Lot 228 · Old Master and British Works on Paper
A river estuary at sunset
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- Estimate
- £2,000–£3,000 hammer ≈ $2,376–$3,564
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Master and British Works on Paper, London · 6 July 2022
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5041968
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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François Louis Thomas Francia, A river estuary at sunset. Sotheby's, 6 Jul 2022, lot 228. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5041968.
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François Louis Thomas Francia, A river estuary at sunset. Sotheby's, 6 Jul 2022, lot 228. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5041968.
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|---|---|---|---|
| A bank of flowers with a river landscape beyond, possibly the Long Br… | Andrew Nicholl R.h.a. | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| A town in Brittany, France | William Callow | £800–£1,200 | |
| A young woman in elegant attire, standing, holding flowers in her hands | François Boucher | £2,500–£3,500 | |
| Two gentlemen in conversation | Isaac Cruikshank | £400–£600 | |
| A) Palatial Court with Fluted Corinthian Columns B) A Portico with a … | Antonio Galli Bibiena | £5,000–£7,000 | |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| François Louis Thomas Francia | A sailing vessel in choppy seas | $966 | Christie's, Jul 2000 | |
| Edward Lear | An English country house | Bonhams, Dec 2025 | ||
| François Louis Thomas Francia | Soldiers beneath a torrent, on a mountain pass | Christie's, Jun 1999 | ||
| François Louis Thomas Francia | A beached vessel at low tide | Christie's, Apr 2010 | ||
| Thomas Rowlandson | Portrait of Adam Young Esq | Lyon & Turnbull, Nov 2020 | ||
| Edward Lear | English Artist, Illustrator, Author and Poet, remembered for | International Autograph Auctions, Dec 2020 | ||
| Thomas Rowlandson | The apple seller | Heritage Auctions, Jun 2025 | ||
| François Louis Thomas Francia | Beach scene, Normandy Coast | Christie's, Jan 2015 |
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.