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- Estimate
- £4,000–£6,000 hammer ≈ $6,442–$9,663
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Maritime Art, London (South Kensington) · 29 April 1999
- Dimensions
- 16 x 16 in. (40.7 x 40.7 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4576871
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 29 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Thomas Jacques Somerscales, Lowering the Tender. Christie's, 29 Apr 1999, lot 49. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4576871.
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Thomas Jacques Somerscales, Lowering the Tender. Christie's, 29 Apr 1999, lot 49. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4576871.
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From the same sale Maritime Art · Apr 1999
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warships and other shipping in a thunderstorm | François-étienne Musin | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| H.M.S. Dreadnought , the Seamen's Hospital ship, moored in the Thames… | William Collingwood Smith, Rws | £1,000–£1,500 | |
| Shipping in the Pool of London | Daniel Turner | £700–£1,000 | |
| The Colombian barquentine Zelia from Riohacha, making her numbers off… | William Howard Yorke | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Captain James Cook (1728-79) | Cook, James. 1728-1779. | £1,200–£1,800 | |
| An English galliot close in to the shore with an English flagship fir… | After Willem van de Velde II | £1,000–£1,500 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Jacques Somerscales | Sheep Grazing by a Stream in Summer | $6,183 | Sotheby's, Jul 2006 | |
| Montague Dawson | A British destroyer passing the Needles off the Isle of Wigh | Bonhams, Oct 2024 | ||
| Henry Scott | Tea clipper 'Leander' at sunset | Heritage Auctions, Dec 2022 | ||
| Thomas Jacques Somerscales | In open seas | Bonhams, Apr 2018 | ||
| Thomas Luny | East Indiaman running before a gale off the Lizard | Bonhams, Apr 2023 | ||
| Montague Dawson | Racing on the Solent | Bonhams, Oct 2024 | ||
| Thomas Jacques Somerscales | Mid-Channel 14 x 24-1/4 in. | Bonhams, May 2016 | ||
| Henry Scott | Iron clipper "Dunbar Castle" | Heritage Auctions, Nov 2025 |
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.