Francis Wheatley R.A.
Donnybrook Fair; A Group Of Tents On A Bare Hillside With Peasants Gathered Round The Stalls, A Family Of Gipsies Resting In The Foreground
Estimate: 800 - 1.200 GBP
Price realised: 4.375 GBP
Price realised: 4.375 GBP
Description
Francis Wheatley R.A.
1747 - 1801
DONNYBROOK FAIR; A GROUP OF TENTS ON A BARE HILLSIDE WITH PEASANTS GATHERED ROUND THE STALLS, A FAMILY OF GIPSIES RESTING IN THE FOREGROUND
inscribed, verso: Sir J. Astley / drawing by Wheatley died / 1801 / 1(?)95
watercolour over pencil, laid down onto original wash-line mount
38 by 55.5 cm.; 15 by 22 in.
Sir Jacob Astley (1756-1817), 5<sup>th</sup> Bt.;
1747 - 1801
DONNYBROOK FAIR; A GROUP OF TENTS ON A BARE HILLSIDE WITH PEASANTS GATHERED ROUND THE STALLS, A FAMILY OF GIPSIES RESTING IN THE FOREGROUND
inscribed, verso: Sir J. Astley / drawing by Wheatley died / 1801 / 1(?)95
watercolour over pencil, laid down onto original wash-line mount
38 by 55.5 cm.; 15 by 22 in.
Sir Jacob Astley (1756-1817), 5<sup>th</sup> Bt.;
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Donnybrook Fair; A Group Of Tents On A Bare Hillside With Peasants Gathered Round The Stalls, A Family Of Gipsies Resting In The Foreground by Francis Wheatley was auctioned at Sothebys in London in September 2009, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 1,200.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 4,375.00 (€ 4,785.89). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Francis Wheatley achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Equestrian portrait of Sir Henry Pigot (1750-1840) in December 2000 with an auction result of USD 369,000.00 (€ 393,054.96).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Donnybrook Fair; A Group Of Tents On A Bare Hillside With Peasants Gathered Round The Stalls, A Family Of Gipsies Resting In The Foreground von Francis Wheatley im September 2009 bei Sothebys in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 1.200,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 4.375,00 (€ 4.785,89) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Francis Wheatley erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Equestrian portrait of Sir Henry Pigot (1750-1840) im Dezember 2000 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 369.000,00 (€ 393.054,96).
Francis Wheatley - Auction history
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