Lot 40 · Old Masters Evening Sale
'Thy Music, faintly falling, dies away, Thy dear eyes dream that Love will live for aye'
John Melhuish Strudwick · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- £700,000–£1,000,000 hammer ≈ $925,503–$1,322,147
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Masters Evening Sale, London · 30 June 2026
- Dimensions
- 30 ½ x 15 5⁄8 in. (77.5 x 39.7 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3065411
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-3065411 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3065411
John Melhuish Strudwick, 'Thy Music, faintly falling, dies away, Thy dear eyes dream that Love will live for aye'. Christie's, 30 Jun 2026, lot 40. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3065411.
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John Melhuish Strudwick, 'Thy Music, faintly falling, dies away, Thy dear eyes dream that Love will live for aye'. Christie's, 30 Jun 2026, lot 40. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3065411.
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Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Melhuish Strudwick | Summer Songs | $1,499,800 | Sotheby's, Dec 2005 | |
| Sir John Everett Millais, Pra | Sleeping | Sotheby's, Jun 2022 | ||
| Edward Lear | Kasr-es-Saiyyad | Christie's, Jun 2007 | ||
| Albert Joseph Moore A.r.w.s. | Topaz | Sotheby's, Jul 2024 | ||
| John Melhuish Strudwick | Elaine | Sotheby's, Dec 2006 | ||
| Sir John Everett Millais, Pra | Cherry Ripe | Sotheby's, Jul 2004 | ||
| Albert Joseph Moore A.r.w.s. | Jasmine | Christie's, Jun 2008 | ||
| Dame Laura Knight | Wind and Sun | Sotheby's, Jul 2009 |
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.