Lot 271 · British & Continental Watercolours including Original Book
Where are you going to my pretty maid?
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- Estimate
- £2,000–£3,000 hammer ≈ $3,458–$5,187
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — British & Continental Watercolours including Original Book , London (South Kensington) · 3 December 2003
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5971765
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Mervyn Peake, Where are you going to my pretty maid?. Christie's, 3 Dec 2003, lot 271. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5971765.
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Mervyn Peake, Where are you going to my pretty maid?. Christie's, 3 Dec 2003, lot 271. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5971765.
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From the same sale British & Continental Watercolours including Original Book · Dec 2003
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehall | Francis H. Dodd | £300–£500 | |
| A minaret, Cairo | John Fulleylove | £500–£700 | |
| At the water's edge | Continental School, 19th Century | £50–£200 | |
| Portrait of a boy, half-length, in a pink smock | Continental School, 19th Century | £200–£400 | |
| Portrait of Charles II, bust-length, in a star and garter chain and l… | Manner Of Sir Peter Lely | £200–£400 | |
| Portrait of a woman, half-length, in a red dress and green shawl | Thomas Gray, 19th Century | £200–£400 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mervyn Peake | Boy sleeping; the artist's son | $3,798 | Christie's, Dec 2007 | |
| Mervyn Peake | A Portrait of Fabian Peake | Bonhams, Jul 2024 | ||
| Mervyn Peake | A portrait of Caroline Norton | Bonhams, Sep 2013 | ||
| Mervyn Peake | Caught and Bowled Copperknob | Christie's, Oct 2005 | ||
| Mervyn Peake | Fuchsia Groan | Bonhams, Jul 2019 | ||
| Mervyn Peake | Portrait of a pirate | Christie's, May 2005 | ||
| Sir Jacob Epstein | Two portraits of the artist's son, Jackie | Sotheby's, Mar 2016 | ||
| Mervyn Peake | Buccaneer Whizz-Brown | Christie's, Oct 2005 |
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.