Lot 15 · Maritime Art
A Royal Navy frigate anchored off Harwich and preparing to get underway, with another frigate and coastal craft astern of her
Thomas Luny · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- £8,000–£12,000 hammer ≈ $13,395–$20,092
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Maritime Art, London (South Kensington) · 5 June 2014
- Dimensions
- 33 x 57 ½ in. (83.8 x 146 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4269513
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Thomas Luny, A Royal Navy frigate anchored off Harwich and preparing to get underway, with another frigate and coastal craft astern of her. Christie's, 5 Jun 2014, lot 15. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4269513.
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Thomas Luny, A Royal Navy frigate anchored off Harwich and preparing to get underway, with another frigate and coastal craft astern of her. Christie's, 5 Jun 2014, lot 15. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4269513.
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|---|---|---|---|
| The closing stages of one of the battles in the Anglo-Dutch Wars | François-étienne Musin | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| The Dutch armed merchantman T'Huyst Bloemendal, in three positions, i… | Johannes De Blaauw | £3,000–£5,000 | |
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| The Dutch fleet getting underway from their anchorage off Amsterdam | Jacob Adriaensz. Bellevois | £4,000–£6,000 | |
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