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Lot 128 · Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours including a Fine Collection of Old Master Prints

'There was an old person of Oude, who fled when he was not pursued'

Edward Lear · pen and brown ink, blindstamped '

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Estimate
£2,000–£3,000 hammer ≈ $2,771–$4,156
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours including a Fine Collection of Old Master Prints, London · 6 July 2021
Dimensions
4 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (12.5 x 20 cm.)
Record ID
TB-2026-3533653
Record
first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Edward Lear, 'There was an old person of Oude, who fled when he was not pursued'. Christie's, 6 Jul 2021, lot 128. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3533653.

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Edward Lear, 'There was an old person of Oude, who fled when he was not pursued'. Christie's, 6 Jul 2021, lot 128. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3533653.

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From the same sale Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours including a Fine Collection of Old Master Prints · Jul 2021

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Head of Giuliano de ’ Medici, after Michelangelo Called Jacopo Tintoretto Jacopo Robusti £30,000–£40,000
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A pelican Dutch School, 18th Century £12,000–£18,000
Figures outside a coaching inn Thomas Rowlandson £5,000–£8,000
The Ballad Singers Thomas Rowlandson £2,500–£3,500

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