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Lot 104 · Victorian Pictures

The love letter

George Edward Robertson

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Estimate
£7,000–£10,000 hammer ≈ $11,591–$16,559
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — Victorian Pictures , London · 10 June 2003
Record ID
TB-2026-6029086
Record
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George Edward Robertson, The love letter. Christie's, 10 Jun 2003, lot 104. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6029086.

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George Edward Robertson, The love letter. Christie's, 10 Jun 2003, lot 104. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6029086.

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From the same sale Victorian Pictures · Jun 2003

LotArtistEstimateResult
Charity Percy Harland Fisher £8,000–£12,000
Lady Betty Philip Hermogenes Calderon, Ra £8,000–£12,000
The Colleoni Monument, Venice James Holland £15,000–£25,000
The Riva degli Schiavoni, Venice Edward Pritchett £3,000–£4,000
View of Westminster from the River Thames John Macvicar Anderson £50,000–£80,000
View of the Mansion House, London; and View of the Royal Exchange, London George Chambers £1,500–£2,000

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