Lot 197 · Old Master & British Drawings & Watercolours
Cornworthy Abbey, South Hams, Devon
John White Abbott · pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour, on the original mount
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- Estimate
- £2,000–£3,000 hammer ≈ $2,697–$4,045
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master & British Drawings & Watercolours, London (South Kensington) · 9 December 2015
- Dimensions
- 7 ½ x 9 3/8 in. (19 x 23.8 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4076004
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-4076004 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-4076004
John White Abbott, Cornworthy Abbey, South Hams, Devon. Christie's, 9 Dec 2015, lot 197. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4076004.
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John White Abbott, Cornworthy Abbey, South Hams, Devon. Christie's, 9 Dec 2015, lot 197. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4076004.
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|---|---|---|---|
| The Presentation in the Temple | Jacopo Negretti, Palma il Giovane (Venice circa 1548-1628) | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| The archangel Michael triumphs over the Turks | Belisario Corenzio | £1,000–£1,500 | |
| A levitating Saint holding the Christ Child | Bolognese School, 17th Century | £800–£1,200 | |
| A queen consigned to hell by avenging angels | Sebastiano Galeotti | £1,000–£1,500 | |
| Two seated putti holding a duck | Spanish School, 19th Century | £800–£1,200 | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Thomas Rowlandson | Grand Place, Brussels | Bonhams, Sep 2022 | ||
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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.