Samuel Shelley
A Mother Seated With Her Daughter: The Lady In White Dress With Peach Striped Surcoat, White Gauze Scarf Covering Her Curling Powdered Upswept Hair, Clutching A String Of Pearls In Her Right Hand; The Young Daughter In White Dress With A Blue Shawl Around
Found at
Christies,
London
A Life's Devotion: The Collection of the Late Mrs T.S. Eliot, Lot 81
20. Nov - 20. Nov 2013
A Life's Devotion: The Collection of the Late Mrs T.S. Eliot, Lot 81
20. Nov - 20. Nov 2013
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 GBP
Price realised: 4.375 GBP
Price realised: 4.375 GBP
Description
Samuel Shelley (British, 1750/1756 - 1808)
A Mother Seated With Her Daughter: The Lady In White Dress With Peach Striped Surcoat, White Gauze Scarf Covering Her Curling Powdered Upswept Hair, Clutching A String Of Pearls In Her Right Hand; The Young Daughter In White Dress With A Blue Shawl Around Her Shoulders; Pillar And Woodland Background
signed, inscribed and dated on the backing card '1787/ Painted by / Sam: Shelley / Henrietta Street / Covent Garden / Exhibited at the / Royal Academy'
on ivory
oval, 3.7/8 in. (97 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame
A Mother Seated With Her Daughter: The Lady In White Dress With Peach Striped Surcoat, White Gauze Scarf Covering Her Curling Powdered Upswept Hair, Clutching A String Of Pearls In Her Right Hand; The Young Daughter In White Dress With A Blue Shawl Around Her Shoulders; Pillar And Woodland Background
signed, inscribed and dated on the backing card '1787/ Painted by / Sam: Shelley / Henrietta Street / Covent Garden / Exhibited at the / Royal Academy'
on ivory
oval, 3.7/8 in. (97 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work A Mother Seated With Her Daughter: The Lady In White Dress With Peach Striped Surcoat, White Gauze Scarf Covering Her Curling Powdered Upswept Hair, Clutching A String Of Pearls In Her Right Hand; The Young Daughter In White Dress With A Blue Shawl Around by Samuel Shelley was auctioned at Christies in London in November 2013. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 4,000.00 – 6,000.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 4,375.00 (€ 5,264.73) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Admittedly, works by Samuel Shelley have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work The Aston sisters: Lady Legard and Mrs Hedges as Flora and Ceres, their arms around one another, in white dresses and pink and green stoles, ears of wheat and flowers in their upswept powdered hair, one sister holding a basket of fruit and the other in Apr
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit A Mother Seated With Her Daughter: The Lady In White Dress With Peach Striped Surcoat, White Gauze Scarf Covering Her Curling Powdered Upswept Hair, Clutching A String Of Pearls In Her Right Hand; The Young Daughter In White Dress With A Blue Shawl Around von Samuel Shelley kam im November 2013 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 4.000,00 – 6.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 4.375,00 (€ 5.264,73) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Samuel Shelley auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit [The Aston sisters: Lady Legard and Mrs Hedges as Flora and Ceres, their arms around one another, in white dresses and pink and green stoles, ears of wheat and flowers in their upswept powdered hair, one sister holding a
Samuel Shelley - Auction history
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