William Purser
View of Constantinople with camels watering and travellers on a track in the foreground
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 GBP
Price realised: 6.875 GBP
Price realised: 6.875 GBP
Description
William Purser (1789-1852)
View of Constantinople with camels watering and travellers on a track in the foreground
inscribed 'Constantinople/where the Great Gun/of those days enabled/the Mussulmans [sic] to effect/its conquest by/battering down the walls' (on the reverse)
pencil and watercolour, with gum arabic
17 7/8 x 24 in. (45.4 x 61 cm.)
View of Constantinople with camels watering and travellers on a track in the foreground
inscribed 'Constantinople/where the Great Gun/of those days enabled/the Mussulmans [sic] to effect/its conquest by/battering down the walls' (on the reverse)
pencil and watercolour, with gum arabic
17 7/8 x 24 in. (45.4 x 61 cm.)
Upper estimated price slightly exceeded
The work View of Constantinople with camels watering and travellers on a track in the foreground by William Purser was sold in the British Art on Paper auction at Christies in London in June 2008. Here, the upper estimate of GBP 6,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for GBP 6,875.00 (€ 8,690.23). Other works by William Purser have achieved even higher prices, we observed the highest auction result so far of GBP 10,625.00 (€ 13,156.28) in June 2012 for the work Constantinople, showing the Topkapi and the Suleimaniye with the Sultan's Barge in the foreground.
Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen
Die Arbeit View of Constantinople with camels watering and travellers on a track in the foreground von William Purser wurde im Juni 2008 in der Auktion British Art on Paper bei Christies in London versteigert. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von GBP 6.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für GBP 6.875,00 (€ 8.690,23) einen neuen Besitzer. Andere Arbeiten von William Purser haben noch höhere Preise erzielt - wir haben das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis von GBP 10.625,00 (€ 13.156,28) im Juni 2012 für die Arbeit Constantinople, showing the Topkapi and the Suleimaniye with the Sultan's Barge in the foreground beobachtet.
William Purser - Auction history
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