Lot 63 · British and Continental Watercolours and Pictures
A sailing vessel in choppy seas
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- Estimate
- £600–£800 hammer ≈ $897–$1,196
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL WATERCOLOURS AND PICTURES, London (South Kensington) · 20 July 2000
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6374807
- Record
- first seen 29 Jul 2026 · updated 29 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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François Louis Thomas Francia, A sailing vessel in choppy seas. Christie's, 20 Jul 2000, lot 63. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6374807.
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François Louis Thomas Francia, A sailing vessel in choppy seas. Christie's, 20 Jul 2000, lot 63. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6374807.
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From the same sale British and Continental Watercolours and Pictures · Jul 2000
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Figures repairing a beached fishing vessel | Charles Parsons Knight | £400–£600 | |
| Hascombe, Porlock | Frank Walton (1840-1928) | £1,000–£1,500 | |
| A Lion and Lioness | John Charlton | £500–£700 | |
| Cattle at a water hole | Thomas Rowden (1842-1926) | £250–£350 | |
| Haymakers resting beside a track with a village below | Joseph Murray Ince | £500–£700 | |
| Portrait of mother and daughter | L. Gilbert Fime (19th Century) | £250–£350 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| François Louis Thomas Francia | A river estuary at sunset | $898 | Sotheby's, Jul 2022 | |
| Edward Lear | Studies of a building, trees and a distant Roman aqueduct, p | Sworders, May 2026 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Edward Lear | English Artist, Illustrator, Author and Poet, remembered for | International Autograph Auctions, Dec 2020 | ||
| Thomas Rowlandson | A rural landscape, possibly Cornwall | Sotheby's, Jul 2023 | ||
| François Louis Thomas Francia | Beach scene, Normandy Coast | Christie's, Jan 2015 | ||
| Edward Lear | View of a distant mountains | Chiswick Auctions, Apr 2026 |
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.