Washington Frederick Friend

Canadian (1820 - 1886)

Washington Frederick Friend was a Canadian painter.
Based on ArtValue.ca records, Washington Frederick Friend's estimated art value is C$4,000 (*)

Washington Frederick Friend's work could be available for sale at public auction with prices in the range of C$1,000 - C$25,000, or even much higher.

From ArtValue.ca records, the highest price paid at auction for a watercolour work attributed to Washington Frederick Friend (1820-1886) was C$10,530 - paid for "Observation Deck at Niagra Falls" at Walker's in Ottawa on Tue, Jun 21, 2016.
ArtValue.ca has 26 auction art sale records for their watercolour results, with prices in the range of C$1,000 to C$25,000.

View Of Quebec From Beauport
watercolour, framed as an oval
Dimensions - 34.9 cms x 55.9 cms (13.7 ins x 22 ins)

Lot for sale by Waddington's Auction House, Toronto
Lot# 72
Mon, May 30, 2016

Estimate $4,000 - $6,000
Sold for CAD $6,000

Waddington's Auction House Biography and Notes

Beauport, a borough of Quebec City, was established in 1634, making it among the earliest European communities in Canada. Beauport has always drawn artists for the view it provides of Quebec City, but also for the falls of Montmorency located nearby. The shores of Beauport were the site of General Wolfe’s ill-fated attack on the French in July of 1759. A century later, Washington Friend was painting Quebec from its heights. Friend also visited other major cities in Ontario and Quebec to paint topographical scenes of Niagara, Queenston, Toronto, Kingston and Montreal.

(*) Value is calculated as an average of the top watercolour sale records from ArtValue.ca database.
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