Samuel Owen
H.M.S. Director Raking The Dutch Flagship Vrijheid, During The Battle of Camperdown, 11Th October 1797
Estimate: 1.500 - 2.500 GBP
Price realised: 1.440 GBP
Price realised: 1.440 GBP
Description
Samuel Owen (1769-1857)
H.M.S. Director raking the Dutch flagship Vrijheid, during the Battle of Camperdown, 11th October 1797
signed and inscribed 'This Plate of His Majestys Ship Director, raking the Vreyhire [sic] is humbly inscribed/to Capn. Wm. Bligh. & Officers by their most obedient very humble Servant Sam Owen./Drawn Etched and Published by S. Owen. No. 144 - Strand, London, as the act directs April 1798.' (lower centre)
pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour, on light etched outline
14 x 19¾ in. (35.6 x 50 cm.)
H.M.S. Director raking the Dutch flagship Vrijheid, during the Battle of Camperdown, 11th October 1797
signed and inscribed 'This Plate of His Majestys Ship Director, raking the Vreyhire [sic] is humbly inscribed/to Capn. Wm. Bligh. & Officers by their most obedient very humble Servant Sam Owen./Drawn Etched and Published by S. Owen. No. 144 - Strand, London, as the act directs April 1798.' (lower centre)
pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour, on light etched outline
14 x 19¾ in. (35.6 x 50 cm.)
Auction result misses estimated price range
When the work H.M.S. Director Raking The Dutch Flagship Vrijheid, During The Battle of Camperdown, 11Th October 1797 by Samuel Owen was auctioned at Christies in London in November 2005, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of GBP 1,500.00 – 2,500.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for GBP 1,440.00 (€ 2,115.54). Admittedly, works by Samuel Owen have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work A frigate, an excursion steamer and barges on the Thames before Greenwich Hospital in October 2007 with an auction result of GBP 7,500.00 (€ 10,770.49).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Als die Arbeit H.M.S. Director Raking The Dutch Flagship Vrijheid, During The Battle of Camperdown, 11Th October 1797 von Samuel Owen im November 2005 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 1.500,00 – 2.500,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für GBP 1.440,00 (€ 2.115,54) den Besitzer. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Samuel Owen auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit A frigate, an excursion steamer and barges on the Thames before Greenwich Hospital im Oktober 2007 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 7.500,00 (€ 10.770,49).
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