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Lot 624 · Old Master, 19th Century and British Drawings and Watercolours

A mendicant friar preaching to country people from an antique basin

Hubert Robert Paris · red chalk counterproof, within the artist's framing lines, watermark 'D & C BLAUW'

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Estimate
£1,000–£1,500 hammer ≈ $1,629–$2,444
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — Old Master, 19th Century and British Drawings and Watercolours, London (South Kensington) · 11 June 1998
Dimensions
11 5/8 x 14½ in. (29.5 x 36.8 cm.), unframed; and Ruins in a landscape, watercolour over etched outlines, by a Follower of Charles Natoire (2)
Record ID
TB-2026-5300724
Record
first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Hubert Robert Paris, A mendicant friar preaching to country people from an antique basin. Christie's, 11 Jun 1998, lot 624. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5300724.

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