Francis Frith
Twenty Nine Views Of The Holy Land From The Holy Bible, Old Testament, Including: 'Valley Of The Tomb Of The Kings, Thebes'; 'Pharaoh'S Bed, Island Of Philae'; 'The Pyramids Of Geezeh'; Summit Of Gebel Moosa (The True Sinai)'; 'Mount Serbal, The "Sin
Estimate: 800 - 1.200 GBP
Price realised: 1.875 GBP
Price realised: 1.875 GBP
Description
Francis Frith (1822 - 1898)
Twenty nine views of the Holy Land from the Holy Bible, Old Testament, including: 'Valley of the Tomb of the Kings, Thebes'; 'Pharaoh's Bed, Island of Philae'; 'The Pyramids of Geezeh'; Summit of Gebel Moosa (The True Sinai)'; 'Mount Serbal, The "Sinai" of the Early Christian Church'; 'Heathen Temples at Baalbec'; 'The Old Town, Gaza'Jerusalem, from the well of En-Rogel'; 'The Temples of Baal at Baalbec'; 'Birds eye view of Damascus, with part of Mount Lebanon'; and 'View over Jerusalem & site of the Temple from Mount Zion'
albumen prints mounted on card leaves with printed titles
unframed
13? x 18?in. (33.3 x 46cm.)
(29)
Twenty nine views of the Holy Land from the Holy Bible, Old Testament, including: 'Valley of the Tomb of the Kings, Thebes'; 'Pharaoh's Bed, Island of Philae'; 'The Pyramids of Geezeh'; Summit of Gebel Moosa (The True Sinai)'; 'Mount Serbal, The "Sinai" of the Early Christian Church'; 'Heathen Temples at Baalbec'; 'The Old Town, Gaza'Jerusalem, from the well of En-Rogel'; 'The Temples of Baal at Baalbec'; 'Birds eye view of Damascus, with part of Mount Lebanon'; and 'View over Jerusalem & site of the Temple from Mount Zion'
albumen prints mounted on card leaves with printed titles
unframed
13? x 18?in. (33.3 x 46cm.)
(29)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 56 %.
The work Twenty Nine Views Of The Holy Land From The Holy Bible, Old Testament, Including: 'Valley Of The Tomb Of The Kings, Thebes'; 'Pharaoh'S Bed, Island Of Philae'; 'The Pyramids Of Geezeh'; Summit Of Gebel Moosa (The True Sinai)'; 'Mount Serbal, The "Sin by Francis Frith was auctioned at Christies in London in April 2014. It achieved a price of GBP 1,875.00 (€ 2,282.31), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 56%. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Francis Frith achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Egypt, Palestine & Nubia in May 2004 with an auction result of GBP 31,070.00 (€ 46,616.44).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 56 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Twenty Nine Views Of The Holy Land From The Holy Bible, Old Testament, Including: 'Valley Of The Tomb Of The Kings, Thebes'; 'Pharaoh'S Bed, Island Of Philae'; 'The Pyramids Of Geezeh'; Summit Of Gebel Moosa (The True Sinai)'; 'Mount Serbal, The "Sin von Francis Frith kam im April 2014 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 1.875,00 (€ 2.282,31) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 56%. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Francis Frith erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Egypt, Palestine & Nubia im Mai 2004 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 31.070,00 (€ 46.616,44).
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