Lot 31 · Marine Paintings
a 5th rate of the blue squadron and other shipping in a breeze
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- Estimate
- £5,000–£7,000 hammer ≈ $9,387–$13,142
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Marine Paintings, London · 26 January 2005
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3193477
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Samuel Atkins, a 5th rate of the blue squadron and other shipping in a breeze. Sotheby's, 26 Jan 2005, lot 31. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3193477.
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Samuel Atkins, a 5th rate of the blue squadron and other shipping in a breeze. Sotheby's, 26 Jan 2005, lot 31. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3193477.
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From the same sale Marine Paintings · Jan 2005
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Evening Gun | Peter Monamy | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| J-Class yachts racing off a headland | Stephen J. Renard | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| A harbour scene | James Webb | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| Entrance to Calais Harbour | Thomas Bush Hardy | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| English frigates in pursuit of Dutch shipping | R.a. Dominic Serres | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| An English squadron in open sea | Francis Swaine | £5,000–£7,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Atkins | Dutch merchant boats on an estuary with Dutch naval craft in | $4,723 | Bonhams, Nov 2020 | |
| Samuel Atkins | A brig off Belem Castle, Lisbon | Bonhams, Apr 2023 | ||
| Samuel Atkins | Launching Day for a 32-gun frigate from a Thames-side yard | Bonhams, Oct 2022 | ||
| English School | 18th Century Bohun swan framed: 46.5 x 39.2cm | Bonhams, Feb 2025 | ||
| English School | 17th Century Portrait of Sir Robert Chester, half-length, we | Bonhams, Sep 2025 | ||
| English School | Portrait of a lady | Sotheby's, Sep 2021 | ||
| Samuel Atkins | Two views of shipping off the Isle of Wight | Sotheby's, Jul 2011 | ||
| Samuel Atkins | A British frigate at anchor with other shipping in the dista | Bonhams, Jan 2015 |
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.