Lot 10 · Prints and Multiples
Blowing up the Pic Nic's - or - Harlequin Quixote attacking the Puppets
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- Estimate
- £1,000–£1,500 hammer ≈ $1,348–$2,022
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Prints and Multiples, London, Knightsbridge · 28 March 2018
- Record ID
- TB-2026-1208042
- Record
- first seen 23 Jul 2026 · updated 23 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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James Gillray, Blowing up the Pic Nic's - or - Harlequin Quixote attacking the Puppets. Bonhams, 28 Mar 2018, lot 10. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1208042.
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James Gillray, Blowing up the Pic Nic's - or - Harlequin Quixote attacking the Puppets. Bonhams, 28 Mar 2018, lot 10. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1208042.
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| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Hurdy-Gurdy Player followed by Children at the Door of a House (The… | Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn | £600–£800 | upcoming |
| A group of weather caricatures: 'Delicious Weather', 'Sad Sloppy Weat… | James Gillray | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| Duke William's Ghost | James Gillray | £700–£1,000 | |
| Drury Lane, from 'A Set of Twenty-six Etchings (Second Venice Set)' | James Abbott Mcneill Whistler | £1,000–£1,500 | |
| The Silk Dress | James Abbott Mcneill Whistler | £500–£700 | |
| The Horse Mart (Barbican No. 1); Horse dealers at the Barbican (No.2)… | Robert Polhill Bevan | £2,000–£3,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Gillray | Maecenas, in pursuit of the Fine Arts.; Delicious Dreams!-Ca | $1,682 | Bonhams, Dec 2021 | |
| James Gillray | Harmony Before Matrimony; Matrimonial Harmonics | Bonhams, Dec 2021 | ||
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| James Gillray | Search-Night; _or_ State Watchmen, mistaking Honest-Men for | Bonhams, Dec 2020 | ||
| James Gillray | A natural crop -alias-a Norfolk dumpling; For improving the | Bonhams, Dec 2025 | ||
| James Gillray | Blowing Up the Picnics; The Pic-nic Orchestra | Bonhams, Dec 2020 | ||
| James Gillray | The Pigs Possessed | Bonhams, Mar 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.