Lot 892 · Important Americana
portrait of a beguiling little girl in a blue dress with wide collar: caroline smith, daughter of nathaniel pierce smith
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- Estimate
- $50,000–$70,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Important Americana, New York · 25 January 2015
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4327285
- Record
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Ruth Whittier Shute And Samuel Addison Shute, portrait of a beguiling little girl in a blue dress with wide collar: caroline smith, daughter of nathaniel pierce smith. Sotheby's, 25 Jan 2015, lot 892. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4327285.
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Ruth Whittier Shute And Samuel Addison Shute, portrait of a beguiling little girl in a blue dress with wide collar: caroline smith, daughter of nathaniel pierce smith. Sotheby's, 25 Jan 2015, lot 892. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4327285.
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