Lot 130 · Early British Drawings, Watercolours and Portrait Miniatures
a view of the wrekin in shropshire going from wenlock to shrewsbury
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- Estimate
- £3,000–£5,000 hammer ≈ $4,389–$7,315
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Early British Drawings, Watercolours and Portrait Miniatures, London · 4 December 2008
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3823870
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Francis Towne, a view of the wrekin in shropshire going from wenlock to shrewsbury. Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2008, lot 130. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3823870.
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Francis Towne, a view of the wrekin in shropshire going from wenlock to shrewsbury. Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2008, lot 130. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3823870.
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From the same sale Early British Drawings, Watercolours and Portrait Miniatures · Dec 2008
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gendarmenmarkt, Berlin | Alfred Gomersal Vickers | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Portrait of a lady | Christian Friedrich Zincke | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| Portrait of a Lady | Andrew Plimer | £3,000–£4,000 | |
| A shipwreck | R.w.s. Edward Duncan | £3,000–£4,000 | |
| Portrait of an actress | R.a. Richard Cosway | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| An interesting letter | William Henry Hunt, O.w.s. | £3,500–£4,500 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francis Towne | A view in Werrington Park, Cornwall | $3,862 | Christie's, Jul 2020 | |
| Francis Towne | Figures in an Italian coastal landscape unframed | Bonhams, Oct 2014 | ||
| Francis Towne | Looking north from the lower slope of Snowdon | Bonhams, Oct 2014 | ||
| Francis Towne | A lady walking beside an Italian lake | Sotheby's, Jul 2011 | ||
| Francis Towne | Edinburgh Castle from the south | Christie's, Dec 2013 | ||
| Francis Towne | A view on the road, possibly near Llangollen, Wales 11 3/4 x | Bonhams, Jun 2015 | ||
| Francis Towne | the coastline near Lynton, Devon | Sotheby's, Jul 2011 | ||
| Edward Lear | Ceylon, Sri Lanka | Lyon & Turnbull, Feb 2025 |
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.