Robert Havell
Unknown
Estimate: 500 - 800 GBP
Price realised: 6.000 GBP
Price realised: 6.000 GBP
Description
ROBERT HAVELL
PANORAMA -- Costa Scena or a Cruise along the Southern Coast of Kent, the Drawing taken from Nature. London: Robert Havell, March [1823]. Continuous hand-coloured aquatint strip view by Robert Havell numbered from 1 (Greenwich) to 62 (Calais), mounted on linen, approximately 81 x 5,450mm. (some damage to title at beginning of the strip with slight loss including year of publication), rolling into original boxwood drum with label showing Britannia and Neptune. Abbey Life 490.
PANORAMA -- Costa Scena or a Cruise along the Southern Coast of Kent, the Drawing taken from Nature. London: Robert Havell, March [1823]. Continuous hand-coloured aquatint strip view by Robert Havell numbered from 1 (Greenwich) to 62 (Calais), mounted on linen, approximately 81 x 5,450mm. (some damage to title at beginning of the strip with slight loss including year of publication), rolling into original boxwood drum with label showing Britannia and Neptune. Abbey Life 490.
Artwork auctioned at seven times the upper estimate price
The work Unknown by Robert Havell Jnr. was worth GBP 6,000.00 (€ 7,586.39) to a buyer in September 2008. This price was achieved in the auction The Sporting Sale at Christies in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 800.00 many times over. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Robert Havell Jnr.; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot View Of The Hudson From Horton'S Road Near Croton sold at auction in October 2017 with the realized price of USD 15,000.00 (€ 12,877.75).
Kunstwerk zum Siebenfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Unknown von Robert Havell Jnr. war einem Käufer im September 2008 GBP 6.000,00 (€ 7.586,39) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion The Sporting Sale bei Christies in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 800,00 um ein Vielfaches. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Robert Havell Jnr.; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit View Of The Hudson From Horton'S Road Near Croton im Oktober 2017 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 15.000,00 (€ 12.877,75).
Robert Havell Jnr. - Auction history
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