Anne Templer: Historic painting valued at £2,000 sells for £24,000 at auction
A historic painting of a Lady has created waves in the art world after being sold for more than ten times than what it was valued at.
Elstob & Elstob auctioneers in Ripon, North Yorkshire, sold the painting by Thomas Beach for £24,000, way over its £2,000 estimate.
Thomas Beach, who lived between 1738 and1806, created the portrait of Anne Templer, known as Lady de la Pole, who lived between 1758 and 1832.
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Hide AdThe painting arrived at the auction house as a portrait of an unknown lady but research by Rohan McCulloch, the pictures and sculpture specialist at Elstob & Elstob, identified her as Anne Templer.
Beach was well known for his portraits of 18th century society’s elite. The painting was finally sold to a private collector against strong bidding from the London trade.