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- Estimate
- £70,000–£100,000 hammer ≈ $100,539–$143,628
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — The Orientalist Sale, London · 19 April 2016
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4465220
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Lewis, John Frederick. 1804-1876., Camels by the Nile. Sotheby's, 19 Apr 2016, lot 5. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4465220.
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Lewis, John Frederick. 1804-1876., Camels by the Nile. Sotheby's, 19 Apr 2016, lot 5. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4465220.
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From the same sale The Orientalist Sale · Apr 2016
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seated Arab Merchant at Suez | Lewis, John Frederick. 1804-1876. | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| The Camel Market, Cairo | Leopold Carl Müller | £70,000–£90,000 | |
| The Golden Horn, Constantinople | Hermann Corrodi | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| Advancing Cavalrymen | Adolf Schreyer | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| A Quiet Moment | Rudolf Ernst | £60,000–£80,000 | |
| 447 Vienna Bronzes, including from the Franz Bergmann Foundry | — | £300,000–£400,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis, John Frederick. 1804-1876. | A fakeer at the door of a mosque - Constantinople. 1863. | $112,374 | Koller, Sep 2022 | |
| Lewis, John Frederick. 1804-1876. | Bedouin and Two Camels in the Desert | Sotheby's, Sep 2012 | ||
| Lewis, John Frederick. 1804-1876. | a turkish school in the vicinity of cairo - a study | Sotheby's, Jul 2017 | ||
| Lewis, John Frederick. 1804-1876. | Halt in the Desert | Sotheby's, Apr 2012 | ||
| Lewis, John Frederick. 1804-1876. | top section from courtyard (hosh) of the house of the coptic | Sotheby's, Nov 2012 | ||
| Lewis, John Frederick. 1804-1876. | a study of a young girl in ottoman dress, reclining | Sotheby's, Jul 2016 | ||
| Joseph Mallord William Turner Ra | The Domleschg Valley looking North, Switzerland | Christie's, Jul 2023 | ||
| Lewis, John Frederick. 1804-1876. | Sketch for In the Bezestein, El Khan Khalil, Cairo | Sotheby's, Mar 2021 |
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.