Sir John Corbett
Sixteen African views including: Table Mountain and Wynberg Church; False Bay from Wynberg; Lemon Valley, St Helena; St Helena from the southward; St Paul's de Londa, west coast of Africa; Anabon Island, coast of Africa; Funchal, Madeira
Estimate: 500 - 700 GBP
Price realised: 1.750 GBP
Price realised: 1.750 GBP
Description
Sir John Corbett (1822-1893)
Sixteen African views including: Table Mountain and Wynberg Church; False Bay from Wynberg; Lemon Valley, St Helena; St Helena from the southward; St Paul's de Londa, west coast of Africa; Anabon Island, coast of Africa; Funchal, Madeira
inscribed as titled, six dated 1851
watercolour, on paper
unframed
7 x 10½in. (17.7 x 26.5cm.) and similar (16)
Sixteen African views including: Table Mountain and Wynberg Church; False Bay from Wynberg; Lemon Valley, St Helena; St Helena from the southward; St Paul's de Londa, west coast of Africa; Anabon Island, coast of Africa; Funchal, Madeira
inscribed as titled, six dated 1851
watercolour, on paper
unframed
7 x 10½in. (17.7 x 26.5cm.) and similar (16)
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by John Corbett achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in April 2011. In the Travel, Science and Natural History auction, the work Sixteen African views including: Table Mountain and Wynberg Church; False Bay from Wynberg; Lemon Valley, St Helena; St Helena from the southward; St Paul's de Londa, west coast of Africa; Anabon Island, coast of Africa; Funchal, Madeira sold for GBP 1,750.00 (€ 1,970.80) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 700.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by John Corbett; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Thirteen views of India and eight views of Ceylon including: Allahabad, angle of fort at junction of the Ganges and Jumna; Junction of the Ganges and Jumna at Allahabad looking from the walls of the fortress; From the glacis of fort Allahabad bridge sold at auction in April 2011 with the realized price of GBP 3,500.00 (€ 3,941.60).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von John Corbett erzielte im April 2011 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Travel, Science and Natural History wurde die Arbeit Sixteen African views including: Table Mountain and Wynberg Church; False Bay from Wynberg; Lemon Valley, St Helena; St Helena from the southward; St Paul's de Londa, west coast of Africa; Anabon Island, coast of Africa; Funchal, Madeira für GBP 1.750,00 (€ 1.970,80) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 700,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von John Corbett; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Thirteen views of India and eight views of Ceylon including: Allahabad, angle of fort at junction of the Ganges and Jumna; Junction of the Ganges and Jumna at Allahabad looking from the walls of the fortress; From the glacis of fort Allahabad bridge im April 2011 mit dem Hammerpreis von
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