Lot 143 · Victorian & British Impressionist Art
A bird, butterfly and a shell beside a flowering cactus and passion flowers
Valentine Bartholomew · pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour and with gum arabic, on paper
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- Estimate
- £5,000–£8,000 hammer ≈ $8,364–$13,382
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Victorian & British Impressionist Art, London · 30 April 1998
- Dimensions
- 6 7/8 x 5 in. (17.5 x 12.7 cm.); and a watercolour by Edwin Dalton Smith of Snowdrops, crocuses, aconites, a hyacinth and other flowers in a vase, with apple blossom (2)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4754294
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-4754294 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-4754294
Valentine Bartholomew, A bird, butterfly and a shell beside a flowering cactus and passion flowers. Christie's, 30 Apr 1998, lot 143. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4754294.
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Valentine Bartholomew, A bird, butterfly and a shell beside a flowering cactus and passion flowers. Christie's, 30 Apr 1998, lot 143. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4754294.
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