William Blake
Pestilence, Probably The Great Plague Of London
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 GBP
Price realised: 25.000 GBP
Price realised: 25.000 GBP
Description
William Blake
LONDON 1757 - 1827
PESTILENCE, PROBABLY THE GREAT PLAGUE OF LONDON
Pen and black ink and watercolour, heightened with scratching out, on laid paper;
indistinctly signed lower right: WB; inscribed upper left: Lord have / mer [cy] on us; bears further inscription verso: 241 / Jan / 47 / The Plague / B. Grahame sale, London 1878
139 by 187 mm
Probably Catherine Blake, the artist's wife; | probably Frederick Tatham; | probably Joseph Hogarth; | his sale, Southgate’s, 18 June 1854, lot 4624 (part of the lot), bt. Cowieson; | Barron Grahame of Morphie; | his sale, London, Sotheby’s, 15 March 1878, lot 22 or 23, bt. Chalmers; | Robert Carfrae; | by descent to his son Robert Carfrae, Junior; | Donald Davidson; | with Steigal Fine Art, Edinburgh, by 1978;
LONDON 1757 - 1827
PESTILENCE, PROBABLY THE GREAT PLAGUE OF LONDON
Pen and black ink and watercolour, heightened with scratching out, on laid paper;
indistinctly signed lower right: WB; inscribed upper left: Lord have / mer [cy] on us; bears further inscription verso: 241 / Jan / 47 / The Plague / B. Grahame sale, London 1878
139 by 187 mm
Probably Catherine Blake, the artist's wife; | probably Frederick Tatham; | probably Joseph Hogarth; | his sale, Southgate’s, 18 June 1854, lot 4624 (part of the lot), bt. Cowieson; | Barron Grahame of Morphie; | his sale, London, Sotheby’s, 15 March 1878, lot 22 or 23, bt. Chalmers; | Robert Carfrae; | by descent to his son Robert Carfrae, Junior; | Donald Davidson; | with Steigal Fine Art, Edinburgh, by 1978;
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Pestilence, Probably The Great Plague Of London by William Blake was auctioned at Sothebys in London in July 2014. The price achieved of GBP 25,000.00 (€ 31,532.86) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 20,000.00 – 30,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by William Blake achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work The Gambols Of Ghosts According With Their Affections Previous To The Final Judgement in January 2013 with an auction result of USD 722,500.00 (€ 531,875.74).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Pestilence, Probably The Great Plague Of London von William Blake kam im Juli 2014 bei Sothebys in London zur Auktion. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 25.000,00 (€ 31.532,86) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 20.000,00 – 30.000,00 angegeben worden. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von William Blake erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit The Gambols Of Ghosts According With Their Affections Previous To The Final Judgement im Januar 2013 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 722.500,00 (€ 531.875,74).
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