William Hogarth
Portrait Of Thomas Western (1714-1766), Small Full-Length, In His Study At Clare Hall, Cambridge
Estimate: 30.000 - 50.000 GBP
Price realised: 248.500 GBP
Price realised: 248.500 GBP
Description
indistinctly inscribed and dated [?] ‘... 1736’ (lower left), and inscribed ‘† this Picture of / Mr. Western was Finish’d / by Mr. Hogarth Oct 10 1734 / AEt Sua 20 years 10 months / and given by him to me / Wm Cole this 18 day Nov 1734†/ Nov 1734 / † William Cole’ and with the sitter’s coat of arms (on the canvas relining, transcribed from the original)
oil on canvas
21¼ x 16½ in. (54 x 41.9 cm.)
Painted for Thomas Western and presented on 18 November 1734 to, | William Cole (1714-1782), by whom bequeathed in 1782 to the sitter’s grandson, | Charles Callis Western, 1st Baron Western (1767-1844), and by descent to, | Sir Thomas Charles Callis Western, 3rd Bt. (1850-1917), Felix Hall, Essex; (†) his sale, Christie’s, London, 13 June 1913, lot 92 (200 gns.). | with Knoedler, New York. | Alfred Morell, U.S.A. | John Hemming Fry, by whom gifted in 1946 to, | The Canton Museum of Art, Oh
oil on canvas
21¼ x 16½ in. (54 x 41.9 cm.)
Painted for Thomas Western and presented on 18 November 1734 to, | William Cole (1714-1782), by whom bequeathed in 1782 to the sitter’s grandson, | Charles Callis Western, 1st Baron Western (1767-1844), and by descent to, | Sir Thomas Charles Callis Western, 3rd Bt. (1850-1917), Felix Hall, Essex; (†) his sale, Christie’s, London, 13 June 1913, lot 92 (200 gns.). | with Knoedler, New York. | Alfred Morell, U.S.A. | John Hemming Fry, by whom gifted in 1946 to, | The Canton Museum of Art, Oh
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
The work Portrait Of Thomas Western (1714-1766), Small Full-Length, In His Study At Clare Hall, Cambridge by William Hogarth was worth GBP 248,500.00 (€ 337,451.05) to a buyer in December 2015. This price was achieved in the auction Old Master & British Paintings Day Sale at Christies in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 50,000.00 many times over. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by William Hogarth; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot The Pugilist: A Quarterstaff Player, almost certainly James Figg (1684-1734) sold at auction in December 2020 with the realized price of GBP 375,000.00 (€ 418,908.42).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Portrait Of Thomas Western (1714-1766), Small Full-Length, In His Study At Clare Hall, Cambridge von William Hogarth war einem Käufer im Dezember 2015 GBP 248.500,00 (€ 337.451,05) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Old Master & British Paintings Day Sale bei Christies in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 50.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von William Hogarth; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit The Pugilist: A Quarterstaff Player, almost certainly James Figg (1684-1734) im Dezember 2020 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 375.000,00 (€ 418.908,42).
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