Lot 30 · Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite and British Impressionist Art
The poet in the flames of first love
Henry John Stock · pencil, pen and brown ink on paper
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- Estimate
- £5,000–£8,000 hammer ≈ $6,457–$10,331
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite and British Impressionist Art, London · 11 July 2017
- Dimensions
- 10¾ x 14 in. (25.4 x 35.6 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3908035
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Henry John Stock, The poet in the flames of first love. Christie's, 11 Jul 2017, lot 30. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3908035.
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Henry John Stock, The poet in the flames of first love. Christie's, 11 Jul 2017, lot 30. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3908035.
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| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| On the beach | Dorothea Sharp, R.B.A., R.O.I., P.S.W.A. (1874-1955) | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| Portrait of the children of the Rev. Edward Coleridge (1800-1883) of … | Charles Landseer | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| A Siesta | John William Godward R.b.a. | £60,000–£80,000 | |
| Ruth | Robert Scott Lauder R.s.a. | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| Head study of a young girl, looking downwards | Edward Robert Hughes R.w.s. | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| Mary Magdalene | Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys, A.R.A. (1829-1904) | £8,000–£12,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry John Stock | The Angel of Hope | $13,994 | Christie's, Dec 2019 | |
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| Sir William Russell Flint | Melusina | Sotheby's, Dec 2022 |
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.