Samuel Shelley
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
Found at
Christies,
London
The Dr Anton C.R.Dreesmann Collection Gold Boxes, Objects of, Lot 760
11. Apr - 11. Apr 2002
The Dr Anton C.R.Dreesmann Collection Gold Boxes, Objects of, Lot 760
11. Apr - 11. Apr 2002
Estimate: 2.500 - 3.500 GBP
Price realised: 16.450 GBP
Price realised: 16.450 GBP
Description
SAMUEL SHELLEY (1750/56-1808)
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 holding a pink rose; grapes, vine leaf and tree background
indistinctly signed on the backing paper 'S [S]helley K[in]g Street [...] Covent G[a]rden.'
oval, 2 15/16 in. (75 mm.) wide, silver frame with old-mine cut diamond surround and pierced ribbon and bow cresting
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 holding a pink rose; grapes, vine leaf and tree background
indistinctly signed on the backing paper 'S [S]helley K[in]g Street [...] Covent G[a]rden.'
oval, 2 15/16 in. (75 mm.) wide, silver frame with old-mine cut diamond surround and pierced ribbon and bow cresting
A top price for Samuel Shelley
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 by Samuel Shelley was worth GBP 16,450.00 (€ 26,615.67) to a buyer in April 2002. This price was achieved in the auction The Dr Anton C.R.Dreesmann Collection Gold Boxes, Objects of at Christies in London and exceeded the previously This high result makes 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 the most expensive artwork by Samuel Shelley that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Samuel Shelley
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 von Samuel Shelley war einem Käufer im April 2002 GBP 16.450,00 (€ 26.615,67) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion The Dr Anton C.R.Dreesmann Collection Gold Boxes, Objects of bei Christies in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 3.500,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht 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 zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Samuel Shelley, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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