Henry Stuart Wortley Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1832 - d. 1890

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  • COLONEL HENRY STUART WORTLEY (1832-1890) Moon Rising Over Church Tower.
    Apr. 27, 2023

    COLONEL HENRY STUART WORTLEY (1832-1890) Moon Rising Over Church Tower.

    Est: $2,500 - $3,500

    COLONEL HENRY STUART WORTLEY (1832-1890) Moon Rising Over Church Tower. Albumen composite print, the image measuring 11 3/4x14 1/8 inches (29.8x35.9 cm.), the mount 19 3/8x24 1/2 inches (49.2x62.2 cm.), with Wortley's signature, his notation "From Nature," and a four line poem in ink on mount recto. Circa 1863 The poem reads: "I stood on the bridge at midnight / As the clocks were striking the hour / And the moon rose o'er the city / Behind the dark church towers." Provenance: Serge Kakou, Paris An exhibition of Wortley's photographs titled Natural Variations was shown at the Huntington Library in 1994 along with a small catalogue. A large collection of Wortley's work is owned by the Getty who loaned to the exhibition.

    Swann Auction Galleries
  • * Wortley (Colonel Henry Stuart, 1832-1890) A group of 49 glass plate photographic negatives
    May. 19, 2022

    * Wortley (Colonel Henry Stuart, 1832-1890) A group of 49 glass plate photographic negatives

    Est: £100 - £150

    * Wortley (Colonel Henry Stuart, 1832-1890) A group of 49 glass plate photographic negatives [Wortley, Colonel Henry Stuart, 1832-1890]. A collection of 49 glass plate photographic negatives of British views and scenes, c. 1870s, some centring on one family and a house with nearby Norman church, a few with manuscript paper labels pasted to margins and titled 'Colonel Wortley's dryplate. July 1873 Exp 20 sec.', 'Col. Wortley's dryplate. July 1873', 'Slow tannin process. June 1873 Exp 2 1/2 min 6.30pm' and 'My dry plate 26/7/73 Exp 6 sec', plus one unlabelled cloud study, 10.5 x 8 cm, contained in a contemporary wooden negatives box with brass handle to lid QTY: (49) NOTE: The photographer Colonel Stuart Wortley is best-known for his sea and sky studies but he was also an innovator and promoter of the medium. From 1874 he marketed his own photographic plates through his Uranium Dry Plate Company and was responsible for a number of dry collodion processes in the 1860s and 1870s. The photographer of these images was clearly using a mixture of Wortley's dry plates and their own.

    Dominic Winter Auctions
  • Colonel Henry Stuart Wortley att. (1832-1890)
    Sep. 07, 2021

    Colonel Henry Stuart Wortley att. (1832-1890)

    Est: £200 - £300

    Colonel Henry Stuart Wortley att. (1832-1890) Colonel Henry Stuart Wortley att. (1832-1890) CLOUD STUDY c.1860s, unmounted albumen print, image size, 353 x 267MM

    Chiswick Auctions
  • Colonel Henry Stuart Wortley (1832-1890)
    May. 28, 2021

    Colonel Henry Stuart Wortley (1832-1890)

    Est: £600 - £800

    Colonel Henry Stuart Wortley (1832-1890) SMALL BOAT UNDER A CLOUDY SKY, c.1870, toned albumen print, image size, 290 x 190mm, mounted on a contemporary album leaf

    Chiswick Auctions
  • * Wortley (Colonel Henry Stuart, 1832-1890). Like the Moon..., circa 1863
    May. 19, 2021

    * Wortley (Colonel Henry Stuart, 1832-1890). Like the Moon..., circa 1863

    Est: £150 - £200

    * Wortley (Colonel Henry Stuart, 1832-1890). 'Like the Moon, When Nights are Brightest', circa 1863, albumen print on original card mount with printed caption and imprint details beneath, image somewhat faded, 20.5 x 28 cm, together with an albumen print photograph of a tree line and sky study by an unidentified photographer, circa 1870, image size 13.5 x 20 cm, modern aperture mount Qty: (2)

    Dominic Winter Auctions
  • Colonel Henry Stuart Wortley (1832-1890)
    Mar. 30, 2020

    Colonel Henry Stuart Wortley (1832-1890)

    Est: £80 - £120

    Colonel Henry Stuart Wortley (1832-1890) THE CLOUDS ARE BREAKING IN THE SKY, 1863, Albumen print mounted on contemporary card, title and photographer's name printed on mount, 292mm x 356mm, significant tear to lower portion of the mount, not affecting image

    Chiswick Auctions
  • * Stuart Wortley (Colonel Henry, 1832-1890). Pleinmont Point, Guernsey, circa 1870,
    Oct. 04, 2018

    * Stuart Wortley (Colonel Henry, 1832-1890). Pleinmont Point, Guernsey, circa 1870,

    Est: £200 - £300

    arched top albumen print of a sunlit cloudy sky over sea, 13 x 14cm, original card mount with ink title and printed stamp 'From a negative by Lt. Col. Stuart Wortley' - Quantity (1)

    Dominic Winter Auctions
  • Colonel Henry Stuart Wortley (1832-1890). The Clouds are Breaking in the Sky, ca. 1863. Albumen pri
    Mar. 06, 2015

    Colonel Henry Stuart Wortley (1832-1890). The Clouds are Breaking in the Sky, ca. 1863. Albumen pri

    Est: £500 - £700

    Colonel Henry Stuart Wortley (1832-1890). The Clouds are Breaking in the Sky, ca. 1863. Albumen print mounted on contemporary card, title and photographer's name printed on mount, 29.2 x 35.6cm (11 1/2 x 14in)

    Dreweatts 1759
  • COLONEL HENRY STUART WORTLEY (1832-1890)
    Apr. 04, 2012

    COLONEL HENRY STUART WORTLEY (1832-1890)

    Est: €1,500 - €2,500

    COLONEL HENRY STUART WORTLEY (1832-1890) Rocquaine Bay, vers 1860 Épreuve sur papier albuminé montée sur support cartonné titré 'Rocquaine Bay' à l'encre (au centre sur le support cartonné); cachet 'From a negative by Lt.Col.Stuart Wortley' (à droite sur le support cartonné) image 12 x 13.8 cm. (4¾ x 5 3/8 in.) support 23 x 31.5 cm. (9 x 12 3/8 in.)

    Christie's
  • COLONEL HENRY STUART WORTLEY (1832-1890)
    May. 10, 2002

    COLONEL HENRY STUART WORTLEY (1832-1890)

    Est: $1,168 - $1,752

    "Wafted by favoring gales, she nears her rest." Albumen print. Circa 1869. Printed credit Photographed from Nature by Colonel Stuart Wortley and title on the mount. 14 1/8 x 16 5/8in. (35.9 x 42.2cm.) Framed.

    Christie's
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