Lot 31 · Important Maritime Art
H.M.S. Arethusa in company with the frigates, Flora , Melampus , Concorde and Nymphe , engaging the French frigates L'Engageante , Résolue , Pomone and Babet off Guernsey, 23 r d April 1794
Thomas Luny · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- £15,000–£20,000 hammer ≈ $31,078–$41,437
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Important Maritime Art, London · 31 October 2007
- Dimensions
- 24 x 34 in. (61 x 86.3 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5514169
- Record
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Thomas Luny, H.M.S. Arethusa in company with the frigates, Flora , Melampus , Concorde and Nymphe , engaging the French frigates L'Engageante , Résolue , Pomone and Babet off Guernsey, 23 r d April 1794. Christie's, 31 Oct 2007, lot 31. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5514169.
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Thomas Luny, H.M.S. Arethusa in company with the frigates, Flora , Melampus , Concorde and Nymphe , engaging the French frigates L'Engageante , Résolue , Pomone and Babet off Guernsey, 23 r d April 1794. Christie's, 31 Oct 2007, lot 31. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5514169.
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From the same sale Important Maritime Art · Oct 2007
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|---|---|---|---|
| An English warship pursuing a Frenchman up the coast | Francis Swaine | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| The fleet at anchor in an evening calm | John Wilson Carmichael | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| A Mediterranean capriccio of a sea fight between European merchantmen… | Andries Van Eertvelt | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| The battle of Leghorn, 4 t h March 1653, during the first Anglo-Dutch… | Aernout Smit | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| The Royal Yacht Cleveland , with King Charles II aboard, arriving to … | Jacob Knyff | £30,000–£50,000 | |
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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.