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Lot 81 · British & European Art: Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art

The Offering to the Bride (or Homage to the Queen)

Annie French · pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour, heightened with gold on artist's board

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Estimate
£4,000–£6,000 hammer ≈ $5,027–$7,541
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — British & European Art: Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art , London · 11 July 2019
Dimensions
9 ¾ x 16 ¼ in. (24.8 x 41.3 cm.)
Record ID
TB-2026-3705922
Record
first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Annie French, The Offering to the Bride (or Homage to the Queen). Christie's, 11 Jul 2019, lot 81. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3705922.

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From the same sale British & European Art: Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art · Jul 2019

LotArtistEstimateResult
The bluebell wood R.b.a. Rowland Wheelwright £15,000–£20,000
Old Chelsea John Atkinson Grimshaw £30,000–£50,000
Study of a draped female figure for 'The Sleep of Arthur in Avalon' Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt., A.R.A., R.W.S. (1833-1898) £12,000–£18,000
Study of a draped female figure, with a subsidiary study of the same,… Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt., A.R.A., R.W.S. (1833-1898) £8,000–£12,000
Study for a draped female figure for 'The Sleep of Arthur in Avalon',… Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt., A.R.A., R.W.S. (1833-1898) £7,000–£10,000
Il Decamerone: A Tale from Boccaccio John Byam Liston Shaw, A.R.W.S. (1872-1919) £5,000–£8,000

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