An Officer, Possibly Henry Pottinger, In Scarlet Uniform Of The 38Th Regiment Of Foot With Silver Epaulettes, White Frilled Shirt And Cravat, Powdered Hair; Sky Background
Found at
Christies,
London
A Life's Devotion: The Collection of the Late Mrs T.S. Eliot, Lot 13
20. Nov - 20. Nov 2013
A Life's Devotion: The Collection of the Late Mrs T.S. Eliot, Lot 13
20. Nov - 20. Nov 2013
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 GBP
Price realised: 11.250 GBP
Price realised: 11.250 GBP
Description
Sampson Towgood Roch (Irish, 1759-1847)
An Officer, Possibly Henry Pottinger, In Scarlet Uniform Of The 38Th Regiment Of Foot With Silver Epaulettes, White Frilled Shirt And Cravat, Powdered Hair; Sky Background
signed 'ROCH' (mid-right)
on ivory
oval, 2¾ in. (70 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame, the reverse with gold monogram 'H.P.' on plaited hair with blue glass border
An Officer, Possibly Henry Pottinger, In Scarlet Uniform Of The 38Th Regiment Of Foot With Silver Epaulettes, White Frilled Shirt And Cravat, Powdered Hair; Sky Background
signed 'ROCH' (mid-right)
on ivory
oval, 2¾ in. (70 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame, the reverse with gold monogram 'H.P.' on plaited hair with blue glass border
A top price for Sampson Towgood Roch
This artwork by Sampson Towgood Roch achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in November 2013. In the A Life's Devotion: The Collection of the Late Mrs T.S. Eliot auction, the work An Officer, Possibly Henry Pottinger, In Scarlet Uniform Of The 38Th Regiment Of Foot With Silver Epaulettes, White Frilled Shirt And Cravat, Powdered Hair; Sky Background sold for GBP 11,250.00 (€ 13,537.87) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 5,000.00. This high result makes An Officer, Possibly Henry Pottinger, In Scarlet Uniform Of The 38Th Regiment Of Foot With Silver Epaulettes, White Frilled Shirt And Cravat, Powdered Hair; Sky Background the most expensive artwork by Sampson Towgood Roch that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Sampson Towgood Roch
Dieses Kunstwerk von Sampson Towgood Roch erzielte im November 2013 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion A Life's Devotion: The Collection of the Late Mrs T.S. Eliot wurde die Arbeit An Officer, Possibly Henry Pottinger, In Scarlet Uniform Of The 38Th Regiment Of Foot With Silver Epaulettes, White Frilled Shirt And Cravat, Powdered Hair; Sky Background für GBP 11.250,00 (€ 13.537,87) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 5.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht An Officer, Possibly Henry Pottinger, In Scarlet Uniform Of The 38Th Regiment Of Foot With Silver Epaulettes, White Frilled Shirt And Cravat, Powdered Hair; Sky Background zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Sampson Towgood Roch, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Sampson Towgood Roch - Auction history
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