Lot 36 · British Art on Paper including Victorian Watercolours from
Digging potatoes
Lionel Percy Smythe · pencil and watercolour with scratching out
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- Estimate
- £2,500–£3,500 hammer ≈ $4,593–$6,430
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — British Art on Paper including Victorian Watercolours from , London · 3 June 2004
- Dimensions
- 9¾ x 12¾ in. (24.8 x 32.5 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5921156
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Lionel Percy Smythe, Digging potatoes. Christie's, 3 Jun 2004, lot 36. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5921156.
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Lionel Percy Smythe, Digging potatoes. Christie's, 3 Jun 2004, lot 36. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5921156.
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From the same sale British Art on Paper including Victorian Watercolours from · Jun 2004
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Farmyard at the Château d'Honvault, Wimereux | Lionel Percy Smythe | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| Portrait of Mrs Hanway Ballack, half-length, wearing a pale pink dres… | Circle Of William Hoare Of Bath | £2,500–£3,500 | |
| A castle in a landscape | Alexander Cozens | £1,200–£1,800 | |
| A wooded landscape with sheep grazing by a winding track | Thomas Gainsborough | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| Wooded landscape with herdsmen, cows, river and church tower | Thomas Gainsborough | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| October | Albert Goodwin R.w.s. | £8,000–£12,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lionel Percy Smythe | Bleaching Linen - Le Portel, Pas de Calais, France | $9,576 | Christie's, Jun 2007 | |
| Lionel Percy Smythe | The Arabian Nights | Sotheby's, Nov 2008 | ||
| Edward Lear | Wadi Tayibeh, Egypt | Sotheby's, Jul 2024 | ||
| Lionel Percy Smythe | The Breeze's Kiss | Sotheby's, May 2011 | ||
| Sir William Russell Flint | A Study of Two Models | Sotheby's, Jul 2022 | ||
| Benjamin Williams Leader, Ra | A tranquil spot | Bonhams, Sep 2017 | ||
| Lionel Percy Smythe | Haymaking | Sotheby's, Jan 2005 | ||
| Lionel Percy Smythe | The harvesters | Christie's, Jul 2004 |
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.