Lot 184 · First Open: Post-War & Contemporary Art Online
An Elegant Beauty
William Clarke Wontner · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- $30,000–$50,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — First Open: Post-War & Contemporary Art Online, London · 19 April 2006
- Dimensions
- 30 x 25 in. (76.5 x 63 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5695803
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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William Clarke Wontner, An Elegant Beauty. Christie's, 19 Apr 2006, lot 184. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5695803.
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William Clarke Wontner, An Elegant Beauty. Christie's, 19 Apr 2006, lot 184. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5695803.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Ducks by a Pond | Antonis Matteo Montemezzo (Italian, 1841-1898) | $8,000–$12,000 | |
| Il Nido | Carlo Pessina (Italian, 1836-1884) | $30,000–$50,000 | |
| David (Portrait Bust) | Jean-Baptiste de Keyser (Belgian, 1857-after 1927) | $12,000–$18,000 | |
| Patroclus handing Briseis to the Heralds of Agamemnon | Pierre-Edme-Louis Pellier (French, b. late 18th century) | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| Bathing Huts | Walter Westley Russell (British, 1867-1949) | $18,000–$25,000 | |
| Awaiting the Return of the Fishing Fleet | Daniel Ridgway-Knight (American, 1839-1924) | $300,000–$400,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Clarke Wontner | Portrait of a young woman in Eastern costume | $62,502 | Bonhams, Mar 2023 | |
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| William Clarke Wontner | An Eastern Beauty | Sotheby's, Jul 2007 | ||
| John Atkinson Grimshaw | Forge Valley by moonlight | Bonhams, Mar 2023 | ||
| William Clarke Wontner | A classical beauty | Christie's, Nov 1998 | ||
| John Atkinson Grimshaw | Day Dreams | Christie's, Jan 2023 | ||
| William Clarke Wontner | Maid Marian | Christie's, Jun 2009 | ||
| William Clarke Wontner | The Lute Player | Christie's, Jun 1998 |
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