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- Estimate
- £20,000–£30,000 hammer ≈ $34,265–$51,398
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — The British Sale, London · 27 November 2003
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3013725
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-3013725 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3013725
Joseph Wright Of Derby, A.r.a., vesuvius in eruption seen from posillipo. Sotheby's, 27 Nov 2003, lot 186. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3013725.
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Joseph Wright Of Derby, A.r.a., vesuvius in eruption seen from posillipo. Sotheby's, 27 Nov 2003, lot 186. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3013725.
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From the same sale The British Sale · Nov 2003
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Figures in a Gig | Charles Cooper Henderson | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| A Spanish Beauty | John Bagnold Burgess, Ra | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| Fair Pledges of a Fruitful Tree | Robert Walker Macbeth | £50,000–£70,000 | |
| On the Sand Dunes | Heywood Hardy | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Patience | Frank Percy Wild | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| Whitby | John Atkinson Grimshaw | £18,000–£25,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Wright Of Derby, A.r.a. | Portrait of Jane Darwin (1746-1835) and her son William Brow | $32,427 | Bonhams, Dec 2024 | |
| Joseph Wright Of Derby, A.r.a. | Portrait of Robert Sutton (1699–1776), of Scofton Hall, Nott | Sotheby's, Dec 2021 | ||
| Joseph Wright Of Derby, A.r.a. | View of Vesuvius in eruption, taken from Posillipo | Vue du | Sotheby's, Mar 2023 | ||
| Joseph Wright Of Derby, A.r.a. | Portrait of Sampson Copestake of Kirk Langley (1726-1816), h | Christie's, Oct 2008 | ||
| Joseph Wright Of Derby, A.r.a. | Portrait of a gentleman, traditionally identified as Alexand | Christie's, Apr 2007 | ||
| Joseph Wright Of Derby, A.r.a. | portrait of major richard bayly (d. 1764) | Sotheby's, Dec 2018 | ||
| Joseph Wright Of Derby, A.r.a. | Portrait of Lord Robert Manners-Sutton (1722-1762), half-len | Christie's, Sep 2018 | ||
| Joseph Wright Of Derby, A.r.a. | portrait of john atherton (d.1785) | Sotheby's, Dec 2008 |
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.