Thomas Martyn
Figures of plants, 1796, original botanical watercolours
Found at
Sothebys,
London
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 147
6. May - 18. May 2022
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 147
6. May - 18. May 2022
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Thomas Martyn
Figures of plants. London, 1796
Manuscript and watercolour on paper, 2 volumes, 4to (345 x 270mm.), 60 original watercolour drawings of plants, accompanying manuscript descriptions for many of the drawings, finely bound in straight grained red morocco gilt by Hering with his ticket, covers with gilt fillet and greek borders gilt, flat spine gilt in compartments with drawer-handle motifs
FINE BOTANICAL DRAWINGS. The leaves have a broken sequence of early pencil numbers running to 67. It is possible therefore that some drawings have been removed; equally, Martyn’s volumes are notable for being erratic in their make-up. Most of the drawings in volume 1 have a leaf of manuscript description; most of those in volume 2 do not.
Figures of plants. London, 1796
Manuscript and watercolour on paper, 2 volumes, 4to (345 x 270mm.), 60 original watercolour drawings of plants, accompanying manuscript descriptions for many of the drawings, finely bound in straight grained red morocco gilt by Hering with his ticket, covers with gilt fillet and greek borders gilt, flat spine gilt in compartments with drawer-handle motifs
FINE BOTANICAL DRAWINGS. The leaves have a broken sequence of early pencil numbers running to 67. It is possible therefore that some drawings have been removed; equally, Martyn’s volumes are notable for being erratic in their make-up. Most of the drawings in volume 1 have a leaf of manuscript description; most of those in volume 2 do not.
A top price for Thomas Martyn
The work Figures of plants, 1796, original botanical watercolours by Thomas Martyn was worth GBP 47,880.00 (€ 56,326.26) to a buyer in May last year. This price was achieved in the auction The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I at Sothebys in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 9,000.00 many times over. This high result makes Figures of plants, 1796, original botanical watercolours the most expensive artwork by Thomas Martyn that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Thomas Martyn
Die Arbeit Figures of plants, 1796, original botanical watercolours von Thomas Martyn war einem Käufer im Mai letzten Jahres GBP 47.880,00 (€ 56.326,26) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I bei Sothebys in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 9.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Figures of plants, 1796, original botanical watercolours zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Thomas Martyn, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Thomas Martyn - Auction history
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