Lot 12 · Victorian & British Impressionist Art
View of Dunnottar Castle, with figures on a beach watching a ship on the rocks
Alexander Nasmyth · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- £7,000–£10,000 hammer ≈ $10,915–$15,593
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Victorian & British Impressionist Art, London (South Kensington) · 31 October 2002
- Dimensions
- 11 x 15 in. (27.9 x 38.1 cm.); and Two pencil studies of tress with a further pencil study of shipping, by the same hand
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4740513
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 29 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-4740513 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-4740513
Alexander Nasmyth, View of Dunnottar Castle, with figures on a beach watching a ship on the rocks. Christie's, 31 Oct 2002, lot 12. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4740513.
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Alexander Nasmyth, View of Dunnottar Castle, with figures on a beach watching a ship on the rocks. Christie's, 31 Oct 2002, lot 12. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4740513.
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From the same sale Victorian & British Impressionist Art · Oct 2002
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portrait of Prince Charles Edward Stuart (1720-1788), bust-length, lo… | Giles Hussey | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| A highland landscape with figures by a river | Alexander Nasmyth | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| Still life with Chinese wallpaper | William Macdonald | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Peach Blossom | Dame Laura Knight | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| Cadzow Forest | Samuel Bough R.s.a. | £12,000–£18,000 | |
| Sheep in the moonlit snow | Ra Joseph Farquharson | £25,000–£35,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Nasmyth | Drumtochty Castle on Luther Water | $10,637 | Lyon & Turnbull, Jun 2022 | |
| Alexander Nasmyth | Stirling Castle with the Upper Part of the Forth | Lyon & Turnbull, Dec 2022 | ||
| Alexander Nasmyth | a view of newbattle abbey from the park | Sotheby's, Mar 2017 | ||
| Alexander Nasmyth | Hawthornden Castle | Lyon & Turnbull, Dec 2020 | ||
| Alexander Nasmyth | a view of st. anthony's chapel and arthur's seat, near edinb | Sotheby's, Mar 2017 | ||
| Alexander Nasmyth | Figures and cattle in a woodland clearing with a view of the | Bonhams, Sep 2025 | ||
| Alexander Nasmyth | St Bernard's Well | Lyon & Turnbull, Dec 2020 | ||
| Alexander Nasmyth | A wooded river landscape with a traveller on a track, St Alb | Christie's, Feb 2006 |
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