Lot 150 · British Art on Paper including Original Book Illustrations
The music lesson; "The fate of Miss Tralee's Emerald"; "A Cliefden Christmasse Tale"; "Tomorrow is Sunday and I shall go to Mass and pray for your success"; I caught the girl's hand in mine"; "The girl was hypnotised"; "Chasing the page"; "The dwarf"; "Mr Pepys singing"; "Dalnoy's Fairy Tales"
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- Estimate
- £250–£350 hammer ≈ $378–$529
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — British Art on Paper including Original Book Illustrations , London (South Kensington) · 17 June 2000
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6134433
- Record
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Robert Anning Bell, Ra, The music lesson; "The fate of Miss Tralee's Emerald"; "A Cliefden Christmasse Tale"; "Tomorrow is Sunday and I shall go to Mass and pray for your success"; I caught the girl's hand in mine"; "The girl was hypnotised"; "Chasing the page"; "The dwarf"; "Mr Pepys singing"; "Dalnoy's Fairy Tales". Christie's, 17 Jun 2000, lot 150. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6134433.
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Robert Anning Bell, Ra, The music lesson; "The fate of Miss Tralee's Emerald"; "A Cliefden Christmasse Tale"; "Tomorrow is Sunday and I shall go to Mass and pray for your success"; I caught the girl's hand in mine"; "The girl was hypnotised"; "Chasing the page"; "The dwarf"; "Mr Pepys singing"; "Dalnoy's Fairy Tales". Christie's, 17 Jun 2000, lot 150. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6134433.
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