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- Estimate
- £1,000–£1,500 hammer ≈ $1,348–$2,022
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — British Art on Paper , London · 7 June 2001
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6257241
- Record
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Sir James Thornhill, Preliminary design for a ceiling. Christie's, 7 Jun 2001, lot 88. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6257241.
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Sir James Thornhill, Preliminary design for a ceiling. Christie's, 7 Jun 2001, lot 88. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6257241.
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From the same sale British Art on Paper · Jun 2001
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Butler's Revenge | Thomas Rowlandson | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| The card players | Thomas Rowlandson | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| Gathering seaweed, probably at Morcambe Bay | Peter De Wint O.w.s. | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| Blue Sonata | R.w.s. William Lee-hankey | — | upcoming |
| Head of a young girl | Frederic James Shields | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Poppet, the artist's daughter | Augustus Edwin John, O.M., R.A. (1878-1961) | £4,000–£6,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir James Thornhill | Putti with emblems of the Arts unframed | $2,228 | Bonhams, Apr 2023 | |
| Sir James Thornhill | 'Be not affrighted' | Christie's, Nov 2006 | ||
| Sir James Thornhill | Design for a rotunda | Christie's, Sep 2004 | ||
| Sir James Thornhill | door panels depicting neptune and amphitrite, with the arms | Sotheby's, Oct 2008 | ||
| Edward Lear | Civita Castellana | Bonhams, Nov 2024 | ||
| Sir James Thornhill | Study for a statue of Diana, in a niche | Christie's, Jun 1999 | ||
| Sir James Thornhill | The Gods of Olympus | Sotheby's, Jul 2006 | ||
| Sir James Thornhill | design for the hall chimneypiece at briggens park, stanstead | Sotheby's, Jun 2006 |
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.