Lot 264 · The Forbes Collection of Victorian Pictures and Works of Art
A comforting Friend in her Moment of Grief
.jpg?mode=max)
Sign in to download a work market report (PDF) — placement, comparables, and the artist's market, generated from the record.
- Estimate
- £8,000–£12,000 hammer ≈ $12,745–$19,118
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — THE FORBES COLLECTION OF VICTORIAN PICTURES AND WORKS OF ART, London · 19 February 2003
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6063359
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-6063359 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-6063359
Arthur Wardle Ri, A comforting Friend in her Moment of Grief. Christie's, 19 Feb 2003, lot 264. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6063359.
Cite this record permanent · resolvable · quotable
Appraisal reports, insurance claims, catalogue entries and footnotes. The identifier never changes, and anyone can resolve it back to this page at https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-6063359.
Arthur Wardle Ri, A comforting Friend in her Moment of Grief. Christie's, 19 Feb 2003, lot 264. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6063359.
The citation omits the realized price because this record is not unlocked. Everything else in it is complete and permanent.
From the same sale The Forbes Collection of Victorian Pictures and Works of Art · Feb 2003
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 'Scene in Chillingham Park: Portrait of Lord Ossulston', or 'Death of… | Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, Ra | £800,000–£1,200,000 | |
| Boyhood, 1849 | John Faed | £200,000–£300,000 | |
| Chivalry | Sir Francis Bernard Dicksee, P.r.a. | £600,000–£800,000 | |
| A Tempting Present | John Anster Fitzgerald | £7,000–£10,000 | |
| A Scottish Vigil | Carles Sillem Lidderdale | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| Composition study for 'Chivalry' | Sir Francis Bernard Dicksee, P.r.a. | £8,000–£12,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Wardle Ri | Terriers on a Staircase | $31,008 | Sotheby's, Apr 2016 | |
| Arthur Wardle Ri | the first bath - wire fox terrier puppies | Sotheby's, Jan 2017 | ||
| Arthur Wardle Ri | arthur wardle | the temperance society | Sotheby's, Apr 2020 | ||
| Arthur Wardle Ri | Ferreted out | Bonhams, Sep 2021 | ||
| Arthur Wardle Ri | Indian Leopards | Sotheby's, Jul 2018 | ||
| Arthur Wardle Ri | Lions by a Stream | Sotheby's, Dec 2014 | ||
| Arthur Wardle Ri | Irish and wire fox terriers inspecting a burrow 16 1/8 x 20 | Bonhams, May 2022 | ||
| Arthur Wardle Ri | Waiting for the Guns | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 |
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.