George Morland
A View On The River Derwent At Belper, Derbyshire, With A Salmon And A Grayling On The Bank
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 GBP
Price realised: 17.500 GBP
Price realised: 17.500 GBP
Description
George Morland
LONDON 1763 - 1804
A VIEW ON THE RIVER DERWENT AT BELPER, DERBYSHIRE, WITH A SALMON AND A GRAYLING ON THE BANK
signed (or inscribed) and dated lower right: G. Morland / pinx 1795. (strengthened)
oil on canvas, unlined
55 x 55 cm.; 21 5/8 x 21 5/8 in.
Painted for the Reverend W. Ward, Belper, Derbyshire and Brandon, Suffolk (according to an old handwritten label on the unlined canvas), from whom acquired by | J.V. Luke, Brandon, Suffolk (according to the aforementioned label); | Sir Edward Mountain, 1st Bt. (1872–1948) and Lady Evelyn Ellen Regina Seigle (d. 1950), Dunkeld House, Perthshire; | Thence by descent to the present owner.
LONDON 1763 - 1804
A VIEW ON THE RIVER DERWENT AT BELPER, DERBYSHIRE, WITH A SALMON AND A GRAYLING ON THE BANK
signed (or inscribed) and dated lower right: G. Morland / pinx 1795. (strengthened)
oil on canvas, unlined
55 x 55 cm.; 21 5/8 x 21 5/8 in.
Painted for the Reverend W. Ward, Belper, Derbyshire and Brandon, Suffolk (according to an old handwritten label on the unlined canvas), from whom acquired by | J.V. Luke, Brandon, Suffolk (according to the aforementioned label); | Sir Edward Mountain, 1st Bt. (1872–1948) and Lady Evelyn Ellen Regina Seigle (d. 1950), Dunkeld House, Perthshire; | Thence by descent to the present owner.
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by George Morland achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in July 2016. In the Old Masters Day Sale auction, the work A View On The River Derwent At Belper, Derbyshire, With A Salmon And A Grayling On The Bank sold for GBP 17,500.00 (€ 20,793.79) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 8,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by George Morland - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work The Fox Inn, which sold at auction in June 2003 for GBP 53,775.00 (€ 77,277.60).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von George Morland erzielte im Juli 2016 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Masters Day Sale wurde die Arbeit A View On The River Derwent At Belper, Derbyshire, With A Salmon And A Grayling On The Bank für GBP 17.500,00 (€ 20.793,79) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 8.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von George Morland mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit The Fox Inn beobachtet, die im Juni 2003 für GBP 53.775,00 (€ 77.277,60) versteigert wurde.
George Morland - Auction history
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