Lot 37 · The Marine Sale
The storm after the Battle of Trafalgar, 21st October 1805
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- Estimate
- £5,000–£7,000 hammer ≈ $6,742–$9,438
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — The Marine Sale, London, Knightsbridge · 11 November 2020
- Record ID
- TB-2026-700351
- Record
- first seen 21 Jul 2026 · updated 21 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-700351 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-700351
Richard Barnett Spencer, The storm after the Battle of Trafalgar, 21st October 1805. Bonhams, 11 Nov 2020, lot 37. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-700351.
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Richard Barnett Spencer, The storm after the Battle of Trafalgar, 21st October 1805. Bonhams, 11 Nov 2020, lot 37. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-700351.
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From the same sale The Marine Sale · Nov 2020
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very heavy swells causing trouble for ships off a coast | Lt. John Frederick Warre | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| The four masted merchant ship County of Linlithgow in stormy seas | Lai Fong | £800–£1,200 | |
| The Norwegian ship De Mezger en route to the Netherlands | Frederik Tudgay | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| A portrait of a merchant ship carrying a house flag initialled L.S.Co | Follower Of William Howard Yorke | £1,200–£1,800 | |
| Ships of the Imperial Russian Navy in stormy seas | Circle Of Charles Henry Seaforth | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| The clipper ship Thermopylae | Charles Edward Dixon | £3,000–£5,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Barnett Spencer | Santisima Trinidad dismasted at the Battle of Trafalgar, 180 | $7,455 | Bonhams, Apr 2021 | |
| Richard Barnett Spencer | The Battle of Cape St Vincent, 14th February 1797 bears insc | Bonhams, May 2020 | ||
| Richard Barnett Spencer | a british-registered barquenitne running down the irish sea | Sotheby's, Jan 2018 | ||
| Richard Barnett Spencer | The storm after the Battle of Trafalgar, 21st October 1805 | Bonhams, Apr 2021 | ||
| Thomas Luny | Portsmouth from Spithead; and The entrance to Cork harbour | Sotheby's, Apr 2021 | ||
| William Lionel Wyllie, Ra | HMS Shannon and the Second Battle Squadron | Bonhams, Oct 2023 | ||
| Richard Barnett Spencer | HMS Victory breaking the line at Trafalgar | Bonhams, Apr 2023 | ||
| William Lionel Wyllie, Ra | A destroyer ramming a German U-boat, WW1 | Bonhams, Oct 2021 |
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.