Harriet Cheney

The sun breaking through the clouds over the Bay of Naples; and Figures on the waterfront at Naples (both illustrated)

Found at Christies, London
WATERCOLOURS OF THE GRAND TOUR FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, Lot 84
12. Oct - 12. Oct 2005

Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX

Description

Harriet Cheney (1771-1848)
The sun breaking through the clouds over the Bay of Naples; and Figures on the waterfront at Naples (both illustrated)
both inscribed 'Naples' (on the reverse)
pencil and watercolour heightened with touches of bodycolour, unframed
9½ x 13¼ in. (24.1 x 33.6 cm.); and smaller (2)

Artwork auctioned at six times the upper estimate price

The work The sun breaking through the clouds over the Bay of Naples; and Figures on the waterfront at Naples (both illustrated) by Harriet Cheney was worth GBP 4,800.00 (€ 7,078.55) to a buyer in October 2005. This price was achieved in the auction WATERCOLOURS OF THE GRAND TOUR FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION at Christies in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 800.00 many times over. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Harriet Cheney - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work An album of forty-three portrait studies from the circle of the Cheney family (vol. I) in Italy and elsewhere, the sitters including: Marquis and Marchioness of Morando; Teresa, Marchese Morando1; Mme Morando; Lady Elizabeth Foster2, afterwards Eliz, which sold at auction in October 2005 for GBP 16,800.00 (€ 24,774.92).

Kunstwerk zum Sechsfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Die Arbeit The sun breaking through the clouds over the Bay of Naples; and Figures on the waterfront at Naples (both illustrated) von Harriet Cheney war einem Käufer im Oktober 2005 GBP 4.800,00 (€ 7.078,55) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion WATERCOLOURS OF THE GRAND TOUR FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION bei Christies in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 800,00 um ein Vielfaches. Für andere Arbeiten von Harriet Cheney mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit An album of forty-three portrait studies from the circle of the Cheney family (vol. I) in Italy and elsewhere, the sitters including: Marquis and Marchioness of Morando; Teresa, Marchese Morando1; Mme Morando; Lady Elizabeth Foster2, afterwards Eliz beobachtet, die im Oktober 2005 für GBP 16.800,00 (€ 24.774,92) versteigert wurde.

Harriet Cheney - Auction history

XX.XXX

Harriet Cheney - The sun breaking through clouds over the Bay of Naples; Figures on the waterfront at Naples, a pair the first 22.8 x 32.7cm (9 x 12 7/8in); the second 24.2 x 33.6cm (9 1/2 x 13 1/4in). (2)

2021

The sun breaking through clouds over the Bay of Naples; Figures on the waterfront at Naples, a pair the first 22.8 x 32.7cm (9 x 12 7/8in); the second 24.2 x 33.6cm (9 1/2 x 13 1/4in). (2)

Mar 2021

Bonhams, London

XX.XXX

The Temple of Paestum, Naples; and Cattle watering before the Temple of Paestum (both illustrated)

Oct 2005

Christies, London

XX.XXX

The sun breaking through the clouds over the Bay of Naples; and Figures on the waterfront at Naples (both illustrated)

Oct 2005

Christies, London

XX.XXX

$Harriet Cheney - S. Peter\'s Basilica, Rome (illustrated); The Colosseum, Rome; The Roman Campagna; and Figures observing the falls at Tivoli$

S. Peter's Basilica, Rome (illustrated); The Colosseum, Rome; The Roman Campagna; and Figures observing the falls at Tivoli

Oct 2005

Christies, London

XX.XXX

$Harriet Cheney - An album of twenty-four watercolours (vol. V) after various Old Masters (the majority details of), including: Carlo Maratta\'s The Virgin Reading; Palma il Vecchio\'s la Bella (illustrated, d); Titian\'s The Entombment of Christ; Assumption of the Virgi$

An album of twenty-four watercolours (vol. V) after various Old Masters (the majority details of), including: Carlo Maratta's The Virgin Reading; Palma il Vecchio's la Bella (illustrated, d); Titian's The Entombment of Christ; Assumption of the Virgi

Oct 2005

Christies, London

XX.XXX

Harriet Cheney - An album of fifty-eight portrait studies (vol. III) of figures from the circle of the Cheney family in Italy and elsewhere, the sitters including: Mrs Siddons; Miss F Sykes; Miss Ditmus; The Misses Carr1; Miss Caroline Ellison, afterwards Mrs Martin;

An album of fifty-eight portrait studies (vol. III) of figures from the circle of the Cheney family in Italy and elsewhere, the sitters including: Mrs Siddons; Miss F Sykes; Miss Ditmus; The Misses Carr1; Miss Caroline Ellison, afterwards Mrs Martin;

Oct 2005

Christies, London

XX.XXX

Harriet Cheney - An album of thirty-two portrait studies of figures from the circle of the Cheney family in Italy and elsewhere, the sitters comprising of: Miss Ditmus; Mrs Wallbanke Childers1; Miss Harriet Kinloch2, afterwards Lady Thomas Hay; Mrs Waller; Mrs Seymou

An album of thirty-two portrait studies of figures from the circle of the Cheney family in Italy and elsewhere, the sitters comprising of: Miss Ditmus; Mrs Wallbanke Childers1; Miss Harriet Kinloch2, afterwards Lady Thomas Hay; Mrs Waller; Mrs Seymou

Oct 2005

Christies, London

XX.XXX

Harriet Cheney - An album of forty-three portrait studies from the circle of the Cheney family (vol. I) in Italy and elsewhere, the sitters including: Marquis and Marchioness of Morando; Teresa, Marchese Morando1; Mme Morando; Lady Elizabeth Foster2, afterwards Eliz

An album of forty-three portrait studies from the circle of the Cheney family (vol. I) in Italy and elsewhere, the sitters including: Marquis and Marchioness of Morando; Teresa, Marchese Morando1; Mme Morando; Lady Elizabeth Foster2, afterwards Eliz

Oct 2005

Christies, London

XX.XXX

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Oct 2005

Christies, London

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