Lot 581 · Maritime Pictures
A paddle-steamer and other shipping on the River Avon at Pill, near Bristol
Joseph Walter · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- £4,000–£6,000 hammer ≈ $7,267–$10,900
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Maritime Pictures , London (South Kensington) · 26 May 2004
- Dimensions
- 16 x 22 in. (40.6 x 55.9 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5922958
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 5 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Joseph Walter, A paddle-steamer and other shipping on the River Avon at Pill, near Bristol. Christie's, 26 May 2004, lot 581. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5922958.
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Joseph Walter, A paddle-steamer and other shipping on the River Avon at Pill, near Bristol. Christie's, 26 May 2004, lot 581. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5922958.
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|---|---|---|---|
| A funeral cortège waiting at the quayside | John Wilson Carmichael | £600–£800 | |
| An Anglo-French engagement during the American War of Independence, p… | Circle Of Thomas Luny | £400–£600 | |
| Gossiping on the foreshore on the Devonshire coast | Thomas Luny | £1,000–£1,500 | |
| A frigate under tow at the entrance to Dartmouth Harbour | Thomas Luny | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| A Dutch smalschip running into the estuary | Louis Verboeckhoven | £800–£1,200 | |
| On the river at dusk | Jose Weiss | £400–£600 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Walter | A three-masted merchantman in a light breeze off Avonmouth, | $10,029 | Christie's, Oct 2008 | |
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| Thomas Luny | Portsmouth from Spithead; and The entrance to Cork harbour | Sotheby's, Apr 2021 | ||
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| Joseph Walter | Shipping in the Bristol Channel | Sotheby's, Nov 2003 | ||
| Joseph Walter | The H.M.S. Britannia with other shipping off Swansea 29 x 38 | Bonhams, Jun 2015 | ||
| Thomas Bush Hardy | 'Santa Maria della Salute, Venice' | Bonhams, Apr 2021 |
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