Lot 699 · Christie's Interiors
A Sparrow purposes to kill a lady
Annie French · pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour with touches of bodycolour, on vellum
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- Estimate
- £2,000–£4,000 hammer ≈ $3,237–$6,474
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Christie's Interiors , London (South Kensington) · 12 May 1999
- Dimensions
- 7¾ x 6 5/8 in. (19.7 x 16.8 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4571783
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Annie French, A Sparrow purposes to kill a lady. Christie's, 12 May 1999, lot 699. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4571783.
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Annie French, A Sparrow purposes to kill a lady. Christie's, 12 May 1999, lot 699. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4571783.
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From the same sale Christie's Interiors · May 1999
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flower shop | Evgeni Sigal (Russian, 20th/21st Century) | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| By the Lukutin Factory, Second Half of the 19Th Century, the Largest … | TWO RUSSIAN PAPIER-MACHE EASTER EGGS | £600–£800 | |
| By the Imperial Porcelain Factory, Circa 1880-1916 | THREE RUSSIAN PORCELAIN EASTER EGGS | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| Of Recent Manufacture | A GNARLED WOOD GARDEN SEAT | £1,200–£1,800 | |
| Qianlong Period (1736-1795) | A PAIR OF UNUSUAL CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE LIBATION CUPS AND STANDS | £1,200–£1,800 | |
| Qianlong Period (1736-96) and 19Th Century | A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE CHAMBER-STICKS AND A CANDLESTICK | £1,000–£1,500 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annie French | Lady in cloak | $4,038 | Bonhams, May 2024 | |
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| Annie French | The Rose | Lyon & Turnbull, Nov 2020 | ||
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The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.