Lot 137 · British Art: Victorian, Pre Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art
Penelope at her loom
Sydney Harold Meteyard · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- £20,000–£30,000 hammer ≈ $25,223–$37,834
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — British Art: Victorian, Pre Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art, London · 11 December 2018
- Dimensions
- 39 x 26 in. (99 x 66 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3761805
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-3761805 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3761805
Sydney Harold Meteyard, Penelope at her loom. Christie's, 11 Dec 2018, lot 137. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3761805.
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Sydney Harold Meteyard, Penelope at her loom. Christie's, 11 Dec 2018, lot 137. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3761805.
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From the same sale British Art: Victorian, Pre Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art · Dec 2018
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partridge on a frosty morning | Archibald Thorburn | £50,000–£70,000 | |
| Bows | Frances Macdonald | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| Sunday morning | Edmund Blair Leighton | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| The Wood-Nymph | Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt., A.R.A., R.W.S. (1833-1898) | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| Love disguised as Reason | Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt., A.R.A., R.W.S. (1833-1898) | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| Danaë in the Brazen Tower | Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt., A.R.A., R.W.S. (1833-1898) | £40,000–£60,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney Harold Meteyard | tristram and yseult | $52,833 | Sotheby's, Jul 2018 | |
| Sydney Harold Meteyard | sidney harold meteyard | tristram and yseult | Sotheby's, Jul 2019 | ||
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| John Atkinson Grimshaw | john atkinson grimshaw | a mossy bank | Sotheby's, Jul 2019 | ||
| Sydney Harold Meteyard | Pelleas and Melisande | Sotheby's, May 2011 | ||
| John Atkinson Grimshaw | Forge Valley by moonlight | Bonhams, Mar 2023 | ||
| John Atkinson Grimshaw | A Salutation | Christie's, Jul 2019 |
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.