Lot 240 · Old Master & Early British Paintings
portrait of captain saumarez (1710-1747)
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- Estimate
- £6,000–£8,000 hammer ≈ $9,791–$13,055
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Master & Early British Paintings, London · 14 April 2011
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4002471
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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John Wollaston, portrait of captain saumarez (1710-1747). Sotheby's, 14 Apr 2011, lot 240. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4002471.
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John Wollaston, portrait of captain saumarez (1710-1747). Sotheby's, 14 Apr 2011, lot 240. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4002471.
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From the same sale Old Master & Early British Paintings · Apr 2011
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| An outdoor scene with a saint in ecstatic rapture, surrounded by devotees | Jacopo Alessandro Calvi, Called Il Sordino | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| View of Thanjavur, India, with the Brihadeeswarar Temple | Sir Charles D'oyly | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| The Persian Sybil | Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, Called Il Guercino | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| Portrait of a Ship Owner | John Wollaston | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| The Pieta | Francesco De Mura | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Mary Magdalene | — | £4,000–£6,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Wollaston | Portrait of a Lady | $4,750 | Sotheby's, Jan 2017 | |
| John Wollaston | portrait of a gentleman in a blue coat with gold trim, said | Sotheby's, Jun 2010 | ||
| John Wollaston | Portrait of a Lady, possibly Maria Morris | Bonhams, Jun 2026 | ||
| After John James Audubon | Magnificent Frigatebird, pl. CCLXXII | Bonhams, Jul 2026 | ||
| After John James Audubon | Untitled | Doyle, Apr 2026 | ||
| American School, 20th Century | Chestnut Blight in Pennsylvania | Sotheby's, Jan 2022 | ||
| John Wollaston | Portrait of Mary Thomas, second wife of Philip Bartholomew ( | Christie's, Jun 1998 | ||
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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.