Lot 16 · Important Maritime Paintings & Decorative Arts
Shipping off Gravesend and Naval Cutters off Portsmouth, a pair 6 x 8-1/4 in. (15.2 x 20.9 cm.), each.
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- Estimate
- $5,000–$7,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Important Maritime Paintings & Decorative Arts, New York · 28 January 2016
- Record ID
- TB-2026-1754775
- Record
- first seen 23 Jul 2026 · updated 23 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Thomas Buttersworth, Shipping off Gravesend and Naval Cutters off Portsmouth, a pair 6 x 8-1/4 in. (15.2 x 20.9 cm.), each. Bonhams, 28 Jan 2016, lot 16. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1754775.
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Thomas Buttersworth, Shipping off Gravesend and Naval Cutters off Portsmouth, a pair 6 x 8-1/4 in. (15.2 x 20.9 cm.), each. Bonhams, 28 Jan 2016, lot 16. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1754775.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.