Lot 85 · Works of Art From the Wernher Collection
Lillian : Portrait of Miss Mary Payne, later Mrs. Dolphin, full-length, in an ivory gown, holding a thrush in her clasped hands, an eagle swooping towards the thrush, in a wooded landscape
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- Estimate
- £30,000–£50,000 hammer ≈ $40,450–$67,416
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — WORKS OF ART FROM THE WERNHER COLLECTION, London · 5 July 2000
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6381237
- Record
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Sir William Beechey, Lillian : Portrait of Miss Mary Payne, later Mrs. Dolphin, full-length, in an ivory gown, holding a thrush in her clasped hands, an eagle swooping towards the thrush, in a wooded landscape. Christie's, 5 Jul 2000, lot 85. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6381237.
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Sir William Beechey, Lillian : Portrait of Miss Mary Payne, later Mrs. Dolphin, full-length, in an ivory gown, holding a thrush in her clasped hands, an eagle swooping towards the thrush, in a wooded landscape. Christie's, 5 Jul 2000, lot 85. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6381237.
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| Sir William Beechey | Portrait of Thomas Lowndes, full-length, in a black coat and | Bonhams, Dec 2018 | ||
| Flemish School 18th Century | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Nov 2021 | ||
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| Sir William Beechey | A portrait of Ellen Smith of Nottingham 63 1/2 x 42 1/2in (1 | Bonhams, Nov 2013 | ||
| Sir William Beechey | Portrait of Richard Thompson, full-length, in a dark coat wi | Christie's, Nov 2002 |
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.