Lot 278 · L12225
memorie del mio viaggio in europe, 1855: an album of forty-eight drawings of a journey from istanbul to london, including landscapes of smyrna, the bay of naples, malta, tenedos, and westminster bridge with the palace of westminster under construction
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- Estimate
- £120,000–£150,000 hammer ≈ $193,687–$242,108
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — L12225, London · 24 April 2012
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4081686
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Count Amadeo Preziosi, memorie del mio viaggio in europe, 1855: an album of forty-eight drawings of a journey from istanbul to london, including landscapes of smyrna, the bay of naples, malta, tenedos, and westminster bridge with the palace of westminster under construction. Sotheby's, 24 Apr 2012, lot 278. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4081686.
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Count Amadeo Preziosi, memorie del mio viaggio in europe, 1855: an album of forty-eight drawings of a journey from istanbul to london, including landscapes of smyrna, the bay of naples, malta, tenedos, and westminster bridge with the palace of westminster under construction. Sotheby's, 24 Apr 2012, lot 278. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4081686.
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