Sir George Howland Beaumont, 7Th Bt.
A ‘Drawing Book’ From A Tour Of The Lake Distract In August 1781
Found at
Sothebys,
London
Old Master and British Works on Paper Including drawings from the Oppé Collection, Lot 350
6. Jul - 6. Jul 2016
Old Master and British Works on Paper Including drawings from the Oppé Collection, Lot 350
6. Jul - 6. Jul 2016
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Sir George Howland Beaumont, 7th Bt.
DUNMOW, ESSEX 1753 - 1827 COLEORTON HALL, LEICESTERSHIRE
A ‘DRAWING BOOK’ FROM A TOUR OF THE LAKE DISTRACT IN AUGUST 1781
including views of Ullswater (5); the Landale Pikes; Grasmere; Honister Crag; Buttermere; Grange in Borrowdale; The Bowder Stone, near to Braithwaite (2); the bridge at Ambleside; a cottage at Calgarth; end of Honister Crag; Raven Crag; Gowder Crag with Lodore Falls; Rydal from Brathay Bridge; Brathay; Skiddaw from Borrowdale; the dale of Keswick with the church; Grasmere with Helvellyn; Vale of St. John; Kirkstone; the road near Ambleside; Winde
Thirty-six sheets, twenty-eight grey washes over pencil, three grey washes over pencil, heightened with grey ink, one watercolour and grey wash over pencil, one grey ink over pencil, fourteen pencil drawings by another hand, extensively inscribed with locations and dated between 25 August and 31 August 1781, on laid paper, all bound between card and leather boards
Album size: 189 by 255 mm
Oldfield Bowles, of North Aston, Oxfordshire (1739-1810); | by descent to Sir Arthur Hallam Elton, 7 th Bt. (1818-1883); | by family descent until at least 1922
DUNMOW, ESSEX 1753 - 1827 COLEORTON HALL, LEICESTERSHIRE
A ‘DRAWING BOOK’ FROM A TOUR OF THE LAKE DISTRACT IN AUGUST 1781
including views of Ullswater (5); the Landale Pikes; Grasmere; Honister Crag; Buttermere; Grange in Borrowdale; The Bowder Stone, near to Braithwaite (2); the bridge at Ambleside; a cottage at Calgarth; end of Honister Crag; Raven Crag; Gowder Crag with Lodore Falls; Rydal from Brathay Bridge; Brathay; Skiddaw from Borrowdale; the dale of Keswick with the church; Grasmere with Helvellyn; Vale of St. John; Kirkstone; the road near Ambleside; Winde
Thirty-six sheets, twenty-eight grey washes over pencil, three grey washes over pencil, heightened with grey ink, one watercolour and grey wash over pencil, one grey ink over pencil, fourteen pencil drawings by another hand, extensively inscribed with locations and dated between 25 August and 31 August 1781, on laid paper, all bound between card and leather boards
Album size: 189 by 255 mm
Oldfield Bowles, of North Aston, Oxfordshire (1739-1810); | by descent to Sir Arthur Hallam Elton, 7 th Bt. (1818-1883); | by family descent until at least 1922
A top price for George Howland Beaumont
The work A ‘Drawing Book’ From A Tour Of The Lake Distract In August 1781 by George Howland Beaumont was worth GBP 15,000.00 (€ 17,823.24) to a buyer in July 2016. This price was achieved in the auction Old Master and British Works on Paper Including drawings from the Oppé Collection at Sothebys in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 3,000.00 many times over. This high result makes A ‘Drawing Book’ From A Tour Of The Lake Distract In August 1781 the most expensive artwork by George Howland Beaumont that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für George Howland Beaumont
Die Arbeit A ‘Drawing Book’ From A Tour Of The Lake Distract In August 1781 von George Howland Beaumont war einem Käufer im Juli 2016 GBP 15.000,00 (€ 17.823,24) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Old Master and British Works on Paper Including drawings from the Oppé Collection bei Sothebys in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 3.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht A ‘Drawing Book’ From A Tour Of The Lake Distract In August 1781 zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von George Howland Beaumont, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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