Lot 96 · British Art on Paper
Shipping becalmed off the coast
Samuel Atkins · pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour
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- Estimate
- £1,500–£2,000 hammer ≈ $2,581–$3,441
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — British Art on Paper , London · 17 November 2005
- Dimensions
- 4½ x 6½ in. (11.4 x 16.5 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5749259
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Samuel Atkins, Shipping becalmed off the coast. Christie's, 17 Nov 2005, lot 96. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5749259.
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Samuel Atkins, Shipping becalmed off the coast. Christie's, 17 Nov 2005, lot 96. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5749259.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Tavern scene | Thomas Rowlandson | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| Cookham-on-Thames, Berkshire | Peter De Wint O.w.s. | £7,000–£10,000 | |
| The Glebe Farm | Peter De Wint O.w.s. | £5,000–£8,000 | |
| Trafalgar Square, London | Edward Seago | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| The Flooded Marsh, Norfolk | Edward Seago | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| An album of ten drawings of Wookey Hole, Mendip Hills, Somerset | Bernard Lens III | £3,000–£5,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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