Samuel Shelley
Portrait of George and Charlotte Loftus
Found at
Sothebys,
London
Old Master and British Works on Paper, including Portrait Miniatures from the Pohl-Ströher Collection, Lot 156
4. Dec - 4. Dec 2020
Old Master and British Works on Paper, including Portrait Miniatures from the Pohl-Ströher Collection, Lot 156
4. Dec - 4. Dec 2020
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 GBP
Price realised: 2.142 GBP
Price realised: 2.142 GBP
Description
Property from the collection of the late Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016)
Samuel Shelley
Whitechapel vers 1750 - 1808 Londres
Portrait of George and Charlotte Loftus
Watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, gilt-metal frame;
signed, dated and inscribed verso: Painted by Sam: Shelley. / No. 6 George Street. / Hanover Square / London / painted / May 1795, with the sitter's biographical details in another hand
82 by 152 mm.
With Karin Henninger-Tavcar, Pforzheim, by 1996; | sale, London, Christie's, 7 December 2004, lot 285; | where acquired by Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016)
Samuel Shelley
Whitechapel vers 1750 - 1808 Londres
Portrait of George and Charlotte Loftus
Watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, gilt-metal frame;
signed, dated and inscribed verso: Painted by Sam: Shelley. / No. 6 George Street. / Hanover Square / London / painted / May 1795, with the sitter's biographical details in another hand
82 by 152 mm.
With Karin Henninger-Tavcar, Pforzheim, by 1996; | sale, London, Christie's, 7 December 2004, lot 285; | where acquired by Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 43 %.
The work Portrait of George and Charlotte Loftus by Samuel Shelley was sold in the Old Master and British Works on Paper, including Portrait Miniatures from the Pohl-Ströher Collection auction at Sothebys in London in December 2020. It achieved a price of GBP 2,142.00 (€ 2,392.80), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 43%. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Samuel Shelley achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached 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 April 2002 with an auction result of GBP 16,450.00 (€ 26,615.67
Oberer Schätzpreis um 43 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Portrait of George and Charlotte Loftus von Samuel Shelley wurde im Dezember 2020 in der Auktion Old Master and British Works on Paper, including Portrait Miniatures from the Pohl-Ströher Collection bei Sothebys in London versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 2.142,00 (€ 2.392,80) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 43%. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Samuel Shelley erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte 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 basket of fruit and the other im April 2002 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 16.450,00 (€ 26.615,67).
Samuel Shelley - Auction history
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