Lot 34 · Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art
Portrait of William Benson, bust-length
George Richmond · black, white and red chalk on buff paper
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- Estimate
- £3,000–£5,000 hammer ≈ $4,685–$7,808
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art, London · 16 June 2015
- Dimensions
- 23 ¼ x 17 ¾ in. (59 x 45 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4146248
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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George Richmond, Portrait of William Benson, bust-length. Christie's, 16 Jun 2015, lot 34. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4146248.
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George Richmond, Portrait of William Benson, bust-length. Christie's, 16 Jun 2015, lot 34. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4146248.
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|---|---|---|---|
| The Uplifting of Psyche 'By the help of a divinity not our own' - Virgil | Henry John Stock | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| Time Flies | Charles Spencelayh | £70,000–£100,000 | |
| Study for 'Hamlet and Ophelia' | Dante Gabriel Rossetti | £20,000–£30,000 | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Richmond | Portrait of Theodor Matthias von Holst (1810-1844) | $9,524 | Sotheby's, Jul 2021 | |
| George Richmond | isaac going forth to meditate at the eventide | Sotheby's, Feb 2019 | ||
| George Richmond | Three Quarter Length Portrait of Octavius Wigram Seated in H | Lyon & Turnbull, Nov 2021 | ||
| George Richmond | study of a cedar tree | Sotheby's, May 2014 | ||
| George Richmond | Self-Portrait | Sotheby's, Oct 2021 | ||
| George Richmond | Recollection of a Sunset | Christie's, Jul 2026 | ||
| George Richmond | portrait of oswald smith, aged forty-two | Sotheby's, Jul 2019 | ||
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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.