Forum Auctions: Online sale: The John and Eileen Harris Collection of Architectural Drawings and Works of Art, 959, London

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Auction Date
November 26, 2024 - November 26, 2024
Page Size: 78 items in 4 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51 Goodridge (Henry Edmund)

Goodridge (Henry Edmund) Elevation of a design for the Duke of Hamilton's mausoleum, Hamilton

1841 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 6,300.00
52 Cromek (Thomas Hartley, 1809-1873)

Cromek (Thomas Hartley, 1809-1873) Apartment in the Villa Chigi, Ariccia, Rome, 1846

1846 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,268.00
53 English School (19th century)

English School (19th century) Curzon Lodge, Old Brompton, London, oil on panel [c.1850]

[c. 1850] GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,071.00
54 Rawlins (Thomas J.)

Rawlins (Thomas J.) View of front of Alton Towers, Staffordshire, watercolour, [1860]

1860 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,008.00
55 English School (19th century)

English School (19th century) Six studies of country houses by various hands, watercolours, [19th

[19th century and later] GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 352.80
56 Wade (Charles Paget)

Wade (Charles Paget) Six studies of farmhouses in rural France, pencil [early 20th century]

[early 20th century] GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 478.80
57 Androuet du Cerceau (Jacques)

Androuet du Cerceau (Jacques) Roman triumphal arch with Doric columns, from 'Quinque et viginti

[circa 1549] GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 882.00
58 Marchetti (Marco), Attributed to.

Marchetti (Marco), Attributed to. Design for the frieze decoration of the cove of a ceiling, with a

[late 16th century] GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 4,032.00
59 Tassi (Agostini, 1578-1644)

Tassi (Agostini, 1578-1644) Design for a monument, possibly a design for a frontispiece [recto];

[17th century] GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,528.00
60 Leclerc (Sebastien), Attributed to.

Leclerc (Sebastien), Attributed to. View of a palace garden, with fountain and figures in the

[17th century] GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,071.00
61 Austrian School (17th century)

Austrian School (17th century) Portrait of a gentleman in an oval format, bust length, on a

[possibly early 18th century] GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
62 Busiri (Giovanni Battista)

Busiri (Giovanni Battista) The Ponte Acquoria, near Tivoli, tempera on paper, [18th century]

[18th century] GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,394.00
63 Bolognese School (18th century)

Bolognese School (18th century) Design for a wall decoration or monument, with Hercules wrestling

[mid-18th century] GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 2,520.00
64 Sicilian School (18th century)

Sicilian School (18th century) Design for a Trompe L'Oeil Wall Decoration, pen and ink,

[late 18th century] GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 4,788.00
65 Piranesi (Giovanni Battista)

Piranesi (Giovanni Battista) Dedication cartouche to Robert Adam, from 'Campus Martius Antiquae

1762 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,071.00
66 Pignatari (Carmine)

Pignatari (Carmine) Sarcophagus inscribed for Johan Winckelmann, plate 3 from Pierre

[circa 1767] GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 756.00
67 Italian School (18th century)

Italian School (18th century) View of a palazzo facade with doorway and balustrade, pen and ink,

[late 18th century] GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 504.00
68 Grandjean (Jean)

Grandjean (Jean) Two Arcadian views in Rome: Porta Salaria, and Monte Cavallo, Quirinal Hill,

[circa 1790 or slightly later] GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 579.60
69 School (18th century)

School (18th century) (English) Plan of the Villa Adriana near Tivoli (Hadrian's Villa), pen and

[late 18th century] GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 756.00
70 De Angelis (Domenico)

De Angelis (Domenico) Temple of Minerva Medica, Rome [and] Flavian amphitheatre at Pozzuoli, pencil,

[late 18th century] GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 214.20
71 Piranesi (Francesco), Follower of.

Piranesi (Francesco), Follower of. Roman bronze Bisellium stool, found at Pompeii and kept in the

[circa 1800 or later] GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 819.00
72 Pichler (Johann)

Pichler (Johann) [The Turkish Tower at Eisgrub with the Four Pavilions], now part of The

[circa 1804] GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
73 Rude (Francois), Attributed to.

Rude (Francois), Attributed to. Design for monuments in Pere Lachaise cemetery, including that of

[circa 1820] GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 6.30
74 Basoli (Antonio)

Basoli (Antonio) Design for the side elevation of a private chapel, probably for a ceremonial

[early 19th century] GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 945.00
75 Basoli (Antonio)

Basoli (Antonio) Design for the walls and ceiling of a room, for 'Collezione di varie scene teatrali

[1821] GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 4,032.00
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