Lot 851 · Old Master and 19th Century Paintings and Works on Paper Day Auction
Cow herd by a lake
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- Estimate
- £5,000–£7,000 hammer ≈ $6,827–$9,558
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Master and 19th Century Paintings and Works on Paper Day Auction, London · 3 July 2025
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5309030
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Sidney Richard Percy, Cow herd by a lake. Sotheby's, 3 Jul 2025, lot 851. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5309030.
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Sidney Richard Percy, Cow herd by a lake. Sotheby's, 3 Jul 2025, lot 851. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5309030.
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From the same sale Old Master and 19th Century Paintings and Works on Paper Day Auction · Jul 2025
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| The martyrdom of St. Lawrence | The Younger Lorenzo Costa | £7,000–£9,000 | |
| Private and confidential | Arthur John Elsley | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| Aboard the SS Bulgaria | Fausto Zonaro | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| A gentle provocation | Henriette Ronner-knip | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| The Holy Family, the Virgin and Child reading | Carlo Maratta | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist, a river lands… | Tommaso | £60,000–£80,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sidney Richard Percy | Highland scenes | $8,491 | Bonhams, Dec 2025 | |
| Sidney Richard Percy | Highland Loch Landscape; Highland landscape, a pair each 30 | Bonhams, Jul 2023 | ||
| Sidney Richard Percy | A Welsh farm | Heritage Auctions, Dec 2022 | ||
| Sidney Richard Percy | Sunset over the estuary | Bonhams, Nov 2024 | ||
| Sidney Richard Percy | Cattle Watering in a Wooded River Landscape | Lyon & Turnbull, Feb 2022 | ||
| Sidney Richard Percy | The Barnmouth water near Dolgelly, North Wales | Bonhams, Dec 2025 | ||
| Sidney Richard Percy | Welsh mountain landscape with cattle by a lake | Bonhams, Nov 2023 | ||
| Sidney Richard Percy | Landscape with herdsmen and cattle | Bonhams, Mar 2014 |
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.