Lot 68 · American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture
luncheon on the moor: the howard townsend family taking a break from a highland shoot
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- Estimate
- $10,000–$15,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture, New York · 30 September 2009
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3876224
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Francis Davis Millet, luncheon on the moor: the howard townsend family taking a break from a highland shoot. Sotheby's, 30 Sep 2009, lot 68. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3876224.
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Francis Davis Millet, luncheon on the moor: the howard townsend family taking a break from a highland shoot. Sotheby's, 30 Sep 2009, lot 68. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3876224.
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