Sir Leslie Matthew Ward
Gladstone and Harcourt, 'Babble and Bluster' Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer
Found at
Christies,
London
JOHN FRANKS COLL. OF ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS FOR VANITY FAIR, Lot 6
14. Dec - 14. Dec 2005
JOHN FRANKS COLL. OF ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS FOR VANITY FAIR, Lot 6
14. Dec - 14. Dec 2005
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 GBP
Price realised: 10.800 GBP
Price realised: 10.800 GBP
Description
Sir Leslie Matthew Ward 'Spy' (1851-1922)
Gladstone and Harcourt, 'Babble and Bluster'
Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer
signed and dated 'Spy/1892' (lower right)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour
10 x 13 in. (25.4 x 33 cm.)
See illustration, inside back cover
Gladstone and Harcourt, 'Babble and Bluster'
Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer
signed and dated 'Spy/1892' (lower right)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour
10 x 13 in. (25.4 x 33 cm.)
See illustration, inside back cover
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Leslie Matthew Ward achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in December 2005. In the JOHN FRANKS COLL. OF ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS FOR VANITY FAIR auction, the work Gladstone and Harcourt, 'Babble and Bluster' Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer sold for GBP 10,800.00 (€ 15,675.60) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 5,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Leslie Matthew Ward; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot The Earl of Darnley, 'Ivo' Cricketer sold at auction in December 2005 with the realized price of GBP 18,000.00 (€ 26,125.99).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Leslie Matthew Ward erzielte im Dezember 2005 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion JOHN FRANKS COLL. OF ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS FOR VANITY FAIR wurde die Arbeit Gladstone and Harcourt, 'Babble and Bluster' Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer für GBP 10.800,00 (€ 15.675,60) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 5.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Leslie Matthew Ward; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit The Earl of Darnley, 'Ivo' Cricketer im Dezember 2005 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 18.000,00 (€ 26.125,99).
Leslie Matthew Ward - Auction history
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