Lot 53 · Important Australian Art
Portrait of Edward Foss, under Sheriff of London and lawyer, seated, quarter-length, wearing a dark coat, before a red swag, sky beyond, c.1816
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- Estimate
- A$100,000–A$150,000 hammer ≈ $93,741–$140,612
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Important Australian Art, Sydney, Byron Kennedy Hall · 12 May 2014
- Record ID
- TB-2026-1873881
- Record
- first seen 23 Jul 2026 · updated 23 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Thomas Griffiths Wainewright, Portrait of Edward Foss, under Sheriff of London and lawyer, seated, quarter-length, wearing a dark coat, before a red swag, sky beyond, c.1816. Bonhams, 12 May 2014, lot 53. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1873881.
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Thomas Griffiths Wainewright, Portrait of Edward Foss, under Sheriff of London and lawyer, seated, quarter-length, wearing a dark coat, before a red swag, sky beyond, c.1816. Bonhams, 12 May 2014, lot 53. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1873881.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Griffiths Wainewright | Robert Kennedy Nuttall, 1842 | $89,121 | Bonhams, Aug 2021 | |
| Thomas Griffiths Wainewright | Thomas Payne II (1752 – 1831), half-length | Sotheby's, Oct 2021 | ||
| Thomas Griffiths Wainewright | Robert Kennedy Nuttall, 1840-44 | Bonhams, May 2022 | ||
| Thomas Griffiths Wainewright | A Pair of Portraits of Edward Paine Butler and Martha Sarah | Sotheby's, Nov 2009 | ||
| Sidney Nolan | Kelly, 1964 | Bonhams, Oct 2014 | ||
| Arthur Boyd | Shoalhaven Riverbank with Black Swan and Cockatoo, c.1988 | Bonhams, Aug 2026 | ||
| Sidney Nolan | Explorer Antarctica, 1964 | Bonhams, Jun 2019 | ||
| Sidney Nolan | Glacier, Antarctica, 1964 | Bonhams, Apr 2021 |
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.