Lot 124 · Maritime Art
Portrait of Mrs. William Bligh, half length in a yellow dress with a blue bow and lace collar, a blue hat and shawl
Webber, John. 1751-1793. · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- £30,000–£40,000 hammer ≈ $48,317–$64,423
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Maritime Art, London (South Kensington) · 29 April 1999
- Dimensions
- 40 x 50 in. (101.6 x 127 cm.); Two preliminary studies of the
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4576910
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 29 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Webber, John. 1751-1793., Portrait of Mrs. William Bligh, half length in a yellow dress with a blue bow and lace collar, a blue hat and shawl. Christie's, 29 Apr 1999, lot 124. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4576910.
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Webber, John. 1751-1793., Portrait of Mrs. William Bligh, half length in a yellow dress with a blue bow and lace collar, a blue hat and shawl. Christie's, 29 Apr 1999, lot 124. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4576910.
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|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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