Lot 136 · Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolors
The spirits of the prisoners
Charles Altamont Doyle · pencil, pen and brown ink, blue wash
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- Estimate
- $4,000–$6,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolors, New York · 22 January 2002
- Dimensions
- 14 x 10 1/8 in. (35.4 x 25.7 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4625375
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Charles Altamont Doyle, The spirits of the prisoners. Christie's, 22 Jan 2002, lot 136. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4625375.
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Charles Altamont Doyle, The spirits of the prisoners. Christie's, 22 Jan 2002, lot 136. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4625375.
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