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Lot 112 · European, Victorian and British Impressionist Art

Reading the letter

William Stephen Coleman

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Estimate
£5,000–£7,000 hammer ≈ $8,059–$11,282
Result
Performance
Sale
Bonhams — European, Victorian and British Impressionist Art, London, Knightsbridge · 9 September 2014
Record ID
TB-2026-2020572
Record
first seen 25 Jul 2026 · updated 25 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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William Stephen Coleman, Reading the letter. Bonhams, 9 Sep 2014, lot 112. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-2020572.

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William Stephen Coleman, Reading the letter. Bonhams, 9 Sep 2014, lot 112. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-2020572.

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From the same sale European, Victorian and British Impressionist Art · Sep 2014

LotArtistEstimateResult
'Early Morining in the Guidecca, Venice' Richard Gay Somerset £1,200–£1,800
A Saint's Day, Venice James Baker Pyne £3,000–£5,000
Asking the way William Turner Of Oxford Ows £4,000–£6,000
Threading the needle; The bonnet, a pair Herbert William Weekes £1,500–£2,000
Figures by a canal Pieter Gerardus Vertin £2,500–£3,500
A Dutch street scene Hubertus Van Hove £1,500–£2,000 upcoming

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William Stephen Coleman Playmates Christie's, Feb 2023
William Stephen Coleman Feeding the goldfish Sotheby's, Jun 2005
William Stephen Coleman On the steps to the lake Christie's, Dec 2006
English School 16th Century Portrait of Thomas Cromwell, half-length, in fu Bonhams, Jul 2023
Italian School Saint Mary Magdalene Lempertz, May 2023

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