Lot 194 · Early British Drawings, Watercolours and Portrait Miniatures
Massa looking towards Vesuvius
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- Estimate
- £4,000–£6,000 hammer ≈ $5,852–$8,778
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Early British Drawings, Watercolours and Portrait Miniatures, London · 4 December 2008
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3823903
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Edward Lear, Massa looking towards Vesuvius. Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2008, lot 194. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3823903.
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Edward Lear, Massa looking towards Vesuvius. Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2008, lot 194. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3823903.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Lear | Two views of Thebes | $10,300 | Christie's, Dec 2023 | |
| Edward Lear | St. Jean, France | Sotheby's, Jul 2024 | ||
| Edward Lear | Noli, Italy; together with Topolia, Greece | Sotheby's, Jul 2024 | ||
| Edward Lear | Bay of Samos, Cephalonia | Bonhams, Nov 2024 | ||
| Edward Lear | 'There was an old person whose wish was to swallow a very la | Christie's, Jul 2021 | ||
| Edward Lear | Santa Maura | Chiswick Auctions, Jan 2026 | ||
| Edward Lear | Sunset on the Nile | Lyon & Turnbull, Feb 2025 | ||
| Edward Lear | The monastery of Megaspelion, Arcadia, Greece | Christie's, Jul 2020 |
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.