Lot 71521 · 2019 April 23 Illustration Art Signature Auction - Dallas
Merry Christmas, The Ladies Home Journal, December
William Thomas Smedley · Watercolor on paper
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- Sale
- Heritage Auctions — 2019 April 23 Illustration Art Signature Auction - Dallas · 23 April 2019
- Dimensions
- 22.25 x 19 in. (sight)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-13598178
- Record
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William Thomas Smedley, Merry Christmas, The Ladies Home Journal, December. Heritage Auctions, 23 Apr 2019, lot 71521. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13598178.
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William Thomas Smedley, Merry Christmas, The Ladies Home Journal, December. Heritage Auctions, 23 Apr 2019, lot 71521. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13598178.
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