Lot 17 · L12132
a birthday picnic - portraits of the children of william and anne pattinson esq. of felling, near gateshead
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- Estimate
- £400,000–£600,000 hammer ≈ $646,595–$969,893
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — L12132, London · 10 May 2012
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4086425
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Arthur Hughes, a birthday picnic - portraits of the children of william and anne pattinson esq. of felling, near gateshead. Sotheby's, 10 May 2012, lot 17. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4086425.
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Arthur Hughes, a birthday picnic - portraits of the children of william and anne pattinson esq. of felling, near gateshead. Sotheby's, 10 May 2012, lot 17. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4086425.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Late October | John Atkinson Grimshaw | £100,000–£150,000 | |
| The Seamstress | Stanley Cursiter Cbe Rsa Rsw | £40,000–£60,000 | |
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| Birds over loop | John Shinnors | £15,000–£25,000 | |
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Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Hughes | A Birthday Picnic - Portraits of the children of William and | $606,426 | Christie's, Feb 2003 | |
| John Atkinson Grimshaw | Midsummer Night or Iris | Christie's, Oct 2022 | ||
| Sir William Russell Flint | The Judgement of Paris | Christie's, Dec 2019 | ||
| John Atkinson Grimshaw | Wandsworth by Moonlight | Sotheby's, Dec 2014 | ||
| Arthur Hughes | Uncertainty | Sotheby's, Nov 2013 | ||
| John Atkinson Grimshaw | Liverpool Lights | Christie's, Dec 2017 | ||
| John Atkinson Grimshaw | The Tryst | Sotheby's, May 2013 | ||
| John Atkinson Grimshaw | Whitby at night | Christie's, Dec 2019 |
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.