Sir Frederick William Burton, R.H.A., R.W.S.
A Blind Girl at a Holy Well: A scene in the West of Ireland
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 GBP
Price realised: 108.000 GBP
Price realised: 108.000 GBP
Description
Sir Frederick William Burton, R.H.A., R.W.S. (1816-1900)
A Blind Girl at a Holy Well: A scene in the West of Ireland
indistinctly signed 'Burton' (lower right) and with inscription 'The Blind Girl at the Holy Well/by Sir Frederick Burton/Director National Gallery/Painted for Sir George D'Aguilar K.C.B./& exhibited by request in London' (on the backboard)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with touches of white and with scratching out
35 x 28¼ in. (88.9 x 71.8 cm.)
in the original frame
A Blind Girl at a Holy Well: A scene in the West of Ireland
indistinctly signed 'Burton' (lower right) and with inscription 'The Blind Girl at the Holy Well/by Sir Frederick Burton/Director National Gallery/Painted for Sir George D'Aguilar K.C.B./& exhibited by request in London' (on the backboard)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with touches of white and with scratching out
35 x 28¼ in. (88.9 x 71.8 cm.)
in the original frame
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work A Blind Girl at a Holy Well: A scene in the West of Ireland by Frederic William Burton was auctioned at Christies in London in May 2007. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 100,000.00 – 150,000.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 108,000.00 (€ 158,929.31) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Other works by Frederic William Burton have already achieved higher auction prices, for example, in June 2004 the work The Child Miranda 'The isle is full of noises, Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not'- Tempest was auctioned for GBP 206,850.00 (€ 307,854.76).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit A Blind Girl at a Holy Well: A scene in the West of Ireland von Frederic William Burton kam im Mai 2007 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 100.000,00 – 150.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 108.000,00 (€ 158.929,31) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Andere Arbeiten von Frederic William Burton konnten bereits höhere Auktionspreise erzielen, so wurde im Juni 2004 die Arbeit The Child Miranda 'The isle is full of noises, Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not'- Tempest für GBP 206.850,00 (€ 307.854,76) versteigert.
Frederic William Burton - Auction history
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