Paintings at a Price

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1672
Date Released
19 Jun 1961
Date submitted
15 Jun 1961
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Paintings at a Price. DESCRIPTION: The portrait of the First Duke of Wellington, painted when the Iron Duke was 43, set a record price for a Goya. It was knocked down, to an American, for a hundred and forty thousand pounds! This was one of thirty-two pictures sent by the Duke of Leeds for sale at Sotheby’s. Altogether, the Leeds pictures fetched well over a quarter of a million. SHOTLIST: Key scene - Duchess of Leeds to auctioneer. GV enter gallery. MCU Wellington portrait. CU crowd. MLS interior of St Paul’s Rome. CU same. MLS Portrait of a Gentleman. CU same. MCU Mr Wilson. MLS Iron Duke portrait. CU same. MCU auctioneer. CU Duchess of Leeds.
Keywords
Shops and shopping; Arts and crafts
Locations
Sotheby’s, London
Card file number
82661
Credits:
Commentator
Jeffrey K. Shearley
Camera
Ken Taylor
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
87
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Paintings at a Price', British Movietone News Issue No. 1672, 19 Jun 1961. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24148 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)