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SAILING SHIPS AT REST
Alexander Williams (Irish, 1846–1930) · 1887
€100 hammer
≈ $102≈ £85
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- Medium
- Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →As published: “watercolour”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated lower left
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 7¼ x 10¼in. (18.42 x 26.04cm)
- Auction house
- Whyte's
- Sale
- Summer Online Art Auction (868)
- Date
- July 25, 2022
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lot
- 213
- Estimate
- €400 – €600 (≈ $409 – $614) (≈ £339 – £509)
- Source
- Auction house whytes.ie ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice between 2021 and 2022 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1
Dec 13, 2021 · Whyte's
The Christmas Sale of Art & Collectibles, lot 169
Bought in / unsold · est. €600 – €800
As catalogued
Alexander Williams, “SAILING SHIPS AT REST”, 1887
watercolour
7¼ x 10¼in. (18.42 x 26.04cm)
Jul 25, 2022 · Whyte's this result
Summer Online Art Auction, lot 213
Sold €100Sign up to see · est. €400 – €600
As catalogued
Alexander Williams, “SAILING SHIPS AT REST”, 1887
watercolour
7¼ x 10¼in. (18.42 x 26.04cm)
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