Loading Spinner
Don’t miss out on items like this!

Sign up to get notified when similar items are available.

Lot 236: WILLIAM GRIMALDI | Portrait of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852)

Est: £6,000 GBP - £8,000 GBP
Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomJuly 08, 2015

Item Overview

Description

Enamel, gold frame;
signed and inscribed: Prince of Waterloo 1817. / DUKE OF WELLINGTON. BY W. Grimaldi Enamel Painter to the / PRINCE REGENT; further inscribed verso: bishop's plate

Dimensions

69 by 52 mm

Artist or Maker

Medium

Enamel, gold frame;<br />signed and inscribed: <em>Prince of Waterloo 1817. / DUKE OF WELLINGTON. BY W. Grimaldi Enamel Painter to the / PRINCE REGENT; </em>further<em> </em>inscribed verso:<em> bishop's plate</em>

Literature

Probably, A Catalogue Chronological and Descriptive of Paintings, Drawings, & Engravings, by and after William Grimaldi, RA.,..., London 1873 (Privately Printed), p. 24, no. 198;
R. Walker, Miniatures in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, The 18th and 19th Centuries, Cambridge 1992, p. 336

Provenance

Stacey Grimaldi, the artist's son, by 1826
by family descent until 2010

Payment & Shipping

Payment

Accepted forms of payment: Other, Personal Check, Visa

Shipping

Shipping Terms

Auction Details

Old Master & British Drawings

by
Sotheby's
July 08, 2015, 10:00 AM GMT

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK

Terms

Live bidding may start higher or lower

Buyer's Premium

£1 - 100,000:30.0%
£100,001 - 1,800,000:25.0%
£1,800,001+:17.0%

Bidding Increments

From:To:Increment:
£0£999£50
£1,000£1,999£100
£2,000£2,999£200
£3,000£3,199£200
£3,200£3,799£300
£3,800£4,199£200
£4,200£4,799£300
£4,800£4,999£200
£5,000£9,999£500
£10,000£19,999£1,000
£20,000£29,999£2,000
£30,000£31,999£2,000
£32,000£37,999£3,000
£38,000£41,999£2,000
£42,000£47,999£3,000
£48,000£49,999£2,000
£50,000£99,999£5,000
£100,000£199,999£10,000
£200,000£299,999£20,000
£300,000£319,999£20,000
£320,000£379,999£30,000
£380,000£419,999£20,000
£420,000£479,999£30,000
£480,000£499,999£20,000
£500,000£999,999£50,000
£1,000,000£1,999,999£100,000
£2,000,000£2,999,999£200,000
£3,000,000£3,199,999£200,000
£3,200,000£3,799,999£300,000
£3,800,000£4,199,999£200,000
£4,200,000£4,799,999£300,000
£4,800,000£4,999,999£200,000
£5,000,000£9,999,999£500,000
£10,000,000+£1,000,000

Conditions of Sale:

Conditions of Sale:

Shipping Terms

Shipping Terms