Lot 44 · British Art on Paper including Victorian Watercolours from
A Hero of our Century
Lionel Percy Smythe · watercolour, with gum arabic and with scratching out
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- Estimate
- £1,500–£2,500 hammer ≈ $2,756–$4,593
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — British Art on Paper including Victorian Watercolours from , London · 3 June 2004
- Dimensions
- 9 x 6½ in. (23 x 16.5 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5921161
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Lionel Percy Smythe, A Hero of our Century. Christie's, 3 Jun 2004, lot 44. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5921161.
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Lionel Percy Smythe, A Hero of our Century. Christie's, 3 Jun 2004, lot 44. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5921161.
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From the same sale British Art on Paper including Victorian Watercolours from · Jun 2004
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Farmyard at the Château d'Honvault, Wimereux | Lionel Percy Smythe | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| Portrait of Mrs Hanway Ballack, half-length, wearing a pale pink dres… | Circle Of William Hoare Of Bath | £2,500–£3,500 | |
| A castle in a landscape | Alexander Cozens | £1,200–£1,800 | |
| A wooded landscape with sheep grazing by a winding track | Thomas Gainsborough | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| Wooded landscape with herdsmen, cows, river and church tower | Thomas Gainsborough | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| October | Albert Goodwin R.w.s. | £8,000–£12,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lionel Percy Smythe | The Fisher Girl | $2,796 | Lyon & Turnbull, May 2022 | |
| Lionel Percy Smythe | Gleaners | Christie's, Sep 2002 | ||
| Lionel Percy Smythe | Sea Nymphs | Christie's, Jun 2004 | ||
| Edward Lear | Licenza, near Rome | Bonhams, Sep 2023 | ||
| Lionel Percy Smythe | Bleaching Linen - Le portal | Christie's, May 2001 | ||
| Lionel Percy Smythe | Haymaking | Sotheby's, Jan 2005 | ||
| Lionel Percy Smythe | The Field of the Cloth of Gold: 'Twixt Calais and Guines' | Lyon & Turnbull, May 2022 | ||
| Lionel Percy Smythe | Shrimping | Christie's, Oct 2002 |
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.