Lot 123 · Early British Drawings, Watercolours and Portrait Miniatures
samson carrying the gates of gaza recto; a study of a standing male nude verso
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- Estimate
- £3,000–£4,000 hammer ≈ $4,389–$5,852
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Early British Drawings, Watercolours and Portrait Miniatures, London · 4 December 2008
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3823933
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 9 Aug 2026 · source ↗
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George Richmond, samson carrying the gates of gaza recto; a study of a standing male nude verso. Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2008, lot 123. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3823933.
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George Richmond, samson carrying the gates of gaza recto; a study of a standing male nude verso. Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2008, lot 123. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3823933.
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From the same sale Early British Drawings, Watercolours and Portrait Miniatures · Dec 2008
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gendarmenmarkt, Berlin | Alfred Gomersal Vickers | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Portrait of a lady | Christian Friedrich Zincke | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| Portrait of a Lady | Andrew Plimer | £3,000–£4,000 | |
| A shipwreck | R.w.s. Edward Duncan | £3,000–£4,000 | |
| Portrait of an actress | R.a. Richard Cosway | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| An interesting letter | William Henry Hunt, O.w.s. | £3,500–£4,500 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Richmond | Self-Portrait | $5,576 | Sotheby's, Oct 2021 | |
| George Richmond | Three Quarter Length Portrait of Octavius Wigram Seated in H | Lyon & Turnbull, Nov 2021 | ||
| George Richmond | a woman with two children in a hilly landscape | Sotheby's, Feb 2019 | ||
| George Richmond | portrait of oswald smith, aged forty-two | Sotheby's, Jul 2019 | ||
| George Richmond | 'The lovers' or 'The Harvesters' | Christie's, May 2002 | ||
| George Richmond | Portrait of Theodor Matthias von Holst (1810-1844) | Sotheby's, Jul 2021 | ||
| George Richmond | A Convolvulus at Shoreham | Sotheby's, Jul 2017 | ||
| George Richmond | recto: study of woman holding a shieldverso: studies of a nu | Sotheby's, Jul 2016 |
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.