William Adolphus Knell
HMS ‘Nemesis’ and boats attacking a masked Battery, February 23rd 1841 (First Opium War)
Found at
Christies,
London
China Trade Paintings: Selections from the Kelton Collection, Lot 79
07.Nov - 07.Nov.2019
China Trade Paintings: Selections from the Kelton Collection, Lot 79
07.Nov - 07.Nov.2019
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 GBP
Price realised: 3.500 GBP
Price realised: 3.500 GBP
Description
signed ‘W.A. Knell’ (lower right), inscribed 'Admiral Lucas V.V. No 14 / H.M.S. "Nemesis" & boats / attacking a masked Battery / 1897 / March. p561.' on an old label attached to the backing paper
oil on canvas
12 x 20in. (30.5 x 50.7cm.)
Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke-Bernet, Hong Kong, 1 Nov. 1972, lot 24. | Anon. sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 8 April 1986, lot 70a.
oil on canvas
12 x 20in. (30.5 x 50.7cm.)
Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke-Bernet, Hong Kong, 1 Nov. 1972, lot 24. | Anon. sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 8 April 1986, lot 70a.
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work HMS ‘Nemesis’ and boats attacking a masked Battery, February 23rd 1841 (First Opium War) by William Adolphus Knell was sold in the China Trade Paintings: Selections from the Kelton Collection auction at Christies in London in November 2019. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 3,000.00 – 5,000.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 3,500.00 (€ 4,109.86) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by William Adolphus Knell - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work The East Indiaman Exeter making for the Ladrone Islands, China, 1805, which sold at auction in May 2012 for GBP 11,250.00 (€ 14,017.01).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit HMS ‘Nemesis’ and boats attacking a masked Battery, February 23rd 1841 (First Opium War) von William Adolphus Knell wurde im November 2019 in der Auktion China Trade Paintings: Selections from the Kelton Collection bei Christies in London versteigert. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 3.000,00 – 5.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 3.500,00 (€ 4.109,86) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Für andere Arbeiten von William Adolphus Knell mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit The East Indiaman Exeter making for the Ladrone Islands, China, 1805 beobachtet, die im Mai 2012 für GBP 11.250,00 (€ 14.017,01) versteigert wurde.
William Adolphus Knell - Auction history
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