Samuel Scott
Shipping In A Calm Sea
Estimate: 50.000 - 70.000 GBP
Price realised: 87.750 GBP
Price realised: 87.750 GBP
Description
Samuel Scott (London 1702-1772 Bath)
Shipping in a calm sea
oil on canvas
61.2 x 50.6cm (24 1/8 x 19 15/16in).
Commissioned by Horace Walpole, Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, by whom bequeathed with the house to the following | Anne Seymour Damer (1748-1828), and by inheritance with the house to the following | Maria (née Walpole), H.R.H. Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1736-1807), by whom bequeathed to her eldest daughter by her first marriage | Elizabeth, Countess Waldegrave (1760-1816), and by descent to the following | George, 7th Earl Waldegrave (1816-1846), by whom offered | The Strawberry Hill sale, Robins, in situ, 18 May 1842, lot 78 (erroneously as 'A Sea Piece, the Lion Man-of-War chasing the vessel in which Prince Charles Edward was proceeding to Scotland' by Scott), where acquired by
Shipping in a calm sea
oil on canvas
61.2 x 50.6cm (24 1/8 x 19 15/16in).
Commissioned by Horace Walpole, Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, by whom bequeathed with the house to the following | Anne Seymour Damer (1748-1828), and by inheritance with the house to the following | Maria (née Walpole), H.R.H. Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1736-1807), by whom bequeathed to her eldest daughter by her first marriage | Elizabeth, Countess Waldegrave (1760-1816), and by descent to the following | George, 7th Earl Waldegrave (1816-1846), by whom offered | The Strawberry Hill sale, Robins, in situ, 18 May 1842, lot 78 (erroneously as 'A Sea Piece, the Lion Man-of-War chasing the vessel in which Prince Charles Edward was proceeding to Scotland' by Scott), where acquired by
Upper estimate price exceeded by 25 %.
The work Shipping In A Calm Sea by Samuel Scott was auctioned at Bonhams in London in July 2021. It achieved a price of GBP 87,750.00 (€ 102,905.07), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 25%. Admittedly, works by Samuel Scott have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Shipping At Anchor In The Thames Estuary, Near Wapping in July 2016 with an auction result of GBP 473,000.00 (€ 562,026.33).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 25 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Shipping In A Calm Sea von Samuel Scott kam im Juli 2021 bei Bonhams in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 87.750,00 (€ 102.905,07) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 25%. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Samuel Scott auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Shipping At Anchor In The Thames Estuary, Near Wapping im Juli 2016 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 473.000,00 (€ 562.026,33).
Samuel Scott - Auction history
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